2015-16 UEFA Champions League

Francie Barrett

Think United got one of the best draws they could hope for.

Celtic on the other hand must have gotten the worst.

citytillidie

Playing tonight
Champions Route
FC Astana (KAZ) 1 V 0 APOEL FC (CYP)
FC BATE Borisov (BLR) 1 V 0 FK Partizan (SRB)

League Route
SS Lazio (ITA) 1 V 0 Bayer 04 Leverkusen (GER)
Manchester United FC (ENG) 3 V 1 Club Brugge KV (BEL)
Sporting Clube de Portugal (POR) 2 V 1 PFC CSKA Moskva (RUS)

Playing Wednesday
Champions Route
KF Skënderbeu (ALB) 1 V 2 GNK Dinamo Zagreb (CRO)
Celtic FC (SCO) 3 V 2 Malmö FF (SWE)
FC Basel 1893 (SUI) 2 V 2 Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC (ISR)

League Route
SK Rapid Wien (AUT) 0 V 1 FC Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR)
Valencia CF (ESP) 3 V 1 AS Monaco FC (FRA)

GreNoLi

Malmo to get a draw.

That_Guy

Tough looking draw for Celtic. I haven't watched them play in a long time but by all accounts they made tough work of the last qualifying fixture.

Surely given that the league is back in full swing, they'll have clicked into gear somewhat.

Superb atmosphere.

GreNoLi

Finish.

Lovely Bloke

Valencia Monaco on Setanta Ireland, Valencia one up already.

lertsnim

Celtic 2-0 after nine minutes. I was hoping to see some sort of contest. Oh well.

NIMAN

lertsnim wrote: »

Celtic 2-0 after nine minutes. I was hoping to see some sort of contest. Oh well.

You did.

764dak

inforfun wrote: »

Valencia - Monaco
Lazio - Leverkusen

Werent the English in danger of losing a CL spot?

It is not that i am a conspiracy theorist, is just that i trust Blatter jr. as far as i can throw him.

But if they dropped down into the Europa League they could have a deeper run into the tournament and EL and CL give the same coefficient points.

inforfun

True, but dont count CL point heavier than EL points?

citytillidie

inforfun wrote: »

True, but dont count CL point heavier than EL points?

Here is the points break down, 1st number is Champions league 2nd number Europa league

Round
First qualifying round elimination 0.5 0.25
Second qualifying round elimination 1 0.5
Third qualifying round elimination – 1
Play-off elimination – 1.5
Group stage participation 4 2
Win in group stage or subsequent round 2 2
Draw in group stage or subsequent round 1 1
Round of 16 participation 5 –
Quarter-finals, semi-finals, and finals participation 1 1

citytillidie

Playing tonight
Champions Route
GNK Dinamo Zagreb (CRO) 4 V 1 KF Skënderbeu (ALB) (Agg 6-2)
Malmö FF (SWE) 2 V 0 Celtic FC (SCO) (Agg 4-3)
Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC (ISR) 1 V 1 FC Basel 1893 (SUI) (Agg 3-3) Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC (ISR) win on Away goals

League Route
FC Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR) 2 V 2 SK Rapid Wien (AUT) (Agg 3-2)
AS Monaco FC (FRA) 2 V 1 Valencia CF (ESP) (Agg 3-4)

Playing Wednesday
Champions Route
APOEL FC (CYP) 1 V 1 FC Astana (KAZ) (Agg 1-2)
FK Partizan (SRB) 2 V 1 FC BATE Borisov (BLR) (Agg 2-2) FC BATE Borisov (BLR) win on away goals

League Route
Bayer 04 Leverkusen (GER) 3 V 0 SS Lazio (ITA) (Agg 3-1)
Club Brugge KV (BEL) 0 V 4 Manchester United FC (ENG) (Agg 1-7)
PFC CSKA Moskva (RUS) 3 V 1 Sporting Clube de Portugal (POR) (Agg 4-3)

HalloweenJack

Valencia going for it against Monaco. Subasic already making a great save.

And as I type, Negredo has just brilliantly lobbed him to cancel out Monaco's away goal.

Jelle1880

HalloweenJack wrote: »

Valencia going for it against Monaco. Subasic already making a great save.

And as I type, Negredo has just brilliantly lobbed him to cancel out Monaco's away goal.

And they've done it, brilliant for Valencia. Glad they're in it again.

dr.kenneth noisewater

Shaktar, Malmo, Dinamo Zagreb and Maccabi Tel Aviv join Valencia in the group stages.

dr.kenneth noisewater

Also the first time there will 5 teams from a single country in the group stages!
Barca, Real, Athletico, Sevilla and Valencia

NUTZZ

Celtic & Monaco knocked out of Champions League tonight. Pots 1-4 for Group stage draw on Thursday (as it stands):

Dirty Dingus McGee

dr.kenneth noisewater wrote: »

Also the first time there will 5 teams from a single country in the group stages!
Barca, Real, Athletico, Sevilla and Valencia

Reminds me of the day UEFA confirmed that the Europa League winners would get an automatic champions league spot and on Sky Sports News Brian Swanson excitedly announced that from 2015 there could be 5 English Teams in the Group Stages (as if it was almost certain to happen) instead of saying there could be 5 teams from one country in the group stages.

Jelle1880

Can't see Lazio hold on here, it's been all Leverkusen. Hit the woodwork twice already.

ERG89

Jelle1880 wrote: »

Can't see Lazio hold on here, it's been all Leverkusen. Hit the woodwork twice already.

That goal was coming, Lazio should have had a penalty but still are just playing like losers

Jelle1880

Their defence picked up for the last 10 mins or so, but then to give away a goal like that...

Jelle1880

2-0 for Leverkusen, amateur defending again from Lazio.

ERG89

Jelle1880 wrote: »

Their defence picked up for the last 10 mins or so, but then to give away a goal like that...

That 2nd might be it. They have to start playing now. Such a disappointing performance by them.

Jelle1880

And a 2nd yellow for Mauricio, all over for Lazio I'd say.

ERG89

3-0 such a terrible performance by Lazio. Leverkusen aren't even a great side no matter how much gushing Hargreaves is doing.

GreNoLi

Shocker, was hoping Lazio would get in.

dr.kenneth noisewater

Nice to see new teams like Astana make it through. CSKA and BATE also through with Utd and Leverkusen

klose

Fc astna will be an absolute stinker of an away in the glorious nation of Kazakhstan. Cska Moscow got through again I see, again another bothersome away trip for a few reasons.

citytillidie

Pot 1
Barcelona
Chelsea
Bayern Munich
Juventus
Benfica
Paris Saint-Germain
Zenit Saint Petersburg
PSV Eindhoven

Pot 2
Real Madrid
Atlético Madrid
Porto
Arsenal
Manchester United
Valencia
Bayer Leverkusen
Manchester City

Pot 3
Shakhtar Donetsk
Sevilla
Lyon
Dynamo Kyiv
Olympiacos
CSKA Moscow
Galatasaray
Roma

Pot 4
BATE Borisov
Borussia Mönchengladbach
Wolfsburg
Dinamo Zagreb
Maccabi Tel Aviv
Gent
Malmö FF
Astana

GreNoLi

Barcelona City Roma Wolfsburg for group of death then.

GreNoLi

How can that Sporting goal be disallowed, awful stuff.

GreNoLi

Darragh getting flustered haha.

Mushy

GreNoLi wrote: »

How can that Sporting goal be disallowed, awful stuff.

Did the ball go out of play on the corner? If not, awful call!

Mr.Nice Guy

I'd love Chelsea to get Madrid.

Jose vs Rafa.

It would be worth it for the press conferences alone.

eagle eye

I fail to understand how the European Champion's from the season before last are in pot 2, just seems ridiculous. And it's not like they just disappeared off the face of the earth last season, they were semi-finalists again.

Nunu

eagle eye wrote: »

I fail to understand how the European Champion's from the season before last are in pot 2, just seems ridiculous. And it's not like they just disappeared off the face of the earth last season, they were semi-finalists again.

Only champions in pot 1 now

The Golden Miller

Very poor by Lazio. Would liked to have seen them in. Would have given some of the top teams a real rattle. Terribly slow starters each season.

ERG89

The Golden Miller wrote: »

Very poor by Lazio. Would liked to have seen them in. Would have given some of the top teams a real rattle. Terribly slow starters each season.

Biglia missing hurt them but not as much as Candreva & Felipe Anderson doing absolutely nothing of note. They never invested in the summer either as they need someone better than Mauricio ar centre back & even though he played well they were trying to ship out Keita this summer before he scored in the first leg.
They deserved to go out & it's a kick in the balls again to Serie A's coefficient rankings

Nalz

Nunu wrote: »

Only champions in pot 1 now

Seeing as it's "the Champions" league I think this is the way to go

HalloweenJack

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

I'd love Chelsea to get Madrid.

Jose vs Rafa.

It would be worth it for the press conferences alone.

Would be even better in the knockout stages.

SantryRed

Am I right in saying that Sevilla have no country protection today?

citytillidie

SantryRed wrote: »

Am I right in saying that Sevilla have no country protection today?

Don't think so they are in as a Spanish representative, so can't draw another Spanish team in the group.

Only teams being kept apart are teams from Russia and Ukraine

SantryRed

citytillidie wrote: »

Don't think so they are in as a Spanish representative, so can't draw another Spanish team in the group.

Only teams being kept apart are teams from Russia and Ukraine

I could have sworn when I first read about the Europa League winners being given an extra CL spot if not in the top 4 of their country (and having 4 qualifiers), that they wouldn't get the country protection. Can't find a thing about it now though!

jacool

SantryRed wrote: »

I could have sworn when I first read about the Europa League winners being given an extra CL spot if not in the top 4 of their country (and having 4 qualifiers), that they wouldn't get the country protection. Can't find a thing about it now though!

from uefa.com
"No team can play a club from their own association and Russian and Ukrainian teams cannot meet."

jacool

BAR CHE BAY PSV
ARS R.M. M.C. M.U.
GAL D.K. ROM SEV
MóN GEN MAL AST
that's the draw for the English sides sorted

citytillidie

SantryRed wrote: »

I could have sworn when I first read about the Europa League winners being given an extra CL spot if not in the top 4 of their country (and having 4 qualifiers), that they wouldn't get the country protection. Can't find a thing about it now though!

It may have been someone thinking along the lines of when Liverpool got in after 2005 when they were a European team and could draw an English team in the groups which happened when they got Chelsea

Is there anywhere online you can watch the draw?

Omackeral

A Kazakh team is in the Group Stages of the Champions League. Cue lazy Borat references from the tabloids if an English team draws them. If a team from there can get in, is it realistic for an Irish team I wonder?

Omackeral

Also, what if a team from RUS and a team from UKR meet in knockouts? Neutral ground?

citytillidie

Deleted User wrote: »

Is there anywhere online you can watch the draw?

All draws have been on the UEFA website