UEFA Champions League draw. Shakhtar's group stage opponents revealed

29.08.2024 19:54

Today, August 29, the draw for the UEFA Champions League group stage took place. Shakhtar Donetsk, which was in Pot 2, learned its opponents for the upcoming season.

Shakhtar will face teams from Pot 1, Pot 2, Pot 3, and Pot 4. The Ukrainian club's fixtures are as follows:

• Bayern Munich (home)
• Borussia Dortmund (away)
• Atalanta (home)
• Arsenal (away)
• Young Boys (home)
• PSV Eindhoven (away)
• Brest (home)
• Bologna (away)

Champions League 2024/2025 Group Stage Draw:

Pot 1: Real Madrid (Spain), Manchester City (England), Bayern Munich (Germany), Paris Saint-Germain (France), Liverpool (England), Inter Milan (Italy), Borussia Dortmund (Germany), RB Leipzig (Germany), Barcelona (Spain).

Pot 2: Bayer Leverkusen (Germany), Atletico Madrid (Spain), Atalanta (Italy), Juventus (Italy), Benfica (Portugal), Arsenal (England), Club Brugge (Belgium), Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukraine), AC Milan (Italy).

Pot 3: Feyenoord (Netherlands), Sporting CP (Portugal), PSV Eindhoven (Netherlands), Dinamo Zagreb (Croatia), RB Salzburg (Austria), Lille (France), Red Star Belgrade (Serbia), Young Boys (Switzerland), Celtic (Scotland).

Pot 4: Slovan Bratislava (Slovakia), AS Monaco (France), Sparta Prague (Czech Republic), Aston Villa (England), Bologna (Italy), Girona (Spain), Stuttgart (Germany), Sturm Graz (Austria), Brest (France).

Schedule

Matchday 1: September 17–19, 2024

Matchday 2: October 1–2, 2024

Matchday 3: October 22–23, 2024

Matchday 4: November 5–6, 2024

Matchday 5: November 26–27, 2024

Matchday 6: December 10–11, 2024

Matchday 7: January 21–22, 2025

Matchday 8: January 29, 2025

A major change this season is the shift from the traditional group stage to a single league stage involving all participating teams. Each club will now play a minimum of eight matches against eight different opponents (four home and four away) instead of the previous six matches against three teams, with both home and away games. The top eight teams will automatically advance to the knockout rounds, while teams finishing 9th to 24th will compete in two-legged ties for places in the Round of 16. Teams finishing 25th to 36th will be eliminated from European competition.

The first round of the league stage will kick off on September 17.