UEFA Champions/Europa League Draw 30/31 Aug

[Cosimo]

Champions League

Thursday 30 August

16.45 Grimaldi Forum – draw for the UEFA Champions League group stage and the UEFA Best Player in Europe Award

Coverage

Sky Sports News 16:30
EuroSport2 16:45

Draw

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Europa League

Friday 31 August

12.00 Grimaldi Forum – draw for the UEFA Europa League group stage

Draw

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[Cosimo]

Provisional pots assuming tonights results (bold):

Pot 1 - Chelsea, Barca, Man Utd, Munich, Madrid, Arsenal, Porto, AC Milan

Pot 2 - Valencia, Benfica, Shaktar, Zenit, Schalke, Man City, Kyiv, Braga

Pot 3 - Olympiakos, Ajax, Copenhagen, Spartak/Fenerbache, Anderlecht, Juve, PSG, Galatasary

Pot 4 - Celtic, Dortmund, Zagreb, BATE, Cluj, Malaga, Montpellier, Nordsjaelland.

Based on this:

http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/uefarankings/club/index.html

 

[Tom84]

Bet we get Dortmund

 

[Robert1986]

Dortmund
PSG
Man UTD
Juventus

 

[Tom84]

Dortmund
PSG
Man UTD
Juventus

You realise that's impossible dont you?

 

[bagsjoni]

This would be interesting

Man U
Man C
Juventus
Dortmund

 

[Tom84]

Also impossible

 

[Robert1986]

You realise that's impossible dont you?

I thought it was only teams from the same pot that couldn't be matched up.

 

[HangTime]

You've put Juve and PSG who are both pot 3 in the same group.

Best draw would possibly be:

Barcelona/Madrid
Man City
PSG/Juve
Dortmund

 

[Robert1986]

You've put Juve and PSG who are both pot 3 in the same group.

Dang it, so I did.

Well, I hope UTD get a tough group this season. UTD have had it easy in the past few seasons in the CL as far as draws go.

 

[Bucket]

Could get some absolutely mental groups tied from this.

Man Utd
Benfica
Juve
Dortmund

Heard it here first.

 

[Robert1986]

Could get some absolutely mental groups tied from this.

Man Utd
Benfica
Juve
Dortmund

Heard it here first.

Dortmund and Juve would have a field day against UTD's defense.

I have a feeling UTD will have the easiest group again. Would be better if pot one wasn't for all the highest ranked teams, its just to make sure the knockout games get good draws.

 

[Cosimo]

The pots:

*Finished third in UEFA Champions League group
**Past group stage appearances not including 2012/13
***UEFA Champions League unless stated
****Includes pre-1992 European Champion Clubs' Cup
UEL = UEFA Europa League​

 

[Tom84]

Dortmund and Juve would have a field day against UTD's defense.

Providing they have no one fit, perhaps. Odds are though they'll have players back by the time the competition kicks off. Really dont know why people have such a problem realising this

 

[Shamikebab]

Kind of hope we do get a tricky group actually, Fergie might actually take it seriously this year if we do.

 

[MooMoo444]

Man City to get a whipping boys group, and then subsequently fail to qualify for knockout, going on recent performance.

 

[jamesy505]

Dream group...for a Celtic fan

Real Madrid
Man City
Juventus
Celtic

Best chance of qualifiying

Porto
Shalkhe
Copenhagen
Celtic

 

[MooMoo444]

Dream group...for a Celtic fan

Real Madrid
Man City
Juventus
Celtic

Best chance of qualifiying

Porto
Shalkhe
Copenhagen
Celtic

Dream group = best chance of qualifying, as I'm sure a celtic fan wants to see them progress

 

[jamesy505]

Dream group = best chance of qualifying, as I'm sure a celtic fan wants to see them progress

Yeah but realistically for those big occassions, the dream group cannot be beaten.

Expectations at Celtic are not as high as at other CL teams, but of course we would love to progress.

Would be even better if we had to progress from the dream group

Either way, the six games will be great occassions no matter who we are drawn against

 

[Tom84]

Kind of hope we do get a tricky group actually, Fergie might actually take it seriously this year if we do.

I dont think Fergie will mess with the team like he did last season regardless of the group, for that reason I hope it's still as easy as it can be. I do think we'll get Dortmund though (Kagawa going back to his old club and all that)