Champions League draw: What awaits PSG, Marseille, Monaco and the giants

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·28 agosto 2025

Champions League draw: What awaits PSG, Marseille, Monaco and the giants

This Thursday, August 29, 2024 at 6 PM, the draw for the league phase of the 2025-2026 Champions League took place, which of course involved Paris Saint-Germain (the reigning champion of France and Europe). Here are the teams PSG will face to advance in the competition. There are also matches for other clubs in pot 1 and those from Ligue 1.

Qualified clubs in each pot:

Pot 1: PSG, Real Madrid, Manchester City, Bayern Munich, Liverpool, Inter Milan, Chelsea, Borussia Dortmund, FC Barcelona.

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Pot 2: Arsenal, Bayer Leverkusen, Atletico Madrid, Benfica, Atalanta Bergamo, Villarreal, Juventus Turin, Eintracht Frankfurt, Club Brugge.

Pot 3: Tottenham, PSV Eindhoven, Ajax Amsterdam, Naples, Sporting CP, Olympiakos, Slavia Prague, Bodo/Glimt, OM.

Pot 4: FC Copenhagen, AS Monaco, Galatasaray, Union Saint-Gilloise, Qarabag, Athletic Bilbao, Newcastle, Pafos, Kairat Almaty.

The draw and league functioning:

(source: UEFA website)

“With the new format, teams will play eight matches in the new league phase (formerly group stage). They will no longer face three opponents twice – home and away – but eight different teams, playing half of these matches at home and the other half away. To determine the eight opponents, teams will first be ranked into four pots. Each team will then be drawn to face two opponents from each of these pots, playing one match against a team from each pot at home and one match away.”

It is not possible to face teams from the same country in the league phase, nor more than two teams from the same league.

Qualifications based on ranking:

1st to 8th: qualification for the round of 16.

9th to 24th: qualification for a two-legged playoff round.

25th to 36th: elimination from all European competitions.

Opponents from pot 1:

PSG in bold.

PSG: Bayern Munich (Home), Barcelona (Away), Atalanta (H), Leverkusen (A), Tottenham (H), Sporting CP (A), Newcastle (H), Athletic Club Bilbao (A)

Real Madrid: Man City (Home), Liverpool (Away), Juventus (H), Benfica (A), Marseille (H), Olympiakos (A), Monaco (H), Kairat Almaty (A)

Manchester City: Borussia Dortmund (Home), Real Madrid (Away), Leverkusen (H), Villarreal (A), Napoli (H), Bodo Glimt (A), Galatasaray (H), Monaco (A)

Bayern Munich: Chelsea (Home), Paris (Away), Brugge (H), Arsenal (A), Sporting (H), PSV (A), Union Saint-Gilloise (H), Pafos (A)

Liverpool: Real Madrid (Home), Inter Milan (Away), Atletico Madrid (H), Frankfurt (A), PSV (H), Marseille (A), Qarabag (H), Galatasaray (A)

Inter Milan: Liverpool (Home), Dortmund (Away), Arsenal (H), Atletico Madrid (A), Slavia Prague (H), Ajax (A), Kairat Almaty (H), Union Saint-Gilloise (A)

Chelsea: Barcelona (Home), Bayern Munich (Away), Benfica (H), Atalanta (A), Ajax (H), Napoli (A), Pafos (H), Qarabag (A)

Borussia Dortmund: Inter Milan (Home), Manchester City (Away), Villarreal (H), Juventus (A), Bodo Glimt (H), Tottenham (A), Athletic Club (H), Copenhagen (A)

FC Barcelona: PSG (Home), Chelsea (Away), Frankfurt (H), Brugge (A), Olympiakos (H), Slavia Prague (A), Copenhagen (H), Newcastle (A)