Arsenal get Sevilla as Manchester United lands Bayern Munich in the Champions League

By Peter Ochieng

The 2023/2024 EUFA Champions League group stage draw is out.

The draw was conducted in France on Thursday evening, with Arsenal landing what on paper looks like an easy draw.

Manchester United have a date with German giants FC Bayern Munich, defending champions Manchester City have a favourable draw, while newcomers Newcastle United have a corner to negotiate against PSG and AC Milan.

Chelsea are out of the Champions League for the first time since 2019, while Liverpool miss out for the first time since 2017.

Here then is the full Champions League group stage draw:

Group A: Manchester United (England), FC Bayern Munich (Germany), FC Copenhagen (Denmark), Galatasary (Turkey).

Group B: Arsenal (England), PSV (Netherlands), Sevilla (Spain), Lens (France).

Group C: Napoli (Italy), Real Madrid (Spain), Braga (Portugal), Union Berlin (Germany).

Group D: Benfica (Portugal), Inter Milan (Italy), RB Salzburg (Austria), Real Sociadad (Spain).

Group E: Feyenoord (Netherlands), Atletico Madrid (Spain), Lazio (Italy), Celtic (Scotland).

Group F: PSG (France) Borrussia Dortmund (Germany), AC Milan (Italy), Newcastle United (England).

Group G: Manchester City (England), RB Leipzig (Germany), Young Boys (Switzerland), Red Star Belgrade (Serbia).

Group H: Barcelona (Spain), FC Porto (Portugal), Shaktar Donetsk (Ukraine), Antwerp (Netherlands).

Pundits have declared F the group of death.

Group stage matches, played on the home and away format start on 19th September, and end on 13th December, 2023.