The line-up for this season’s UEFA Champions League group stage has been finalized, with Paris Saint-Germain, Arsenal, Ajax, and Galatasaray among the 36 teams in the four pots ahead of Thursday’s official draw in Monaco.
UEFA seeded the 36 qualified clubs into four pots based on their club coefficients. In the group stage, each team will face two opponents from each pot, playing both home and away fixtures.
Projected pots:
Pot 1: Paris Saint-Germain, Real Madrid, Manchester City, Bayern Munich, Liverpool, Inter Milan, Chelsea, Borussia Dortmund, Barcelona
Pot 2: Arsenal, Bayer Leverkusen, Atletico Madrid, Benfica, Atalanta, Villarreal, Juventus, Eintracht Frankfurt, Club Brugge
Pot 3: Tottenham Hotspur, PSV Eindhoven, Ajax, Napoli, Sporting CP, Olympiakos, Slavia Prague, Bodo/Glimt, Olympique de Marseille
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Pot 4: FC Copenhagen, Monaco, Galatasaray, Union SG, Qarabag, Athletic Bilbao, Newcastle United, Pafos, Kairat
According to UEFA rules, clubs cannot face teams from the same country and can only be drawn against a maximum of two clubs from a single nation.
The group stage kicks off from September 16–18, with the tournament culminating in the final at Puskás Aréna in Budapest, Hungary, on May 30, 2026.