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The draw of the Champions League for the 2025/26 edition of the competition will schedule the eight initial matches for the participants.
The French champions Paris Saint-Germain will defend the title they won for the first time by beating Inter 5-0 in the 2024/25 final.
The current Premier League Liverpool champion and Arsenal runner -up will join Manchester City, Chelsea, Newcastle and Tottenham as the six English teams in the raffle.
This is what you need to know about the champions League draw, even when it is carried out, when the future draws are and the accessories schedule for 2024/25.
When is the phase raffle of the League of the Champions League?
The raffle will take place on Thursday, August 28, one day after the play-off ties come to decide the last teams to qualify.
The raffle schedules had not yet been confirmed in early July.
How to see the raffle of the Champions League: television channel, live broadcast
The draw will be displayed live and free in UEFA.comas well as in UEFA YouTube channel and BBC Sport website and Iplayer.
TNT Sports will also transmit the raffle through Discovery+ and YouTube.
Champions League format
In a change regarding the previous group phase format held until 2023/24, each team now plays eight games in the League phase, all against different opponents.
Four of those matches will be at home already four away, with the opponents determined according to four planting pots divided by the classifications.
The teams will play two opponents of each of those pots, one against a team of each boat at home and another. The results decide the general classification in a league.
The eight best parts in the table automatically qualify for the 16th round. The teams that end in ninth and 24 will compete in a two-legged removal phase play-off to reach the last 16.
The teams that end 25º or lower are out of Europe for the season.
Champions League calendar, 2024/25 accessories
The league phase extends until the end of January, with the play-offs in February and the rest of the elimination stage before the final takes place between March and early May.
Matchday 1: September 16-18 2025
Matchday 2: September 30 – October 1, 2025
Matchday 3: October 21/225
Matchday 4: November 4/5 2025
Matchday 5: November 25/26 2025
Matchday 6: December 10/925
Matchday 7: January 20/21 2026
Matchday 8: January 28, 2026
When is the knockout phase of the Champions League?
Titan phase play-offs: February 17/18 and 24/25 2026
16: March 11/17/18 2026
Quarter finals: 7/8 and April 14/15 2026
Semifinals: April 22/29 and May 5/6 2026
End: May 30, 2026 (Budapest)
When are the raffles of the Champions League?
THIRD ROUND ROUND: July 21, 2025
Play-offs: August 4, 2025
League phase: August 28, 2025
Titan phase play-offs: January 30, 2026
Round of 16, quarterfinals, semifinals and final: February 27, 2026
English teams in the Champions League: Why are there six clubs?
Liverpool, Arsenal, Manchester City, Chelsea and Newcastle were classified as the five best teams in the Premier League.
There were five places for English teams because additional positions based on UEFA coefficient classifications are granted, which are based on the general actions of nations throughout European competition for a season.
The Spurs were classified as Europa League champions, despite losing 22 and winning only 11 of its 2024/25 League games and finishing 17.
When is the final of the Champions League?
The final will take place on May 30, 2026 at the Puskas Arena in Budapest, which opened in 2019 and is home to the National Hungary team.
The Arena organized a final dramatic of the Europa League 2022/23, when Sevilla beat Rome with penalties after a 1-1 draw after an extra time.
