Champions League 2025-26-Complete Time of the League while Alexander-Arnold returns to Anfield and Bruyne Eyes Man City Réunion
The Champions League returns for its second season in the newly adopted format and in 2025-26, the Premier League will have six teams that seek to become the best team in Europe.
The Liverpool champions seek to claim a seventh historic crown of the Champions League and will face the old enemies of Real Madrid – which will include a visit by Trent Alexander -Arnold – as well as Inter Milan.
Meanwhile, Arsenal will once again welcome Bayern Munich and go to San Siro, and Tottenham will face PSG in a revenge match of the August Super Cup.
Manchester City participates in their 15th consecutive campaign in the Elite competition in Europe and will face Borussia Dortmund, with Real Madrid who also awaits the team of Pep Guardiola, alongside a meeting with the former Kevin midfielder in Bruyne.
They are joined by the Chelsea world champions, who must go to Napoli d’Antonio Conte, as well as by Bayern Munich.
The other heavy strikers are involved, including the Spanish giants Barcelona, who face Chelsea and PSG.
Real Madrid must overcome Liverpool and City, and Bayern Munich of Harry Kane has difficult tests against Chelsea, PSG and Arsenal.
You can find the full draw below, as well as information on the moment when the new Champions League campaign is starting this season.
How does the Champions League draw work?
The 36 clubs participating in the competition are made up of:
- 27 teams that qualified through their national league posts
- Holders of the Champions League and the Europa League
- Seven teams that have progressed through qualification towers
The clubs are classified in four pots, determined by the rankings of the coefficients of the UEFA club. Starting with pot 1, the teams are drawn individually and each will be allocated eight opponents by the automated UEFA software.
Each team will play eight matches in total: two opponents of each pot, one at home and one outside.
Clubs cannot face adversaries from their own country, and no team can be drawn to play more than two clubs from the same nation (for example, two Italian teams).
This process continues until the full calendar of the 36 clubs is confirmed.
What are the pots of this season?
| Pot 1: PSG real Madrid Manchester City Bayern Munich Liverpool Inter Milan Chélat Bvb Barcelona |
Pot 2 Arsenal Bayer Leverkusen Atlético Madrid Benfica Atalanta Villarreal Juventus Shattering Club brugge |
Pot 3 Tottenham PSV Eindhoven Ajax Napoli Sports CP Olympiacos Slavia Prague They go / glij Marseille |
Pot 4 FC Cobenhavn As monaco Galatasaray Union St.-Gilloie watch Sports club Newcastle United Paphos Kairat Almaty |
The opponents of the Arsenal Champions League
- Bavaria Munich (H)
- Inter Milan (A)
- Atletico Madrid (H)
- Club Brugge (A)
- Olympiacos (H)
- Slavia Prague (A)
- Kairat Almaty (H)
- Athletics Club (A)
The opponents of the Chelsea Champions League
- Barcelona (H)
- Bayern Munich (A)
- Benfica (H)
- Atalanta (A)
- Ajax (H)
- Naples (A)
- PAFOS (H)
- Garabag (A)
The opponents of the Liverpool Champions League
- Real Madrid (H)
- Inter Milan (A)
- Atletico Madrid (H)
- Eintracht Francfurt (A)
- PSV (H)
- Marseille (A)
- Qarabag (H)
- Galatasaray (A)
Manchester City Champions League opponents
- Borussia Dortmund (H)
- Real Madrid (A)
- Bayer Leverkusen (H)
- Villarreal (A)
- OLOP (H)
- Bodo / Glimt (A)
- Galatasaray (H)
- Monaco (A)
Newcastle Champions League opponents
- Barcelona (H)
- PSG (A)
- Benfica (H)
- Bayer Leverkusen (A)
- PSV (H)
- Marseille (A)
- Athletic Club (H)
- Union St. Gilloie (A)
Tottenham Champions League opponents
- Borussia Dortmund (H)
- PSG (A)
- Villarreal (H)
- Frankfurt (A)
- Slavia Prague (H)
- Bodo / Glimt (A)
- Copenhagen (H)
- Monaco (A)
Real Madrid Champions League opponents
- Manchester City (H)
- Liverpool (A)
- Juventus (H)
- Benfica
- Marseille (H)
- Olympiacos (A)
- Monaco (H)
- Kairat Almaty (A)
The opponents of the Champions League of Barcelona
- PSG (H)
- Chelsea (A)
- Eintracht Frankfurt (H)
- Club Brugge (A)
- Olympiacos (H)
- Slavia Prague (A)
- Copenhagen (H)
- Newcastle (A)
The opponents of the Bayern Munich Champions League
- Chelsea (H)
- Paris Saint-Germain (A)
- Club Brugge (H)
- Arsenal (A)
- CP Sports (H)
- PSV (A)
- Union St. Gilloie (H)
- PAFOS (A)
PSG Champions League opponents
- Bavaria Munich (H)
- Barcelona (A)
- Atalanta (H)
- Bayer Leverkusen (A)
- Tottenham (H)
- CP Sportif (A)
- Newcastle (H)
- Athletics Club (A)
When does the new Champions League campaign start?
UEFA described the full calendar of the Champions League phase of this season, including launch slots and match days under the extended calendar.
The full schedule will be published on Saturday August 30 to determine who will play who and in what order.
Kick -off
- Each day of the day, two lights will start at 5.45 p.m., the remaining games will start at 8:00 p.m.
- During the last series of lights, the 18 games will be played simultaneously at 8:00 p.m.
Champions League newspapers
- Matchday 1: September 16-18
- Matchday 2: September 30, October 1 1
- Matchday 3: October 21-22
- Matchday 4: November 4-5
- Matchday 5: November 25-26
- Matchday 6: December 9-10
- Matchday 7: January 20-21
- Matchday 8: January 28
Key changes in the new format
The league phase is now ending in January, rather than finishing before Christmas.
Six games will be played before the winter holidays, the last two laps scheduled for January 20 to 21 and January 28.
Where is the Champions League final in 2026?
The final of the Champions League of this season will take place on Saturday May 30, 2026 at the Puskas Arena in Budapest, Hungary.
