Izuchukwu Okosi
The draws for the group stages of the 2023/2024 UEFA Champions League was held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland Thursday evening with some interesting games in prospect, reports Prime Business Africa.
The competition, won by Manchester City last season after beating Inter Milan in the final, will see the return of some clubs who were regular participants but had hit a rough patch in recent years.
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Arsenal, the losing finalists on the final of the 2006 finals to Barcelona, returns to the elite of big clubs same as Newcastle United.
Serie A champions, Napoli, whose attack was spearheaded by Nigeria international, Victor Osimhen, will play in the competition after a stellar season in Italy last season saw them win the Scudetto for the first in 33 years after Diego Maradona led them to titiel triumph in 1990.
Newcastle United will make a comeback to European football after a recent financial windfall occasioned by the takeover of the Toons by investors from Saudi Arabia and will face some big boys when hostilities begin.
The Matchday one of the competition will be played on September 12 and 13.
Below are the groups after Thursday’s draws:
Group A
🇩🇪 Bayern München
🏴 Manchester United
🇩🇰 FC Copenhagen
🇹🇷 Galatasaray SK
Group B
🇪🇸 FC Sevilla
🏴 Arsenal
🇳🇱 PSV Eindhoven
🇫🇷 RC Lens
Group C
🇮🇹 Napoli
🇪🇸 Real Madrid
🇵🇹 Braga
🇩🇪 Union Berlin
Group D
🇵🇹 Benfica
🇮🇹 Inter
🇦🇹 Salzburg
🇪🇸 Real Sociedad
Group E
🇳🇱 Feyenoord
🇪🇸 Atlético
🇮🇹 Lazio
🏴 Celtic
Group F
🇫🇷 Paris
🇩🇪 Dortmund
🇮🇹 Milan
🏴 Newcastle
Group G
🏴 Man City
🇩🇪 Leipzig
🇷🇸 Crvena zvezda
🇨🇭 Young Boys
Group H
🇪🇸 Barcelona
🇵🇹 Porto
🇺🇦 Shakhtar Donetsk
🇧🇪 Antwerp
Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc.
