Monaco: Barcelona were handed a favorable start to their title defence with Bayer Leverkusen, Roma and BATE Borisov when the Champions League groups were drawn on Thursday.
Lionel Messi scored five of his Champions League record 77 goals against Leverkusen when Barcelona won 7-1 in a last-16 match in 2012.
Real Madrid were placed in a tougher group with Shakhtar Donetsk and Zlatan Ibrahimovic's current and first clubs, Paris Saint-Germain and Malmo.
Europe's four highest-ranked leagues meet in the group of Juventus, Manchester City, Sevilla and Borussia Moenchengladbach.
Manchester United return after a one-year absence against PSV Eindhoven - the lowest-ranked of the eight top-seeded clubs - plus CSKA Moscow and Wolfsburg.
Chelsea were grouped with coach Jose Mourinho's old club Porto, who he guided to the title in 2004 immediately before starting his first spell at Stamford Bridge. Dynamo Kiev and Maccabi Tel Aviv complete the group.
Mourinho aims to become the first coach to win Europe's premier club title with three different clubs, after Porto and Inter Milan (2010).
Bayern Munich will again face Arsenal, whom they eliminated at the last-16 stage in 2013 and 2014, plus Olympiakos and Dinamo Zagreb.
The trip up to six time zones east to face newcomer Astana in Kazakhstan went to Benfica, Atletico Madrid and Galatasaray.
With UEFA separating Russian and Ukrainian teams in the draw, top-seeded Zenit St. Petersburg was grouped with Valencia, Lyon and Gent. The champion of Belgium is the second club making its debut at the elite level.
The eight groups begin six rounds of play on September 15. The top two in each group advance to the last-16 knockout round which begins in February.
Group A - PSG, Real Madrid, Shakhtar Donetsk, Malmo FF
Group B - PSV Eindhoven, Manchester United, CSKA Moscow, Vfl Wolfsburg
Group C - Benfica, Atletico de Madrid, Galatasaray, FC Astana
Group D - Juventus, Manchester City, Sevilla, Borussia Mönchengladbach
Group E - FC Barcelona, Bayer Leverkusen, AS Roma, FC Bate Borisov
Group F - Bayern Munich, Arsenal, Olympiacos, GNK Dinamo
Group G - Chelsea, FC Porto, Dynamo Kyiv, Maccabi Tel-Aviv
Group H - Zenit, Valencia, Olympique Lyonnais, KAA Gent
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