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The draw for the 2011-12 UEFA Champions League group stage was conducted today in Monaco. Defeding champion Barcelona drew AC Milan, FC BATE Borisov and FC Viktoria PlzeN. Second-place finisher Manchester United drew SL Benfica (POR), FC Basel 1893 (SUI), FC OTelul GalaTi (ROU).
Meanwhile, FC Bayern Munich will play against Manchester City in group play. The city of Munich will host the final on May 19, 2012.
The UEFA Champions League will now enter into the "Group Stage" with Matchday 1 starting on September 13th through 14th.
Matchday 1 : 13-14 September 2011
Matchday 2 : 27-28 September 2011
Matchday 3 : 18-19 October 2011
Matchday 4 : 1-2 November 2011
Matchday 5 : 22-23 November 2011
Matchday 6 : 6-7 December 2011
A Knockout Phase will follow the Group Stage. The Round of 16 will have a draw date of December 16th, 2011, with play beginning in mid-February. The final will be held on May 19th, 2012.
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PRIZE MONEY
As of 2010-11, UEFA awards Euro 2.1 million to each team in the play-offs round. For reaching the group stage, UEFA awards Euro 3.9 million, plus Euro 550,000 per group match played.
A win in the group is awarded Euro 800,000 and a draw is worth Euro 400,000. In addition, UEFA pays teams reaching the first knockout round Euro 3 million, each quarter finalist Euro 3.3 million, Euro 4.2 million for each semi-finalist, Euro 5.6 million for the runners-up and Euro 9 million for the winners.
A large part of the distributed revenue from the UEFA Champions League is linked to the "market pool", the distribution of which is determined by the value of the television market in each country. For the 2010-11 season, Manchester United, which lost in the final, earned nearly Euro 53.2 million in total, compared with the Euro 51.0 million earned by Barcelona, which won the tournament.
FIRST EDITION
Real Madrid won the first five competitions, a consecutive record that still stands today. The first edition of the European Cup took place during the 1955-56 season. 16 teams participated
AC Milan of Italy, AGF Aarhus of Denmark, Anderlecht of Belgium, DjurgArden of Sweden, Gwardia Warszawa of Poland, Hibernian of Scotland, Partizan of Yugoslavia, PSV Eindhoven of the Netherlands, Rapid Wien of Austria, Real Madrid of Spain, Rot-Weiss Essen of West Germany, Saarbrucken of Saar, Servette of Switzerland, Sporting CP of Portugal, Stade Reims of France and Voros Lobogo of Hungary.
The first European Cup match took place on September 4, 1955, which ended in a 3-3 draw between Sporting CP and Partizan.
The first goal in European Cup history was scored by Joao Baptista Martins of Sporting CP.
The inaugural final took place at the Parc des Princes between Stade Reims and Real Madrid.
1957 : First English entry into European Cup (Manchester United)
1967 : Celtic (Scotland) win European Cup
1968 : First English club to win European Cup (Manchester United)
1977 : First European Cup / League double (Liverpool)
1979 : First European Cup / League Cup double (Nottingham Forest)
1981 : Second European Cup / League Cup double (Liverpool)
1982 : European Cup won by English club for record sixth year running (Aston Villa)
1985 : First club to have won all three European trophies (Juventus)
1986 : English clubs banned from European competitions
1991 : English clubs reinstated into European competitions
1995 : Only Champions of certain countries allowed to enter European Cup
1997 League runners-up of favoured countries admitted to European Cup, inaptly named the Champions' League
1999 : Unique treble of European Cup / League / FA Cup (Manchester United). Third placed clubs of favoured countries admitted to European Cup
2008 : First final between two clubs from England (Manchester United and Chelsea)
Manchester United's 1-0 victory over Barcelona in the semi-finals was their 12th consecutive home victory beat Italy's Juventus' 10 victory between 1995-96 and 1997-98 seasons.
The final between Chelsea and Manchester United was the first all-English final in the history and the third ever final between two teams from the same country.
Like 2008-2009, this season was the first season in the competition's history that four teams from the same country reached the quarter-final stage (England's Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester United).
For the first time in Champions League history, Arsenal were eliminated by Liverpool, who were beaten by Chelsea, who were defeated by Manchester United in the final.
Lazio goalkeeper Marco Ballotta became the oldest player to ever play in the Champions League when he was fielded in the match against Real Madrid on 11 December 2007. Aged 43,
Bojan Krkic was the first ever scorer in the Champions League to have been born in the 1990s, when he scored the only goal in Barcelona-s 1-0 quarter-final first leg win against Schalke 04.
All Time top 10 Ranks of the Teams
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