UEFA Champions League Draw LIVE!

The 2012/13 UEFA Champions League group stage will feature a diverse spread of clubs including 12 previous winners of Europe's premier club competition as well as three teams that have yet to make their debut in the competition's group stage before.

According to UEFA, the 32 entrants have been split into four seeding pots (based on club coefficients), with each of the groups to contain one team from each tier.

The rules state that no club can meet a team from their own association (the draw procedure will be explained during the ceremony).

The results:

Group A:

Porto

Dynamo Kiev

Paris St Germain

Dinamo Zagreb

Group B:

Arsenal

Schalke

Olympiacos

Montpellier

Group C:

AC Milan

Zenit St Petersburg

Anderlecht

Malaga

Group D:

Real Madrid

Man City

Ajax

Borussia Dortmund

Group E:

Chelsea

Shakhtar Donetsk

Juventus

FC Nordsjaelland

Group F:

Bayern Munich

Valencia

Lille

BATE Borisov

Group G:

Barcelona

Benfica

Spartak Moscow

Celtic

Group H:

Man Utd

Braga

Galatasaray

CFR Cluj

Thursday's gala event in Monaco will also include the presentation of the UEFA Best Player in Europe Award.

Pot 1

Chelsea (England)
Barcelona (Spain)
Manchester United (England)
Bayern Munich (Germany)
Real Madrid (Spain)
Arsenal (England)
Porto (Portugal)
AC Milan (Italy)

Pot 2

Valencia (Spain)
Benfica (Portugal)
Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukraine)
Zenit (Russia)
Schalke (Germany)
Manchester City (England)
Braga (Portugal)
Dynamo Kyiv (Ukraine)

Pot 3

Olympiacos (Greece)
Ajax (Netherlands)
Anderlecht (Belgium)
Juventus (Italy)
Spartak Moscow (Russia)
PSG (France)
Lille (France)
Galatasaray (Turkey)

Pot 4

Celtic (Scotland)
Dortmund (Germany)
BATE (Belarus)
Dinamo Zagreb (Croatia)
CFR Cluj (Romania)
Malaga (Spain)
Montpellier (France)
Nordsjælland (Denmark)