Champions League group stage draw: all you need to know

When and where is the draw?

The 2018/19 UEFA Champions League group stage draw ceremony begins at 18:00CET on Thursday 30 August. It takes place at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco and will be streamed live on UEFA.com.

How does the draw work?

New UEFA Champions League format explained

New UEFA Champions League format explained

  • The 26 teams given direct entry to the group stage under the new competition system will be joined by the six winners of the play-off ties played on 21/22 and 28/29 August.
  • The teams will be split into four seeding pots. Pot 1 consists of the holders, the UEFA Europa League winners and the champions of the six highest-ranked nations. Pots 2 to 4 are determined by the club coefficient rankings.
  • No team can play a club from their own association, with the exact draw procedure to be confirmed before the ceremony.
  • The draw also establishes the groups for the UEFA Champions League path of the UEFA Youth League.

Who is involved in the draw?

ESP: Real Madrid, Atlético Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia
ENG
: Manchester City, Manchester United, Tottenham Hotspur, Liverpool
GER: Bayern München, Borussia Dortmund, Schalke, Hoffenheim
ITA
: Juventus, Napoli, Roma, Internazionale Milano
FRA
: Paris Saint-Germain, Lyon, Monaco
RUS
: Lokomotiv Moskva, CSKA Moskva
POR
: Porto
UKR
: Shakhtar Donetsk
TUR
: Galatasaray
BEL
: Club Brugge
CZE
: Viktoria Plzeň

Plus six play-off winners

Who are in which group?

Watch Madrid's triumph in Kyiv in May

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Pot 1
Real Madrid (holders)
Atlético Madrid (UEFA Europa League winners)
Barcelona
Bayern München
Manchester City
Juventus
Paris Saint-Germain
Lokomotiv Moskva

Pot 2
Borussia Dortmund 89.000
Porto 86.000
Manchester United 82.000
Shakhtar Donetsk 81.000
Napoli 78.000
Tottenham Hotspur 67.000
Roma 64.000

Pot 3
Schalke 62.000
Lyon 59.500
Monaco 57.000
CSKA Moskva 45.000

Pot 4
Club Brugge 29.500
Galatasaray 29.500
Internazionale Milano 16.000
Hoffenheim 14.285

Liverpool are looking to go one better this season

Liverpool are looking to go one better this season©Getty Images

TBD
Liverpool 62.000
Valencia 36.000
Viktoria Plzeň 33.000
6 play-off winners

Clubs’ coefficients are determined either by the sum of all points won in the previous five years or by the association coefficient over the same period – whichever is higher (under a new system introduced for 2018/19 onwards).

UEFA awards

The following award winners will also be announced during the draw ceremony:

Season calendar

18/19 September: Group stage, matchday one
2/3 October: Group stage, matchday two
23/24 October: Group stage, matchday three
6/7 November: Group stage, matchday four
27/28 November: Group stage, matchday five
11/12 December: Group stage, matchday six

17 December: Round of 16 draw
12/13/19/20 February: Round of 16, first leg
5/6/12/13 March: Round of 16, second leg
15 March: Quarter-final semi-final draw
9/10 April: Quarter-finals, first leg
16/17 April: Quarter-finals, second leg
30 April/1 May: Semi-finals, first leg
7/8 May: Semi-finals, second leg

Saturday 1 June: Final – Estadio Metropolitano, Madrid

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