Champions League Draw 2008-2009 Group A CHELSEA Roma Bordeaux CFR Cluj Group B Inter Milan Werder Bremen Panathinaikos Anorthosis Famagusta Group C Barcelona Sporting Lisbon Basel Shakhtar Donetsk Group D LIVERPOOL PSV Eindhoven Marseille Atletico Madrid Group E MAN UTD Villarreal CELTIC Aalborg Group F Lyon Bayern Munich Steaua Bucharest Fiorentina Group G ARSENAL Porto Fenerbahce Dynamo Kiev Group H Real Madrid Juventus Zenit St Petersburg Bate Borisov Games will be played on the following dates: 16/17 September 30 September/1 October 21/22 October 4/5 November 25/26 November 9/10 December UEFA Champions League holders Manchester United FC will begin their trophy defence in Group E with a home game against Villarreal CF and have also been paired with Celtic FC and Denmark's Aalborg BK after the group stage draw was made at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco on Thursday. Rome target The 32 teams were split into eight sections of four with last season's runners-up Chelsea FC drawn alongside AS Roma, who are hoping to reach the final in their home city, FC Girondins de Bordeaux and Romanian newcomers CFR 1907 Cluj in Group A. UEFA Cup holders FC Zenit St. Petersburg face a tough first foray into the competition after being placed in Group H with Real Madrid CF, Juventus and fellow new boys FC BATE Borisov, the first Belarussian side to qualify for the group stage. BATE, Belarus, Anorthosis, Cyprus, AaB, Denmark, Arsenal, England, Atlético, Spain, Barcelona, Basel, Switzerland, Dynamo Kyiv, Ukraine, Shakhtar, Steaua, Romania, Fenerbahçe, Turkey, Juventus, Italy, Marseille, France, Panathinaikos, Greece, Roma, Celtic, Scotland, CFR, Chelsea, Bayern, Germany, Bordeaux, Internazionale, Porto, Portugal, Zenit, Russia, Man. United, Lyon, PSV, Netherlands, Real Madrid, Sporting, Villarreal, Bremen, Liverpool, Fiorentina