2025–26 UEFA Champions League

2025–26 UEFA Champions League

The Puskás Aréna in Budapest will host the final
Tournament details
Dates	Qualifying: 8 July – 27 August 2025 Competition proper: 16 September 2025 – 30 May 2026
Teams	Competition proper: 36 Total: 82 (from 53 associations)

The 2025–26 UEFA Champions League is 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.

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	Arsenal (W)	6	6	0	0	17	1	+16	18	Advance to round of 16 (seeded)
2	Bayern Munich (X)	6	5	0	1	18	7	+11	15
3	Paris Saint-Germain (X)	6	4	1	1	19	8	+11	13
4	Manchester City (X)	6	4	1	1	12	6	+6	13
5	Atalanta (X)	6	4	1	1	8	6	+2	13
6	Inter Milan	6	4	0	2	12	4	+8	12
7	Real Madrid	6	4	0	2	13	7	+6	12
8	Atlético Madrid	6	4	0	2	15	12	+3	12
9	Liverpool	6	4	0	2	11	8	+3	12	Advance to knockout phase play-offs (seeded)
10	Borussia Dortmund	6	3	2	1	19	13	+6	11
11	Tottenham Hotspur	6	3	2	1	13	7	+6	11
12	Newcastle United	6	3	1	2	13	6	+7	10
13	Chelsea	6	3	1	2	13	8	+5	10
14	Sporting CP	6	3	1	2	12	8	+4	10
15	Barcelona	6	3	1	2	14	11	+3	10
16	Marseille	6	3	0	3	11	8	+3	9
17	Juventus	6	2	3	1	12	10	+2	9	Advance to knockout phase play-offs (unseeded)
18	Galatasaray	6	3	0	3	8	8	0	9
19	Monaco	6	2	3	1	7	8	−1	9
20	Bayer Leverkusen	6	2	3	1	10	12	−2	9
21	PSV Eindhoven	6	2	2	2	15	11	+4	8
22	Qarabağ	6	2	1	3	10	13	−3	7
23	Napoli	6	2	1	3	6	11	−5	7
24	Copenhagen	6	2	1	3	10	16	−6	7
25	Benfica	6	2	0	4	6	8	−2	6
26	Pafos	6	1	3	2	4	9	−5	6
27	Union Saint-Gilloise	6	2	0	4	7	15	−8	6
28	Athletic Bilbao (Y)	6	1	2	3	4	9	−5	5
29	Olympiacos (Y)	6	1	2	3	6	13	−7	5
30	Eintracht Frankfurt (Y)	6	1	1	4	8	16	−8	4
31	Club Brugge (Y)	6	1	1	4	8	16	−8	4
32	Bodø/Glimt (Z)	6	0	3	3	9	13	−4	3
33	Slavia Prague (Z)	6	0	3	3	2	11	−9	3
34	Ajax (Z)	6	1	0	5	5	18	−13	3
35	Villarreal (Z)	6	0	1	5	4	13	−9	1
36	Kairat (Z)	6	0	1	5	4	15	−11	1

Updated to match(es) played on 10 December 2025. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: League phase tiebreakers
(W) Assured of at least the play-offs (seeded), but may still advance directly to the round of 16; (X) Assured of at least the play-offs (unseeded), but may still advance directly to the round of 16; (Y) Cannot advance directly to the round of 16, but may still qualify via the play-offs (seeded); (Z) Cannot advance directly to the round of 16, but may still qualify via the play-offs (unseeded)
Notes:

Knockout phase

Knockout phase play-offs

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
	Match 1		17–18 Feb	24–25 Feb
	Match 2		17–18 Feb	24–25 Feb
	Match 3		17–18 Feb	24–25 Feb
	Match 4		17–18 Feb	24–25 Feb
	Match 5		17–18 Feb	24–25 Feb
	Match 6		17–18 Feb	24–25 Feb
	Match 7		17–18 Feb	24–25 Feb
	Match 8		17–18 Feb	24–25 Feb

Round of 16

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
	Match 1		10–11 Mar	17–18 Mar
	Match 2		10–11 Mar	17–18 Mar
	Match 3		10–11 Mar	17–18 Mar
	Match 4		10–11 Mar	17–18 Mar
	Match 5		10–11 Mar	17–18 Mar
	Match 6		10–11 Mar	17–18 Mar
	Match 7		10–11 Mar	17–18 Mar
	Match 8		10–11 Mar	17–18 Mar

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
	Match 1		7–8 Apr	14–15 Apr
	Match 2		7–8 Apr	14–15 Apr
	Match 3		7–8 Apr	14–15 Apr
	Match 4		7–8 Apr	14–15 Apr

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
	Match 1		28–29 Apr	5–6 May
	Match 2		28–29 Apr	5–6 May

Final

30 May 2026 (2026-05-30)

18:00 CEST

Winner SF1	v	Winner SF2

Puskás Aréna, Budapest

External links

• Official website