UCL Draw: City's Seven Potential Opponents

Manager: Luis Enrique 

Stadium: Camp Nou (99,354) 

Distance: 792 miles 

League position: 2nd (La Liga)

Few need reminding about Barcelona's European pedigree. The Catalan club have won the Champions League three times in the last decade alongside six domestic league triumphs. Regarded among the biggest clubs in world football, they also boast arguably the best player - Lionel Messi. 

They have won the European Cup on five occasions in their 117-year history and reached the quarter-finals in nine of the previous 10 seasons. Currently fighting with bitter rivals Real Madrid for the La Liga title, of which they have won 24, Barca remain a potent force domestically too. 

Barcelona are the division’s top scorers with 77 goals in 27 games, while top scorer Messi has 39 goals in 39 games in all competitions. In the Champions League, the Argentine has scored 11 in seven matches. This year, Luis Enrique's side have also won every match but one in Europe.

These include a 7-0 success over Scottish champions Celtic at the Camp Nou before a remarkable comeback victory against Paris Saint-Germain in the Last-16, whereby they won the second leg 6-1 having lost 4-0 in Paris.

Atletico Madrid, Spain

Manager: Diego Simeone 

Stadium: Vincente Calderon Stadium (54,907) 

Distance: 854 miles 

League position: 4th (La Liga)

Since the enigmatic Diego Simeone was appointed in 2011, Atletico Madrid have won the Europa League, Super Cup, La Liga, Copa del Rey, Spanish Super Cup and reached two Champions League finals – losing to Real Madrid in agonising fashion on both occasions. 

They came third in La Liga behind Barcelona and Real Madrid last season and have drawn comparisons to Leicester City for their style of play. Felipe IV, the current king of Spain, has been the club’s honorary president since 2003 and the club are set to move to a new 74,000 seater stadium for the 2017/18 season. 

City have faced Atletico four times in European competition, the most recent of which came in the form of a 4-1 aggregate defeat for the Foxes in the UEFA Cup in 1997. 

Bayern Munich, Germany

Manager: Carlo Ancelotti 

Stadium: Allianz Arena (70,000 for Champions League) 

Distance: 640 miles 

League position: 1st (Bundesliga)

Bayern Munich are one of the most decorated clubs in world football. The German champions have won Europe’s elite club competition five times (Champions League twice) while four of their record 26 Bundesliga titles have come in as many years in recent seasons.

They won the Champions League as recently as 2013 - when they defeated compatriots Borussia Dortmund - and have reached the final in three of the last six seasons, including five semi-finals. Under Pep Guardiola the Bavarian giants won seven trophies in three seasons until his departure for Manchester City last summer.

With Carlo Ancelotti, the former AC Milan and Chelsea manager, in charge, they currently sit top of the table, 10 points ahead of Red Bull Leipzig. After finishing second to Atletico Madrid in the group stage, Ancelotti's men defeated Arsenal 10-2 on aggregate in the Last-16.

Borussia Dortmund, Germany

Manager: Thomas Tuchel 

Stadium: Westfalenstadion (65,829 for UCL) 

Distance: 373 miles 

League position: 3rd (Bundesliga)

After a string of successes in the 1990s that peaked with a Champions League victory over Juventus in 1997, the club struggled financially post-2000 and their league form suffered dramatically. Investment in young players, however, helped them return to prominence in Germany and Europe.

By 2009, they had gone on to secure several Bundesiga titles as well as reaching the 2013 Champions League final, when Bayern Munich triumphed at Wembley Stadium. Under Jurgen Klopp, the German outfit became renowned the world over for their high-pressing style of football.

Dortmund won back-to-back titles in 2010/11 and 2011/12, and have finished as runners-up in three of the last four seasons, including 2015/16. Dortmund’s home ground is the biggest stadium in Germany at 80,000, although this capacity is reduced to around 65,000 for Champions League games. 

Under Thomas Tuchel, Dortmund have continued to impress and they finished two points above Real Madrid in Group F before Christmas. Since then, Benfica were dealt with in the knockout stages with a 1-0 first leg defeat being repaired by a 4-0 success at the Westfalenstadion.

AS Monaco, France

Manager: Leonardo Jardim 

Stadium: Stade Louis II (18,480) 

Distance: 730 miles 

League position: 1st (Ligue 1)

AS Monaco secured a return to France’s top flight under Claudio Ranieri during the Italian’s debut season at the club by winning the Ligue 2 title in 2012/13. Monaco had an incredible run in the Champions League during the 2003/04 campaign, only to be beaten 3-0 by Jose Mourinho’s FC Porto in the final. 

The seven-time Ligue 1 champions reached the Champions League quarter-finals two seasons ago, when they were seen off by eventual runners-up Juventus 1-0 on aggregate. They currently lead champions Paris Saint-Germain by three points at the top of the Ligue 1 table. 

Leonard Jardim's side won Group E - a pool many expected Tottenham Hotspur to qualify from - having defeated Spurs both home and away. As group winners, they were pitted against Manchester City in the Last-16 and, despite a 5-3 loss in the first leg, a 3-1 win this week secured their spot in the pot. 

Real Madrid, Spain

Manager: Zinedine Zidane 

Stadium: Santiago Bernabeu (85,454) 

Distance: 850 miles 

League position: 1st (La Liga)

Along with Barcelona, Real Madrid are arguably the most famous club in world football with a long and illustrious history – particularly in the European Cup – a competition in which they are the current holders. Madrid have won a record 32 La Liga titles and a record 11 European Cups.

The perfect example of their prowess is their five-in-a-row European successes between 1956-61. They boast the world’s most expensive player in Gareth Bale, as well as Cristiano Ronaldo, who has scored 376 goals in 365 games since signing from Manchester United for a reported £80 million in 2009. 

Ronaldo is also the record scorer in the Champions League/European Cup with 95 goals in 133 games. Zinedine Zindane’s side are in search of their first La Liga title since 2012 and currently hold a six-point lead over rivals Barcelona at the top of the table. They have reached the Champions League semi-finals in each of the past six seasons. 

Despite finishing second to Dortmund in the group stages, Madrid remain among the favourites to lift the famous trophy for the 12th time following a duo of 3-1 victories over Italian side Napoli in the round of 16.

Juventus, Italy

Manager: Massimiliano Allegri 

Stadium: Juventus Stadium (41,507) 

Distance: 654 miles 

League position: 1st (Serie A)

Juventus are the most successful team in Italy with a record 32 Serie A titles and have won the Champions League/European Cup twice – most recently in 1996. They trail rivals AC Milan’s total of seven but have been dominant in Serie A - winning the previous five Serie A titles. 

They currently lead the table with an eight-point cushion over AS Roma with no Italian team having ever won six titles in a row before. In the Champions League they reached the 2015 final where they were beaten by Barcelona but they had previously not advanced beyond the quarter-final since 2003.