The draw for the 2025-26 UEFA Champions League play-off round has been made.The 16 teams who qualified for the Champions League play-off round have now discovered their opponents. Once the eight winners of the play-offs have been determined, those teams progress to face the top eight-placed teams from the league phase.As Arsenal, Liverpool, Tottenham Hotspur, Chelsea and Manchester City all secured a top-eight finishes, Newcastle United are the only Premier League team in the play-offs.The Magpies will face Qarabag. The Azerbaijani side face English opposition for a third time this season after league-phase games against Chelsea and Liverpool.Real Madrid will take on Benfica in a rematch of their thrilling matchday eight fixture. Benfica secured progress in dramatic fashion as goalkeeper Anatoliy Trubin scored in stoppage-time to send the Portuguese side through.Last season's runners-up, Inter Milan, will meet Bodo/Glimt. The Norwegian debutants secured shock wins over Manchester City and Atletico Madrid to make the knockout rounds.Elsewhere, holders Paris Saint-Germain face AS Monaco in a first-ever European meeting between the French sides. PSG also faced French opposition in the play-off round last season, beating Brest over two legs.Champions League play-off round drawBenfica vs Real MadridBodo/Glimt vs Inter MilanAS Monaco vs Paris Saint-GermainQarabag vs Newcastle UnitedGalatasaray vs JuventusClub Brugge vs Atletico MadridBorussia Dortmund vs AtalantaOlympiacos vs Bayer LeverkusenWhen will the knockout phase play-off games take place? The play-off round will be two-legged ties, with the first fixtures scheduled forFebruary 17th and 18th, and the returns a week later on February 24th and 25th.The winners of the ties will progress to the Round of 16, to face the top eight teams from the league phase. A draw will take place for the Round of 16 fixtures on Friday 27th February 2026.Champions League knockout phase fixture datesLast 16: 10-11 and 17-18 MarchQuarter-finals: 7-8 and 14-15 AprilSemi-finals: 28-29 April and 5-6 MayFinal: 30 May