UEFA Champions League

Turkish champions Galatasaray will begin their first UEFA Champions League campaign in four years in a strong group featuring Bayern Munich and Manchester United.

The two giants will be favourites to advance from Group A, which also includes FC Copenhagen, the Danish champions.

MONACO - Serbian football champions Red Star Belgrade were on Thursday drawn to play Manchester City, Red Bull Leipzig and Young Boys in Group G of the 2023/2024 UEFA Champions League.

The draw ceremony was held in Monaco.

The group stage of the competition begins on September 19-20 and ends on December 13.

MONACO - Serbian football champions Red Star Belgrade were on Thursday drawn to play Manchester City, Red Bull Leipzig and Young Boys in Group G of the 2023/2024 UEFA Champions League.

The draw ceremony was held in Monaco.

The group stage of the competition begins on September 19-20 and ends on December 13.

Gul said that 15,000 security officers have been deployed for the match on Saturday, the biggest football event in the European club calendar.

The final will be played in Istanbul's Ataturk Olympic Stadium, where 70,000 fans from all over Europe will attend the game as tens of millions watch on television or online.

Turkish Airlines has become the first airline to partner with the UEFA Champions League, with the 2023 final to take place in Istanbul.

As part of the deal, Turkish Airlines will also partner with the UEFA Super Cup, the UEFA Futsal Champions League finals, and the UEFA Youth League finals, the UEFA said.

Even the UEFA Champions League final has more viewers than the Super Bowl

The UEFA Champions League third qualifying round draw was made on July 19 in the Swiss city of Nyon.

Galatasaray will face the winner of the game between Scotland's Celtic and Denmark's Midtjylland clubs if the Turkish club eliminates PSV Eindhoven in the second qualifying round of the tournament.


The Super League collapsed before a ball was kicked in the European breakaway competition after being abandoned by the six English soccer clubs, leaving the Spanish and Italian participants stranded.

Turkish champions Galatasaray will face Spain's Real Madrid on Oct. 22 in a Group A match of Europe's most prestigious football tournament, the UEFA Champions League.

Istanbul's Galatasaray transferred to UEFA Europa League round of 32 despite losing against Portugal's Porto 2-3 on Dec. 11 in UEFA Champions League.