UEFA on Thursday completed the draw for the 2025-26 Champions League, confirming a series of high-profile fixtures in the competition’s expanded 36-team “league phase.” Reigning champions Paris Saint-Germain will host Bayern Munich at the Parc des Princes and travel to Barcelona, two of the eight opponents they will meet under the format that gives each club four home and four away games. Record 15-time winners Real Madrid were paired with both Manchester City and Liverpool, while Chelsea face a demanding schedule that includes Barcelona at Stamford Bridge and an away date with Bayern. Arsenal must navigate Bayern and Atletico Madrid, and Liverpool’s programme also brings matches against Inter Milan and Eintracht Frankfurt. The league phase opens 16–18 September and ends with a simultaneous matchday on 28 January; the top eight sides advance directly to the round of 16, with teams placed ninth to 24th entering a two-leg playoff. The final is set for 30 May 2026 at Budapest’s Puskás Arena. Thursday’s draw followed the final qualifying round in which Club Brugge thrashed Rangers 6-0, sealing a 9-1 aggregate win that equals the Scottish club’s heaviest European defeat and sends the Belgian side into the main competition.