In Istanbul, Turkey, the draw for the 2022–2023 UEFA Champions League is now taking place.
Real Madrid, the reigning champion and one of the thirty-two participating teams, was placed in one of four pots of eight teams.
Real Madrid, AC Milan, Manchester City, Bayern Munich, Paris Saint-Germain, FC Porto, and Ajax FC were seeded in pot one along with the UEFA Champions and Europa League champions Real Madrid and Eintracht Frankfurt who won their respective leagues.
Borussia Dortmund, Salzburg, Shakhtar Donetsk, Inter, Napoli, Benfica, Sporting CP, and Bayer Leverkusen are in pot 2, while Liverpool, Chelsea, Barcelona, Juventus, Atlético de Madrid, Sevilla, RB Leipzig, and Tottenham Hotspur are in pot 2.
Pot 4 is made up of Rangers, Dinamo, Marseille, Copenhagen, Club Brugge, Celtic, Viktoria Plzeň and Maccabi Haifa. Out of the 32 competing teams, only eight Ghanaian players will take part in the UEFA Champions League but this number can change by close of the transfer window. Kudus Mohammed, Brian Brobbey, Callum Hudson-Odoi, Ansgar Knauff, Issahaku Fatawu, Jeremie Frimpong, Timothy Fosu Mensah, and Dennis Odoi are the seven Ghanaian players who will play in the UEFA Champions League.
Champions League Group Stage draw
- Group A: Ajax, Liverpool, Napoli, Rangers
- Group B: Porto, Atletico Madrid, Bayer Leverkusen, Club Brugge
- Group C: Bayern Munich, Barcelona, Inter Milan, Viktoria Plzen
- Group D: Frankfurt, Tottenham, Sporting, Marseille
- Group E: AC Milan, Chelsea, Salzburg, Dinamo Zagreb
- Group F: Real Madrid, RB Leipzig, Shakhtar Donetsk, Celtic
- Group G: Man City, Sevilla, Borussia Dortmund, Copenhagen
- Group H: PSG, Juventus, Benfica, Maccabi Haifa