Manchester United receives Bayern Munich, Galatasaray, and FC Copenhagen; Arsenal receives Sevilla, PSV, and Lens; Newcastle receives PSG, Dortmund, and AC Milan; Manchester City receives Leipzig, Red Star Belgrade, and Young Boys; and Celtic receives Feyenoord, Atletico Madrid, and Lazio.
Manchester United were paired with Harry Kane’s Bayern Munich in their Champions League group, while Newcastle were paired with PSG, Borussia Dortmund, and AC Milan.
In Group A, Erik Ten Hag’s team was joined by FC Copenhagen from Denmark and Galatasaray from Turkey.
As for Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal, who are playing in their first Champions League group-stage campaign in seven years, the Gunners were given a favourable draw with Europa League winners Sevilla, Dutch club PSV Eindhoven and RC Lens of France.
Meanwhile, Manchester City were paired with RB Leipzig for the third Champions League campaign in a row, as well as Red Star Belgrade and Swiss club Young Boys.
Celtic were given Atletico Madrid in their group, along with Lazio and Dutch champions Feyenoord. But by far and away the trickiest group belongs to Newcastle, whose fans get tips to the Parc des Princes, the San Siro and Signal Iduna Park in their first Champions League group stage since the 2002/03 campaign.
Group A: Bayern Munich, Manchester United, FC Copenhagen, Galatasaray
Group B: Sevilla, Arsenal, PSV Eindhoven, RC Lens
Group C: Napoli, Real Madrid, Braga, Union Berlin
Group D: Benfica, Inter Milan, FC Salzburg, Real Sociedad
Group E: Feyenoord, Atletico Madrid, Lazio, Celtic
Group F: Paris Saint-Germain, Borussia Dortmund, AC Milan, Newcastle
Group G: Manchester City, RB Leipzig, Red Star Belgrade, Young Boys
Group H: Barcelona, FC Porto, Shakhtar Donetsk, Royal Antwerp
The group stage games/Schedule
Matchday 1: September 19/20
Matchday 2: October 3/4
Matchday 3: October 24/25
Matchday 4: November 7/8
Matchday 5: November 28/29
Matchday 6: December 12/13
The dates for the rest of the competition.
Round of 16: February 13/14/20/21 & March 5/6/12/13
Quarter-finals: April 9/10 & 16/17, 2024
Semi-finals: April 30/May 1 & 7/8, 2024
Final: June 1, 2024 (Wembley, England)
