Overview

• Pot 1 seeds are confirmed as Real Madrid, Manchester City, Bayern München, Liverpool, Paris Saint‑Germain, Inter, Chelsea, Borussia Dortmund and Barcelona.
• Germany’s entrants are split across the top pots, with Bayern and Dortmund in Pot 1 and Bayer Leverkusen and Eintracht Frankfurt in Pot 2.
• Pots 2–4 are set, featuring clubs such as Arsenal, Juventus, Tottenham, Ajax, Monaco and Newcastle, with first-time qualifiers Kairat Almaty and FC Pafos included.
• Each team draws one home and one away tie from each pot, avoiding same-country opponents and facing at most two clubs from any single other association.
• The league phase begins 16 September, the round of 16 starts 10 March 2026 and the final is on 30 May in Budapest, with DAZN showing 186 matches and Amazon Prime Video airing 17 Tuesday fixtures.