• Chelsea and Celtic in same group with Real Madrid
• St Pölten and Hammarby also in with Manchester City

Manchester City will face the Champions League holders, Barcelona, in their first group stage campaign. Friday’s draw also placed Arsenal in with Bayern Munich and Juventus, and put Chelsea and Celtic together in a group featuring Real Madrid.

City’s last outing in the Champions League proper came in 2020-21, when they suffered a 4-2 aggregate defeat by Barcelona in the quarter-finals. The group stage was introduced the following season and City have since twice been eliminated by Madrid in qualifying.