HajdukSplit
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All 32 teams are known and the group stage draw is tomorrow at 18:00 (CET) which of course will be dragged out longer than it should be with their "comedy" skits. The seedings as has been the case last few seasons is the Pot 1 teams are the reigning CL and EL champions along with the domestic champions of the top six leagues in the UEFA coefficient (ESP, ENG, ITA, GER, FRA, RUS). The remaining pots are filled based off UEFA club coefficient
Teams from the same country cannot be drawn in the same group, teams from Russia-Ukraine cannot be drawn together and "paired" clubs cannot be drawn in the same half of the draw (example: Real Madrid & Barcelona will be in opposite halves of the draw so they don't play on TV the same day; A-D is one half, the other is E-H). UEFA haven't listed the paired clubs but you pretty much can guess which ones they are
Atalanta is making their Champions League debut while Red Bull Salzburg make it for the first time since their rebrand (they played in the mid-90s under different name). Slavia Prague return after an 11 year absence
Teams from the same country cannot be drawn in the same group, teams from Russia-Ukraine cannot be drawn together and "paired" clubs cannot be drawn in the same half of the draw (example: Real Madrid & Barcelona will be in opposite halves of the draw so they don't play on TV the same day; A-D is one half, the other is E-H). UEFA haven't listed the paired clubs but you pretty much can guess which ones they are
Atalanta is making their Champions League debut while Red Bull Salzburg make it for the first time since their rebrand (they played in the mid-90s under different name). Slavia Prague return after an 11 year absence