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This week's qualifiers confirmed the final league phase lineup, as 36 teams battle it out to be crowned champions of Europe this season. Here are the details you need to know.
The 2026/27 Champions League league phase draw will be held from 18:00 CET on Thursday 27 August, while the Europa League and Conference League league phase draws take place from 13:00 CET on Friday 28 August.
The draws for UEFA's club competitions will take place in Monaco and are live and free to watch on UEFA.com and UEFA.tv.
The 36 teams are seeded into four pots based on their performance in UEFA competitions over the past five years. Each team will face two teams from each pot, playing one of those games at home and one away.
The pots for seeding have been confirmed with Liverpool, Manchester City and Arsenal all in pot one. Manchester United and Aston Villa are in pot two.
Como have made history with a first-ever league phase qualification, while LASK are in the draw after overturning a four-goal deficit to beat Celtic.
Elsewhere, Sabah FK have made Champions League history. The Azerbaijani side qualified for the league phase for the first time after defeating Israel's Hapoel Beer-Sheva and become the youngest-ever club to make this stage. Sabah were only founded in 2017.
Champions League league phase draw seeding
Pot 1: Paris Saint-Germain (FRA) Bayern Munich (GER) Real Madrid (ESP) Liverpool (ENG) Inter (ITA) Man City (ENG) Arsenal (ENG) Barcelona (ESP) Atletico Madrid (ESP)
Pot 2: Borussia Borussia Dortmund (GER) Roma (ITA) Sporting CP (POR) Aston Villa (ENG) Porto (POR) Man United (ENG) Club Brugge (BEL) Real Betis (ESP) PSV (NED)
Pot 3: Feyenoord (NED) Lille (FRA) Bodo/Glimt (NOR) Napoli (ITA) RB Leipzig (GER) Villarreal (ESP) Fenerbahçe (TUR) Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR) Galatasaray(TUR)
Pot 4: Slavia Prague (CZE) Slovan Bratislava (SVK) Stuttgart (GER) AEK Athens (GRE) LASK (AUT) Como (ITA) Lens (FRA) Viking (NOR) Sabah (AZE)