| Pot One | Pot Two | Pot Three | Pot Four | |
| #1 | Manchester United | AC Milan | Zenit St. Petersburg | Lille |
| #2 | FC Barcelona | Olympique Lyon* | Glasgow Rangers* | FC Basel |
| #3 | Chelsea FC | Shaktar Donetsk | AFC Ajax | BATE Borisov* |
| #4 | Bayern Munich* | Valencia CF | Bayern Leverkusen | Borussia Dortmund |
| #5 | Arsenal FC* | SL Benfica* | FC Copenhagen* | SSC Napoli |
| #6 | Real Madrid | Villarreal CF* | Olympiacos | Dinamo Zagreb |
| #7 | FC Porto | CSKA Moscow | Fenerbahce SK | Udinese Calcio* |
| #8 | Inter Milan | Olympique Marseille | Manchester City | Otelul Galati |
| * must pass through qualifying to earn group round place | | |||