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