Champions League Group Stage Pots: Real Madrid Hunt for Record 15th Crown as Man City, PSG Chase Maiden Title

• UEFA Champions League Draw will take place today at 4 PM GMT in İstanbul, Turkey
• Top-brass European teams will know their opponents, with Real Madrid looking to extend their dominance in the competition after last season's heroics
• Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain remain hopeful of landing their first trophy this season

All the participants of this season's Champions League season have now been confirmed. Dinamo Zagreb, Rangers and Copenhagen were the last teams to book their slots in the playoff rounds played on Wednesday night.

The teams have now been seeded into pots ahead of the draw set to take place on Thursday in Istanbul.

Germany will have the most number of teams in the group stage, with Europa League winners Eintracht Frankfurt taking their rightful place in Pot 1 alongside Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich. The other Germain teams include RB Leipzig in Pot 2 while Borussia Dortmund are in Pot 3 with Bayer Leverkusen in Pot 4.

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Defending champions Real Madrid are in Pot 1 with other league winners of Europe's top divisions. This include AC Milan, Porto, Ajax, Inter Milan, Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester City. The last two will be making their latest stab to win their first-ever title.

Pot 2 features former immediate champions in Chelsea and Liverpool. The rest of the spots are completed by Tottenham Hotspur, Barcelona, Sevilla, Atletico Madrid and Juventus.

Pot 3 will have Napoli, Inter Milan, RB Salzburg, Shakhtar Donetsk, Benfica and Sporting Lisbon.

Olympique Marseille will headline Pot 4 alongside Rangers, Dinamo Zagreb, Copenhagen, Club Brugge, Celtic, Viktoria Plzen and Maccabi Haifa.

Teams from the same country cannot face each other in the group stage, so we cannot have local derbies like the El Classico. Sky Sports reports that UEFA will confirm any other restrictions before the ceremony.

Tottenham Hotspur face the prospect of landing the group of death on their return to Champions League

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Sports Brief had earlier reported that Tottenham Hotspur face the prospect of being drawn into the group of death when the Champions League draw takes place on Thursday, August 25.

The north Londoners are making a return to the European elite competition for the first time in two years.

During the period, Spurs played in the Europa League and the Europa Conference League. However, last term, they secured a ticket to feature in this season's Champions League after sealing a fourth-place finish in the Premier League under the tutelage of Antonio Conte.