Barcelona sneak into Pot 1 for UCL draw again

Barcelona volition beryllium successful Pot 1 of seeds for the league signifier gully of the 2025-26 UEFA Champions League, and for the 2nd successive play it's due to the fact that Roma missed retired connected the last day.

Last season, Roma would person been successful the Champions League had Atalanta finished successful 5th spot successful Serie A, but they finished apical four. This season, Juventus secured 4th place connected the last day, again consigning Roma to the UEFA Europa League.

The Champions League holders and the 8 clubs with the champion show successful Europe implicit the past 5 seasons get a spot successful Pot 1. Roma are ranked ninth, with Barcelona successful 10th. As Roma missed out, Barcelona determination up to Pot 1.

Manchester City besides confirmed their spot successful Pot 1 with a 2-0 triumph astatine Fulham, ensuring they would decorativeness 3rd successful the Premier League.

Chelsea, who play Real Betis successful the UEFA Conference League last connected Wednesday, volition besides beryllium successful Pot 1 aft they won 1-0 astatine Nottingham Forest connected the last day.

However, with each squad being drawn against 2 clubs from the 4 pots to make 8 fixtures, the seeding of the pots present has constricted relevance -- the teams successful Pot 1 are not prevented from playing each other.

As this caller strategy throws up truthful galore alternatives, the bulk of the gully is completed by a computer. A squad volition beryllium drawn from Pot 1 successful accepted style, and past the process of selecting that club's opponents volition beryllium performed automatically.

The apical 8 spell consecutive done to the circular of 16, positions 8 to 24 play successful a two-legged knockout playoff circular and those placed 25th to 36th are eliminated. There is nary longer immoderate dropdown into the Europa League.

The gully for the radical signifier takes spot connected Thursday, Aug. 28.

POT 1

Real Madrid
Manchester City
Bayern Munich
Liverpool
Paris Saint-Germain
Internazionale
Chelsea
Borussia Dortmund
Barcelona

POT 2

Arsenal
Bayer Leverkusen
Atlético Madrid
Benfica (must travel done qualifying)
Atalanta
Villarreal
Juventus
Eintracht Frankfurt
Club Brugge (must travel done qualifying)
Rangers (must travel done qualifying)
Shakhtar Donetsk (must travel done qualifying)

Pots 3 and 4 volition beryllium upon which clubs travel done qualifying, with Tottenham Hotspur moving up to Pot 2 if Benfica and/or Club Brugge neglect to marque it to the league phase. PSV Eindhoven are the lone different nine who tin determination up from Pot 3 to Pot 2.

Ajax Amsterdam, Napoli, Sporting CP, Olympiacos, Slavia Prague and Marseille are definite to beryllium successful Pot 3.

Pot 4 is the apt destination for Celtic, AS Monaco, Athletic Club and Newcastle United.