Topics: Manchester City, Champions League
Pep Guardiola’s side will soon begin their latest bid to win the UEFA Champions League.
City, who were dramatically knocked out of the competition at the semi-final stages to the eventual winners Real Madrid, are set to begin their 12th consecutive campaign in the UEFA Champions League in September.
The 2023 Final is due to be played at the Atatürk Olympic Stadium in the Turkish capital of Istanbul on Saturday 10th June - where City’s maiden Champions League Final against Chelsea in 2021 was due to be played.
With the FIFA World Cup due to have a major impact on the domestic footballing schedule, here are all the details regarding Manchester City and their 2022/23 UEFA Champions League campaign.
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The draw for 2022/23 Champions League Group Stage draw is scheduled to take place on Thursday 25th August in Istanbul, Turkey.
The draw will be broadcast live on BT Sport for viewers in the United Kingdom, while a live stream will also be available on the UEFA Champions League website and social media channels.
City Xtra will also have live updates across their Twitter, Instagram and Facebook pages.
The draw is scheduled to take place at 18:00 CET, which is 5pm in the United Kingdom.
Proceedings will kick off at 8pm for fans in the UAE, and 9:30pm in India.
The Group Stages begin on Tuesday 6th and Wednesday 7th of September and conclude on Tuesday 1st and Wednesday 2nd of November.
Matchday One: Tuesday 6th/Wednesday 7th September 2022
Matchday Two: Tuesday 13th/Wednesday 14th September 2022
Mathday Three: Tuesday 4th/Wednesday 5th October 2022
Matchday Four: Tuesday 11th/Wednesday 12th October 2022
Matchday Five: Tuesday 25th/Wednesday 26th October 2022
Matchday Six: Tuesday 1st/Wednesday 2nd November 2022
Manchester City’s Premier League title victory ensured their spot in Pot 1 for the 2022/23 draw, and therefore guaranteed that they cannot meet the likes of Bayern Munich, Paris Saint Germain or Real Madrid in the Group Stages.
Pot 1: Manchester City, Real Madrid, Eintracht Frankfurt, AC Milan, Bayern Munich, PSG, Porto and Ajax.
Pot 2: Liverpool, Chelsea, Barcelona, Juventus, Atletico Madrid, Sevilla, RB Leipzig and Tottenham Hotspur
Pot 3: Borussia Dortmund, RB Salzburg, Shakhtar Donetsk, Inter Milan, Napoli, Sporting Lisbon, Bayer Leverkusen and Benfica.
Pot 4: Club Brugge, Celtic, Maccabi Haifa, Viktoria Plzen, Marseille, Rangers, Dinamo Zagreb and Copenhagen.
Find out who Manchester City could face in the Champions League Group Stages here.
The draw for the first knockout stages is scheduled to take place on Monday 7th November with those fixtures happening across February and March 2023.
