Azerbaijan's Sabah club ranks first among the teams participating in the Champions League in terms of the difficulty of their schedule.

Operativ Media reports that the publication Opta has compiled a list to this effect.

Sabah is followed by France's Lens, Spain's Atletico, and the Czech Republic's Slavia Prague.

The other teams in the list are ranked as follows:

1. "Sabah" (Azerbaijan)
2. "Lens" (France)
3. "Atletico" (Spain)
4. "Slavia Prague" (Czech Republic)
5. "Brugge" (Belgium)
6. "Manchester City" (England)
7. "Napoli" (Italy)
8. "Lille" (France)
9. "Real Betis" (Spain)
10. "Bodo/Glimt" (Norway)
11. "Galatasaray" (Turkey)
12. "Villarreal" (Spain)
13. "Aston Villa" (England)
14. "Como" (Italy)
15. PSG (France)
16. "Bayern" (Germany)
17. "RB Leipzig" (Germany)
18. "Sporting" (Portugal)
19. "Manchester United" (England)
20. "Barcelona" (Spain)
21. "Arsenal" (England)
22. "Borussia Dortmund" (Germany)
23. "Feyenoord" (Netherlands)
24. AEK (Greece)
25. "Roma" (Italy)
26. "Viking" (Norway)
27. LASK (Austria)
28. "Real Madrid" (Spain)
29. "Liverpool" (England)
30. "Porto" (Portugal)
31. PSV (Netherlands)
32. "Slovan" (Slovakia)
33. "Shakhtar Donetsk" (Ukraine)
34. "Fenerbahce" (Turkey)
35. "Inter" (Italy)
36. "Stuttgart" (Germany).