UEFA Champions League Group Stage draw
Thursday 25 August 2016
The group stage draw comprises 32 clubs, 22 of whom are direct entrants while ten qualified via the play-offs.
Which teams are in which pots?
Pot 1: Real Madrid (ESP, holders), Barcelona (ESP), Leicester City (ENG), Bayern München (GER), Juventus (ITA), Benfica (POR), Paris Saint-Germain (FRA), CSKA Moskva (RUS)
Pot 2: Atlético Madrid (ESP), Borussia Dortmund (GER), Arsenal (ENG), Manchester City (ENG), Sevilla (ESP), Porto (POR), Napoli (ITA), Bayer Leverkusen (GER)
Pot 3: Basel (SUI), Tottenham Hotspur (ENG), Dynamo Kyiv (UKR), Lyon (FRA), PSV Eindhoven (NED), Sporting CP (POR), Club Brugge (BEL), Shakhtar (UKR)
Pot 4: Celtic (SCO), Sporting (POR), Beşiktaş (TUR),Viktoria Plzeň (CZE), Red Bull Salzburg (AUS), Ludogorets Razgrad (BUL),Roma (ITA), Villarreal (ESP)
Draw procedure
- No team can play a club from their own association, with the exact draw procedure to be confirmed before the ceremony.
- Following a decision by the UEFA Executive Committee, Ukrainian and Russian teams cannot be drawn against each other.
- The draw also establishes the groups for the UEFA Champions League path of the UEFA Youth League.
- The draw ceremony includes the vote for and presentation of the 2015/16 UEFA Best Player in Europe Awards for men and women.
Road to Cardiff
When are the draws?
25/08/16: Group stage
12/12/16: Round of 16
17/03/17: Quarter-finals
21/04/17: Semi-finals
When are the matches?
13–14/09/16: Group stage, matchday one
27–28/09/16: Group stage, matchday two
18–19/10/16: Group stage, matchday three
01–02/11/16: Group stage, matchday four
22–23/11/16: Group stage, matchday five
06–07/12/16: Group stage, matchday six
14–15/02/17 and 21–22/02/17: Round of 16, first leg
07–08/03/17 and 14–15/03/17: Round of 16, second leg
11–12/04/17: Quarter-finals, first leg
18–19/04/17: Quarter-finals, second leg
02–03/05/17: Semi-finals, first leg
09–10/05/17: Semi-finals, second leg
03/06/17: Final (National Stadium of Wales, Cardiff)
The draw has been finished and we have some great match ups. Group C is what you would call the Group of Death with Real Madrid, Dortmund, Tottenham and Sporting CP.
Celtic Football Club are celebrating their 50th anniversary of their European Cup win back in the 1966/67 season. The group affectionately known as the Lisbon Lions defeated Inter Milan by a score of 2-1 at Estádio Nacional in Lisbon.