UEFA Champions League group pots confirmed: Chelsea to find out their fate in Thursday's draw

  Chelsea have been drawn in Pot 1 for the UEFA Champions League group stage following last season's success. The Blues, who secured th...

 

Chelsea have been drawn in Pot 1 for the UEFA Champions League group stage following last season's success. The Blues, who secured their second-ever trophy in the European competition in May, are among the top seeds for the draw which takes place on Thursday, August 26.


The west London club are with seven other European sides - Villarreal, Atletico Madrid, Manchester City, Bayern Munich, Inter Milan, LOSC Lille and Sporting Lisbon - in Pot 1. One team is drawn out of each Pot to form a group, but Chelsea will not be able to face a fellow Premier League side this early on in the tournament.


Pot 1

Chelsea (ENG)
Villarreal (SPA)
Atletico Madrid (SPA)
Manchester City (ENG)
Bayern Munich (GER)
Inter Milan (ITA)
Sporting Lisbon (POR)
LOSC Lille (FRA)



 Pot 2


Real Madrid (SPA)
Barcelona (SPA)
Sevilla (SPA)
Juventus (ITA)
Manchester United (ENG)
Liverpool (ENG)
Paris Saint-Germain (FRA)
Borussia Dortmund (GER)


Pot 3


Ajax (HOL)
Porto (POR)
RB Leipzig (GER)
Atalanta (ITA)
Zenit Saint Petersburg (RUS)


Pot 3 or 4


Besiktas (TUR)
Dynamo Kyiv (UKR)
Red Bull Salzburg (AUS) or Brondby (DEN)
Monaco (FRA) or Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR)
Benfica (POR) or PSV Eindhoven (HOL)


Pot 4


AC Milan (ITA)
VfL Wolfsburg (GER)
Club Brugge (BEL)
Malmo (SWE) or Ludogorets Razgrad (BUL)
Young Boys (SWI) or Ferencvaros (HUN)