The draw for the 2023-24 UEFA Champions League group stage will take place on Thursday evening with just three spots up for grabs.
Following Wednesday’s Champions League playoff round games, three teams secured their group stage places with the losers having to make do with a place in the Europa League.
Sporting Braga (Portugal), Galatasaray (Turkey) and Young Boys (Switzerland) will all be in Thursday’s draw for the group stage as losers Panathinaikos (Greece), Molde (Norway) and Maccabi Haifa (Israel) head to the Europa League.
Wednesday night will see the final three places filled as the last round of playoff games are concluded with all three ties delicately poised.
The list of already qualified teams for the group stage is mostly made up of the usual suspects, although Newcastle United and Lens are back after lengthy absences, while Union Berlin will make their debut in the competition.
The draw for this season’s Champions League group stage will take place on Thursday 31 August and is due to begin at 6:00 p.m. local time in Monaco. That’s 12:00 p.m. ET and 9:00 a.m. PT.
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