The Champions League is reaching the latter stage of the group stages and after matchday five, we now have a clearer picture of the teams that would be playing in the knockout stages next year, the teams that have been eliminated, and the teams that would be have to continue their European journey in the Europa League round of 32....CONTINUE READING
Teams That Have Qualified For The Knockout Stages
1. Real Madrid
2. Napoli
3. Liverpool
4. Club Brugge
It is a great achievement for Belgian side, Club Brugge that they were the first team to qualify from a group consisting of two-time finalist, Atletico Madrid, former champions, Porto, and German Bundesliga giants, Bayer Leverkusen.
After collecting ten points from their first four games, they qualified for the knockout stages for the first time since the renaming of the Champions League.
5. Porto
6. Bayern Munich
7. Inter Milan
8. Chelsea
9. Paris Saint-Germain
10. Manchester City
11. Benfica
12. Borussia Dortmund
Borussia Dortmund managed to secure a draw against Manchester City in the Champions League on matchday five and this got them a place in the knockout stages of the Champions League.
Confirmed Teams That Have Been Demoted To The Europa League
1. Ajax
2. Barcelona
3. Shakhtar Donetsk
4. Sevilla
Atletico Madrid and Bayer Leverkusen have to battle it out for a place in the Europa League as they have collected 5 and 4 points respectively.
Juventus would also be battling with Maccabi Haifa for the Champions League place as both sides have collected three points apiece.
RB Salzburg and Dynamo Zagreb are also in the same boat as both sides have 6 and 4 points respectively.
Confirmed Teams That Have Been Eliminated After Matchday Five
1. Rangers
2. Viktoria Plzen
3. Celtic
4. Copenhagen
