No easy group for Bayern: follow the draw updates here | OneFootball

The draw is complete. FC Bayern has its opponents for the new Champions League season. The live ticker for the draw to read back.

FC Bayern did not get an easy group. The Munich team will face Chelsea, PSG, Brugge, Arsenal, Sporting Lisbon, PSV Eindhoven, Union Saint-Gilloise, and Pafos FC.

That's it!

The draw is over. Now UEFA still has to announce the exact match dates. This is expected to happen next Saturday.

The draw continues

At the moment, the remaining matchups for the other clubs are being drawn. After the ceremony, Bayern officials will give their assessment of the record champion's opponents.

No exact match dates yet

The exact match dates will only be published by UEFA on Saturday, August 30.

No easy group

This will be a very interesting Champions League group stage from a sporting perspective. With Arsenal, Chelsea, and PSG, Bayern will face three absolute top teams. Not easy for Bayern.

These are Bayern's opponents!

FC Chelsea (H)

Paris Saint-Germain (A)

FC Brugge (H)

FC Arsenal (A)

Sporting Lisbon (H)

PSV Eindhoven (A)

Union Saint-Gilloise (H)

Pafos FC (A)

Bayern is drawn

FCB is the first team to be drawn.

The draw is explained

There is another video explaining the procedure of the draw.

It's time for the draw

The supercomputer is being started up. Ibrahimovic and Kaká take their places at the podium.

The next draw assistant

Ibrahimovic will participate in the draw. Now comes the next former top player: Kaká.

Award for Ibrahimovic

Now the former world-class striker also receives an award. The UEFA President’s Award. Congratulations!

Zlatan's appearance

Now Ibrahimovic himself comes onto the stage.

The next video

Last year, Zlatan Ibrahimovic explained the new Champions League format in a video. UEFA liked it so much that now a long making-of is being shown.

The president arrives

UEFA boss Aleksander Čeferin enters the stage. A few ceremonial words. Then hopefully the draw will really get underway soon!

Now it starts!

A choir sings the Champions League anthem on stage. Highlights from the history of the competition are shown.

This is how the draw works

The allocation of opponents is complex. The drawing of the balls at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco is therefore no longer done manually as in the past, but instead a computer randomly assigns the teams their opponents, taking into account numerous rules.

FC Bayern is seeded in the first pot, together 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.

A duel with another Bundesliga team is excluded for the German record champion. The rule also applies that no more than two matchups with teams from the same national association are possible.

The division of the pots – These teams are included

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 the mode

This is how the new Champions League league phase works: After eight matchdays, the top eight teams qualify directly for the round of 16. The teams in places 9 to 24 play playoffs for the remaining round of 16 spots.

From there, the usual knockout system with home and away legs continues up to the final, which will take place on May 30, 2026, in Budapest. UEFA has announced: For the first time, the final will already kick off at 18:00 and not as

Here you can watch the draw live in the stream

The draw will be streamed live today from 6 p.m. – free of charge on UEFA and ZDF stream, also available for a fee on DAZN.

All dates at a glance

League phase:

Matchday 1: September 16–18, 2025

Matchday 2: September 30–October 1, 2025

Matchday 3: October 21/22, 2025

Matchday 4: November 4/5, 2025

Matchday 5: November 25/26, 2025

Matchday 6: December 9/10, 2025

Matchday 7: January 20/21, 2026

Matchday 8: January 28, 2026

Knockout phase:

Playoffs: February 17/18 & 24/25, 2026

Round of 16: March 10/11 & 17/18, 2026

Quarterfinals: April 7/8 & 14/15, 2026

Semifinals: April 28/29 & May 5/6, 2026

Final: May 30, 2026 (Budapest)

Draws

League phase: August 28, 2025

Playoffs/knockout phase: January 30, 2026

Round of 16, quarterfinals, semifinals, final: February 27, 2026

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