WHEN AND WHERE?
The group stage draw for the 2020/21 campaign will take place on Thursday 1 October at the RTS Studios, Nyon from 4.00 pm. UK time (5.00 pm. CET)
WHICH POT ARE CITY IN?
The champions of the top six associations, according to the 2019/20 coefficients, are in pot one together with the holders of the Champions League and Europa League.
Seedings for remaining teams are determined by current club coefficients.
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The 26 teams given direct entry to the group stage are joined by the six winners of the play-off ties.
Pot 1: Bayern Munich, Sevilla, Real Madrid, Liverpool, Juventus, Paris, Zenit, Porto
Pot 2: Barcelona, Atlético Madrid, City, Manchester United, Shakhtar Donetsk, Borussia Dortmund, Chelsea, Ajax
Pot 3: Dynamo Kyiv, Salzburg, RB Leipzig, Internazionale, Olympiacos, Lazio, Krasnodar, Atalanta
Pot 4: Lokomotiv Moscow, Marseille, Club Brugge, Mönchengladbach, İstanbul Başakşehir, Midtjylland, Rennes, Ferencváros
WHO WILL CITY FACE?
No team can play a club from their own association and, based on decisions taken by the UEFA Executive Committee, clubs from Russia and Ukraine must not be drawn in the same group.
WHERE CAN YOU WATCH THE DRAW?
The draw will be livestreamed on Uefa.com and live coverage will begin on BT Sport 1 at 3:45pm.
We will also have full details here on mancity.com and our Twitter @mancity.com
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
Round of 16 draw: 14 December, Nyon
Round of 16, first leg: 16/17/23/24 February
Round of 16, second leg: 9/10/16/17 March
Quarter-final and semi-final draws: 19 March, Nyon
Quarter-finals, first leg: 6/7 April
Quarter-finals, second leg: 13/14 April
Semi-finals, first leg: 27/28 April
Semi-finals, second leg: 4/5 May
Saturday 29 May, Final: – Atatürk Olympic Stadium