The Champions League draw for the 2025/26 season has been made, and it has produced some intriguing fixtures for the six Premier League clubs playing.
During the league phase, the 36 clubs will play eight games against eight different opponents, four at home and four away.
The top eight teams will advance directly to the knockout stage of the Champions League, while the remaining 16 will compete in a playoff round.
The teams ranking 25th to 36th will be eliminated when the Champions League phase concludes in January.
The clubs that advance from the playoffs will join the top eight teams in the last 16.
The extended format, which was implemented for the first time last year, has resulted in some major battles amongst Europe’s top clubs.
Arsenal and Chelsea will play Bayern Munich, Manchester City will go to Real Madrid while Liverpool will host them, and Spurs will rejoin with PSG after their UEFA Super Cup defeat.
Newcastle United will also play the reigning champions away, and they will host Barcelona at St James’ Park in a rematch of their great 1997 meeting.
UEFA will publish the full Champions League fixture list with match dates and kick-off times no later than Saturday, 30 August.
UEFA Champions League draw and fixtures in full for 2025/26:
Arsenal: Bayern Munich (home), Inter (away), Atletico Madrid (home), Club Brugge (away), Olympiacos (home), Slavia Praha (away), Kairat Almaty (home), Athletic Club (away)
Chelsea: Barcelona (home), Bayern Munich (away), Benfica (home), Atalanta (away), Ajax (home), Napoli (away), Pafos (home) and Qarabag (away)
Liverpool: Real Madrid (home), Inter Milan (away), Atletico Madrid (home), Eintracht Frankfurt (away), PSV Eindhoven (home), Marseille (away), Qarabag (home) and Galatasaray (away)
Man City: Borussia Dortmund (home), Real Madrid (away), Bayer Leverkusen (home), Villarreal (away), Napoli (home), Bodo/Glimt (away), Galatasaray (home) and Monaco (away).
Newcastle United: Barcelona (h), PSG (a), Benfica (h), Leverkusen (a), PSV (h), Marseille (a), Athletic Club (h), Union S-G (a)
Spurs: Dortmund (h), PSG (a), Villarreal (h), Frankfurt (a), Slavia Prague (h), Bodø/Glimt (a), Copenhagen (h), Monaco (a)
PSG: Bayern Munich (home), Barcelona (away), Atalanta (home), Bayer Leverkusen (away), Tottenham Hotspur (home), Sporting (away), Newcastle United (home) and Athletic Club (away).
Real Madrid: Manchester City (home), Liverpool (away), Juventus (home), Benfica (away), Marseille (home), Olympiacos (away), Monaco (home), and Kairat Almaty (away)
Bayern Munich: Chelsea (home), Paris St-Germain (away), Club Brugge (home), Arsenal (away), Sporting (home), PSV (away), Union SG (home) and Pafos (away).
Inter Milan: Liverpool (home), Borussia Dortmund (away), Arsenal (home), Atletico Madrid (away), Slavia Prague (home), Ajax (away), Kairat Almaty (home) and Union SG (away)
Borussia Dortmund: Inter Milan (home), Manchester City (away), Villarreal (home), Juventus (away), Bodo/Glimt (home), Tottenham (away), Athletic Bilbao (home), Copenhagen (away).
Barcelona: Paris St-Germain (home), Chelsea (away), Eintracht Frankfurt (home), Club Brugge (away), Olympiacos (home), Slavia Prague (away), Copenhagen (home), Newcastle United (away)
