2025-26 Champions League: Barça-PSG & Liverpool-Real Madrid among the fixtures in the league phase

FC Barcelona (LALIGA EA Sports) - Paris Saint-Germain (Ligue 1 McDonald's) at the Spotify Camp Nou and Liverpool FC (Premier League) - Real Madrid CF (LALIGA EA Sports) at Anfield are among the fixtures in the 2025-26 UEFA Champions League, according to the draw carried out by software at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco on 28/08/2025.

Under the new format introduced in 2024-25 to coincide with the start of UEFA's 2024-2027 cycle, the 36 teams divided into four pots of nine (places are determined by the number of UEFA coefficient points accumulated over the last five seasons) for the draw are placed in the same table at the end of each matchday.

Each team in the competition will play two teams from each pot, with eight matches to be played (four at home and four away) instead of the six previously, against different opponents each time. No team from the same country can play against each other at this stage, and a club cannot play against more than two clubs from the same league.

The top eight in the final standings will qualify directly for the knockout stages, the clubs ranked 9^th to 24…