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Champions League draw: Who’s your favorite soccer team facing?

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The draw for primary stage of the 2025-26 UEFA Champions League was held Thursday, Aug. 28 in Monaco, revealing all 36 teams’ opponents for the new campaign.

The first matches will be played from Sept. 16-18, with the tournament’s final set for May 30 in Bupapest, Hungary.

UEFA is expected to reveal the full schedule with kick-off times in the days to come.

Check out the results from the Champions League draw:

Champions League draw results

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Ajax (NED)

Home opponents: Inter Milan, Benfica, Olympiacos, Galatasaray
Away opponents: Chelsea, Villarreal, Marseille, Qarabag

Arsenal (ENG)

Home opponents: Bayern Munich, Atletico Madrid, Olympiacos, Kairat Almaty
Away opponents: Inter Milan, Club Brugge, Slavia Praha, Athletic Club

Atalanta (ITA)

Home opponents: Chelsea, Club Brudgge, Slavia Praha, Athletic Club
Away opponents: PSG, Frankfurt, Marseille, Union SG

Athletic Club (ESP)

Home opponents: PSG, Arsenal, Sporting CP, Qarabag
Away opponents: Dortmund, Atalanta, Slavia Praha, Newcastle

Atlético Madrid (ESP)

Home opponents: Inter Milan, Frankfurt, Bodø/Glimt, Union SG
Away opponents: Liverpool, Arsenal, PSG, Galatasaray

Borussia Dortmund (GER)

Home opponents: Inter Milan, Villarreal, Bodo/Glimt, Athletic Club
Away opponents: Manchester City, Juventus, Tottenham, Copenhagen

Barcelona (ESP)

Home opponents: PSG, Frankfurt, Olympiacos, Copenhagen
Away opponents: Chelsea, Club Brugge, Slavia Praha, Newcastle

Bayern Munich (GER)

Home opponents: Chelsea, Club Brugge, Sporting CP, Union SG
Away opponents: PSG, Arsenal, PSV, Pafos

Benfica (POR)

Home opponents: Real Madrid, Leverkusen, Napoli, Qarabağ
Away opponents: Chelsea, Juventus, Ajax, Newcastle

Bodø/Glimt (NOR)

Home opponents: Manchester City, Juventus, Tottenham, Monaco
Away opponents: Dortmund, Atletico Madrid, Slavia Praha, Galatasaray

Chelsea (ENG)

Home opponents: Barcelona, Benfica, Ajax, Pafos
Away opponents: Bayern Munich, Atalanta, Napoli, Qarabağ

Club Brugge (BEL)

Home opponents: Barcelona, Arsenal, Marseille, Monaco
Away opponents: Bayern Munich, Atalanta, Sporting CP, Kairat Almaty

Copenhagen (DEN)

Home opponents: Dortmund, Leverkusen, Napoli, Kairat Almaty
Away opponents: Barcelona, Villarreal, Tottenham, Qarabag

Eintracht Frankfurt (GER)

Home opponents: Liverpool, Atalanta, Tottenham, Galatasaray
Away opponents: Barcelona, Athletico Madrid, Napoli, Qarabağ

Galatasaray (TUR)

Home opponents: Liverpool, Atletico Madrid, Bodo/Glimt, Union SG
Away opponents: Manchester City, Frankfurt, Ajax, Monaco

Inter Milan (ITA)

Home opponents: Liverpool, Arsenal, Slavia Praha, Kairat Almaty
Away opponents: Dortmund, Atletico Madrid, Ajax, Union SG

Juventus (ITA)

Home opponents: Dortmund, Benfica, Sporting CP, Pafos
Away opponents: Real Madrid, Villarreal, Bodo/Glimt, Monaco

Kairat Almaty (KAZ)

Home opponents: Real Madrid, Club Brugge, Olympiacos, Pafos
Away opponents: Inter Milan, Arsenal, Sporting CP, Copenhagen

Bayer Leverkusen (GER)

Home opponents: PSG, Villarreal, PSV, Newcastle
Away opponents: Manchester City, Benfica, Olympiacos, Copenhagen

Liverpool (ENG)

Home opponents: Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid, PSV, Qarabağ
Away opponents: Inter Milan, Frankfurt, Marseille, Galatasaray

Manchester City (ENG)

Home opponents: Dortmund, Leverkusen, Napoli, Galatasaray
Away opponents: Real Madrid, Villarreal, Bodo/Glimt, Monaco

Marseille (FRA)

Home opponents: Liverpool, Atalanta, Ajax, Newcastle
Away opponents: Real Madrid, Club Brugge, Sporting CP, Union SG

AS Monaco (FRA)

Home opponents: Manchester City, Juventus, Tottenham, Galatasaray
Away opponents: Real Madrid, Club Brugge, Bodo/Glimt, Pafos

Napoli (ITA)

Home opponents: Chelsea, Frankfurt, Sporting CP, Qarabag
Away opponents: Manchester City, Benfica, PSV, Copenhagen

Newcastle United (ENG)

Home opponents: Barcelona, Benfica, PSG, Athletic Club
Away opponents: PSG, Leverkusen, Marseille, Union SG

Olympiacos (GRE)

Home opponents: Rea Madrid, Leverkusen, PSG, Pafos
Away opponents: Barcelona, Arsenal, Ajax, Kairat Almaty

Pafos (CYP)

Home opponents: Bayern Munich, Villarreal, Slavia Praha, Monaco
Away opponents: Chelsea, Juventus, Olympiacos, Kairat Almaty

Paris Saint-Germain (FRA)

Home opponents: Bayern Munich, Atalanta, Tottenham, Newcastle
Away opponents: Barcelona, Leverkusen, Sporting CP, Athletic Club

PSV Eindhoven (NED)

Home opponents: Bayern Munich, Atletico Madrid, Napoli, Union SG
Away opponents: Liverpool, Leverkusen, Olympiacos, Newcastle

Qarabağ FK (AZE)

Home opponents: Chelsea, Frankfurt, Ajax, Copenhagen
Away opponents: Liverpool, Benfica, Napoli, Athletic Club

Real Madrid (ESP)

Home opponents: Manchester City, Juventus, Marseille, Monaco
Away opponents: Liverpool, Benfica, Olympiacos, Kairat Almaty

Slavia Praha (CZE)

Home opponents: Barcelona, Arsenal, Bodo/Glimt, Athletic Club
Away opponents: Inter Milan, Atalanta, Tottenham, Pafos

Sporting CP (POR)

Home opponents: PSG, Club Brugge, Marseille, Kairat Almaty
Away opponents: Bayern Munich, Juventus, Napoli, Athletic Club

Tottenham Hotspur (ENG)

Home opponents: Dortmund, Villarreal, Slavia Praha, Copenhagen
Away opponents: PSG, Frankfurt, Bodo/Glimt, Monaco

Union SG (BEL)

Home opponents: Inter Milan, Atalanta, Marseille, Newcastle
Away opponents: Bayern Munich, Atletico Madrid, PSV, Galatasaray

Villarreal (ESP)

Home opponents: Manchester City, Juventus, Ajax, Copenhagen
Away opponents: Dortmund, Leverkusen, Tottenham, Pafos

Watch UEFA Champions League on Paramount+

Champions League winners list

2024-25: Paris Saint-Germain
2023-24: Real Madrid
2022-23: Manchester City
2021-22: Real Madrid
2020-21: Chelsea
2019-20: Bayern Munich
2018-19: Liverpool
2017-18: Real Madrid
2016-17: Real Madrid
2015-16: Real Madrid
2014-15: Barcelona
2013-14: Real Madrid
2012-13: Bayern Munich
2011-12: Chelsea
2010-11: Barcelona
2009-10: Inter Milan

Champions League schedule 25/26

League stage

Matchday 1: Sept. 16-18
Matchday 2: Sept. 30-Oct. 1
Matchday 3: Oct. 21-22
Matchday 4: Nov. 4-5
Matchday 5: Nov. 25-26
Matchday 6: Dec. 9-10
Matchday 7: Jan. 20-21, 2026
Matchday 8: Jan. 28, 2026

Knockout round playoffs

First leg: Feb. 17-18
Second leg: Feb. 24-25

Round of 16

First leg: March 10-11
Second leg: March 17-18

Quarterfinals

First leg: April 7-8
Second leg: April 14-15

Semifinals

First leg: April 28-29
Second leg: May 5-6

Final: May 30 at Puskás Aréna in Budapest, Hungary

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