Champions League 2025/26 play-offs start Tuesday, key info 👇🏽 | OneFootball

The 2025/2026 UEFA Champions League edition begins this Tuesday (8) with the first leg matches of the playoffs' first phase.

There are fourteen matches in total, with the return matches taking place as early as next week.

Only seven spots remain for the competition's noble phase, the league phase.

These spots will be contested by a total of 53 teams.

The Champions League 25/26 final will be held at the Puskás Aréna in Budapest on May 30 of next year.

Check below for details on the path to the league phase and which teams have already secured spots in the next playoff phases.

1st Preliminary Round Matches

The teams on the right will play the second match as hosts.

7/9 and 7/15 - Žalgiris (LTU) 🆚 Hamrun Spartans FC (MLT) - Match 1

7/8 and 7/15 - KuPS Kuopio (FIN) 🆚 FC Milsami Orhei (MDA) - Match 2

7/8 and 7/15 - The New Saints (WAL) 🆚 KF Shkëndija (MKD) - Match 3

7/8 and 7/15 - FC Iberia 1999 Tbilisi (GEO) 🆚 Malmö (SWE) - Match 4

7/8 and 7/15 - FC Levadia Tallinn (EST) 🆚 FC RFS (LVA) - Match 5

7/8 and 7/15 - FC Drita (KOS) 🆚 Differdange (LUX) - Match 6

7/8 and 7/15 - Víkingur (FRO) 🆚 Lincoln Red Imps (GIB) - Match 7

7/8 and 7/15 - KF Egnatia (ALB) 🆚 Breidablik (ISL) - Match 8

7/9 and 7/16 - Shelbourne (IRL) 🆚 Linfield FC (NIR) - Match 9

7/9 and 7/15 - Fotbal Club FCSB (ROU) 🆚 Inter Club d'Escaldes (AND) - Match 10

7/8 and 7/15 - Virtus AC (SMR) 🆚 HŠK Zrinjski (BIH) - Match 11

7/8 and 7/15 - Olimpija Ljubljana (SVN) 🆚 FC Kairat Almaty (KAZ) - Match 12

7/8 and 7/15 - FC Noah (ARM) 🆚 FK Budućnost Podgorica (MNE) - Match 13

7/9 and 7/16 - Ludogorets (BUL) 🆚 Dinamo-Minsk (BLR) - Match 14

Projected 2nd Round Matches:

Sixteen teams have already secured spots in the second preliminary round.

Winner of Match 1 🆚 Winner of Match 4

Winner of Match 1 🆚 Dínamo de Kiev 🇺🇦

🇨🇾 Pafos 🆚 Maccabi Tel Aviv 🇮🇱

Winner of Match 7 🆚 Estrela Vermelha 🇷🇸

Winner of Match 13 🆚 Ferencváros 🇭🇺

🇵🇱 Lech Poznań 🆚 Winner of Match 8

Winner of Match 6 🆚 Copenhagen 🇩🇰

🇭🇷 Rijeka 🆚 Winner of Match 14

Winner of Match 3 🆚 Winner of Match 10

🇸🇰 Slovan Bratislava 🆚 Winner of Match 11

Winner of Match 9 🆚 Qarabağ 🇦🇿

Winner of Match 2 🆚 Winner of Match 12

🇳🇴 Brann 🆚 Salzburg 🇦🇹

🇨🇿 Viktoria Plzen 🆚 Servette 🇨🇭

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Rangers 🆚 Panathinaikos 🇬🇷

Teams Guaranteed a Spot in the 3rd Elimination Round:

There will be 20 teams in total competing for ten spots in the final playoff phase, with five teams already known.

Benfica 🇵🇹

Brugge 🇧🇪

Feyenoord 🇳🇱

Fenerbahçe 🇹🇷

Nice 🇫🇷

Teams Already Secured a Spot in the Final Elimination Round:

The ten teams that advance from the previous phase will secure a spot in the final playoff phase, which already includes four teams.

Only seven teams will advance.

Bodø/Glimt 🇳🇴

Celtic 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Basel 🇨🇭

Sturm Graz 🇦🇹

Matches Prohibited due to Political and/or Historical Reasons:

Teams from Armenia 🆚 teams from Azerbaijan

Teams from Gibraltar 🆚 teams from Spain

Teams from Kosovo 🆚 teams from Bosnia-Herzegovina

Teams from Kosovo 🆚 teams from Serbia

Teams from Ukraine 🆚 teams from Belarus

*Teams from Russia would not be able to face rivals from Ukraine and Kosovo, but the country has been suspended from UEFA competitions since February 2022.

Teams Already Secured a Spot in the League Phase:

Athletic Bilbao 🇪🇸

Atlético de Madrid 🇪🇸

Barcelona 🇪🇸

Real Madrid 🇪🇸

Villarreal 🇪🇸

Arsenal 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Chelsea 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Liverpool 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Manchester City 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Newcastle 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Tottenham 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Atalanta 🇮🇹

Inter de Milão 🇮🇹

Juventus 🇮🇹

Napoli 🇮🇹

Bayern de Munique 🇩🇪

Bayer Leverkusen 🇩🇪

Borussia Dortmund 🇩🇪

Eintracht Frankfurt 🇩🇪

Marseille 🇫🇷

Monaco 🇫🇷

PSG 🇫🇷

Sporting 🇵🇹

Ajax 🇳🇱

Galatasaray 🇹🇷

Olympiacos 🇬🇷

PSV 🇳🇱

Slavia Praga 🇸🇰

Union Saint-Gilloise 🇧🇪

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