Champions League draw: Man Utd, Man City, Arsenal & Newcastle discover group-stage opponents

Manchester United and Manchester City have learned which three sides they’ll face in the 2023/24 Champions League group stage.

The draw was made on Thursday in Monaco, with Eric Abidal and Joe Cole pulling the names of the hat. As usual, eight groups of four were drawn out, with sides from the same country unable to face each other.

City were drawn out as one of the top-seeded teams and were placed in Group G alongside RB Leipzig, Red Star Belgrade and Young Boys.

As for United, who came out in the second-ranked clubs, they were paired with Bayern Munich, Copenhagen and Galatasaray.

The draw means City will face Leipzig for a third consecutive season, with Pep Guardiola's side winning 7-0 in the home meeting last term. It also means Josko Gvardiol will face the side he left this summer. As for Red Star and Young Boys, it's the first time City have faced either side.

For United, the clash with Bayern is a repeat of the famous 1999 Champions League final that saw United win the treble under Sir Alex Ferguson. Meanwhile, it will also mean an almost immediate return to Old Trafford for Harry Kane, who joined Bayern in the summer, with United among the sides interested in signing the forward from Tottenham Hotspur

The meeting with Copenhagen, will also see summer signing Rasmus Hojlund face his former side, and return to the city of his birth, and Galatasaray could see United face Donny van de Beek, if the midfielder completes a move to the Turkish side as has been reported. United haven't faced Galatasaray since the 2012/13 campaign.

As for Arsenal, they'll face Sevilla, PSV Eindhoven and Lens, while Newcastle United's return to European football couldn't be much more daunting, and the Magpies were drawn against Paris Saint-Germain, Borussia Dortmund and AC Milan.

Draw in full

Group A: Bayern Munich, Manchester United, Copenhagen, Galatasaray.

Group B: Sevilla, Arsenal, PSV Eindhoven, Lens.

Group C: Napoli, Real Madrid, Braga, Union Berlin

Group D: Benfica, Inter Milan, RB Salzburg, Real Sociedad

Group E: Feyenoord, Atletico Madrid, Lazio, Celtic.

Group F: Paris Saint-Germain, Borussia Dortmund, AC Milan, Newcastle United.

Group G: Manchester City, RB Leipzig, Red Star Belgrade, Young Boys.

Group H: Barcelona, Porto, Shakhtar Donetsk, Antwerp.