UEFA Champions League 2022/23

[Lineker]

Rangers have qualified for the group stage!

[stokeriño]

Best draw I can think of (for any of us English clubs in Pot 2):

Eintracht Frankfurt, RB Salzburg, Victoria Plzen

Worst draw:

Real Madrid, Inter Milan, Marseille

(NB. I actually have no idea how good any of the Pot 3 teams are atm so that's pure guesswork on my part)

[The Kraig]

10 hours ago, Lineker said:

Rangers have qualified for the group stage!

Genuine shocker, Gio has done very well with what he has.

Two Scottish clubs in the Champions League proper for the first time since 06/07 apparently.

[The Kraig]

The draw is taking place right now!

https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/draws/

I'd like to see Frankfurt (Conference final rematch), Spurs (to spank Rangers after the awful behaviour in Glasgow during a friendly), Dortmund (to get their win back) for Rangers.

For Celtic, give them Ajax, Sevilla and Shatktar to give them at least some chance of getting past the group stage. Someone told me their record lately and it's genuinely awful, especially their knockout record.

[Colly]

Watching for the first time in years, solely to happily find that no English fans will ruin my trip to Barca next month. Still time for Scotland though!

Was shitting it there, 50/50 on Rangers...

[The Kraig]

Celtic get Real, Leipzig and Shakhtar. Doable for Celtic.

Spurs get Eintracht, Sporting and Marseille. Nice draw for Spurs.

Man City get Dortmund, Sevilla and Kobenhavn. Should be a breeze, surely?

Liverpool get Rangers, Napoli and Ajax. That should be a spicy group. Can't see Liverpool being stopped though.

Chelsea get Milan, Salzburg and Dinamo Zagreb. Maybe Salzburg can do it again.

Other groups are:

Atletico, Porto, Leverkusen and Club Brugge. Atletico should enjoy that draw.

Bayern, Inter, Barca and Viktoria Plzen (oof). Group of potential high drama.

[Colly]

I enjoyed the presenter doing Barcelona and Inter with an accent before moving to Plzen and not bothering. It's like Limmy's Shetland sketch.

[stokeriño]

Happy with Chelsea's group. We should at least have no problem finishing 2nd.

Plzen are in for a world of pain.

Rangers probably are too tbh.

[The Kraig]

1 minute ago, Colly said:

I enjoyed the presenter doing Barcelona and Inter with an accent before moving to Plzen and not bothering. It's like Limmy's Shetland sketch.

Well, you don't really want them to pronounce Liva-pyool and Selick, do you?

[FestiveJack]

3 minutes ago, stokeriño said:

Happy with Chelsea's group. We should at least have no problem finishing 2nd.

Plzen are in for a world of pain.

Rangers probably are too tbh.

2012: Group E, won it.
2021: Group E, won it.

Chelsea are winning the whole thing.

[Baddar]

Lewa has to score against Bayern, surely.

[stokeriño]

2 minutes ago, MadJack said:

2012: Group E, won it.
2021: Group E, won it.

Chelsea are winning the whole thing.

Good to know, I'll go book a hotel in Istanbul.

[FestiveJack]

Pointless group stage statistics in bound, cos I'm bored:

Spoiler

1993: Marseille, 1st in Group A (only 2 groups)
1994: Milan, 1st in Group B (only 2 groups)
1995: Ajax, 1st in Group D (4 groups)
1996: Juventus, 1st Group C (4 groups)
1997: Dortmund, 2nd in Group B (4 groups)
1998: Real Madrid, 1st in Group D (6 groups)
1999: Man Utd, 2nd in Group D (6 groups)
2000: Real Madrid, 1st in Group E, 2nd in Group C (8 groups, then 4 groups)
2001: Bayern, 1st in Group F, 1st in Group C (8 then 4 groups)
2002: Real Madrid, 1st in Group A, 1st in Group C (8 then 4 groups)
2003: Milan, 1st in Group G, 1st in Group C (8 then 4)
2004: Porto, 2nd in Group F (8 groups)
2005: Liverpool, 2nd in Group A (8 groups)
2006: Barcelona, 1st in Group C (8 groups)
2007: Milan, 1st in Group H (8 groups)
2008: Man Utd, 1st in Group F (8 groups)
2009: Barcelona, 1st in Group C (8 groups)
2010: Inter Milan, 2nd in Group F (8 groups)
2011: Barcelona, 1st in Group D (8 groups)
2012: Chelsea, 1st in Group E (8 groups)
2013: Bayern, 1st in Group F (8 groups)
2014: Real Madrid, 1st in Group B (8 groups)
2015: Barcelona, 1st in Group F (8 groups)
2016: Real Madrid, 1st in Group A (8 groups)
2017: Real Madrid, 2nd in Group F (8 groups)
2018: Real Madrid, 2nd in Group H (8 groups)
2019: Liverpool, 2nd in Group C (8 groups)
2020: Bayern, 1st in Group B (8 groups)
2021: Chelsea, 1st in Group E (8 groups)
2022: Real Madrid, 1st in Group D (8 groups)

Group A: 1993, 2002, 2005, 2016
Group B: 1994, 1997, 2020
Group 😄 1996, (2000), (2001), (2002), (2003), 2006, 2009, 2019
Group 😧 1995, 1998, 1999, 2011, 2022
Group E: 2000, 2012, 2021
Group F: 2001, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2015, 2017
Group G: 2003
Group H: 2007, 2018

1st: 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2001 (2001), 2002 (2002), 2003 (2003), 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2020, 2021, 2022
2nd: 1997, 1999, (2000), 2004, 2005, 2010, 2017, 2018, 2019

 

[DavidMarrio]

Ajax away...the travelling fans are gonna absolutely love that. Amsterdam cafes are gonna be full of more scousers. 

[Baddar]

Group A: Liverpool, Ajax, Napoli, Rangers
Group B: Atletico Madrid, Porto, Bayer Leverkusen, Bruges
Group C : Bayern Munich, Barcelona, Inter Milan, Viktoria Pizen
Group D : Eintracht Frankfurt, Spurs, Sporting Lisbon, Marseille
Group E: AC Milan, Chelsea, Salzburg, Dinamo Zagreb
Group F: Leipzig, Real Madrid, Shakhtar Donetsk, Celtic
Group G: Man City, Sevilla, Borussia Dortmund, Copenhagen
Group H: PSG, Juventus, Benfica, Maccabi Haifa

[gunnar hendershow]

Rangers and Celtic both have to be happy with their draws. Still longshots to advance but could certainly be in the "impossible" category in some other groups.

[Hobo]

As it turns out Liverpool have never played a competitive game against Rangers.

Which honestly feels a bit surprising.

[Lineker]

Good draw for us. We should be able to at least not finish in the bottom half of that group.

[Bobfoc]

What a draw for Viktoria Plzen.

[Lineker]