The Champions League Group Stage draw is tomorrow Thursday 27th August, 2009 at 5 PM (UK Time) and it will be held in Monaco.
The format of the group stage has not changed since last year so there will be 8 groups of 4 teams each.
Liverpool are in Pot 1 (because we rule!).
The full list of the teams are.
Pot 1
FC Barcelona (ESP, holders)
Chelsea FC (ENG)
Liverpool FC (ENG)
Manchester United FC (ENG)
AC Milan (ITA)
Arsenal FC (ENG)
Sevilla FC (ESP)
FC Bayern München (GER)
Pot 2
Olympique Lyonnais (FRA)
FC Internazionale Milano (ITA)
Real Madrid CF (ESP)
PFC CSKA Moskva (RUS)
FC Porto (POR)
AZ Alkmaar (NED)
Juventus (ITA)
Rangers FC (SCO)
Pot 3
Olympiacos FC (GRE)
Olympique de Marseille (FRA)
FC Dynamo Kyiv (UKR)
VfB Stuttgart (GER)
ACF Fiorentina (ITA)
Club Atlético de Madrid (ESP)
FC Girondins de Bordeaux (FRA)
Besiktas JK (TUR)
Pot 4
VfL Wolfsburg (GER)
R. Standard de Liège (BEL)
Maccabi Haifa FC (ISR)
FC Zürich (SUI)
FC Rubin Kazan (RUS)
AFC Unirea Urziceni (ROU)
APOEL FC (CYP)
Debreceni VSC (HUN)
So…how does this work? Who are we choosing(picking) amongst?
We are Pot 1 so we will have 1 team from each of the other pots in our group.
maybe we’ll get Besiktas again and beat em 9-0 :)
Hope we can get Real Madrid in our group. Teach Alonso a lesson he’ll never forget.