Sporting in Pot 3 for the Champions League, potential opponents revealed | OneFootball

The Champions League group stage draw will take place next Thursday, August 28. In 2024/25, Sporting fell to Dortmund.

Aug 27, 2025 | 23:02 |

The composition of this season's Champions League group stage has been set. With the playoffs for entry into the competition concluded, the 36 teams participating in the tournament are now known. Sporting is in pot 3 and already knows who their potential opponents could be.

This Tuesday and Wednesday were decisive, with the last seven spots being filled. The group stage draw will take place next Thursday, August 28. In the last edition of the tournament, the Lions lost in the playoff for access to the round of 16 against Borussia Dortmund (3-0 on aggregate).

Each team will be drawn to face two teams from each of the four pots, including their own, in order to define the eight matches - four at home and four away - in the group stage. The draw will be conducted by computer, with each club learning their opponents — but the schedule will only be announced later, on August 30, Saturday, UEFA announced.

The matchdays are scheduled for September 16, 17, and 18, September 30 and October 1, October 21 and 22, November 4 and 5, November 25 and 26, December 9 and 10, January 20 and 21, and January 28. The top eight teams qualify directly for the round of 16, while teams from 9th to 24th place will compete in a playoff for access to the round of 16.

For teams that did not secure direct entry, the competition begins a month later (February 17/18 and 24/25). The round of 16 is scheduled for March 10/11 and 17/18, the quarter-finals for April 7/8 and 14/15, the semi-finals for April 28/29 and May 5/6, and the grand final will be played on May 30.

See the composition of the pots:

Pot 1: PSG, Real Madrid, Manchester City, Bayern Munich, Liverpool, Inter Milan, Chelsea, Borussia Dortmund, and Barcelona

Pot 2: Arsenal, Bayer Leverkusen, Atlético Madrid, Benfica, Atalanta, Villarreal, Juventus, Eintracht Frankfurt, and Club Brugge

Pot 3: Tottenham, PSV, Ajax, Napoli, Sporting, Olympiacos, Slavia Prague, Bodo/Glimt, and Marseille

Pot 4: Monaco, Galatasaray, Union St. Gilloise, Newcastle, Athletic Bilbao, Copenhagen, Qarabag, Pafos, and Kairat

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