Champions League 2022/23 Group Stage: Draw, Teams, Groups, Fixtures and Kick Off Time in IST

The UEFA Champions League 2022/23 group stage draw was held in Istanbul, Turkey on Thursday (August 25). 32 teams, including record champions and holders Real Madrid, were drawn into 8 groups of 4 teams.

Reigning champions Real Madrid were drawn in Group F along with RB Leipzig, Shakhtar Donetsk and Celtic, while Group C seems like a group of death as it consists of Bayern Munich, Barcelona, Inter and Viktoria Plzen.

Group D includes Eintracht Frankfurt, Tottenham, Sporting CP and Marseille. Liverpool has been drawn in Group A along with Napoli, Ajax and Rangers, while Group B consists of Porto, Atletico Madrid, Bayer Leverkusen and Club Brugge.

Meanwhile, Group E includes Chelsea, Milan, RB Salzburg and Dinamo Zagreb. Group G includes Manchester City, Sevilla, Borussia Dortmund and FC Copenhagen.

The 2022-23 Champions League group stage will be held within 8 weeks instead of 12 weeks due to the World Cup being scheduled from November 20 to December 18.

The UCL group stage will start on September 6-7 and conclude with the final matchday on November 2-3, while the draw for the round of 16 will take place on November 7.

The knock out rounds will be held next year, starting with the round of 16 in February & March followed by the quarterfinals in April, and the Semifinals in May. The UCL 2022/23 final will be held on June 10 at the Ataturk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul, Tukey.

Here is a look at the Groups and the group stage fixture dates for Champions League 2022/23:

UCL 2022/23 Groups A to D

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Ajax (Netherlands)	FC Porto (Portugal)	Bayern Munich (Germany)	Eintracht Frankfurt (Germany)
Liverpool (England)	Atletico Madrid (Spain)	Barcelona (Spain)	Tottenham Hotspur (England)
Napoli (Italy)	Bayer Leverkusen (Germany)	Inter (Italy)	Sporting CP (Portugal)
Rangers (Scotland)	Club Brugge (Belgium)	Viktoria Plzen (Czech Republic)	Marseille (France)

UCL 2022/23 Groups E to H

Group E	Group F	Group G	Group H
AC Milan (Italy)	Real Madrid (Spain)	Manchester City (England)	Paris Saint-Germain (France)
Chelsea (England)	RB Leipzig (Germany)	Sevilla (Spain)	Juventus (Italy)
Red Bull Salzburg (Austria)	Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukraine)	Borussia Dortmund (Germany)	Benfica (Portugal)
Dinamo Zagreb (Croatia)	Celtic (Scotland)	FC Copenhagen (Denmark)	Maccabi Haifa (Israel)

UCL 2022/23 Group Stage Fixtures in India time

Date	Fixture	Group	Time in IST
September 6	Dinamo Zagreb vs Chelsea	E	10:15 PM
September 6	Borussia Dortmund vs FC Copenhagen	G	10:15 PM
September 7	Salzburg vs Milan	E	12:30 AM
September 7	Celtic vs Real Madrid	F	12:30 AM
September 7	RB Leipzig vs Shakhtar Donetsk	F	12:30 AM
September 7	Sevilla vs Manchester City	G	12:30 AM
September 7	Benfica vs Maccabi Haifa	H	12:30 AM
September 7	Paris Saint-Germain vs Juventus	H	12:30 AM
September 7	Ajax vs Rangers	A	10:15 PM
September 7	Eintracht Frankfurt vs Sporting CP	D	10:15 PM
September 8	Napoli vs Liverpool	A	12:30 AM
September 8	Atletico Madrid vs FC Porto	B	12:30 AM
September 8	Club Brugge vs Bayer Leverkusen	B	12:30 AM
September 8	Barcelona vs Viktoria Plzen	C	12:30 AM
September 8	Inter vs Bayern Munich	C	12:30 AM
September 8	Tottenham vs Marseille	D	12:30 AM
September 13	Viktoria Plzen vs Inter	C	10:15 PM
September 13	Sporting CP vs Tottenham	D	10:15 PM
September 14	Liverpool vs Ajax	A	12:30 AM
September 14	Rangers vs Napoli	A	12:30 AM
September 14	FC Porto vs Club Brugge	B	12:30 AM
September 14	Bayer Leverkusen vs Atletico Madrid	B	12:30 AM
September 14	Bayern Munich vs Barcelona	C	12:30 AM
September 14	Marseille vs Eintracht Frankfurt	D	12:30 AM
September 14	Milan vs Dinamo Zagreb	E	10:15 PM
September 14	Shakhtar Donetsk vs Celtic	F	10:15 PM
September 15	Chelsea vs Salzburg	E	12:30 AM
September 15	Real Madrid vs RB Leipzig	F	12:30 AM
September 15	Manchester City vs Borussia Dortmund	G	12:30 AM
September 15	FC Copenhagen vs Sevilla	G	12:30 AM
September 15	Juventus vs Benfica	H	12:30 AM
September 15	Maccabi Haifa vs Paris Saint-Germain	H	12:30 AM
October 4	Bayern Munich vs Viktoria Plzen	C	10:15 PM
October 4	Marseille vs Sporting CP	D	10:15 PM
October 5	Liverpool vs Rangers	A	12:30 AM
October 5	Ajax vs Napoli	A	12:30 AM
October 5	FC Porto vs Bayer Leverkusen	B	12:30 AM
October 5	Club Brugge vs Atletico Madrid	B	12:30 AM
October 5	Inter vs Barcelona	C	12:30 AM
October 5	Eintracht Frankfurt vs Tottenham	D	12:30 AM
October 5	Salzburg vs Dinamo Zagreb	E	10:15 PM
October 5	RB Leipzig vs Celtic	F	10:15 PM
October 6	Chelsea vs Milan	E	12:30 AM
October 6	Real Madrid vs Shakhtar Donetsk	F	12:30 AM
October 6	Manchester City vs FC Copenhagen	G	12:30 AM
October 6	Sevilla vs Borussia Dortmund	G	12:30 AM
October 6	Juventus vs Maccabi Haifa	H	12:30 AM
October 6	Benfica vs Paris Saint-Germain	H	12:30 AM
October 11	FC Copenhagen vs Manchester City	G	10:15 PM
October 11	Maccabi Haifa vs Juventus	H	10:15 PM
October 12	Dinamo Zagreb vs Salzburg	E	12:30 AM
October 12	Milan vs Chelsea	E	12:30 AM
October 12	Shakhtar Donetsk vs Real Madrid	F	12:30 AM
October 12	Celtic vs RB Leipzig	F	12:30 AM
October 12	Borussia Dortmund vs Sevilla	G	12:30 AM
October 12	Paris Saint-Germain vs Benfica	H	12:30 AM
October 12	Napoli vs Ajax	A	10:15 PM
October 12	Atletico Madrid vs Club Brugge	B	10:15 PM
October 13	Rangers vs Liverpool	A	12:30 AM
October 13	Bayer Leverkusen vs FC Porto	B	12:30 AM
October 13	Barcelona vs Inter	C	12:30 AM
October 13	Viktoria Plzen vs Bayern Munich	C	12:30 AM
October 13	Tottenham vs Eintracht Frankfurt	D	12:30 AM
October 13	Sporting CP vs Marseille	D	12:30 AM
October 25	Salzburg vs Chelsea	E	10:15 PM
October 25	Sevilla vs FC Copenhagen	G	10:15 PM
October 26	Dinamo Zagreb vs Milan	E	12:30 AM
October 26	Celtic vs Shakhtar Donetsk	F	12:30 AM
October 26	RB Leipzig vs Real Madrid	F	12:30 AM
October 26	Borussia Dortmund vs Manchester City	G	12:30 AM
October 26	Paris Saint-Germain vs Maccabi Haifa	H	12:30 AM
October 26	Benfica vs Juventus	H	12:30 AM
October 26	Club Brugge vs FC Porto	B	10:15 PM
October 26	Inter vs Viktoria Plzen	C	10:15 PM
October 27	Napoli vs Rangers	A	12:30 AM
October 27	Ajax vs Liverpool	A	12:30 AM
October 27	Atletico Madrid vs Bayer Leverkusen	B	12:30 AM
October 27	Barcelona vs Bayern Munich	C	12:30 AM
October 27	Tottenham vs Sporting CP	D	12:30 AM
October 27	Eintracht Frankfurt vs Marseille	D	12:30 AM
November 1	FC Porto vs Atletico Madrid	B	11:15 PM
November 1	Bayer Leverkusen vs Club Brugge	B	11:15 PM
November 2	Liverpool vs Napoli	A	1:30 AM
November 2	Rangers vs Ajax	A	1:30 AM
November 2	Bayern Munich vs Inter	C	1:30 AM
November 2	Viktoria Plzen vs Barcelona	C	1:30 AM
November 2	Sporting CP vs Eintracht Frankfurt	D	1:30 AM
November 2	Marseille vs Tottenham	D	1:30 AM
November 2	Real Madrid vs Celtic	F	11:15 PM
November 2	Shakhtar Donetsk vs RB Leipzig	F	11:15 PM
November 3	Chelsea vs Dinamo Zagreb	E	1:30 AM
November 3	Milan vs Salzburg	E	1:30 AM
November 3	Manchester City vs Sevilla	G	1:30 AM
November 3	FC Copenhagen vs Borussia Dortmund	G	1:30 AM
November 3	Juventus vs Paris Saint-Germain	H	1:30 AM
November 3	Maccabi Haifa vs Benfica	H	1:30 AM

UCL 2022/23 Knock Out Stages Dates

Round	Dates
Round of 16	14/15/21/22 February & 7/8/14/15 March 2023
Quarter-finals	11/12 & 18/19 April 2023
Semi-finals	9/10 & 16/17 May 2023
Final	10 June 2023