Uefa Champions League seedings: Pots confirmed for 2018-19 group stage draw

Europe’s best learn their Champions League fate on Thursday with the group stage draw.

Real Madrid, now without Cristiano Ronaldo and Zinedine Zidane, will be aiming for a remarkable fourth triumph on the trot, but find themselves sixth favourites.

Manchester City are the bookies’ tip for triumph, following closely by Juventus, Paris Saint-Germain and Barcelona.

While Chelsea and Arsenal are set for stints in the Europa League, the Premier League are back to four representatives in City, Manchester United, Tottenham and last year’s runners-up Liverpool.

Find out without Pot each team, with their coefficient, is in below…

Pot 1 

• Real Madrid 
• Atletico Madrid
• Barcelona
• Bayern Munchen
• Manchester City
• Juventus
• Paris Saint-Germain
• Lokomotiv Moscow

Pot 2

• Borussia Dortmund (89.000)
• Porto (86.000)
• Manchester United (82.000)
• Shakhtar Donetsk (81.000)
• Napoli (78.000)
• Tottenham (67.000)
• Roma (64.000)

Pot 3

• Schalke (62.000)
• Lyon (59.500)
• Monaco (57.000)
• Ajax (53.500)
• CSKA Moscow (45.000)

Pot 4

• Club Brugge (29.500)
• Galatasaray (29.500)
• Young Boys (20.500)
• Inter Milan (16.000)
• Hoffenheim (14.285)
• AEK Athens (10.000)

To be confirmed

• Liverpool (62.000)
• Valencia (36.000)
• Viktoria Plzen (33.000)
• Red Star Belgrade (10.750) or Red Bull Salzburg (55.500)
• BATE Borisov (20.500) or PSV Eindhoven (36.000)
• Benfica (80.000) or PAOK (29.500)

When and where is the draw?

The group stage draw will take place in Monaco on Thursday 30 August at 5pm BST. 

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How can I watch the draw?

The draw will be streamed live through Uefa’s official website and will also be available to watch live on BT Sport.

You can also follow the ceremony with us on Standard Sport’s live blog.