GROUP PHASE DRAW HOW THEY LINE UP

The year's Champion's League draw and fixtures

Group A

Chelsea

AS Roma

Girondins Bordeaux

CFR Cluj-Napoca

Fixtures

Tue, Sept 16th: Chelsea v Bordeaux, AS Roma v CFR Cluj. Wed, Oct 1st: CFR Cluj v Chelsea, Bordeaux v AS Roma. Wed, Oct 22nd: Bordeaux v CFR Cluj, Chelsea v AS Roma. Tue, Nov 4th: CFR Cluj v Bordeaux, AS Roma v Chelsea. Wed, Nov 26th: Bordeaux v Chelsea, CFR Cluj v AS Roma. Tue, Dec 9th: Chelsea v CFR Cluj, AS Roma v Bordeaux.

Group B

Inter Milan

Werder Bremen

Panathinaikos

Anorthosis Famagusta

Fixtures

Tue, Sept 16th: Panathinaikos v Inter, Bremen v Anorthosis. Wed, Oct 1st: Anorthosis v Panathinaikos, Inter v Bremen. Wed, Oct 22nd: Inter v Anorthosis, Panathinaikos v Bremen. Tue Nov 4th: Anorthosis v Inter, Bremen v Panathinaikos. Wed, Nov 26th: Inter v Panathinaikos, Anorthosis v Bremen. Tue, Dec 9th: Panathinaikos v Anorthosis, Bremen v Inter.

Group C

Barcelona

Sporting Lisbon

FC Basel

Shakhtar Donetsk

Fixtures

Tue, Sept 16th: Basel v Shakhtar, Barcelona v Sporting. Wed, Oct 1st: Sporting v Basel, Shakhtar v Barcelona. Wed, Oct 22nd: Shakhtar v Sporting, Basel v Barcelona. Tue, Nov 4th: Sporting v Shakhtar, Barcelona v Basel. Wed, Nov 26th: Shakhtar v Basel, Sporting v Barcelona. Tue, Dec 9th: Basel v Sporting, Barcelona v Shakhtar.

Group D

Liverpool

PSV Eindhoven

Olympique Marseille

Atletico Madrid

Fixtures

Tue, Sept 16th: PSV v Atletico Madrid, Marseille v Liverpool. Wed Oct 1st: Liverpool v PSV, Atletico Madrid v Marseille. Wed, Oct 22nd: Atletico Madrid v Liverpool, PSV v Marseille. Tue, Nov 4th: Liverpool v Atletico Madrid, Marseille v PSV. Wed, Nov 26th: Atletico Madrid v PSV, Liverpool v Marseille. Tue, Dec 9th: PSV v Liverpool, Marseille v Atletico Madrid.x

Group E

Manchester United

Villarreal

Celtic

AaB Aalborg

Fixtures

Wed, Sept 17th: Manchester Utd v Villarreal, Celtic v AaB. Tue, Sept 30th: AaB v Manchester Utd, Villarreal v Celtic. Tue, Oct 21st: Villarreal v AaB, Manchester Utd v Celtic. Wed, Nov 5th: AaB v Villarreal, Celtic v Manchester Utd. Tue, Nov 25th: Villarreal v Manchester United, AaB v Celtic. Wed, Dec 10th: Manchester Utd v AaB, Celtic v Villarreal.

Group F

Olympique Lyon

Bayern Munich

Steaua Bucharest

Fiorentina

Fixtures

Wed, Sept 16th: Steaua v Bayern, Lyon v Fiorentina. Tue, Sept 30th: Fiorentina v Steaua, Bayern v Lyon. Tue, Oct 21st: Bayern v Fiorentina, Steaua v Lyon. Wed, Nov 5th: Fiorentina v Bayern, Lyon v Steaua. Tue, Nov 25th: Bayern v Steaua, Fiorentina v Lyon. Wed, Dec 10th: Steaua v Fiorentina, Lyon v Bayern.

Group G

Arsenal

Porto

Fenerbahce

Dynamo Kiev

Fixtures

Wed, Sept 17th: Porto v Fenerbahce, Dynamo Kiev v Arsenal. Tue, Sept 30th: Arsenal v Porto, Fenerbahce v Dynamo Kiev. Tue, Oct 21st: Fenerbahce v Arsenal, Porto v Dynamo Kiev. Wed, Nov 5th: Arsenal v Fenerbahce, Dynamo Kiev v Porto. Tue, Nov 25th: Fenerbahce v Porto, Arsenal v Dynamo Kiev. Wed, Dec 10th: Porto v Arsenal, Dynamo Kiev v Fenerbahce.

Group H

Real Madrid

Juventus

Zenit St Petersburg

BATE Borisov

Fixtures

Wed, Sept 17th: Juventus v Zenit, Real Madrid v BATE. Tue, Sept 30th: BATE v Juventus, Zenit v Real Madrid. Tue, Oct 21st: Zenit v BATE, Juventus v Real Madrid. Wed, Nov 5th: BATE v Zenit, Real Madrid v Juventus. Tue, Nov 25th: Zenit v Juventus, BATE v Real Madrid. Wed, Dec 10th: Juventus v BATE, Real Madrid v Zenit.

KNOCKOUT STAGES

First knockout round: February 24th, 25th (first legs); March 10th, 11th (second legs). Quarter-finals: April 7th, 8th (first legs); April 14th, 15th (second legs). Semi-finals: April 28th, 29th (first legs); May 5th, 6th (second legs). Final: Rome, Wednesday May 27th, 2009

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