Numerous top offenses and a Swiss goalkeeping duel

Defending champions Paris Saint-Germain, for example, will face Bayern Munich, FC Barcelona and Napoli, among others, and thus the champions of three of Europe's top five leagues. Manchester City with Manuel Akanji will face record winners Real Madrid and Gregor Kobel's Borussia Dortmund, among others.

It will also be a very special duel for the Swiss national goalkeeper, as his predecessor in the national team, Yann Sommer, will be playing for BVB with Inter Milan. Dortmund's opponents also include FC Copenhagen, who eliminated the Swiss double winners FC Basel in the play-off. The Danes will also face FC Barcelona, Napoli and Europa League winners Tottenham.

At the draw on Thursday in Monaco, all 32 participating clubs were each assigned eight opponents by "lot fairy" Zlatan Ibrahimovic and a software program launched by Kaka. The matches in the league phase will take place between September 16 and January 28. The exact match dates will be announced on Saturday at the latest.

The final will take place on May 30 in Budapest and will not be kicked off at 9 p.m. as previously, but three hours earlier. UEFA made the announcement on Thursday, stating that the new kick-off time would make the final "even more accessible, inclusive and impressive for everyone involved".

The matches of the most important clubs:

Manchester City (Manuel Akanji): Borussia Dortmund (home), Real Madrid (away), Bayer Leverkusen (h), Villarreal (a), Napoli (h), Bodö/Glimt (a), Galatasaray Istanbul (h), Monaco (a).

Newcastle United (Fabian Schär): FC Barcelona (h), Paris Saint-Germain (a), Benfica Lisbon (h), Bayer Leverkusen (a), PSV Eindhoven (h), Olympique Marseille (a), Athletic Bilbao (h), Union Saint-Gilloise (a).

Inter Milan (Yann Sommer): Liverpool (h), Borussia Dortmund (a), Arsenal (h), Atlético Madrid (h), Slavia Prague (h), Ajax Amsterdam (a), Kairat Almaty (h), Union Saint-Gilloise (a).

Borussia Dortmund (Gregor Kobel): Inter Milan (h), Manchester City (a), Villarreal (h), Juventus Turin (a), Bodö/Glimt (h), Tottenham Hotspur (a), Athletic Bilbao (h), FC Copenhagen (a).

Eintracht Frankfurt (Aurèle Amenda): Liverpool (h), FC Barcelona (a), Atalanta Bergamo (h), Atlético Madrid (a), Tottenham Hotspur (h), Napoli (a), Galatasaray Istanbul (h), Karabakh Agdam (a).

AS Monaco (Breel Embolo, Denis Zakaria, Philipp Köhn): Manchester City (h), Real Madrid (a), Juventus Turin (h), Bruges (a), Tottenham Hotspur (h), Bodö/Glimt (a), Galatasaray Istanbul (h), Paphos (a).

Olympique Marseille (Ulisses Garcia): Liverpool (h), Real Madrid (a), Atalanta Bergamo (h), Bruges (a), Ajax Amsterdam (h), Sporting Lisbon (a), Newcastle United (h), Union Saint-Gilloise (a).

Union Saint-Gilloise (Marc Giger): Inter Milan (h), Bayern Munich (a), Atalanta Bergamo (h), Atlético Madrid (a), Olympique Marseille (h), PSV Eindhoven (a), Newcastle United (h), Galatasaray Istanbul (a).

Bayern Munich: Chelsea (h), Paris Saint-Germain (a), Bruges (h), Arsenal (a), Sporting Lisbon (h), PSV Eindhoven (a), Union Saint-Gilloise (h), Paphos (a).

Paris Saint-Germain: Bayern Munich (h), FC Barcelona (a), Atalanta Bergamo (h), Bayer Leverkusen (a), Tottenham Hotspur (h), Sporting Lisbon (a), Newcastle United (h), Athletic Bilbao (a).

Real Madrid: Manchester City (h), Liverpool (a), Juventus Turin (h), Benfica Lisbon (a), Olympique Marseille (h), Olympiakos Piraeus (a), Monaco (h), Kairat Almaty (a).

FC Barcelona: Paris Saint-Germain (h), Chelsea (a), Eintracht Frankfurt (h), Bruges (a), Olympiakos Piraeus (h), Slavia Prague (a), FC Copenhagen (h), Newcastle United (a).

Liverpool: Real Madrid (h), Inter Milan (a), Atlético Madrid (h), Eintracht Frankfurt (a), PSV Eindhoven (h), Olympique Marseille (a), Karabakh Agdam (h), Galatasaray Istanbul (a).

Arsenal: Bayern Munich (h), Inter Milan (a), Atlético Madrid (h), Bruges (a), Olympiakos Piraeus (h), Slavia Prague (a), Kairat Almaty (h), Athletic Bilbao (a).

The matches will take place between September 16 and January 28. The exact match dates will be announced on Saturday at the latest.