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)
Final positions
Champions	Paris Saint-Germain (2nd title)
Runners-up	Arsenal

The 2025–26 UEFA Champions League was the 71st season of Europe's top club football tournament. It was organized by UEFA, the football authority in Europe. This season is also the 34th since they changed its name from the European Champion Clubs' Cup to the UEFA Champions League. The final was played on 30 May 2026 at Puskás Aréna in Budapest, Hungary.^[1] Paris Saint-Germain won their second title in a row, beating Arsenal 4–3 on penalties after the match finished 1–1 after extra time.

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)
Third qualifying round	LP	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)
	LP	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

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

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

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

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

Source: UEFA^[2]
Rules for classification: League phase tiebreakers

Knockout phase

Bracket


Knockout phase play-offs					Round of 16					Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Final



					11	Paris Saint-Germain	5	3	8

21	Monaco	2	2	4	6	Chelsea	2	0	2
										11	Paris Saint-Germain	2	2	4
11	Paris Saint-Germain	3	2	5
										3	Liverpool	0	0	0
					20	Galatasaray	1	0	1

20	Galatasaray (aet)	5	2	7	3	Liverpool	0	4	4
															11	Paris Saint-Germain	5	1	6
13	Juventus	2	3	5
															2	Bayern Munich	4	1	5
					9	Real Madrid	3	2	5

24	Benfica	0	1	1	8	Manchester City	0	1	1
										9	Real Madrid	1	3	4
9	Real Madrid	1	2	3
										2	Bayern Munich	2	4	6
					15	Atalanta	1	1	2
																				30 May – Budapest
17	Borussia Dortmund	2	1	3	2	Bayern Munich	6	4	10
																				11	Paris Saint-Germain (p)	1(4)
15	Atalanta	0	4	4
																				1	Arsenal	1(3)
					12	Newcastle United	1	2	3

22	Qarabağ	1	2	3	5	Barcelona	1	7	8
										5	Barcelona	0	2	2
12	Newcastle United	6	3	9
										14	Atlético Madrid	2	1	3
					14	Atlético Madrid	5	2	7

19	Club Brugge	3	1	4	4	Tottenham Hotspur	2	3	5
															14	Atlético Madrid	1	0	1
14	Atlético Madrid	3	4	7
															1	Arsenal	1	1	2
					23	Bodø/Glimt	3	0	3

23	Bodø/Glimt	3	2	5	7	Sporting CP (aet)	0	5	5
										7	Sporting CP	0	0	0
10	Inter Milan	1	1	2
										1	Arsenal	1	0	1
					16	Bayer Leverkusen	1	0	1

18	Olympiacos	0	0	0	1	Arsenal	1	2	3

16	Bayer Leverkusen	2	0	2

Knockout phase play-offs

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Monaco	4–5	Paris Saint-Germain	2–3	2–2
Galatasaray	7–5	Juventus	5–2	2–3 (aet)
Benfica	1–3	Real Madrid	0–1	1–2
Borussia Dortmund	3–4	Atalanta	2–0	1–4
Qarabağ	3–9	Newcastle United	1–6	2–3
Club Brugge	4–7	Atlético Madrid	3–3	1–4
Bodø/Glimt	5–2	Inter Milan	3–1	2–1
Olympiacos	0–2	Bayer Leverkusen	0–2	0–0

Round of 16

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Paris Saint-Germain	8–2	Chelsea	5–2	3–0
Galatasaray	1–4	Liverpool	1–0	0–4
Real Madrid	5-1	Manchester City	3–0	2-1
Atalanta	2–10	Bayern Munich	1–6	1–4
Newcastle United	3–8	Barcelona	1–1	2–7
Atlético Madrid	7–5	Tottenham Hotspur	5–2	2–3
Bodø/Glimt	3–5	Sporting CP	3–0	0–5 (aet)
Bayer Leverkusen	1–3	Arsenal	1–1	0–2

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Paris Saint-Germain	4–0	Liverpool	2–0	2–0
Real Madrid	4–6	Bayern Munich	1–2	3–4
Barcelona	2–3	Atlético Madrid	0–2	2–1
Sporting CP	0–1	Arsenal	0–1	0–0

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Paris Saint-Germain	6–5	Bayern Munich	5–4	1–1
Atlético Madrid	1–2	Arsenal	1–1	0–1

Final

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Paris Saint-Germain	1–1 (4–3 p)	Arsenal

References

↑ "Budapest to host UEFA Champions League Final 2026". Union of European Football Associations. 22 May 2024.
↑ "League phase table". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 28 January 2026.

External links

Official website

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

[UCL_table-2] "League phase table". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 28 January 2026.

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