The draw for the Champions League 2025/26 league section takes place this week.
Liverpool, Arsenal, Manchester Metropolis, Membership World Cup champions Chelsea, Newcastle and Europa League winners Tottenham might be within the draw, together with holders Paris Saint-Germain.
The Gunners reached the semi-finals final time period, shedding out to PSG 3-1 on mixture after thrashing each PSV and Actual Madrid earlier than their closing 4 exit.
And Luis Enrique’s aspect went on to thump Inter Milan 5-0 within the closing and have since edged previous Spurs on penalties within the Uefa Tremendous Cup earlier this month, denying Thomas Frank a trophy in his first sport in cost.
Absent might be Celtic after their play-off spherical defeat to Kazakhstan’s Kairat, whereas Rangers are als o out after a thrashing by Membership Brugge on Wednesday night time.
Right here’s every little thing you might want to know in regards to the Champions League league section draw:
When is the Champions League draw?
The draw might be held in Monaco on Thursday, 28 August and begins at 5pm BST (6pm CET). The primary balls might be drawn at round 5:30pm.
How one can watch the Champions League draw
Uefa and TNT Sports activities will each supply a free dwell stream on their web sites and YouTube channels.
How does the league section draw work?
The league section has 36 groups with each group handed eight video games. The 36 groups are cut up into 4 pots of eight groups primarily based on their Uefa coefficient, with the opponents generated by automated software program.
The opponents then come from every pot, with two groups chosen from every, one house and one away.
Groups can’t play one other group from the identical nation and should not permitted to face greater than two groups from one nation.
These ending inside the highest eight go straight into the final 16, then the subsequent 16 groups advance to the play-off stage, with eight of these 16 groups progressing to the final 16.
Champions League 2025/26 league section pots
Pot 1: PSG, Actual Madrid, Man Metropolis, Bayern Munich, Liverpool, Inter Milan, Chelsea, Borussia Dortmund, Barcelona
Pot 2: Arsenal, Bayer Leverkusen, Atletico Madrid, Benfica, Atalanta, Villarreal, Juventus, Eintracht Frankfurt, Membership Brugge
Pot 3: Tottenham, PSV, Ajax, Napoli, Sporting, Olympiacos, Slavia Prague, Bodo/Glimt, Marseille
Pot 4: Copenhagen, Monaco, Galatasaray, Union Saint-Gilloise, Qarabag, Athletic Membership, Newcastle, Pafos, Kairat.
Champions League 2025/26 matchdays
Matchday 1: 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 section play-offs: 17/18 & 24/25 February 2026
Spherical of 16: 10/11 & 17/18 March 2026
Quarter-finals: 7/8 & 14/15 April 2026
Semi-finals: 28/29 April & 5/6 Might 2026
Closing: 30 Might 2026 (Budapest)
Champions League 2025/26 odds
PSG 5/1
Liverpool 11/2
Barcelona 6/1
Actual Madrid 13/2
Arsenal 7/1
Man Metropolis 8/1
Bayern Munich 9/1
Chelsea 14/1
Newcastle 18/1
Inter Milan 20/1
Odds through Betfair
