Liverpool’s attainable opponents within the first stage of the Champions League have simply change into clearer after the most recent spherical of qualifying, which has two phases left to finish.
It’s again to the highest desk of European soccer for Liverpool subsequent season, a right away return after a single marketing campaign within the Europa League.
The Reds are again the place they belong, and Arne Slot is the person who will lead them in Europe within the first season of the brand new Champions League format.
The competitors has grown from 32 groups to 36, and the ‘league part’ has changed the group stage, with every workforce to play eight video games within the preliminary stage.
Though we’re nonetheless within the midst of pre-season, qualifiers for the Champions League have already been underway, and with the second qualifying spherical now full, Liverpool’s attainable opponents have narrowed.
22 contenders in third qualifying spherical
With the second qualifying spherical now full, there’s simply the third qualifying and play-off spherical left earlier than the 36 Champions League groups are finalised.
You’ll discover some acquainted names within the two-legged ties beneath, together with Pep Lijnders’ Salzburg, who’re only a handful of victories away from the competitors correct:
Qarabag vs. Ludogorets
Malmo vs. PAOK
Midtjylland vs. Ferencvaros
Dynamo Kyiv vs. Rangers
Sparta Prague vs. FCSB
LOSC vs. Fenerbahce
Salzburg vs. Twente
Slavia Prague vs. Union SG
Slovan Bratislava vs. APOEL
Jagiellonia Bialystok vs. Bodo/Glimt
The primary legs of the third-round qualifiers are performed on August 6/7, and the second legs on August 13.
The winners of the ties will advance to the ultimate qualifying spherical, and the losers will both drop into the Europa League play-off spherical or the league part itself.
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England: Man Metropolis, Arsenal, Liverpool, Aston Villa
Spain: Actual Madrid, Barcelona, Girona, Atletico Madrid
Germany: Bayer Leverkusen, Stuttgart, Bayern Munich, RB Leipzig, Borussia Dortmund
Italy: Inter Milan, AC Milan, Juventus, Bologna, Atalanta
France: PSG, Monaco, Brest
Remainder of Europe: PSV, Feyenoord, Sporting, Benfica, Membership Brugge, Celtic, Sturn Graz, Shakhtar Donetsk
Key dates
With a rise within the variety of video games, there’s loads to maintain on prime of with regards to fixture and draw dates for the competitors:
- League draw – August 29
- Matchday 1: September 17-19
- Matchday 2: October 1/2
- Matchday 3: October 22/23
- Matchday 4: November 5/6
- Matchday 5: November 26/27
- Matchday 6: December 10/11
- Matchday 7: January 21/22
- Matchday 8: January 29
- Play-off draw – January 31
- Knockout play-offs: February 11/12 and 18/19
- Final 16/quarter-final/semi-final draw – February 21
- Final 16: March 4/5 and 11/12
- Quarter-final: April 8/9 and 15/16
- Semi-final: April 29/30 and Might 6/7
- Remaining: Might 31 (Munich)
