We already know 16 teams qualified directly in the “new groups” of the UEFA Champions League! What awaits FCSB in the preliminaries

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article written by Digi Sport
05.05.2024, 08:37

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UEFA Champions League they are changing their format from next season. The classic group phase will be replaced by a so-called “league phase”, with 36 teams.

16 of the 36 teams that will start the first edition of the UEFA Champions League in the new format are already known, all qualified due to their position in the ranking of domestic competitions, some strong, which send four or even five teams directly to the league stage.

The 16 teams already qualified for the UEFA Champions League stage

Manchester City
Bayern Munich
real madrid
PSG
Liverpool
Inter
RB Leipzig
Borussia Dortmund
Arsenal
FC Barcelona
Girona
Bayer Leverkusen
Stuttgart
AC Milan
PSV
Feyenoord

The table will be completed with the formations that qualify due to the positions occupied in the domestic competitions, by the winner of the Europa League, if they do not qualify from the championship, and by the seven teams that win the UEFA Champions League play-off doubles, five from the champions route, two from the non-champions route.