Overview
- The draw takes place Thursday, 28 August at 18:00 CEST at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco and airs in Germany on Sky, DAZN and ZDF’s Mediathek, with a free stream on uefa.com.
- Each club will be assigned eight opponents from four pots for fixtures scheduled from 30 September to 28 January 2026, with positions 1–8 advancing directly and 9–24 entering playoffs.
- Four German teams are in the field—Bayern München, Borussia Dortmund, Bayer Leverkusen and Eintracht Frankfurt—with Frankfurt seeded in Pot 2 after qualifying via the Bundesliga for the first time.
- Playoff winners FK Bodø/Glimt, Pafos FC and Qairat Almaty reached the competition and are potential opponents for established clubs.
- England enters a record six teams this season because Tottenham Hotspur earned an extra place by winning the Europa League.