THE Champions League has returned for another epic season as Real Madrid look to defend their title.
And England's four representatives have discovered their fates in Thursday's draw in Istanbul.
Antonio Conte's Tottenham will play Eintracht Frankfurt, Sporting Lisbon and Marseille in Group D.
Meanwhile, Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool face Ajax, Napoli and Rangers in Group A.
Pep Guardiola's Man City take on Sevilla, Borussia Dortmund and Copenhagen in Group G.
And Thomas Tuchel's Chelsea will do battle against AC Milan and RB Salzburg in Group E.
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Elsewhere in the draw, Porto, Atletico Madrid, Bayer Leverkusen and Club Brugge will play each other in Group B.
Group C sees Bayern Munich, Barcelona and Inter Milan drawn together.
And Group F has defending champs Real up against RB Leipzig, Shakhtar Donetsk and Celtic.
Finally, PSG, Juventus and Benfica will face off in Group H.
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This season's group stage will be packed into just nine weeks ahead of the winter World Cup.
Teams usually get 12 weeks to complete all six matches.
The first games will be played on September 6th.
And the group stage runs all the way until November 2 – just 18 days before kick-off in Qatar.
There will then be a lengthy gap before the knockout stages start.
The last-16 ties run from February 14 to March 15.
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The quarters will be played in April, with the semis in May.
And this season's final will take place on June 10 at Istanbul's Ataturk Olympic Stadium in Turkey.
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