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THE CHAAAAAMPIONS!

It feels like only yesterday that Bayern Munich were crowned champions of Europe in Lisbon but now it’s time to do it all again.

Here’s everything you need to know about the 2020/21 group stage draw.

When is it?

The draw takes place at 17:00 CET on Thursday 1 October in Geneva, Switzerland.

The Europa League group stage draw, on the other hand, takes place at 13:00 CET on Friday 2 October.

Who is involved?

The 32 qualifying clubs will be split into eight groups of four.

As usual, the teams are divided into four seeding pots. Pot 1 consists of holders Bayern Munich, Europa League winners Sevilla and the champions of the six highest-ranked nations.

Pots 2 to 4 are determined by the club coefficient rankings.

Show me those pots!

Pot 1

Bayern Munich Sevilla Real Madrid Liverpool Juventus Paris Saint-Germain Zenit St Petersburg Porto

Pot 2

Barcelona Atlético Madrid Manchester City Manchester United Shakhtar Donetsk Borussia Dortmund Chelsea Ajax

Pot 3

Dynamo Kyiv Salzburg RB Leipzig Inter Milan Olympiacos Lazio Krasnodar Atalanta

Pot 4

Lokomotiv Moscow Marseille Club Brugge Borussia Mönchengladbach İstanbul Başakşehir Midtjylland Rennes Ferencváros

Any special rules?

As usual, teams cannot be drawn against a club from their own association, so Barcelona and Real Madrid don’t have to worry about facing each other in the group stage.

In the case of associations with two representatives, clubs have been paired in order to split their matches between Tuesday and Wednesday. In the case of associations with four representatives, two pairings were made. These pairings were based on TV audiences.

And the pairings look like this …

A Bayern & Dortmund B Sevilla & Atlético Madrid C Real Madrid & Barcelona D Liverpool & Manchester United E Juventus & Inter F PSG & Marseille G Zenit & Lokomotiv H Manchester City & Chelsea I Shakhtar & Dynamo Kyiv J RB Leipzig & Mönchengladbach K Lazio & Atalanta

When do the games actually begin?

The first matchday of the group stage takes place on 20 and 21 October.

The group stage will then culminate on 8 and 9 December.

Matchday 1: 20/21 October Matchday 2: 27/28 October Matchday 3: 3/4 November Matchday 4: 24/25 November Matchday 5: 1/2 December Matchday 6: 8/9 December

And what about the Uefa awards?

Oh yes! As is traditional, Uefa will be handing out the following awards during the Champions League draw ceremony.

Exciting stuff.