The 32 clubs in the 2020/2021 Champions League season will know their fate today, Thursday, October 1, with the seeding pots for the group-stage draw now set.
The draw will take place at UEFA’s headquarters, on the shore of Lake Geneva starting from 4 p.m. BST, 11 a.m. ET.
UEFA will also announce the award winners for the 2019-20 season.
Champions League holders Bayern Munich are top-seeded, along with Europa League winners Sevilla FC.
They are joined in Pot 1 by the champions of the top six leagues, namely Real Madrid, Liverpool, Paris Saint-Germain, Juventus, and Zenit St Petersburg. FC Porto are promoted to Pot 1 as Bayern won the Bundesliga title and did not require the slot.
#UCLdraw tomorrow, here's all you need to know!
— Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) September 30, 2020
The other three pots are ranked based on UEFA’s five-year coefficient of performance in European competition.
Pot 1: Bayern Munich, Sevilla, Real Madrid, Liverpool, Juventus, PSG, Zenit St Petersburg, FC Porto
Pot 2: Barcelona, Atletico Madrid, Manchester City, Manchester United, Borussia Dortmund, Shakhtar Donetsk, Chelsea, Ajax
Pot 3: Dynamo Kiev, FC Salzburg, RB Leipzig, Internazionale, Olympiakos, Lazio, Krasnodar, Atalanta
Pot 4: Lokomotiv Moscow, Marseille, Club Brugge, Borussia Monchengladbach, Istanbul Basaksehir, FC Midtjylland, Stade Rennes, Ferencvaros
The draw for the 2020/21 @ChampionsLeague group stage will take place from 4pm BST on Thursday.
Here's all the details 👇
— Liverpool FC (@LFC) September 30, 2020
The teams will be drawn into eight groups of four teams, with no more than one from each country. Clubs from Ukraine and Russia cannot be drawn against each other due to political reasons.
The top two will go through to the UCL knockout rounds, with third place dropping into the Europa League round of 32.
The group stage begins on October 20 and 21 and will be played over six midweeks through to December 9, with the final in Turkey at the Ataturk Olympic Stadium, Istanbul on May 29, 2021.
