The group stage of the Champions League 2025/26 begins this Tuesday (sixteenth), and OneFootball brings you EVERYTHING it’s essential know.
🏆 Who would be the champion? Try the data beneath and depart your remark!
Days and Occasions ⏳
The Champions League group stage could have eight rounds, with matches primarily on Tuesdays and Wednesdays – the primary spherical additionally consists of video games on Thursday.
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Most matches shall be performed at 4 PM (Brasília time), however the UCL may also have video games at 1:45 PM and 11:30 AM.
1st spherical – September 16, 17, and 18
2nd spherical – September 30 and October 1
third spherical – October 21 and 22
4th spherical – November 4 and 5
fifth spherical – November 25 and 26
sixth spherical – December 9 and 10
seventh spherical – January 20 and 21, 2026
eighth spherical – January 28, 2026
Competitors Format ⚔️
The 36 golf equipment will face EIGHT opponents, decided by a draw on the finish of August. The highest eight advance on to the spherical of 16.
One other 16 groups (from ninth to twenty fourth place) will go to the playoffs to find out the opposite eight groups within the spherical of 16. From there, it is knockout till the semifinals.
The ultimate of the Champions League 2025/26 – in a single match – shall be performed on Could 30, 2026, a Saturday, on the Puskás Enviornment in Budapest, Hungary.
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Favorites for the 🏆
Actual Madrid is by far the largest UCL champion, with 15 titles (Milan is second with seven, however will not play in 2025/26).
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For that reason, Actual enters as one of many favorites. However the Spanish large will face heavy competitors to hunt ‘La 16’.
PSG (UCL champion in 2024/25), Barcelona (La Liga), Liverpool (Premier League), and Chelsea (Membership World Cup) arrive in good kind.
Based on the Opta supercomputer, Liverpool (20.1%), Arsenal (16.3%), PSG (11.1%), and Manchester Metropolis (8.7%) are the favorites.
So, who will take the trophy? Depart your remark!
First Spherical 📍
The primary spherical, subsequently, shall be performed over THREE days. And there are already BIG MATCHES proper from the beginning, like Bayern Munich vs. Chelsea and Newcastle vs. Barcelona.
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Tuesday (16), 1:45 PM
Athletic Bilbao vs. Arsenal (House and MAX)
PSV vs. Union Saint-Gilloise (TNT and MAX)
Tuesday (16), 4 PM
Juventus vs. Borussia Dortmund (MAX)
Actual Madrid vs. Olympique de Marseille (SBT, TNT, and MAX)
Benfica vs. Qarabağ (MAX)
Tottenham vs. Villarreal (House and MAX)
Wednesday (17), 1:45 PM
Olympiacos vs. Pafos (TNT and MAX)
Slavia Prague vs. Bodø/Glimt (House and MAX)
Wednesday (17), 4 PM
Ajax vs. Inter Milan (MAX)
Bayern Munich vs. Chelsea (TNT and MAX)
Liverpool vs. Atlético Madrid (MAX)
PSG vs. Atalanta (House and MAX)
Thursday (18), 1:45 PM
Membership Brugge vs. Monaco (House and MAX)
Copenhagen vs. Bayer Leverkusen (TNT and MAX)
Thursday (18), 4 PM
Frankfurt vs. Galatasaray (MAX)
Manchester Metropolis vs. Napoli (MAX)
Newcastle vs. Barcelona (TNT and MAX)
Sporting vs. Kairat Almaty (House and MAX)
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The place to Watch 📺
Max will broadcast all of the video games. House, TNT, and SBT will broadcast some video games.
So, who will raise the Large Ears on Could 30, 2026? Depart your GUESS within the remark field!
This text was translated into English by Synthetic Intelligence.
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