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The following teams are directly into the group stages of the elite tournament:
- Chelsea
- Manchester City
- Manchester United
- Arsenal
- Real Madrid
- Barcelona
- Valencia
- Borussia Dortmund
- Bayern Munich
- Schalke 04
- Juventus
- AC Milan
- Montpellier
- Paris Saint-Germain
- Porto
- Benfica
- Zenit St. Petersburg
- Shakhtar Donetsk
- Ajax
- Galatasaray
- Olympiacos
- Champions of 2011–12 Danish SuperligaThe playoffs will be played in two groups : Champions and Non-Champions.Five games from the Champions group will be played by winners of the third qualifying round(who were also champions in their league)The other five games from the non-champions group will be played by 4 winners of the third round(who finished as runners up in their league) and will be joined by the following six teams:
- Málaga
- Borussia Mönchengladbach
- Udinese
- Lille
- Braga
- Spartak Moscow
- So a total of 22 teams which have already been decided plus five winners from each of the above mentioned groups i.e. 32 will make it to the Group stages of the UEFA Champions League 2012/13.
Edited by Staff Editor