Manchester United's Champions League fixture schedule and dates confirmed

Manchester United will kick off their 2023/2024 Champions League campaign with a trip to Bayern Munich in under three weeks' time.

United learned of their group for this season's European competition on Thursday evening, having secured their place in the draw with a third-place finish in last season's Premier League. Erik ten Hag's side were placed in Pot 2 and drawn into Group A alongside the German champions.

Following them were FC Copenhagen and Galatasaray, who were crowned champions of the Danish and Turkish leagues respectively last season. United's first home game of the group stages will take place against the latter on Tuesday, October 3.

United will be at home again for gameweek three, hosting FC Copenhagen on Tuesday, October 24 before then travelling to the Danish capital on Wednesday, November 8. They then travel to Galatasaray on Wednesday, November 29 before the final group game at home to Bayern on Tuesday, December 12.

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United's group stage opponents bring with them a host of interesting narratives, not least the meeting with Bayern and Harry Kane. Ten Hag had earmarked the striker as his prime target this summer, before eventually signing Rasmus Hojlund.

Kane has since joined the serial Bundesliga winners for £100million and scored three times in his first two league games. The pair last met in the 2013/2014 Champions League, with David Moyes' side dumped out in the quarter-finals after losing 3-1 in Bavaria.

The welcoming of FC Copenhagen to Old Trafford, and following trip to the Danish capital, will see Hojlund return to the team he started his career with. The 20-year-old broke through in his home country before joining FC Sturm