Pep Guardiola will return to former club Barcelona after Manchester City were paired with the Spanish champions in the Champions League group stages.
Guardiola won Europe’s premier club competition twice during a trophy-laden tenure at Camp Nou, thanks to final victories over Manchester United in 2009 and 2011.
He will lead City in Group C after the Premier League side overcame Steaua Bucharest 6-0 on aggregate in their play-off tie.
City were knocked out in the semi-finals last year – their best performance in five attempts – by eventual winners Real Madrid.
Zinedine Zidane’s men will begin their bid for a 12th European title in Group F alongside Bundesliga giants Borussia Dortmund.
Last season’s defeated finalists Atletico Madrid will face German champions Bayern Munich, who they overcame in a thrilling semi-final tie last time around.
GROUP A
Paris St Germain
Arsenal
Basel
Ludogorets
GROUP B
Benfica
Napoli
Dynamo Kiev
Besiktas
GROUP C
Barcelona
Manchester City
Borussia Moenchengladbach
Celtic
GROUP D
Bayern Munich
Atletico Madrid
PSV Eindhoven
Rostov
GROUP E
CSKA Moscow
Bayer Leverkusen
Tottenham Hotspur
Monaco
GROUP F
Real Madrid
Borussia Dortmund
Sporting Lisbon
Legia Warsaw
GROUP G
Leicester City
Porto
Club Bruges
FC Copenhagen
GROUP H
Juventus
Sevilla
Olympique Lyonnais
Dinamo Zagreb
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