2025–26 UEFA Champions League

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  in Budapest, Hungary.

## Schedule

|Phase|Round|Draw date|First leg|Second leg|||
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|rowspan="3"|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|||
|rowspan="8"|League phase|Matchday 1|rowspan="8"|28 August 2025|colspan="2"|16–18 September 2025|
|Matchday 2|colspan="2"|30 September – 1 October 2025|||||
|Matchday 3|colspan="2"|21–22 October 2025|||||
|Matchday 4|colspan="2"|4–5 November 2025|||||
|Matchday 5|colspan="2"|25–26 November 2025|||||
|Matchday 6|colspan="2"|9–10 December 2025|||||
|Matchday 7|colspan="2"|20–21 January 2026|||||
|Matchday 8|colspan="2"|28 January 2026|||||
|rowspan="5"|Knockout phase|Knockout phase play-offs|30 January 2026|17–18 February 2026|24–25 February 2026||
|Round of 16|rowspan="4"|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|colspan="2"|30 May 2026 at , Budapest|||||

## Teams

|colspan="2"|Entry round|colspan="4"|Teams|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Paris Saint-Germain <sup>TH</sup>|Tottenham Hotspur|Liverpool|Arsenal|
|Manchester City|Chelsea|Newcastle United <sup></sup>|Napoli|
|Inter Milan|Atalanta|Juventus|Barcelona|
|Real Madrid|Atlético Madrid|Athletic Bilbao|Villarreal <sup></sup>|
|Bayern Munich|Bayer Leverkusen|Eintracht Frankfurt|Borussia Dortmund|
|Marseille|Monaco|PSV Eindhoven|Ajax|
|Sporting CP||Galatasaray|Slavia Prague|
|Olympiacos|colspan="3"|||
|Celtic|Basel|Sturm Graz||
|Nice|Feyenoord|Benfica|Club Brugge|
|Fenerbahçe|colspan="3"|||
|Copenhagen|Maccabi Tel Aviv|Dynamo Kyiv|Red Star Belgrade|
|Rijeka||Pafos|Ferencváros|
|Qarabağ|Slovan Bratislava|colspan="2"||
|Viktoria Plzeň|Rangers|Servette|Red Bull Salzburg|
||Panathinaikos|colspan="2"||
|Malmö FF|FCSB|Ludogorets Razgrad|Olimpija Ljubljana|
|Milsami Orhei||||
|Shelbourne||||
|Levadia Tallinn|Dinamo Minsk||Inter Club d'Escaldes|
|The New Saints||Lincoln Red Imps|Virtus|

### 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.

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### 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.

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### 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.

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## 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.

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## League phase

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### Knockout phase play-offs

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### Round of 16

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### Quarter-finals

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### Semi-finals

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### Final

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## Infobox (international football competition)

- **tourney name**: UEFA Champions League
- **year**: 2025–26
- **image**: Puskás Aréna 05.jpg
- **size**: 275px
- **caption**: The  in Budapest will host the final
- **dates**: _Qualifying:_
8 July – 27 August 2025
_Competition proper:_
16 September 2025 – 30 May 2026
- **num teams**: _Competition proper:_ 36
_Total:_ 82
- **associations**: 53
- **prevseason**: 2024–25 UEFA Champions League, 2024–25
- **nextseason**: _2026–27_