Possible rivals of Barcelona in the draw for the new 2024-2025 Champions League

The 36 teams qualified for the Champions League 2024-25 league phase are divided into 4 pots (A, B, C and D) and each pot is made up of 9 clubs. Now, an automated draw will be responsible for pairing each team with two others from each pot, giving rise to a total of eight matches against different teams (four home games and four away games) and a single overall classification.

The 4 draw drums

• Bass drum 1: Manchester City, Bayern of Munich, Real Madrid, PSG, Liverpool, Inter, B. Dortmund, RB Leipzig and FC Barcelona.
• Bass drum 2: Bayer Leverkusen, Atletico Madrid, Atalanta, Juventus, Benfica, Arsenal, Brujas, Milan, Shakhtar.
• Bass drum 3: Feyenoord, Sporting of Portugal, PSV, Celtic, Salzburgo, Young Boys, Dinamo Zagreb, Lille, Estrella Roja.
• Bass drum 4: Monaco, Aston Villa, Bolonia, Girona, Stuttgart, Sturm Graz, Brest, Sparta of Prague, Slovan Bratislava

Automated matchmaking has 2 restrictions:

1. They can not confront clubs of the same country/ties

The restriction that prevents to confront to teams of the same country descarta like rivals of the Barça to the others three Spanish teams: Real Madrid (Bass drum 1), Atletico Madrid (Bass drum 2) and Girona (Bass drum 4).

1. Only it will be able to have a maximum of two opponents that are of the same country/ties

Taking into account these two limitations, which teams could confront the FC Barcelona in this phase? 32 of the 36 teams clasificsdos could be rivals of the Barça in the new Champions. They are the following.

Barcelona's 32 possible rivals in the league phase

• Bass drum 1: Manchester City, Bayern of Munich, PSG, Liverpool, Inter, B. Dortmund, RB Leipzig
• Bass drum 2: Bayer Leverkusen, Atalanta, Juventus, Benfica, Arsenal, Witches, Milan, Shakhtar.
• Bass drum 3: Feyenoord, Sporting of Portugal, PSV, Celtic, Salzburgo, Young Boys, Dinamo Zagreb, Lille, Crash Red.
• Bass drum 4: Monaco, Aston Villa, Bolonia, Stuttgart, Sturm Graz, Brest, Sparta of Prague, Slovan Bratislava