THE DRAW
Where is it held? Monaco
What time does the draw start? 4.45pm

RULES

The 10 winning teams from the play-off round join the 22 automatically qualified sides for the group stage of the competition.

The group stage will consist of eight groups of four teams and the only restriction at this stage of the competition is that sides from the same association cannot face each other (i.e Manchester United can’t be drawn in the same group as Chelsea, Barcelona can’t be drawn with Real Madrid etc.)

For the draw there will be four seeding pots each with eight teams based on UEFA’s coefficient rankings, with each group featuring one side from each pot.

Where two sides from the same country qualify, they are paired to split their matches between Tuesday and Wednesday. With three teams, only two are paired, while those with four teams feature two pairings based on TV audience.

Seeding Pots

Pot 1: Bayern Munich, Barcelona, Chelsea, Real Madrid, Manchester United, Arsenal, Porto, Benfica

Pot 2: Atletico Madrid, Shakhtar Donetsk, AC Milan, Schalke, Marseille, CSKA Moscow, Paris St-Germain, Juventus

Pot 3: Zenit St Petersburg, Manchester City, Ajax, Borussia Dortmund, Basel, Olympiakos, Galatasaray, Bayer Leverkusen

Pot 4: Copenhagen, Napoli, Anderlecht, Celtic, Steaua Bucharest, Viktoria Plzen, Real Sociedad, Austria Vienna

Pot 1 represents the strongest set of teams with holders Bayern leading the ranking, while Arsenal once again remain the only non-Champions League winner in the top tier. Pot 2 also has some big names with French champions PSG, Serie A winners Juventus and Champions League giants Milan placed there. 2012/13 Premier League champions City and last season's European finalists Dortmund are in Pot 3, while Napoli and Celtic find themselves in the bottom tier.

The first set matches will take place on September 17/18, while the last set of group stage fixtures is scheduled for December 10/11. Benfica's Estadio da Luz will stage the final on May 24.



Possible Group Stage Draws for British Clubs


For United / Chelsea / Arsenal

Best cases: 1) Marseille, Basel, Copenhagen or 2) Schalke, Olympiakos, Austria Vienna

Worst cases: 1) PSG, Dortmund, Napoli or 2) Juventus, Galatasaray, Sociedad


For Manchester City

Best cases: 1) Benfica, Marseille, Copenhagen or 2) Porto, Schalke, Austria Vienna

Worst cases: 1) Bayern, PSG, Napoli or 2) Barcelona, Juventus, Sociedad


For Celtic

Best cases: 1) Benfica, Marseille, Basel or 2) Porto, Schalke, Olympiakos

Worst cases: 1) Bayern, PSG, Dortmund or 2) Madrid, Juventus, Ajax


http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/502198/20130829/champions-league-draw-watch-live-stream-online.htm

Arsenal is winning this champions league. Nothing is impossible with God. Like if you believe..

Arsenal should not be seeded.

United 4 lyf.
Arsenal sef dey Big men Pot

We are waiting

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heheh...lest i forget, first to comment *winks*

I want Chelsea,Barcelonia,Bayern Munich and Galatasary in the same group pls

moscobabs: I want Chelsea,Barcelonia,Bayern Munich and Galatasary in the same group pls

FYM

gr8eminent: heheh...lest i forget, first to comment *winks*

I am the ashiwaju na. Hehe

We all know arsenal is not winning dis cup,as for me,All i want is for ASUU to call off dis strike,if dey dont,i will keep on spitting on their HEADS


*COUGHS out YELLOW MUCOR & spits it on both ASUU & FG head*

so explain dis shi*t

damosky12: Arsenal is winning this champions league. Nothing is impossible with God. Like if you believe..

Joseph the biblical dreamer..

passing thru... first to comment sha [color=#000099][/color]

Pot 5-liverpool.....

gr8eminent: heheh...lest i forget, first to comment *winks*

heheh...you must be a learner *winks*

Repin the Bavarians!




FC HOLLYWOOD till I D I E

I wish all EPL teams the best and all Bundesliga team the worst. As for La Liga, I don't really give a damn.

damosky12: Arsenal is winning this champions league. Nothing is impossible with God. Like if you believe..

wake up!! And stop the Dream man!!

COYG!
we will get a good draw

moscobabs: I want Chelsea,Barcelonia,Bayern Munich and Galatasary in the same group pls

Chelsea, Barca and Bayern are all in Pot 1, hence they can't be in the same group. Also, teams from the same association (country) cannot be grouped together.

adepoju is: Pot 5-liverpool.....

lol

FrostyZonn: I wish all EPL teams the best and all Bundesliga team the worst. As for La Liga, I don't really give a damn.

you mean you wish all Epl clubs meet the best clubs?

Oh that's good.

damosky12: Arsenal is winning this champions league. Nothing is impossible with God. Like if you believe..

this post should be hidden

A Man united fan use to tell me....
What do an ARSENAL fan do after winning the CHAMPIONs LEAGUE?
_________"Switch off the play station and go to bed"!
I laughed!!
I told him, if God will judge human being according to the club you support,
All my fellow ARSENAL, including ARSENE WENGER will be the
1st to enter HEAVEN because we are so full of" patience"
For an arsenal fan to stay 8year without trophy yet he or she is still
Supporting the club, my brother e no easy
So, this season___ things aint gone be the same as before


So help me hit the LIKE button it u think ARSENAL will win the
UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

15:59 BST
Now, if you think there is a flaw in that system, for example if
you can't understand why Arsenal are a Pot 1 seed when
they haven't won anything for ages, you may well agree with
Peter Staunton. Here he argues that Uefa must overhaul the
ludicrous Champions League draw - and offers a potential
alternative .
source : goal.com

Ribery for European best.

Lordave: you mean you wish all Epl clubs meet the best clubs?

Oh that's good.

Lol, word twister!

No, I meant the opposite.

Now, that would be the ideal Champions league, the way it's suppose to be anyway.

The Draw has begun