Barca drawn in the Group of Champions

Barça drawn in the Group of Champions

Roger Bogunyà

Barça have been drawn in Group D of the Champions League together with Panathinaikos, FC Copenhagen and Rubin Kazan.

The draw for the group stage of the Champions League was made in Monaco on Thursday afternoon. Although the other three teams may not be that well known to many fans, they all won their respective leagues last season. In fact, Group D is the only group to feature four league champions and Barça fans will remember that Russian champions Rubin Kazan produced a shock win in the Camp Nou at the same stage last season. 

UEFA Club Player awards 
During the draw, the winners of the 2009-10 UEFA Club Players awards were announced. Reigning European champions Inter Milan scooped all four prizes - Julio Cesar (goalkeeper), Maicon (defender), Sneijder (midfielder) and Milito (forward). Milito also took the award for Best Club Player. 


Group A Inter 
W. Bremen 
Tottenham H. 
Twente 

Group B O. Lyon 
Benfica 
Schalke 04 
H. Tel-Aviv 

Group C M. United 
Valencia 
G. Rangers 
Bursaspor 

Group D FC Barcelona 
Panathinaikos 
Copenhagen 
Rubin K. 

Group E Bayern M. 
AS Roma 
Basel 
Cluj 

Group F Chelsea 
O. Marseille 
Sp. Moscow 
Zilina 


Group G AC Milan 
R. Madrid 
Ajax 
Auxerre 

Group H Arsenal 
Shakhtar D. 
Braga 
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