Manchester City's new coach Pep Guardiola will be heading back to Barcelona after the Premier League club was pitted against his former team in the Champions League draw on Thursday.

Guardiola, who also spent most of his playing career at the Catalan club, steered Barcelona to twoChampions League titles as well as a number of other trophies during his time as coach from 2008-12.

Borussia Moenchengladbach and Celtic complete Group C.

Cristiano Ronaldo also returns to his first club as holder Real Madrid has been drawn against Sporting Lisbon. Borussia Dortmund and Legia Warsaw are also in Group F.

Surprise Premier League champion Leicester faces Porto, Brugge and FC Copenhagen in its first time in Europe's premier competition.

The eight four-team groups begin play on Sept. 13-14.

The following are the Champions League groups as drawn today

Group A 
PSG
Arsenal
Basil
Ludogorets

Group B 
Benfica
Napoli
Dinamo Kiev
Besiktas

Group C 
Barcelona
Manchester City
Borussia Mönchengladbach
Celtic Glasgow

Group D 
Bayern Munich
Atletico Madrid
Psv Eindhoven
Rostov

Group E 
Cska Moscow
Bayer Leverkusen
Tottenham
Monaco

Group F 
Real Madrid
Borussia Dortmund
Sporting Lisbon
Legia Warsaw

Group G 
Leicester
Porto
Bruges
Copenaghen

Group H
Juventus
Seville

Lyon

Dinamo Zagreb