Champions League draw of group 24 08. Champions League draw: Spartak and CSKA found out their opponents! How will the teams be separated?
Watch the live broadcast of the draw group stage Champions League on August 24, 2017 at 19:00 Moscow time. Today the last ten teams that made it to the Champions League will be known.
According to the official UEFA website Champions League draw 2017/2018 will take place at 19:00 Kyiv time. According to old tradition, the ceremony will take place in Monaco.
Champions League draw 2018 live broadcast
Watch the draw live on the UEFA website.
Champions League pot draw
The first basket includes the current trophy winners and champions of the top eight ranked national championships.
“Real” (ESP, champion), club coefficient – 176.999
Bayern (GER) – 154,899
Juventus (ITA) – 140,666
Benfica (POR) – 111,866
Chelsea (ENG) – 106,192
Shakhtar (UKR) – 87,526
AS Monaco (FRA) – 62,333
“Spartak” Moscow (RUS) – 18,606
Other baskets
Barcelona (ESP) – 151,999
Atlético Madrid (ESP) – 142,999
Paris Saint-Germain (FRA) – 126,333
Borussia Dortmund (GER) – 124,899
Manchester City (ENG) – 100,192
“Porto” (POR) – 98,866
Manchester United (ENG) – 95,192
Tottenham (ENG) – 77,192
Basel (SUI) – 74,415
Anderlecht (BEL) – 58,840
Roma (ITA) – 53,666
Besiktas (TUR) – 45,840
Feyenoord (NED) – 23,212
RB Leipzig (GER) – 15,899
The ten winners of the playoff round are added to these teams.
According to UEFA rules, teams from the same national association are separated according to different groups. In addition, the composition of the UEFA Youth League groups will be determined in Monaco.
It should be noted that the ceremony will also feature the presentation of awards:
- UEFA Footballer of the Year
- UEFA Best Female Footballer of the Year
- Best Goalkeeper of the 2016/17 UEFA Champions League
- UEFA Champions League Best Defender 2016/17
- Best midfielder of the 2016/17 UEFA Champions League
- UEFA Champions League Best Forward 2016/17
When will the Champions League matches take place?
First group the stage will pass in six rounds:
The Champions League final will take place in May 2018 in Kyiv.
Champions League draw results.
Eight groups of participants have been identified in Monaco:
Group A: Benfica, Manchester United, Basel, CSKA.
Group B: Bayern, PSG, Anderlecht, Celtic.
Group C: Chelsea, Atletico, Roma, Qarabag.
Group D: Juventus, Barcelona, Olympiacos, Sporting.
Group E: Spartacus, Seville, Liverpool, Maribor.
Group F: Miner, Manchester City, Napoli, Feyenoord.
Group G: Monaco, Porto, Besiktas, RB Leipzig.
Group H: Real Madrid, Borussia Dortmund, Tottenham, APOEL.
It's already finished latest games playoffs and the last teams that have qualified and begin participation in the Champions League 2017-2018 have become known. 32 teams will fight for the champion title, which will be divided into 4 groups of 8 teams each.
The draw for the main tournament of the Champions League stage took place on August 24. This event occurred in Monaco at 19:00 Moscow time. Almost all sports channels broadcast live the most important football event, which started the race for the first place of the 2017-2018 season.
Features of the draw
If the qualifying teams are of the same nationality, they will be separated by individual groups. It is also worth noting that the UEFA decision Russian CSKA and Spartak will not be able to cross with Shakhtar until the final (of course, if they can get there).
Draw
This is already the 26th edition of the Champions League or the 63rd edition of the European Champions Cup. It is worth noting that one of the best football players who made a career in the Italian championship, the winner of the Champions League with Milan, Ukrainian football player Andriy Shevchenko, was invited to participate in the draw.
Group A
Benfica– champion of Portugal, which almost always makes it to the playoffs. 2 times became the winner of the Champions League and 8 times lost in the finals of Eurocups.
Manchester United- 3 Champions League cups in the last 2008, and since 2013 they have not been able to win their championship and last season they were able to take only 6th place.
Basel- Swiss team, whose last achievement was the semi-finals of the Europa League 2012/13.
CSKA- Moscow team, winner of the 2005 UEFA Cup.
Group B
Bavaria– 5-time finalist and champion of the main European Championship, one of the most stable teams competing for 1st place.
PSG- distinguished himself this year by being able to lure Neymar to him, thanks to the not quite “clean” transfer scheme for a player from Barcelona, paying a cosmic 220 million euros.
Anderlecht- the champion of Belgium and a 5-time winner of European cups, though in the distant 70s.
Celtic- Scottish club, the last achievement of which was the final of the UEFA Cup 2002-2003.
Group C
Chelsea- Champions League winner 2012
Atlético– For 3 seasons in a row they took 3rd place in the Spanish Championship.
Roma– 3-time finalist of the Champions League, but now it has lost its leaders and has updated its main playing roster.
Karabakh– debutants from Azerbaijan, which passed the qualifying games with incredible difficulty.
Group D
Juventus– finalist of the last championship and one of the main contenders for winning the championship.
Barcelona– winner of the 2015 Champions League Cup and the main opponent of Juventus, whom she met more than once in past championships.
Olympiacos- Greek champion, who set a national championship record, but never reached the Eurocup finals.
Sporting– a Portuguese team that is in 3rd place at the end of last season and has already gone 15 seasons without gold.
Group E
Spartacus- Moscow team and it is worth noting that after 5 years it returns to the Champions League.
Seville– took only 4th place in the last championship.
Liverpool– one of the most titled teams in the Champions League, the last of which received 5 trophies in 2005.
Maribor– one of the most modest teams, 14-time champion of Slovenia.
Group F
Miner– 10 times current champion Ukraine. Almost a Latin American team, in which 10 players are Brazilians.
Manchester City is a 4-time champion of England, but the team is catastrophically unlucky in the Eurocups.
Napoli– 2-time champion of Italy, but in last years does not advance beyond the vice-champion.
Feyenoord– became the champion of Holland for the first time in 18 seasons.
Group G
Probably the only group that brought together teams of the same level.
Monaco– one of the main sensations of the last Champions League.
Porto– finished the previous season in the 1/8 finals, losing to Juventus.
Besiktas- current champion of Turkey.
RB Leipzig is a German club formed in 2009. I successfully performed last season in the German Bundesliga, making an enchanting jump, as back in 2014 I played in 3 of the German Bundesliga.
Group H
It is rightfully considered a “group of death”.
real Madrid– 2 Champions League wins in a row under Zenidine Zidane, reigning champion and highest club ranking.
Borussia D– finalist of the Champions League 2013.
Tottenham– the last time we won the UEFA Cup was in 1984.
APOEL– Cypriot team, the weakest in the group.
Game schedule
The group stage of the championship consists of 6 rounds:
- games of the 1st – 2nd rounds will be held in September on the 12th-13th and 26th-27th;
- The 3rd – 4th round will take place in October on November 17-18, 31 and 1;
- round 5 will be held in November 21-22;
- the last in 2017, the 6th round will take place in December on the 5th-6th.
After this, the teams will go on a winter break.
Based on the results of games 2 strongest teams Those who are determined by points will participate in the draw for the 1/8 finals. This event will take place on December 11 in Nyon (Switzerland). In addition, the teams that took 3rd place in group tournament, get a ticket to the 1/16 finals of the Europa League. Their draw will take place on the same day after the Champions League opponents are determined.
The final game will take place in Kyiv in May 2018 at Olympic Stadium. It will be the first match of this level in the history of Ukraine.
Awards
In addition to determining the composition of the groups, the UEFA Best Player awards will be presented at the draw in Monaco. The best football player was the flank midfielder of the Netherlands national team Lieke Martens. She helped her team win the Women's EURO 2017 this year.
The best player was, as everyone expected, Cristiano Ronaldo, due to the fact that the number of matches he played was almost equal to goals scored. Although many believe that the emotions that Ronaldo likes to show on the field played a significant role. For a long time now, everyone has noticed that he begins to “shed tears” for any reason: an unrealized moment, a loss, and even when the team wins. “Playing” to the public, Cristiano attracts the attention of journalists and commentators not so much with his playing, but with various “tricks”. It’s not for nothing that the nickname chief “whiner” and “malingerer” has firmly stuck to him on social networks.
There were also certain best players Champions League 2016-2017 according to UEFA. Players Real Madrid this year we were able to take away almost all the awards.
Before the announcement of the best forward, almost everyone already knew who would receive the award. So the best striker last season, once again, was Cristiano Ronaldo. Thanks to his sniper strikes, Ronaldo became the top scorer. So in the last season of the Spanish championship he scored 25 goals in 29 matches, and in the Champions League he was able to hit the goal 12 times in 13 matches.
The 31-year-old football player Sergio Ramos, who is the captain of Real Madrid, was recognized as the best defender. Let us remind you that this year Ramos became another record holder in Spanish championship– by the number of deletions (18).
Another Real Madrid player received an award this year. Croatian 31-year-old footballer Luka Modric was the best midfielder last season. He helped Real Madrid win the Champions League for the second time in his career.
The only prize that Real Madrid players did not receive was the title of best goalkeeper. Last season, Italian goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon, who will turn 40 next year, was recognized as the best goalkeeper. As Buffon said upon receiving the award: "I am proud of this award, especially at my age." It is not for nothing that in Juventus, for which he has been playing since 2001, Buffon proudly wears number 1 on a T-shirt. Legendary goalkeeper last season he brought the team to the final, where he lost to the pressure of Real Madrid.
The time indicated in the broadcast is Moscow
20:00. Quite a lucky draw for two Russian clubs. The groups are quite passable for both Spartak and CSKA. We are waiting for the greatest English clubs in the capital, but in general, red-white and red-blue need to go to the next stage of the tournament. The main thing is not to make a mistake. This concludes our broadcast. All the best and good luck!
Group A: Benfica (Portugal), Manchester United (England), Basel (Switzerland), CSKA (Russia);
Group B: Bayern (Germany), PSG (France), Anderlecht (Belgium), Celtic (Scotland);
Group C: Chelsea (England), Atlético Madrid (Spain), Roma (Italy), Qarabag (Azerbaijan);
Group D: Juventus (Italy), Barcelona (Spain), Olympiacos (Greece), Sporting CP (Portugal);
Group E: Spartak (Russia), Sevilla (Spain), Liverpool (England), Maribor (Slovenia);
Group F: Shakhtar (Ukraine), Manchester City (England), Napoli (Italy), Feyenoord (Netherlands);
Group G: Monaco (France), Porto (Portugal), Besiktas (Turkey), RB Leipzig (Germany);
Group H: Real Madrid (Spain), Borussia Dortmund, Tottenham Hotspur (England), APOEL (Cyprus).
19:45. The best striker... That's right, Cristiano Ronaldo! The star Portuguese sparkles.
19:35. Luka Modric is the best midfielder in the 2016/17 Champions League.
19:25. Real Madrid captain Sergio Ramos received the prize for the best defender last season. Fair.
19:15. Andrey Shevchenko is also on stage. Next - Gianluigi Buffon. The best goalkeeper of last season.
19:10. UEFA President Aleksander Čeferin on stage. The first prize - for dedication to the game and the team - was given to an Italian Francesco Totti.
19:00. Well, everything is ready for the draw. Prizes will also be awarded in several categories of the season.
18:45. There is very little time left before the start of the event. The audience is already gathering in the hall.
18:30. There will be many guests at the ceremony today. Leo Messi flew here by helicopter.
18:20. “Spartak” and CSKA in the Champions League: the best draw and “groups of death.” Danila Ignatov.
18:10. Head coach Ukrainian national team Andrey Shevchenko will help conduct the draw. He has already arrived in Monaco. Let us remind you that the final of the Champions League of the 2017/18 season will take place in Kyiv at the NSC Olimpiysky.
18:00. Greetings to all football fans! We are glad to offer to your attention text broadcast draw for the group stage of the Champions League season 2017/18 with the participation of two Russian clubs: Spartak and CSKA. The draw procedure will take place on August 24, 2017 in Monaco. Starts at 19:00 Moscow time. We start the broadcast early in order to have time to present various interesting facts.
The baskets with participating teams look like this:
1st basket: Real (Spain), Bayern (Germany), Chelsea (England), Juventus (Italy), Benfica (Portugal), Monaco (France), Spartak (Russia), Shakhtar (Ukraine).
2nd basket: Barcelona (Spain), Atlético Madrid (Spain), PSG (France), Borussia Dortsmund (Germany), Sevilla (Spain), Manchester City (England), Porto (Portugal) ), Manchester United (England).
3rd basket: Napoli (Italy), Tottenham Hotspur (England), Basel (Switzerland), Olympiacos (Greece), Anderlecht (Belgium), Roma (Italy), Besiktas (Turkey) , Liverpool (England).
4th basket: Feyenoord (Netherlands), Maribor (Slovenia), RB Leipzig (Germany), CSKA (Russia), Qarabag (Azerbaijan), APOEL (Cyprus), Sporting (Portugal), Celtic (Scotland).
Teams from the same national association are divided into different groups. Russian and Ukrainian clubs will not play against each other due to the difficult political situation.
Photo: Alexander Mysyakin, “Championship”
The draw for the group stage of the 2018/19 Champions League will take place in Monaco, at the Grimaldi Forum convention center. The draw starts at 19:00 Moscow time.
Let us remind you that from this season, 26 teams received direct tickets to the group stage, instead of 22, as it was before. Six trips were raffled off with the help of qualifying rounds: through the Path of Champions and the Path of League Representatives. The first category is teams that won national championships with a low rating.
The second category is teams representing higher-status championships, but not champions. The following players entered the tournament through the Path of Champions: PSV, Crvena Zvezda, Young Boys, AEK. Through the Path of League Representatives - Benfica and Ajax. Note that Crvena Zvezda entered the tournament for the first time since 1991, and Young Boys for the first time in their history.
Benfica defeated PAOK and reached the group stage of the Champions League
Red Star reached the group stage of the Champions League, PSV knocked out BATE
Who's in which basket?
All tournament participants are divided into four baskets. The first pot included the winners of the Champions League, Europa League and six highest-ranked championships. This is also a new rule: previously the table of coefficients had priority; now only the league’s place in the UEFA rankings is taken into account. The second, third and fourth pots are filled as before: in accordance with the place of the clubs in the UEFA coefficient table.
First basket: Real Madrid (Spain), Atlético Madrid (Spain), Barcelona (Spain), Manchester City (England), PSG (France), Bayern Munich (Germany), Juventus (Italy), "Lokomotiv" (Russia).
Second basket: Borussia D (Germany), Manchester United (England), Benfica (Portugal), Tottenham Hotspur (England), Porto (Portugal), Shakhtar (Ukraine), Napoli (Italy) ), Roma (Italy).
Third basket:“Liverpool” (England), “Lyon” (France), “Valencia” (Spain), CSKA (Russia), “Schalke 04” (Germany), “Monaco” (Monaco), “Ajax” (Netherlands), “ PSV Eindhoven (Netherlands).
Fourth basket: Red Star (Serbia), Club Brugge (Belgium), Young Boys (Switzerland), Hoffenheim (Germany), Viktoria Pilsen (Czech Republic), Galatasaray (Turkey), Inter (Italy) ), AEK (Greece).
How will the teams be separated?
Teams from the same basket, as well as teams representing the same championship, cannot be included in one group. Also, CSKA and Lokomotiv will not be able to meet Shakhtar in the group stage: UEFA separates teams from Russia and Ukraine.
What else will happen at the draw?
In addition to the draw, an awards ceremony will be held. best football player season, best football player of the season, best goalkeeper, defender, midfielder and striker. Cristiano Ronaldo, Luka Modric and Mohamed Salah are vying for the title of best footballer of the season.
Nominees for the title of best goalkeeper: Alison, Gianluigi Buffon, Keylor Navas.
Defender nominees: Marcelo, Sergio Ramos, Raphael Varane.
Midfielder nominees: Kevin De Bruyne, Toni Kroos, Luka Modric.
Forward nominees: Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Mohamed Salah.
Amandine Henry, Pernilla Harder and Ada Hegerberg will compete for the title of best football player of the season.
It is already known that Cristiano Ronaldo will receive a prize for best goal season.
What else do you need to know?
The first matches of the Champions League group stage will begin on September 18. The final matches in the groups will take place on December 12. The 2018/19 Champions League final will take place on June 1, 2019 in Madrid, at the Metropolitano Stadium, home of Atlético Madrid.
Perhaps the main sensation of the Champions League qualification was the entry into the group stage of the Azerbaijani "Garabagh". No, it’s not that Gurban has a weak team at his disposal, it’s just
Azerbaijani clubs have never played in the group of the main European Cup!
The Azerbaijani team has been working towards this achievement for a long time. The five-time national champions won the national championship for the first time in 1993, and have now been the undisputed leader of national football for four seasons in a row, with a golden double in the last three.
“Qarabag” began its journey to the group in the second round of qualifying, where they easily dealt with the Georgian “Samtredia” (5:0, 1:0). Then there was the Moldavian “Sheriff”, which showed more serious resistance (0:0, 2:1).
In the decisive round, there were no representatives of the former Soviet republics as opponents, and in the duel with the experienced Danish Copenhagen, few believed in Gurbanov’s charges even after their minimal home victory (1:0) in the first game.
In the second meeting, the Danes restored the balance on the sum of games before the break, but then reserve forward of the South African national team Dino Ndlovu scored in the 63rd minute, as it turned out later, the decisive away goal.
Just three minutes later, the hosts took the lead again in the match, but in the remaining time Qarabag heroically defended equality on aggregate on goals and advanced through an away goal from Ndlovu into the group stage. Well, the star William Quist and Co. will now conquer the vastness of the Europa League.
Klopp taught the youngster a lesson
The confrontation between the German Hoffenheim and the English Liverpool primarily attracted attention, of course, because of the battle between two German coaches of the new wave.
However, if the leader of the Merseysiders has long become one of the best specialists of our time, the 30-year-old still remains a wunderkind coach for everyone.
When he took charge of Hoffenheim in February 2016, he became the youngest head coach in Bundesliga history. In his first season, Nagelsmann saved the team from relegation. The following winter, he received the title of manager of the year in Germany, and following the results of the last, his first full season, he led the team to the Champions League qualification.
However, Liverpool showed in a two-legged duel that it was too early for the "village" team to face opponents of this caliber by sending the blue-and-whites to the Europa League.
Klopp's team, even without Felipe Coutinho, who is still either ill or unwilling to take the field, won on the road with a score of 2: 1, and consolidated the success at home.
Everything was clear after 20 minutes of the return match, when , who scored a double, created a large backlog for the Reds.
Hoffenheim was able to return to the game and scored a goal more than the hosts in the remaining 70 minutes, but this did not decide anything.
“Liverpool has naturally made its way into the ranks of the strongest teams in Europe, and this means that England will have five clubs at the group stage! This became possible thanks to last year's victory in the Europa League.
Sarri prepares discoveries
Perhaps the most striking impression of the Champions League qualification was the game of the Italian Napoli, which left no stone unturned against the French Nice, which fought with Monaco and PSG for almost the entire last season for the championship in Ligue 1.
The point is not even that the Neapolitans won both matches with a score of 2:0, but the kind of football Maurizio Sarri's team demonstrates.
This year, Napoli is called almost the main favorite of Serie A for a reason (this is despite the fact that Juventus is still alive, which carried out a large-scale transfer campaign, including the acquisition of Milan and the ever-ambitious Roma, Lazio and Inter) ).
Sarri has built team football in such a way that watching the southerners play is a pleasure. The passing culture and team speed are almost absolute in the current Napoli.
It's hardly tiki-taka, but it's probably the closest Neapolitan football today is to Pep Guardiola's Barcelona in its heyday.
Sarri may not have the brains of Xavi and Sarri at his disposal, but his team moves the ball even faster.
It will be very interesting to see what Napoli can achieve in the current European Cup season. This team continues to play passing even under pressure at their own goal, regardless of the level of their opponents. So far it’s working out perfectly, but what will happen in the format of the main European Cup against Barcelona, Bayern, Chelsea, Manchester City, PSG, Monaco and other giants?
Collapsed stars
Well, the most striking confrontation in the playoff round of the Champions League was the battle between the Spanish Sevilla and the Turkish Istanbulspor.
Having won with a score of 2:1 in Turkey, the Andalusians seemed to have created a comfortable foundation for themselves, but Elero Elia, who distinguished himself in the first match, restored parity in goals on aggregate in the return match.
And although the Turks were inferior in goals on a foreign field, the intrigue returned to the confrontation in full force.
The same Elia and other star and not-so-star players Turkish club fought with all their might, giving the fans a spectacular spectacle.
Even Sevilla's two goals in home match did not moderate the ardor of “Istanbul”. The Turks scored again nine minutes before the end of the return leg, and their next goal gave them a ticket to the group stage.
Only he was never killed. Sevilla worked out the ending in an exemplary manner, thanks to which they once again made it to the group stage of the main European club tournament, sending the aging stars of Istanbulspor to the second European Cup.
Infrequent guests
As always since the change in the Champions League qualifying regulations, the champion's path brought several teams into the main draw of Europe's main club tournament that would otherwise hardly have made it to the group stage.
And if the Cypriot APOEL, the Greek Olympiacos and the Scottish Celtic often strive to get into the number 32 best teams continent, then for the Slovenian “Maribor” this will be only the third participation in the Champions League.
In the 1999/2000 season, the Slovenians in a group with the Italian Lazio, the German Bayer and Dynamo Kiev scored 4 points, beating only the Kievites, and two seasons ago Maribor drew once each with the German Schalke and the Portuguese “Sporting” and the English “Chelsea”, but also lost to each of these rivals.
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