What you need to know about the 2023–24 Champions League

The regular season of the 2023–24 Champions League is soon to arrive.

Here is all the information you need to know about Manchester City’s bid to win the continental crown again.

When is the 2023–24 Champions League group stage draw?After qualification is finished on Thursday, August 30, the Champions League group stage draw will occur.

The draw will comprise the 26 teams, including English clubs Manchester City, Arsenal, Manchester United, and Newcastle, that have automatically advanced to the group stage of the competition.

The remaining six spots will be filled by the teams that advance from the play-off round, which takes place in the final two weeks of August.In a seeded draw, the 32 teams are divided into four groups of eight. A team will be chosen from each of the four pots.The pairing of teams from the same country is prohibited.

When are the 2023–24 Champions League group stage matches?Group stage matches will begin in the middle of September.After playing each other twice at home and away during this stage, the top two teams from each group move on to the knockout stages.The dates for each of the six matchdays are as follows:Date of first game: September 19–20Second gameday: October 3–4.Gameday three: October 24–25″Gameday 4″ on November 7–8.Matchday 5: November 28–296th gameday: December 12–13When are the 2023–24 Champions League knockout draws?In 2024, the quarterfinal and semifinal draws will take place on the same day, while the draw for the last 16 will occur in December following the conclusion of the group stage.The last-16 draw will match group stage winners against group stage runners-up rather than pairing teams from the same country against one another.Both the quarterfinal and semifinal draws are available.The full list of dates is as follows:Draw for the Round of 16: Monday, December 18, 2023On March 15, 2024, the draw for the semifinals and quarterfinals will take place.

When are the 2023–24 Champions League semifinal matches?The Champions League’s knockout stages take place in February, March, April, and May.During the two legs of each tie, each team will play one home game and one away game.The full list of dates is as follows:The first four legs of the final 16 are on February 13, 14, and 21.The final 16 second legs are on March 5, 6, and 13.April 9 and 10, 2019: First legs of the quarterfinalsSecond legs of the semifinals: April 16 and 17.April 30 and May 1 are the dates for the semifinal first legs.May 7 and 8 Second halves of the semifinals.

When will the 2023–24 Champions League final take place?On June 1, 2023–24, Wembley Stadium will host the Champions League championship game.There have been three finals contested in London since Barcelona defeated Manchester United 3-1 in the championship match in 2011.Bayern Munich won the 2013 Champions League at Wembley after defeating Borussia Dortmund 2-1.

Who was the prior year’s Champions League champion?Manchester City defeated Inter Milan 1-0 in the championship game in June to claim the 2022–23 Champions League.With the victory, City won the Premier League, FA Cup, and European championships, completing the Triple Crown.Real Madrid is the most successful team in the history of the competition, with 14 victories.