Panathanikos and Vfb Stutgart will also take on United in the first stage of this seasons Champions League.

United were seeded for the draw in Monaco, and therefore missed other European giants such as Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, Juventus, holders AC Milan.

Teams from the same league are also prohibited from meeting at this opening stage, so United could not be drawn against Premiership rivals Arsenal or Chelsea.

Rangers qualified for the Champions League proper after a hard-fought 3-2 aggregate qualifying match with Copenhagen, with qualification for the Cup a real ease to their financial woes.

The top two sides in the group will go through to 'Round of Sixteen', where the surviving clubs will compete in knock-out stages to the final. The is the first time this format has been used with the 32 club European Cup, as previously the remaining 16 clubs went into a second group stage.

The complete draw is as follows:

Group A
Bayern Munich
Olympic Lyonnais
Celtic
Anderlecht

Group B
Arsenal
Inter Milan
Dynamo Kiev
Lokomotiv Moscow

Group C
Deportivo La Coruna
PSV Eindhoven
AEK Athens
Monaco

Group D
Juventus
Galatasaray
Olympiakos
Real Sociedad

Group E
Manchester United
Panathinaikos
Glasgow Rangers
Stuttgart

Group F
Real Madrid
Porto
Marseille
Partizan Belgrade

Group G
Lazio
Chelsea
Sparta Prague
Besiktas

Group H
AC Milan
Celta Vigo
Ajax
Club Brugge

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