Liverpool are ranked third out of the European clubs and are in the first pot in today's Champions League draw which takes place at 5pm.
After tonight's final games in the Champions League qualifiers the 32 teams confirmed to enter the group stages are as follows: (Chelsea just sneaking in to the top seeded group)
The number following each club is their European coefficient (or 'score' based on performance in the competition over the last 5 seasons). The letters refer to the country and the club's final league position except AC Milan who qualify as Title Holders.
Seeded First:
AC Milan 133.808 TH
FC Barcelona 119.374 ESP2
Liverpool FC 112.618 ENG3
FC Internazionale Milano 107.808 ITA1
Arsenal FC 104.618 ENG4
Real Madrid CF 104.374 ESP1
Manchester United 99.618 ENG1
Chelsea FC 99.618 ENG2
Seeded Second:
Valencia CF 99.374 ESP4
Olympique Lyonnais 95.706 FRA1
FC Porto 89.107 POR1
Sevilla FC / AEK Athens * 87.374 ESP3
PSV Eindhoven 81.995 NED1
AS Roma 78.808 ITA2
SL Benfica 67.107 POR3
Werder Bremen 63.64 GER3
Seeded Third:
Celtic FC 62.064 SCO1
FC Schalke 04 60.64 GER2
VfB Stuttgart 58.64 GER1
FC Steaua Bucuresti 55.255 ROU2
PFC CSKA Moskva 53.92 RUS1
Sporting Clube de Portugal 52.107 POR2
S.S. Lazio 51.808 ITA3
Olympique de Marseille 51.706 FRA2
Seeded Fourth:
Rangers FC 47.064 SCO2
Shakhtar Donetsk 44.726 UKR2
Besiktas JK 43.791 TUR2
Olympiacos CFP 42.415 GRE1
FC Dynamo Kyiv 38.726 UKR1
Fenerbahce 36.791 TUR1
Slavia Prague 32.851 CZE2
Rosenborg BK 31.509 NOR1
(Information from Bert Kassies website)
Eight groups of four sides and Liverpool can't face any of the other English sides.
I want Sevilla (if they get past AEK Athens), Sporting Club and Slavia Prague - great weather for the first two, cheap beer for the last one.
Who do you want? And why?
i doesn’t bother me who we draw because were are Liverpool & can beat any of them!!
I’d have Werder Bremen, CSKA Moscow (early trip to get a taste of the final! :P) and Rangers (got a family full of Celtic fans so it’d be nice to stuff ’em!)
I’d take Sevilla/AEK Athens, CSKA Moscow and Slavia Prague
I’ll take Porto, Marsielle and Rangers