Champions League: group stage drawn - danger for Bayern, BVB in luck, hammer for Leipizig and Gladbach

The draw for the 2020/21 Champions League group stage will take place on October 1st.

The start in Geneva is at 5 p.m.

• The

  draw for

  the

  Champions League

  * group phase will

  take place

  on Thursday, October 1st

  .

• World football's looks from 17h to

  Geneva

  .

• We follow the draw in the

  live ticker

  .

7.42 p.m.:

What is the name of the best defender of the year?

Right,

.

Well, it's easy to write.

But what about the pronunciation?

UEFA presenter Reshmin Chowdhury made an absolutely embarrassing appearance at the start of the event *.

How do the clubs react to their CL lots?

Here we have summarized the voices.

6:35 p.m.:

That's it from Geneva!

It was an exciting afternoon - which ended with four titles for FC Bayern.

6:32 p.m.:

Now only Europe's footballer and European footballer of the year are missing: Ex-Wolfsburg Pernille Harder is happy about the title.

The men's crown goes to ... Robert Lewandowski!

6:25 p.m.:

The coach of the year continues: Jean-Luc Vasseur (Lyon) and of course Hansi the Great!

Flick picks up the award.

“Without my team and my coaching staff, I would never have made it.

It was an absolutely crazy year, ”said the Bayern coach.

The official result of the #UCLdraw!

🤩

Most exciting group stage match?

🤔 pic.twitter.com/d7ynuEjPq3

- #UCLdraw (@ChampionsLeague) October 1, 2020

6.13 p.m.:

The grand finale: Pot 4. Marseille goes into group C. Then we have Lokomotiv Moscow - it goes to Bayern!

Attractive, dangerous, but solvable tasks for the Flick-Elf.

The next lot is Club Bruges, the Belgians come to Dortmund!

In the end, BVB really has no excuses if it isn't enough for the round of 16.

The Leipzig group is also complete - Istanbul Basaksehir is the fourth team in Group H. Rennes makes Group E full.

FC Midtjylland is allowed into Liverpool Group D. Now comes Gladbach: And they are big names!

Real, Inter Milan and Donetsk - Group B. Ferencvaros Budapest remains for Group G.

6:08 p.m.:

Then the best strikers of the year are still waiting for their honor: Ex-Wolfsburg Pernille Harder (now Chelsea) and of course Bayern star Robert Lewandowski!

Bayern triple here on the UEFA stage.

✨ #UCL Forward of the Season ✨

🥇 𝗟𝗘𝗪𝗔𝗡𝗗𝗢𝗪𝗦𝗞𝗜 🔴 # UEFAawards |

#UCLdraw pic.twitter.com/G1LlrSwIgC

- #UCLdraw (@ChampionsLeague) October 1, 2020

6:05 p.m.:

Very exciting groups so far!

Bayern have Atletico and quasi a neighborhood duel with Salzburg.

Dortmund has to deal with Saint Petersburg and Lazio Rome - so far that sounds like "quite feasible".

And Leipzig?

The cops demand the big ones!

PSG and Manchester United are waiting.

6:02 p.m.:

We'll continue with pot three.

First lot: Playoff winners Krasnodar - the Russians go to Sevilla and Chelsea in Group E.

Then it's Leipzig's turn - and it will be a great group!

RB take on PSG and Manchester United in Group H.

Bergamo will be drawn in Group D - Liverpool and Ajax are waiting.

Piraeus join Porto and Man City in Group C. Dynamo Kiev join Juve and Barca in Group G.

And Salzburg comes to Bayern!

BVB get Lazio, Inter go to Real Group B.

5:54 p.m.:

Time for awards: The German Dzsenifer Marozsan (Lyon) and Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City) are the midfielders of the year.

Congratulations!

Champions League: Draw in the live ticker - Bayern gets Atletico, Dortmund meets Saint Petersburg

5.48 p.m.:

Ajax comes to Liverpool.

And Donetsk to Real Madrid.

BVB will be drawn in group F!

Dusel for Dortmund, it's against Saint Petersburg.

A supposedly weaker opponent!

Also: Manchester United to PSG, these will be great games.

Manchester City is also a little lucky and is allowed to join Porto in Group C.

5.46 p.m.:

We move on: Chelsea are drawn to Sevilla in Group E.

FC Barcelona go to Group G to Juventus Turin.

Messi versus Ronaldo!

5.43 p.m.:

First lot is Atletico Madrid.

And the Spaniards go to Bavaria!

5.42 p.m.:

Now it's getting serious!

Pot two is on.

Barca, City, Chelsea, BVB - this will be exciting!

5.38 p.m.:

And we see the next Bayern star on stage: Joshua Kimmich is Defender of the Year!

Curious: First he has to explain how to pronounce his name - great cinema!

“Joshua is correct.

Joshua is okay.

But please not Choshua, ”he says with a laugh.

17:37:

Many balls in a short time.

You could put an honor in between again.

And so Wendie Renard from Olympique Lyon is now happy about the award for Defender of the Year.

5.36 p.m.:

The other group heads: Sevilla (E), Zenit Saint Petersburg (F), Juventus Turin (G) and Paris Saint-Germain (H).

5:34 p.m.:

Real Madrid, FC Porto and FC Liverpool follow - they are the group heads in seasons B, C and D.

Champions League: Draw in the live ticker - FC Bayern Munich in Group A

5:32 p.m.:

The first ball is there.

How could it be otherwise - Bayern!

The defending champion goes to group A.

5.30 p.m.:

So, friends: Now it's time for the first balls.

Malouda and Drogba are ready.

5.28 p.m.:

First of all, the complex regulations for the group stage and TV rights are explained.

Very complex - probably the most important statement: Teams from the same national association will not be able to meet in the CL preliminary round.

5.26 p.m.:

Giorgio Marchetti, the UEFA competition director, is there.

That means: It’s finally starting!

17:22:

The goalkeeper of the year is ... Manuel Neuer!

Of course, who else? The Bayern keeper is even in Geneva.

He is now on stage and speaks of the “very special spirit” that his team had in the past CL season.

“We built up our self-confidence over time.

The respect for FC Bayern was huge, ”he says.

And he reveals about his FCB colleagues: "One or the other may be here on stage right away."

✨ #UCL Goalkeeper of the Season ✨

🥇 𝗡𝗘𝗨𝗘𝗥 🔴 # UEFAawards |

#UCLdraw pic.twitter.com/kkJJxpgIs3

- #UCLdraw (@ChampionsLeague) October 1, 2020

5.19 p.m.:

And we have the best goalkeeper of the year: Sarah Bouhaddi from Olympique Lyon can put on the crown.

Congratulations!

Champions League: Draw in the live ticker - players are honored

5:17 p.m.:

For the first time this year, the individual parts of the team will also be honored.

So there is a best goalkeeper, defender, midfielder and attacker.

So it's clear: this will take a while here.

5.13 p.m.:

Drogba cares a lot about social issues in his Ivorian homeland.

“It is important to give something back,” says the 42-year-old.

Incidentally, he will also be pulling the balls - together with his former blues colleague Florent Malouda.

Two Chelsea heroes from 2012 who hurt Bayern so much - since then, the Munich team has lifted the pot twice.

The Londoners, on the other hand, were invisible in the Champions League.

5:07 p.m.:

UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin comes on stage.

It is important to show that the world continues to turn - despite the pandemic, he says in an interview.

“From a social point of view, too, it was important that the Champions League continued.” At the same time, he announced that he was about to present Didier Drogba with a prize - the “President Award”.

An emotional video of the former Chelsea clipper is shown.

Bayern fans should be less happy about it.

5:03 p.m.:

Of course, 2020 has presented everyone with great challenges so far.

UEFA looks back on this Corona year in a video.

Champions League: Group stage draw NOW in the live ticker - Europe's Footballer of the Year will also be announced

5:01 p.m.:

And departure!

Reshmin Chowdhury and Pedro Pinto will moderate today's draw.

Unlike usual, the clubs are not on site - but they will be watching with excitement via the video link.

4:59 p.m.:

How is the draw going today?

Between the draws, coaches and players are chosen again and again.

So it should be a longer event - at the end of which Robert Lewandowski will probably be able to call himself “Europe's Footballer of the Year”.

4:53 p.m.:

In a few minutes, the balls will finally be on the table.

We are excited to see what the 26th season of the

to offer.

4.45 p.m.:

The first games will take place on October 20 and 21.

Then it continues every week.

In the middle of November, the CL participants will have a break before the weekly rhythm will be back on November 24th and 25th and the three final matches of the group phase will take place.

It's going to be tough - especially with international matches coming up in November.

4.38 p.m.:

It's not just an exciting afternoon for Bayern because of the group stage draw.

At the same time, the best players and coaches in Europe are honored.

If you believe the rumors, Munich already has four titles for sure.

CL draw in the live ticker: Will Bayern get the hammer group with Manchester City and Inter?

4.33 p.m.:

As usual, commentator Kai Dittmann is at the draw in the Sky Studio.

Together with moderator Martin Winkler, he analyzes today's procedure.

4.30 p.m.:

Then let's start into one of the most exciting football days of the year!

The broadcast of the draw for the Champions League group stage now begins on Sky.

4.15 p.m.:

Sad but true: Millions of football fans could not

the Supercup between Bayern and Dortmund on TV on Wednesday evening *.

3:55 p.m.:

It

be serious in about an hour!

Here again the four pots in the overview:

It's #UCLdraw day!

🤩

Create your 𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦 #UCL group from the pots 👇

- #UCLdraw (@ChampionsLeague) October 1, 2020

3.49 p.m.:

Let's take another look at the starting position: A German team is represented in every lottery pot.

FC Bayern (1), Borussia Dortmund (2), RB Leipzig (3) and Borussia Mönchengladbach (4).

The worst-case groups could look like this, for example:

FC Bayern, Manchester City, Inter Milan, Istanbul Basaksehir

Borussia Dortmund, Real Madrid, Lazio Rome, Olympique Marseille

RB Leipzig, Paris Saint-Germain, FC Barcelona, ​​Lokomotiv Moscow

Borussia Mönchengladbach, Liverpool FC, Atletico Madrid, Atalanta Bergamo

15:12:

Even with

one looks forward to the draw.

Sports director

said today at the press conference before the derby against Cologne: “I am really extremely pleased that we can be in one of the lottery pots.

To achieve this, we worked extremely hard and intensively last year.

The anticipation is extremely great. "

Update from October 1st, 3:05 p.m.:

Today the group stage of the Champions League will be drawn.

Either way - a mammoth program * awaits the teams.

Of course there are still six games in the group stage, but due to the late start of the season, there are still a number of league, cup and international matches to be played until Christmas.

CL draw in the live ticker: will Bayern meet Pep Guardiola in the group stage?

Update from October 1, 2:27 p.m .:

It's slowly tingling!

The

begin broadcasting in two hours

, and things will get really serious at 5 p.m.

Here with us in the

you won't miss a thing.

If you already have the melody of the hymn in your head - here is the appropriate text:

Ce sont les meilleures équipes

The champions

Une grande réunion

The champions

Ils sont les meilleurs

The champions

Update from October 1, 1:07 p.m.:

In addition to the draw for the

, the individual

awards

will take place today

.

Two

stars are

among the top favorites:

has a good chance of being voted Europe's Footballer of the Year *.

Similarly,

with the triple victory first contender for the title "Trainer of the Year".

The ceremony is scheduled to begin at 5 p.m.

Champions League: Draw in the live ticker - FC Bayern threatens hammer group

Update from October 1st, 10:12 am:

The day of truth has come!

Today the groups for the upcoming Champions League season will be drawn.

The

* could make it pretty hard - for example, a group would be

,

and Erdogan Club

possible.

It could also be uncomfortable

for

(Pot 2),

(Pot 3) and

(Pot 4).

With a little luck, however, there can also be feasible tasks - in pot 1, for example, you will also find teams like

or

.

🏆🎉 The 32 teams of the #UCL group stage have been determined!

🙌⚽️ # UCLdraw pic.twitter.com/6bpeTQm8nz

- UEFA.com DE (@UEFAcom_de) September 30, 2020

Champions League draw in the live ticker: The last games of the Champions League qualification are pending

Update from September 30, 2020, 6:26 p.m.:

The last games of the Champions League qualification are pending -

in pots three and four (see original article) are available.

On September 29, Ferencvaros Budapest (against Molde FK), Dynamo Kiev (against KAA Gent) and Olympiacos Piraeus (against Omonia Nicosia) entered the group stage of the premier class.

The return legs of the following games are

September 30:

(first leg 0-0),

(first leg 2-1 for Salzburg) and

(first leg 2-1 for Krasnodar).

Champions League draw in the live ticker: four German teams included

Original article from September 29, 2020, 3:46 p.m.:

Geneva - It's going around again!

The Champions League * is looking for a new king.

The group stage draw will take place in Geneva on Thursday.

Can

defend its title?

What will happen to the ambitious plans you have in

,

or

?

We are excited to see who will be in the final * in the 2020/2021 season - if everything goes according to plan, it will be played on May 29 in the Ataturk Olympic Stadium in

.

What do you need to know before the Champions League group stage draw?

Of course, the pots and some rules - such as that two teams from the same country are not allowed to meet in the group stage.

From a German perspective, FC Bayern Munich *, Borussia Dortmund *, RB Leipzig * and Borussia Mönchengladbach * are represented in the premier class.

Memories from last season's #UCLdraw!

🥰

𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟬 / 𝟮𝟭 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗱𝗿𝗮𝘄: 𝗧𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆 |

𝟭𝟳: 𝟬𝟬 𝗖𝗘𝗧 🗓️ pic.twitter.com/MIijnnvDhM

- UEFA Champions League (@ChampionsLeague) September 29, 2020

Champions League: Draw in the live ticker - an overview of the lottery pots (before the last three CL qualifying games)

Pot 1:

, Real Madrid, FC Liverpool, Juventus Turin, Paris St. Germain, Zenit St. Petersburg, FC Porto, FC Sevilla (Europa League winners)

Pot 2:

, FC Barcelona, ​​Atletico Madrid, Manchester City, Manchester United, FC Shakhtar Donetsk, FC Chelsea, Ajax Amsterdam

Pot 3:

, Inter Milan, Lazio Rome, Atalanta Bergamo, Olympiacos Piraeus, Dynamo Kiev, FC Salzburg, Krasnodar

Pot 4:

, Club Bruges, Basaksehir, Stade Rennes, Ferencvaros Budapest, FC Midtjyland, Lokomotiv Moscow, Olympique Marseille

Champions League: Draw in the live ticker - when will it be played?

After the draw, it doesn't take that long until the new season in the premier class * starts.

The dates at a glance:

Who will compete in the group stage?

We are excited and follow the draw on Thursday in the live ticker.

On October 2nd, the Europa League draw will also be shown on TV and live stream.