UEFA Champions league : Arsenal Joins Real Madrid, Barcelona And Bayern Munich As Top Seeds

 

UEFA have released the seeding positions for this season’s champions league. After defeating Besiktas, Arsenal join Real Madrid, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid among the top seeds alongside Bayern Munich.

Dortmund and Manchester City as well as Porto come in as seconds seeds with Seria A winners Juventus and Liverpool and Galatasaray were in the third pot.

The seeding coefficients are based on performance in recent champions league competitions as well as appearances in the competition, hence ensuring Arsenal being seeded higher than Dortmund and Manchester City.

Here is the complete seeding:

Pot one

Real Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Chelsea, Benfica, Atletico Madrid, Arsenal, FC Porto

Pot two

Schalke, Borussia Dortmund, Juventus, Paris Saint-Germain, Shakhtar Donetsk, Basel, Zenit St Petersburg, Manchester City

Pot three

Bayer Leverkusen , Olympiakos, CSKA Moscow, Ajax, Liverpool, Sporting Lisbon, Galatasaray, Athletic Bilbao

Pot four

Anderlecht, Roma, Steaua Bucharest*, APOEL Nicosia, BATE Borisov, Ludogorets*, Maribor, Monaco, Malmo