Full list of every team confirmed for Champions League group stage draw as Arsenal return
Arsenal will soon discover their UEFA Champions League group stage opponents when the draw is made on Thursday afternoon
The table is set and the main course arrives on Thursday afternoon in the shape of the UEFA Champions League group stage draw.
After several rounds of qualification, the 31 other teams joining Arsenal in this season's competition have now been confirmed and they are all just a few hours away from discovering their fate with the draw set to commence from 5pm on Thursday at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco.
Full list of every confirmed team in the Champions League group stage
Manchester City, Arsenal, Manchester United, Newcastle United, Sevilla, Barcelona, Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid, Real Sociedad, Napoli, Internazionale, AC Milan, Lazio, Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund, RB Leipzig, Union Berlin, Paris Saint-Germain, Lens, Benfica, Porto, Braga, Young Boys, Galatasaray, Red Star Belgrade, Red Bull Salzburg, Shakhtar Donetsk, Feyenoord, PSV Eindhoven, Celtic, Copenhagen and Antwerp are the qualified teams for the Champions League draw.
Although, as per UEFA rules, clubs cannot be drawn against teams from the same association, which means, for example, Arsenal will avoid their Premier League rivals Man City and Newcastle United whilst La Liga giants Barcelona and Real Madrid will be kept apart in the group stage.
Confirmed pots
All the pots have now been finalised. Pot 1 contains the Champions League and Europa League holders in Man City and Sevilla respectively, along with the champions of the top six associations based on last season's coefficients (England, Spain, Italy, Germany, France and Portugal) with Feyenoord benefitting from Pep Guardiola's side retaining the Premier League.
The remaining pots are
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