Champions League: Matchdays Revealed As UEFA Releases Full Programme
The UEFA Champions League group stage draw will take place in Monaco on Thursday, August 29 at 6pm, Central African time.
The event will be happening at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco and will be streamed live on UEFA.com.
The teams involved in the draw are as follows:
Spain:
Barcelona
Real Madrid
Atlético Madrid
Valencia
England:
Liverpool
Chelsea
Manchester City
Tottenham Hotspur
Italy:
Juventus
Napoli
Internazionale Milano
Atalanta
Germany:
Bayern München
Borussia Dortmund
Bayer Leverkusen
RB Leipzig
France:
PSG
Lyon
LOSC Lille
Russia:
Zen it
Lokomotiv Moskva
.
Portugal:
Benfica
UKR
Shakhtar Donetsk
Belgium:
Genk
Turkey:
Galatasaray
Austria
Salzburg
Plus the six winning teams from the play-offs.
What are the draw pots?
Only Pot 1 is known in its entirety; the other pots will be confirmed once the final six teams have qualified via the play-offs.
Pot 1
Liverpool (holders)
Chelsea (UEFA Europa League winners)
Barcelona
Manchester City
Juventus
Bayern München
Paris Saint-Germain
Zenit
Clubs’ coefficients are determined either by the sum of all points won in the previous five years or by the association coefficient over the same period – whichever is higher (under a new system introduced for 2018/19 onwards), according to UEFA.com
The 26 teams given direct entry to the group stage under the competition system introduced in 2018/19 are joined by the six winners of the play-off ties.
The teams are split into four seeding pots.
Pot 1 consists of the holders, the UEFA Europa League winners and the champions of the six highest-ranked nations. Pots 2 to 4 are determined by the club coefficient rankings.
No team can play a club from their own association and, based on decisions taken by the UEFA Executive Committee, clubs from Russia and Ukraine must not be drawn in the same group.
In the case of associations with two or more representatives, clubs will be paired in order to split their matches between Tuesday and Wednesday.
If a paired club is drawn, for example, in Groups A, B, C or D, the other paired club – once drawn – will automatically be assigned to one of Groups E, F, G or H.
The draw also establishes the groups for the UEFA Champions League path of the UEFA Youth League.
UEFA awards:
UEFA Men’s Player of the Year: Messi, Ronaldo or Van Dijk?
The following award winners will also be announced during the draw ceremony:
UEFA Men’s Player of the Year
UEFA Women’s Player of the Year
Goalkeeper of the 2018/19 UEFA Champions League season
Defender of the 2018/19 UEFA Champions League season
Midfielder of the 2018/19 UEFA Champions League season
Forward of the 2018/19 UEFA Champions League season
Season calendar
17/18 September: group stage, matchday one
1/2 October: group stage, matchday two
22/23 October: group stage, matchday three
5/6 November: group stage, matchday four
26/27 November: group stage, matchday five
10/11 December: group stage, matchday six
16 December: round of 16 draw
18/19/25/26 February: round of 16, first leg
10/11/17/18 March: round of 16, second leg
20 March: quarter-final & semi-final draw
7/8 April: quarter-finals, first leg
14/15 April: quarter-finals, second leg
28/29 April: semi-finals, first leg
5/6 May: semi-finals, second leg
Saturday 30 May: final – Atatürk Olimpiyat Stadı, Istanbul.
