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Group stage
32 teams will play in the group stage: the 10 winners from the play-off round (5 champions and 5 non-champions), and the following 22 teams which are expected to enter in this stage.


 * Defending champions
 * 🇪🇸 Barcelona
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Manchester United
 * 🇩🇪 Bayern Munich
 * 🇪🇸 Real Madrid


 * Porto
 * 🇪🇸 Valencia
 * 🇩🇪 Borussia Dortmund
 * 🇩🇪 Schalke 04
 * 🇮🇹 Juventus*🇮🇹 Milan
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Manchester City
 * 🇫🇷 Champions of 2011–12 Ligue 1
 * 🇫🇷 Runners-up of 2011–12 Ligue 1
 * Benfica
 * 🇷🇺 Zenit St. Petersburg
 * 🇺🇦 Champions of 2011–12 Ukrainian Premier League
 * Ajax
 * 🇹🇷 Champions of 2011–12 Turkish Süper Lig
 * Olympiacos
 * Champions of 2011–12 Danish Superliga

The 32 teams will be drawn into eight groups of four. The group winners and runners-up will advance to the round of 16, while the third-placed teams will enter the round of 32 of the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League.

Provisional draw seedings

 * Pot 1
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Manchester United
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Arsenal
 * 🇪🇸 Real Madrid
 * 🇪🇸 Barcelona
 * 🇩🇪 Bayern Munich
 * 🇮🇹 Milan
 * Porto


 * Pot 2
 * Benfica
 * 🇷🇺 Zenit St. Petersburg
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Manchester City
 * 🇩🇪 Schalke 04
 * 🇺🇦 Shakhtar Donetsk


 * Pot 3
 * Ajax