When and where is the draw?

The draw takes place on Thursday 1 October at the RTS studios in Geneva, Switzerland. The draw ceremony will begin at 17:00 CET.



Teams

Bayern (GER), UEFA Champions League holders

Sevilla (ESP), UEFA Europa League holders

Real Madrid (ESP)

Liverpool (ENG)

Juventus (ITA)

Paris (FRA)

Zenit (RUS)

Porto (POR)

Barcelona (ESP) coefficient 128.000

Atlético de Madrid (ESP) 127.000

Manchester City (ENG) 116.000

Manchester United (ENG) 100.000

Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR) 85.000

Dortmund (GER) ﻿85.000﻿

Chelsea (ENG) 83.000

Ajax (NED) 69.500

Dynamo Kyiv (UKR)* 55.000

Salzburg (AUT)* 53.500

RB Leipzig (GER) 49.000

Internazionale Milano (ITA) 44.000

Olympiacos (GRE)* 43.000

Lazio (ITA) 41.000

Krasnodar (RUS)* 35.500

Atalanta (ITA) 33.500



Lokomotiv Moskva (RUS) 33.000

Marseille (FRA) 31.000

Club Brugge (BEL) 28.500

Borussia Mönchengladbach (GER) 26.000

İstanbul Başakşehir (TUR) 21.500

Midtjylland (DEN)* 14.500

Rennes (FRA) 14.000

Ferencváros (HUN)* 9.000

*Qualified via the play-offs

Draw procedure

The 26 teams given direct entry to the group stage will be joined by the six winners of the play-off ties.

The teams will be split into four seeding pots. Pot 1 consists of the holders, the UEFA Europa League winners and the champions of the six highest-ranked nations who did not qualify via one of the 2019/20 titles . Pots 2 to 4 are determined by the club coefficient rankings.

No team can play a club from their own association, with the exact draw procedure to be confirmed before the ceremony.

In the case of associations with two representatives, clubs have been paired in order to split their matches between Tuesday and Wednesday. In the case of associations with four representatives, two pairings have been made. These pairings were based on TV audiences.

Which clubs are paired?

To ensure that paired clubs from the same country play on separate days where possible, the eight groups will be distinguished by colour: Groups A to D will be red and Groups E to H will be blue. When a paired club is drawn, for example, in one of the red groups (A, B, C or D), the other paired club – once it has been drawn – will automatically be assigned to one of the four blue groups (E, F, G or H). The pairings are as follows:

A Bayern & Dortmund

B Sevilla & Atlético de Madrid

C Real Madrid & Barcelona

D Liverpool & Man. United

E Juventus & Inter

F Paris & Marseille

G Zenit & Lokomotiv

H Man. City & Chelsea

I Shakhtar & Dynamo Kyiv

J RB Leipzig & Mönchengladbach

K Lazio & Atalanta

Match dates

Matchday 1: 20/21 October

Matchday 2: 27/28 October

Matchday 3: 3/4 November

Matchday 4: 24/25 November

Matchday 5: 1/2 December

Matchday 6: 8/9 December

Draws are provisional and are subject to final confirmation from UEFA.