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Tom Phillips

Liverpool in Champions League: The latest odds, fixtures and previews as they face Napoli, Salzburg and Genk

Liverpool begin their defence of the UEFA Champions League trophy in the group stage along with a familiar name on their fixture list.

Last season, Madrid joined a growing list of cities where the Reds have become European champions along with Rome (twice!), London, Paris and Istanbul.

The Reds face Napoli for the second successive season while meeting Salzburg and Genk for the first time in the club's history.

Many fans will be hoping to build on the success Klopp has built so far and will want to improve with domestic success in the form of the Premier League trophy as well as another strong defence in Europe.

Liverpool

James Milner of Liverpool lifts the Champions League Trophy after winning the UEFA Champions League Final between Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool (Chloe Knott - Danehouse/Getty Images)

Location: Liverpool, England

Stadium: Anfield

Capacity: 53,394

Manager: Jurgen Klopp

Key player: Mo Salah

Captain: Jordan Henderson

Club coefficient: 8th

Odds to win group: 1/2

Odds to win Champions League: 11/2

Road to Group Stage: Qualified automatically after finishing 2nd in the Premier League

Napoli

Location: Naples, Italy

Stadium: San Paolo

Capacity: 55,000

Manager: Carlo Ancelotti

Key player: Dries Mertens

Captain: Jose Callejon

Club coefficient: 20th

Odds to win group: 7/4

Odds to win Champions League: 40/1

Road to Group Stage: Qualified automatically after finishing 2nd in Serie A

FC Salzburg

Erling Haaland celebrates after scoring during the tipico Bundesliga match between FC Red Bull Salzburg and RZ Pellets WAC at Red Bull Arena on August 10, 2019 (Photo by David Geieregger/SEPA.Media /Getty Images)

Location: Salzburg, Austria

Stadium: Red Bull Arena

Capacity: 30,188

Manager: Jesse Marsch

Key player: Erling Braut Haland

Captain: Andreas Ulmer

Club coefficient: 26th

Odds to win group: 14/1

Odds to win Champions League: 250/1

Road to Group Stage: Qualified automatically as champions of the Austrian Bundesliga.

Genk

Location: Genk, Belgium

Stadium: Luminus Arena

Capacity: 24,956

Manager: Felice Mazzu

Key player: Mbwana Samatta

Captain: Sebastien Dewaest

Club coefficient: 48th

Odds to win group: 80/1

Odds to win Champions League: 750/1

Road to Group Stage: Qualified automatically after winning the Jupiler Pro League

Fixtures

Napoli (A) - Tuesday September 17 - 8pm

Liverpool return to the San Paolo for the third time in their history.

They met for the first time in the Europe League in the 2010/11 season drawing 0-0 and visited Naples for the second time last season losing 1-0.

Could third one be the charm for Klopp's side?

FC Salzburg (H) - Wednesday October 2 - 8pm

Genk (A) - Wednesday October 23 - 8pm

Genk (H) - Tuesday November 5 - 8pm

Napoli (H) - Wednesday November 27 - 8pm

FC Salzburg (A) - Tuesday December 10 - 5.55pm

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