Full Match dates, Final Venue for the 2023/24 UEFA Champions League

See the key dates, schedule, and fixtures as the group stage for Europe’s premier club competition gets started in September.

Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City will be aiming to defend their UEFA Champions League title after beating Inter Milan in last year’s final.

But Pep Guardiola’s side could face competition from the likes of Real Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern Munich – who have signed Harry Kane in a club-record deal – or Premier League rivals Arsenal, Manchester United and Newcastle.

The UEFA Champions League format remains the same this season, with 32 teams in the group stage, spread across eight groups of four.
From the 2024/25 season, the number of teams competing in the group stage will increase from 32 to 36.

The UEFA Champions League group stage kicks off in September, with defending champions Manchester City in a pool containing RB Leipzig, Crvena Zvezda, and Young Boys.
Harry Kane will make a return to English shores, as his Bayern Munich side have been drawn in a group containing Manchester United, Copenhagen, and Galatasaray.

Newcastle are back in the big time but face no easy task as they have been paired with Paris Saint-Germain, Borussia Dortmund and AC Milan.
Mikel Arteta has guided Arsenal back to Europe’s top table and they will face Sevilla, PSV Eindhoven, and Lens.
The group stage will commence shortly after the first international break of the season, which runs from September 4-12.

The group stage dates are:
Matchday 1: September 19/20 2023
Matchday 2: October 3/4 2023
Matchday 3: October 24/25 2023
Matchday 4: November 7/8 2023
Matchday 5: November 28/29 2023
Matchday 6: December 12/13 2023

Group A:
Bayern Munich (GER), Manchester United (ENG), Copenhagen (DEN), Galatasaray (TUR)

Group B:
Sevilla (ESP), Arsenal (ENG), PSV Eindhoven (NED), Lens (FRA)

Group C:
Napoli (ITA), Real Madrid (ESP), Braga (POR), Union Berlin (GER)
Group D: Benfica (POR), Inter Milan (ITA), Salzburg (AUT), Real Sociedad (ESP)

Group E:
Feyenoord (NED), Atletico Madrid (ESP), Lazio (ITA), Celtic (SCO)

Group F:
Paris Saint-Germain (FRA), Borussia Dortmund (GER), AC Milan (ITA), Newcastle (ENG)

Group G:
Manchester City (ENG), RB Leipzig (GER), Crvena zvezda (SRB), Young Boys (SUI)

Group H:
Barcelona (ESP), Porto (POR), Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR), Antwerp (BEL)

The 2023/24 UEFA Champions League knockout matches begin in February 2024.

The final will be played at Wembley on June 1, 2024.

The schedule for the knockout stages is:

Round of 16: February 13/14/20/21 and March 5/6/12/13 2024

Quarter-finals: April 9/10 and 16/17 2024

Semi-finals: April 30/May 1 and May 7/8 2024

Final: June 1, 2024