Thursday 26th August 2004 

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE DRAW TODAY

The Champions League Draw will be made at around 3pm British Time today and the reds are interestingly poised.

Liverpool are seeded 10th, putting them in the second pot.

Arsenal managed to squeeze in to the first pot, and both them and Manchester United will be handed the easier groups.

But the reds could therefore line up alongside FC Porto, the current European Champions, Valencia - Rafael Benitez' previous club, Real Madrid - and meet up with Michael Owen all over again, Barcelona - Luis Garcia's old club or Bayern Munich or Deportivo La Coruna.

It is set to be one of the most difficult Champions League's in years, and Liverpool's group will almost certainly be an extremely difficult one.

Group 1 seeds

Pos. Club: Coeff:
1 FC Porto (POR) Title-holders 99.969
2 Real Madrid CF (ESP) 146.350
3 Valencia CF (ESP) 139.350
4 FC Barcelona (ESP) 134.350
5 Manchester United FC (ENG) 119.511
6 FC Bayern München (GER) 105.331
7 RC Deportivo La Coruña (ESP) 104.350
8 Arsenal FC (ENG) 103.511

Group 2 seeds

Pos: Club: Coeff:
9 AC Milan (ITA) 93.531
10 Liverpool FC (ENG) 90.511
11 Juventus FC (ITA) 84.531
12 FC Internazionale (ITA) 82.531
13 AS Roma (ITA) 78.531
14 Olympique Lyonnais (FRA) 70.947
15 Chelsea FC (ENG) 67.511
16 Panathinaikos FC (GRE) 65.467

Group 3 seeds

Pos: Club: Coeff:
17 PSV Eindhoven (HOL) 65.247
18 Bayer 04 Leverkusen (GER) 62.331
19 Celtic FC (SCO) 60.600
20 AC Sparta Praha (CZE) 54.914
21 AS Monaco FC (FRA) 51.947
22 RSC Anderlecht (BEL) 49.528
23 AFC Ajax (HOL) 48.247
24 Paris Saint-Germain FC (FRA) 45.947

Group 4 seeds

Pos: Club: Coeff:
25 Rosenborg BK (NOR) 42.226
26 FC Dynamo Kyiv (UKR) 41.300
27 Olympiacos CFP (GRE) 40.467
28 SV Werder Bremen (GER) 37.331
29 FC Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR) 17.300
30 Fenerbahçe SK (TUR) 16.656
31 Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC (ISR) 14.012
32 PFC CSKA Moskva (RUS) 8.572

We will have a full review on this website later today.

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