In the playoff round of the qualifying tournament, the tours to the group stage were won by Young Boys, Ajax, AEK, PSV, Benfica and Crvena Zvezda.
As a result of last season, the right to perform in the group stage was won by Barcelona, Atletico, Real Madrid, Valencia, Bayern Munich, Schalke, Hoffenheim, Dortmund Borussia, Manchester City, Manchester United, Tottenham Hotspur, Liverpool, Juventus, Napoli, Roma, Inter, Paris Saint-Germain, Monaco, Lyon, Lokomotiv, CSKA, Porto, Shakhtar, Brugge, Galatasaray and Victoria.
The draw for the group stage will take place on August 30 in Monaco.
Earlier it was reported that PSV defeated BATE and made it to the group stage of the Champions League.