As the highly anticipated Champions League draw approaches today, Gazzetta dello Sport provides an insightful analysis, ranking every potential adversary for the participating Serie A clubs in the league phase.
Napoli, Inter, Atalanta, and Juventus are poised to discover their Champions League destiny as the draw for the league phase is set to commence in Monaco at 18:00 CET (17:00 BST) today.
Inter, having reached the Champions League final in the 2024-25 season, secured a spot in Pot 1. Juventus and Atalanta find themselves in Pot 2, while reigning Italian champions Napoli are positioned in Pot 3.
Under the new format, each club will play two opponents from each pot – one match at home and one away. Critically, teams cannot be drawn against clubs from their own nation, and no more than two teams from a single country can be in the same group of opponents for the league phase.
According to Thursday`s print edition of La Gazzetta dello Sport, all Champions League participants for the 2025-26 season, including Italian clubs, have been assessed and rated on a scale of one to five stars.
Notably, Inter and Napoli garnered four-star ratings, whereas Atalanta and Juventus received three. But who are their potential formidable opponents? Let`s delve into the detailed ratings below.
Champions League Club Ratings
Pot 1
- PSG ★★★★★
- Real Madrid ★★★★★
- Bayern Munich ★★★★★
- Liverpool ★★★★★
- Barcelona ★★★★★
- Man City ★★★★★
- Chelsea ★★★★★
- Inter ★★★★
- B. Dortmund ★★★
Pot 2
- Arsenal ★★★★★
- Atletico Madrid ★★★★
- Atalanta ★★★
- Juventus ★★★
- B. Leverkusen ★★★
- Benfica ★★★
- Villarreal ★★★
- E. Frankfurt ★★★
- C. Bruges ★★★
Pot 3
- Tottenham ★★★★
- Napoli ★★★★
- Marseille ★★★
- PSG ★★★
- Sporting CP ★★★
- Bodo/Glimt ★★
- Ajax ★★
- Olympiacos ★★
- S. Prague ★★
Pot 4
- Newcastle ★★★★
- Athletic Club ★★★
- Monaco ★★
- Galatasaray ★★
- U. Saint-Gilloise ★★
- Qarabag ★
- Copenhagen ★
- Kairat ★
- Pafos ★
