Draw rules

*All the teams that qualified for this round are divided over 4 seeding pots based on their club coefficient. Each group will consist of one team from each of the 4 seeding pots.

In the champions league, the first pot contains the defending champion and the winners of the 7 strongest leagues. All the other pots are decided by club coefficient with the strongest teams in pot 2 and the weakest teams in pot 4.

Club coefficients

Teams from the same country can not be drawn against each other in this round.

Team advancement rules

• The numbers 1 and 2 of the group stage advance to the next round.
• The third placed teams advance to the next round of the lower continental competition.

Group stage tiebreakers

1. Points
2. Head to head results (points, goal difference, goals scored)
3. Goal difference
4. Goals scored
5. Number of away goals