UCL

New clubs can only dream of qualifying for the group stages of UEFA's Champions League. The set-up of the tournament continues to be heavily biased toward ...

The chances of a new club emerging from that path seems increasingly unlikely. In 2024/25, the UCL’s group stages will expand to include 36 clubs. Last season’s Cypriot league runners-up AEK Larnaca made their UCL debut but were knocked out immediately in the second qualifying round. Overall, 1,999 spaces have been offered by UEFA in the UCL since 1994/95, and 480 have gone to clubs from the big five leagues of England, Spain, Germany, Italy, and France. During the same period, 10 different clubs have taken up the 102 places offered to the English Premier League. While there has been a greater number of different clubs from Germany in the UCL, Bayern Munich have only missed out on three occasions in the last 29 seasons and have won their national league for 10 seasons in a row. In the 2021/22 UCL, 25 of the then 54 countries to take part were represented by the same clubs. Another 600.6 million euros will also be paid out this season to clubs in the UCL based on their performances over the 10 previous years. Each of the 32 teams will each get a basic payment of 15.6 million euros – before performance bonuses and TV money - but 26 of those clubs are allocated spots by UEFA without needing to go through a qualification round. Over the past 11 years, eight UCL debutants have reached the group stages but five including Eintracht Frankfurt were gifted places courtesy of UEFA rules to favour stronger leagues and placate bigger clubs. And that was because the German club won UEFA’s Europa League last season, which guarantees the winners a place in the UCL group stages. New clubs can only dream of qualifying for the group stages of UEFA's Champions League.

Chelsea were very busy of transfer deadline day last Thursday, signing two new players. They could both be involved and be handed debuts tonight in ...

[September 5, 2022] — ً (@Mohxmmad) As you can see from the images below, both deadline day signings Pierre Emerick Aubameyang and Denis Zakaria trained, which would suggest both could be in line for debuts tonight.

By Efosa Taiwo. European Champions, Real Madrid will on Tuesday get their quest for a 15th UEFA Champions League title underway when they travel to Scotland ...

Of both sides, Shakhtar Donetsk are coming into the tie with a better form as RB Leipzig sit 13th in the Bundesliga table having just won one in 5 games this season. And to make matters worse, they would be coming into the tie on the back of a 4-0 demolition suffered in the hands of Wolfsburg at the weekend. Celtic just like Madrid are coming into the fixture with a green form having won seven of their matches in the new season of the Scottish premiership, and Real currently sitting atop of the La Liga standings with five wins out of five games played.

Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti is optimistic about the Spanish club's chances of winning back-to-back Champions League titles even though bookmakers ...

September 6 – Months after Real Madrid completed an improbable run of matches to win a 14th European Cup against Liverpool amid dramatic scenes at the Stade ...

The danger is still that many of the fixtures will be easy and dull wins for Europe’s elite and financially dominating clubs – there is no real way around that currently. It will allow UEFA to monetise their premier club competition further with CBS already committed to paying a reported $1.5 billion to continue showing the tournament for another six years from 2024. Shakhtar Donetsk’s story is remarkable and will prove emotional, but, overall, there are just a select few clubs who can realistically dream of playing the final on June 10 at Istanbul’s Ataturk Stadium.

Check out the best images from the final session before our Champions League clash with Dinamo Zagreb...

We've picked out the best of the pictures for you to enjoy below... Check out the best images from the final session before our Champions League clash with Dinamo Zagreb...

The 2022/23 UEFA Champions League returns on Tuesday, September 6, after a long break. Having won it last season, Real Madrid will begin their title defence ...

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Chelsea travel to Stadion Maksimir to take on Dinamo Zagreb in the Champions League. Here's who we think starts for the Blues.

Mendy actually matched the highest number of clean sheets in the Champions League last season despite getting knocked out in the quarterfinal. Now they travel to Stadion Maksimir to take on Dinamo Zagreb in the Champions League. Chelsea currently sits sixth in the table, five points behind the league leaders Arsenal and four points behind Manchester City.

The UEFA Champions League group stages are back this week. One of the matches sees Celtic face Real Madrid and we have all the information you need to know ...

In the UEFA Champions League, Real Madrid and Celtic have only met each other twice. Despite this, we think Real Madrid will just come out on top. The monthly pass costs £25. Coverage will start at 7:30 pm. The match will start at 8:00 pm UK time. [UEFA Champions League](https://www.givemesport.com/champions-league) group stages are back this week.

Ahead of Real Madrid's Champions League opener against Celtic, the Brazilian international was quizzed about whether he consider himself amongst the five best ...

“If there is a favourite for the Champions League, it has to be Real Madrid, because they always win. Liverpool, Bayern, Barcelona, all the English teams, PSG”, he said (h/t However, Pep Guardiola still tips Los Blancos to get the job done this season. He added, “I want to become a Real Madrid legend. Touching on this recent development, he elaborated, “Spain & Madrid have given me a lot. I want to make history at Real Madrid.

UEFA Champions League Gameweek 1: Read the pre-match build up and live updates of the UCL matches, Dinamo Zagreb vs Chelsea and Borussia Dortmund vs FC ...

Defender Emir Dilaver has a fever and winger Luka Menalo is out with a thigh injury. They will use the role as an underdog to over-perform and make us under-perform. “Up front and on the wings they have speed and dribbling.

If last week's domestic matches have you craving more Tuesday and Wednesday action, maybe you should check out SPITCH's UEFA Champions League game, where you ...

[here](https://community.spitch.live/K1PE) in our SPITCH UCL community. [GET STARTED WITH SPITCH ON WEB OR MOBILE](https://tinyurl.com/cczu76y5) Dortmund left-back Guerreiro has scored 20 goals for his side in all competitions since the 2019/20 season and has been given a generous price here. The former is Benfica’s penalty taker, plays left wing and currently has four goals from five Liga Portugal games, whilst the latter scored twice from just 209 minutes of Champions League football last season. In goal, Mike Maignan (₵58) is selected for AC Milan’s trip to Salzburg. This 3-3-4 formation gives a line-up which is ₵18 under budget and therefore begins on 18 points.

GOALKEEPERS. Salzburg's Philipp Kohn (Salzburg) and Sporting's Antonio Adan both come in at the cheap enabling price of €4.5m. · DEFENDERS Chelsea have an early ...

Sporting provided great value for money in UCL Fantasy last season with the main man Pedro Goncalves (€7.5m) being a huge contributing factor. The 20-year-old Dutchman has now started four out of the five matches played for Ajax. The Norwegian superstar has already reached ten Premier League goals, so simply has to be considered. Dortmund’s Marco Reus (€7.5m) is picked for the early kick-off against Copenhagen. Against Rangers, Steven Bergwijn (€7m) could be a great option. Finding a way into the attack of Dutch league leaders Ajax could be beneficial. Dortmund have invested a lot of money into new defensive signings and look to already be improving at the back. Salzburg’s Philipp Kohn (Salzburg) and Sporting’s Antonio Adan both come in at the cheap enabling price of €4.5m. Brandon Mechele (€4m) has a great first game against struggling Bayer Leverkusen. The wing-back has already managed three goals for the French side. Raphael Guerreiro of Dortmund enters the game at a surprisingly low price of €4.5m. [SIGN UP TO PLAY UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FANTASY HERE](https://bit.ly/UEFACLMain)