Chelsea will learn their group stage opponents for the 2022-23 Champions League on Thursday evening when the draw takes place.
After winning the competition in 2020-21, the Blues were knocked out in the quarter-finals by Real Madrid last season despite Thomas Tuchel’s side winning the second leg at the Bernabeu.
Real Madrid, the eventual winners of last season’s Champions League, won on aggregate after extra-time to end Chelsea’s defence of their European crown.
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Now they are back for another European campaign and will soon learn the three other teams they will face, twice, in the Champions League group stages that will take place over the course of September, October and November before the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
Here are all the details ahead of the Champions League group stage draw.
When is the draw?
Date: Thursday 25th August 2022
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When? The draw will take place from 5pm (BST), with it being held in Istanbul, Turkey.
How can I watch the draw?
The draw will be live on BT Sport and available on their YouTube channel.
Confirmed Pots
Pot 1
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Real Madrid (SPA)
Eintracht Frankfurt (GER)
Manchester City (ENG)
AC Milan (ITA)
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Bayern Munich (GER)
PSG (FRA)
Porto (POR)
Ajax (NED)
Pot 2
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Liverpool (ENG)
Chelsea (ENG)
Barcelona (SPA)
Juventus (ITA)
Atletico Madrid (SPA)
Sevilla (SPA)
RB Leipzig (GER)
Tottenham Hotspur (ENG)
Pot 3
Borussia Dortmund (ENG)
RB Salzburg (AUS)
Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR)
Inter Milan (ITA)
Napoli (ITA)
Benfica (POR)
Sporting CP (POR)
Bayer Leverkusen (GER)
Pot 4
Rangers (SCO)
Dinamo Zagreb (CRO)
Marseille (FRA)
FC Copenhagen (DEN)
Club Brugge (BEL)
Celtic (SCO)
Viktoria Plzen (CZE)
Maccabi Haifa (ISR)
When will the ties take place?
Matchday 1: 6/7 September
Matchday 2: 13/14 September
Matchday 3: 4/5 October
Matchday 4: 11/12 October
Matchday 5: 25/26 October
Matchday 6: 1/2 November
Topics: Champions League, Chelsea
Matthew Debono