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Champions League 2025-26 qualifiers in full as Inter Milan and PSG face off and Man City earn…

The Champions League trophy

The Champions League is Europe's most prestigious club competition

Inter Milan and PSG will battle for Champions League glory in Munich on Saturday night but both sides are already assured of their spot in next season's competition.

The pair have both secured spots in the 2025-26 tournament irrespective of who wins the showpiece. Manchester City, too, are in the hat for the draw having beaten Fulham 2-0 on the final day of the Premier League campaign to earn a third place finish and earn Champions League football.

England will have six representatives in next season's competition and City have been handed an early boost by earning a spot in pot one. The Blues will therefore be unable to face big hitters such as Real Madrid, who knocked Pep Guardiola's side out of this year's Champions League, and Barcelona. Inter, PSG, Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund are also in pot one for the draw in August along with Liverpool and Chelsea.

City will see play eight fixtures with the teams divided into four pots of nine teams based on their UEFA club coefficient except for the Champions League holders - either Inter Milan or PSG - who will be the top seed in pot one.

Here's the teams who are already assured of a place in the league phase, as well as those hoping to join them through the qualification rounds.

Guaranteed a place in the league phase

Liverpool

Arsenal

Manchester City

Chelsea

Newcastle United

Tottenham Hotspur

Napoli

Inter Milan

Atalanta

Juventus

Barcelona

Real Madrid

Atletico Madrid

Athletic Bilbao

Villarreal

Bayern Munich

Bayer Leverkusen

Eintracht Frankfurt

Borussia Dortmund

PSG

Marseille

Monaco

PSV

Ajax

Sporting Lisbon

Galatasaray

Slavia Prague

Olympiacos

Union SG

Entering at the play off round

Celtic

Basel

Bodo/Glimt

Sturm Graz

Entering at third qualifying round

Nice

Feyenoord

Benfica

Fenerbahce

Club Brugge

Entering at the second qualifying round

Macabbi Tel-Aviv

Dynamo Kyiv

Red Star Belgrade

Lech Poznan

Ferencváros

Pafos

Qarabağ

Slovan Bratislava

Viktoria Plzeň

Rangers

Servette

RB Salzburg

Copenhagen

Rijeka

Brann

Panathinaikos

Entering at the first qualifying round

Malmö FF

FCSB

Ludogorets Razgrad

Olimpija Ljubljana

Milsami Orhei

Drita

Kairat

KuPS

Shelbourne

Noah

RFS

Víkingur

Breiðablik

Zrinjski Mostar

Linfield

Differdange

Žalgiris

Hamrun Spartans

Iberia 1999

Egnatia

FCI Levadia

Dinamo Minsk

Shkëndija

Inter Club d'Escaldes

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