The vast majority of leagues across Europe have named their champions, leading to the conundrum of Champions League qualification but also in large part to the 4 groups with capacity for the group stage draw.

Olympiacos won a round and will start their run on the road to champions from the 2nd qualifying round, knowing they will be strong from now until the playoffs. If he manages to reach the group stage then he is in the 4th capacity group.

The opponents in the 2nd qualifying round

The Greek champion is placed in the strong 2nd qualifying group. That means the only potential opponents he knows are Maccabi Haifa and Zurich, who are also in the same round but are faltering. The draw will take place on June 15th and since the 1st qualifying round hasn’t even started by then, the other candidate opponents are 8 pairs. These can include Maribor, Slovan, Helsinki or even easier opponents like Lincoln Red Ibs and Zalgiris.

What happens next

If Olympiakos advance to the 3rd qualifying round then they will be strong in this draw (July 18th). This round, Cyprus champion Apollon Limassol starts his course and will be weak, making him a possible opponent. From there he waits for five 2nd round qualifier winners to see the teams he faces on 2-3. August in the first game and 9 in the second.

If Olympiacos reaches the playoffs, they complete the top four of the round and have four possible opponents. Trabzonspor goes into this round as the Turkish champions and three other pairs from the 3rd qualifying round. The draw will take place on August 1st, with games scheduled for August 16-17. and 23.-24. of the month planned.

The picture of the group stage

There are two open points for the formation of the 4 capacity groups for the draw of the eight groups of the event. The first is the Champions League final between Liverpool and Real, which will decide whether the Reds or Ajax will be in the 1st capacity group. This group brings together the champions of the top six countries in the UEFA rankings, namely Manchester City, Real, Milan, Bayern, Paris and Porto, as well as the holders of the Champions League and the Europa League, which this year is Eintracht.

If Giergen Klopp’s side become European champions then he will lead the group of strong, if Real are crowned then the Dutch champions will complete the octave as the ‘Merenges’ already have a place in that performance group.

In this scenario, Liverpool will be in the 2nd capacity group along with two other English teams, Chelsea and Tottenham. With them will be the other three Spaniards of the institution Barcelona, ​​​​​​Atletico, Sevilla, Juventus and Leipzig.

The 3rd capacity group will be formed when the second pending issue is resolved, which constitutes qualification for the next tournament. The teams with the best odds in the qualifiers can only reach the 3rd capacity group and in fact only one of them can enter them and complete the octave.

Joining them are Dortmund, Salzburg, Shakhtar, Inter, Napoli, Sporting and Leverkusen, while Marseille await to see which teams qualify for the groups that can finally be completed by the 3rd capacity group itself.

The other qualifying teams will be in the 4th and final capacity group. With them is Olympiakos when it reaches this stage, because with 41,000 points it cannot make a leap. Two teams are already in this group, Bruges and Celtic, the rest will be added at the end of the playoffs on the champions’ path and the non-champions’ path.

Sportish presents in detail the panorama of the Champions League 2022-2023:

Preliminary round (4 teams)

Strong (2 teams)

1. lavender (Estonia) 4,750
2. Tre Penne (3,250) or La Fiorita (4,000) – Master San Marino

Weak (2 teams)

1. Inter d’Escaldes (Andorra) 3,000
2. viking (Iceland) 1,075

1st qualifying round – champions path (30 teams)

Strong (15 teams)

1. Trash bag (Azerbaijan) 25,000
2. Malm ((Sweden) 23,500
3. Ludogorets (Bulgaria) 23,000
4. sheriff (Moldova) 22,500
5. Cluj-Napoca (Romania) 19,500
6. Bodo Glimt (Norway) 17,000
7. Ferencvaros (Hungary) 15,500
8. Maribor (Slovenia) 14,000
9. Slovan (Slovakia) 13,000
10. Helsinki (Finland) 8,500
11. The New Cent (Wales) 8,500
12. Dudelange (Luxembourg) 8,500
13. Zalgiris (Lithuania) 8,000
14. Lincoln Red Ibs (Gibraltar) 7,250
15. shamrock (Ireland) 7,000

Weak (15 teams)

1. Linfield (Northern Ireland) 7,000
2. Zrinsky (Bosnia) 7,000
3. Shakhtar (Belarus) 6,250
4. Sutieska (Montenegro) 6,250
5. Klakswick (Faroe Islands) 6,250
6. Lech (Poland) 6,000
7. Hibernian (Malta) 5,500
8. Tobol (Kazakhstan) 4,500
9. Broom (North Macedonia) 4,500
10. Ararat Armenia (5,000) or Pyunik (4,250) – Master of Armenia
11. Riga (Latvia) 4,000
12. Dynamo Batumi (Agriculture) 3,250
13. Tirane (Albania) 2,750
14. Balkans (Kosovo) 1,633
15. Preliminary Round Winner (1,075 – 4,750)

2nd qualifying round – champions path (20 teams)

Strong (10 teams)

1. dynamo (Croatian) 49,500
2. Olympiacos (Greece) 41,000
3. Pilsen (Czech Republic) 32,000
4. Pair of 1st qualifier containing the garbage (25,000)
5. Pair of 1st qualifier containing the Malm. (23,500)
6. Pair of 1st qualifier containing the Ludogorets (23,000)
7. Pair of 1st qualifier containing the sheriff (22,500)
8. Pair of 1st qualifier containing the closeup (19,500)
9. Pair of 1st qualifier containing the Bodo shine (17,000)
10. Pair of 1st qualifier containing the Ferencvaros (15,500)

Weak (10 teams)

1. Pair of 1st qualifier containing the Maribor (14,500)
2. Pair of 1st qualifier containing the Slovan (13,000)
3. Pair of 1st qualifier containing the Helsinki (8,500)
4. Pair of 1st qualifier containing the The new dime (8,500)
5. Pair of 1st qualifier containing the Dudelange (8,500)
6. Pair of 1st qualifier containing the Zalgiris (8,000)
7. Pair of 1st qualifier containing the Lincoln Red Ibs (7,250)
8. Maccabi Haifa (Israel) 7,000
9. Pair of 1st qualifier containing the shamrock (7,000)
10. Zurich (Switzerland) 7,000

2nd Qualifying Round – Non-Champions Path (4 Teams)

Strong (2 teams)

1. dynamo (Ukraine) 44,000
2. midland (Denmark) 19,000

Weak (2 teams)

1. Fenerbahçe (Turkey) 14,500
2. AEK (Cyprus) 7,500

3rd qualifying round – Champions Trail (12 teams)

Strong (6 teams)

1. Pair of 2nd qualifying round that includes the dynamo (49,500)
2. Red Star (Serbia) 46,000
3. Pair of 2nd qualifier that includes Olympic (41,000)
4. Pair of 2nd qualifying round that includes the Pilsen (31,000)

• +2 2nd Qualifying Round Pairs (Champions Path)

Weak (6 teams)

1. Apollon Limassol (Cyprus) 14,000

• +5 2nd Qualifying Round Pairs (Champions Path)

3rd Qualifying Round – Non-Champions Path (8 Teams)

Strong (4 teams)

• Benfica (Portugal) 61,000
• rangers (Scotland) 50,250
• Pair of 2nd qualifying round that includes the Dynamo Kyiv (44,000)
• Eindhoven (Netherlands) 33,000

Weak (4 teams)

• Monaco (France) 26,000
• Pair of 2nd qualifying round that includes the midland (19,000)
• Storm Graz (Austria) 7,770
• Union (Belgium) 6,120

Playoffs – Champions Trail (8 teams)

Strong (4 teams)

1. Pair of 3rd qualifier that includes Red Star (46,000)
2. Copenhagen (Denmark) 40,500

• +2 3rd Qualifying Round Pairs (Champions Path)

Weak (4 teams)

• Trabzonspor (Turkey) 5,500
• +3 3rd Qualifying Round Pairs (Champions Path)

Playoffs – Non-Champion Path (4 Teams)

Strong (2 teams)

1. Pair of 3rd qualifying round that includes the Benfica (61,000)
2. Pair of 3rd qualifying round that includes the ranger (50,250)

Weak (2 teams)

1. Pair of 3rd qualifying round that includes the Eindhoven (33,000)

• +1 pair of 3rd qualifying round (non-champion path)

Group stage (32 teams)

FIRST CAPACITY GROUP (8 GROUPS)

1. concord (Germany) 61,000
2. Manchester City (England) 134,000
3. Really (Spain) ≥ 122,000
4. Milan (Italy) 38,000
5. Bavaria (Germany) 138,000
6. Paris (France) 112,000
7. postage (Portugal) 80,000

FIRST OR SECOND CAPACITY CAPACITY

• Liverpool (England) ≥134,000
• ajax (Netherlands) 82,500

SECOND CAPACITY GROUP (8 GROUPS)

1. Chelsea (England) 123,000
2. Barcelona (Spain) 114,000
3. Juventus (Italy) 107,000
4. Atlético (Spain) 105,000
5. Seville (Spain) 91,000
6. Leipzig (Germany) 83,000
7. Tottenham (England) 83,000

THIRD CAPACITY GROUP (8 GROUPS)

1. Dortmund (Germany) 78,000
2. Salzburg (Austria) 71,000
3. Shakhtar (Ukraine) 71,000
4. Inter (Italy) 67,000
5. Naples (Italy) 66,000
6. Sports (Portugal) 55,500
7. Leverkusen (Germany) 53,000

THIRD OR FOURTH CAPACITY GROUP

• Marseille (France) 44,000
• +2 Playoff Winners (Non-Champion Path)
• +4 Playoff Winners (Champion Path)

FOURTH CAPACITY GROUP (8 GROUPS)

1. Bruges (Belgium) 38,500
2. Celtic (Scotland) 33,000