UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

After almost 40 years we are rightfully back amongst the elite in Europe.Thanks to Lucien Favre and Max Eberl and a team that believed.Lets hope we can continue to build on this seasons stellar success and once more display our style and brand of football for the entire world and Europe.The style that took the continent and world by storm thru the capable hands of a visionary called Hennes Weisweiler back in the 70's and clearly followed thru and implemented by Lucien Fvare.

Next season's UEFA Champions League seeds

FC Barcelona, Chelsea FC, FC Bayern München, Juventus, SL Benfica, Paris Saint-Germain, FC Zenit and PSV Eindhoven will be placed in Pot 1 for the 2015/16 group stage draw.
The eight seeds for the 2015/16 UEFA Champions League group stage draw have now been determined.


Next season's top seeds (based on 2015/16 access list)*
FC Barcelona (ESP)
Chelsea FC (ENG)
FC Bayern München (GER)
Juventus (ITA)
SL Benfica (POR)
Paris Saint-Germain (FRA)
FC Zenit (RUS)
PSV Eindhoven (NED)

Following a significant change in the regulations, Pot 1 for the draw – in Monaco on 28 August – will now be formed by the champions of the top seven associations: Spain, England, Germany, Italy, Portugal, France and Russia.

The regulations state that the eighth seeding will be taken by the UEFA Champions League holders. However, as both finalists this time round – Barcelona and Juventus – have already won their domestic titles, that slot goes to PSV, winners of the championship in the Netherlands, who are the eighth-ranked association.

Previously, the pots were ordered purely by the coefficients of the competing clubs. The change was proposed in 2014 by the UEFA Club Competitions Committee before being approved by the UEFA Executive Committee. It is another decision that helps strengthen the hand of domestic title holders in the competition.

The other three pots will be set using the club coefficient rankings, which UEFA compiles based on results over the last five UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League campaigns. More information about how the coefficients are formed can be found in Annex D of the Regulations of the UEFA Champions League, 2015/16 edition



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Until 27 August, Borussia's fans must be patient. Then in Monaco the eight groups of the upcoming Champions League will be drawn. Only after that also starts the ticket pre-sale. Borussia is third in the Bundesliga qualify automatically for the group stage. Numerous top teams from other European leagues have also booked their ticket for the Champions League. And many other teams - mostly from smaller leagues of the continent - to rise at the end of this month in the qualification for the Champions League. The last participant in the group stage will be determined on the day before the draw in the play-offs.

We give here an overview of the teams that have already qualified for the group stage and the teams in the qualifying rounds in the competition board. Depending on who prevails here, Borussia will land in the third or fourth Lostopf and one team from each pot to get drawn against another. The eight teams from the first Lostopf have already been confirmed.

GROUP STAGE

Draw: August 27 in Monaco. Schedule: 1st Round: 15 / 16th September 2nd Round: 29 / 30th September 3rd Round: 20. / 21. October 4. Round: 3rd / 4th November 5. Round: 24th / 25th November 6. Round: 8th / 9th December.

For the group stage qualify:

Pot 1: FC Barcelona, Chelsea FC, FC Bayern Munich, Juventus, Paris Saint Germain, Benfica, Zenit St. Petersburg, PSV Eindhoven

Pot 2: Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid, FC Porto, FC Arsenal, Manchester City

Pot 2 or 3: FC Sevilla, Olympique Lyon, Dynamo Kiev

Pot 3: Olympiacos, Galatasaray Istanbul

Pot 3 or 4: AS Roma, Borussia Moenchengladbach, VfL Wolfsburg

Pot 4: KAA Gent

PLAY-OFFS

First leg: 18 / 19th August Rückspiele: 25 / 26th August:

Safe for the play-offs qualify:

-Placed Manchester United, FC Valencia, Bayer Leverkusen, Sporting Lisbon, Lazio

3. qualifying round

First leg: 28 / 29th July Rückspiele: 4th / 5th August.

For the 3rd qualifying round qualify:

Champions-way: FC Basel, RB Salzburg, FC Viktoria Plzeň

-Placed: FC Shakhtar Donetsk, Ajax Amsterdam, CSKA Moscow, FC Brugge, AS Monaco, Young Boys Bern, Sparta Prague, Fenerbahce, Panathinaikos, Rapid Wien

2. qualifying round

First leg on 14 / 15th July Rückspiele 21 / 22nd July

Qualified for the 2nd qualifying round and set:

Steaua Bucharest (Romania), Celtic (Scotland), APOEL Nicosia (Cyprus), FC BATE Borisov (Belarus), PFC Ludogorets Razgrad (Bulgaria), Dinamo Zagreb (Croatia), NK Maribor (Slovenia), Maccabi Tel Aviv (Israel) Partizan Belgrade (Serbia), Malmö FF (Sweden), FK Qarabag Agdam (Azerbaijan), HJK Helsinki (Finland), Molde FK (Norway), FC Midtjylland (Denmark), FC Videoton (Hungary), Legia Warsaw / Lech Poznan (Poland )

Qualified for the 2nd qualifying round and not set:

KF Skënderbeu Korçë (Albania), FK Sarajevo (Bosnia), FK Ventspils (Latvia), FC Dila Gori (Georgia), FK AS Trencin (Slovakia), Zalgiris Vilnius (Lithuania), FK Rudar Pljevlja (Montenegro), FK Astana (Kazakhstan ) FC Milsami (Moldova), Vardar Skopje (Macedonia), UMF Stjarnan (Iceland), CS Fola Esch (Luxembourg), Dundalk FC (Ireland), Hibernians FC (Malta) plus four winners from the first qualifying round

1st qualifying round

First leg on 30 June /. 1 July Rückspiele 7th / 8th July

Qualified for the 1st qualifying round and set:

The New Saints FC (Wales), FC Levadia Tallinn (Estonia), FC Pyunik (Armenia), FC Santa Coloma (Andorra)

Qualified for the 1st qualifying round and not set:

Crusaders FC (Northern Ireland), B36 Tórshavn (Faroe), Lincoln Red Imps FC (Gibraltar), SS Folgore / Falciano (San Marino)

 

Whys o quiet here????

 

Really??
Panic after todays result...u should be sitting closer to the Panic Button if anything??
Man talk about so many things going belly up for me past few months....thats gladbach's crashing in season opener..seems like the least to worry.At least they all go home to their comfortable life and families and girlfriends..without worrying about much in life...whereas for me..and the fans...whole different beast out there

 

Bitter sweet my friend..specially for me and what am dealing with in my personal life...but who could challenge that concept??? Sometimes its a great thing..the moving on...in most cases its actually a healer...but for me the changes have been one bad thing after another...who knows maybe there is light at the end of this dark tunnel for me?
Life does move on yes..and the seasons do as well..and i hope all this change and moves work for the best...need a life line here

 

I was supposed to fly out to Germany.Dusseldorf and then Gladbach.The lufthansa guy invited me over to his home and to stay with his family... a tour of the city and Borussia Park...and a bbq with a big Gladbach fan club and to meet them all..already has tickets for me for the season opener against Mainz...but sadly i can't go...so yes i am in Canada...a lot has happened man...like one after another..both financially and health wise....to the point that I've gone numb...am even surprised i still post here....and am not going to bother write what happened 5 days ago which made cancel my trip ( another 560 CAD to re book my flight back home later this month)..b/c am not sure if you guys will believe me...but ya...am really beginning to 100% accept and believe..am either born with bad luck and no matter what its following me or i deserve this all completly really dunno how i still have it in me to post ....or even follow my beloved Die Fohlen
I was going to send you something ( for your son actually) from the shop at borussia park..but it all went down the tube soooooooo fast...so my apologies

 

Thanks man...am trying i am really. This may be the make or break of my life..and this was the short version of it because i know you guys all have your plate full one way or another !

 

Tricky side with lots of experience in finishing another team and getting results.1-0 defeat is not actually a bad result for Bayer in Rome tho...and if Neverkusen can create some intensity like they did against Atletico they sure can send the Italians out packing!

 

Pot 4 seems good enough to me...at least on Paper