Champions League Spurs Pot 3, Leicester Pot 1, Arsenal Pot 2
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The group stages for the UEFA Champions League will be drawn on 25th August for the group stage matches.
Week 2 27/28th Sept
Week 3 18/19th Oct
Week 4 1/2nd Nov
Week 5 22/23rd Nov
Week 6 6/7th Dec
Below it is assumed that the seeded teams of the 4th qualifying round qualify for the group stages.The pots are chosen from the UEFA coefficient for each team and also takes into account of league winners.
Leicester City as champions go into Pot A as will the Champions League winners. If Manchester City and Porto win their play-off games then they will go into Pot B.
Tottenham will most likely be in Pot C and will have two fixture against either Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Juventus, Benfica, PSG, CSKA Moscow, Real Madrid or Atletico Madrid (Champions League winners in this pot.
Assuming Porto and Manchester City make it through qualifying we are then likely to have two fixtures against either Real Madrid or Atletico Madrid (Champions League runners-up in this group), Borussia Dortmund, Sevilla, Porto, Napoli or Bayer Leverkusen.
As it stands at the moment if the favourites go through each stage we could also then be drawn with PSV Eindhoven, Sporting Lisbon, Viktoria Pizen, Club Brugge, FC Salzburg, Celtic, APOEL Nicosia and Besiktas.The stars indicate teams in the qualifying stages and show which qualifying round they are in.
Leicester City will be drawn against either the Champions League runners-up, Borussia Dortmund, Sevilla, Porto (if win play-off), Napoli or Bayer Leverkusen from Pot B.
Pot A
Pot B
Pot C
Pot D
While we can't finalise who we might play at this stage, we can speculate who we could be drawn against from the top two groups.
Who do you want? Do you want the glamour ties? Do you want the perceived easier games?
Group Stage Dates
Week 1 13/14th SeptWeek 2 27/28th Sept
Week 3 18/19th Oct
Week 4 1/2nd Nov
Week 5 22/23rd Nov
Week 6 6/7th Dec
Below it is assumed that the seeded teams of the 4th qualifying round qualify for the group stages.The pots are chosen from the UEFA coefficient for each team and also takes into account of league winners.
Leicester City as champions go into Pot A as will the Champions League winners. If Manchester City and Porto win their play-off games then they will go into Pot B.
Tottenham will most likely be in Pot C and will have two fixture against either Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Juventus, Benfica, PSG, CSKA Moscow, Real Madrid or Atletico Madrid (Champions League winners in this pot.
Assuming Porto and Manchester City make it through qualifying we are then likely to have two fixtures against either Real Madrid or Atletico Madrid (Champions League runners-up in this group), Borussia Dortmund, Sevilla, Porto, Napoli or Bayer Leverkusen.
As it stands at the moment if the favourites go through each stage we could also then be drawn with PSV Eindhoven, Sporting Lisbon, Viktoria Pizen, Club Brugge, FC Salzburg, Celtic, APOEL Nicosia and Besiktas.The stars indicate teams in the qualifying stages and show which qualifying round they are in.
Leicester City will be drawn against either the Champions League runners-up, Borussia Dortmund, Sevilla, Porto (if win play-off), Napoli or Bayer Leverkusen from Pot B.
Champions League Pots

CL-TH (Real/Atlético) Esp
FC Barcelona Esp
Leicester City Eng
Bayern Münich Ger
Juventus Ita
Benfica Por
Paris Saint-Germain Fra
CSKA Moscow Rus
Pot B
Real/Atlético Esp
Borussia Dortmund Ger
Arsenal Eng
Manchester City *4 Eng
Sevilla (EL-TH) Esp
FC Porto *4 Por
Napoli Ita
Bayer Leverkusen Ger
Pot C
FC Basel Sui
Shakhtar Donetsk *3 Ukr
Tottenham Hotspur Eng
Olympiakos Piraeus *3 Gre
Dinamo Kiev Ukr
Olympique Lyon Fra
Villarreal *4 Esp
Ajax *3 Ned
Pot D
PSV Eindhoven Ned
Sporting CP Lisbon Por
Viktoria Plzen *3 Cze
Club Brugge Bel
FC Salzburg ** Aut
Celtic ** Sco
APOEL Nicosia ** Cyp
Besiktas Tur
While we can't finalise who we might play at this stage, we can speculate who we could be drawn against from the top two groups.
Who do you want? Do you want the glamour ties? Do you want the perceived easier games?
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