Everything you need to know about the UEFA Champions League group stage draw

rules:

- The draw involves 32 teams: the 26 who qualified directly for the group stage, plus the six winners of the play-offs.

- The teams are divided into four pots. Pot 1 includes the defending champions, the UEFA Europa League winner and the top six ranked national champions who did not qualify via one of the 2021-2022 continental titles, including Paris Saint-Germain. Pots 2 to 4 will be determined by the ranking of the clubs' coefficients.

- In the case of federations having 2 representatives, the clubs are paired up in order to divide their matches between Tuesdays and Wednesdays. In the case of federations with 4 or more representatives, 2 pairings are made. These pairings shall be based on television ratings.

- No team can play against a team from its own federation. Paris Saint-Germain will therefore not be able to play Olympique de Marseille.

teams that have QUALIFIEd:

Real Madrid CF (SPA, UEFA Champions League winners)
Eintracht Francfort (GER, UEFA Europa League winners)
Manchester City FC (ENG)
AC Milan (ITA)
FC Bayern Munich (GER)
Paris Saint-Germain (FRA)
FC Porto (POR)
AFC Ajax (NED)

Pot 2:
Liverpool FC (ENG)
Chelsea FC (ENG)
FC Barcelone (SPA)
Juventus (ITA)
Club Atlético de Madrid (SPA)
Séville FC (SPA)
RB Leipzig (GER)
Tottenham Hotspur (ENG)

Pot 3:
Borussia Dortmund (GER)
FC Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR)
RB Salzbourg (AUT)
FC Internazionale Milan (ITA)
SSC Naples (ITA)
SL Benfica (POR)
Sporting Clube de Portugal (POR)
Bayer 04 Leverkusen (GER)

Pot 4:
Rangers FC (SCP)
GNK Dinamo Zagreb (CRO)
Olympique de Marseille (FRA)
FC Copenhague (DEN)
Club Bruges (BEL)
Celtic FC (SCO)
FC Viktoria Pilsen (CZE)
Maccabi Haïfa FC (ISR)

Schedule:

Matchday 1: Tuesday 6 and Wednesday 7 September
Matchday 2: Tuesday 13 and Wednesday 14 September
Matchday 3: Tuesday 4 and Wednesday 5 October
Matchday 4: Tuesday 11 and Wednesday 12 October
Matchday 5: Tuesday 25 and Wednesday 26 October
Matchday 6: Tuesday 1st and Wednesday 2 November