European Super League unveils new format, FC Porto among the clubs involved | OneFootball

The European Super League remains active, and this Tuesday, the Spanish daily As published a letter from A22 Sports (the company promoting the competition) addressed to UEFA, following the favorable opinion of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), in which it demands official recognition of the competition.

The competition, now called Unify League, envisions three tiers – Star League, Gold League, and Blue League – each composed of 36 teams, whose qualification would be based on criteria related to performance in their respective national championships, similar to what happens with the Champions League, Europa League, and Europa Conference League.

The Star League, the top tier, would be divided into two groups. Group A would include the titleholder, the champions of the six main national championships (currently Premier League, Serie A, La Liga, Bundesliga, Ligue 1, and Eredivisie), and the teams best placed in the UEFA club ranking each season.

Based on these parameters, the selected teams would be Paris Saint-Germain, Liverpool, Napoli, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, PSV (national champions), Real Madrid, Internazionale, Manchester City, Borussia Dortmund, Bayer Leverkusen, Arsenal, Atlético de Madrid, Chelsea, AS Roma, Benfica, Eintracht Frankfurt, and Manchester United.

Group B would gather the next 18 teams in the same table: Atalanta, Club Brugge, Feyenoord, West Ham, Sporting, Tottenham, Fiorentina, AC Milan, Juventus, Lille, FC Porto, Leipzig, Villarreal, Lazio, Real Betis, Real Sociedad, Rangers, and Bodo/Glimt.

Each team would play eight matches (four at home and four away) against eight different opponents from their respective group. The top six from Group A would qualify directly for the round of 16; the next eight would play a playoff, and the last four would be immediately eliminated.

In Group B, only the top two would automatically qualify for the round of 16; from third to tenth place would compete in a playoff, while the eight teams with the worst rankings would be eliminated from the competition.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇵🇹 here.