BAYERN MUNICH
Formed: 1900
Stadium: (capacity) Allianz Arena (75,000)
Manager: Carlo Ancelotti
Captain: Manuel Neuer
Star man: Robert Lewandowski
New faces: James Rodriguez (loan), Corentin Tolisso, Kingsley Coman, Serge Gnabry (on loan to Hoffenheim), Sebastian Rudy
European pedigree: Five-time European champions, last in 2013
Domestic form: 27-time German champions including each of the last five seasons
Record versus Celtic: The teams met in the group phase in 2003/04. It finished 0-0 in Glasgow with Bayern winning 2-1 at home through a Roy Mackaay double. Alan Thompson had given Celtic the lead
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PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN
Formed: 1970
Stadium: (capacity) Parc des Princes (48,000)
Manager: Unai Emery
Captain: Thiago Silva
Star man: Edinson Cavani
New faces: Neymar, Dani Alves, Yuri Berchirche
European pedigree Cup Winners Cup winners in 1996
Domestic form: French champions from 2013 to 2016, runners-up last season
Record versus Celtic: PSG met Celtic in the second round en route to lifting the Cup Winners Cup in 1996. They won 1-0 at home (Youri Djorkaeff scored) and then 3-0 in Glasgow (two goals from Patrice Loko and one from Pascal Nouma) to complete a 4-0 aggregate win.
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ANDERLECHT
Formed: 1908
Stadium: (capacity) Constant Vanden Stock Stadium (21,500)
Manager: Rene Weiler
Captain: Sofiane Hanni
Star man: Lukasz Teodorczyk
New faces: Sven Kums, Pieter Gerkins, Uros Spajic, Matz Sels, Henry Onyekuru (on loan from Everton
European pedigree: Cup Winners Cup winners in 1976 and 1978, UEFA Cup winners in 1983
Domestic form Reigning Belgian champions and winners on four other occasions in the past decade
Record versus Celtic: The Belgians lost 3-1 at Celtic Park in the group stage of the 2003/04 competition. Celtic scored via Henrik Larsson, Liam Miller and Chris Sutton, with Aruna Dindane getting a consolation for Anderlecht. Anderlecht won the home meeting 1-0, Dindane scoring the only goal of that game (right).
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