Champions League pots and coefficients

[bandage]

Champions League schedule........

Matchday 1
12 and 13 September 2006

Matchday 2
26 & 27 September 2006

Matchday 3
17 & 18 October 2006

Matchday 4
31 Oct & 01 Nov 2006

Matchday 5
21 & 22 November 2006

Matchday 6
05 & 06 December 2006

Final Phase

First knockout round
20 Feb & 07 Mar 2007

Quarter-finals
03 & 11 April 2007

Semi-finals
24 Apr & 02 May 2007

Final
23 May 2007

And here are the new pots and teams' coefficients...

Pot 1 coef.

FC Barcelona (TH) Esp 127.006
Real Madrid Esp 120.006
Internazionale Ita 112.020
Liverpool *** Eng 105.950
Arsenal *** Eng 101.950
Manchester United Eng 100.950
Valencia *** Esp 95.006
Olympique Lyon Fra 89.757

Pot 2 coef.

FC Porto Por 87.533
PSV Eindhoven Ned 81.640
Bayern München Ger 80.960
Chelsea Eng 79.950
AS Roma Ita 76.020
Ajax *** Ned 60.640
Celtic Sco 60.023
Lille OSC *** Fra 54.757

Pot 3 coef.

Sporting CP Lisbon Por 54.533
Benfica *** Por 51.533
Girondins Bordeaux Fra 47.757
Steaua Bucuresti ** Rom 46.381
Werder Bremen Ger 43.960
Olympiakos Piraeus Gre 43.587
CSKA Moscow *** Rus 42.504
AEK Athens *** Gre 39.587

Pot 4 coef.

Anderlecht Bel 38.981
Dinamo Kiev ** Ukr 36.777
Palermo *** Ita 36.020
Levski Sofia ** Bul 35.016
Shakhtar Donetsk *** Ukr 33.777
Galatasaray *** Tur 33.634
Hamburger SV *** Ger 30.960
Slovan Liberec *** Cze 28.769


So what's your ideal group and your group from hell if you support any of these teams?

With Celtic my ideal group would be Manchester United/Liverpool from pot 1, AEK Athens from pot 3 and Slovan Liberec from wherever the fook they're from (Slovakia?).

Group from hell: Barcelona, Werder Bremen, Galatasaray.

Nice possibilities for a trip or to see a spectacular stadium would be either Barca, Real or Inter from pot 1, any of the Greek, Portuguese teams and Bordeuax from pot 3 and I don't know who from pot 4 - maybe a trip to Bulgaria or Slovakia would be nice, suppose Hamburg would be okay too.

[therock67]

bandage said:

Champions League schedule........

Matchday 1
12 and 13 September 2006

Matchday 2
26 & 27 September 2006

Matchday 3
17 & 18 October 2006

Matchday 4
31 Oct & 01 Nov 2006

Matchday 5
21 & 22 November 2006

Matchday 6
05 & 06 December 2006

Final Phase

First knockout round
20 Feb & 07 Mar 2007

Quarter-finals
03 & 11 April 2007

Semi-finals
24 Apr & 02 May 2007

Final
23 May 2007

And here are the new pots and teams' coefficients...

Pot 1 coef.

FC Barcelona (TH) Esp 127.006
Real Madrid Esp 120.006
Internazionale Ita 112.020
Liverpool *** Eng 105.950
Arsenal *** Eng 101.950
Manchester United Eng 100.950
Valencia *** Esp 95.006
Olympique Lyon Fra 89.757

Pot 2 coef.

FC Porto Por 87.533
PSV Eindhoven Ned 81.640
Bayern München Ger 80.960
Chelsea Eng 79.950
AS Roma Ita 76.020
Ajax *** Ned 60.640
Celtic Sco 60.023
Lille OSC *** Fra 54.757

Pot 3 coef.

Sporting CP Lisbon Por 54.533
Benfica *** Por 51.533
Girondins Bordeaux Fra 47.757
Steaua Bucuresti ** Rom 46.381
Werder Bremen Ger 43.960
Olympiakos Piraeus Gre 43.587
CSKA Moscow *** Rus 42.504
AEK Athens *** Gre 39.587

Pot 4 coef.

Anderlecht Bel 38.981
Dinamo Kiev ** Ukr 36.777
Palermo *** Ita 36.020
Levski Sofia ** Bul 35.016
Shakhtar Donetsk *** Ukr 33.777
Galatasaray *** Tur 33.634
Hamburger SV *** Ger 30.960
Slovan Liberec *** Cze 28.769


So what's your ideal group and your group from hell if you support any of these teams?

With Celtic my ideal group would be Manchester United/Liverpool from pot 1, AEK Athens from pot 3 and Slovan Liberec from wherever the fook they're from (Slovakia?).

Group from hell: Barcelona, Werder Bremen, Galatasaray.

Nice possibilities for a trip or to see a spectacular stadium would be either Barca, Real or Inter from pot 1, any of the Greek, Portuguese teams and Bordeuax from pot 3 and I don't know who from pot 4 - maybe a trip to Bulgaria or Slovakia would be nice, suppose Hamburg would be okay too.

Hamburg would be war. They're right wing bastards and Celtic's colours are firmly nailed to the St Pauli mast. It would be a cracking trip because of the St Pauli influence but there'd be loads of trouble with Neo Nazis.

I'd like to see a big stadium from Pot 1 to help our away game tickets quest.

That group from hell is a real bastard of a draw but the ideal group you selected looks nice and handy. Hope a couple of the stronger teams from lower pots fall in qualifying.

[lyonsee]

There's nobody in Pots 2, 3 or 4 I'd be hell bent on Liverpool avoiding. Maybe PSV as they've shown pretty well in Europe over the last couple of seasons. Rafa has the measure of Mourinho, particularly in Europe, but on second thoughts, given the signings of Sheva and Ballack I probably wouldn't like to be drawn alongside them.

I think Celtic will really struggle in Europe unless they sign a handful (4 or 5) of top class players. Would quite like to get them; 'twould make picking up my 100 bucks from Bandage all the sweeter ;D

Both legs would definitely merit TFK field trips.