2025–26 UEFA Champions League
European football tournament
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The 2025–26 UEFA Champions League was the 71st season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 34th season since it was rebranded from the European Cup to the UEFA Champions League.
8 July – 27 August 2025
Competition proper:
16 September 2025 – 30 May 2026
Total: 82 (from 53 associations)
Paris Saint-Germain (2nd title)
ArsenalPuskás Aréna in Budapest hosted the final | |
| Tournament details | |
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| 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 |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 189 |
| Goals scored | 655 (3.47 per match) |
| Attendance | 8,377,696 (44,326 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Kylian Mbappé (Real Madrid) 15 goals |
| Best player | Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Paris Saint-Germain)[1] |
| Best young player | Arda Güler (Real Madrid)[2] |
← 2024–25 2026–27 → | |
The final was played on 30 May 2026 at Puskás Aréna in Budapest, Hungary.[3] Paris Saint-Germain successfully defended the title, defeating Arsenal 4–3 on penalties after a 1–1 draw, to become the second club to win back-to-back titles in the UEFA Champions League era, matching Real Madrid's feat in the 2016–17 edition.[4][5]
As winners of the Champions League, Paris Saint-Germain automatically qualified for the 2026–27 UEFA Champions League league phase, the 2026 FIFA Intercontinental Cup final, the 2029 FIFA Club World Cup group stage, and earned the right to play against Aston Villa, the winners of the 2025–26 UEFA Europa League in the 2026 UEFA Super Cup.
This was the first Champions League season to feature six clubs from one nation, with England earning an extra spot through UEFA coefficient ranking and Tottenham Hotspur having won the previous season's UEFA Europa League.[6]
Association team allocation
A total of 82 teams from 53 of the 55 UEFA member associations participated in the 2025–26 UEFA Champions League (the exceptions being Liechtenstein which did not organise a domestic league and Russia which was suspended). The association ranking based on the UEFA association coefficients was used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:[7]
- Associations 1–5 each had four teams.
- Association 6 had three teams.
- Associations 7–15 each had two teams.
- Associations 16–55 (except Liechtenstein[Note LIE] and Russia[Note RUS]) each had one team.
- The winners of the 2024–25 UEFA Champions League and 2024–25 UEFA Europa League were each given an additional entry if they did not qualify for the 2025–26 UEFA Champions League through their domestic league.
- The two associations with the best coefficients in the 2024–25 season each had one European Performance Spot into the league phase. The winners of the UEFA Champions League and Europa League could not fill the European Performance Spots.
Association ranking
For the 2025–26 UEFA Champions League, the associations were allocated places according to their 2024 UEFA association coefficients, which took into account their performance in European competitions from 2019–20 to 2023–24.[8] The table reflects Russia's ongoing suspension from UEFA.
Apart from the allocation based on the association coefficients, associations could have additional teams participating in the Champions League, as noted below:
- (EPS) – European Performance Spot, the additional berths for associations who finished in the top 2 of the 2024–25 association coefficients
- (TH) – Additional berth for UEFA Champions League title holders
- (EL) – Additional berth for UEFA Europa League title holders
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Distribution
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| First qualifying round (28 teams) |
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| Second qualifying round (30 teams) |
Champions Path (24 teams) |
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| League Path (6 teams) |
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| Third qualifying round (20 teams) |
Champions Path (12 teams) |
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| League Path (8 teams) |
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| Play-off round (14 teams) |
Champions Path (10 teams) |
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| League Path (4 teams) |
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| League phase (36 teams) |
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| Knockout phase play-offs (16 teams) |
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| Round of 16 (16 teams) |
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The information here reflects the ongoing suspension of Russia in European football, and so the following changes to the default access list were made:
- The champions of associations 23 (Cyprus) and 24 (Hungary) entered the second qualifying round (Champions Path) instead of the first qualifying round.
As the Champions League title holders (Paris Saint-Germain) qualified via their domestic league's standard berth allocation, the following changes to the default access list were made:
- Olympiacos as the club with the highest club coefficient that would otherwise have entered the Champions Path of the qualifying phase or play-off round, entered the league phase instead of the Champions Path second qualifying round.
- Slovan Bratislava and Qarabağ, as the two clubs with the highest club coefficient that would otherwise have entered the Champions Path first qualifying round, entered the Champions Path second qualifying round.
Teams
The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:
- TH: Champions League title holders
- EL: Europa League title holders
- 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, etc.: League positions of the previous season
- EPS: European Performance Spots – the additional berths given to clubs from the two associations with the highest coefficient points in 2024–25
The label of European Performance Spots and title holders already qualified via league position are superscripted.
The second qualifying round, third qualifying round and play-off round were divided into Champions Path (CH) and League Path (LP).
- ^ Liechtenstein (LIE): The seven teams affiliated with the Liechtenstein Football Association (LFV) all played in the Swiss football league system. The only competition organised by the LFV was the Liechtenstein Football Cup – the winners of which qualified for the UEFA Conference League for the 2025–26 season.
- ^ Russia (RUS): On 28 February 2022, Russian football clubs and national teams were suspended from FIFA and UEFA competitions due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[9] The tables reflect Russia's ongoing suspension from UEFA competitions.[10]
Schedule
The schedule of the competition was as follows.[11] One "exclusive week" was held in which Thursday was also a matchday.[12][13] All matches in other weeks were played on Tuesdays and Wednesdays apart from Matchday 8 (Wednesday only) and the final.
| Phase | Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
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| 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 | N/a | 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 | |||
Qualifying rounds
First qualifying round
The draw for the first qualifying round was held on 17 June 2025. The first legs were played on 8 and 9 July, and the second legs were played on 15 and 16 July 2025.
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.
| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Žalgiris  | 2–2 (10–11 p) |  Hamrun Spartans | 2–0 | 0–2 (a.e.t.) |
KuPS  | 1–0 |  Milsami Orhei | 1–0 | 0–0 |
The New Saints  | 1–2 |  Shkëndija | 0–0 | 1–2 (a.e.t.) |
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 (a.e.t.) |
Second qualifying round
The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 18 June 2025. The first legs were played on 22 and 23 July, and the second legs were played on 29 and 30 July 2025.
The winners of the ties advanced to the third qualifying round. The losers were transferred to the Europa League third qualifying round.
| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| 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 (a.e.t.) |
| 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
The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 21 July 2025. The first legs were played on 5 and 6 August, and the second legs were played on 12 August 2025.
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.
| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Champions Path | ||||
| Malmö FF | 0–5 | Copenhagen | 0–0 | 0–5 |
| Kairat | 1–1 (4–3 p) | Slovan Bratislava | 1–0 | 0–1 (a.e.t.) |
| 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
The draw for the play-off round was held on 4 August 2025. The first legs were played on 19 and 20 August, and the second legs were played on 26 and 27 August 2025.
The winners of the ties advanced to the league phase. The losers were transferred to the Europa League league phase.
| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| 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 (a.e.t.) |
| 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
Madrid
Benfica SportingLondon teams
Arsenal Chelsea TottenhamMadrid teams
Atlético Madrid Real Madrid
The league phase draw for the 2025–26 UEFA Champions League took place at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco on 28 August 2025. The 36 teams were divided into four pots of nine teams each based on their UEFA club coefficient, except for the Champions League title holders, who were automatically placed as the top seed in pot 1.
The 36 teams were manually drawn and then automated software drew their eight different opponents at random, determining which of their matches were at home and which ones away. Each team faced two opponents from each of the four pots, one at home and one away. Teams could not face opponents from their own association, and could only be drawn against a maximum of two sides from the same association.[14]
Bodø/Glimt, Kairat, Pafos and Union Saint-Gilloise made their debut appearances in the league phase/group stage. Kairat, based in Almaty, became the easternmost team to ever qualify for the Champions League proper,[15][16] and, after being drawn to play away against Sporting CP, broke the record for the longest trip in UEFA competitions, travelling 4,294 miles (6,911 km) from Almaty to Lisbon.[17][18] In addition, Bodø/Glimt, based in Bodø within the Arctic Circle, became the northernmost European team to ever compete in the Champions League.[19] This marked the first time a Norwegian team participated in the competition proper since the 2007–08 season,[20] and was also the first season since 2005–06 in which no Ukrainian sides qualified for the group stage/league phase.[21]
A total of 16 national associations were represented in the league phase.
Table
The top eight ranked teams advanced to the round of 16. The teams ranked from 9th to 24th competed in the knockout phase play-offs, with the teams ranked from 9th to 16th seeded for the draw. Teams ranked from 25th to 36th were eliminated from all competitions.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 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 |
Results
Knockout phase
In the knockout phase, teams played against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis, except for the one-match final. The top eight teams from the final standings in the league phase entered at the round of 16. In the knockout phase, there was no country protection, with teams from the same association able to face each other in any round. Teams could also face opponents they played during the league phase.
The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follows:[7]
- In the draw for the knockout phase play-offs, the eight teams finishing the league phase in positions 9–16 were seeded, and the eight teams finishing the league phase in positions 17–24 were unseeded. The draw was split into four sections based on the predetermined bracket, with the seeded teams in each section drawn against one of their two possible unseeded opponents. The seeded teams hosted the second leg.
- In the draw for the round of 16, the eight teams finishing the league phase in positions 1–8 were seeded, and the eight winners of the knockout phase play-offs were unseeded. Again, the draw was split into four sections based on the predetermined bracket, with the seeded teams in each section drawn against one of their two possible unseeded opponents. The seeded teams hosted the second leg.
In the quarter-finals and semi-finals, both the exact match pairings and order of legs were predetermined based on the tournament bracket. The teams with the better league phase ranking played the second leg of each round at home if they continued advancing. Should a seeded team have been beaten, the team that eliminated them took over their seeding position. The winner of semi-final 1 was designated as the "home" team for the final (for administrative purposes, as it was played at a neutral venue).
Bracket
| Knockout phase play-offs | Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | Monaco | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Paris Saint-Germain | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | Paris Saint-Germain | 5 | 3 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Chelsea | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Paris Saint-Germain | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | Galatasaray (a.e.t.) | 5 | 2 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Liverpool | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | Juventus | 2 | 3 | 5 | 20 | Galatasaray | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Liverpool | 0 | 4 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Paris Saint-Germain | 5 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 24 | Benfica | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Bayern Munich | 4 | 1 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Real Madrid | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | Real Madrid | 3 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Manchester City | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Real Madrid | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | Borussia Dortmund | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Bayern Munich | 2 | 4 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | Atalanta | 0 | 4 | 4 | 15 | Atalanta | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2 | Bayern Munich | 6 | 4 | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Paris Saint-Germain (p) | 1 (4) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | Qarabağ | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Arsenal | 1 (3) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Newcastle United | 6 | 3 | 9 | 12 | Newcastle United | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Barcelona | 1 | 7 | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Barcelona | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | Club Brugge | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | Atlético Madrid | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | Atlético Madrid | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | Atlético Madrid | 5 | 2 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Tottenham Hotspur | 2 | 3 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | Atlético Madrid | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | Bodø/Glimt | 3 | 2 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Arsenal | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Inter Milan | 1 | 1 | 2 | 23 | Bodø/Glimt | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Sporting CP (a.e.t.) | 0 | 5 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Sporting CP | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | Olympiacos | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Arsenal | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | Bayer Leverkusen | 2 | 0 | 2 | 16 | Bayer Leverkusen | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Arsenal | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Knockout phase play-offs
The draw for the knockout phase play-offs was held on 30 January 2026, 12:00 CET.[23] The first legs were played on 17 and 18 February, and the second legs were played on 24 and 25 February 2026.[24]
| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Monaco | 4–5 | Paris Saint-Germain | 2–3 | 2–2 |
| Galatasaray | 7–5 | Juventus | 5–2 | 2–3 (a.e.t.) |
| 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
The draw for the round of 16 was held on 27 February 2026, 12:00 CET.[25] The first legs were played on 10 and 11 March, and the second legs were played on 17 and 18 March 2026.[26]
| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| 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 (a.e.t.) |
| Bayer Leverkusen | 1–3 | Arsenal | 1–1 | 0–2 |
Quarter-finals
The first legs were played on 7 and 8 April, and the second legs were played on 14 and 15 April 2026.[27]
| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| 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
The first legs were played on 28 and 29 April, and the second legs were played on 5 and 6 May 2026.
| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Paris Saint-Germain | 6–5 | Bayern Munich | 5–4 | 1–1 |
| Atlético Madrid | 1–2 | Arsenal | 1–1 | 0–1 |
Final
The final was played on 30 May 2026 at the Puskás Aréna in Budapest. The winner of semi-final 1 was designated as the "home" team for administrative purposes.
Statistics
Statistics exclude qualifying rounds and play-off round.
Top goalscorers
| Rank[30] | Player | Team | Goals | Minutes played |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kylian Mbappé |
Real Madrid |
15 | 912 |
| 2 | Harry Kane |
Bayern Munich |
14 | 1039 |
| 3 | Anthony Gordon |
Newcastle United |
10 | 771 |
| Khvicha Kvaratskhelia |
Paris Saint-Germain |
1141 | ||
 Julián Alvarez |
Atlético Madrid |
1240 | ||
| 6 | Erling Haaland |
Manchester City |
8 | 756 |
| Ousmane Dembélé |
Paris Saint-Germain |
827 | ||
| 8 |  Victor Osimhen |
Galatasaray |
7 | 841 |
 Luis Díaz |
Bayern Munich |
980 | ||
| 10 | Seven players | 6 | N/a | |
Team of the Season
The UEFA technical study group selected the following players as the team of the tournament.[31]
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