Liverpool and Manchester City will take on Real Madrid, while Chelsea face Barcelona after Champions League sides discovered their league phase opponents.
Champions Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) were also handed a tough list of opponents in Thursday’s draw, including Barcelona and Bayern Munich, while Arsenal will face Bayern Munich.
Barcelona will visit both Chelsea and Newcastle, while Arsenal entertain Bayern and Atletico and must also go to Inter Milan and to Athletic Bilbao.
Real will play City at home and take on Premier League champions Liverpool at Anfield in what will be two of the standout fixtures of the league phase.
Liverpool, who finished first in the league phase last season only to be eliminated by PSG in the last 16, will also play Atletico Madrid, PSV Eindhoven, and Qarabag of Azerbaijan at home.
In addition, they must go to Inter Milan, Eintracht Frankfurt, Marseille, and Turkish champions Galatasaray.
City, who won the Champions League in 2023, will welcome Borussia Dortmund, Bayer Leverkusen, Napoli, and Galatasaray to the Etihad Stadium.
As well as Real, they will also visit Villarreal, Monaco, and Norwegian newcomers Bodo/Glimt.
PSG will entertain Bayern and go to Barcelona, while the French club also have home fixtures against Tottenham Hotspur and Newcastle United.
Every team now plays eight games against eight different opponents in the new format of Europe’s elite club competition, which was introduced last season. All 36 clubs are pooled together into one league rather than split into groups.
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The top eight teams advance to the last 16, while those finishing between ninth and 24th go into the knockout round play-offs. The bottom 12 teams are eliminated.
This season’s Champions League final will take place in Hungarian capital Budapest on May 30, 2026, with UEFA announcing on Thursday that the game will kick off at 6:00 p.m. local time rather than the usual 9:00 p.m.
All six Premier League clubs involved in the Champions League will play eight league phase games, home and away, between September 2025 and January 2026.
See the full draw for Premier League clubs below:
Chelsea: Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Benfica, Atalanta, Ajax, Napoli, Pafos, Qarabag.
Liverpool: Real Madrid, Inter, Atletico Madrid, Frankfurt, PSV, Marseille, Qarabag, Galatasaray.
Man City: Borussia Dortmund, Real Madrid, Leverkusen, Villarrea, Napoli, Bodø/Glimt, Galatasaray, Monaco.
Arsenal: Bayern Munich, Inter, Atleti, Club Brugge, Olympiacos, Slavia Praha, Kairat Almaty, Athletic Bilbao.
Tottenham: Borussia Dortmund, PSG, Villarreal, Frankfurt, Slavia Praha, Bodø/Glimt, Copenhagen, Monaco.
Newcastle: Barcelona, Paris, Benfica, Leverkusen, PSV, Marseille, Athletic Club, Union SG.
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