Each team will face eight different opponents, with four matches played at home and four away - two more than under the previous format.
In total there are 36 teams in one big league. The top eight will qualify automatically for the knockout stages,the teams finishing in 9th to 24th place will face off in a two-legged play-off to secure a last-16 spot. Teams that finish 25th or lower will be eliminated from European competition entirely.
Manchester City, Arsenal, Liverpool and Aston Villa are the English teams in the mix, and the new format is throwing up blockbuster ties from the first matchday.
It's an England vs Italy week to kick things off. Liverpool are away at AC Milan on Tuesday, before City host Inter Milan on Wednesday and Arsenal travel to take on Atalanta on Thursday.
Villa will be desperate to get their first ever Champions League campaign off to a flyer when they take on Young Boys on Tuesday. Celtic have a kind first fixtures at home to Slovan Bratislava.
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