The Draw for the UEFA Champions league group stage was held in Monaco yesterday 30th August 2012. The 32 teams were allocated into four pots based on their 2012 UEFA club coefficients, with the title holders, Chelsea, being placed in Pot 1 automatically. They were drawn into eight groups of four, with the restriction that teams from the same association cannot be drawn against each other.
In each group, teams will play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The matchdays will be 18–19 September, 2–3 October, 23–24 October, 6–7 November, 20–21 November, and 4–5 December 2012. The group winners and runners-up will advance to the round of 16, while the third-placed teams will enter the round of 32 of the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League.
A total of 17 national associations are represented in the group stage. Montpellier, Nordsjælland and Málaga are set to make their debut appearances in the group stages.
The final will be held at Wembley Stadium in London.
Below is the complete list of the 2012 – 2013 groupings.
The Champions League group stage draw in full:
GROUP A
PORTO
DINAMO KIEV
PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN
DINAMO ZAGREB
GROUP B
ARSENAL
SCHALKE
OLYMPIAKOS
MONTPELLIER
GROUP C
AC MILAN
ZENIT
ANDERLECHT
MALAGA
GROUP D
REAL MADRID
MANCHESTER CITY
AJAX
BORUSSIA DORTMUND
GROUP E
CHELSEA
SHAKHTAR DONETSK
JUVENTUS
NORDSJAELLAND
GROUP F
BAYERN MUNICH
VALENCIA
LILLE
BATE BORISOV
GROUP G
BARCELONA
BENFICA
SPARTAK MOSCOW
CELTIC
GROUP H
MANCHESTER UNITED
BRAGA
GALATASARAY
CLUJ
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