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UEFA Champions League

2026/27 · League phase

UEFA Champions League — Fixtures, Results & Standings

There are no UEFA Champions League matches today. The next fixture kicks off Tue 13 Oct, 19:45.

Paris Saint Germain currently leads the standings with 3 points.

At a glance

36
Clubs
8
League-phase matches
4 / 4
Home / away
1–8
Top 8 → R16

UEFA Champions League 2026/27 upcoming fixtures

UEFA Champions League 2026/27 standings

League-phase table — position decides advancement.

  • 1–8Round of 16 (direct)
  • 9–24Knockout play-offs
  • 25–36Eliminated

UEFA Champions League

Season 2026

UEFA Champions League

UEFA Champions League — UEFA Champions League standings
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1
Paris Saint Germain
110061+53W
2
Bayern München
110050+53W
3
Barcelona
110051+43W
4
Manchester United
110040+43W
5
Como
110041+33W
6
VfB Stuttgart
110031+23W
7
Sporting CP
110031+23W
8
Manchester City
110020+23W
9
Aston Villa
110032+13W
10
Lens
110032+13W
11
Real Betis
110032+13W
12
Borussia Dortmund
110032+13W
13
Liverpool
110021+13W
14
Real Madrid
110021+13W
15
Arsenal
110010+13W
16
AEK Athens FC
110010+13W
17
AS Roma
10101101D
18
Shakhtar Donetsk
10101101D
19
PSV Eindhoven
10101101D
20
Fenerbahçe
10101101D
21
Villarreal
100123-10L
22
Lille
100123-10L
23
Slavia Praha
100123-10L
24
Club Brugge KV
100123-10L
25
Inter
100112-10L
26
Atletico Madrid
100112-10L
27
Napoli
100101-10L
28
Lask Linz
100101-10L
29
Viking
100113-20L
30
Galatasaray
100113-20L
31
FC Porto
100102-20L
32
RB Leipzig
100114-30L
33
Feyenoord
100115-40L
34
Sabah FA
100104-40L
35
Slovan Bratislava
100116-50L
36
Bodo/Glimt
100105-50L

UEFA Champions League 2026/27 recent results

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How the Champions League works

All 36 clubs are ranked in a single league table instead of separate groups. Each club plays 8 league-phase matches — 4 at home and 4 away — against 8 different opponents, drawn from four seeding pots so the schedule spreads across a range of strengths.

League-phase results decide who advances: there is no separate group to win, just one ranking. Where a club finishes in that table determines whether it goes straight into the knockout stage, has to fight through an extra play-off round first, or is out of Europe for the season.

How teams progress

  1. 1–8

    Round of 16 (direct)

  2. 9–24

    Knockout play-offs

  3. 25–36

    Eliminated

Knockout path

Top-8 league-phase finishers go straight to the round of 16 — clubs placed 9th–24th must first win a two-legged play-off tie to reach it.

1–8Round of 16 (direct)
9–24Play-offsRound of 16
  1. Round of 16
  2. Quarter-finals
  3. Semi-finals
  4. Final

25–36: eliminated — no further route through this competition this season.

How the standings work

Like a domestic league, a win is worth 3 points and a draw 1 point. Every club's league-phase ranking is decided purely by points (then UEFA's published tiebreak criteria for clubs level on points) — there are no separate groups to win, just one table that determines who advances straight through, who plays an extra knockout play-off round, and who is out of the UEFA Champions League for the season.

League phase vs the old group stage

 Previous systemCurrent system
Clubs32 clubs36 clubs
Structure8 groups of 4One league table
Matches6 group games8 league-phase games
Opponents3 opponents (home & away)8 different opponents
AdvancingTop 2 per group → round of 16Top 8 direct, 9th–24th via play-off

Official sources

Competition format and governance context is checked against the primary sources below. Live fixtures, results and standings come from BetLogic’s football data.

What makes the UEFA Champions League different

  • The Champions League is UEFA's top-tier club competition — access is earned through a club's domestic league position or by winning the previous season's Europa League.
  • Its 8-match league phase is the longest of the three UEFA club competitions, and its 36-club table is the largest.
  • Since the 2024/25 reform, a club that finishes outside the top 24 is eliminated from European competition for the season — there is no longer a route down into the Europa League.

Common questions

How many Champions League league-phase matches does each club play?
8 — four at home and four away, against eight different opponents.
What happens if a club finishes 12th in the league phase?
It enters the two-legged knockout play-off round (positions 9th–24th) for one of the remaining round-of-16 places.
How many clubs go straight to the round of 16?
The top 8 in the league phase qualify directly, without playing a play-off round.

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