The perfect of the most effective from throughout Europe are set to collide as soon as once more for this season’s Champions League.
Paris Saint-Germain go into Europe’s premier membership match because the defending champions having demolished Inter Milan within the ultimate final time period.
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However that merely means the goal on the again of Luis Enrique’s aspect has grown bigger as the remainder of the chasing pack look to dethrone the Parisian outfit.
This 12 months’s version marks the return of Premier League aspect Newcastle United to the Champions League after they completed fifth within the top-flight final season.
There’s additionally a debut for Belgian membership Union Saint-Gilloise within the league part of the match.
Champions League 2025/26 draw format
This season’s Champions League marks a continuation from the brand new format that was launched final 12 months, the place the common group part was changed by the league part.
There can be 36 groups within the league part, however not each staff can play one another twice as they might in a standard league format.
Groups can be divided into 4 pots of 9 based mostly on their UEFA coefficient rating, with defending champs PSG sitting fairly as the highest seeds in pot one.
Every staff can be drawn to face two opponents from pots one to 4, which leaves each staff enjoying eight video games versus six underneath the earlier format.
4 of the eight video games can be at dwelling and the opposite 4 away.
Ought to there be a number of groups from one nation, they will be unable to face one another.
Moreover, groups cannot be drawn towards any greater than two sides from a selected nation.
The draw is randomly chosen by a pc, with groups manually drawn one-by-one beginning with pot one.
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Champions League 2025/26 draw: Date and tips on how to observe
The draw for this 12 months’s league part will happen on Thursday, August 28.
It will likely be held on the Grimaldi Discussion board in Monaco.
talkSPORT.com could have followers coated for everything of the draw with a reside weblog whereas talkSPORT will present on the spot response because it occurs and all of the post-draw evaluation.
To tune in to talkSPORT via the web site, click on HERE for the reside stream.
You can even hear through the talkSPORT app, on DAB digital radio, via your good speaker and on 1089 or 1053 AM.
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Champions League 2025/26 draw: Pots
Pot 1
- Paris Saint-Germain
- Actual Madrid
- Manchester Metropolis
- Bayern Munich
- Liverpool
- Inter Milan
- Chelsea
- Borussia Dortmund
- Barcelona
Pot 2
- Arsenal
- Bayer Leverkusen
- Atletico Madrid
- Atalanta
- Villarreal
- Juventus
- Eintracht Frankfurt
Pot 3
- PSV Eindhoven
- Ajax
- Napoli
- Sporting CP
- Olympiacos
- Slavia Prague
- Marseille
Pot 4
- Galatasaray
- Union Saint-Gilloise
- Athletic Bilbao
- Newcastle
Pot TBC
- Tottenham
- Monaco
- Ferencvaros / Qarabag
- Crimson Star Belgrade / Pafos
- Bodo/Glimt / Sturm Graz
- Celtic / Kairat
- Basel / Copenhagen
- Fenerbahce / Benfica
- Rangers / Membership Brugge
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