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Your ultimate Champions League guide: Which teams are flying in their domestic campaigns, where are the potential upsets and who are the big stars in each of the eight groups?

Just 59 days after Bayern Munich lifted the trophy in Lisbon, the Champions League is back as we prepare for the start of the group stages.

The world's best club competition gets underway with a mouthwatering fortnight of fixtures, as 32 teams battle it out for a place in the knockout stages.

There are first-timers and serial winners among the teams, and Sportsmail is here to delve deeper into each of the eight groups ahead of Tuesday night's big kick-off...

Just 59 days after Bayern won the Champions League, the group stages are back once more

GROUP A - THE TEAMS

Bayern Munich

Atletico Madrid

Red Bull Salzburg

Lokomotiv Moscow

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Group A

Who's flying domestically?