Lionel Messi, que também foi eleito o melhor avançado, marcou o segundo golo do "Barça" na final com o Manchester United (2-0 em Roma) e foi o melhor marcador da competição (nove golos).

Por seu lado, o internacional espanhol Xavi, também do FC Barcelona, foi eleito o melhor médio, o inglês John Terry (Chelsea) o melhor defesa e o holandês Edwin van der Sar (Manchester United) o melhor guarda-redes.

A União Europeia de Futebol (UEFA) aproveitou ainda a cerimónia do sorteio da fase de grupos da Liga dos Campeões para entregar o prémio carreira ao defesa italiano Paolo Maldini (AC Milan), que se retirou no final de 2008/2009.

Os ex-internacionais lusos Vítor Baía, actual director das relações internacionais do FC Porto e campeão europeu pelos portistas em 2003/2004, e Figo, vencedor da prova pelo Real Madrid em 2001/2002, entregaram os prémios a Van der Sar e Xavi, respectivamente.

Lusa

O antigo guarda-redes português Vítor Baía participou no "chat" para responder aos utilizadores do uefa.com, em directo, a partir as 13h00 (de Portugal Continental) desta quinta-feira. Aqui está o que se falou.

11:45 - Moderator 

Former Portugal goalkeeper Vítor Baía will be chatting live with uefa.com users from 14.35CET today. Send your questions now.

14:37 - Vítor Baía 

Hello everyone, nice to chat with you today and looking forward to all your questions. Sorry for the slight delay. OK, let's get started...

14:37 - fred1 

Lucho and Lisandro made a terrific impression in the champions league last season. Of all Porto's newcomers this summer, who should we look out for this season and why?

14:38 - Vítor Baía 

We have now Falcao, the striker, and also a new left-back, Alvar Pereira, also a good player. In midfield, we have Belucci, formerly of Olympiacos. They have the same qualities of Lisandro and Lucho, both fantastic players.

14:39 - George 

Why didnt qualify Sporting Lisbon for Champions League groups? What did miss at the portuguese players?

14:39 - Vítor Baía 

It's not a good result for Portuguese football, although they are now involved in the UEFA Europa League. Life goes on!

14:39 - lusoafrica 

Hi Vitor ,

U've had a great career with many highlights . What do you think was the main highlights of your career ?

14:41 - Vítor Baía 

In 2003, at FC Porto, winning the UEFA Cup versus Celtic - this was my first European title with the club. We then went on to win the UEFA Champions League, an amazing achievement for our club - a wonderful memory. For Portugal, playing at all EUROs and World Cups provide great memories, especially EURO 2000 at Holland/Belgium where we went to the semi-final.

14:41 - bsousa 

what do you miss the most from your footballers life?

14:42 - Vítor Baía 

I miss the big games both UEFA Champions League and also for Portugal. Great atmosphere and big pressure - that's what I miss the most.

14:42 - Quochung 

How do you think about new Portugese star - Cris Ronaldo?

14:43 - Vítor Baía 

One of the best players of the world. For me, THE best. As a Portuguese person, we are very proud of him. Real Madrid will be different for him in terms of pressure. But he is strong and I think he will be a big success there.

14:44 - grubby 

with portugal struggling to qualify and team like australia currently ranked above portugal, do you think it's time for a serious rethink of national team operations?

14:45 - Vítor Baía 

I actually think we are going in the right direction. Carlos Queiroz has been closely involved in reorganising the national team at all levels. The results are not being seen yet, but I think in the future all our national teams will show a better balance - and better results.

14:45 - mad66mix 

What is in your opinion the best Goalkeeper in the world today and what will be the next revelation regarding goalkeeping  for the next years?

Obrigado

14:46 - Vítor Baía 

The goalkeeper role has changed the most in the past years given all the rule changes and we need to adapt to all of this. It's hard to say who is the best - there are three or four at the top. Cech, Casillas, Van der Sar and Buffon are in that top echelon.

14:46 - red21 

do you think that Porto can make progress this year and go until the semifinals or the final of UCL?

14:47 - Vítor Baía 

First, we want to get past the group stage, that's the first challenge. Then when you get to the knockout stage, anything can happen, and we can be very strong in those type of game. We fear the group stage probably more than the knockout phase, to be honest.

14:48 - Filipe_Moreira 

You played at Estádio das Antas and Estádio do Dragão. What atmosphere do you prefer?

14:49 - Vítor Baía 

Das Antas was an old stadium and conditions/facilities there were not great. Now, the new stadium is beautiful and with brilliant facilities for the fans and players and anyone who visits will realise that it is one of the most beautiful stadiums in Europe.

14:50 - FCP1973 

Hello Vitor. What was Mourinho like as a coach?

14:51 - Vítor Baía 

He is very organised, very intelligent. He always protects the group of players in his control - and he knows a lot about football, which is very important. We need to be centralised as a team - starting with the goalkeeper in terms of organisation. He was a perfectionist in that sort of situation. I am not surprised by his development as a coach. He is really fantastic, certainly one of the best.

14:52 - sudip 

Vitor, you were part of the "golden generation" of Portuguese football. Inspite of such promise, you never could manage the lofty heights at the international level. Is that one regret the likes of yourself, Luis Figo, Rui Costa, Fernando Couto and the rest

14:54 - Vítor Baía 

We expected to win a big competition with the national team, but we ended up having problems here or there and we never could really achieve our aim. In 2003, Luiz Felipe Scolari arrived and he never gave me a chance to play for the national team - and he never explained why. I was coming off a great achievement at club level and I never understood why I would miss out on EURO 2004 in my home country.

14:55 - fedonoly 

what are your plans for the future? do you have any ambitions to be a manager?

14:55 - Vítor Baía 

Now I am director of international relations at FC Porto and I want to make a career in this area. We will see what the future brings for me...

14:56 - Paul87 

Hi Vitor ! For me, you was the best goolkeapper ever !

Now who is for you the better potuguese gollkeepper ?

14:58 - Vítor Baía 

We have a problem in that area because we don't train goalkeepers well in the development phase - from a very young age. We have good goalkeepers but nobody at the top level. I hope that someone will come through the ranks in the not too distant future. Ventura, an FC Porto player, who is on loan at Olhanense - he has all the talent to get to that level, but it depends on him.

14:59 - Vítor Baía 

Thanks for all your questions. I hope you continue to love football, appreciate fair play, say no to racism and appreciate the nationality and the origins of all the players. See you in the UEFA Champions League later this season!

O alinhamento para a edição 2009/10 da fase de grupos da UEFA Champions League ficou completo com os cinco vencedores que conquistaram o seu lugar na noite desta quarta-feira.

Caras novas
Os dez vencedores do "play-off" terminado esta semana juntam-se aos 22 clubes com entrada directa no sorteio da fase de grupos que terá lugar no Fórum Grimaldi, no Mónaco, às 16h45 horas portuguesas, evento seguido ao vivo no uefa.com. VfL Wolfsburg, FC Rubin Kazan, AZ Alkmaar, R. Standard de Liège, AFC Unirea Urziceni, Debreceni VSC, APOEL FC e FC Zürich estreiam-se na competição que, este ano, na fase de grupos, contará com representantes de 18 países.

Os rankings
As 32 equipas ficarão divididas em quatro potes, sendo que de cada um destes potes sairão equipas para os oito grupos. No entanto, nenhuma equipa pode defrontar outra do mesmo país. Os rankings são calculados com base no coeficiente da UEFA, com o FC Barcelona, campeão em título, no primeiro lugar, seguido de outros sete clubes no Pote 1. A equipa que mais vezes ergueu este célebre troféu, o Real Madrid CF, encontra-se no segundo pote, juntamente com o FC Porto e os italianos do FC Internazionale Milano e da Juventus, enquanto o Club Atlético de Madrid e a ACF Fiorentina voltam a entrar em acção nesta fase de grupos, uma repetição da última época, na qual atingiram a elite do futebol europeu após longas ausências. Estes dois clubes estão situados no Pote 3. Ao lado do VfL Wolfsburg, campeão alemão, está o Standard, campeão belga, último pote.

O calendário
A primeira jornada ocorre nos dias 15 e 16 de Setembro, prosseguindo as rondas a 20 e 21 de Outubro, 3 e 4 de Novembro, 24 e 25 de Novembro e, para terminar, a 8 e 9 de Dezembro. Os dois primeiros classificados de cada grupo seguem para os oitavos-de-final, cujo sorteio está agendado para 18 de Dezembro, às 11 horas de Portugal Continental, em Nyon. Já os terceiros classificados seguirão para os 16 avos de final da UEFA Europa League.

Pote 1

1 FC Barcelona (ESP, campeão)

2 Chelsea FC (ENG)

3 Liverpool FC (ENG)

4 Manchester United FC (ENG)

5 AC Milan (ITA)

6 Arsenal FC (ENG)

7 Sevilla FC (ESP)

8 FC Bayern München (GER)

Pote 2

9 Olympique Lyonnais (FRA)

10 FC Internazionale Milano (ITA)

11 Real Madrid CF (ESP)

12 PFC CSKA Moskva (RUS)

13 FC Porto (POR)

14 AZ Alkmaar (NED)

15 Juventus (ITA)

16 Rangers FC (SCO)

Pote 3

17 Olympiacos FC (GRE)

18 Olympique de Marseille (FRA)

19 FC Dynamo Kyiv (UKR)

20 VfB Stuttgart (GER)

21 ACF Fiorentina (ITA)

22 Club Atlético de Madrid (ESP)

23 FC Girondins de Bordeaux (FRA)

24 Beşiktaş JK (TUR)

Pote 4

25 VfL Wolfsburg (GER)

26 R. Standard de Liège (BEL)

27 Maccabi Haifa FC (ISR)

28 FC Zürich (SUI)

29 FC Rubin Kazan (RUS)

30 AFC Unirea Urziceni (ROU)

31 APOEL FC (CYP)

32 Debreceni VSC (HUN)

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