GOAL has all the information you need about the Champions League group stage draw for 2022–2023.After an exciting summer of sports, the 2023-24 UEFA Champions League will be the next big thing.
Champions League seeding: 2023-24 group stage draw
GOAL has all the information you need about the Champions League group stage draw for 2022–2023.After an exciting summer of sports, the 2023-24 UEFA Champions League will be the next big thing.
The best teams from Europe’s top leagues will fight for the best prize on the continent. They will begin their journey in the group stage, which will be decided on August 31, 2023.
European powerhouses like Real Madrid, Manchester City, and Barcelona will all be excited to see who they will play in the group game. At the Champions League draw event, the 32 teams from the four pots of eight will be split into eight groups of four.
The Champions League 2022-23 group stage will feature a total of 32 football teams. 26 clubs are given direct entry into the draw. Six more clubs will join them following wins in qualifiers.
Qualified teams are divided into four pots: Pot 1 contains the title holders, the Europa League winners and the champions of the top six national leagues based on UEFA country coefficients. The remaining three pots are populated according to a team’s UEFA club coefficient.
The final members of Pot 3 and Pot 4 will be decided following the play-off fixtures before the draw takes place. Two teams from the same football association cannot be drawn into the same group in the draw.
The table below shows all the announced teams that will be in the group stage of the Champions League in 2023–2024.
It’s important to remember that the final of the Champions League 2022–23 and the qualifying games haven’t happened yet, so the teams and their pots could change based on their UEFA club coefficients.
Pot 1 will include the current champions of the Champions League and Europa League, as well as the winners of the top six associations based on their UEFA coefficients for 2021-22.
If Manchester City, the winner of the 2022–23 Premier League, also wins the 2022–23 UEFA Champions League, then Feyenoord, the seventh-placed team from the Netherlands, will move up to Pot 1.
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Real Madrid | Feyenoord | Newcastle United | Union Berlin |
| Sevilla | Manchester United | Salzburg | Lens |
| Manchester City | Borussia Dortmund | AC Milan | TBC |
| Barcelona | Atletico Madrid | Lazio | TBC |
| Bayern München | RB Leipzig | Red Star Belgrade | TBC |
| Paris Saint-Germain | Porto | Shakhtar Donetsk | TBC |
| Napoli | Arsenal | Real Sociedad | TBC |
| Benfica | Inter Milan | Celtic | TBC |
The Champions League group stage draw for 2023–24 looks like it will be very exciting. Several top teams want to be in the competition, and the group stage will be a great chance for them to show off their skills and fight for the trophy.
