Champions League Draw 2008-2009
Group A
CHELSEA
Roma
Bordeaux
CFR Cluj
Group B
Inter Milan
Werder Bremen
Panathinaikos
Anorthosis Famagusta
Group C
Barcelona
Sporting Lisbon
Basel
Shakhtar Donetsk
Group D
LIVERPOOL
PSV Eindhoven
Marseille
Atletico Madrid
Group E
MAN UTD
Villarreal
CELTIC
Aalborg
Group F
Lyon
Bayern Munich
Steaua Bucharest
Fiorentina
Group G
ARSENAL
Porto
Fenerbahce
Dynamo Kiev
Group H
Real Madrid
Juventus
Zenit St Petersburg
Bate Borisov
Games will be played on the following dates:
16/17 September
30 September/1 October
21/22 October
4/5 November
25/26 November
9/10 December
UEFA Champions League holders Manchester United FC will begin their trophy defence in Group E with a home game against Villarreal CF and have also been paired with Celtic FC and Denmark’s Aalborg BK after the group stage draw was made at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco on Thursday.
Rome target
The 32 teams were split into eight sections of four with last season’s runners-up Chelsea FC drawn alongside AS Roma, who are hoping to reach the final in their home city, FC Girondins de Bordeaux and Romanian newcomers CFR 1907 Cluj in Group A. UEFA Cup holders FC Zenit St. Petersburg face a tough first foray into the competition after being placed in Group H with Real Madrid CF, Juventus and fellow new boys FC BATE Borisov, the first Belarussian side to qualify for the group stage.
BATE, Belarus, Anorthosis, Cyprus, AaB, Denmark, Arsenal, England, Atlético, Spain, Barcelona, Basel, Switzerland, Dynamo Kyiv, Ukraine, Shakhtar, Steaua, Romania, Fenerbahçe, Turkey, Juventus, Italy, Marseille, France, Panathinaikos, Greece, Roma, Celtic, Scotland, CFR, Chelsea, Bayern, Germany, Bordeaux, Internazionale, Porto, Portugal, Zenit, Russia, Man. United, Lyon, PSV, Netherlands, Real Madrid, Sporting, Villarreal, Bremen, Liverpool, Fiorentina
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