Overview

• Liverpool will host Real Madrid and Manchester City will visit the 15‑time champions, with both Premier League sides also drawing a slate that includes Inter for Liverpool and Borussia Dortmund and Napoli for City.
• Titleholders Paris Saint‑Germain were handed a demanding run that features Bayern Munich at home and Barcelona away, plus meetings with Tottenham and Newcastle.
• A record six Premier League clubs qualified—Liverpool, Manchester City, Arsenal, Chelsea, Newcastle and Tottenham—under seeding rules that prevent same‑nation pairings in the league phase.
• Four debutants—Bodø/Glimt, Pafos, Union Saint‑Gilloise and Kairat Almaty—enter the league phase, with newcomers set for marquee fixtures such as Kairat hosting Real Madrid and Pafos facing Bayern.
• The league phase runs from 16–18 September through 28 January, with fixture dates to be confirmed, and the final is scheduled for 30 May 2026 at Budapest’s Puskás Aréna with a 6:00 pm local kickoff.