When Does the 2025-26 UEFA Champions League Start? Key Dates Revealed road to UCL Final
The Champions League league phase draw is set, and some massive encounters are just around the corner. All 36 teams found out their eight-game schedules that will carry into the new year as they all pursue European supremacy. Signature fixtures include Real Madrid going to Liverpool, Barcelona hosting reigning champions PSG, Manchester City welcoming Kevin de Bruyne's Napoli, Bayern Munich hosting Chelsea and more.
Elsewhere, Arsenal host Bayern and go to Inter, while Juventus take on Dortmund and Real Madrid. The official schedule for the league phase will be released by UEFA on Saturday.
As always, you can watch every minute of Champions League action all season long on Paramount+, and action will begin on Sept. 16 when the league phase kicks off. Scroll down for every fixture but before then, read on for our winners and losers from the league phase draw:
UEFA Champions League schedule 25/26 group stage: League phase fixtures dates
Matchday 1: Sept. 16-18
Matchday 2: Sept. 30-Oct. 1
Matchday 3: Oct. 21-22
Matchday 4: Nov. 4-5
Matchday 5: Nov. 25-26
Matchday 6: Dec. 9-10
Matchday 7: Jan. 20-21, 2026
Matchday 8: Jan. 28, 2026
2025-26 Champions League: Knockout round schedule, playoffs dates
Knockout Play-offs:
First leg: Feb. 17-18
Second leg: Feb. 24-25
Champions League: Round of 16
First leg: March 10-11
Second leg: March 17-18
Champions League: Quarterfinals
First leg: April 7-8
Second leg: April 14-15
Champions League: Semifinals
First leg: April 28-29
Second leg: May 5-6
First leg: Feb. 17-18
Second leg: Feb. 24-25
Champions League: Round of 16
First leg: March 10-11
Second leg: March 17-18
Champions League: Quarterfinals
First leg: April 7-8
Second leg: April 14-15
Champions League: Semifinals
First leg: April 28-29
Second leg: May 5-6
When & where is the 2026 UEFA Champions League Final?
Final: May 30 at Puskás Aréna in Budapest, Hungary
UEFA Champions League Draw Dates
The draw schedule is already confirmed:
First Qualifying Round: June 17, 2025
Second Qualifying Round: June 18, 2025
Third Qualifying Round: July 21, 2025
Play-offs: August 4, 2025
League Phase Draw: August 28, 2025
Knockout Play-offs Draw: January 30, 2026
Round of 16 to Final Draws: February 27, 2026
UEFA Champions League past winners list by year
2024-25: Paris Saint-Germain
2023-24: Real Madrid
2022-23: Manchester City
2021-22: Real Madrid
2020-21: Chelsea
2019-20: Bayern Munich
2018-19: Liverpool
2017-18: Real Madrid
2016-17: Real Madrid
2015-16: Real Madrid
2014-15: Barcelona
2013-14: Real Madrid
2012-13: Bayern Munich
2011-12: Chelsea
2010-11: Barcelona
2009-10: Inter Milan
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