During the ceremony he was awarded Paolo Maldini former AC Milan player by the incumbent president Michael Platini for his great achievements and victories in this competition, Xavi of Barcelona as best player e Lionel Messi of Barcelona as top scorer of the previous season.
After watching a video that retraced the previous season in which Pepe Guardiola's Barcelona triumphed, the draw from the polls that made up the following groups began:
Pool A
Bayern Monaco
Juventus
Bordeaux
Maccabi Haifa
Pool B
Manchester United
CSKA Moscow
Besiktas
Wolfsburg
Pool C
Milan
Real Madrid
Olympique Marseille
Zurich
Pool D
Chelsea
Porto
Atletico Madrid
Apoel
Group E
Liverpool
Olympic Lyon
Fiorentina
Debreceni FC
Pool F
Barcelona
Inter
Dynamo Kyev
FC Rubin Kazan
Pool G
Seville
Rangers
Stuttgart
Unirea Urziceni
Pool H
Arsenal
AZ Alkmaar
Olympiacos FC
Standard Liege
The calendar The first day of the group stage will be played on 15/16 September and the tournament will continue on 29/30 September, 20/21 October, 3/4 November, 24/25 November and 8/9 December. The top two teams from each group will enter the draw for the round of 18 on 12.00 December at XNUMXCET in Nyon. The third-placed teams will instead take part in the round of XNUMX of the UEFA Europa League.
Compound the pairings of the teams
