Champions League draw LIVE: Chelsea, Liverpool, Man City and Tottenham learn group stage opponents

The Champions League draw revealed the 2022/23 fixtures and groups including Erling Haaland returning to Borussia Dortmund with Man City

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Liverpool will face Rangers in the Champions League group stages, as the draw also set up an immediate reunion between Manchester City striker Erling Haaland and his former side Borussia Dortmund.

Liverpool and Rangers were also drawn with Ajax and Napoli in Group A, while Manchester City will face Sevilla and Copenhagen as well as the Bundesliga side.

Chelsea will play Italian champions AC Milan, FC Salzburg and Dinamo Zagreb while Tottenham Hotspur also received a favourable draw, with Antonio Conte’s side being grouped with Europa League winners Eintracht Frankfurt, Sporting Lisbon and Marseille.

Celtic will play the holders Real Madrid along with RB Leipzig and Shakhtar Donetsk while the group of death sees Barcelona take on Bayern Munich and Inter Milan, as Robert Lewandowski also faces a trip back to his former side.

Follow live updates from the Champions League draw, below:

Champions League group stage draw

• Champions League group stage draw completed in Istanbul
• Erling Haaland to return to Borussia Dortmund as Man City draw German giants
• Liverpool and Rangers to square off in Battle of Britian
• Chelsea in the same group as AC Milan, RB Salzburg and Dinamo Zagreb
• Spurs face Europa League winners Eintracht Frankfurt, Sporting Lisbon and Marseille
• Full Champions League group stage draw
• Karim Benzema wins UEFA Men’s Player of the Year
• Alexia Putellas wins the women’s equivalent with Carlo Ancelotti and Sarina Wiegman coaches of the year

[25 August 2022 13:02 · Luke Baker]

Champions League group stage draw

Welcome to The Independent’s live coverage of the Champions League group stage draw ahead of the 2022/23 season.

Manchester City, Liverpool, Chelsea and Tottenham are all set to learn their opponents in a campaign where the mid-season World Cup in Qatar means this will be a Champions League group stage like no other, with the fixtures packed in and set to conclude in early November.

Real Madrid are the defending champions after beating Liverpool in the final, with the Spanish side also knocking out City and Chelsea on their way to lifting the competition for a 14th time. Tottenham are back under Antonio Conte after a two-year absence, while both Celtic and Rangers will be in the group stage draw for the first time since 2007.

The ceremony is taking place in Istanbul, which will host next year’s final, and we’ll be bringing you all the build-up before live coverage of the draw.