UEFA Champions League:
League phase draw 2025-26
Paris St-Germain are defending champions, while Bodø/Glimt,
Kairat, Pafos and Union Saint-Gilloise all make competition debuts


INNOVATIVE FORMAT
Single league introduced
in 2024 provided thrilling
match-ups and dramatic
final matchday

36 Teams from 16
different nations

MATCHES
Each team plays eight
league phase ties – four
home and four away –
against different opposition

144 League phase
matches

QUALIFICATION
Top 8: Advance
directly to Last 16

9th-24th place:
Contest two-legged play-off
to progress to Last 16

25th-36th place:
Eliminated


Ousmane
Dembélé
Crucial role
for PSG.
Player
of the
Season,
2024-25


MATCH SCHEDULE		Home		Away 		
1 Paris St-Germain FRA 	4 14 19 34 	9 11 23 33
2 Real Madrid ESP	3 16 27 29	5 13 24 36
3 Manchester City ENG	8 11 22 30	2 15 26 29
4 Bayern Munich GER	7 18 23 31	1 10 20 35
5 Liverpool ENG		2 12 20 32	6 17 27 30
6 Internazionale ITA	5 10 25 36	8 12 21 31
7 Chelsea ENG		9 13 21 35	4 14 22 32
8 Dortmund GER		6 15 26 33	3 16 19 28
9 Barcelona ESP		1 17 24 28	7 18 25 34

			Home 		Away
10 Arsenal ENG		4 12 24 36	6 18 25 33
11 Leverkusen GER	1 15 20 34	3 13 24 28
12 Atlético Madrid ESP	6 17 26 31	5 10 20 30
13 Benfica POR		2 11 22 32	7 16 21 34
14 Atalanta ITA		7 18 25 33	1 17 27 31
15 Villarreal ESP	3 16 21 28	8 11 19 35
16 Juventus ITA		8 13 23 35	2 15 26 29
17 Frankfurt GER	5 14 19 30	9 12 22 32
18 Club Brugge BEL	9 10 27 29	4 14 23 36

19 Tottenham ENG	8 15 25 28	1 17 26 29
20 PSV Eindhoven NED	4 12 22 31	5 11 24 34
21 Ajax NED		6 13 24 30	7 15 27 32
22 Napoli ITA		7 17 23 32	3 13 20 28
23 Sporting CP POR	1 18 27 36	4 16 22 33
24 Olympiacos GRE	2 11 20 35	9 10 21 36
25 Slavia Prague CZE	9 10 26 33	6 14 19 35
26 Bodø/Glimt NOR	3 16 19 29	8 12 25 30
27 Marseille FRA	5 14 21 34	2 18 23 31

28 Copenhagen DEN	8 11 22 36	9 15 19 32
29 Monaco FRA		3 16 19 30	2 18 26 35
30 Galatasaray TUR	5 12 26 31	3 17 21 29
31 Union SG BEL		6 14 27 34	4 12 20 30
32 Qarabag AZE		7 17 21 28	5 13 22 33
33 Athletic Club ESP	1 10 23 32	8 14 25 34
34 Newcastle Utd ENG	9 13 20 33	1 11 27 31
35 Pafos CYP		4 15 25 29	7 16 24 36
36 Kairat Almaty KAZ	2 18 24 35	6 10 23 28

DATES
Sep 16 / 17 / 18, Sep 30 / Oct 1, Oct 21 / 22, Nov 4 / 5, Nov 25 / 26, Dec 9 / 10, Jan 20 / 21, Jan 28


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