Goal.com's group-by-group guide to the Champions League draw

Real Madrid face Manchester City, while Chelsea are paired with Juventus - every team and every fixture from Thursday's draw in Monaco, assessed in detail

The greatest competition in club football is gearing up for another thrilling edition and, after last year's drama, the draw for this season's group stage did not disappoint. The champions of Spain, Netherlands, Germany and England were all thrown together in Group D, while current Champions League holders Chelsea were handed an interesting draw with Juventus among a host of other potentially enthralling encounters.

And, as ever, Goal.com are on hand to give you all the information you could possibly need about the competing outfits in this year's Champions League, from the mighty Barcelona to the minnows of Nordsjaelland.

GROUP A PROFILE

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Porto

Dynamo Kiev

PSG

Dinamo Zagreb

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Arsenal

Schalke

Olympiakos

Montpellier

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AC Milan

Zenit

Anderlecht

Malaga

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Real Madrid

Manchester City

Ajax

Borussia Dortmund

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Chelsea

Shakhtar Donetsk

Juventus

Nordsjaelland

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Bayern Munich

Valencia

Lille

BATE Borisov

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Barcelona

Benfica

Spartak Moscow

Celtic

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Manchester United

Braga

Galatasaray

Cluj