This article refers to an earlier version of the Champions League draw. Go to the latest Champions League draw article.

The draw for the 2009-2010 UEFA Champions League group stages took place today in Monaco. While we wait for Europe’s top-club competition to finally set sail, this a 30 minutes of drama every fan must go through every year, as they silently (or extremelly vocally, it’s a matter of taste) conjure karma in order for their team to get an easy group. Only in never quite works out in the end, does it

Soccerlens covered the event LIVE, giving you the groups as they unfolded. We also got to see the winners of the 2009 UEFA Player of the Year awards.

Full results of the Draw & Awards after the jump.

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UEFA Champions League 2009-10 Group Stage

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. Group A .			. Group B .
	Bayern		Man Utd	Man Utd
	Juventus			CSKA Moskow
	Bordeaux			Besiktas
	Maccabi Haifa			Wolfsburg

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. Group C .			. Group D .
	AC Milan		Chelsea	Chelsea
Real Madrid	Real Madrid		FC Porto	Porto
	Marseille			Atletico Madrid
	FC Zürich			APOEL

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. Group E .			. Group F .
Liverpool	Liverpool		Barcelona	Barcelona
Olympique Lyonnais	Lyon		Inter Milan	Inter Milan
	Fiorentina			Dynamo Kiev
	Debrecen			Rubin Kazan

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. Group G .			. Group H .
	Sevilla		Arsenal	Arsenal
	Rangers			AZ Alkmaar
	Stuttgart			Olympiakos
	Unirea Urziceni			Standard

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UEFA Player of the Year Awards

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Best Goalkeeper: Edwin van der Sar (Man Utd)

Best Defender: John Terry (Chelsea)

Best Midfielder: Xavi Hernández (Barcelona)

Best Forward: Lionel Messi (Barcelona)

Best Club Footballer of the Year: Lionel Messi (Barcelona)

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19:00: This completes the SOCCERLENS LIVEBLOG coverage of the UEFA Champions League 09-10 Group Stage Draw. Many apologies for the slight delay, and thanks for watching! There’s only a few weeks left till it all begins, so be sure to tune back to Soccerlens for all the UCL action!