Champions League group stage preview: Pot 2
Thursday, August 27, 2015
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Ten-time champions Real Madrid are joined by two more former winners in Porto and Manchester United in Pot 2, which also features four past runners-up.
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Three of the five Spanish entrants, including both Madrid clubs, plus Arsenal, Manchester City, Manchester United and Porto, are in Pot 2 for the UEFA Champions League group stage draw. UEFA.com profiles the teams ahead of the draw streamed live from Monaco at 17.45CET on Thursday.
Our live coverage begins at 16.00CET in the UEFA.com DrawCentre.
Real Madrid (ESP)
• UEFA coefficient ranking: 1
• How they qualified: second in Spanish Liga
• Previous group stage campaigns: 19 (last appearance: 2014/15)
• Last season: UEFA Champions League semi-finals
• Best European Cup performance: winners (1955/56, 1956/57, 1957/58, 1958/59, 1959/60, 1965/66, 1997/98, 1999/2000, 2001/02, 2013/14)
- UEFA coefficient ranking: 5
- How they qualified: third in Spanish Liga
- Previous group stage campaigns: 5 (last appearance: 2014/15)
- Last season: UEFA Champions League quarter-finals
- Best European Cup performance: runners-up (1973/74, 2013/14)
- UEFA coefficient ranking: 8
- How they qualified: second in Portuguese Liga
- Previous group stage campaigns: 19 (last appearance: 2014/15)
- Last season: UEFA Champions League quarter-finals
- Best European Cup performance: winners (1986/87, 2003/04)
- UEFA coefficient ranking: 9
- How they qualified: third in Premier League
- Previous group stage campaigns: 17 (last appearance: 2014/15)
- Last season: UEFA Champions League round of 16
- Best European Cup performance: runners-up (2005/06)
- UEFA coefficient ranking: 10
- How they qualified: fourth in Premier League
- Previous group stage campaigns: 20 (last appearance: 2013/14)
- Last season: did not take part in UEFA competition
- Best European Cup performance: winners (1967/68, 1998/99, 2007/08)
- UEFA coefficient ranking: 12
- How they qualified: fourth in Spanish Liga
- Previous group stage campaigns: 8 (last appearance: 2012/13)
- Last season: did not take part in UEFA competition
- Best European Cup performance: runners-up (1999/2000, 2000/01)
- UEFA coefficient ranking: 16
- How they qualified: fourth in Bundesliga
- Previous group stage campaigns: 9 (last appearance: 2014/15)
- Last season: UEFA Champions League round of 16
- Best European Cup performance: runners-up (2001/02)
- UEFA coefficient ranking: 17
- How they qualified: second in Premier League
- Previous group stage campaigns: 4 (last appearance: 2014/15)
- Last season: UEFA Champions League round of 16
- Best European Cup performance: round of 16 (2013/14, 2014/15)