When is the Women’s Champions League group stage draw?

All the information needed ahead of the UEFA Women’s Champions League group stage draw.

Manchester City secured passage from Round Two qualifying thanks to a superb 8-0 aggregate victory over Paris FC.

Gareth Taylor’s side recorded a 5-0 win over Sandrine Soubeyrand’s in the first leg at Stade Charlety before claiming a 3-0 triumph at the Joie Stadium to book our place in the group stage.

It means we’ve reached this phase of the prestigious competition for the first time since 2020/21.

Here’s everything you need to know ahead of the draw…

WHEN IS THE DRAW?

The Women’s Champions League group stage draw will take place on Friday 27 September at 12:00 (UK) from Nyom, Switzerland.

HOW CAN I FOLLOW THE DRAW?

There will be full, comprehensive coverage of the draw on mancity.com and our official app where we will confirm City’s three Champions League group stage opponents.

The fixture date and times will then be confirmed in due course over the following days.

You can also stream the draw live on uefa.com.

WHAT POT ARE CITY IN?

Due to our coefficient ranking of 40.999 – City have been placed in Pot Two of Four.

City will be drawn against one respective team from pots One, Three and Four, but not with teams from the same nation.

This means we will avoid Chelsea at this stage of the competition.

The pots are as follows:

Pot 1

FC Barcelona (ESP, holders)
Olympique Lyonnais (FRA)
FC Bayern München (GER)
Chelsea FC Women (ENG)

Pot 2

VfL Wolfsburg (GER)
Arsenal Women FC (ENG)
Real Madrid CF (ESP)
Manchester City Women (ENG)

Pot 3

Juventus FC (ITA)
SKN St. Pölten (AUT)
AS Roma (ITA)
FC Twente (NED)

Pot 4

Vålerenga Fotball (NOR)
Celtic FC Women (SCO)
Hammarby IF (SWE)
Galatasaray A.Ş. (TUR)

WHEN WILL THE MATCHES TAKE PLACE?

The group stage will be spread across October, November and December with two matches taking place in each month and the dates are as follows.

Matchday 1: 8/9 October
Matchday 2: 16/17 October
Matchday 3: 12/13 November
Matchday 4: 20/21 November
Matchday 5: 11/12 December
Matchday 6: 17/18 December

HOW CAN I BUY TICKETS TO CHAMPIONS LEAGUE MATCHES?

Stay close to mancity.com and our official app for all Women’s Champions League fixture and ticketing details which will be confirmed in due course.