Juergen Klopp's side, who beat Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 in June's last to win their 6th European Cup, will confront Serie A's Napoli, Austria's Salzburg and Belgian side Genk.
Genuine Madrid mentor Zinedine Zidane will come back to his country France for a conflict with PSG in Group A which likewise highlights Club Brugge and Galatasaray.
The draw created two intriguing gatherings which ought to convey a genuine fight for capability with Barcelona confronting Borussia Dortmund, Inter Milan and Slavia Prague in Group F.
Gathering D is additionally a mouth-watering prospect with Italian victors Juventus taking on Atletico Madrid, Bayer Leverkusen and Lokomotiv Moscow.
A year ago's other participants Tottenham Hotspur face German victors Bayern Munich just as Greek side Olympiakos and Serbia's Red Star Belgrade in Group B.
Liverpool played Napoli at a similar stage last season, losing 1-0 in Naples before verifying a spot in the following round with Mohamed Salah scoring the main objective in the success at Anfield.
"Napoli are clearly a very experienced side and their mentor Carlo Ancelotti has won the challenge," said Klopp, alluding to his triumphs with AC Milan and Real Madrid.
"I will require now to have another, more critical take a gander at Genk and Salzburg, however I definitely realize they are exceptionally youthful, energizing and new, so it will intrigue, 100 percent," he said.
Two of Liverpool's squad, Sadio Mane and Naby Keita, have played for Salzburg, who are overseen by American Jesse Marsch.
Liverpool, beaten by Real Madrid in the 2018 last, are hoping to turning into the main English group to arrive at three back to back Champions League/European Cup finals.
In the previous two seasons, Liverpool have scored a larger number of objectives and won a bigger number of games than some other group in the challenge.
It stays to be checked whether PSG's Brazil forward Neymar, connected with Real and Barca, will be at the club when the Parisians take on Madrid. Genuine disposed of PSG in the last 16 of every 2018.
Dortmund chief Marco Reus, was charmed with the psopect of confronting Barca.
"A couple of us from the group were stood together at breakfast toward the beginning of today and we as a whole concurred that we'd love to draw Barcelona," he said.
"I am humming that it's really occurred. Clearly, the gathering is incredibly troublesome. The games against Barcelona will host a get-together air for us and our fans. We put stock in our quality and our point is to experience," he said.
Chelsea have a precarious test in Group H where they face last season's semi-finalists Ajax Amsterdam alongside Spain's Valencia and French club Lille.
Head League champions Manchester City will feel content with their attract Group C which sets them facing Shakhtar Donetsk of Ukraine, Croatian club Dinamo Zagreb and Italy's Atalanta, who are in the gathering stage just because. (Revealing by Simon Evans; Editing by Ken Ferris)
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