Champions League draw: When does it start? Who will Spurs, Arsenal, Leicester and Man City play in the group stage?

Everything you need to know about Champions League draw

The Champions League draw takes place this week to determine the eight groups for this season’s competition, with Leicester City, Arsenal, Tottenham and Manchester City set the discover their European fate.

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With Leicester taking to the Champions League for the first time, all eyes will be on who the reigning Premier League champions are placed with, and after winning the title last season, the Foxes will go straight into pot one alongside six other league winners and defending champions Real Madrid.

City of course need to beat Steaua Bucharest in their remaining play-off second leg, though that should be a given as they head into the home leg with a 5-0 advantage.

With Pep Guardiola at the helm, City will harbour realistic ambitions of improving on last season’s semi-final appearance in their pursuit of European glory.

Here’s everything you need to know about the Champions League group stage draw, including times, seedings and fixtures ahead of the new campaign.

When is the draw?

The Champions League group stage draw takes place at 17:00 BST [18:00 CET] on Thursday 25 August in Monaco.

Who is in the draw?

Pot 1:

Real Madrid (Esp, holders), Barcelona (Esp), Leicester City (Eng), Bayern Munich (Ger), Juventus (Ita), Benfica (Por), Paris Saint-Germain (Fra), CSKA Moscow (Rus)

Leicester compete in the Champions League for the first time (Getty)

Pot 2:

Atletico Madrid (Esp), Borussia Dortmund (Ger), Arsenal (Eng), Manchester City (Eng), Sevilla (Esp), Porto (Por), Napoli (Ita), Bayer Leverkusen (Ger)

Arsenal will hope to improve on their recent European form (Getty)

Pot 3 (confirmed):

Basel (Sui), Tottenham Hotspur (Eng), Dynamo Kyiv (Ukr), Lyon (Fra), PSV Eindhoven (Ned), Sporting CP (Por), Club Brugge (Bel), Borussia Monchengladbach (Ger)

Spurs return to the Champions League after a five-season absence (Getty)

Pot 4 (confirmed):

Celtic (Sco), Monaco (Fra), Besiktas (Tur), Legia Warsaw (Pol), Dinamo Zagreb (Cro), Ludogorets Razgrad (Bul), FC Copenhagen (Den), Rostov (Rus)

Manchester City beat Steaua Bucharest to join Arsenal in Pot 2 (Getty)

When is the Europa League draw?

The Europa League group stage draw takes place at 12:00 BST [13:00 CET] on Friday 26 August in Monaco after the final play-off fixtures have been completed on Thursday night. Manchester United and Southampton will both go into the draw, with other teams already confirmed including Athletic Bilbao, Inter Milan and Schalke.

West Ham can join them as the third Premier League club providing they beat Astra Giurgiu on Thursday.

Manchester United drop down to the Europa League this season (Getty)

When are the Champions League fixtures?

Group stage, matchday one – 13/14 September

Group stage, matchday two - 27/28 September

Group stage, matchday three – 18/19 October

Group stage, matchday four – 01/02 November

Group stage, matchday five – 22/23 November

Group stage, matchday six – 06/07 December

Round of 16, first leg – 14/15 and 21/22 February

Round of 16, second leg – 07/08 and 14/15 March

Quarter-finals, first leg – 11/12 April

Quarter-finals, second leg – 18/19 April:

Semi-finals, first leg – 02/03 May

Semi-finals, second leg – 09/10 May

Final (National Stadium of Wales, Cardiff) – 03 May: