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Champions League league-phase opponents are drawn
Europe’s Champions League clubs now know their eight league-phase opponents.
What happened
UEFA’s draw in Monaco set the Champions League league-phase schedules for all qualified clubs. Each side will play eight different opponents, with four home matches and four away. Real Madrid were paired with Arsenal, while Paris Saint-Germain will face Barcelona. League positions will decide routes into the knockout rounds.
Numbers
- 36 clubsentered the league-phase draw
- 8 opponentseach club will play — Four home, four away
- 5 Jun 2027final scheduled in Madrid
Questions
- Who reaches the last sixteen directly?
- The top eight in the overall table advance directly to the round of sixteen, while teams ranked ninth through twenty-fourth enter a play-off.
- Why are some pairings barred?
- Draw rules prevent meetings between clubs from the same national federation and limit opponents from any one country on each schedule.
- When will league matches be played?
- The league phase runs from mid-September to late January across eight matchdays, before the knockout routes are settled.
- Where will the title be decided?
- The final is scheduled for Madrid’s Metropolitano stadium, where the competition will conclude after the league phase and knockout rounds.
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The catch
The draw set opponents, but the coverage does not provide a complete match-by-match timetable.