Champions League draws Real Madrid and Atletico, as well as Germany's Borussia Dortmund, are the biggest threat to the six top-ranked champions, the Champions League holders and Europa League.
The UEFA Champions League put Liverpool and Europa League champions Chelsea in the first level, along with the top domestic league champions: Manchester City (England), Barcelona (Spain), Bayern Munich (Germany), Juventus (Italy), Paris St Germain (France) and Zenit St. Petersburg (Russia).
Death Group
There is great potential for what is considered a "group of death", since the draw avoided clubs from the same country (in addition to Russian and Ukrainian clubs due to the dispute between the two countries over the Crimea), and the presence of clubs such as the giant Real Madrid, which won the title for three consecutive seasons Liverpool last season on the throne, fellow Atletico and renewed Inter Milan and compatriot Napoli, Borussia Dortmund, Tottenham and runners-up in the next levels.
Manchester City and Spanish coach Josep Guardiola may be in the same group with Real or Inter, or Juventus face Tottenham Hotspur or Atletico Madrid, which met the Italian champions last season in the final price and ended the first leg of the victory of the capital club 2-0 at home, before losing the second leg Cristiano Ronaldo scored a hat-trick.
The clubs are ranked based on the total points collected over the past five years or points collected by local associations.
The 26 clubs, who have qualified directly for the group stage based on the Confederation's standard of points, are joined by six clubs in the preliminary rounds up to Tuesday's quarter-final between Dynamo Zagreb, Red Star Belgrade and Olympiakos.
Wednesday Ajax Amsterdam, who reached the semi-finals last season, after beating their guests Apoel Nicosia of Cyprus 2-0 (draw 0-0), and Club Brugge of Belgium defeated LASK Linz 2-1 (1-0). Slavia Prague defeated Cluj 1-0 (1-0).
The first round of the group stage will take place on 17 and 18 September, with the last round being on 10 and 11 December, and the final will take place on 30 May at the Ataturk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul.
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Classification of clubs
The UEFA Champions League ranking for the 2019-2020 season is as follows:
First level clubs: Liverpool (defending champions), compatriot Chelsea (Europa League champions), Barcelona, Manchester City, Juventus, Bayern Munich, Paris Saint-Germain, Zenit St Petersburg.
Second level clubs: Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid, Tottenham, Borussia Dortmund, Naples, Shakhtar Donetsk, Ajax, Benfica.
Third level clubs: Lyon, Bayer Leverkusen, Salzburg, Olympiacos, Club Brugge, Valencia, Inter Milan, Dinamo Zagreb.
Level 4 clubs: Lokomotiv Moscow, Genk, Galatasaray, RB Leipzig, Slavia Prague, Red Star Belgrade, Atlanta, Lille.
The draw requires the selection of a team from each level to be one of the eight groups so that the four teams of the group from the four levels, and the first and second teams from each group to qualify to the round of 16 (the final price).