Each name that was pulled simply took up the next group. ET: Ajax Amsterdam is the first name drawn followed by FC Porto, Bayern Munich, Eintracht Frankfurt, and the rest. Robert Lewandowski faces his ex-club!Ĭhelsea: Only one choice for the Blues and that's with AC Milan in Group CĪtletico Madrid: And they go into B against FC Porto for the second straight season.ġ2:28 p.m. And the Blaugrana are paired with Bayern Munich for the second straight season. The Spanish side gets G against Man City.īarcelona: They only have two options, B or C. It was the ideal Pot 1 matchup for any team in Pot 2. Tottenham Hotspur: Spurs have five possibilities A-E. Juventus: Only Group G and H are the options and they get PSG. First time they're facing Real Madrid in the Champions League. RB Leipzig: Groups E, F, G or H were the options and they landed in Group F. Here are the teams in order of their selection: Inter Milan: The last Pot 3 club joins Bayern and Barcelona. Computer send them to face Real Madrid again. Shakhtar Donetsk: Only one choice given Inter Milan also remain. Sporting Lisbon: All three remaining groups are available to them (C, D, F). And they get PSG and Juventus.īorussia Dortmund: Only Group G is available to the German side.īayer Leverkusen: They also have only one choice and that's Group B. And they get Group A and Liverpool.įC Salzburg: All seven groups are available to the Austrian side. Napoli: First team drawn and it has four possible options: A, B, C or D. Viktoria Plzen: And that leaves the Czech side which is fed to the Group of Death teams in Bayern Munich, Barcelona and Inter Milan. Maccabi Haifa: Either group fits for the Israeli side. And they get Napoli, Liverpool and Ajax.ĭinamo Zagreb: They have all three remaining options available (C, E, and H). Spurs fans will be ecstatic.įC Copenhagen: All groups available to them, and they get Man City's group.Ĭlub Brugge: A, B, C, E and H are all available and they get Group B. ET: On to the final pot (Pot 4).Ĭeltic: They can get any group and they got Real Madrid in Group F. The winner of the Women's Coach of the Season is Sarina Wiegman who led England's women to Euro 2022 glory.ġ2:52 p.m. ET: After the draw we get the remaining award winners. And he also recognizes Arrigo Sacchi for being a teacher to him when he coached him at AC Milan.ġ:02 p.m. He lists all five grandchildren in his thank you's. And he's there to accept it and offers a lengthy acceptance speak in English. ET: Carlo Ancelotti receives the Men's Coach of the Season. And she's slightly limping, a clear sign of the knee injury that kept her out of Euros 2022.ġ:06 p.m. ET: Barcelona's Alexia Putellas wins the Women's Player of the Year for the second season in a row. Benzema calls Carlo Ancelotti the best coach he's ever had in some lengthy comments with the presenters.ġ:15 p.m. The Men's Player of the Year award goes to Karim Benzema and he's on stage to accept it. The group stage matches are right around the corner, kicking off on Tuesday, Sept. Kudos to UEFA for not holding up the draw with all the awards. Champions League groups 2022/23Ĭhampions League draw updates from 2022/23 ceremony in Turkeyġ:20 p.m. Meanwhile, Tottenham Hotspur and Real Madrid will be very pleased with their group draws, and Group A should provide guaranteed entertainment (Ajax, Liverpool, Napoli and Rangers). Benfica will be no pushover in that group, and Maccabi Haifa will be excited to cause an upset after a surprise run through qualifying to the group stage. His departure was on very different terms compared to Lewandowski's.Īnother Group of Death candidate is Group H, where PSG will take on former star Angel Di Maria, who now wears Juventus colors. He'll be keen to show that he made the right move in joining Barcelona.Īnother player revisiting his old club will be Manchester City's big summer signing Erling Haaland, who goes back to Borussia Dortmund where he became a world star. A stellar run with the Bavarian giants ended with a contentious departure over the summer. The eight groups are set and there is an obvious candidate for Group of Death: Bayern Munich, Barcelona and Inter Milan are the big names in Group C, which also features Czech side Viktoria Plzen.īut more notably, those pairings also delivered a Robert Lewandowski revenge match against former club Bayern Munich. The 32 clubs that qualified for the group stage - 26 automatic qualifiers along with six teams that earned berths via the qualifying rounds - found out their fate as the names were pulled out of the pots at the glitzy ceremony. The road to Istanbul began in Istanbul as the 2022/23 UEFA Champions League group stage draw was held on Thursday, August 25 in the city that will host the final in June 2023.
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