UEFA held its Champions League draw for its Group Stage on Thursday in Monaco.

Since 99-00, 86 percent of Pot 1 clubs have advanced out of the Group Stage, followed by 63 percent of Pot 2 clubs, 32 percent of Pot 3 and just 21 percent of Pot 4.

Group A
Atlético Madrid
Juventus
Olympiacos
Malmö

Group B
Real Madrid
Basel
Liverpool
Ludogorets

Group C
Benfica
Zenit
Bayer Leverkusen
Monaco

Group D
Arsenal
Dortmund
Galatasaray
Anderlecht

Group E
Bayern Munich
Manchester City
CSKA
Roma

Group F
Barcelona
Paris Saint-Germain
Ajax
APOEL

Group G
Chelsea
Schalke
Sporting
Maribor

Group H
Porto
Donetsk
Athletic Club
Bate

Arsenal has played in the group stages of the Champions League in each of the past 14 seasons and participation generally equates to £20 million in revenue.

Arsenal will play Besiktas in the qualifier.

“It doesn’t affect too much my transfer policy, even if financially it’s a big game, but that’s not the most important thing,” said Arsène Wenger. “We want to compete at the top level and want to fight with the best in Europe. That’s the point of this competition for us, not the financial consequences. We have always in the history at the club adapted to our finances. What’s very important is that you want to play against the best."

Celtic have been reinstated to the Champions League after Legia Warsaw were punished by Uefa for fielding an ineligible player.

Legia won the third qualifying-round tie 6-1 on aggregate but brought on Bartosz Bereszynski for the last four minutes of their 2-0 second-leg victory at Murrayfield, while he was supposed to be serving a suspension following a red card for violent conduct in last season’s Europa League.

Celtic will now play Maribor of Slovenia in the final qualifying round.

Ronny Deila admitted he has sympathy for Legia Warsaw after his side’s dramatic reinstatement. Speaking at the club’s Lennoxtown training complex, Celtic’s new manager said: “It is very strange, I have to say that. First of all I feel very sorry for Legia, and my friends from Norway there.

“It is tough to think of that and now we are in the Champions League. That is what Uefa said, we haven’t been involved in anything. I am a football manager and I have to go with it and now we are preparing for Maribor.”