Champions League 2026/27 draw pots set, potential rivals for Barcelona, Real Madrid and Atlético | OneFootball

The Champions League 2026/27 line-up is complete, the last four qualifiers confirmed on Wednesday to finalise the 36-club field.

Twenty-nine teams qualified at the end of last season and seven came through qualifying. According to Superdeporte, Spain and England have five representatives, Germany and Italy four, and France three.

Aston Villa qualified via the Premier League and by winning the Europa League, which gave Portugal an extra berth taken by Sporting CP, the highest ranked side by UEFA coefficient not directly in the league phase.

The seven late arrivals are Bodo/Glimt, LASK, Sabah, AEK Atenas, Fenerbahçe, Viking and Slovan Bratislava, placed into pots three and four by their UEFA coefficient.

Pot 1: Bayern Múnich, Real Madrid, París Saint Germain, Liverpool, Manchester City, Inter de Milán, Arsenal, FC Barcelona, Atlético de Madrid. Pot 2: Borussia Dortmund, Roma, Sporting CP, Aston Villa, Porto, Manchester United, Brujas, Real Betis, PSV Eindhoven.

Pot 3: Feyenoord, Lille, Bodo/Glimt, Nápoles, RB Leipzig, Villarreal, Fenerbahçe, Shakhtar Donetsk, Galatasaray. Pot 4: Slavia Praga, Slovan Bratislava, Stuttgart, AEK Atenas, LASK, Como, RC Lens, Viking, Sabah FK.

Under the format introduced three editions ago, each club will face two opponents from every pot, with same-federation ties blocked.

Source: Superdeporte

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