Every club qualified for Champions League 23/24 so far - and which sides Newcastle United could face

The seeds for the Champions League next year have been set after Manchester City beat Inter Milan in this year’s final to complete a historic treble - and this is how it looks for Newcastle United.

The Magpies booked their spot in the tournament thanks to a fourth-place Premier League finish following a hugely successful top-flight campaign under the stewardship of Eddie Howe.

There’s now a big summer of recruitment and preparation ahead for the club as they prepare to compete on an extra front and the congested fixture schedule that comes with that.

Newcastle’s fourth-place Premier League finish means they will be immediately ushered into the group stage and will avoid the taxing qualifying rounds that await 19 sides from across the continent.

The draw from Champions League group stage takes place on August 25 and that is when Newcastle United fans will be able to start planning their trips abroad and dreaming of the European nights to come.

Each knockout group is made of four sides, one taken from each of the four ranking pots that UEFA uses to separate the seeds.

Which clubs have already qualified for the Champions League 2023/24?

Joining Newcastle United from England are Premier League winners Manchester City, runners-up Arsenal - who return after a six-season absence - and third-placed Manchester United.

La Liga in Spain was won convincingly by Catalan giants Barcelona this year and they will be back in Champions League action next season. Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid will join them. Real Sociedad finished fourth in the Spanish top flight and will also be there.

Sevilla’s disappointing 12th-place finish in La Liga was far off Champions League form, but the club are also in the group stages having won the Europa League this season.

Bayern Munich pipped Borussia Dortmund at the post to win this year’s Bundesliga and both of those big guns will appear in the Champions League. RB Leipzig and Union Berlin, who continue their rise on the European stage, are also in the draw.

Napoli’s phenomenal season in Italy saw them romp to Serie A victory and a place in the Champions League alongside the well-known trio of Lazio, AC Milan and this year’s runners-up Inter Milan.

In France, Ligue 1 winners Paris Saint-Germain are qualified. Lens finished second in that league and will return to the Champions League for the first time in 20 years.

Elsewhere, Eredivisie winners Feyenoord are in the mix along with Primeira Liga top two Benfica and Porto. SPL winners Celtic are also there along with Serbia side Red Star Belgrade.

Austrian League winners RB Salzburg are also in the group stage with Ukrainian League victors Shakhtar Donetsk.

What are the pots for the Champions League 2023/24?

The pots haven’t yet been finalised for next year’s Champions League but they are nearly there.

Real Sociedad are the only already qualified team not to know their pot yet. The missing teams from Pot 3 and Pot 4 will be taken from the qualifying stages for this year’s competition.

Here are the pots as we know them so far.

POT 1

• Manchester City
• Sevilla
• Barcelona
• Napoli
• Bayern Munich
• Paris Saint-Germain
• Benfica
• Feyenoord

POT 2

• Real Madrid
• Manchester United
• Inter Milan
• Borussia Dortmund
• Atletico Madrid
• RB Leipzig
• FC Porto
• Arsenal

POT 3

• Shakhtar Donetsk
• FC Salzburg
• AC Milan
• Lazio
• Red Star Belgrade

POT 4

• Celtic
• Newcastle United
• Union Berlin
• Lens

Which clubs will compete in the Champions League qualifying rounds?

Belgian side Antwerp and Swiss side Young Boys are confirmed for the play-off round.

The third qualifying round will be made up of; AEK, Greece; Sparta Prague, Czechia; PSC, The Netherlands; Marseille, France; Sturm Graz, Austria; TSC, Serbia; Braga, Portugal; Rangers, Scotland.

The second qualifying round will be made up of; Molde, Norway; Copenhagen, Denmark; Dinamo Zagreb, Croatia; Galatasaray, Turkey; Aris Limassol, Cyprus; Dnipro 1, Ukraine; Genk, Belgium; Servette, Switzerland; Panathinaikos, Greece.