The new season is upon us and the draws to
determine who would make the group stages of the 2015/2016 UEFA
champions league group stages have been completed.
UEFA seeds the teams in this manner:
League route
Seeded: Manchester United (ENG), Valencia (ESP), Bayer Leverkusen (GER), Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR), Sporting CP (POR)
Unseeded: CSKA Moskva (RUS), Lazio (ITA), Club Brugge (BEL), AS Monaco (FRA), Rapid Wien (AUT)
Champions route
Seeded: FC Basel (SUI), Celtic (SCO), APOEL (CYP), BATE Borisov (BLR), Dinamo Zagreb (CRO)
Unseeded: Maccabi Tel-Aviv (ISR), Partizan (SRB), Malmö (SWE), Skënderbeu (ALB), Astana (KAZ).
Due to the restriction in Russian and Ukrainian clubs meeting, Shakhtar cannot be drawn against CSKA Moskva.
The draws in full:
FC Astana vs Apoel FC
KS Skendrebu vs NSK Dinamo
Celtic FC vs Malmo FF
FC Basel vs Maccabi Tel-Aviv
FC Bate Borisov vs FK Partizan
SS Lazio vs Bayern Leverkusen
Manchester United vs Club Brugge
Sporting vs CSKA Moscow
Rapid Wien vs Shakter Donesk
Valencia vs AS Monaco
Ties will be played on 18/19 and 25/26 August, the ten winners joining the 22 clubs automatically qualified for the group stage.
The teams already in the group stages include: Barcelona (holders), Bayern München, Chelsea, Benfica, Paris Saint-Germain, Juventus, Zenit, PSV Eindhoven, Real Madrid, Atlético Madrid, FC Porto, Arsenal, Manchester City, Sevilla, Olympique Lyonnais, Dynamo Kyiv, Olympiacos, Galatasaray, AS Roma, Borussia Mönchengladbach, Wolfsburg, KAA Gent.
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Meanwhile in the Europa league, ties will be played on 20th and 27th of August with the 22 winners going into the group stage draw in Monaco on 28 August along with 16 automatic entrants and the ten teams defeated in the UEFA Champions League play-off draw.
The automatic entrants into the group stages are: Schalke 04 (GER), Napoli (ITA), Tottenham Hotspur (ENG), Villarreal (ESP), Olympique de Marseille (FRA), Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (UKR), Braga (POR), Fiorentina (ITA) , Anderlecht (BEL), Liverpool (ENG), Beşiktaş (TUR), Lokomotiv Moskva (RUS), Augsburg (GER), Asteras Tripolis (GRE), FC Groningen (NED), Sion (SUI).
The draws in full:
Altach v Belenenses
Milsami v St-Étienne
Jablonec v Ajax
Žilina v Athletic
Young Boys v Qarabağ
Steaua Bucharest v Rosenborg
Molde v Standard Liège
Zorya v Legia
Victoria Plzen v Vojvojdina
PAOK v Brondby
Bordeaux v Kairat
Panathinaikos v Qäbälä
Southampton v Midtjylland
Lech v Videoton
Dinamo Minsk v Salzburg
Astra v AZ
Rabotnicki v Rubin Kazan
Odd v Dortmund
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UEFA seeds the teams in this manner:
League route
Seeded: Manchester United (ENG), Valencia (ESP), Bayer Leverkusen (GER), Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR), Sporting CP (POR)
Unseeded: CSKA Moskva (RUS), Lazio (ITA), Club Brugge (BEL), AS Monaco (FRA), Rapid Wien (AUT)
Champions route
Seeded: FC Basel (SUI), Celtic (SCO), APOEL (CYP), BATE Borisov (BLR), Dinamo Zagreb (CRO)
Unseeded: Maccabi Tel-Aviv (ISR), Partizan (SRB), Malmö (SWE), Skënderbeu (ALB), Astana (KAZ).
Due to the restriction in Russian and Ukrainian clubs meeting, Shakhtar cannot be drawn against CSKA Moskva.
The draws in full:
FC Astana vs Apoel FC
KS Skendrebu vs NSK Dinamo
Celtic FC vs Malmo FF
FC Basel vs Maccabi Tel-Aviv
FC Bate Borisov vs FK Partizan
SS Lazio vs Bayern Leverkusen
Manchester United vs Club Brugge
Sporting vs CSKA Moscow
Rapid Wien vs Shakter Donesk
Valencia vs AS Monaco
Ties will be played on 18/19 and 25/26 August, the ten winners joining the 22 clubs automatically qualified for the group stage.
The teams already in the group stages include: Barcelona (holders), Bayern München, Chelsea, Benfica, Paris Saint-Germain, Juventus, Zenit, PSV Eindhoven, Real Madrid, Atlético Madrid, FC Porto, Arsenal, Manchester City, Sevilla, Olympique Lyonnais, Dynamo Kyiv, Olympiacos, Galatasaray, AS Roma, Borussia Mönchengladbach, Wolfsburg, KAA Gent.
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Meanwhile in the Europa league, ties will be played on 20th and 27th of August with the 22 winners going into the group stage draw in Monaco on 28 August along with 16 automatic entrants and the ten teams defeated in the UEFA Champions League play-off draw.
The automatic entrants into the group stages are: Schalke 04 (GER), Napoli (ITA), Tottenham Hotspur (ENG), Villarreal (ESP), Olympique de Marseille (FRA), Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (UKR), Braga (POR), Fiorentina (ITA) , Anderlecht (BEL), Liverpool (ENG), Beşiktaş (TUR), Lokomotiv Moskva (RUS), Augsburg (GER), Asteras Tripolis (GRE), FC Groningen (NED), Sion (SUI).
The draws in full:
Altach v Belenenses
Milsami v St-Étienne
Jablonec v Ajax
Žilina v Athletic
Young Boys v Qarabağ
Steaua Bucharest v Rosenborg
Molde v Standard Liège
Zorya v Legia
Victoria Plzen v Vojvojdina
PAOK v Brondby
Bordeaux v Kairat
Panathinaikos v Qäbälä
Southampton v Midtjylland
Lech v Videoton
Dinamo Minsk v Salzburg
Astra v AZ
Rabotnicki v Rubin Kazan
Odd v Dortmund
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