{"id":288330,"date":"2023-08-30T08:34:27","date_gmt":"2023-08-30T08:34:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=288330"},"modified":"2023-08-30T08:34:27","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T08:34:27","slug":"when-is-the-champions-league-group-stage-draw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/soccer\/when-is-the-champions-league-group-stage-draw\/","title":{"rendered":"When is the Champions League group stage draw?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Champions League trophy will be won at Wembley next June<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/static-assets\/images\/newsletter\/football\/football-thumb\/football-thumb.png\" class=\"i-amphtml-layout-responsive i-amphtml-layout-size-defined\" i-amphtml-layout=\"responsive\"><\/p>\n<h3>Sign up to Miguel Delaney\u2019s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for free<\/h3>\n<h3>Sign up to Miguel\u2019s Delaney\u2019s free weekly newsletter <\/h3>\n<h2>Thanks for signing up to the<br \/> Football email<\/h2>\n<p>The Champions League is nearly upon us for the new 2023\/24 season, as treble-winners Manchester City try to retain their crown as the kings of Europe following their 1-0 win over Inter Milan in Istanbul in June. <\/p>\n<p>For the final time before the competition takes on a new format next season, 32 teams will be split into eight groups of four. Each group will contain one team from each of the four seeded pots, and clubs from the same national league will not be drawn together in the same group.<\/p>\n<p>Pot 1 will consist of the Champions League winners, the Europa League winners and six domestic champions of the highest ranked leagues. The remaining pots will be decided by Uefa\u2019s club coefficient rankings.<\/p>\n<p>The final will take place at London\u2019s Wembley Stadium on 1 June 2024.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>When is the Champions League draw?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3>Recommended<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2023\/08\/30\/06\/edb69f9db00cc2070bdae93f231995f2Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNjkzMzg4OTIw-2.24164022.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2023\/08\/29\/14\/d7f385442ad232dba33d11c31c819ef1Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNjkzNDAwMTA1-2.73398646.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2023\/08\/28\/23\/d7ed67152710a5dfb204da5a9624c835Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNjkzMzQ1NDM2-2.58667161.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>The draw for the group stage will take place in Monaco on Thursday 31 August, at 5pm BST.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2023\/08\/15\/14\/GettyImages-1497502158.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Rodri was the matchwinner as City won the trophy in Istanbul <\/p>\n<h3><strong>Which clubs have already qualified?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>There are 29 clubs already qualified for the Champions League group stage, and three play-offs still to be decided.<\/p>\n<p><strong>England: <\/strong>Arsenal, Manchester City, Manchester United, Newcastle United<\/p>\n<p><strong>Spain<\/strong>: Atletico Madrid, Barcelona, Real Madrid, Real Sociedad, Sevilla<\/p>\n<p><strong>Germany<\/strong>: Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund, Leipzig, Union Berlin<\/p>\n<p><strong>Italy<\/strong>: Inter Milan, Lazio, AC Milan, Napoli<\/p>\n<p><strong>France<\/strong>: Lens, Paris Saint-Germain<\/p>\n<p><strong>Portugal<\/strong>: Benfica, Porto, Braga<\/p>\n<p><strong>Netherlands<\/strong>: Feyenoord<\/p>\n<p><strong>Austria<\/strong>: Salzburg<\/p>\n<p><strong>Scotland<\/strong>: Celtic<\/p>\n<p><strong>Serbia<\/strong>: Red Star Belgrade<\/p>\n<p><strong>Switzerland:<\/strong> Young Boys<\/p>\n<p><strong>Turkey: <\/strong>Galatasaray<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ukraine<\/strong>: Shakhtar Donetsk<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Who are still in the play-offs?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>PSV Eindhoven 2-2 Rangers, AEK Athens 0-1 Antwerp, Copenhagen 1-0 Rakow Czestochowa.<\/p>\n<h3>Recommended<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2023\/08\/28\/17\/c89e6e96223139ed114644c12bc18574Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNjkzMzI0MTA0-2.72318353.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2023\/08\/27\/13\/GettyImages-1640965016.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2023\/08\/26\/12\/7da22ded95af963d3b6991f376481401Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNjkzMTM1NDA0-2.71968560.jpg\"><\/p>\n<h3><strong>What are the Champions League group stage dates?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Matchday 1: 19\/20 September 2023Matchday 2: 3\/4 October 2023Matchday 3: 24\/25 October 2023Matchday 4: 7\/8 November 2023Matchday 5: 28\/29 November 2023Matchday 6: 12\/13 December 2023<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/sport\/football\/when-champions-league-group-stage-draw-b2401308.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Champions League trophy will be won at Wembley next June Sign up to Miguel Delaney\u2019s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for free Sign up to Miguel\u2019s Delaney\u2019s free weekly newsletter Thanks for signing up to the Football email The Champions League is nearly upon us for the new 2023\/24 season, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":288329,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>When is the Champions League group stage draw? 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