Former Liverpool midfielder Xabi Alonso will return his club Leverkusen to Anfield in the Champions League looking new this season.
For the first time all qualifiers will be in one league with 36 teams, rather than eight groups of four.
In Thursday evening's game in Monaco new computer software was used to give each team four home games and four away games.
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The top eight teams in the table after the end of the first stage in late January went straight into the last 16, with the sides finishing 9.th to him 24th facing a two-legged knockout to join.
25 groupsth to him 36th will be completely excluded from European competitions, with no sides relegated to the Europa League.
Apart from Leverkusen, Arne Slot's Reds were also drawn at home to Real Madrid and away to Milan, who they faced in a memorable final of the competition.
Aston Villa will welcome Celtic to the 'battle of Britain' and host Harry Kane's Bayern Munich and Juventus at Villa Park in their first European competition in four decades.
Dortmund have been given a trip to Real Madrid, who beat them in the final at Wembley in June, while Barcelona will host Bayern Munich, giving Hansi Flick the opportunity to face the team he played for and managed until 2021.
Man City face a trip to PSG in the middle of eight games and Kylian Mbappe-less Paris will once again head to London to face Arsenal while their counterparts, Brest, have been drawn against Real Madrid and Barcelona in their opening campaign.
Man City were the first team to be hand drawn in an updated way, with Italian goalkeeper Gigi Buffon and Cristiano Ronaldo turning on a computer randomiser that selected each team's matches.
Draw
Man City will host Inter Milan, Club Bruges, Feyenoord and Sparta Prague.
They will visit PSG, Juventus, Sporting Lisbon and Slovan Bratislava.
Liverpool will host Real Madrid, Leverkusen, Lille and Bologna
They will visit Leipzig, Milan, PSV and Girona.
Arsenal PSG, Shakhtar, Dinamo Zagreb and Monaco.
They will visit Inter, Atalanta, Sporting Lisbon and Girona.
Celtic will host Leipzig, Club Bruges, Young Boys and Slovan Bratislava
They will visit Dormund, Atalanta, Dinamo Zagreb and Aston Villa.
Aston Villa will host Bayern, Juventus, Celtic and Bologna.
They will visit Leipzig, Club Bruges, Young Boys and Monaco.
Barcelona will host Bayern, Atalanta, Young Boys and Brest.
They will visit Dortmund, Benfica, Crvena zvezda and Monaco.
Real Madrid will host Dortmund, Milan, Salzburg and Stuttgart.
They will visit Liverpool, Atalanta, Lille and Brest.
PSG will host Man City, Atletico, PSV and Girona.
They will visit Bayern, Arsenal, Salzburg and Stuttgart.
Inter will host Leipzig, Arsenal, Crvena zvezda and Monaco.
They will visit Man City, Leverkusen, Young Boys and Sparta Prague.
Bayern Munich will host PSG, Benfica, Dinamo Zagreb and Slovan Bratislava.
They will visit Barcelona, Shakhtar, Feyenoord and Aston Villa.
RB Leipzig will host Liverpool, Juventus, Sporting and Aston Villa.
They will visit Inter, Atletico Madrid, Celtic and Sturm Graz.
Dortmund will host Barcelona, Shakhtar, Celtic and Sturm Graz.
They will visit Real Madrid, Club Bruges, Dinamo Zagreb and Bologna.
The match dates and order will not be released by UEFA until Saturday.
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