The UEFA Champions League returns this season with teams playing each other home and away in the groups and two-legged ties from the Round of 16. They will be drawn into eight groups of four teams and each side will be split into four seeding pots. Every group will have one team from each pot.
Also this year, UEFA confirmed that clubs will be allowed to make up to five substitutions per match in the Champions League and the Europa League throughout 2020-21. This move is said to alleviate the burden on players caused by the condensed international match calendars of their respective leagues.
Seedings for all teams are determined by club coefficients. Borussia Dortmund will be in pot two, alongside FC Barcelona, Atletico Madrid, Manchester City, Manchester United, Shakhtar Donetsk, Chelsea and Ajax.
Pot one contains 2019/20 Champions League winners Bayern Munich,…
