sport football teams manchester-city 8506977 ----- # Manchester City could face Bayern Munich, Roma or Villarreal in Champions League qualifying stage ## Manchester City's entry to the Champions League following victory over Tottenham last night is not yet complete, the road to the group stages isn't necessarily straightforward. Roberto Mancini's side could still face a European power in qualifying. ![][1] Jubilant: Manchester City secured their place in the qualifying stages of next season's Champions League with victory over Spurs Photo: GETTY IMAGES [![][2]][3] By [Emily Benammar][4] 1:12PM BST 11 May 2011 [Comments][5] **La Liga** **Allocated places:** four (3 automatic 1 qualifying) **Likely outcome: **Barcelona and Real Madrid have already secured automatic entry and the third guaranteed spot is currently being fought over by Valencia and **Villarreal**. With three matches to play the former lead the latter by five points and [**Manchester City**][6] are therefore more likely to come up against the 2006 Champions League semi-finalists, who beat Everton in qualifying that season. **Serie A** **Allocated places:** four (3 automatic, 1 qualifying) **Likely outcome**: as things stand AC Milan, Inter and Napoli will clinch the automatic spots leaving **Udinese**, **Roma** and **Lazio** to battle it out for fourth. **Juventus** have an outside chance but nothign changes between now and the end of the season Udinese will join City in the qualifying stages. **Bundesliga** **Allocated places: **three (2 automatic, 1 qualifying) **Likely outcome: **Borussia Dortmund are champions and Bayern Leverkusen look set to take the second automatic place in Germany. In the race for third place, **Bayern Munich** hold a five point lead over Hannover with three matches to play. **Ligue 1** **Allocated places:** three (2 automatic, 1 qualifying) **Likely outcome: **the top two sides in the French League will take the automatic places. As things stand these belong to Lille and Marseille with either **Lyon** or **Paris Saint Germain** likely to take third place. Slips ups from them however could make way for Rennes. **Eredivisie** **Allocated places: **two (one automatic one qualifying) **Likely outcome: **Currently just three points divide the three sides within touching distance of the Champions League; leaders **FC Twente**, **Ajax **and **PSV Eindhoven**. ## Related Articles * [Five things for City to learn][7] 10 May 2011 * [Redknapp: City not better than us][8] 11 May 2011 * [Mancini: We're joining the best][9] 11 May 2011 * [Mancini: I want to sign Ibrahimovic][10] 11 May 2011 * [Mancini undecided whether to play Tevez at Wembley][11] 11 May 2011 * [Stoke pair in race to be fit for final][12] 10 May 2011 **Turkish Super League ** **Allocated places:** two (one automatic and one qualifying) **Likely outcome: **runaway leaders **Fenerbahce** and **Trabzonspor** are fighting it out for the single automatic spot. The two sides are currently level on points with four matches to play. **Liga Sagres** **Allocated places:** two (one automatic and one qualifying) **Likely outcome: **FC Porto ran away with the league and are therefore guaranteed automatic entry to the group stages while **Benfica** have secured the qualifying spot. **Ukraine Premyer-Liha** **Allocated places: **two (one automatic and one qualifying) **Likely outcome: **Shakhtar Donetsk have been crowned champions and will return to the group stages of the Champions League while rivals **Dynamo Kiev** will take part in the qualifying stages. **SOGAZ Russian Championship ** **Allocated places:** 3 **Likely outcome:** Zenit St Petersburg and CSKA Moscow once again find themselves assured of a place in the group stages while **Rubin Kazan** will try their luck in qualifying. [X][13] Share & bookmark Delicious Facebook Google Messenger Reddit Twitter Digg Fark LinkedIn Google Buzz StumbleUpon Y! 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