Chelsea Learn Possible Opponents In The Champions League Group Stage

Chelsea have qualified for the Champions League 2021-22 campaign. But in case you did not know, there 4 pots and these determine your opponents in the group stages of the competition. However, the only conditions are these – you cannot draw an opponent from the same pot and the same country.

Moreover, there will be one opponent from each pot. At the moment, Chelsea are placed in Pot 2. But the Blues could move to the first pot if they win the Champions League final against Manchester City on May 29.

With that in mind, let’s take a look at all of the possible opponents in the next season’s Champions League group stages, as the Pots stand;

Pot 1 Opponents

Zenit St Petersburg (will move down to pot 3 if Chelsea win Champions League final)
Villarreal (if they can win the Europa League final)
Atletico Madrid
Inter Milan
Bayern Munich
Lille
Sporting CP

Pot 2 Teams

Real Madrid
Barcelona
Juventus
Paris Saint-Germain
Manchester United*
Liverpool
Sevilla
Chelsea*

*- Man United and Chelsea can move to Pot 1 if they win their European finals.

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Pot 3 Teams

Borussia Dortmund**
FC Porto**
Ajax
Shakhtar Donetsk*
RB Leipzig
FC Salzburg*
Benfica*
Atalanta

* – indicates that these teams will have to go through the qualifying stages first, and ** indicates that Porto and Dortmund can move to pot 2, and won’t be drawn in our group as a result.