article_snippet: Pellegrini's men - who lost 1-0 in the Nou Camp on Wednesday and 3-1 overall on aggregate - are currently ranked the 16th best team in Europe but that could fall after they failed to make this season's quarter-finals.
article_snippet: Real Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Chelsea, Atletico Madrid, Benfica, Schalke, Arsenal, Porto, Manchester United, Paris St Germain, Borussia Dortmund, Valencia, Zenit St Petersburg, Bayer Leverkusen and Manchester City .
article_snippet: Coefficients are based on European performances over the last five seasons which is why Manchester United are placed higher than Manchester City despite not qualifying last season.
article_snippet: Arsenal's ranking also remains high because Arsenal's ranking have reached the Champions League knockout stages every year in the time span.
article_snippet: However, UEFA have changed UEFA seeding policy for next season and the domestic champions of England, Italy, Germany, Spain, France, Portugal and Russia will automatically be top seeds alongside the winners of the competition.
article_snippet: Chelsea are ranked the fourth best side in Europe - behind Real Madrid, Barcelona and Bayern Munich .
article_snippet: Among the clubs just below the next eight highest-ranked clubs – and City in the listings are Juventus who look certain to be top seeds as Italian champions and Sevilla, Inter Milan and Napoli who are all still in the Europa League and can improve their coefficient in the competition.
article_snippet: This is how next season's Champions League group seedings would look if the season ended during the current stage of the campaign: .
article_snippet: Top seeds: Real Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Chelsea, Lyon, Benfica, Zenit St Petersburg and Juventus .
article_snippet: Atletico Madrid (ranked 5th), Arsenal (8th), Porto (9th), Manchester United (10th), Paris St Germain (11th), Valencia (13th), Bayer Leverkusen (15th) and Manchester City (16th) City are particularly vulnerable because Bayer Leverkusen (15th) and Manchester City (16th) City could be replaced by Schalke in the second pot if the German side, currently fifth in the Bundesliga, finished in the top four.
highlights_snippet: Manchester City are currently ranked the 16th best team in Europe .
  
highlights_snippet: European league winners will now automatically be placed in pot one .
  