The draw for the group stage of the Champions League takes place today at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco.
Here is all you need to know about the draw
When is the draw?
The draw will take place today on Thursday August 31, 2023, starting at 5pm BST. (4 pm Ghana time)
How will it work?
The 32 teams will be split into eight groups of four, drawn from four seeded pots.
Pot 1 will feature European champions Manchester City, Europa League winners Sevilla and the domestic champions of the six highest-ranked European association: Barcelona, Napoli, Bayern Munich, Paris Saint-Germain, Benfica and Feyenoord, who are included as Manchester City also won the English title).
Pots two to four will be based on the UEFA club coefficient rankings.
Pot 2: Real Madrid, Manchester United, Inter Milan, Borussia Dortmund, Atlético Madrid, RB Leipzig, Porto, Arsenal.
Pot 3: Shakhtar Donetsk, Red Bull Salzburg, AC Milan, Braga, PSV Eindhoven, Lazio, Red Star Belgrade, FC Copenhagen.
Pot 4: Young Boys, Real Sociedad, Galatasaray, Celtic, Newcastle United, Union Berlin, Royal Antwerp, Lens.
As usual, teams from the same country will be kept apart until at least the quarter-final stage. Pairings and any other restrictions will be announced ahead of the draw.
What else do we need to know about the format?
The teams play each other home and away between September and December as usual, with the top two progressing to the Champions League last 16.
The teams finishing third enter the Europa League knockout round play-offs, where they will face the runners-up from the Europa League group stages for a place in the last 16 of that competition.
The Europa League and Europa Conference League group-stage draws take place on Friday.
What else should we expect?
UEFA plans to announce the four winners of its 2022-23 awards - men's player and coach, plus women's player and coach - during the draw ceremony. There will be particular focus on the women's awards amid the unfolding crisis in Spanish football - two of the country's World Cup-winning team, Aitana Bonmati and Olga Carmona, are nominated for the player award while Jorge Vilda is nominated for the coach award.
What else should we look out for this season?
This season marks the final year of the group stage as we have come to know it. From next season the 32-team group stage will be replaced by a 36-team league phase, with each team playing eight matches on a seeded basis.
It will be worth keeping an eye as the season progresses on the country coefficients, which are based on the collective performance of a country's clubs in the three UEFA men's club competitions.
One team each from the two best-performing countries will secure additional places in the league phase, under changes agreed at UEFA Congress in Vienna last year.
When will the Champions League group stage games be played?
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