The wait is finally over. The 2025/26 UEFA Champions League kicks off this September under the revamped 36-team league format introduced last season.
Fans can now look forward to blockbuster clashes from the very first whistle, with the draw throwing up some heavyweight encounters across Europe.

Under UEFA’s new structure, each club will play eight matches against eight different opponents (four home, four away). The top eight finishers in the league phase qualify automatically for the Round of 16. Teams ranked 9th to 24th face each other in a two-legged playoff, while clubs finishing 25th and below are eliminated.
- No teams from the same country can meet in the league stage.
- Each side can face a maximum of two clubs from the same domestic league.
Clubs were split into four seeded pots, based on UEFA coefficients. Automated draw software ensured variety and balance, assigning eight opponents to each team.
The Draw in Full
Pot 1 Fixtures
- Paris Saint-Germain: Bayern (H), Barcelona (A), Atalanta (H), Leverkusen (A), Tottenham (H), Sporting (A), Newcastle (H), Athletic Bilbao (A)
- Real Madrid: Man City (H), Liverpool (A), Juventus (H), Benfica (A), Marseille (H), Olympiacos (A), Monaco (H), Kairat (A)
- Manchester City: Dortmund (H), Real Madrid (A), Leverkusen (H), Villarreal (A), Napoli (H), Bodø/Glimt (A), Galatasaray (H), Monaco (A)
- Bayern Munich: Chelsea (H), PSG (A), Club Brugge (H), Arsenal (A), Sporting (H), PSV (A), Union SG (H), Pafos (A)
- Liverpool: Inter (A), Frankfurt (A), PSV (H), Galatasaray (A), Marseille (H), Qarabağ (A), TBD… (fixture continuation missing in source draft)
- Inter Milan: Liverpool (H), Dortmund (A), Arsenal (H), Atlético (A), Slavia (H), Ajax (A), Kairat (H), Union SG (A)
- Chelsea: Barcelona (H), Bayern (A), Benfica (H), Atalanta (A), Ajax (H), Napoli (A), Pafos (H), Qarabağ (A)
- Barcelona: PSG (H), Chelsea (A), Frankfurt (H), Brugge (A), Olympiacos (H), Slavia (A), Copenhagen (H), Newcastle (A)
- Dortmund: Inter (H), Man City (A), Villarreal (H), Juventus (A), Bodø/Glimt (H), Spurs (A), Athletic Bilbao (H), Copenhagen (A)
Pot 2 Fixtures
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- Arsenal: Bayern (H), Inter (A), Atlético (H), Brugge (A), Olympiacos (H), Slavia (A), Kairat (H), Athletic Bilbao (A)
- Bayer Leverkusen: PSG (H), Man City (A), Villarreal (H), Benfica (A), PSV (H), Olympiacos (A), Newcastle (H), Copenhagen (A)
- Atlético Madrid: Inter (H), Liverpool (A), Frankfurt (H), Arsenal (A), Bodø/Glimt (H), PSV (A), Union SG (H), Galatasaray (A)
- Benfica: Real Madrid (H), Chelsea (A), Leverkusen (H), Juventus (A), Napoli (H), Ajax (A), Qarabağ (H), Newcastle (A)
- Atalanta: Chelsea (H), PSG (A), Brugge (H), Frankfurt (A), Slavia (H), Marseille (A), Athletic Bilbao (H)
- Villarreal: Man City (H), Dortmund (A), Juventus (H), Leverkusen (A), Ajax (H), Spurs (A), Copenhagen (H), Pafos (A)
- Juventus: Dortmund (H), Real Madrid (A), Benfica (H), Villarreal (A), Sporting (H), Bodø/Glimt (A), Pafos (H), Monaco (A)
- Eintracht Frankfurt: Liverpool (H), Barcelona (A), Atalanta (H), Spurs (H), Napoli (A), Galatasaray (H), Qarabağ (A)
- Club Brugge: Barcelona (H), Bayern (A), Arsenal (H), Atalanta (A), Marseille (H), Sporting (A), Monaco (H), Kairat (A)
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Pot 3 Fixtures
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- Tottenham: Dortmund (H), PSG (A), Villarreal (H), Frankfurt (A), Slavia (H), Bodø/Glimt (A), Copenhagen (H), Monaco (A)
- PSV: Bayern (H), Liverpool (A), Atlético (H), Leverkusen (A), Napoli (H), Olympiacos (A), Union SG (H), Newcastle (A)
- Ajax: Inter (H), Chelsea (A), Benfica (H), Villarreal (A), Olympiacos (H), Marseille (A), Galatasaray (H), Qarabağ (A)
- Napoli: Chelsea (H), Man City (A), Benfica (H), Villarreal (A), Olympiacos (H), Marseille (A), Galatasaray (H), Qarabağ (A)
- Sporting: PSG (H), Bayern (A), Brugge (H), Juventus (A), Marseille (H), Napoli (A), Kairat (H), Athletic Bilbao (A)
- Olympiacos: Real Madrid (H), Barcelona (A), Leverkusen (H), Arsenal (A), PSV (H), Ajax (A), Pafos (H), Kairat (A)
- Slavia Prague: Barcelona (H), Inter (A), Arsenal (H), Atalanta (A), Bodø/Glimt (H), Spurs (A), Pafos (H)
- Bodø/Glimt: Man City (H), Dortmund (A), Juventus (H), Athletic Bilbao (A), Spurs (H), Slavia (A), Monaco (H), Galatasaray (A)
- Marseille: Liverpool (H), Real Madrid (A), Atalanta (H), Brugge (A), Ajax (H), Sporting (A), Newcastle (H), Union SG (A)
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Pot 4 Fixtures
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- Copenhagen: Dortmund (H), Barcelona (A), Leverkusen (H), Villarreal (A), Napoli (H), Spurs (A), Kairat (H), Qarabağ (A)
- Monaco: Man City (H), Real Madrid (A), Juventus (H), Brugge (A), Spurs (H), Bodø/Glimt (A), Galatasaray (H), Pafos (A)
- Galatasaray: Liverpool (H), Man City (A), Atlético (H), Frankfurt (A), Bodø/Glimt (H), Ajax (A), Union SG (H), Monaco (A)
- Union Saint-Gilloise: Inter (H), Bayern (A), Atalanta (H), Atlético (A), Marseille (H), PSV (A), Newcastle (H), Galatasaray (A)
- Qarabağ: Chelsea (H), Liverpool (A), Frankfurt (H), Benfica (A), Ajax (H), Napoli (A), Copenhagen (H), Athletic Bilbao (A)
- Athletic Bilbao: PSG (H), Dortmund (A), Arsenal (H), Atalanta (A), Sporting (H), Slavia (A), Qarabağ (H), Newcastle (A)
- Newcastle United: Barcelona (H), PSG (A), Benfica (H), Leverkusen (A), PSV (H), Marseille (A), Athletic Bilbao (H), Union SG (A)
- Pafos: Bayern (H), Chelsea (A), Villarreal (H), Juventus (A), Slavia (H), Olympiacos (A), Monaco (H), Kairat (A)
- Kairat: Real Madrid (H), Inter (A), Brugge (H), Arsenal (A), Olympiacos (H), Sporting (A), Pafos (H), Copenhagen (A)
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