After beating the mighty Barcelona last season and making Rod Stewart cry with emotion, Celtic have another crack at Barcelona in 2013 as well as AC Milan and Ajax in Group H. No Group is easy in the UEFA Champions League but seeded in Pot 4 means Celtic are going to meet tough opponents and this Group H looks difficult for all four teams. Plenty of Kleenex needed for Rod if Celtic can fire the Scottish passion. Manchester City seeded in Pot 3 were also handed a tough draw, getting to meet Europe’s best team - Bayern Munich. City finished the English league in second place but were pushed down the seedings by Chelsea, winners of the UEFA Europa Cup. The Gunners will kick off away at Marseille, while City travel to Viktoria Plzen. Manchester United and Chelsea, both kick off at home, facing Bayer Leverkusen and Basel respectively. That’s Basel the Giant Killers. Guide to the Champions League draw Pot 1: Bayern Munich (holders), Barcelona, Chelsea, Real Madrid, Manchester United, Arsenal, FC Porto, Benfica Pot 2: Atletico Madrid, Shakhtar Donetsk, AC Milan, Schalke 04, Marseille, CSKA Moscow, Paris Saint-Germain, Juventus Pot 3: Zenit St Petersburg, Manchester City, Ajax, Borussia Dortmund, FC Basel, Olympiakos, Galatasaray, Bayer Leverkusen Pot 4: FC Copenhagen, Napoli, Anderlecht, Celtic, Steaua Bucharest, Viktoria Plzen, Real Sociedad, Austria Vienna How it works Seedings are based on UEFA’s coefficient system, based on results in European competition over the past five years. One team from each of the four pots is drawn into each of the eight groups. Teams from the same country cannot be drawn together at the group stage. The top two teams from each group go through. Here is the full schedule for the 2013 group stage, so that you can mark your diary and get ready for Europe's biggest club competition. THE DRAW Matchday One: 17th September Manchester United v Bayer Leverkusen Real Sociedad v Shakhtar Donetsk Galatasaray v Real Madrid Copenhagen v Juventus Benfica v Anderlecht Olympiakos v Paris Saint-Germain Bayern Munich v CSKA Moscow Viktoria Plzen v Manchester City 18th September Schalke v Steaua Bucharest Chelsea v Basel Marseille v Arsenal Napoli v Borussia Dortmund Austria Wien v Porto Atletico Madrid v Zenit Milan v Celtic Barcelona v Ajax Matchday Two: 1st October Basel v Schalke Steaua Bucharest v Chelsea Borussia Dortmund v Marseille Arsenal v Napoli Zenit v Austria Wien Porto v Atletico Madrid Ajax v Milan Celtic v Barcelona 2nd October Shakhtar Donetsk v Manchester United Bayer Leverkusen v Real Sociedad Juventus v Galatasaray Real Madrid v Copenhagen Paris Saint-Germain v Benfica Anderlecht v Olympiakos Manchester City v Bayern Munich CSKA Moscow v Viktoria Plzen Matchday Three: 22nd October Steaua Bucharest v Basel Schalke v Chelsea Arsenal v Borussia Dortmund Marseille v Napoli Porto v Zenit Austria Wien v Atletico Madrid Celtic v Ajax Milan v Barcelona 23rd October Bayer Leverkusen v Shakhtar Donetsk Manchester United v Real Sociedad Real Madrid v Juventus Galatasaray v Copenhagen Anderlecht v Paris Saint-Germain Benfica v Olympiakos CSKA Moscow v Manchester City Bayern Munich v Viktoria Plzen Matchday Four: 5th November Shakhtar Donetsk v Bayer Leverkusen Real Sociedad v Manchester United Juventus v Real Madrid Copenhagen v Galatasaray Paris Saint-Germain v Anderlecht Olympiakos v Benfica Manchester City v CSKA Moscow Viktoria Plzen v Bayern Munich 6th November Basel v Steaua Bucharest Chelsea v Schalke Borussia Dortmund v Arsenal Napoli v Marseille Zenit v Porto Austria Wien v Atletico Madrid Ajax v Celtic Barcelona v Milan Matchday Five: 26th November Steaua Bucharest v Schalke Basel v Chelsea Arsenal v Marseille Borussia Dortmund v Napoli Porto v Austria Wien Zenit v Atletico Madrid Celtic v Milan Ajax v Barcelona 27th November Bayer Leverkusen v Manchester United Shakhtar Donetsk v Real Sociedad Real Madrid v Galatasaray Juventus v Copenhagen Anderlecht v Benfica Paris Saint-Germain v Olympiakos CSKA Moscow v Bayern Munich Manchester City v Viktoria Plzen Matchday Six: 10th December Manchester United v Shakhtar Donetsk Real Sociedad v Bayer Leverkusen Galatasaray v Juventus Copenhagen v Real Madrid Benfica v Paris Saint-Germain Olympiakos v Anderlecht Bayern Munich v Manchester City CSKA Moscow v Viktoria Plzen 11th December Schalke v Basel Chelsea v Steaua Bucharest Marseille, Borussia Dortmund Napoli v Arsenal Austria Wien v Zenit Atletico Madrid v Porto Milan v Ajax Barcelona v Celtic |
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