Chelsea coach Jose Mourinho is to meet one of his former clubs in the Champions League group stages while Paris St Germain striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic will take on Malmo, the club where the Swede began his career.

Premier League winners Chelsea were drawn in Group G yesterday with Porto, who won the competition with the ‘Special One’ at the helm in 2004, Dynamo Kiev and Maccabi Tel Aviv.

PSG will face Sweden’s Malmo, who have reached this stage for the second year in a row, Real Madrid and Shakhtar Donetsk in Group A.

“It will be great to have Zlatan here,” Malmo coach Age Hareide told Reuters.

“It will be a party for the people. But we would have preferred a slightly weaker third team,” he said in reference to Shakhtar.

Arsenal, taking part in the group stages for the 18th season in a row, face five-times champions Bayern Munich, who knocked the Londoners out in the round of 16 in 2012-13 and 2013-14, in Group F along with Dinamo Zagreb and Olympiakos Piraeus.

Holders Barcelona take on Bayer Leverkusen, BATE Borisov and Roma in Group E.

Group D appears by far the toughest with Juventus, Manchester City, Sevilla and Borussia Moenchengladbach.

Sevilla qualified as Europa League winners following a change in the rules.

Astana, the first team from Kazakhstan to reach this stage of the competition, were drawn in Group C alongside Benfica, Atletico Madrid and Galatasaray.

Benfica face a 7,000-km journey to Kazakhstan across five time zones, the longest of any team.

The two games between big-spending PSG and 10-times champions Real appear to be the outstanding matches of the group stages.

The matches will be the first between the clubs since they met in the now-defunct European Cup Winners’ Cup in March 1994.

Leverkusen are hardly likely to relish the thought of facing Barcelona’s Lionel Messi after the Argentine great scored five goals against them in a 7-1 win in 2012.

Manchester United, PSV Eindhoven, Wolfsburg and CSKA Moscow were drawn in Group B while Zenit St Petersburg will meet Valencia, Olympique Lyonnais and Ghent in Group H.

Meanwhile, the website of Malmo FF crashed following the news that Ibrahimovic will return to the city with PSG.

“There was a lot of pressure on it (the website) just after the draw was made,” Malmo’s head of communications Peter Ahlander told Reuters, adding that the club were delighted with the draw.

Ibrahimovic left Malmo in 2001 to join Ajax, but despite a slew of league titles with the likes of Juve, Inter, Milan and Barcelona, the 33-year-old has never won the Champions League.

Group A

Shakhtar Donetsk
Paris St Germain
Malmo
Real Madrid

15-09-2015 PSG vs Malmo
15-09-2015 R. Madrid vs S. Donetsk
30-09-2015 S. Donetsk vs PSG
30-09-2015 Malmo vs Real Madrid
21-10-2015 Malmo vs S. Donetsk
21-10-2015 PSG vs Real Madrid
03-11-2015 S. Donetsk vs Malmo
03-11-2015 Real Madrid vs PSG
25-11-2015 Malmo vs PSG
25-11-2015 S. Donetsk vs R. Madrid
08-12-2015 PSG vs S. Donetsk
08-12-2015 Real Madrid vs Malmo

Group B

Manchester United
Wolfsburg
Cska Moscow
PSV Eindhoven

15-09-2015 Wolfsburg vs CSKA
15-09-2015 PSV vs Man. United
30-09-2015 Man. United vs Wolfsburg
30-09-2015 CSKA vs PSV
21-10-2015 CSKA vs Man. United
21-10-2015 Wolfsburg vs PSV
03-11-2015 Man. United vs CSKA
03-11-2015 PSV vs Wolfsburg
25-11-2015 CSKA vs Wolfsburg
25-11-2015 Man. United vs PSV
08-12-2015 Wolfsburg vs Man. United
08-12-2015 PSV vs CSKA

Group C

FC Astana
Galatasaray
Atletico Madrid
Benfica

15-09-2015 Galatasaray vs Atl. Madrid
15-09-2015 Benfica vs Astana
30-09-2015 Astana vs Galatasaray
30-09-2015 Atl. Madrid vs Benfica
21-10-2015 Atl. Madrid vs Astana
21-10-2015 Galatasaray vs Benfica
03-11-2015 Astana vs Atl. Madrid
03-11-2015 Benfica vs Galatasaray
25-11-2015 Atl. Madrid vs Galatasaray
25-11-2015 Astana vs Benfica
08-12-2015 Galatasaray vs Astana
08-12-2015 Benfica vs Atl. Madrid

Group D

Bor. M’Gladbach
Manchester City
Juventus
Sevilla

15-09-2015 Man. City vs Juventus
15-09-2015 Sevilla vs B. Mgladbach
30-09-2015 B. Mgladbach vs Man. City
30-09-2015 Juventus vs Sevilla
21-10-2015 Juventus vs B. Mgladbach
21-10-2015 Man. City vs Sevilla
03-11-2015 B. Mgladbach vs Juventus
03-11-2015 Sevilla vs Man. City
25-11-2015 Juventus vs Man. City
25-11-2015 B. Mgladbach vs Sevilla
08-12-2015 Man. City vs B. Mgladbach
08-12-2015 Sevilla vs Juventus

Group E

Barcelona
Bayer Leverkusen
Bate Borisov
Roma

16-09-2015 B. L’kusen vs B. Borisov
16-09-2015 Roma vs Barcelona
29-09-2015 Barcelona vs B. L’kusen
29-09-2015 B. Borisov vs Roma
20-10-2015 B. Borisov vs Barcelona
20-10-2015 B. Leverkusen vs Roma
04-11-2015 Barcelona vs B. Borisov
04-11-2015 Roma vs B. Leverkusen
24-11-2015 B. Borisov vs B. L’kusen
24-11-2015 Barcelona vs Roma
09-12-2015 B. L’kusen vs Barcelona
09-12-2015 Roma vs B. Borisov

Group F

Bayern Munich
Dinamo Zagreb
Arsenal
Olympiakos

16-09-2015 D. Zagreb vs Arsenal
16-09-2015 Olym’kos vs B. Munich
29-09-2015 B. Munich vs D. Zagreb
29-09-2015 Arsenal vs Olympiakos
20-10-2015 Arsenal vs B. Munich
20-10-2015 D. Zagreb vs Olympiakos
04-11-2015 B. Munich vs Arsenal
04-11-2015 Olympiakos vs D. Zagreb
24-11-2015 Arsenal vs D. Zagreb
24-11-2015 B. Munich vs Olym’kos
09-12-2015 D. Zagreb vs B. Munich
09-12-2015 Olympiakos vs Arsenal

Group G

Maccabi Tel Aviv
Dynamo Kiev
Fc Porto
Chelsea

16-09-2015 D. Kiev vs Porto
16-09-2015 Chelsea vs Maccabi
29-09-2015 Maccabi vs D. Kiev
29-09-2015 Porto vs Chelsea
20-10-2015 Porto vs Maccabi
20-10-2015 D. Kiev vs Chelsea
04-11-2015 Maccabi vs Porto
04-11-2015 Chelsea vs D. Kiev
24-11-2015 Porto vs D. Kiev
24-11-2015 Maccabi vs Chelsea
09-12-2015 D. Kiev vs Maccabi
09-12-2015 Chelsea vs Porto

Group H

Olympique Lyon
Valencia
Zenit St Petersburg
Ghent

16-09-2015 Valencia vs Zenit SP
16-09-2015 Ghent vs Lyon
29-09-2015 Lyon vs Valencia
29-09-2015 Zenit SP vs Ghent
20-10-2015 Zenit SP vs Lyon
20-10-2015 Valencia vs Ghent
04-11-2015 Lyon vs Zenit SP
04-11-2015 Ghent vs Valencia
24-11-2015 Zenit SP vs Valencia
24-11-2015 Lyon vs Ghent
09-12-2015 Valencia vs Lyon
09-12-2015 Ghent vs Zenit SP

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