The roadmap for the 2019-20 UEFA Champions League will be set in Monaco on Thursday, as the 32 participants learn their group opponents at the much-anticipated draw.
The field was completed on Wednesday, when the final three qualifying playoff series were decided. Last season's surprise semifinalist, Ajax, cemented its return to the competition proper, along with Club Brugge and Slavia Praha, joining Tuesday's playoff winners Red Star Belgrade, Dinamo Zagreb and Olympiakos.
Liverpool is the defending champion and will look to win a seventh European title with the same core group that won it all in Madrid less than three months ago, but it will be competing in a deep, loaded field with some tricky teams in the lower pots.