Michael Ballack will return to Stamford Bridge as Chelsea will open their Champions league campaign against his side Bayer Leverkusen on Tuesday, September 13.
Chelsea then head to Spain to face Valencia later in the month.
The full fixtures for Group E are as follows:
Tuesday September 13
Chelsea v Bayer Leverkusen
Wednesday September 28
Valencia v Chelsea
Wednesday October 19
Chelsea v RC Genk
Tuesday November 1
RC Genk v Chelsea
Wednesday November 23
Bayer Leverkusen v Chelsea
Tuesday December 6
Chelsea v Valencia
Group A
Bayern Munich
Villarreal
Manchester City
Napoli
Group B
Inter
CSKA Moscow
Lille
Trabzonspor
Group C
Manchester United
Benfica
FC Basel
Otelul Galati
Group D
Real Madrid
Lyon
Ajax
Dinamo Zagreb
Group E
Chelsea
Valencia
Bayer Leverkusen
RC Genk
Group F
Arsenal
Marseille
Olympiacos
Borussia Dortmund
Group G
Porto
Shakhtar Donetsk
Zenit St Petersburg
APOEL
Group H
Barcelona
AC Milan
BATE Borisov
Viktoria Plzen