The 2023–24 UEFA Women’s Champions League round 1 draw paired Arsenal with Linköping while Celtic play Brøndby.
The Champions path draw pits Cardiff City FC against Gintra, Glasgow City face Shelbourne in the same group and Cliftonville play Benfica.
Round 1 is one of two rounds before the 16-team group stage, which begins in November. It will be split into two paths: the champions path and the league path. In both paths, round 1 will consist of two stages, each of one-off knockout matches played in single-venue mini-tournaments: semi-finals (6 September) and finals/third-place play-offs (9 September). The winners of each final (11 in champions path, four in league path) will progress to round 2.
The hosts of the knockout mini-tournaments will be confirmed from among the clubs in each group.
Champions path draw
41 teams are entering at this stage: the champions of the associations ranked eighth and below. The winners of the 11 finals will progress to round 2, into which three teams have direct entry. Seven group stage places will be on offer in round 2.
Group 1
Ferencvárosi v F.C. Qiryat Gat
Olimpia Cluj v Spartak Myjava
Group 2
FC Vorskla v FC Flora Tallinn
SFK 2000 Sarajevo v ŽNK Osijek
Group 3
NŠ Mura v FC Samegrelo
Apollon v ZFK Ljuboten
Group 4
HB Køge v KuPS Kuopio
ŽFK Spartak Subotica v KÍ Klaksvík
Group 5
RSC Anderlecht v GKS Katowice
SK Brann v Lokomotiv Stara Zagora
Group 6
WFC BIIK-Shymkent v SFK Rīga
SL Benfica v Cliftonville
Group 7
Valur v AB Belediyesi Fomget
KFF Vllaznia v FC KFF EP-Hajvalia
Group 8
FC Gintra v Cardiff City FC
Glasgow City v Shelbourne
Group 9
A.C. PAOK or Racing FC Union Luxembourg v SKN St. Pölten
Group 10
FC Dinamo-BSUPC or CSF Agarista Anenii Noi v AFC Ajax
Group 11
FK Breznica or Birkirkara v FC Zürich
League path draw
Sixteen teams will enter at this stage: the runners-up from the associations ranked seventh to 16th and the third-placed teams from the associations ranked first to sixth. The winners of the four finals will progress to round 2, into which six teams have direct entry. Five group stage places will be on offer in round 2.
Group 1
FC Twente v SK Sturm Graz
Levante v Stjarnan
Group 2
Juventus v WFC Okzhetpes
Eintracht Frankfurt v FC Slovácko
Group 3
Paris FC v FC Kryvbas
Arsenal v Linköping
Group 4
Brøndby v Celtic
FC Minsk v Vålerenga
Round 1 (one-venue mini-tournaments)
Semi-finals: 6 September
Finals/third-place play-offs: 9 September
Round 2 draw
15 September, Nyon
