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Published Aug 28, 2025 • 2 minute read
The UEFA Champions League trophy on display in Monaco ahead of Thursday's draw for the league phase.
The UEFA Champions League trophy on display in Monaco ahead of Thursday's draw for the league phase. Photo by Frederic DIDES /AFP
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Liverpool and Manchester City will both come up against Real Madrid in this season’s Champions League while title-holders Paris Saint-Germain were handed a tough list of opponents in Thursday’s draw, including Barcelona and Bayern Munich.
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Xabi Alonso’s Real will play City at home and take on Premier League champions Liverpool at Anfield in what will be two of the standout fixtures of the league phase.
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Arne Slot’s Liverpool, who finished first in the league phase last season only to be eliminated by PSG in the last 16, will also play Atletico Madrid, PSV Eindhoven and Qarabag of Azerbaijan at home.
In addition, they must go to Inter Milan, Eintracht Frankfurt, Marseille and Turkish champions Galatasaray.
City, who won the Champions League in 2023, will welcome Borussia Dortmund, Bayer Leverkusen, Italian champions Napoli and Galatasaray to the Etihad Stadium.
As well as Real, they will also visit Villarreal, Monaco and Norwegian newcomers Bodo/Glimt.
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PSG will entertain Bayern and go to Barcelona, while the French club also have home fixtures against Tottenham Hotspur and Newcastle United.
Luis Enrique’s team went on to win the Champions League last season but only after struggling amid some difficult games in the league phase, in which they finished 15th.
They have no obviously straightforward fixtures this time, as they also face Atalanta at home as well as Leverkusen, Sporting Lisbon and Athletic Bilbao away.
Every team now plays eight games against eight different opponents in the new format of Europe’s elite club competition, which was introduced last season. All 36 clubs are pooled together into one league rather than split into groups.
The top eight teams advance to the last 16, while those finishing between ninth and 24th go into the knockout round play-offs. The bottom 12 teams are eliminated.
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Other fixtures to look out for will include Barcelona visiting both Chelsea and Newcastle, while Arsenal entertain Bayern and Atletico and must also go to Inter Milan and to Bilbao.
Tournament newcomers Kairat Almaty of Kazakhstan, who ousted Celtic on penalties in the play-off round, will host Real and travel to London to play Arsenal. Minnows Pafos of Cyprus will visit Chelsea and face Bayern at home.
UEFA is not expected to announce specific fixture dates until Friday at the earliest, but the first round of games will take place across three days from September 16 to 18. The eighth and final matchday is scheduled for January 28.
This season’s Champions League final will take place in Hungarian capital Budapest on May 30 next year, with UEFA announcing on Thursday that the game will kick off at 6:00 pm local time rather than the usual 9:00 pm.
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