Champions League group stage seedings

Seedings ahead of the Champions League group stage draw (top seeds are placed in Pot 1). The draw takes place in Monte Carlo at 1600 GMT on Thursday.

Pot 1 AC Milan (Italy) Barcelona (Spain) Liverpool (England) Inter Milan (Italy) Arsenal (England) Real Madrid (Spain) Chelsea (England) Manchester United (England).

Pot 2 Valencia (Spain) Olympique Lyon (France) Porto (Portugal) Sevilla (Spain) or AEK Athens (Greece)* PSV Eindhoven (Netherlands) AS Roma (Italy) Benfica (Portugal) Werder Bremen (Germany).

Pot 3 Celtic (Scotland) Schalke 04 (Germany) VfB Stuttgart (Germany) Steaua Bucharest (Romania) Sporting (Portugal) Lazio (Italy) Olympique Marseille (France).

Pot 4 Rangers (Scotland) Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukraine) Besiktas (Turkey) Olympiacos (Greece) Dynamo Kiev (Ukraine) Fenerbahce (Turkey) Slavia Prague (Czech Republic) Rosenborg (Norway) * Sevilla v AEK Athens third round 2nd leg qualification fixture postponed to Monday Sept 3 due to death of Antonio Puerta (Sevilla). Sevilla go into the draw as default team, confirmed by UEFA president Michel Platini.