After the final matches of the qualifying series of the UEFA Champions League, UEFA has decided seedings for the draw of the group stage for this year’s competition, which is to be held in Monaco Thursday evening.
Four pots comprising of the 32 teams that made the group stage was made with teams placed in pots according to their performances in UEFA competitions in the last five years.
Last year’s runners up, Borrusia Dortmund found themselves in pot 3 just like last year while Scottish Champions, Celtic who claimed an astonishing victory against Barcelona last year are in pot 4.
Surprisingly in pot 4 are Italian side, Napoli, while Arsenal find themselves in pot 1.
With the draws later today, UEFA have made restrictions barring teams from the same football associations to be drawn in the same group.
Below is the Champions League stage pots for 2013/2014 season:
Pot 1
Bayern Munich
Barcelona
Chelsea
Real Madrid
Manchester United
Arsenal
Porto
Benfica
Pot 2
Atletico Madrid
Shakhtar Donesk
AC Milan
Schalke
Olympique de Marseille
CSKA Moscow
Paris Saint-Germain
Juventus
Pot 3
Zenith St Petersburg
Manchester City
Ajax
Borussia Dortmund
Basel
Olympiakos
Galatasaray
Bayer Leverkusen
Pot 4
Copenhagen
Napoli
Anderlecht
Celtic
Steaua Bucharest
Victoria Plzen
Real Sociedad
Austria Vien
Source: DSG