Winner of its barrage against Dynamo kyiv on Tuesday, Benfica inherits the last place in hat 3.
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Marseille is finally fixed. Directly qualified for the Champions League group stage after their second place in the league, the Olympians will be placed in pot 4 for the draw, Thursday August 25, in Istanbul.
With a UEFA coefficient of 44,000 points, OM could still mathematically claim the last place in hat 3. But they were overtaken by Benfica, who won their play-off against Dynamo kyiv (5-0 aggregate score). The Portuguese, who have the best coefficient of all the play-off clubs (61,000 points), are guaranteed to complete the third hat.
Consequently, Marseille fail in the last hat, along with Bruges, Celtic, Viktoria Plzen, Maccabi Haifa and the last known qualifiers on Wednesday evening. During their last C1 campaign, in 2020-2021, OM had already started from hat 4. The Marseillais then inherited a group with Manchester City, Porto, and Olympiakos. They had finished in fourth place, with only one victory.