Juventus face Barcelona and Sporting, while Roma have Chelsea and Atletico Madrid, Napoli Shakhtar Donetsk, Manchester City and Feyenoord in the Champions League.

The draw for the group phase of the tournament was held this afternoon in Monaco.

Juve were top seeds, having won the Scudetto six times in a row and reached two of the last three Champions League Finals.

The Turin giants will begin this season’s tournament up against Barcelona, who they dispatched 3-0 on aggregate in last season’s quarter-final.

Juventus face Barcelona and Sporting, while Roma have Chelsea and Atletico Madrid, Napoli Shakhtar Donetsk, Manchester City and Feyenoord in the Champions League.

The draw for the group phase of the tournament was held this afternoon in Monaco.

Juve were top seeds, having won the Scudetto six times in a row and reached two of the last three Champions League Finals.

The Turin giants will begin this season’s tournament up against Barcelona, who they dispatched 3-0 on aggregate in last season’s quarter-final.

Max Allegri’s side will also take on Olympiakos from Greece and Portugal’s Sporting CP.

Francesco Totti made the draw and giggled with Juve goalkeeper Gigi Buffon when the Blaugrana were picked, as they beat the Bianconeri in the 2015 Final.

He was less amused when Andriy Shevchenko picked Roma to join Group C with Chelsea and Atletico Madrid. “That was your fault!” he joked to the ex-Milan striker.

Roma were in Pot 3 and qualified automatically after finishing second in Serie A last term.

They have a pretty tough draw, up against Antonio Conte’s Chelsea and Diego Simeone’s Atletico Madrid.

The group is completed by Qarabag, the first Azerbaijani team to qualify for the Champions League.

Napoli became only the second Italian side since 2010 to make it through the Champions League play-offs, sweeping Nice aside 4-0 on aggregate.

They were also in Pot 3 and were paired with a very tough group, as they will face Manchester City, Ukrainians Shakhtar Donetsk and Dutch side Feyenoord.

Group A

Benfica, Manchester United, Basel, CSKA Moscow

Group B

Bayern Munich, Paris Saint-Germain, Anderlecht, Celtic

Group C

Chelsea, Atletico Madrid, Roma, Qarabag

Group D

Juventus, Barcelona, Olympiakos, Sporting CP

Group E

Spartak Moscow, Sevilla, Liverpool, Maribor

Group F

Shakhtar Donetsk, Manchester City, Napoli, Feyenoord

Group G

Monaco, Porto, Besiktas, RB Leipzig

Group H

Real Madrid, Borussia Dortmund, Tottenham Hotspur, APOEL

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