Every team Celtic can face in Champions League revealed as pot set and box office fixtures await in mega millions revamp
Celtic will be begin their journey in pot three of the brand-spanking new Champions League at Thursday's glitzy draw in Nyon
The final four teams were confirmed on Wednesday night and for the first time every club will face eight teams, four home, four away. The Hoops are back at the top table once again as they get ready to mix it with Europe's elite - but the tournament has moved from the old traditional format with a new league phase coming into play. Previously the make up was eight groups of four to make it 32 teams. However, there are now 36 clubs in the competition competing in a ONE single league format.
Seedings still exist for draw purposes but in this new format they aren't as important with each club facing TWO clubs from pots 1-4 to make up their eight fixtures. This means Brendan Rodgers men are guaranteed some top hitters in their fixture list - but they will also face teams in and round the same seeding as themselves as they plot a knockout berth. To secure this, a top 24 finish is required from the 36 teams. Eight go directly to the last 16 with clubs 9-24 competing in the knockout stage to join the next phase.
But who are the teams that join Celtic in the draw as the biggest competition in club football returns? Record Sport Online has made life easy and listed all 36 clubs below with the final teams confirmed this evening after the play-off round second-leg ties. It is then all eyes on the draw on Thursday evening as the players and fans of all clubs keep a very keen eye on what is to come next.
POT 1: Real Madrid, Manchester City, Bayern Munich, PSG, Liverpool, Inter Milan, Borussia Dortmund, RB Leipzig, Barcelona.
POT 2: Bayer Leverkusen, Atletico Madrid, Atalanta, Juventus, Benfica, Arsenal, Club