There are 32 teams that will compete in group stages and they are divided into eight groups. For the group division, teams will be placed in pots each with a customized on UEFA coefficients.
The team that occupies the highest coefficient occupies a pot or pots seed, and continues until the pot is four.
Also there are a number of rules. Teams that are in a state association can not be placed in the same group.
pot 1 pot 2
1-Manchester United 1-AC Milan
2-Barcelona 2-Olympique Lyonnais
3-Chelsea 3-Shakhtar Donetsk
4-Bayern Munich 4-Valencia
5-Arsenal 5-Benfica
6-Real Madrid 6-Villarreal
7-Port 7-CSKA Moscow
8-Marseille 8-Inter
Pot 3 Pot 4
1-Zenit St Petersburg 1-Borussia Dortmund
2-Ajax 2-Napoli
3-Bayer Leverkusen 3-Dinamo Zagreb
4-Olympiakos 4-APOEL Nicosia
5-Manchester City 5-Trabzonspor *
6-RKC Genk 6-Lille
7-FC Basel 7-Viktoria Plzen
8-BATE Borisov 8-Otelul Galati
What Can Happen?
* Hell Group: In Milan are in pot 2, Manchester City in pot 3 and the German champions Borussia Dortmund in pot four, not three teams might not be in a group with the seed in pot 1.
* Past Rivalry: Ajax and Real Madrid could be said as the team most often met in the European scene, including last season. Chelsea and Porto, too. And with each of these teams are in different pots, very likely will bring up the rivalry of the past ....
* Repeated Meeting: It is possible rematch of last season's game. Real Madrid could also come back to meet Olympique Lyon, and the results may be otherwise. Arsenal and Shakhtar Donetsk also allows going back, was also Milan and Manchester United ...
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