Premier League clubs dominate UEFA's seeding for Thursday's Champions League group stage draw in Monaco.

Holders Manchester United are seeded one, Chelsea, last season's runners-up in Moscow, have been seeded two, while five-time winners Liverpool - fresh from their narrow 1-0 aggregate win over Standard Liege on Wednesday - are three.

Arsene Wenger's Arsenal, who thumped FC Twente 6-0 on aggregate during the qualifiers, are seeded five.

A total of 16 teams were granted automatic entry to the group stage, while a further 16 came through the qualifying process.

The 32 teams will be split into four seeding pots, with one from each being placed in the eight qualifying groups during the draw which is scheduled to begin at minight on Thursday (Hong Kong time).

England's quartet of Champions League aspirants are joined in the pot one by Spain's Barcelona, Lyon from France, Jose Mourinho's Inter Milan and Real Madrid.

Notable teams in other seeding pots include Bayern Munich, Roam and Juventus in pot two, Marseille, Zenit St Petersburg and Marseille in three, as well as Fiorentina and Atletico Madrid in four.

Four clubs are making their Champions League debut - UEFA Cup holders Zenit, CFR 1907 Cluj from Romania, Belarussian outfit FC BATE Borisov and Cypriot side Anorthosis.

In all, 17 nations will compete for the Champions League final with the final scheduled for Rome on May 27 next year.

Pot 1 (with seeding)
1 Manchester United
2 Chelsea
3 Liverpool
4 Barcelona
5 Arsenal
6 Lyon
7 Inter Milan
8 Real Madrid

Pot 2
9 Bayern Munich
10 PSV Eindhoven
11 Villarreal
12 Roma
13 FC Porto
14 Werder Bremen
15 Sporting
16 Juventus

Pot 3
17 Marseille
18 Zenit St Petersburg
19 Steaua Bucharest
20 Panathinaikos
21 Bordeaux
22 Cletic
23 FC Basel
24 Fenerbahce

Pot 4
25 Shakhtar Donetsk
26 Fiorentina
27 Atletico Madrid
28 Dynamo Kiev
29 CFR 1907 Cluj
30 Aalborg
31 Anorthosis Famagusta
32 FC Bate Borisov

Matchday One is scheduled for September 16/17.

* Catch the LIVE telecast of the Champions League draw on ESPN - 0000 HKT - 29 August 2008.