The draw for the group stage of the Champions League will take place on Thursday, at five in the evening, in the Turkish city of Istanbul, and the pots have been determined tonight with the completion of the rest of the second leg matches.
The remaining vacancies were filled by Shakhtar Donetsk Ukrainians and Austrians in Salzburg and Sheriff of Moldova.
In Zagreb, Sharif made history by being the first Moldova team to reach the group stage of the Champions League after a goalless draw with Dinamo, benefiting from a 3-0 home win. Moldova population is part of pot 4.
In Ukraine, the locals tied 2-2 in overtime after Monaco equalized, concluding the play-off with a 3-2 score on aggregate, concluding pot 3.
In Denmark, Salzburg repeated the result of the first leg and beat Bronde 2-1 and was included in Pot 4 of the tie.
As for the Portuguese teams, Sporting is part of Pot 1, the National League champions and winners of the Champions League and Europa League last season, while FC Porto and Benfica are merged into Pot 3.
Here is the composition of the four Champions League pots:
Friend 1
Chelsea
Villarreal
Atletico Madrid
Manchester
Bayern
Inter
Little
Sporting
friend 2
real Madrid
Barcelona
Juventus
Manchester United
Paris Saint-Germain
Liverpool
Seville
Borussia Dortmund
Friends 3
Porto
Ajax
Leipzig
Atalanta
Benfica
Zenit
Salzburg
Shakhtar Donetsk
Friend 4
Club Brugge
Young Boys
Milan
Wolfsburg
Malmo
Sherif
Dynamo Kiev
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