Apologies if the Champions League has already got a thread, couldn't see it if there is one .

The league phase draw of the 2025/26 UEFA Champions League will be held on Thursday 28 August.

Seedings, any groupings and the procedure will be available here from 08:30 CET on the day of the draw.

When are the league phase matches in the 2025/26 Champions League?

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

Here's the EUFA 25/26 rankings. And the link explains the coefficient calculations . Can't get my head around Utd being above us, must be PL past results ? West Ham are only a few places below us ?? I'll have to look into how EUFA work it out !!

I presume the rankings affect which teams we play in the League phase. The seedlings etc will be announced tomorrow ( Thursday) at 08.30..

https://www.uefa.com/nationalassociations/uefarankings/country/about/

Edited August 27, 2025Aug 27 by The Rising Sun
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Pot 1
1. Paris Saint-Germain (FRA)
2. Real Madrid C.F. (ESP)
3. Manchester City (ENG)
4. FC Bayern München (GER)
5. Liverpool FC (ENG)
6. FC Internazionale Milano (ITA)
7. Chelsea FC (ENG)
8. Borussia Dortmund (GER)
9. FC Barcelona (ESP)

Pot 2
10. Arsenal FC (ENG)
11. Bayer 04 Leverkusen (GER)
12. Atlético de Madrid (ESP)
13. SL Benfica (POR)
14. Atalanta BC (ITA)
15. Villarreal CF (ESP)
16. Juventus (ITA)
17. Eintracht Frankfurt (GER)
18. Club Brugge KV (BEL)

Pot 3
19. Tottenham Hotspur (ENG)
20. PSV Eindhoven (NED)
21. AFC A**x (NED)
22. SSC Napoli (ITA)
23. Sporting Clube de Portugal (POR)
24. Olympiacos FC (GRE)
25. SK Slavia Praha (CZE)
26. FK Bodø/Glimt (NOR)
27. Olympique de Marseille (FRA)

Pot 4
28. F.C. Copenhagen (DEN)
29. AS Monaco (FRA)
30. Galatasaray A.Ş. (TUR)
31. R. Union Saint-Gilloise (BEL)
32. Qarabağ FK (AZE)
33. Athletic Club (ESP)
34. Newcastle United FC (ENG)
35. Pafos FC (CYP)
36. FC Kairat Almaty (KAZ)

Hope we get the Almighty Karat or Carryabag again.

Yes we've won the we've won it all trophy!

This video is absurdly long

Barca, Bayern, Benfica, Atalanta, A**x, Napoli, Pafos, Carryabag.

That looks like a tricky set of fixtures

1 minute ago, DarkMata said:

Barca, Bayern, Benfica, Atalanta, A**x, Napoli, Pafos, Carryabag.

That looks like a tricky set of fixtures

Looks brilliant. Excellent opponents.

1 minute ago, evissy said:

Looks brilliant. Excellent opponents.

I said that to my boy - he is kicking off saying it isnt good, hard etc....i reminded him we are champions of the world who has won it all....

2012 re-run!

Barcelona (h), Bayern Munich (a), Benfica (h), Atalanta (a), A**x (h), Napoli (a), Pafos (h), Qarabag (a)

Back the munich against Bayern, our most amazing game, in my time, in 2012.

The old (European) enemy at the Bridge.

Chance for us to give @Valerie some gloating at work.

Gettingto see Antonio again.

As Tokyo Blue points out all our knock out opponents form 2012.

Beautiful draw.

1 minute ago, nonotnowjim said:

I said that to my boy - he is kicking off saying it isnt good, hard etc....i reminded him we are champions of the world who has won it all....

We have Barcelona our old rival, Bayern who we owe some revenge from recent years, Antonio Conte and A**x to start with. Great games ahead.

1 minute ago, dermott said:

Barcelona (h), Bayern Munich (a), Benfica (h), Atalanta (a), A**x (h), Napoli (a), Pafos (h), Qarabag (a)

Ah damn was hoping A**x was away for a short trip for Val.

2 trips to Italy, great for the test of mental toughness.

Long trip to Qarabag, one for the fring squad to make and rest everyone else.

Just now, axman2526 said:

Back the munich against Bayern, our most amazing game, in my time, in 2012.

The old (European) enemy at the Bridge.

Chance for us to give @Valerie some gloating at work.

Gettingto see Antonio again.

As Tokyo Blue points out all our knock out opponents form 2012.

Beautiful draw.

Civil war starts now

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Billy and Conte, Val's greatest enemy, Bayern, Barca and the dreaded Qarabag

That Qarabag game is gonna be the worst, the longest trip

Edited August 28, 2025Aug 28 by Deino

Some tough games, away to Qarabag is an annoying one, hopefully we play them at a time where we can just send the kids like we did against Astana.

Ofc Barca gets a piss easy group

Wonder what the order of fixtures will be?

Hopefully Bayern first and Barca last.

2 minutes ago, Deino said:

Billy coming back to the bridge, Val's greatest enemy, Bayern, Barca and the dreaded Qarabag

That Qarabag game is gonna be the worst, the longest trip

No reason our best players make that trip to Qarabag, or face Pafos. 6 hard games but two games given to rest important players and left players like Acheampong, Essugo and Hato start.

City gets an easy group too

With the format as it is now, even in "tough" groups, you have to do really badly against teams you should beat to get knocked out if you're a top seed so not too bothered about ours.

PSG stand out as probably getting the worst draw.

1 minute ago, Deino said:

City gets an easy group too

Let's be fair, our group A opponents are very tough, as they should be. However we have 2 tricky teams (Napoli and Benfica), 2 average teams (Atalanta and cleaning solutions fc) and two poor teams our reserves should be playing.

No excuses for not at least getting a playoff spot, imo. Comes down to what we get against benfica and Napoli for me.