NEWCASTLE United will discover their group stage opponents in the Champions League when the draw takes place on Thursday evening.

The draw - which takes place in Monaco - is due to start at 5pm and will be televised on TNT Sport 1.

Newcastle are in Pot 4, which means they'll face one club from Pot 1, 2 and 3 - excluding Manchester City, Arsenal and Manchester United.

The pots are as follows:

Pot 1: Manchester City, Sevilla, Barcelona, Napoli, Bayern Munich, Paris Saint-Germain, Benfica, Feyenoord.

Pot 2: Real Madrid, Manchester United, Inter Milan, Borussia Dortmund, Atlético Madrid, RB Leipzig, FC Porto, Arsenal.

Pot 3: Shakhtar Donetsk, FC Salzburg, AC Milan, SC Braga, PSV Eindhoven, Lazio, Crvena Zvezda, F.C Copenhagen.

Pot 4: Young Boys, Real Sociedad, Galatasaray, Celtic, Newcastle United, FC Union Berlin, Royal Antwerp, RC Lens.

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The group stage games will take place on the following dates:

Matchday 1: September 19/20

Matchday 2: October 3/4

Matchday 3: October 24/25

Matchday 4: November 7/8

Matchday 5: November 28/29

Matchday 6: December 12/13

The top two from each of the eight Champions League groups will qualify for the knockout stages, whereas the third place finishes will drop into the Europa League knock-out stages.