Spain<\/strong>: Barcelona, Real Madrid, Atl\u00e9tico de Madrid, Athletic Club, Villarreal
Italy<\/strong>: Napoli, Inter, Atalanta, Juventus
Germany<\/strong>: Bayern M\u00fcnchen, Bayer Leverkusen, Eintracht Frankfurt, Dortmund
France<\/strong>: Paris Saint-Germain, Marseille, Monaco
Netherlands<\/strong>: PSV, Ajax
Portugal<\/strong>: Benfica*, Sporting CP
Belgium<\/strong>: Club Brugge*, Union Saint-Gilloise
T\u00fcrkiye<\/strong>: Galatasaray
Czechia<\/strong>: Slavia Praha
Greece<\/strong>: Olympiacos
Denmark<\/strong>: Copenhagen*
Norway<\/strong>: Bod\u00f8\/Glimt*
Cyprus<\/strong>: Pafos*
Kazakhstan<\/strong>: Kairat Almaty*
Azerbaijan<\/strong>: Qaraba?*<\/p>\n
*Play-off winners<\/p>\n
Twenty-nine teams qualified automatically, either through their domestic league placing or being holders of the Champions League (Paris Saint-Germain) or Uefa Europa League (Tottenham). Rebalancing was required as Champions League winners Paris also qualified automatically via their domestic league placing.<\/p>\n
Two of the places were filled by the European Performance Spots, while seven slots were determined via qualifying.<\/p>\n
The list above is provisional, based purely on sporting performance and does not account for any potential disciplinary or licensing matters.<\/p>\n
![\"\"](\"https:\/\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\/edn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ucl-trophy-g1200.jpg\")
<\/p>\n
Therefore, the above is still pending final admittance of clubs to the relevant competitions. All Russian teams are suspended from participation in Uefa competitions until further notice.<\/p>\n
When are the league phase matches in the 2025\/26 Champions League?<\/strong><\/p>\n Matchday 1: 16\u201318 September 2025 When are the knockout phase matches in the 2025\/26 Champions League?<\/p>\n Knockout phase play-offs: 17\/18 & 24\/25 February 2026 The Pusk\u00e1s Ar\u00e9na in Budapest, Hungary, will provide the stage as Champions League action reaches its zenith on 30 May 2026.<\/p>\n The stadium also hosted the Uefa Europa League decider in 2023, but this will be the first time that the final of Europe’s premier club competition is held in Hungary.<\/p>\n What do the Champions League winners get?<\/strong><\/p>\n The current Uefa Champions League trophy stands 73.5cm tall and weighs 7.5kg.<\/p>\n The 2025\/26 winners also gain a place in the league stage of the 2026\/27 Uefa Champions League, if they have not qualified via their domestic competition.<\/p>\n They will also earn the right to play against the winners of the 2025\/26 Uefa Europa League in the 2026 Uefa Super Cup.<\/p>\n How did 2025\/26 Champions League qualifying work?<\/strong><\/p>\n Twenty-nine teams qualified directly for the league phase, with the final seven spots coming through qualifying, culminating in August’s play-offs.<\/p>\n The stage at which teams entered qualifying was based on their association club coefficient rankings. All ties were played over two legs. First qualifying round: 8\/9 & 15\/16 July 2025
Matchday 2: 30 September\u20131 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<\/p>\n
Round of 16: 10\/11 & 17\/18 March 2026
Quarter-finals: 7\/8 & 14\/15 April 2026
Semi-finals: 28\/29 April & 5\/6 May 2026
Final: 30 May 2026 (Budapest)
When are the 2025\/26 Champions League draws?
First qualifying round: 17 June 2025
Second qualifying round: 18 June 2025
Third qualifying round: 21 July 2025
Play-offs: 4 August 2025
League phase: 28 August 2025
Knockout phase play-offs: 30 January 2026
Round of 16, quarter-final, semi-final and final: 27 February 2026
When and where is the 2026 Champions League final?<\/p>\n
When were the 2025\/26 Champions League qualifying rounds and play-offs?<\/p>\n
Second qualifying round: 22\/23 & 29\/30 July 2025
Third qualifying round: 5\/6 & 12 August 2025
Play-offs: 19\/20 & 26\/27 August 2025<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"All you need to know about the 71st season of Europe’s elite club competition. Catch all the action…","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3036,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"csco_display_header_overlay":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,43],"tags":[46,79,71,39,48,49,58,53,80,54],"class_list":["post-3030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","category-sports","tag-africa","tag-betway-premiership","tag-champions-league","tag-entertainment","tag-feature","tag-human-interest","tag-national","tag-soccer","tag-south-africa","tag-sports","cs-entry","cs-video-wrap"],"yoast_head":"\n