Champions League - Group Draw

[crodonilson]

Just a marker for all your diaries, 4:30pm is the draw for the Champions League Group Stages. Live on SSN from 3pm with build up and from 4pm on Radio 5 Live Sports Extra.

The draw takes place in Monaco, the home of Casino's and high rollers but the stakes won't be any higher than at the Grand Casino this teatime.



Here are the pot's, looks like there could be some mouthwatering groups drawn together.



Pot one

Barcelona
CHELSEA
LIVERPOOL
MANCHESTER UNITED
AC Milan
ARSENAL
Sevilla
Bayern Munich


Pot Two

Lyon
Inter Milan
Real Madrid
CSKA Moscow
Porto
AZ Alkmaar
Juventus
RANGERS


Pot Three

Olympiakos
Marseille
Dinamo Kiev
Stuttgart
Fiorentina
Atletico Madrid
Bordeaux
Besiktas


Pot Four

Wolfsburg
Standard Liege
Maccabi Haifa
FC Zurich
Rubin Kazan
Unirea Urziceni
APOEL Nicosia
Debrecen


Fixture dates:

15/16 September
29/30 September
20/21 October
3/4 November
24/25 November
8/9 December

 

[The Wizard]

 

[Willow]

 

[countrygull]

Pot 2 is a bit tasty: considering it's Pot 2. (excluding the giants of Scotland of course)

 

[Easy 10]

An hour and a half "build up" to the draw
Sky Sports News really do struggle to fill their afternoon slots don't they.

 

[clippedgull]

Think you will find it's 5pm for the start of the draw, at least that's what the BBC are reporting.

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE GROUP DRAW, Monaco, 1700 BST

 

[Vatican Citys No.2 Keeper]

How does it work that Wolfsburg won the German Bundesliga last season, and yet they are in pot 4 with most of the teams that had to go through the qualifiers , and yet arsenal who went through qualis go into the top pot

 

[Mendoza]

RANGERS = Real Madrid in pot 2
ARSENAL in pot 1. They havent won a trophy in England in 4 years, yet are seeded above Real Madrid, Juventus and Porto who have all won the competition

this is why this competition is a farce

 

[Scampi]

How does it work that Wolfsburg won the German Bundesliga last season, and yet they are in pot 4 with most of the teams that had to go through the qualifiers , and yet arsenal who went through qualis go into the top pot

Think it's to do with the past record of Wolfsburg, added to the overall record of all german teams.

 

[Mellotron]

Pot 4 might as well not turn up. I would bet all the money I have (not that much) that NONE of them will get through the group stages.

 

[Northstander]

How the hell are Real Madrid in Pot 2?

 

[Tooting Gull]

It's a great draw in prospect. Firstly, seven of the eight in Pot Four haven't been it before, which is excellent. Secondly, there is the potential for either a piss-easy group or a group of death for the English teams.

If you got Atletico Madrid and Wolfsburg from Pots 3 and 4, after Inter or Juventus from Pot 2, you wouldn't be happy. Equally, you're loving Rangers or Alkmaar from Pot 2.

 

[Simster]

Yawn. Call me when the second round group stage starts.

 

[SirDouglasLoft]

How are Real Madrid in pot 2, and Sevilla in pot 1

 

[RM-Taylor]

Dream group:

Manchester United
Real Madrid
Besiktas
Wolfsburg

 

[Springal]

We are involved with Sky Sports News online, love the graphs when something 'big' happens, make sure you all lock in ;-)

 

[captainmorganrum]

How are Real Madrid in pot 2, and Sevilla in pot 1

Thanks to their 2 UEFA Cup wins in the last few years Sevilla have the 6th best UEFA coefficient...
UEFA coefficient - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Real Madrid are only 13th

 

[jordanseagull]

 

[New Carpet?]

Cue Man. United to get the easiest draw.

 

[Gazwag]

An hour and a half "build up" to the draw
Sky Sports News really do struggle to fill their afternoon slots don't they.

they have run out of 70's Millwall footage