As defending champions of Europe's biggest competition, Manchester City go into the 2023-24 Champions League as the favourites. Take a look at the possible teams they could face in the group stages as they look to defend their treble.
After beating Inter Milan in the 2022-23 Champions League final, Manchester City took the title to complete their historic treble. However, the time is close at hand for them to begin their title defense in Europe's top flight.
However, this summer has seen departures from Pep Guardiola's squad, and other teams have been making careful reinforcements to try and dethrone the Sky Blues.
To make the groups for the first stage of the competition, teams are seeded and put in pots and one team from each pot will be put into each group, so teams in the same pot won't meet before knockouts.
Here are the possible teams that could find themselves in Man City's group:
- Pot 2: Real Madrid, Borussia Dortmund, Inter Milan, Atletico Madrid, Porto and RB Leipzig
- Pot 3: , Red Star Belgrade, PSV, Braga, Copenhague, Lazio, Milan, Salzburg and Shakhtar Donetsk.
- Pot 4: Lens, Union Berlin, Galatasaray, Celtic, Young Boys, Antwerp and Real Sociedad.
Which teams can't meet Man City in the group stages?
There are two categories of teams that won't end up in the same group as the Cityzens:
- Teams in Pot 1: Bayern Munich, Benfica, Feyenoord, Barcelona, Napoli, PSG and Sevilla
- Other English teams: Manchester United, Newcastle United and Arsenal.