32 teams can play in champions league group stage.
32 teams can play in champions league group stage.
how many teams can play in champions league group stage?
32
2009–10 uefa europa league group stage









































the 2009–10 uefa europa league group stage matches took place between 17 september and 17 december 2009.









































the group stage featured the 38 winners of the play-off round and the 10 losing sides of the champions league play-off round.









































following the completion of the group stage, the top two teams in each group advanced to play in the round of 32, where they will be joined by the eight third-placed teams from the champions league group stage.









































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the draw for the group stage was held in monaco on 28 august 2009.
2009–10 uefa europa league group stage
in 2016, uefa again discussed the possibility of creating a closed league containing the 16 best teams in european football from the highest ranked national leagues. these 16 teams would have been divided into 2 groups, with 8 teams in each group. after 56 games in each group under the round-robin system, the teams that finished in places 1-4 would qualify for the quarter-finals. that plan was finally rejected and uefa, in order to avoid the creation of a super league, made changes to the structure of the uefa champions league. uefa announced that, for the trade cycle 2018–21, england, italy, spain and germany would have 4 teams in the uefa champions league group stage without having to compete in play-offs. this means that the number of direct places will be increased from 22 to 26. the 6 remaining places will come from the champions' path (down from 5 teams to 4 teams) and the non-champions' path (down from 5 teams to 2 teams). if the title holder of this competition qualifies for the champions league from its domestic league, the champion of the country with the 11th placed uefa coefficient will go through into the uefa champions league group stage; if not, the title holder has the right to defend the trophy. uel defending champions also acquire the right to compete in the uefa champions league group stage, without the opportunity of directly securing a play-off berth as in the 2015–18 trade cycle agreements. if the uel champion automatically qualifies for the uefa champions league group stage via its domestic league, the third ranked team of the country with the 5th placed uefa coefficient will replace the uel winner.
european super league (association football)