The pots for the 2019/20 Champions League group stage were confirmed on Wednesday night as Ajax, Club Brugge and Slavia Prague became the final three teams through in the tournament proper.
Dutch giants Ajax - who reached the semi-finals last season, only to dramatically be beaten by Tottenham - beat Cypriot outfit APOEL 2-0 in Amsterdam to advance by the same score on aggregate.
Club Brugge also advance after beating LASK Linz 2-1, while Slavia Prague saw off Romania's Cluj 2-0 across both legs.
The trio will now join Liverpool, Manchester City, Tottenham and Chelsea in the draw on Thursday, which will be held in Monaco.
Liverpool lifted the trophy for the sixth time in their history when they beat Premier League rivals Tottenham 2-0 in the Madrid final in June, with Mohamed Salah and Divock Origi's strikes earning the victory.
The Reds were playing in their second successive final having lost 3-1 to Real Madrid in Kiev in May 2018, and they'll be bidding to the return to this year's showpiece event at the Ataturk Stadium in Istanbul, the scene of their 2005 triumph.
Having earned back-to-back Premier League title successes, Manchester City will be looking to improve on their best ever Champions League showing; 2016's semi-final loss to Real Madrid.
Tottenham will be hoping to go one better having last that final to Liverpool last season, while Chelsea return to Europe's top table after beating Arsenal 4-1 in the Europa League final in May.
Here are how the pots look.
Pot 1
- Liverpool
- Chelsea
- Barcelona
- Bayern Munich
- Juventus
- Manchester City
- Paris Saint-Germain
- Zenit
Pot 2
- Real Madrid
- Atletico Madrid
- Borussia Dortmund
- Napoli
- Shakhtar Donetsk
- Tottenham
- Ajax
- Benfica
Pot 3
- Lyon
- Bayer Leverkusen
- Salzburg
- Olympiakos
- Club Brugge
- Valencia
- Inter Milan
- Dinamo Zagreb
Pot 4
- Lokomotiv Moscow
- Genk
- Galatasaray
- RB Leipzig
- Slavia Prague
- Red Star Belgrade
- Atalanta
- Lille
