MONTECARLO - These will be the encounters programmed for Milan in the 2007-2008 Champions League group stage:

Milan-Benfica: 18 september 2007
Celtic Glasgow-Milan: 3 october 2007
Milan-Shakhtar Donetsk: 24 october 2007
Shakhtar Donetsk-Milan: 6 november 2007
Benfica-Milan: 28 november 2007
Milan-Celtic: 4 december 2007

ACMilan.com

The new Champions League puts Milan in front of Celtic again; the Rossoneri will also encounter Lucarelli's Shakhtar and Rui Costa's Benfica - ALL THE GROUPS -

Here are the groups that make up the 2007/2008 Champions League first stage

GROUP A
Liverpool
Porto
Olympique Marseille
Besiktas

GROUP B
Chelsea
Valencia
Schalke 04
Rosenborg

GROUP C
Real Madrid
Werder Bremen
Lazio
Olympiacos

GROUP D
Milan
Benfica
Celtic
Shakhtar Donetsk

GROUP E
Barcelona
Lyon
Stuttgart
Glasgow Rangers

GROUP F
Manchester United
Roma
Sporting Lisbon
Dinamo Kyiv

GROUP G
Inter
Psv Eindhoven
Cska Moscow
Fenerbahce

GROUP H
Arsenal
Sevilla/Aek Atene
Steaua Bucarest
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Residents of Milan and Rome are nervously awaiting the Champions League draw which takes place at 5pm on Thursday afternoon in Monaco.

Lazio ensured that the peninsula’s full complement of four sides made it to the Group stage with a 3-1 away win against Romanian champions Dinamo Bucharest on Tuesday.

No two sides from the same country can meet in this round, but Shakhtar Donetsk’s Cristiano Lucarelli may well be returning to his homeland.

Milan and Inter are top seeds, Roma are in the second pot and Lazio are in the third seeding bracket.

The seedings in full:

Pot One: Milan, Barcelona, Liverpool, Inter, Arsenal, Real Madrid, Chelsea, Manchester United

Pot Two: Valencia, Lyon, Porto, Sevilla / AEK Athens, PSV, Roma, Benfica, Werder Bremen

Pot Three: Celtic, Schalke, Stuttgart, Steaua Bucharest, CSKA Moscow, Sporting Lisbon, Lazio, Marseille

Pot Four: Rangers, Shakhtar Donetsk, Besiktas, O ... Read more »