PSG handed Bayern and Barcelona while the opening staircase of the Champions League is attached

Champions League holders Paris St Germain will play Bayern Munich and Barcelona in the competition phase of this season, while record 15-time winners Real Madrid opposite Manchester City and Liverpool will be confronted after the trekking on Thursday, a few blockbuster encounters set up.

PSG will also meet the Premier League parties Tottenham Hotspur and Newcastle United together with Atalanta and Bayer Leverkusen in the new competition phase format that started last season, where every club plays eight games -four at home and four on the road.

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Real Madrid plays Manchester City for a fifth consecutive season and makes a trip to Liverpool in what will be home for Trent Alexander-Arnold, the English fullback that Anfield left to really join in the short season.

Real also takes at home at Juventus while they have a long flight to Eastern Europe in the store when they take it to Kazakhstan side Kairat Almaty, which surprised Celtic in the Play -Offs to qualify for the first time.

Last season’s competition table, Liverpool will also be confronted with Inter Milan, Atletico Madrid and Eintracht Frankfurt, while Bayern Chelsea, Arsenal and Club Brugge plays.

Pep Guardiola’s city lord Dortmund, Leverkusen and Napoli while making two trips to Spain to see real and villarreal.

The second place of last season Inter Milan host Liverpool and Arsenal, and the Italian side will travel to Borussia Dortmund and Atletico Madrid.

Barcelona, ​​Laliga Champions and the semi-finalists from last year, organize PSG and Facle Games in Chelsea and Newcastle.

Arsenal, semi-finalists last season, also play Atletico Madrid and Club Brugge, but their biggest opponents are Bayern, whom they have confronted in the competition 14 times. They also did not succeed in beating the German side in the last five meetings.

The Premier League has the most representatives with six clubs after the top five of last season – Liverpool, Arsenal, City, Chelsea and Newcastle – qualified together with Europa League winners Tottenham.

Spurs plays Borussia Dortmund and Villarreal and PSG, while the Serie A champions Napoli Face Chelsea, Man City, Frankfurt and Benfica.

Newcastle returned to the Champions League, but has a tough road to the knockout phase after they were placed in Pot Four, with Barca, PSG, Benfica and Leverkusen among the teams with which they will be confronted.

The competition phase starts with the 36 teams playing on eight competition days between September 16 and January 28. The knockout phase starts in February, while the final will be played on 30 May in the Puskas Arena in Budapest.

Chelsea was honored with a special prize for becoming the first club to win the Champions League, the Europa League, the Conference League, the Super Cup and the now defeated UEFA Cup winner cup.

Former Sweden striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic was named the winner of the UEFA President’s Award

Published on August 28, 2025