Possible opponents for Manchester City in the Champions League group stage

An eight Champions League campaign beckons for Manchester City. The group stage draw will take place on Thursday 30 August at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco. The champions of the top six associations, according to the 2017 coefficients, are in pot one together with the holders of the Champions League and Europa League. Pot one: Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Manchester City, Juventus, Paris Saint-Germain, Lokomotiv Moscow. Pot two: Borussia Dortmund, Porto, Manchester United, Shakhtar Donetsk, Napoli, Tottenham Hotspur, Roma, plus one TBC Pot three: Schalke, Lyon, Monaco, CSKA Moscow, plus four TBC Pot four: Club Brugge, Galatasaray, Inter Milan, Hoffenheim, plus four TBC TBC: Liverpool, Valencia, Viktoria Plzen, plus six more (to be decided via the play-offs). No team can play a club from their own association, with the exact draw procedure to be confirmed before the ceremony. Fixture dates 18/19 September: Group stage matchday one 2/3 October: Group stage matchday two 23/24 October: Group stage matchday three 6/7 November: Group stage matchday four 27/28 November: Group stage matchday five 11/12 December: Group stage matchday six 17 December: Round of 16 draw 12/13 and 19/20 February: Round of 16 first leg 5/6 and 12/13 March: Round of 16 second leg 15 March: Quarter-final and semi-final draw 9/10 April: Quarter-finals first leg 16/17 April: Quarter-finals second leg 30 April/1 May: Semi-finals first leg 7/8 May: Semi-finals second leg 1 June: Final (Estadio Metropolitano, Madrid).

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