2007/2008 Champions League Group Stage Draw
My god, they do waste their (ours, actually) time in making a spectacle out of this mess, don’t they?
The actual process would take less than 10 minutes, but to stretch it out to it’s current form of madness - ridiculous. Luckily (or unluckily, I’m not sure), I was only able to follow through the audio feed, which got stuck a few times in the middle but gave me the unadulterated joy of … well, it was just as painful as watching it on TV, I assure you).
I did like the music that play as they showed the shortlisted players for the different awards - probably because I couldn’t see anything 
The Champions League 07/08 Draw
Group A
Liverpool
FC Porto
Marseille
Besiktas
Group B
Chelsea
Valencia
Schalke
Rosenborg
Group C
Real Madrid
Werder Bremen
Lazio
Olympiakos
Group D
AC Milan
Benfica
Celtic
Shakhtar Donetsk
Group E
Barcelona
Lyon
Stuttgart
Rangers
Group F
Manchester United
Roma
Sporting Lisbon
Dinamo Kiev
Group G
Inter Milan
PSV Eindhoven
CSKA Moscow
Fenerbache
Group H
Arsenal
Sevilla
Steaua Bucharest
Slavia Prague
UEFA Player of the Year Awards
Goalkeeper: Petr Cech (Chelsea)
Defender: Paolo Maldini (AC Milan)
Midfielder: Clarence Seedorf (AC Milan)
Striker: Kaka (AC Milan)
Player of the Year: Kaka (AC Milan)
Club Seedings
Pot 1: AC Milan, Barcelona, Liverpool, Inter Milan, Arsenal, Real Madrid, Chelsea, Manchester United
Pot 2: Valencia, Lyon, Porto, Sevilla / AEK Athens, Roma, Benfica, Werder Bremen
Pot 3: Celtic, Schalke, Stuttgart, Steaua Bucharest, CSKA Moscow, Sporting Lisbon, Lazio, Marseille
Pot 4: Rangers, Shakhtar Donetsk, Besiktas, Olympiakos, Dynamo Kiev, Fenerbache, Slavia Prague, Rosenborg
So there you go.
Click here for a full list of 07/08 Champions League fixture dates.
AC Milan’s last group game will be on 4 December instead of 11/12 December due to their participation in the FIFA Club World Cup.
The final will be played in Moscow on 21 May. Will you be there?
- Chelsea saving Ballack for the winter
- Chelsea and Barcelona drawn together in Champions League Group A
- Champions League 07/08 Group B Preview: Chelsea, Valencia, Schalke 04, Rosenborg
- Champions League 07/08 Group E Preview: Barcelona, Lyon, Stuttgart, Rangers
- Champions League 07/08 Group G Preview: Inter Milan, PSV Eindhoven, CSKA Moscow, Fenerbahce
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SEEDORF FOR MIDFIELDER OF THE YEAR
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hey mate..you might want to join me in discussing Man Utd prob in Ole’s retirement may be a blessing in disguise…to inform you of what is going on one fellow called KAZA labelled SAF PIG HEAD
we’ve got sporting …… hope NANI playz in one of the ties against Lisbon
You can watch the draw live on the uefa.com website, btw, if anyone is as impatient as I am.
Man Utd vs Roma - 7-1 defeat will be in their minds.
Man Utd vs SL - Nani/Ronaldo return home
Interesting draw!
FINALLY WE HAVE KYIV….NOT BAD OUR GROUP..SOME INTERESTING FOOTBALL
very easy!!!
but i think united is easier. Poor Ranger lmao 
arsenal have the easy group.
chelsea rule
barca have the best group
wheres the confirmed individual fixture dates?????
I,ve never been to an away match…
1.when does the fixture list come out?
2.is it true that airlines and hotels get the fixture list first then bump the prices
3.or it a race to the website to book your place,
4. do you think my wife wud leave me if she found out i was booking the citybreak for our anniversary on the same date as the first leg?
Thanks for the info ahmed.
vishnurajanb,
i dont think seedorf as midfieldr of the year is a bad idea at all..
altho how cech got the goalie award i dunno, remember those penalties he couldnt save against liverpool? cech isnt all that good u know….reina could hv gotten the award
nd since when is kaka a STRIKER???
Liverpool’s group doesn’t look too bad though i’m not liking the thought of Cisse playing against us he’s bound to have a good game for a change!
Of all the groups Rangers have got the hardest test, though its probably not too surprising as they were in the fourth pot. I think all the English teams have a very good chance of qualify and i think Celtic have a good chance
Michael:
1. Looks to be out already, try your club website.
2. Yes, the joys of the free market economy.
3. Get in early but it’s not too bad.
4. No but she may beat you!
P.S. Rangers are screwed.
the groups are what most expected, we can safely say that all 4 english teams progressing to the latter stages, can someone explain to me what position Kaka plays, I thought he was a midfielder, or does he play just behind the striker, for some reason I had him down as a midfielder, and seedorf to take best midfielder is a fucking joke, he goes missing for most matches and if they wanted to give it to another unjust case it would have had to be gattuso, I think neither of them dererved that award, pirlo or gerrard or lampard dererved that award, and maldini for fuck sake, Terry was by far the best defender and i dont support chelsea, UEFA are a bunch of clowns, some dick thought that the letter F was an E, says it all idiots.
I can’t wait for the Barcelona vs Lyon matches, Arsenal really shouldn’t have a problem getting through that group, in fact they really should win it
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Of all the english teams, chelsea has the toughest group.
gerry:::
Kaka’s preffered position is midfield but he has been filling in the forward role for Milan this season
We have to remember what the Prize is called UEFA (MID/DEF/FOR) of the year not best (MID/DEF/FOR) if it was best then Lampard, Gerrard or Pirlo should have won but it isnt that!!
My thought on who i think should have won the prizes
GK:Reina (Uefa picked the best goal keeper not the one who played the best in the CL i think Reina deserved it)
DEF:Maldini is about right
MID:Gattuso (he played so well in the CL really shocked he didn’t win)
FOR:Kaka (obviously
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Suprisingly all these players ive picked all played shite in the final
[…] Rosenborg and Schalke are hardly going to provide tough unsurmountable opposition, while Chelsea’s toughest game of the group stages, the away game against Valencia on Matchday 2 (October 3rd), comes 10 days before Ballack is expected to be fit for a bit-part role in Germany’s Euro 2008 qualifier (see 07/08 CL fixtures list and 07/08 group stage CL draw). […]
in my own view i think the teams to watch out for this season: manutd n liverpool. united coz they made some wonderful signings, liverpool they simply began the season on very well!
It is difficult to predect about the UNITED group who willbe qaulify to the knock out stage.
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I think Arsenal muct go through to the knock out stages, but Sevilla are the only team in their group that poses a real threat to their hopes of winning the group, even though they should win the group anyway.
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I am a arsenal fan and i think that the best and important match is with sevilla . and we will have a re match v.s barcelona.
rangers are the best ya couple of fannies