Chelsea, who beat Bayern Munich on penalties in last season's final to claim the trophy the first time, were drawn in Group E alongside Italian champions Juventus, Shakhtar Donetsk, and debutant Danish Nordsjaelland.
Juventus will appear in the Champions League for the first time since the 2009-10 season and are likely to present the strongest rival to Roberto Di Matteo's squad.
Manchester United find themselves in the mild group in Group H, along with the Portuguese club SC Braga, Turkish club Galatasaray, and Romanian club CFR Cluj, after the draw in Monaco.
However, manager Sir Alex Ferguson will not need reminding that it is almost the same group - containing Benfica, FC Basel and Cluj domestic rivals Otelul Gelati - the three-time champions failed to qualify last season.
Manchester United, beaten 3-1 by Barcelona in the final of 2011, a record 18 times playing in the group phase.
As in 2011, the final season will also take place at Wembley Stadium, London, to mark the 150th anniversary of the English Football Association (FA).
Meanwhile City, who are in Group D, brings together champions from England, Spain, Germany, and the Netherlands, which will inevitably dubbed the 'Group of Death'.
Roberto Mancini's troops were in the same group and tiring season and failed to reach the knockout phase, while Bayern Munich and Napoli are above them on their first appearance in the Champions League.
As with Spain, the UK is one of two states that pass four teams in the group phase, and their fourth representative, Arsenal, will face Schalke, Olympiakos, and debutants Montpellier, French champions in Group B.
There is one other new entrants are in the draw Malaga, who escaped by overcoming Panathinaikos in the play-off earlier this week.
The Spanish club is in Group C along with Zenit Saint Petersburg, Anderlecht, and the seven-time champions AC Milan, who will be relieved to avoid the more difficult after a summer in which they lost their leading players.
Barcelona, finalists in two of the last four seasons, are in Group G, where they will join former champions Benfica and Celtic and Spartak Moscow.
Tim berpengeluaran the Paris Saint-Germain is in the group along with FC Porto, Dynamo Kiev and Dinamo Zagreb
Last season's finalists Bayern Munich are placed in Group F along with Valencia, the team they beat on penalties in the 2001 final, as well as a group with Lille of France and Belarus BATE Borisov.
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