We cannot wait for the UEFA Champions League draw on Thursday 29 August, when UEFA will pair us with as many as eight opponents. Who could they be and how does the new draw process work, we hear you ask?

As usual, all clubs will be placed into four pots subject to their UEFA points totals. A random generator will give us two opponents from all of the four pots, with no more than two teams from one country in the list of eight. Teams from the same national federation cannot face one another.

Overview of possible opponents

POT 1: Real Madrid (ESP), Manchester City (ENG), FC Bayern Munich (GER), Paris Saint-Germain (FRA), FC Liverpool (ENG), Inter Mailand (ITA), Borussia Dortmund (GER), RB Leipzig (GER), FC Barcelona (ESP)
POT 2: Bayer Leverkusen (GER), Atletico Madrid (ESP), Atalanta Bergamo (ITA), Juventus Turin (ITA), Benfica (POR), FC Arsenal (ENG), Club Brugge (BEL), Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR), AC Milan (ITA)
POT 3: Feyenoord Rotterdam (NED), Sporting Lissabon (POR), PSV Eindhoven (NED), Celtic Glasgow (SCO), Young Boys Bern (SUI), *Red Star Belgrade (SRB) *OSC Lille (FRA), *Slavia Prague (CZE)
POT 4: VfB Stuttgart (GER), AS Monaco (FRA), Aston Villa (ENG), FC Bologna (ITA), FC Girona (ESP), Stade Brest (FRA), Sparta Prag (CZE), Malmö FF (SWE), Galatasaray (TUR), *Qarabag Agdam (AZE), *Dinamo Zagreb (CRO), *FK Bodo-Glimt (NOR), *Slovan Bratislava (SVK), *FC Midtjylland (DEN)

*Still have to qualify via play-off on Wednesday evening

Champions League matchday schedule

Matchday 1: 17–19 September 2024
Matchday 2: 1/2 October 2024
Matchday 3: 22/23 October 2024
Matchday 4: 5/6 November 2024
Matchday 5: 26/27 November 2024
Matchday 6: 10/11 December 2024
Matchday 7: 21/22 January 2025
Matchday 8: 29 January 2025

Ticket info for Champions League to follow

All the information on ticket sales for our UEFA Champions League home matches will follow soon after the draw. All season-ticket holders can look forward to a priority purchase right according to the 'loyalty pays' motto. Details on our season tickets can be found here:

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UEFA Champions League on TV and live stream

During the league phase, Sky Sport Austria will show 17 of 18 matches in each Champions League week. Streaming service CANAL+ has exclusive rights to show one match on Wednesday evenings. Fans over the German border can see the UEFA Champions League group phase on DAZN and Amazon Prime.

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