💫 Everything you need to know about today's Champions League draw | OneFootball

THE CHAAAAAMPIONS!

Another season is underway and the Champions League group stage draw is upon us …

When is it?

The ceremony will begin at 18:00 CET (17:00 in the UK) on Thursday 25 August and will be held in Istanbul.

What’s it all about?

Being crowned champions of Europe, obviously! More specifically, today is the group stage draw for the 2021/22 season, with 32 teams set to be split into eight groups of four.

Alright, so who are the 32 teams?

Even better — we’ll give you  the teams and their pots!

POT A

Real Madrid, Eintracht Frankfurt, Manchester City, Milan, Bayern Munich, PSG, Porto, Ajax

POT B

Liverpool, Chelsea, Barcelona, Juventus, Atlético Madrid, Sevilla, RB Leipzig, Tottenham

POT C

Borussia Dortmund, RB Salzburg, Shakhtar Dontesk, Inter, Napoli, Benfica, Sporting CP, Bayer Leverkusen

POT D

Rangers, Dinamo Zagreb, Marseille, Copenhagen, Club Brugge, Celtic, Viktoria Plžen, Maccabi Haifa

How will the groups look?

As ever, groups will consist of one team from each pot, with no team able to face an opponent from the same country.

When do the games actually begin?

The group stage matchdays will take place on:

6/7 September 13/14 September 4/5 October 11/12 October 25/26 October 1/2 November

And what about the Uefa awards?

Of course, we almost forgot!

Awards will be handed out to the men’s Best Coach, Goalkeeper, Defender, Midfielder, Forward and Player from last season.