Champions League draw: When does it start? Who will Spurs, Arsenal, Leicester and Man City play in the group stage?
Everything you need to know about Champions League draw
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Your support makes all the difference.The Champions League draw takes place this week to determine the eight groups for this season’s competition, with Leicester City, Arsenal, Tottenham and Manchester City set the discover their European fate.
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With Leicester taking to the Champions League for the first time, all eyes will be on who the reigning Premier League champions are placed with, and after winning the title last season, the Foxes will go straight into pot one alongside six other league winners and defending champions Real Madrid.
City of course need to beat Steaua Bucharest in their remaining play-off second leg, though that should be a given as they head into the home leg with a 5-0 advantage.
With Pep Guardiola at the helm, City will harbour realistic ambitions of improving on last season’s semi-final appearance in their pursuit of European glory.
Here’s everything you need to know about the Champions League group stage draw, including times, seedings and fixtures ahead of the new campaign.
When is the draw?
The Champions League group stage draw takes place at 17:00 BST [18:00 CET] on Thursday 25 August in Monaco.
Who is in the draw?
Pot 1:
Real Madrid (Esp, holders), Barcelona (Esp), Leicester City (Eng), Bayern Munich (Ger), Juventus (Ita), Benfica (Por), Paris Saint-Germain (Fra), CSKA Moscow (Rus)
Pot 2:
Atletico Madrid (Esp), Borussia Dortmund (Ger), Arsenal (Eng), Manchester City (Eng), Sevilla (Esp), Porto (Por), Napoli (Ita), Bayer Leverkusen (Ger)
Pot 3 (confirmed):
Basel (Sui), Tottenham Hotspur (Eng), Dynamo Kyiv (Ukr), Lyon (Fra), PSV Eindhoven (Ned), Sporting CP (Por), Club Brugge (Bel), Borussia Monchengladbach (Ger)
Pot 4 (confirmed):
Celtic (Sco), Monaco (Fra), Besiktas (Tur), Legia Warsaw (Pol), Dinamo Zagreb (Cro), Ludogorets Razgrad (Bul), FC Copenhagen (Den), Rostov (Rus)
When is the Europa League draw?
The Europa League group stage draw takes place at 12:00 BST [13:00 CET] on Friday 26 August in Monaco after the final play-off fixtures have been completed on Thursday night. Manchester United and Southampton will both go into the draw, with other teams already confirmed including Athletic Bilbao, Inter Milan and Schalke.
West Ham can join them as the third Premier League club providing they beat Astra Giurgiu on Thursday.
When are the Champions League fixtures?
Group stage, matchday one – 13/14 September
Group stage, matchday two - 27/28 September
Group stage, matchday three – 18/19 October
Group stage, matchday four – 01/02 November
Group stage, matchday five – 22/23 November
Group stage, matchday six – 06/07 December
Round of 16, first leg – 14/15 and 21/22 February
Round of 16, second leg – 07/08 and 14/15 March
Quarter-finals, first leg – 11/12 April
Quarter-finals, second leg – 18/19 April:
Semi-finals, first leg – 02/03 May
Semi-finals, second leg – 09/10 May
Final (National Stadium of Wales, Cardiff) – 03 May:
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