Football
UEFA Champions League group stage draw set to hold Thursday
The stage draw for the 2023–2024 UEFA Champions League group stage is scheduled to hold on Thursday, August 31, 2023, with the pots confirmed.
This was announced on the official UEFA website on Thursday.
According to UEFA, “The pots have been confirmed for the 2023–24 UEFA Champions League group stage draw, which will be streamed live on UEFA.com from 18:00 CET on Thursday, August 31.”
The Pots include:
Pot 1
Manchester City (ENG, Champions League holders)
Sevilla (ESP, Europa League holders)
Barcelona (ESP)
Napoli (ITA)
Bayern München (GER)
Paris Saint-Germain (FRA)
Benfica (POR)
Feyenoord (NED)
Pot 2
Real Madrid (ESP)
Manchester United (ENG)
Inter (ITA)
Dortmund (GER)
Atlético de Madrid (ESP)
Leipzig (GER)
Porto (POR)
Arsenal (ENG)
Pot 3
Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR)
Salzburg (AUT)
Milan (ITA)
Braga (POR)
PSV (NED)
Lazio (ITA)
Crvena zvezda (SRB)
Copenhagen (DEN)
Pot 4
Young Boys (SUI)
Real Sociedad (ESP)
Galatasaray (TUR)
Celtic (SCO)
Newcastle (ENG)
Union Berlin (GER)
Antwerp (BEL)
Lens (FRA)
In a bid to “ensure that paired clubs from the same country play on separate days, the eight groups will be distinguished by colour: Groups A to D will be red, and Groups E to H will be blue. When a paired club is drawn, for example, in one of the red groups (A, B, C, or D), the other paired club, once it has been drawn, will automatically be assigned to one of the four blue groups (E, F, G, or H). UEFA added. The pairings are as follows:
A Manchester City & Manchester United
B Sevilla & Atlético
C Barcelona & Real Madrid
D Napoli & Lazio
E Bayern & Dortmund
F Paris & Lens
G Benfica & Porto
H Feyenoord & PSV
I Inter & AC Milan
J Leipzig & Union Berlin
K Arsenal & Newcastle
The group stage of the 2023–2024 Champions League matches is scheduled to begin on September 19, 2023.
