2025–26 UEFA Champions League

2025–26 UEFA Champions League
The Puskás Aréna in Budapest will host the final
Tournament details
DatesQualifying:
8 July – 27 August 2025
Competition proper:
16 September 2025 – 30 May 2026
TeamsCompetition proper: 36
Total: 82 (from 53 associations)

The 2025–26 UEFA Champions League will be the 71th season of Europe's top club football tournament. It is organized by UEFA, the football authority in Europe. This season is also the 33rd since they changed its name from the European Champion Clubs' Cup to the UEFA Champions League. The final will be played on 30 May 2026 at Puskás Aréna in Budapest, Hungary.[1]

Schedule

Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Qualifying First qualifying round 17 June 2025 8–9 July 2025 15–16 July 2025
Second qualifying round 18 June 2025 22–23 July 2025 29–30 July 2025
Third qualifying round 21 July 2025 5–6 August 2025 12 August 2025
Play-offs Play-off round 4 August 2025 19–20 August 2025 26–27 August 2025
League phase Matchday 1 28 August 2025 16–18 September 2025
Matchday 2 30 September – 1 October 2025
Matchday 3 21–22 October 2025
Matchday 4 4–5 November 2025
Matchday 5 25–26 November 2025
Matchday 6 9–10 December 2025
Matchday 7 20–21 January 2026
Matchday 8 28 January 2026
Knockout phase Knockout phase play-offs 30 January 2026 17–18 February 2026 24–25 February 2026
Round of 16 27 February 2026 10–11 March 2026 17–18 March 2026
Quarter-finals 7–8 April 2026 14–15 April 2026
Semi-finals 28–29 April 2026 5–6 May 2026
Final 30 May 2026 at Puskás Aréna, Budapest

Teams

Entry round Teams
League phase Paris Saint-Germain (1st)TH Tottenham Hotspur (EL) Liverpool (1st) Arsenal (2nd)
Manchester City (3rd) Chelsea (4th) Newcastle United (5th)EPS Napoli (1st)
Inter Milan (2nd) Atalanta (3rd) Juventus (4th) Barcelona (1st)
Real Madrid (2nd) Atlético Madrid (3rd) Athletic Bilbao (4th) Villarreal (5th)EPS
Bayern Munich (1st) Bayer Leverkusen (2nd) Eintracht Frankfurt (3rd) Borussia Dortmund (4th)
Marseille (2nd) Monaco (3rd) PSV Eindhoven (1st) Ajax (2nd)
Sporting CP (1st) Union Saint-Gilloise (1st) Galatasaray (1st) Slavia Prague (1st)
Olympiacos (1st)
Play-off round CH Celtic (1st) Basel (1st) Sturm Graz (1st) Bodø/Glimt (1st)
Third qualifying round LP Nice (4th) Feyenoord (3rd) Benfica (2nd) Club Brugge (2nd)
Fenerbahçe (2nd)
Second qualifying round CH Copenhagen (1st) Maccabi Tel Aviv (1st) Dynamo Kyiv (1st) Red Star Belgrade (1st)
Rijeka (1st) Lech Poznań (1st) Pafos (1st) Ferencváros (1st)
Qarabağ (1st) Slovan Bratislava (1st)
LP Viktoria Plzeň (2nd) Rangers (2nd) Servette (2nd) Red Bull Salzburg (2nd)
Brann (2nd) Panathinaikos (2nd)
First qualifying round CH Malmö FF (1st) FCSB (1st) Ludogorets Razgrad (1st) Olimpija Ljubljana (1st)
Milsami Orhei (1st) Drita (1st) Kairat (1st) KuPS (1st)
Shelbourne (1st) Noah (1st) RFS (1st) Víkingur Gøta (1st)
Zrinjski Mostar (1st) Breiðablik (1st) Linfield (1st) Differdange 03 (1st)
Žalgiris (1st) Hamrun Spartans (1st) Iberia 1999 (1st) Egnatia (1st)
Levadia Tallinn (1st) Dinamo Minsk (1st) Shkëndija (1st) Inter Club d'Escaldes (1st)
The New Saints (1st) Budućnost Podgorica (1st) Lincoln Red Imps (1st) Virtus (1st)

Qualifying rounds

First qualifying round

The winners of the ties advanced to the Champions Path second qualifying round. Twelve of the losing teams were transferred to the Conference League Champions Path second qualifying round, and the other two losing teams (selected via a draw) were transferred to the Conference League Champions Path third qualifying round.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Žalgiris 2–2
(10–11 p) 		Hamrun Spartans 2–0 0–2 (aet)
KuPS 1–0 Milsami Orhei 1–0 0–0
The New Saints 1–2 Shkëndija 0–0 1–2 (aet)
Iberia 1999 2–6 Malmö FF 1–3 1–3
FCI Levadia 0–2 RFS 0–1 0–1
Drita 4–2 Differdange 03 1–0 3–2
Víkingur Gøta 2–4 Lincoln Red Imps 2–3 0–1
Egnatia 1–5 Breiðablik 1–0 0–5
Shelbourne 2–1 Linfield 1–0 1–1
FCSB 4–3 Inter Club d'Escaldes 3–1 1–2
Virtus 1–4 Zrinjski Mostar 0–2 1–2
Olimpija Ljubljana 1–3 Kairat 1–1 0–2
Noah 3–2 Budućnost Podgorica 1–0 2–2
Ludogorets Razgrad 3–2 Dinamo Minsk 1–0 2–2 (aet)

Second qualifying round

The winners of the ties advanced to the third qualifying round. The losers were transferred to the Europa League third qualifying round.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Champions Path
RFS 1–5 Malmö FF 1–4 0–1
Hamrun Spartans 0–6 Dynamo Kyiv 0–3 0–3
Pafos 2–1 Maccabi Tel Aviv 1–1 1–0
Lincoln Red Imps 1–6 Red Star Belgrade 0–1 1–5
Noah 4–6 Ferencváros 1–2 3–4
Lech Poznań 8–1 Breiðablik 7–1 1–0
Copenhagen 3–0 Drita 2–0 1–0
Rijeka 1–3 Ludogorets Razgrad 0–0 1–3 (aet)
Shkëndija 3–1 FCSB 1–0 2–1
Slovan Bratislava 6–2 Zrinjski Mostar 4–0 2–2
Shelbourne 0–4 Qarabağ 0–3 0–1
KuPS 2–3 Kairat 2–0 0–3
League Path
Brann 2–5 Red Bull Salzburg 1–4 1–1
Viktoria Plzeň 3–2 Servette 0–1 3–1
Rangers 3–1 Panathinaikos 2–0 1–1

Third qualifying round

The winners of the ties advanced to the play-off round. The losers of the Champions Path were transferred to the Europa League play-off round. The losers of the League Path were transferred to the Europa League league phase.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Champions Path
Malmö FF 0–5 Copenhagen 0–0 0–5
Kairat 1–1 (4–3 p) Slovan Bratislava 1–0 0–1 (aet)
Lech Poznań 2–4 Red Star Belgrade 1–3 1–1
Ludogorets Razgrad 0–3 Ferencváros 0–0 0–3
Dynamo Kyiv 0–3 Pafos 0–1 0–2
Shkëndija 1–6 Qarabağ 0–1 1–5
League Path
Red Bull Salzburg 2–4 Club Brugge 0–1 2–3
Rangers 4–2 Viktoria Plzeň 3–0 1–2
Nice 0–4 Benfica 0–2 0–2
Feyenoord 4–6 Fenerbahçe 2–1 2–5

Play-off round

The winners of the ties will advance to the league phase. The losers will be transferred to the Europa League league phase.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Champions Path
Ferencváros 4–5 Qarabağ 1–3 3–2
Red Star Belgrade 2–3 Pafos 1–2 1–1
Bodø/Glimt 6–2 Sturm Graz 5–0 1–2
Celtic 0–0 (2–3 p) Kairat 0–0 0–0 (aet)
Basel 1–3 Copenhagen 1–1 0–2
League Path
Fenerbahçe 0–1 Benfica 0–0 0–1
Rangers 1–9 Club Brugge 1–3 0–6

League phase

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Ajax 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to round of 16 (seeded)
2 Arsenal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Atalanta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Athletic Bilbao 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Atlético Madrid 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Barcelona 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Bayer Leverkusen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Bayern Munich 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Benfica 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to knockout phase play-offs (seeded)
10 Bodø/Glimt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Borussia Dortmund 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Chelsea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Club Brugge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Copenhagen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Eintracht Frankfurt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Galatasaray 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Inter Milan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to knockout phase play-offs (unseeded)
18 Juventus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Kairat 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Liverpool 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 Manchester City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 Marseille 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 Monaco 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 Napoli 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 Newcastle United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 Olympiacos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 Pafos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 Paris Saint-Germain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 PSV Eindhoven 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 Qarabağ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 Real Madrid 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 Slavia Prague 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 Sporting CP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 Tottenham Hotspur 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 Union Saint-Gilloise 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 Villarreal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 16 September 2025. Source: UEFA

References

  1. ↑ "Budapest to host UEFA Champions League Final 2026". Union of European Football Associations. 22 May 2024.
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