At 0:00 a.m. Beijing time on September 1, the draw ceremony for the group stage of the 2023-24 UEFA Champions League was held in Monaco, and today's draw guests were former France international Abidal and former England legend Joe Cole. In the end, Grand Paris, Borussia Dortmund, AC Milan and Newcastle formed the super death group, Bayern and Manchester United were in the same group, Real Madrid met Napoli, and Manchester City were selected.
In the early hours of yesterday morning, the last three teams in the round of 32 of the Champions League were decided, and the classification of the 32 teams was also determined. Champions League champions Manchester City, Europa League champions Sevilla and the four major league winners (the Premier League champion is Manchester City) and Portuguese Premier League champion Benfica, Eredivisie champion Feyenoord became the first team, Real Madrid, Manchester United, Inter, Arsenal and other giants entered the second gear, the third tier team has AC Milan, and the fourth gear has Premier League upstart Newcastle. The binning situation is as follows:
The draw ceremony divided 32 teams into 8 groups of four teams in each group, in accordance with the principle of avoidance of teams from the same league. This season is the last before the Champions League is restructured, with the group stage starting on 19 and 20 September and finishing on 12 and 13 December, with this season's Champions League final taking place at London's Wembley Stadium on 1 June. The final draw results are as follows:
Group A: Bayern Munich, Manchester United, Copenhagen, Galatasaray
Group B: Sevilla, Arsenal, PSV Eindhoven, Lens
Group C: Napoli, Real Madrid, Braga, Union Berlin
Group D: Benfica, Inter Milan, Red Bull Salzburg, Real Sociedad
Group E: Feyenoord, Atletico Madrid, Lazio, Celtic
Group F: Paris Saint-Germain, Borussia Dortmund, AC Milan, Newcastle United
Group G: Manchester City, Leipzig, Red Star Belgrade, Young Bern
Group H: Barcelona, Porto, Shakhtar Donetsk, Antwerp