Belorussian champions BATE Borisov completed the pool line-up at the draw in Monte Carlo on Thursday afternoon.

Group D appears not much easier, with Liverpool's Fernando Torres set to return to face his old side Atletico Madrid as well as PSV Eindhoven and Marseille.

Group E will feature an all-British clash as English champions Manchester United were drawn with Scottish league winners Celtic, as well as Spanish runners-up Villarreal and AaB of Denmark.

Euro 2008 winner Cesc Fabregas faces his former Spain boss Luis Aragones when Arsenal take on Fenerbahce in Group G.

Aragones joined the Turkish side after guiding Spain to European Championship glory. Those two sides battle it out with 2004 Champions League winners Porto and Ukraine's Dynamo Kiev.

Group A features a host of runners-up from last-year's competitions.

Chelsea, second in the Champions League, Premier League and English League Cup last season, take on Italian and French league runners-up Roma and Bordeaux, with Romanian side CFR Cluj the only one of the bunch to have won their league last year.

New Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola appears set, on paper at least, to have a relatively simple task in the competition.

The 2006 European champions have been drawn in Group C alongside Sporting Lisbon, Basle and Shakhtar Donetsk.

Jose Mourinho returns to the Champions League with Internazionale in Group B alongside Werder Bremen, Panathinaikos and Anorthosis Famagusta.

Finally French champions Lyon, determined to finally go further than the quarter-finals, first have to get past Bayern Munich, Steaua Bucharest and Fiorentina in Group F.

Champions League Draw

Group A: Chelsea, Roma, Bordeaux, CFR Cluj

Group B: Inter Milan, Werder Bremen, Panathinaikos, Anorthosis Famagusta

Group C: Barcelona, Sporting Lisbon, Basle, Shakhtar Donetsk

Group D: Liverpool, PSV Eindhoven, Marseille, Atletico Madrid

Group E: Manchester United, Villarreal, Celtic, Aalborg

Group F: Lyon, Bayern Munich, Steaua Bucharest, Fiorentina

Group G: Arsenal, Porto, Fenerbahce, Dynamo Kiev

Group H: Real Madrid, Juventus, Zenit St Petersburg, BATE