Champions League 2025/26 Draw: Group stage fixtures announced

Champions League returns this season as the largest golf equipment in European soccer put together to face one another.

Final season’s competitors was gained by Paris Saint-Germain underneath the management of supervisor Luis Enrique, who guided the French membership to their first Champions League triumph.

The Champions League journey for 2025/26 has been quietly however steadily unfolding for months, lengthy earlier than the group stage glamour and the lights of Europe’s greatest arenas take middle stage.

Since early July, the competitors has been effervescent away with the qualifying rounds, the place lesser-known golf equipment from throughout the continent battled fiercely for a spot amongst Europe’s elite.

In complete, 53 groups had been a part of this rigorous course of. Of these, 42 sides entered through the Champions Path, which is particularly designed for league winners from smaller European nations, whereas the remaining 11 golf equipment joined via the League Path, reserved for non-champions from the stronger leagues.

At stake had been simply seven coveted slots within the newly formatted league part of the Champions League, a prize that may rework the monetary and sporting fortunes of a membership in a single day.

This week introduced the ultimate spherical of qualifiers to a dramatic conclusion. On Wednesday night time, European regulars Benfica, together with Qarabag and Membership Brugge, emerged triumphant from their ties, securing their locations in the primary draw.

With the qualifying rounds wrapped up, the complete lineup of 36 groups is now confirmed. All of them will start their quest to observe within the footsteps of final season’s winners, Paris Saint-Germain, who claimed their maiden European crown in emphatic trend.

The Champions League league part guarantees drama, iconic nights, and maybe even the beginning of one other historic story, simply as PSG wrote theirs final season.

2025/26 Champions League fixtures

POT 1

Bayern Munich

ChelseaArsenalPSGClub BruggeSportingUnion SGPafosPSV

Chelsea

Bayern MunichBarcelonaBenficaAtalantaAjaxNapoliPafosQarabag

Inter Milan

Liverpooldortmundarsenalatletico Madridslavia PragueajaxkairaTunion SG

Barcelona

ChelseaPSGFrankfurtClub BruggeOlympiacosSlavia PragueCopenhagenNewcastle

Liverpool

Actual MadridInterAtletico MadridFrankfurtPSVMarseilleQarabagGalatasaray

Borussia Dortmund

InterMan CityVillarrealJuventusBodo/GlimtTottenhamAthleticCopenhagen

Actual Madrid

MAN CITYLIVERPOOLJUVENSBENFICAMARSEILLEIMPIACOSMONACOCOKAMAT

Manchester Metropolis

Borussia Dortmundreal MadridleverkusenillaRealllarapolibodo/Glimtgalatasaraymonaco

POT 2

Arsenal

Bayern MunichInterClub BruggeAtletico MadridOlympiacosSlavia PragueKairatAthletic

Bayer Leverkusen

PSGMan CityVillarrealBenficaPSVOlympiacosNewcastleCopenhagen

Atalanta

ChelseaPSGClub BruggeFrankfurtSlavia PrahaMarseilleAthleticUnion SG

Benfica

Actual Madridchelsealeverkusuventusnapoliajaxqarabagnewcastle

Membership Brugge

BarcelonaBayern MunichArsenalAtalantaMarseilleSportingMonacoKairat Almaty

Eintracht Frankfurt

LiverpoolbarCelonaataletico madridtottenhamnapoligalatasarayqarabagag

Juventus

Borussia Dortmundreal MadridBenficavillarrealsportingbodo/Glimtpafosmonaco

Atletico Madrid

Inter MilaliverpooleEntracht FrankfurtarTaho / GLIMTSvunion Sggalasaray

Villarreal

Man Cityborussia DortmundjuventusververkusenajaxtoTtenhamcopenhagen pafos

POT 3

Olympic Marseille

LiverpoolReal MadridAtalantaClub BruggeAjaxSportingNewcastleUnion SG

Tottenham

Borussia DortmundPSGVillarrealEintracht FrankfurtSlavia PrahaBodo/GlimtCopenhagenMonaco

They are going to/glymth

Man Cityborussia Dortmundjuventusatico MadridTottenhamslavia Prahamonacogalataray

Sporting

PSGBayern MunichClub BruggeJuventusMarseilleNapoliKairat AlmatyAthletic

Olympiacos

Actual MadridBarcelonaBayer LeverkusenArsenalPSVAjaxPafosKairat Almaty

AFC Ajax

InterChelseaBenficaVillarrealOlympiacosMarseilleGalatasarayQarabag

Slavia Prague

Barcelona inter -stabbod/glimttttenhamaticpafos

PSV

Bavaria Munichliverpoolatleticobayer Leverkusennapoliolympiacosunion Sgnewcastle

Napoli

ChelseaMan CityEintracht FrankfurtBenficaSportingPSVQarabagCopenhagen

POT 4

Athletic

Psgborussia DortmundarsenalatalatalantsportingSlavia Prahaqarabagnewcastle

Traitor

ChelseaLiverpoolEintracht FrankfurtBenficaAjaxNapoliCopenhagenAthletic

AS Monaco

Man CityReal Madridjuventusclub Bruggetottenhambodo/GlimtgalatasarayPafos

Galatasaray

Liverpoolman Cityatleticoeintracht Frankfurtbodo/Glimtajaxunion Sgmonaco

Newcastle United

Barcelonapsgbenficabayer Leverkusenpsvmarseilleathleticunion SG

Union SG

InterBayern MunichAtalantaAtleticoMarseillePSVNewcastleGalatasaray

Paphos

Bayern MunichChelseaVillarrealJuventusSlavia PrahaOlympiacoMonacoKairat Almaty

Kairat almaty

Actual MadridInter MilanClub BruggeArsenalOlympiacosSportingPafosCopenhagen