Champions League Draw Pots Set for New Format
Following the final qualifying rounds, which secured places for Lille (FRA), Dinamo Zagreb (CRO), Slovan Bratislava (SVK), Red Star Belgrade (SRB), Young Boys (SUI), Sparta Prague (CZE), and Salzburg (AUT), the composition of the four pots for the draw of the 2024-2025 Champions League group stage, the first to feature 36 clubs, is as follows:
Pot 1:
- Real Madrid (ESP)
- Manchester City (ENG)
- Bayern Munich (GER)
- PSG (FRA)
- Liverpool (ENG)
- Inter (ITA)
- Borussia Dortmund (GER)
- Leipzig (GER)
- Barcelona (ESP)
Pot 2:
- Bayer Leverkusen (GER)
- Atlético de Madrid (ESP)
- Atalanta (ITA)
- Juventus (ITA)
- Benfica (POR)
- Arsenal (ENG)
- Club Brugge (BEL)
- Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR)
- Milan (ITA)
Pot 3:
- Feyenoord (NED)
- Sporting CP (POR)
- PSV Eindhoven (NED)
- Dinamo Zagreb (CRO)
- Salzburg (AUT)
- Lille (FRA)
- Young Boys (SUI)
- Red Star Belgrade (SRB)
- Celtic (SCO)
Pot 4:
- Slovan Bratislava (SVK)
- Monaco (FRA)
- Sparta Prague (CZE)
- Aston Villa (ENG)
- Bologna (ITA)
- Girona (ESP)
- Stuttgart (GER)
- Sturm Graz (AUT)
- Brest (FRA)
The draw, taking place at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco, will use a hybrid system: manually drawing the balls of the clubs and using software to determine the eight groups, with two teams from each pot, avoiding teams from the same country and more than two teams from the same nation in each group.