When is the Champions League group draw? Live stream, TV channel, key dates and start time

It will be just 82 days on from Manchester City lifting the Champions League trophy in Istanbul that the group stage draw for the 2023/24 tournament takes place.

Pep Guardiola's men finally got their hands on the most prestigious piece of silverware in club football with a victory over Inter back in June. And they will be the ones to beat again with Brendan Rodgers potentially on a collision course with the Spaniard again.

Rodgers was in his first stint in charge of Celtic when they were paired with the English giants and battled out two draws. The first was an epic 3-3 draw at Parkhead before a 1-1 draw in the return at the Etihad. The Scottish Premiership champions go straight into the group stage for the second successive season and all eyes will be on the draw. Here's all you need to know about it.

The group stage draw will take place on Thursday, August 31 at 5pm at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco.

Yes, the draw will be shown live on TNT Sports who have exclusive Champions League rights this season.

Yes. TNT Sports subscribers can stream the match live online and through the discovery+ app. You can also watch TNT Sports through BT, EE, Sky, and Virgin Media.

You can keep up with all the action right here on dailyrecord.co.uk! We'll be running a live blog with all the build-up, the draw as it happens and all the reaction.

The first matchday of Europe's elite competition takes place on September 19/20 . Game days 2 and 3 take place in October, with the first on October 3/4 and the second on October 24/25. The business end of the group stage comes in matchday four on November 7/8 before a penultimate fixture on November 28/29. The final game of the campaign comes on December 12/13 with the Viaplay Cup Final a mere