At the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco, the 2023–2024 UEFA Champions League draw will take place today, Thursday, at 5 p.m. Nigerian time.
The groups for the competition, which will include 32 teams from throughout Europe, will be decided by the draw.
The eligible clubs have been seeded into four pots, with Manchester City, the defending champions, and the champions of the top six leagues in the top pot. Based on the UEFA club coefficients, the other pots are seeded.
On Wednesday, PSV Eindhoven’s 5-1 victory over Rangers, Copenhagen’s 1-1 tie with Rokow Czezchakowa, which qualified on aggregate, and AK Athens’ 1-2 loss to Royal Antwerp determined who would fill the final three spots in the draw.
The Champions League final will be held at Wembley Stadium in London on June 1, 2024, after the group stage begins on September 19.
Pot 1: Manchester City, Sevilla, FC Barcelona, Napoli, Bayern Munich, Paris Saint-Germain, Benfica, Feyenoord.
Pot 2: Real Madrid, Manchester United, Inter Milan, Borussia Dortmund, Atletico Madrid, RB Leipzig, Porto, Arsenal.
The UEFA Champions League’s 69th season, which began on Tuesday, June 27, 2023, and ends on Saturday, June 1, 2024, is the 32nd since it was renamed.
Wembley Stadium in London will host the season finale of the UEFA Champions League in 2023–24. The UEFA Champions League final, which has previously occurred in 2011, 2013, and for a record eighth time at this location in London, is the pinnacle of club football in Europe.
Pot 3: Shakhtar Donetsk, Red Bull Salzburg, AC Milan, Lazio, Red Star Belgrade, Braga, Copenhagen, PSV Eindhoven.
Pot 4: Newcastle United, Union Berlin, Lens, Real Sociedad, Celtic, Galatasaray, Young Boys, Antwerp.
