The draw for the 2015-16 Champions League group stage will take place on Thursday, August 27.
Once
again Europe's top 32 teams, including giants such as Barcelona, Real
Madrid, Bayern Munich and Chelsea, will return to do battle in UEFA's
showpiece tournament.The clubs will be
split into eight groups of four, drawn from four seeded pots.
Pot 1 now comprises the holders and champions of UEFA's top seven associations—Spain, England, Germany, Italy, Portugal, France and Russia, while Barcelona's league and European double last season sees the Netherlands take the eighth place.
Thanks to Sevilla's qualification via their Europa League win, Spain are the first nation to field five teams in the group stage.
Here is all the viewing information you need to catch the all-important draw:
Date: Thursday, August 27
Time: 4:45 p.m. BST/11:45 a.m. ET
Live Stream: Official UEFA website
TV Info: BT Sport Europe (UK)
| Seeding Pot 1 | Seeding Pot 2 | Seeding Pot 3 | Seeding Pot 4 |
| Barcelona | Real Madrid | Shakhtar Donetsk | BATE Borisov |
| Chelsea | Atletico Madrid | Sevilla | Borussia Monchengladbach |
| Bayern Munich | Porto | Lyon | Wolfsburg |
| Juventus | Arsenal | Dynamo Kiev | Dinamo Zagreb |
| Benfica | Manchester United | Olympiacos | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
| Paris Saint-Germain | Valencia | CSKA Moscow | Gent |
| Zenit St Petersburg | Manchester City | Galatasaray | Malmo |
| PSV Eindhoven | Bayer Leverkusen | Roma | Astana |
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