Champions League Draw | Group A: FC Harry Kane, United, Copenhagen, Galatasaray

Samid

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The 2023/24 UEFA Champions League group stage draw takes place at the Grimaldi Forum, Monaco, on Thursday 31 August and will be streamed live from 18:00 CET.

Which teams are in the group stage draw?
The draw will feature 32 teams – the 26 automatic qualifiers listed below, as well as the six play-off round winners set to be confirmed on 30 August. The clubs will be split into four seeding pots, to be confirmed on the morning of the draw.

ENG: Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Newcastle
ESP: Atlético, Barcelona, Real Madrid, Real Sociedad, Sevilla
GER: Bayern, Dortmund, Leipzig, Union Berlin
ITA: Inter, Lazio, Milan, Napoli
FRA: Lens, Paris
POR: Benfica, Porto
NED: Feyenoord
AUT: Salzburg
SCO: Celtic
SRB: Crvena zvezda
UKR: Shakhtar Donetsk

In addition the winners of these play-off ties:

Champions path
Royal Antwerp (BEL) - AEK Athens (GRE)
Raków Czestochowa (POL) - Copenhagen (DEN)
Maccabi Haifa (ISR) - Young Boys (SUI)
Molde (NOR) - Galatasaray (TUR)

League path
Rangers (SCO) - PSV Eindhoven (NED)
Braga (POR) - Panathinaikos (GRE)

How does the group stage draw work?
The 32 teams will be split into four seeding pots. Pot 1 will consist of the holders, the UEFA Europa League winners and six domestic champions. Pots 2 to 4 will be determined by the club coefficient rankings.

What else happens during the draw ceremony?
The 2022/23 UEFA Men's Player of the Year, UEFA Women's Player of the Year, UEFA Men's Coach of the Year and UEFA Women's Coach of the Year awards will also be presented during the group stage draw ceremony.

The 2023 UEFA President's Award will be presented by UEFA President Aleksander Čeferin.

Where is the 23/24 final?
The 2023/24 UEFA Champions League final will take place at London's Wembley Stadium on Saturday 1 June. Known as the 'Home of Football', Wembley has hosted seven previous European Cup finals – more than any other stadium.
 
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Based on this I think it's fair to assume our group will be:

2011 Barcelona
Manchester United
1970 Brazil
1973 Ajax
 
Samid said:
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Based on this I think it's fair to assume our group will be:

2011 Barcelona
Manchester United
1970 Brazil
1973 Ajax
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Nah we will get Sevilla.
 
Psv are going to bottle it again against Rangers aren't they. Shaping up to be an exact copy of last years tie.
 
Samid said:
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Based on this I think it's fair to assume our group will be:

2011 Barcelona
Manchester United
1970 Brazil
1973 Ajax
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Feyenoord
Manchester United
Red Bull Salzburg
Celtic


Please.
 
Samid said:
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Based on this I think it's fair to assume our group will be:

2011 Barcelona
Manchester United
1970 Brazil
1973 Ajax
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Oof, Man Utd looking By FaR the weakest team in pot 2. Lazio, Shaktar, Celtic, Sociedad fans all know who they'd love to draw from that pot. :D
 
Samid said:
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Based on this I think it's fair to assume our group will be:

2011 Barcelona
Manchester United
1970 Brazil
1973 Ajax
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CL looks really week this year. I’m not even sure a group of death is really possible
 
You all want Feyenoord, because we're such an awesome club and you would be honoured to play in de Kuip I take it.

Feyenoord
Porto
Red Star Something
Lens

Do it.
 
Samid said:
Bayern
Real
Milan/Shakhtar
Newcastle
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Real aren’t that strong this year unless they pull Mbappe out of the bag plus Injuries and I’m not sure of Milan at all.
I honestly put Newcastle second favourites there.
The CL is full of names but quality wise it’s nowhere really.
 
cyberman said:
CL looks really week this year. I’m not even sure a group of death is really possible
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That was my first thought. Newcastle in pot 4 will be tricky for most non-English sides but if we don't make it out of the group stages, that would be extremely disappointing.

It looks like the worst we could get in pot 3 and pot 4 would be Milan and Union Berlin. Far from easy but a serious side wouldn't be worried by them.
 
suheilsworld said:
It’s going to be Munich and Arsenal in the group surely.
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Nah it's already agreed we meet in the first KO round where they beat us 9-1 aggregate with 6 goals from Kane while they sit 13th in the Bundesliga.
 
If anyone want to have fun for the next FIVE minutes, here's a CL draw simulator:
https://draw.inker.one/#/cl/gs

Just to have a better idea of how the groups might look like. I got: Manchester United, Napoli, Copenhagen, Antwerp.. That would be great.
 
I got Feyenoord, Braga and Lens. :D

We'll probably get Sevilla, though.
 
Want a group that United don't have much travelling to do in between Premier League games.

I'll like a group of

Pot 1 Benifica/Feyenoord
Pot 3 Lazio
Pot 4 Celtic

plenty of interesting games there with a decent chance of finishing in the top two.

Have a feeling United will draw Bayern Munich or PSG and have trips to the likes of Red star/Shaktar
 
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