The Premier League has six teams in this year's Champions League because of their five qualifying places and Tottenham's Europa League triumph for Thursday's draw
The Premier League has a record of six teams in the Champions League -comparable game on Thursday. Liverpool his second favorites behind Holders Paris Saint Germain of the 36 teams that enter into the competition phase in the largest stage of European football.
UEFA holds the tie in Monaco-littered with stars at 5 pm in the VK time with the first games to start from September 16. Liverpool is accompanied by Manchester City, Arsenal, Newcastle, Chelsea and Europa League winners Tottenham who were promoted to the Champions League.
It is a record for the Premier League that has achieved an extra fifth place through coefficiënstranglists because English teams did so well in the European competition last season.
That was further stimulated by a sixth place for Spurs after they defeated Manchester United in the Europa League final in May, giving them a passport in the competition.
It means that English teams have a remarkable base in the competition, together with PSG, Harry Kane's Bayern Munich and the Italian champions Napoli. Spain also has five teams with Barcelona, ​​Real Madrid, Atlético Madrid, Athletic Bilbao and Villarreal.
The first round of competition is spread over Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday to make the Champions League front and the center of the European Week. They all hunt in a place in the final that is held in the Puskás Aréna in Budapest, Hungary, on Saturday 30 May 2026.
Liverpool -Baas Arne Slot will be determined to continue in this year's competition after he was eliminated in the last 16 by final winners PSG. That was undoubtedly bad luck to get such a heavy draw, but PSG almost went into the competition phase because they started the season so slowly.
Although that was a mistake in the new look competition, the new look Champions League was generally well received, because all teams played an extra two games – eight in total – in the competition phase and some heavyweight confrontations produced.
Arsenal went all the way to the semi -final and was the English team that was furthest in the competition, after he had eliminated Real Madrid in the quarterfinals before he lost PSG. But that has not earned them a place in Pot one of the top seeds that deserve their place on the basis of UEFA Club -coefficients who owe recent European success.
As a result, Chelsea – the Club World Cup holders – are in Pot One after winning the Europa Conference League last season, while Manchester City is also in the top seeds and the Champions League won in 2023.
The pots are not officially completed by UEFA to the outcome of the remaining play-offs of Champions League, but there will be no room for Celtic after they lost on Tuesday evening from Kazakhstan Club Kairat Kairat on Penalties.
Tottenham is waiting to discover their fate and in which pot they will be while Newcastle will be in pot four. The competition phase will be the same as last season, with the top eight receiving a passport in the last 16 of the knockout phase and the next 16 go in a play-off phase.
The pots
Pot 1: PSG, Real Madrid, Man City, Bayern Munich, Liverpool, Inter Milan, Chelsea, Borussia Dortmund, Barcelona
Pot 2: Arsenal, Bayer Leverkusen, Atletico Madrid, Benfica, Atalanta, Villarreal, Juventus, Eintracht Frankfurt, Club Brugge
Pot 3: Tottenham, PSV, Ajax, Napoli, Sporting, Olympiacos, Slavia Prague, Bodo/Glimt, Marseille
Pot 4: Copenhagen, Monaco, Galatasaray, Union Saint-Gilloise, Qarabag, Athletic Club, Newcastle, Pafos, Kairat.
Match data
MatchDay 1: 16–18 September 2025
MatchDay 2: September 30 – October 1, 2025
MatchDay 3: 21/22 October 2025
MatchDay 4: 4/5 November 2025
MatchDay 5: 25/26 November 2025
MatchDay 6: 9/10 December 2025
MatchDay 7: 20/21 January 2026
MatchDay 8: January 28, 2026
Knockout-phase Play-Offs: 17/18 & 24/25 February 2026
Tour of 16: 10/11 & 17/18 March 2026
Quarterfinals: 7/8 & 14/15 April 2026
Semi-final: 28/29 April and 5/6 May 2026
End: May 30, 2026