Wednesday 16 September - home v Maccabi Tel Aviv

Tuesday 29 September - away v FC Porto

Tuesday 20 October - away v Dynamo Kiev

Wednesday 4 November - home v Dynamo Kiev

Tuesday 24 November - away v Maccabi Tel Aviv

Wednesday 9 December - home v FC Porto



Thursday afternoon's draw in Monaco paired the Blues with a familiar face and two brand new opponents, both of whom are among the furthest east in the tournament.

We have been drawn against Jose Mourinho's former side Porto on three occasions in this competition, most recently in the 2009/10 group stage when we won both games.

Dynamo Kiev, the club where Andriy Shevchenko made his name, are new opposition. They are the current Ukrainian champions having won their first title since 2009 last season. Their Olympic Stadium held the Euro 2012 final.

Maccabi Tel Aviv are managed by our former player Slavisa Jokanovic and qualified after knocking out Basel on Tuesday night. Their squad includes Tal Ben-Haim. We played in Israel's second city 14 years ago, going down 3-1 on aggregate to Maccabi’s local rivals Hapoel in a UEFA Cup tie.

The full draw is:

Group A

Paris Saint-Germain

Real Madrid

Shakhtar Donetsk

Malmo

Group B

PSV Eindhoven

Manchester United

CSKA Moscow

Wolfsburg

Group C

Benfica

Atletico Madrid

Galatasaray

Astana

Group D

Juventus

Manchester City

Sevilla

Borussia Monchengladbach

Group E

Barcelona

Bayer Leverkusen

Roma

BATE Borisov

Group F

Bayern Munich

Arsenal

Olympiacos

Dinamo Zagreb

Group G

Chelsea

Porto

Dynamo Kiev

Maccabi Tel Aviv

Group H

Zenit St Petersburg

Valencia

Lyon

Gent

The group opposition will be mirrored in the UEFA Youth League which we will be aiming to retain after last season’s triumph. It is for Under-19 teams.