How it was. Champions League group stage draw. How it was When the Champions League draw begins
19:52. "Maribor" goes to "Spartak"!
19:51. CSKA – in Group A: Manchester United, Benfica, Basel.
19:42. Ronaldo, of course. Best forward of the season.
19:41. Tottenham and Roma are unlucky. “Spurs” are in group H, the Romans are in group C. “Olympiacos” Shevchenko sacrificed to “Juventus” and “Barcelona”. Napoli will play against Shakhtar and City.
19:40: Spartak will play with Liverpool!
19:38. "Anderlecht" - to "Bayern" and PSG, "Besiktas" - to Group G. "Basel" - to "Benfica" and "Manchester United". Mourinho pleases the football gods.
19:35. Luka Modric is the best midfielder of the last season.
19:34. Barcelona and Juventus are in the same group. The group of death looms.
19:34. Real Madrid vs Borussia Dortmund.
19:33. “Sevilla” – to “Spartak” from the second basket! Not bad.
19:32. Group F: Shakhtar and Manchester City.
19:31. PSG vs Bayern.
19:31. Mourinho flies to his homeland. Manchester United fell to Benfica.
19:30. Conte vs Simeone. Atlético goes to Chelsea.
19:29. “Porto” ends up in the group with “Monaco”! Let's remember the retro final of 2004.
19:25: Sergio Ramos was the best defender of last season's Champions League. It’s logical: his team didn’t miss four in the finals.
19:24. Group A: Benfica
Group B: Bayern
Group C: Chelsea
Group D: Juventus
Group E: Spartak
Group F: Shakhtar
Group G: Monaco
Group H: Real Madrid
19:19. Shevchenko and Totti send Chelsea to Group C.
19:18. Totti pulls out Spartak! Group E.
19:12. Gigi Buffon! Predictable winner in the Champions League Best Goalkeeper category last season.
19:08. Francesco Totti's last award. UEFA President's Prize for services to football and dedication to the team. Who else if not him?
19:05. Begin. Now let's find out all the best in last season. Shevchenko himself will follow up.
And here is Lieke Martens. Contender for the title of best female football player of the year.
By the way, the ceremony is about to begin.
The slower Messi is on the field, the faster he is off it. Arrived in Monaco by helicopter
The forecast from the top has arrived. Roman Gerasimov: Spartak, Barcelona, Roma (Tottenham), APOEL; Juventus, Sevilla, Liverpool, CSKA.
Two, of course, will be taken by Cristiano, one by Buffon. Who's behind the rest? My option: Bonucci and Casemiro. I insist on Casemiro.
UEFA Today he will also give out awards:
Best Footballer of the Year
Best Female Footballer of the Year
Best Goalkeeper of the 2016/17 UEFA Champions League
UEFA Champions League Best Defender 2016/17
Best midfielder of the 2016/17 UEFA Champions League
UEFA Champions League Best Forward 2016/17
Let's figure out what's going on with the baskets. "Spartacus" ended up in the first place. The company is decent: Real, Bayern, Juventus, Shakhtar, Monaco, Benfica, Chelsea. The Russian champion will definitely not play against them.
In the second basket Barcelona, PSG, Manchester City, Porto, Sevilla, Atlético Madrid, Dortmund and Manchester United.
In the third– Tottenham, Liverpool, Napoli, Roma, Olympiacos, Anderlecht, Besiktas and Basel.
Fourth basket: CSKA, RB Leipzig, Celtic, Qarabag, Sporting, APOEL, Feyenoord and Maribor.
Let me remind you: teams from the same country will not be able to play each other.
The time indicated in the broadcast is Moscow
14:30. Ahead of us is the draw for the 1/16 Europa League with the participation of four Russian clubs. See you soon!
14:20. First pair: Juventus (Italy) - Tottenham Hotspur (England). Second pair:"Basel" (Switzerland) - "Manchester City" (England). Third pair:"Porto" (Portugal) - "Liverpool" (England). Fourth pair: Sevilla (Spain) - Manchester United (England). Fifth pair: Real (Spain) - PSG (France). Sixth pair: Shakhtar (Ukraine) - Roma (Italy). Seventh pair: Chelsea (England) - Barcelona (Spain). Eighth pair: Bayern (Germany) - Besiktas (Türkiye).
14:15. Legendary midfielder Xabi Alonso already on stage. He will help Giorgio Marchetti.
14:00. It's time to start! Everything is ready for the ceremony.
13:45. You can also follow how events develop around the draw for the 1/16 finals of the Europa League.
13:30. Meanwhile, the public is already beginning to gather in the hall where the ceremony will take place. Team representatives rub their hands nervously. Everyone is interested in what lot will fall.
13:15. Alas, there are no Russian clubs left in the Champions League. Let's see who their offenders will get as opponents.
13:00. It is worth noting that for the first time in history, five clubs from the same country qualified for the Champions League playoffs. England achieved a historic achievement, with five of their representatives making it past the group stage of the tournament.
12:45. Fact: the “autumn-spring” system has improved the quality of results in Europe. But globally there are still more disadvantages than advantages.
Fact: the “autumn-spring” system has improved the quality of results in Europe
But globally there are still more disadvantages than advantages.
12:30. Greetings to all football fans! We are pleased to offer you a text broadcast of the draw for the top European football tournament. The draw for the 1/8 finals of the Champions League will take place first, which will begin in Nyon at 14:00 Moscow time. But we start the broadcast early in order to introduce you to various interesting facts.
UEFA odds: brought Portugal closer, but it means nothing
A summary of the figures based on the results of the autumn part of the European Cups.
Participants in the draw:
Manchester United (England), PSG (France), Barcelona (Spain), Roma (Italy), Tottenham Hotspur (England), Liverpool (England), Manchester City (England) ), Besiktas (Turkey), Juventus (Italy), Basel (Switzerland), Shakhtar (Ukraine), Bayern (Germany), Chelsea (England), Real Madrid (Spain) , “Porto” (Portugal), “Seville” (Spain).
The teams will be divided into two pots: group winners and second place winners. Clubs that played in the same group or representing the same national association will be separated into different pairs. The group winners will play the first matches of the 1/8 finals (13/14 and 20/21 February) away, and the return matches (6/7 and 13/14 March) at home.
The time indicated in the broadcast is Moscow
20:00. Quite a lucky draw for two Russian clubs. The groups are quite passable for both Spartak and CSKA. We are waiting for the greatest English clubs in the capital, but in general the red-white and red-blue need to reach the next stage of the tournament. The main thing is not to make a mistake. This concludes our broadcast. All the best and good luck!
Group A: Benfica (Portugal), Manchester United (England), Basel (Switzerland), CSKA (Russia);
Group B: Bayern (Germany), PSG (France), Anderlecht (Belgium), Celtic (Scotland);
Group C: Chelsea (England), Atlético Madrid (Spain), Roma (Italy), Qarabag (Azerbaijan);
Group D: Juventus (Italy), Barcelona (Spain), Olympiacos (Greece), Sporting (Portugal);
Group E:“Spartak” (Russia), “Sevilla” (Spain), “Liverpool” (England), “Maribor” (Slovenia);
Group F: Shakhtar (Ukraine), Manchester City (England), Napoli (Italy), Feyenoord (Netherlands);
Group G: Monaco (France), Porto (Portugal), Besiktas (Turkey), RB Leipzig (Germany);
Group H: Real Madrid (Spain), Borussia Dortmund, Tottenham Hotspur (England), APOEL (Cyprus).
19:45. The best striker... That's right, Cristiano Ronaldo! The star Portuguese sparkles.
19:35. Luka Modric is the best midfielder in the 2016/17 Champions League.
19:25. Real Madrid captain Sergio Ramos received the prize for the best defender last season. Fair.
19:15. Andrey Shevchenko is also on stage. Next - Gianluigi Buffon. The best goalkeeper of last season.
19:10. UEFA President Aleksander Čeferin on stage. The first prize - for dedication to the game and the team - was given to an Italian Francesco Totti.
19:00. Well, everything is ready for the draw. Prizes will also be awarded in several categories of the season.
18:45. There is very little time left before the start of the event. The audience is already gathering in the hall.
18:30. There will be many guests at the ceremony today. Leo Messi flew here by helicopter.
18:20. “Spartak” and CSKA in the Champions League: the best draw and “groups of death.” Danila Ignatov.
18:10. Head coach of the Ukrainian national team Andrey Shevchenko will help conduct the draw. He has already arrived in Monaco. Let us remind you that the final of the Champions League of the 2017/18 season will take place in Kyiv at the NSC Olimpiysky.
18:00. Greetings to all football fans! We are pleased to bring to your attention a text broadcast of the draw for the group stage of the Champions League of the 2017/18 season with the participation of two Russian clubs: Spartak and CSKA. The draw procedure will take place on August 24, 2017 in Monaco. Starts at 19:00 Moscow time. We start the broadcast early in order to have time to present various interesting facts.
The baskets with participating teams look like this:
1st basket: Real (Spain), Bayern (Germany), Chelsea (England), Juventus (Italy), Benfica (Portugal), Monaco (France), Spartak (Russia), Shakhtar (Ukraine).
2nd basket: Barcelona (Spain), Atlético Madrid (Spain), PSG (France), Borussia Dortsmund (Germany), Sevilla (Spain), Manchester City (England), Porto (Portugal) ), Manchester United (England).
3rd basket: Napoli (Italy), Tottenham Hotspur (England), Basel (Switzerland), Olympiacos (Greece), Anderlecht (Belgium), Roma (Italy), Besiktas (Turkey) , Liverpool (England).
4th basket: Feyenoord (Netherlands), Maribor (Slovenia), RB Leipzig (Germany), CSKA (Russia), Qarabag (Azerbaijan), APOEL (Cyprus), Sporting (Portugal), Celtic (Scotland).
Teams from the same national association are divided into different groups. Russian and Ukrainian clubs will not play against each other due to the difficult political situation.
Photo: Alexander Mysyakin, “Championship”
The 2017 - 2018 Euro football season promises to be very interesting. Eight quartets have been formed in the main European club tournament, whose participants will compete for a place in the playoffs of the UEFA Champions League. Following the results of the previous season, England delegated five teams to the 26th edition of the Champions League, the Spaniards had four, the Italians, Portuguese and Germans had three each. Particular attention of Russian football fans was concentrated on the rivals of Moscow CSKA and Spartak.
Group A
The first quartet of the group stage of the Champions League 2017 - 2018 does not look as formidable as the other groups. It included the champion of Portugal, Lisbon Benfica, the winner of the previous UEFA Europa League, Manchester United, the Swiss Basel and Moscow CSKA.
Group B
The first two teams of the second quartet may well qualify for victory in the Champions League. They were the German giants from Munich “Bavaria” and the team from the capital of France PSG. The company of eminent rivals will be the Belgian “Anderlecht” and the multiple champion of Scotland, a team with which it is very difficult for absolutely everyone to play on the road, “Celtic”.
Group C
The first three clubs from Group C may well qualify for a place in the playoffs, because in this quartet fans will again expect fierce confrontations between the English, Spanish and Italian clubs. This time, by the will of the lot, London's Chelsea, Atletico Madrid and Rome's Roma fell into one group. The titled and eminent teams will be accompanied by the debutant of the tournament, Azerbaijani “Karabakh”.
Group D
In Group D, fans will be able to see a double repetition of one of the previous tournament finals: the Italian champion of the last six years, Juventus of Turin, will play with the Catalan Barcelona. Most likely, it is these clubs that will continue to fight for the trophy in the playoffs, because the other rivals are the much more modest Greek Olympiacos and the Portuguese Sporting.
Group E
Group E was headed by the current Russian Champion Moscow "Spartak". The opponents of the “red-white” were drawn by lot to the Spanish “Seville”, the English “Liverpool” and the Slovenian “Maribor”. The composition of the participants in this quartet allows Russian fans to hope for the European Cup spring stage.
Group F
In Group F, spectators can expect a confrontation between the Italian “Napoli” and the “citizens” from Manchester. Let us remember that several years ago Manchester City and Napoli already played in the same Champions League group. The other two teams of this four were Shakhtar Donetsk and the Dutch Feyenoord.
Group G
Group G turned out to be the smoothest of all eight quartets. All teams will have a chance to reach the playoff stage. These included the French champion Monaco, the Portuguese Porto, the Turkish Besiktas, as well as the opening of the last season of the Bundes League RB Leipzig.
Group H
The last quartet was headed by the most titled European football club - Real Madrid. The club's opponents in the group will be players from Borussia Dortmund, London's Tottenham Hotspur and Cypriots from the Apoel club.
The Champions League this European season is dominated by the English, who won exactly half of the groups and delegated as many as five clubs to the playoffs. Who controls the Europa League?
Oh yes, the second most important tournament is threatening to be won by... Russia. Four teams from the largest country in the world ended up in the 1/16 finals. It should have been five. "Krasnodar", how did you lose to "Crvena Zvezda"?
It is interesting that three Russian clubs will be seeded, but the national champion Spartak, due to large point losses in the matches with Maribor, ended up in the second pot. Well, are we waiting for Arsenal - Spartak? Revenge of the “red-whites” for the 0:7 loss to another English club?
What about the Zenit - Marseille pair? There are some pleasant associations. Lokomotiv will face Astana. Why? Because he is wildly lucky with the draw in this tournament. We suggest Partizan as a rival for CSKA.
By the way, about the Serbs. They achieved an incredible achievement for themselves by sending two clubs to the playoffs at once. Let us note that the offender of Krasnodar came out of a very difficult group, where his competitors were Arsenal and Cologne.
As in the Champions League, the Germans performed poorly in the group stage. Hoffenheim finished last in a group that seemed easy to win. Hertha and Cologne also failed. There would have been no representatives from Germany in the playoffs at all, but a couple were brought in from the championship league.
The Spanish teams worked very well in groups. Villarreal, Athletic and Real Sociedad are moving on, dreaming of repeating the path of Sevilla.
Vitesse, which took last place, retired from the race. Since Feyenoord performed unsuccessfully in the Champions League, and Ajax and PSV were eliminated a long time ago, we can talk about the worst European season in Holland in its history.
Italy is in perfect order, all three of whose representatives - Milan, Atalanta and Lazio - won their groups. Considering that Napoli will now play in the Europa League, it is the Italians who quantitatively compete with Russia. Oh yes, there are also four Spaniards, if you count Atlético. Well, we'll watch how the geographical situation changes after the first round of the playoffs.
Let us note the representatives of Kazakhstan and Sweden. Their appearance in the Eurowinter is very rare. “Ludogorets” continues to establish itself as a strong middle peasant. Dynamo Kiev became the first in its group - we are also closely following it.
And, of course, we are very interested in Portugal, because Russia is still competing with it for sixth place in the odds table. There will be two Portuguese in the 1/16 finals - Braga and Sporting.
Champions League: 1/8 finals
Juventus (Italy) – Tottenham (England)
Basel (Switzerland) – Manchester City (England)
Porto (Portugal) – Liverpool (England)
Seville (Spain) – Manchester United (England)
Real (Spain) – PSG (France)
Shakhtar (Ukraine) – Roma (Italy)
Chelsea (England) – Barcelona (Spain)
Bavaria (Germany) – Besiktas (Türkiye)
The seeded group winners will play the first round of 16 matches away from home on 13/14 and 20/21 February. The return matches will take place on March 6/7 and March 13/14.
The final will take place on May 26 in Kueva. 
Europa League. 1/16 finals:
SPARTAK (Russia) – Athletic (Spain)
Celtic (Scotland) – ZENIT (Russia)
Red Star (Serbia) – CSKA (Russia)
Full results of the draw:
Borussia Dortmund (Germany) – Atalanta (Italy)
Nice (France) – LOKOMOTIVE (Russia)
Copenhagen (Denmark) – Atlético (Spain)*
SPARTAK (Russia)* – Athletic (Spain)
AEK (Greece) – Dynamo Kyiv (Ukraine)
Celtic (Scotland)* – ZENIT (Russia)
Napoli (Italy)* – RB Leipzig (Germany)*
Crvena Zvezda (Serbia) – CSKA (Russia)*
Lyon (France) – Villarreal (Spain)
Real Sociedad (Spain) – Red Bull Salzburg (Austria)
Partizan (Serbia) – Victoria (Czech Republic)
Steaua (Romania) – Lazio (Italy)
Ludogorets (Bulgaria) – Milan (Italy)
Astana (Kazakhstan) – Sporting (Portugal)*
Östersund (Sweden) – Arsenal (England)
Marseille (France) – Braga (Portugal)
*withdrew from the Champions League
The 1/16 final matches will take place on February 15 and 22. The seeded teams will play the return games on their home field.
The final will take place on May 16 in Lyon.
