Champions League draw today! Who could Bayern face? | OneFootball

This Thursday evening, things get serious: At 6 PM, FC Bayern's opponents for the new 2025/26 Champions League season will be drawn.

Since the introduction of the new league phase a year ago, 36 teams are competing – Munich will face eight different opponents in eight matches, four times at home and four times away.

FC Bayern is seeded in the first pot, along with heavyweights like Real Madrid, Manchester City, or the defending champion Paris Saint-Germain. Munich has the third-highest UEFA coefficient after Real and City. The draw will reveal which exciting matches fans can look forward to in the coming months.

A duel with another Bundesliga team is excluded. The rule also states that no more than two matches with teams from the same national association are possible.

Bayern in Pot 1

Here is the official division of the pots:

Pot 1: Paris Saint-Germain, Real Madrid, Manchester City, FC Bayern, FC Liverpool, Inter Milan, FC Chelsea, Borussia Dortmund (not possible), FC Barcelona

Pot 2: FC Arsenal, Bayer 04 Leverkusen (not possible), Atlético Madrid, Benfica Lisbon, Atalanta Bergamo, FC Villarreal, Juventus Turin, Eintracht Frankfurt (not possible), Club Brugge

Pot 3: Tottenham Hotspur, PSV Eindhoven, Ajax Amsterdam, SSC Napoli, Sporting Lisbon, Olympiacos Piraeus, Slavia Prague, FK Bodø/Glimt, Olympique Marseille

Pot 4: FC Copenhagen, AS Monaco, Galatasaray Istanbul, Royale Union Saint-Gilloise, Qarabağ Ağdam, Athletic Bilbao, Newcastle United, Paphos FC, FK Qairat Almaty

This is how the new Champions League league phase works: After eight matchdays, the top eight teams qualify directly for the round of 16. Teams in positions 9 to 24 will play in playoffs for the remaining round of 16 tickets. From there, it continues in the usual knockout system with home and away matches until the final, which takes place on May 30, 2026, in Budapest.

The draw will be streamed live from 6 PM – free on UEFA and ZDF streams, and also available for a fee on DAZN.

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