Clubs await 07/08 Champions League draw
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Date: Thursday, 30 August 2007 - (Friday, 31 August)
UCL Group Phase Draw & European Club Football Awards.
Time: 12:00 am - Sportscenter Special - Channel 23 - (Live)
The draw for the Champions League group stages takes place on Thursday at 1700 BST with Celtic and Arsenal hoping to make it six British teams among the 32. Celtic drew 1-1 at Spartak Moscow and will fancy their chances in the home leg, while Arsenal will be confident following a 2-0 win at Sparta Prague.
Liverpool and Rangers booked their passage on Wednesday, joining Chelsea and Manchester United in the hat. Both Sevilla and AEK Athens will be in the draw despite playing next Monday. The second-leg tie between the pair was postponed following the death of the Spanish club's 22-year-old defender Antonio Puerta. Sevilla, who hold a 2-0 lead from the first leg, will be among the group of second seeds while AEK Athens are ranked among one of the bottom seeds.
Uefa general secretary David Taylor told uefa.com: "The draw will take place on Thursday at 1700 BST, as scheduled. "There are additional complications this season related to the tragic and unforeseen circumstances that caused the postponement of the AEK Athens v Sevilla match.
"This means that both clubs will be 'provisionally' entered in this season's competition." Uefa splits the 32 entrants into four pots of eight teams, divided according to their current European ranking. Each group will contain one team from the top seeds, one from the second seeds, one for the third and one from the fourth. -
Yawns, haha whos gona watch?
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I'm not gonna watch. Arsenal went through tho'.
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Champions League Draw
Seedings for UEFA Champions League draw:
Pot 1
AC Milan - Ita
Barcelona - Spa
Liverpool - Eng
Inter Milan - Ita
Arsenal - Eng
Real Madrid - Spa
Chelsea - Eng
Manchester United - Eng
Pot 2
Valencia - Spa
Lyon - Fra
Porto - Por
Sevilla - *Spa
PSV Eindhoven - Hol
Roma - Ita
Benfica - Por
Werder Bremen - Ger
Pot 3
Celtic - Sco
Schalke - Ger
Stuttgart - Ger
Steaua Bucharest - Rom
CSKA Moscow - Rus
Sporting Lisbon - Por
Lazio - Ita
Marseille - Fra
Pot 4
Rangers - Sco
Shakhtar Donetsk - Ukr
Besiktas - Tur
Olympiakos - Gre
Dynamo Kiev - Ukr
Fenerbahce - Tur
AEK Athens - *Gre
Slavia Prague - Cze
Rosenborg - Nor -
I wonder who will be the unlucky ones to get Lyon and Valencia from the Pot 2... And CSKA Moscow or German champion Stuttgart from pot 3... From Pot 4 i think it would be best to avoid Fenerbahce and Dynamo Kiev...
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i would prefer if arsenal got the strong teams in the group stage becos if arsenal got small teams,they tend to lack concentration. but i hope they learnt their lesson already luh.
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English clubs will dominate the pot of top seeds in today's Champions League draw but before the names are drawn out of the hat UEFA are due to announce sweeping changes to the format of the competition. All four English representatives - Manchester United, Chelsea, Liverpool and Arsenal - are set to be among the eight top-seeded clubs which means they will avoid holders AC Milan, Inter Milan, Real Madrid and Barcelona in the group stage of Europe's elite club competition.
But UEFA president Michel Platini is expected to confirm tomorrow the details of his plans to open up the Champions League to wider competition, specifically by giving domestic cup winners an opportunity to make it into the 32-team group phase.
It is understood that his plans would have 16 cup winners from Europe's leading countries in a qualifying competition for four places in the group stage of the Champions League. This qualifying event would be run in parallel to a qualifying competition based on domestic league positions for 12 other places, to join the 16 teams who qualify automatically.
Platini will unveil his proposals to the new Professional Football Strategy Council in Monaco tomorrow. The body is made up of representatives from UEFA, the European leagues, the clubs and the players' unions but is a consultative body so even if - as is likely - there is some fierce opposition from the leagues, they cannot veto the plans.
The ideas will then go forward to UEFA's executive committee meeting in Istanbul on September 27 for a decision. Under the proposals, if as happened in England last season when Chelsea were FA Cup winners and had already qualified automatically then the fourth-placed side - in this case Arsenal - would have to try to qualify through the 'cup route'.
Platini is aware that there is going to be substantial opposition to change but believes his plans are a compromise - the big countries of England, Spain and Italy would keep four qualifying spots but there would be a broader spectrum of clubs both from inside those countries and in the smaller countries of Europe represented in the competition.
Platini's proposals would also see changes in Scotland with the champions and cup winners given qualifying places rather than the top two in the league. -
The draw is live now.
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pls update us kennyOriginally posted by omgukilledkenny:The draw is live now. 
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so far...
Group A
LIVERPOOL
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Group B
CHELSEA
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Group C
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Group D
AC MILAN
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Group E
BARCELONA
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Group F
MANCHESTER UNITED
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Group G
INTER MILAN
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Group H
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Thanks kenny...
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Group A
LIVERPOOL
Porto
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Group B
CHELSEA
Valencia
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Group C
REAL MADRID
Werder Bremen
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Group D
AC MILAN
Benfica
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Group E
BARCELONA
Lyon
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Group F
MANCHESTER UNITED
Roma
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Group G
INTER MILAN
PSV Eindhoven
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Group H
ARSENAL
Sevilla/AEK Athens
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club defender of the year : paolo maldini
club midfielder of the year: clarence seedorf -
Woo... Man U vs Roma again...
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Group A
LIVERPOOL
Porto
Marseille
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Group B
CHELSEA
Valencia
Schalke 04
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Group C
REAL MADRID
Werder Bremen
Lazio
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Group D
AC MILAN
Benfica
Celtic
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Group E
BARCELONA
Lyon
Stuttgart
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Group F
MANCHESTER UNITED
Roma
Sporting Lisbon
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Group G
INTER MILAN
PSV Eindhoven
CSKA Moscow
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Group H
ARSENAL
Sevilla/AEK Athens
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Wow... Group E must be the Group of death...
Barcelona - Spa
Lyon - Fra
Stuttgart - Ger
Spanish Champion, French Champion and German Champion... Will complete it with Dynamo Kiev - Ukr or Fenerbahce - Tur... -
Originally posted by zocoss:
Yea! I see strong teams in the group.
Wow... [b]Group E must be the Group of death...
Barcelona - Spa
Lyon - Fra
Stuttgart - Ger [/b] But Stuttgart seems to be slipping off at the moment...
Cheers.
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pool inter and arsenal grp more easy
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best forward: kaka
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i think Inter has the easier draws so far.
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Group A
LIVERPOOL
Porto
Marseille
Besiktas
Group B
CHELSEA
Valencia
Schalke 04
Rosenborg
Group C
REAL MADRID
Werder Bremen
Lazio
Olympiakos
Group D
AC MILAN
Benfica
Celtic
Shakhtar Donetsk
Group E
BARCELONA
Lyon
Stuttgart
Rangers
Group F
MANCHESTER UNITED
Roma
Sporting Lisbon
Dynamo Kiev
Group G
INTER MILAN
PSV Eindhoven
CSKA Moscow
Fenerbahce
Group H
ARSENAL
Sevilla/AEK Athens
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barca confirm grp of death. if AEK athens wins sevilla. then arsenal grp damn easy. and inter so lucky
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Rangers must have wished that they change place with Celtic.
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I know although they say the ball is round but... I feel Rangers are as good as gone case...Originally posted by stellazio:Rangers must have wished that they change place with Celtic. -
Kaka crowned the Champions League MVP.