Champions League Group Stage Draw - How It Will Work

The 32 qualified teams are allocated into eight groups of four teams. Each group will contain a top seed, plus one club each from the second, third and fourth pots. The top two in each group will go through to the knock-out phase. The third-place side will join the knock-out phase of the Europa League. Pot one: Manchester United, Barcelona, Chelsea, Bayern Munich, Arsenal, Real Madrid, Porto, Inter Milan. Pot two: Shakhtar Donetsk, Lyon, Villarreal, AC Milan, Valencia, Marseille, CSKA Moscow, Benfica. Pot three: Zenit St Petersburg, Manchester City, Olympiakos, Ajax, Bayer Leverkusen, Basle, Lille, BATE. Pot four: Borussia Dortmund, Dinamo Zagreb, Napoli, APOEL, Genk, Trabzonspor, Otelul Galati, Viktoria Plzen.