Through to the Round of 16!
We will face one of Manchester City, Celtic, Bayern Munich or Real Madrid.
With a win against Salzburg on Wednesday, the Rojiblancos finished fifth in the League Phase of this season’s Champions League. As a result, we have qualified directly for the Round of 16, in which we will play the return leg at the Riyadh Air Metropolitano.
Our possible opponents are Manchester City, Celtic, Bayern Munich or Real Madrid, who finished 22nd, 21st, 12th and 11th respectively. The teams that finished from 9th to 24th will go into a play-off round to side the eight sides, which will complete the Round of 16.
City and Celtic are paired for the draw on Friday 31 January and will play either Bayern or Real Madrid. The tie will be played across two legs on 11/12 and 18/19 February, with the German and Spanish sides being given home advantage for the return leg since they finished higher in the league phase.
Then, the winners of these two fixtures will face either us or Bayer Leverkusen following the result of another draw on Friday 21 February. On that day, we will learn the full bracket of the competition, the dates of which are as follows:
- Round of 16: 4/5 and 11/12 March
- Quarter-finals: 8/9 and 15/16 April
- Semi-finals: 29/30 April and 6/7 May
- Final: 31 May (Munich)
