Champions League draw LIVE: Group stage fixtures revealed

Liverpool will face Rangers in the Champions League group stages, as the draw also set up an immediate reunion between Manchester City striker Erling Haaland and his former side Borussia Dortmund.

Liverpool and Rangers were also drawn with Ajax and Napoli in Group A, while Manchester City will face Sevilla and Copenhagen as well as the Bundesliga side.

Chelsea will play Italian champions AC Milan, FC Salzburg and Dinamo Zagreb while Tottenham Hotspur also received a favourable draw, with Antonio Conte’s side being grouped with Europa League winners Eintracht Frankfurt, Sporting Lisbon and Marseille.

Celtic will play the holders Real Madrid along with RB Leipzig and Shakhtar Donetsk while the group of death sees Barcelona take on Bayern Munich and Inter Milan, as Robert Lewandowski also faces a trip back to his former side.

Now it’s time for the men’s equivalent and it’s Karim Benzema who gets the nod. Well deserved for the Real Madrid and France striker as he helped steer his club to Champions League glory, scoring a remarkable 15 goals in the process.

Barcelona superstar Alexia Putellas is named UEFA Women’s Player of the Year.

She talks about her incredible season and unsurprisingly selects playing Real Madrid in the Women’s Champions League in front of a packed Camp Nou as the highlight of her campaign.

Chelsea have drawn AC Milan, Red Bull Salzburg and Dinamo Zagreb in the Champions League group stages.

The last English side to win the competition back in 2021, the Blues saw their title defence put to an end by eventual winners Real Madrid in a quarter-final thriller at the Bernabeu last season.

Thomas Tuchel’s side are playing in the Champions League for the fourth consecutive season and have been busy in the transfer market this summer, with several new additions expected before the window closes.

Chelsea have already signed Raheem Sterling, Marc Cucurella and Kalidou Koulibaly but have started their season in mixed fashion, winning against Everton but drawing to Spurs and losing 3-0 to Leeds.

Jurgen Klopp’s side reached the final last season but were defeated by Real Madrid in Paris after also missing out on the Premier League title.

The Reds are playing in the Champions League for the sixth season in a row under Klopp. Last campaign, Liverpool won all six group stage matches for the first time.

Liverpool were drawn in Group A on Thursday, alongside Scottish side Rangers, Dutch champions Ajax, and Italian outfit Napoli.

Manchester City have drawn Borussia Dortmund, Sevilla and FC Copenhagen in the Champions League group stages, handing an immediate return to Dortmund for Erling Haaland.

Pep Guardiola’s side suffered a spectacular collapse to Real Madrid in the semi-finals last season and remain on the hunt for an elusive Champions League title, in what will be their 12th attempt this season.

City have added Haaland over the summer with the striker having a ridiculous goalscoring record in the Champions League. Haaland has scored 15 goals in 13 matches in the competition across previous spells at Dortmund and Red Bull Salzburg and will return to Germany to face his former club in this season’s group stage.

As mentioned earlier, there are a number of UEFA Awards being handed out as well this evening.

We’ve had men and women’s coach of the year announced. England boss Sarina Wiegman wins the women’s coach of the year after leading England to Euro 2022 glory, while Carlo Ancelotti takes the men’s equivalent after Real Madrid triumphed in the Champions League.

Spurs are back in European football’s top competition for the first time since the 2019/20 season after Antonio Conte guided the club to fourth place at the expense of rivals Arsenal last campaign.

Tottenham reached the final of the Champions League in 2019 only to narrowly lose out to Liverpool in Madrid and Conte will hope to bring more memorable European nights to north London in his first full season in charge.

Here’s the full Champions League group stage draw – some very tasty ties in there!

Erling Haaland going back to Borussia Dortmund with Man City, while a Battle of Britain in Group A with Liverpool and Rangers. Group C has some mouth-watering matches as well…

Group A: Ajax, Liverpool, Napoli, Rangers

Group B: Porto, Atletico Madrid, Bayer Leverkusen, Club Brugge

Group C: Bayern Munich, Barcelona, Inter Milan, Viktoria Plzen

Group D: Eintracht Frankfurt, Spurs, Sporting Lisbon, Marseille

Group E: AC Milan, Chelsea, RB Salzburg, Dinamo Zagreb

Group F: Real Madrid, RB Leipzig, Shakhtar Donetsk, Celtic

Group G: Manchester City, Sevilla, Borussia Dortmund, FC Copenhagen

Group H: Paris St-Germain, Juventus, Benfica, Maccabi Haifa

Maccabi Haifa go into Group H. And that means Viktoria Plzen in Group C – exciting for them but they’re not getting out of that group…

Group H: Paris St-Germain, Juventus, Benfica, Maccabi Haifa

Group C: Bayern Munich, Barcelona, Inter Milan, Viktoria Plzen