Liverpool and Sporting make it as Qarabağ create history
Wednesday, August 23, 2017
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CSKA Moskva, Sporting CP, Liverpool and APOEL have completed the UEFA Champions League group stage line-up along with Qarabağ, the first Azerbaijani team to qualify.
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CSKA Moskva, Sporting CP, Liverpool and APOEL have completed the UEFA Champions League group stage line-up along with Qarabağ, the first Azerbaijani team to qualify. Young Boys, FCSB, København, Hoffenheim and Slavia Praha suffered play-off defeats and drop into the UEFA Europa League.
Wednesday's play-off second legs
CSKA Moskva 2-0 Young Boys (agg: 3-0)
FCSB 1-5 Sporting CP (agg: 1-5)
København 2-1 Qarabağ (agg: 2-2, Qarabağ win on away goals)
Liverpool 4-2 Hoffenheim (agg: 6-3)
Slavia Praha 0-0 APOEL (agg: 0-2)
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- are the first team from Azerbaijan to reach the group stage, meaning 33 of UEFA's 55 member associations have been represented at that stage.
Tuesday's second legs
Astana 4-3 Celtic (agg: 4-8)
Maribor 1-0 Hapoel Beer-Sheva (agg: 2-2, Maribor win on away goals)
Nice 0-2 Napoli (agg: 0-4)
Rijeka 0-1 Olympiacos (agg: 1-3)
Sevilla 2-2 İstanbul Başakşehir (agg: 4-3)
What comes next?
The winners of each tie will go into the draw for the UEFA Champions League group stage, which takes place in Monaco at 18:00CET on Thursday.
Pot 1
Real Madrid (ESP, holders)
Bayern München (GER)
Juventus (ITA)
Benfica (POR)
Chelsea (ENG)
Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR)
Monaco (FRA)
Spartak Moskva (RUS)
Other pots tbc
Barcelona (ESP)
Atlético Madrid (ESP)
Paris Saint-Germain (FRA)
Borussia Dortmund (GER)
Sevilla (ESP)
Manchester City (ENG)
Porto (POR)
Manchester United (ENG)
Napoli (ITA)
Tottenham Hotspur (ENG)
Basel (SUI)
Olympiacos (GRE)
Anderlecht (BEL)
Liverpool (ENG)
Roma (ITA)
Beşiktaş (TUR)
Celtic (SCO)
CSKA Moskva (RUS)
Sporting CP (POR)
APOEL (CYP)
Feyenoord (NED)
Maribor (SVN)
Qarabağ (AZE)
RB Leipzig (GER)