A loopy night time of Champions League motion on Wednesday concluded the league section for one more season.
All six Premier League sides have progressed, with solely Newcastle having to play in subsequent month’s play-off spherical.
Holders Paris St Germain and Actual Madrid each didn’t seal computerized spots.
PSG could only draw 1-1 at home to Newcastle United, a consequence that left either side going through a playoff regardless of beginning the ultimate night time within the computerized locations.
Benfica’s last-minute goal in opposition to Actual sees them sneak by means of in twenty fourth place.
The draw takes place on Friday 30 January 2026. Sides can face one other group from the identical league within the knockout section play-offs. Golf equipment might additionally face opponents they met through the league section.
Straight into the final 16
Arsenal (England)
Bayern Munich (Germany)
Liverpool (England)
Tottenham Hotspur (England)
FC Barcelona (Spain)
Chelsea (England)
Sporting (Portugal)
Manchester Metropolis (England)
Knockout section play-off locations (seeded)
Actual Madrid (Spain)
Inter Milan (Italy)
Paris St. Germain (France)
Newcastle United (England)
Juventus (Italy)
Atletico Madrid (Spain)
Atalanta (Italy)
Bayer Leverkusen (Germany)
Knockout section play-off locations (unseeded)
Borussia Dortmund (Germany)
Olympiacos (Greece)
Membership Brugge (Belgium)
Galatasaray (Turkey)
AS Monaco (France)
Qarabag (Azerbaijan)
Bodo/Glimt (Norway)
Benfica (Portugal)
Champions League 2025/26 format
In a change from the earlier group stage format carried out till 2023/24, every group now performs eight matches within the league section, all in opposition to completely different opponents.
4 of these matches might be at residence and 4 away, with the opponents decided based on 4 seeding pots cut up by rankings.
Groups will play two opponents from every of these pots – one in opposition to a group from every pot at residence and one away. The outcomes determine the general standings in a single league.
The highest eight sides within the desk qualify routinely for the spherical of 16. The groups ending in ninth to twenty fourth will compete in a two-legged knockout section play-off to succeed in the final 16.
Groups ending twenty fifth or decrease are out of Europe for the season.
When is the Champions League ultimate?
The ultimate will happen on Might 30 2026 on the The Puskas Area in Budapest, which opened in 2019 and is residence to Hungary’s nationwide group.
The sector hosted a dramatic 2022/23 Europa League ultimate, when Sevilla beat Roma on penalties following a 1-1 draw after additional time.
