22 teams have automatically qualified for the group stages of 2015/16 season of the UEFA Champions League, with 10 teams more set to be decided out of the 56 teams who would be taking part in the qualifiers which starts tomorrow June 30th 2015.
The draws for the first and second qualifying round were taken out last week on 22nd June, with draw for the third qualifying round set to be taken out on July 17th 2015.
Though tentative here are the dates for UEFA Champions League 2015/16 draws.
UEFA Champions League 2015-16 Draw Dates
UEFA have also set a tentative Champions League match calendar for the year 2015/16, the schedule is still pending UEFA’s final confirmation.
UEFA Champions League 2015/16 Match Calendar
22 Teams that have already qualified for Champions’ League Group Stage have been divided into multiple Pots for the group stage draw which is scheduled to take place on August 27th 2015 but due to recent change in the regulations Pot 1 of the draw would now be formed by the champions of the top seven associations, which are Spain, England, Germany, Italy, Portugal, France and Russia as well as the UEFA Champions League holders.
But as both finalists this time around (Barcelona and Juventus) already won their domestic titles, that slot has been given to PSV, who were the winners of the championship in the Netherlands and are the eighth-ranked association.
The 22 teams that have already qualified are:
In Pot 1:
FC Barcelona (ESP, holders) coefficient: 164.999
FC Bayern München (GER) 154.883
Chelsea FC (ENG) 142.078
SL Benfica (POR) 118.276
Paris Saint-Germain (FRA) 100.483
Juventus (ITA) 95.102
FC Zenit (RUS) 90.099
PSV Eindhoven (NED) 58.195
Other Pots
Real Madrid CF (ESP) 171.999
Club Atlético de Madrid (ESP) 120.999
FC Porto (POR) 111.276
Arsenal FC (ENG) 110.078
Manchester City FC (ENG) 87.078
Sevilla FC (ESP) 80.499
Olympique Lyonnais (FRA) 72.983
FC Dynamo Kyiv (UKR) 65.033
Olympiacos FC (GRE) 62.380
Galatasaray AŞ (TUR) 50.020
AS Roma (ITA) 43.602
VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach (GER) 33.883
VfL Wolfsburg (GER) 31.883
KAA Gent (BEL) 13.440
The 10 winning teams from the Playoffs round would also be added to the above list for the group stage draw.
56 Teams that would be competing for the 10 Playoff spots are:
In the First qualifying round:
- The New Saints FC (WAL) 5.575
- FC Levadia Tallinn (EST) 4.200
- FC Pyunik (ARM) 3.550
- FC Santa Coloma (AND) 2.666
- Crusaders FC (NIR) 2.475
- B36 Tórshavn (FRO) 1.450
- Lincoln FC (GIB) 0.550
- SS Folgore (SMR) 0.349
Second qualifying round
- FC Steaua Bucureşti (ROU) 40.259
- Celtic FC (SCO) 39.080
- APOEL FC (CYP) 35.460
- FC BATE Borisov (BLR) 35.150
- PFC Ludogorets Razgrad (BUL) 25.250
- GNK Dinamo Zagreb (CRO) 24.700
- NK Maribor (SVN) 22.225
- Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC (ISR) 18.200
- KKS Lech Poznań (POL) 17.300
- FK Partizan (SRB) 14.775
- Malmö FF (SWE) 12.545
- Qarabağ FK (AZE) 11.500
- HJK Helsinki (FIN) 11.140
- Molde FK (NOR) 10.375
- FC Midtjylland (DEN) 7.960
- Videoton FC (HUN) 7.950
- KF Skënderbeu (ALB) 5.575
- FK Sarajevo (BIH) 5.500
- FK Ventspils (LVA) 5.350
- FC Dila Gori (GEO) 4.875
- FK AS Trenčín (SVK) 4.250
- FK Žalgiris Vilnius (LTU) 3.900
- FC Astana (KAZ) 3.825
- FC Milsami Orhei (MDA) 3.750
- FK Rudar Pljevlja (MNE) 3.375
- FK Vardar (MKD) 3.175
- Stjarnan (ISL) 3.100
- CS Fola Esch (LUX) 2.525
- Dundalk FC (IRL) 2.150
- Hibernians FC (MLT) 1.591
Third qualifying round
Champions’ route
- FC Basel 1893 (SUI) 84.875
- FC Salzburg (AUT) 43.135
- FC Viktoria Plzeň (CZE) 41.825
17 second qualifying round winners
League route
- FC Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR) 86.033
- AFC Ajax (NED) 66.195
- PFC CSKA Moskva (RUS) 55.599
- Club Brugge KV (BEL) 41.440
- AS Monaco FC (FRA) 31.483
- BSC Young Boys (SUI) 31.375
- AC Sparta Praha (CZE) 30.825
- Fenerbahçe SK (TUR) 30.020
- Panathinaikos FC (GRE) 19.880
- SK Rapid Wien (AUT) 15.635
League route
- Manchester United FC (ENG) 103.078
- Valencia CF (ESP) 99.999
- Bayer 04 Leverkusen (GER) 87.883
- Sporting Clube de Portugal (POR) 56.276
- SS Lazio (ITA) 49.102
