Arsenal return to the UEFA Champions League for the first time in six years after finishing second in last season's Premier League campaign
Arsenal will return to the UEFA Champions League this season for the first time since 2017.
The Gunners will be hoping for a favourable draw in the group stage in order to progress to the knockout stages. Manchester City, Manchester United and Newcastle also join their Premier League rivals in what is set to be a mouth-watering campaign of European football.
Here's everything you need to know about the 2023/24 Champions League group stage draw...
The 2023/24 Champions League group stage draw will take place today at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco. The draw will start at 5pm and will be streamed on UEFA.com.
There will be 32 teams in the draw, with teams split into four seeding pots.
In pot 1 will be the holders (Man City), Europa League winners (Seville) and the domestic champions of England, Spain, Italy, Germany, France and Portugal. As Man City won the Champions League and Premier League, the final place in pot 1 was given to Feyenoord, the champions of the Netherlands.
Then, pots 2-4 are based on club coefficient rankings (past performances in UEFA competitions).
From there, each group will draw a team from each pot.
No club can draw a team from their own association. For example, Arsenal could not be drawn in the same group as Man United, Man City or Newcastle.
Pot 1:
Man City, Sevilla, Barcelona, Napoli, Bayern Munich, Paris Saint-Germain, Benfica, Feyenoord.
Pot 2:
Arsenal, Real Madrid, Man United, Inter Milan, Borussia Dortmund, Atletico Madrid, RB Leipzig, Porto.
Pot 3:
Shakhtar Donetsk, Red Bull Salzburg, AC Milan, Braga, Lazio, PSV Eindhoven, Red Star Belgrade, Copenhagen.
Pot 4:
Newcastle, Union Berlin, RC Lens, Young Boys, Real Sociedad, Galatasaray, Celtic, Antwerp.
Matchday 1: 19/20 September
Matchday 2: 3/4 October
Matchday 3: 24/25 October
Matchday 4: 7/8 November
Matchday 5: 28/29 November
Matchday 6: 12/13 December
Round of 16: 13/14 & 20/21 February and 5/6 & 12/3 March 2024