How the UCL Draw Went: UCL 23-24 Group Stage Draw

The UCL Draw happened yesterday and here's how it went down.

Erling Haaland holding the UCL Trophy. Man City are the defending champions and we expect that they’ll put up a strong fight to remain champions. Source: ESPN.

We are in for another serving of the UCL and this time, the draw was something of a marvel in itself with the group stages being drafted for what will be epic clashes. The UCL draw, which entails the 32 teams being seeded into four pots and then picked randomly into eight groups, put together epic groups with some of the most formidable teams set to clash.

How the UCL Draw Happens

Essentially, teams are first seeded or categorized into four pots (or sections). These four pots are guided by the trophies and seedings the team won the previous season. Pot One goes to the UCL title holders, the Europa League winners, and the champions of the top 6 national leagues as per the UEFA country coefficients.

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The remaining clubs are then seeded into the other three pots as per the UEFA Club coefficients.

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After all the teams are each put in their respective pots, they then go on to be randomly picked into eight groups.

The criteria, however, is that in each group, there will be one team from each of the four pots but no two teams from the same country. This way, each UCL Group, i.e., Groups A-H, will have a team from each pot but not two teams from the same country.

The Results of the UCL Draw for the Champions League 2023-24 Season

The results of this season’s draw were as follows.

GROUP A

1. Bayern Munich

2. Manchester United

3. Copenhagen

4. Galatasaray

GROUP B

1. Sevilla

2. Arsenal

3. PSV Eindhoven

4. RC Lens

GROUP C

1. Napoli

2. Real Madrid

3. Braga

4. Union Berlin

Group D

1. Benfica

2. Inter Milan

3. Salzburg

4. Real Sociedad

GROUP E

1. Feyenoord

2. Atletico Madrid

3. Lazio

4. Celtic

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GROUP F

1. Paris Saint-Germain (PSG)

2. BVB Dortmund

3. AC Milan

4. Newcastle United

GROUP G

1. Manchester City

2. RB Leipzig

3. Crvena Zvezda

4. Young Boys

Group H

1. FC Barcelona

2. FC Porto

3. Shakhtar Donetsk

4. Antwerp

UCL 23-24 Group Stage Draw. Source: UEFA.

Group of Death

Amongst the groups, the one expected to be the toughest and the one also likely to produce the most formidable team into the quarterfinals will be Group F. It entails PSG, Borussia Dortmund, AC Milan, and Newcastle United.

We are super excited to see how things pan out in this season of the UEFA Champions League and we can’t wait for the teams to go at it. Stay tuned for more and please consider subscribing!

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Footnotes:

1. Which teams will be involved in the Champions League 2023-24 group stage?. Goal.com. 2023.

2. UEFA Club Coefficients. UEFA Website. 2023