The picture of the Champions League is complete: four Romanians, at the start of the Stelrete Competition Group. Today there is a lot of lots

Ashley Davis28/08/2025

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The Champions League has learned last night the last seven bands that complement the picture of the final phase of the competition. The players of the play-off join the 29 directly qualified teams, thanks to the places occupied in the internal competitions, or the case of Tottenham, due to the winning of the Europa League.

The “hunting” begins for the Champions League trophy. Photo Getty Images

Kairat Almaty, Pafos, Sturm Graz, Qarabag, Benfica, Club Brugge and FC Copenhagen are the bands that have won the right to participate in the Champions League group on Tuesday and last night. These and the groups accepted directly in the final phase will be divided into four valuable ballot boxes to draw today, from 7 pm (Digisport and Primasport). Each of the 36 teams will play eight matches, with two opponents in each value ballot.

Man, Drăgușin and Dragomir, representatives of Romania

Romania is also present at the rich table, but not with any representative team, but with three footballers and a coach in this edition of the UEFA Champions League. Radu Drăgușin, at the end of recovery after the winter injury, qualified with Tottenham thanks to the Europa League winning. PSV, the team that transferred Dennis Man, is directly accepted, due to the champion status of the Netherlands. And Vlad Dragomir hit the Cypsies from Pafos, passing by Maccabi Tel Aviv, Dinamo Kiev and Red Star Belgrade in the preliminary tours to reach the league phase.

We also have a coach at the start of the competition, Cristi Chivu. Last year's finalist of the Champions League is directly qualified on the main panel after finishing second in Serie A.

The ballot boxes to draw matches in the Champions League group

Urna 1: PSG (France), Real Madrid (Spain), Manchester City (England), Bayern Munich (Germany), Liverpool (England), Inter (Italy), Chelsea (England), Borussia Dortmund (Germany), Barcelona (Spain)

Urna 2: Arsenal (England), Bayer Leverkusen (Germany), Atletico Madrid (Spain), Benfica (Portugal), Atalanta (Italy), Villarreal (Spain), Juventus (Italy), Eintracht Frankfurt (Germany), Club Brugge (Belgium)

Urna 3: Tottenham (England), PSV (Holland), Ajax (Holland), Napoli (Italy), Sporting (Portugal), Olympiacos (Greece), Slavia Prague (Czech), Bodo/Glimt (Norway), Marseille (France)

Urna 4: Copenhagen (Denmark), AS Monaco (France), Galatasaray (Turkey), Union Saint-Gilloise (Belgium), Qarabag (Azerbaijan), Athletic Bilbao (Spain), Newcastle (England), Pafos (Cyprus), Kairat Almaty (Kazakhstan).