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Champions League draw: When is it? Who could Liverpool, Chelsea, Spurs and Man City face?


Premier League sides Liverpool, Manchester City, Chelsea and Tottenham find out their Champions League group stage opponents today.

Jurgen Klopp will hope for a routine draw but there are some big teams in pots two, three and four.

As holders Liverpool are in pot one alongside Europa League winners Chelsea and Premier League champions Man City.

Express Sport will bring you complete coverage of the Champions League draw and all the fallout later today.

When is the Champions League draw and how can I watch?

The group stage draw for the Champions League takes place in Monaco on Thursday, August 29.

UEFA have confirmed it will take place from 5pm UK time.

The draw will be streamed on UEFA’s website and will also be shown on BT Sport.

Express Sport will bring you complete coverage as well with all the reaction and aftermath to follow.

Champions League draw confirmed pots

Pot 1

Liverpool (ENG, holders)
Chelsea (ENG, Europa League winners)
Barcelona (ESP)
Manchester City (ENG)
Juventus (ITA)
Bayern Munich (GER)
PSG (FRA)
Zenit (RUS)

Pot 2

Real Madrid (ESP)
Atletico Madrid (ESP)
Borussia Dortmund (GER)
Napoli (ITA)
Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR)
Tottenham (ENG)
Ajax (NED)
Benfica (POR)

Pot 3

Lyon (FRA)
Bayer Leverkusen (GER)
Salzburg (AUT)
Olympiakos (GRE)
Club Brugge (BEL)
Valencia (ESP)
Inter Milan (ITA)
Dinamo Zagreb (CRO)

Pot 4

Lokomotiv Moscow (RUS)
Genk (BEL)
Galatasaray (TUR)
RB Leipzig (GER)
Slavia Prague (CZE)
Red Star Belgrade (SRB)
Atalanta (ITA)
Lille (FRA)

Champions League draw key points

Teams from the same country cannot be drawn together in the group stage.

There will be four seeding pots with Pot 1 consisting of the holders (Liverpool), the Europa League winners (Chelsea) and the champions of the six highest-ranked nations including the Premier League.

Pots 2, 3 and 4 are then determined by the club’s Uefa coefficient ranking.

Champions League key dates

Match day one: September 17/18
Match day two: October 1/2
Match day three: October 22/23
Match day four: November 5/6
Match day five: November 26/27
Match day six: December 10/11
Last 16 draw: December 16
Round of 16 first leg: February 18/19 and 25/26
Round of 16 second leg: March 10/11 and 17/18
Quarter-final and semi-final draw: March 20
Quarter-final first leg: April 7/8
Quarter-final second leg: April 14/15
Semi-final first leg: April 28/29
Semi-final second leg: May 5/6
Final: May 30



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