Apologies fellow reds, for this thread is a little early. There are some 11 days until the Champions League draw takes place in Monaco, and it'll be the first CL draw we have been involved in since 2009. I genuinely cannot wait.
Unfortunately because of our lack of inclusion and success in European competitions over the past five years, we have not amassed enough points (coefficent) to be selected in a decent pot. From what I remember, we will be selected from pot three with the potential of being drawn in the same group as Real Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Dortmund, or PSG. Bring them on!
The best thing about this drawn is that we cannot moan and bi*ch about how Manchester United have been given an easy group.. And we inevitably will not have that easy group.. But doesn't that make the competition for us all the more exciting?
ParticipantsPosition Club Coefficient
1 Real Madrid CF (ESP) – holders 161.542
2 FC Barcelona (ESP) 157.542
3 FC Bayern München (GER) 154.328
4 Chelsea FC (ENG) 140.949
5 SL Benfica (POR) 129.459
6 Club Atlético de Madrid (ESP) 119.542
7 FC Schalke 04 (GER) 95.328
8 Borussia Dortmund (GER) 82.328
9 Juventus (ITA) 80.387
10 Paris Saint-Germain (FRA) 80.300
11 FC Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR) 78.193
12 FC Basel 1893 (SUI) 75.645
13 Manchester City FC (ENG) 72.949
14 Olympiacos FC (GRE) 67.720
15 PFC CSKA Moskva (RUS) 66.899
16 AFC Ajax (NED) 61.862
17 Liverpool FC (ENG) 58.949
18 Sporting Clube de Portugal (POR) 58.459
19 Galatasaray AÅž (TUR) 55.340
20 RSC Anderlecht (BEL) 50.260
21 AS Roma (ITA) 39.887
22 AS Monaco FC (FRA) 11.300
23 Winner play-off
24 Winner play-off
25 Winner play-off
26 Winner play-off
27 Winner play-off
28 Winner play-off
29 Winner play-off
30 Winner play-off
31 Winner play-off
32 Winner play-off
Who will we draw?