Greek champions Olympiakos will face English side Arsenal, French league runner-up Marseille France and German title holders Borussia Dortmund in the group stage of the Champions League.
Thursday's draw was relatively kind for the Greek club as several of the other groups provided some testing combinations of European clubs.
The Reds, who were seeded in the third group of teams, could fancy their chances against and Arsenal side that has been weakened by the sale of several key players and a Marseille team that has no wins in three games so far this season.
The first games are on September 13 or 14.
GROUP A
Bayern Munich (Germany)
Villarreal (Spain)
Manchester City (England)
Napoli (Italy)
GROUP B
Inter Milan (Italy)
CSKA Moscow (Russia)
Lille (France)
Trabzonspor (Turkey)
GROUP C
Manchester United (England)
Benfica (Portugal)
Basel (Switzerland)
Otelul Galati (Romania)
GROUP D
Real Madrid (Spain)
Olympique Lyon (France)
Ajax Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Dinamo Zagreb (Croatia)
GROUP E
Chelsea (England)
Valencia (Spain)
Bayer Leverkusen (Germany)
Racing Genk (Belgium)
GROUP F
Arsenal (England)
Olympique Marseille (France)
Olympiakos Piraeus (Greece)
Borussia Dortmund (Germany)
GROUP G
Porto (Portugal)
Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukraine)
Zenit St Petersburg (Russia)
APOEL Nicosia (Cyprus)
GROUP H
Barcelona (Spain)
AC Milan (Italy)
BATE Borisov (Belarus)
Viktoria Plzen (Czech Republic)
Round one: Sept. 13/14
Round two: Sept. 27/28
Round three: Oct. 18/19
Round four: Nov. 1/2
Round five: Nov. 22/23
Round six: Dec. 6/7
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