A total of 10 teams have joined 22 automatic UEFA Champions League ticket holders. Some of the playoff ties produced exceptional results during the past eight days. Defeating nerves and silencing their critics, Arsenal recorded one of the biggest aggregate wins by beating Turkish giants Fenerbahçe 5-0.
A huge upset was recorded in France and in Spain as Real Sociedad – inspired by former Gunner, Carlos Vela – beat Olympique Lyon 2-0 in each leg. Another stunning result was Celtic’s unbelievable 3-0 win on home soil to overturn a 2-0 loss away to Shakhter Karagandy of Kazakhstan. Like Celtic, Italian powerhouse Milan also avoided agony with a spirited 3-0 win at the San Siro after playing a 1-1 draw away to PSV.
Here is how the 32 teams have been seeded ahead of the 2013/14 UEFA Champions League draw on Thursday, August 29, 2013:
Pot 1
Arsenal (England); Bayern Munich (Germany); Barcelona (Spain); Benfica (Portugal); Chelsea (England); Manchester United (England); Porto (Portugal); Real Madrid (Spain)
Pot 2
Atletico Madrid (Spain); CSKA Moscow (Russia); Juventus (Italy); Marseille (France); Milan (Italy); PSG (France); Schalke 04 (Germany); Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukraine)
Pot 3
Ajax (Netherlands); Basel (Switzerland); Bayer Leverkusen (Germany); Borussia Dortmund (Germany); Galatasaray (Turkey); Manchester City (England); Olympiacos (Greece); Zenit Saint Petersburg (Russia)
Pot 4
Anderlecht (Belgium); Austria Wien (Austria); Celtic (Scotland); Copenhagen (Denmark); Napoli (Italy); Real Sociedad (Spain); Steaua Bucuresti (Romania); Viktoria Plzen (Czech Republic)
During the ceremony, a live vote will be conducted to announce the 2013 UEFA Best Player winner between Lionel Messi, Frank Ribery and Cristiano Ronaldo.
Where to watch the draw – start time, date, live stream, TV channels
LiveSoccerTV has compiled an exclusive TV schedules list made of information for over 80 countries worldwide.
Watch the UEFA Champions League 2013/14 draw live on Thursday, August 29, 2013:
In UK at 16:45 BST on British EuroSport 2, Sky Sports News
In USA at 11:45 ET on TV3 Catalunya, Fox Soccer 2Go, Fox Soccer Plus
Internationally on TV3 Catalunya
In Africa, tune into SuperSpor 3 Africa. In the Middle East, the UCL draw will be telecast live on Al Jazeera Sport +3. Ten HD (India), Eurosport Asia (Malaysia) and Teledeporte (Spain) are some of the other TV channels listed on the Champions League Draw’s page.
During the campaign, meetings for the group stage’s six round of fixtures have been set as follows:
• Matchday 1: September 17-18, 2013
• Matchday 2: October 1-2, 2013
• Matchday 3: October 22-23, 2013
• Matchday 4: November 5-6, 2013
• Matchday 5: November 26-27, 2013
• Matchday 6: December 10-11, 2013
For each round of UEFA Champions League fixtures, LiveSoccerTV will offer accurate TV schedules to its users.
