The Champions League draw for the 2025/26 season has been made and it has thrown up some tasty fixtures for the six Premier League teams involved.
Both Arsenal and Chelsea will face Bayern Munich, Manchester City have to travel to Real Madrid while Liverpool will host them, and Spurs will reunite with PSG following their UEFA Super Cup defeat.
Newcastle United will also face the reigning champions away, and they will host Barcelona at St James’ Park in a repeat of their classic clash in 1997.
The 36 participating clubs will play eight games against eight different opponents, four at home and four away, in the league phase.
The top eight will qualify directly for the knockout stage, with 16 sides contesting a playoff round. The teams finishing between 25th and 36th will be eliminated when the league phase concludes in January. The teams that come through the playoffs will join the top eight sides in the last-16.
The expanded format, which was introduced for the first time last year, has thrown up some huge clashes between the some of the biggest clubs in Europe.
UEFA will publish the full Champions League fixture list with match dates and kick-off times no later than Saturday, 30 August.
UEFA Champions League draw and fixtures in full for 2025/26:
Arsenal
Bayern Munich (home), Inter (away), Atletico Madrid (home), Club Brugge (away), Olympiacos (home), Slavia Praha (away), Kairat Almaty (home), Athletic Club (away)
Chelsea
Barcelona (home), Bayern Munich (away), Benfica (home), Atalanta (away), Ajax (home), Napoli (away), Pafos (home) and Qarabag (away)
Liverpool
Real Madrid (home), Inter Milan (away), Atletico Madrid (home), Eintracht Frankfurt (away), PSV Eindhoven (home), Marseille (away), Qarabag (home) and Galatasaray (away)
Man City
Borussia Dortmund (home), Real Madrid (away), Bayer Leverkusen (home), Villarreal (away), Napoli (home), Bodo/Glimt (away), Galatasaray (home) and Monaco (away).
Newcastle United
Barcelona (h), PSG (a), Benfica (h), Leverkusen (a), PSV (h), Marseille (a), Athletic Club (h), Union S-G (a)
Spurs
Dortmund (h), PSG (a), Villarreal (h), Frankfurt (a), Slavia Prague (h), Bodø/Glimt (a), Copenhagen (h), Monaco (a)
PSG
Bayern Munich (home), Barcelona (away), Atalanta (home), Bayer Leverkusen (away), Tottenham Hotspur (home), Sporting (away), Newcastle United (home) and Athletic Club (away).
Real Madrid
Manchester City (home), Liverpool (away), Juventus (home), Benfica (away), Marseille (home), Olympiacos (away), Monaco (home), and Kairat Almaty (away)
Bayern Munich
Chelsea (home), Paris St-Germain (away), Club Brugge (home), Arsenal (away), Sporting (home), PSV (away), Union SG (home) and Pafos (away).
Inter Milan
Liverpool (home), Borussia Dortmund (away), Arsenal (home), Atletico Madrid (away), Slavia Prague (home), Ajax (away), Kairat Almaty (home) and Union SG (away)
Borussia Dortmund
Inter Milan (home), Manchester City (away), Villarreal (home), Juventus (away), Bodo/Glimt (home), Tottenham (away), Athletic Bilbao (home), Copenhagen (away).
Barcelona
Paris St-Germain (home), Chelsea (away), Eintracht Frankfurt (home), Club Brugge (away), Olympiacos (home), Slavia Prague (away), Copenhagen (home), Newcastle United (away)
Bayer Leverkusen
Paris St-Germain (home), Manchester City (away), Villarreal (home), Benfica (away), PSV Eindhoven (home), Olympiacos (away), Newcastle (home) and Copenhagen (away).
Atletico Madrid
Inter (h), Liverpool (a), Frankfurt (h), Arsenal (a), Bodø/Glimt (h), PSV (a), Union S-G (h), Galatasaray (a)
Benfica
Real Madrid (home), Chelsea (away), Bayer Leverkusen (home), Juventus (away), Napoli (home), Ajax (away), Qarabag (home) and Newcastle (away).
Atalanta
Chelsea (home), Paris St-Germain (away), Club Brugge (home), Eintracht Frankfurt (away), Slavia Prague (home), Marseille (away), Athletic Bilbao (home) and Union SG (away)
Villarreal
Man City (h), Dortmund (a), Juventus (h), Leverkusen (a), Ajax (h), Tottenham (a), Copenhagen (h), Pafos (a)
Juventus
Dortmund (h), Real Madrid (a), Benfica (h), Villarreal (a), Sporting (h), Bodø/Glimt (a), Pafos (h), Monaco (a)
Eintracht Frankfurt
Liverpool (h), Barcelona (a), Atalanta (h), Atlético (a), Tottenham (h), Napoli (a), Galatasaray (h), Qarabag (a)
Club Brugge
Barcelona (h), Bayern Munich (a), Arsenal (h), Atalanta (a), Marseille (h), Sporting (a), Monaco (h), Kairat Almaty (a)
PSV
Bayern Munich (h), Liverpool (a), Atlético (h), Leverkusen (a), Napoli (h), Olympiakos (a), Union S-G (h), Newcastle (a)
Ajax
Inter (h), Chelsea (a), Benfica (h), Villarreal (a), Olympiakos (h), Marseille (a), Galatasaray (h), Qarabag (a)
Napoli
Chelsea (h), Man City (a), Frankfurt (h), Benfica (a), Sporting (h), PSV (a), Qarabag (h), Copenhagen (a)
Sporting CP
PSG (h), Bayern Munich (a), Club Brugge (h), Juventus (a), Marseille (h), Napoli (a), Kairat Almaty (h), Athletic Club (a)
Olympiacos
Real Madrid (h), Barcelona (a), Leverkusen (h), Arsenal (a), PSV (h), Ajax (a), Pafos (h), Kairat Almaty (a)
Slavia Prague
Barcelona (h), Inter (a), Arsenal (h), Atalanta (a), Bodø/Glimt (h), Tottenham (a), Athletic Club (h), Pafos (a)
Bodo/Glimt
Man City (h), Dortmund (a), Juventus (h), Atlético (a), Tottenham (h), Slavia Prague (a), Monaco (h), Galatasaray (a)
Marseille
Liverpool (h), Real Madrid (a), Atalanta (h), Club Brugge (a), Ajax (h), Sporting (a), Newcastle (h), Union S-G (a)
Copenhagen
TBC
AS Monaco
Man City (h), Real Madrid (a), Juventus (h), Club Brugge (a), Tottenham (h), Bodø/Glimt (a), Galatasaray (h), Pafos (a)
Galatasaray
Liverpool (h), Man City (a), Atlético (h), Frankfurt (a), Bodø/Glimt (h), Ajax (a), Union S-G (h), Monaco (a)
Union Saint-Gilloise
Inter (h), Bayern Munich (a), Atalanta (h), Atlético (a), Marseille (h), PSV (a), Newcastle (h), Galatasaray (a)
Qarabag
Chelsea (h), Liverpool (a), Frankfurt (h), Benfica (a), Ajax (h), Napoli (a), Copenhagen (h), Athletic Club (a)
Athletic Club
PSG (h), Dortmund (a) Arsenal (h), Atalanta (a), Sporting CP (h), Slavia Prague (a), Qarabag (h), Newcastle (a)
Pafos
Bayern Munich (h), Chelsea (a), Villarreal (h), Juventus (a), Slavia Prague (h), Olympiacos (a), Monaco (h), Kairat Almaty (a)
FC Kairat
Real Madrid (h), Inter (a), Club Brugge (h), Arsenal (a), Olympiakos (h), Sporting (a), Pafos (h), Copenhagen (a)
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