CORNERFLICK
The draw ceremony for the UEFA Champions League football competition was held at 7:30 p.m. today (Thursday, Tehran time) at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco, with all 36 teams participating in this season’s competition learning their opponents.
The ceremony also featured several special guests, including David Villa, Thierry Henry, Raphaël Varane, Javier Zanetti, and Luís Figo.
The new UEFA Champions League season will begin on Tuesday, September 8, and the final will be played on Saturday, June 5, 2027, at the Metropolitano Stadium in Madrid, Spain.
In today’s draw, the 36 teams were divided into four seeding pots. In the league phase, each team will face two teams from each of the four pots.
The opponents of the teams in Pot 1, which includes some of the main contenders for the title, are as follows:
Real Madrid: Arsenal, Inter Milan, AS Roma, PSV Eindhoven, RB Leipzig, Shakhtar Donetsk, LASK, AEK Athens
Paris Saint-Germain: Barcelona, Manchester City, AS Roma, Aston Villa, Galatasaray, Villarreal, Slovan Bratislava, Como
Barcelona: Manchester City, Paris Saint-Germain, Aston Villa, Sporting CP, Feyenoord, Galatasaray, Como, Sabah
Liverpool: Atlético Madrid, Inter Milan, Porto, Club Brugge, Villarreal, Fenerbahçe, Lens, LASK
Bayern Munich: Arsenal, Atlético Madrid, Real Betis, Manchester United, Bodø/Glimt, Lille, Slavia Prague, Viking
Arsenal: Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund, Real Betis, Lille, Napoli, Sabah, Slavia Prague
Atlético Madrid: Bayern Munich, Liverpool, Manchester United, PSV Eindhoven, Fenerbahçe, Bodø/Glimt, Viking, Stuttgart
Inter Milan: Liverpool, Real Madrid, Club Brugge, Borussia Dortmund, Shakhtar Donetsk, Feyenoord, Stuttgart, Slovan Bratislava
Manchester City: Paris Saint-Germain, Barcelona, Sporting CP, Porto, Napoli, RB Leipzig, AEK Athens, Lens