Champions League Draw: Best and worst case scenarios for BVB

UEFA Champions League Draw: Best and worst case scenarios for Borussia Dortmund

Champions League's ambassador Turkish former footballer Hamit Altintop shows the paper slip of Borussia Dortmund during the draw for the round of 16 of the 2022-2023 UEFA Champions League football tournament in Nyon on November 7, 2022. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP) (Photo by FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images) /

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The Champions League draw takes place on Thursday and Borussia Dortmund will be eagerly anticipating who they will go up against in the competition.

Edin Terzic’s side crashed out of last year’s UEFA Champions League after losing to Chelsea at the last 16 stage, despite taking a 1-0 lead in the first leg. This year, the Black and Yellows will be seeded in Pot 2 alongside European giants such as Real Madrid, Manchester United and Inter Milan.

Although the completed pots will not be confirmed until the night before the draw due to remaining qualifiers, we will take a look at what the best and worst case scenarios for Borussia Dortmund could be this season in the CL group stage.

The final pots for the group stage are as follows:

Pot 1

Manchester City
Sevilla
Barcelona
Napoli
Bayern Munich
Paris Saint-Germain
Benfica
Feyenoord

Pot 2

Real Madrid
Manchester United
Inter Milan
Borussia Dortmund
Atletico Madrid
RB Leipzig
Porto
Arsenal

Pot 3

Shakhtar Donetsk
Red Bull Salzburg
AC Milan
Braga
Lazio
Red Star Belgrade
PSV Eindhoven
Copenhagen

Pot 4

Celtic
Real Sociedad
Galatasaray
Newcastle United
Union Berlin
RC Lens
Young Boys
Antwerp

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