UEFA on Thursday, conducted the draws for season 2023/24 Champions League.
A set of exciting games are ready to be played with Manchester United vs Bayern Munich and Real Madrid vs Napoli being the most high-profile clashes in the group stage.
The Champions League final for the 2023-24 will be played on June 1st at the Wembley Stadium.
UEFA has 2 billion euros ($2.2 billion) in prize money for the rest of the competition. Each of the 32 gets a basic 15.64 million ($17.1 million) plus shares of a 600 million euros ($656 million) fund distributed according to clubs’ historic record in UEFA competitions.
Top-ranked Real Madrid’s share will be about 36.4 million euros ($40 million) and about 1.14 million euros ($1.25 million) to the lowest-ranked team, Lens, which has not played in European football for 16 years.
UEFA also will pay teams 2.8 million euros ($3.1 million) per win and 930,000 euros ($1 million) per draw in the group stage, escalating payments for advancing through each knockout round, plus a share of the TV money paid by rights holders in their home country.
Fixtures:
Group A: Bayern Munich, Manchester United, Copenhagen, Galatasaray.
Group B: Sevilla, Arsenal, PSV, Lens.
Group C: Napoli, Real Madrid, Braga, Union Berlin.
Group D: Benfica, Inter Milan, Red Bull Salzburg, Real Sociedad.
Group E: Feyenoord, Atletico Madrid, Lazio, Celtic.
Group F: Paris Saint-Germain, Borussia Dortmund, AC Milan, Newcastle.
Group G: Manchester City, RB Leipzig, Red Star Belgrade, Young Boys.
Group H: Barcelona, Porto, Shakhtar Donetsk, Antwerp.