Overview
- UEFA will stream the draw free on its website, ZDF begins coverage at 17:50 CEST, and DAZN carries a live subscriber stream.
- The field is completed after Wednesday’s play-offs, with 29 of 36 clubs already confirmed including four German teams.
- Seeding is based on UEFA club coefficients from the past five seasons, placing teams into four pots of nine.
- Each club is paired with eight opponents—two from each pot including its own—with no domestic matchups and no more than two opponents from any single country.
- The Ligaphase runs from 16 September 2025 to 28 January 2026, followed by February play-offs and a 30 May 2026 final in Budapest.