From: Champions League Group Stage Draw 2008/2009

[DavidEU 2,023]

Then how do you explain Barcelona and Liverpool in the same group 2 seasons back?

And what happends when Liverpool and Arsenal fail to qualify. That leaves 2 empty spots there.

They wernt. It was in first knock out round.

If Liverpool and Arsenal dont qualify then the 2 top teams from Pot B (Bayern and PSV) go into Pot A , and Twente and Liege would go into Pot C or D.

Here is the full list of pots at the moment.

Pot A

1 Manchester United Eng 107,996 C 1 (TH)

2 Chelsea Eng 124,996 C 1

3 Liverpool Eng 118,996 C Q3

4 Barcelona Spa 117,837 C Q3

5 Arsenal Eng 110,996 C Q3

6 Olympique Lyon Fra 99,380 C 1

7 Internazionale Ita 96,934 C 1

8 Real Madrid Spa 93,837 C 1

Pot B

9 Bayern München Ger 92,078 C 1

10 PSV Net 91,610 C 1

11 Villarreal Spa 90,837 C 1

12 AS Roma Ita 81,934 C 1

13 Porto Por 81,176 C 1

14 Werder Bremen Ger 74,078 C 1

15 Sporting Portugal Por 67,176 C 1

16 Schalke 04 Ger 67,078 C Q3

Pot C

17 Juventus Ita 66,934 C Q3

18 Olympique Marseille Fra 63,380 C Q3

19 Zenit St.Petersburg Rus 60,437 C 1

20 Steaua Bucuresti Rom 59,398 C Q3

21 Panathinaikos Gre 52,525 C Q2

22 Girondins Bordeaux Fra 52,380 C 1

23 Celtic Sco 52,013 C 1

24 Basel Swi 51,993 C Q2

Pot D

25 Olympiakos Piraeus Gre 51,525 C Q3

26 Fenerbahçe Tur 51,469 C Q2

27 Shakhtar Donetsk Ukr 49,932 C Q3

28 Fiorentina Ita 40,934 C Q3

29 Spartak Moscow Rus 40,437 C Q3

30 Levski Sofia Bul 32,644 C Q3

31 Cluj Rom 13,398 C 1

32 Aalborg Den 12,748 C Q2