We are back. League stage draw, 27th August.
First qualifying round
Draw 16 June, first leg 7-8 July, second leg 14-15 July
Shamrock Rovers (Ire)
KuPS (Fin)
Drita (Kos)
Lincoln Red Imps (Gib)
Borac Banja Luka (Bos)
Vikingur Reykjavik (Ice)
Kairat (Kaz)
Riga (Lat)
KÍ Klaksvik (FI)
Floral (Est)
Larne (NI)
Petrocub Hînceşti (Mol)
The New Saints (Wal)
Inter Club d'Escaldes (And)
Levski Sofia (Bul)
Sabah (Aze)
Kauno Žalgiris (Lit)
Iberia 1999 (Geo)
Tre Fiori (SM)
Vardar (NM)
ML Vitebsk (Blr)
Győr (Hun)
Universitat Craiova (Rom)
Floriana (Mal)
Sutjeska (Mon)
Ararat Armenia (Arm)
Atert Bissen (Lux)
Egnatia (Alb)
Second qualifying round
Draw 17 June, first leg 21-22 July, second leg 28-29 July
Champions Path
Red Star Belgrade (Ser)
Dinamo Zagreb (Cro)
Slovan Bratislava (Svk)
Omonia (Cyp)
AGF (Den)
Thun (Sui)
Mjällby (Swe)
Lech Poznań (Pol)
Hapoel Be'er Sheva (Isr)
League Path
Fenerbahçe (Tur)
Heart of Midlothian (Sco)
Sturm Graz (Aut)
Lech Poznań (Pol)
Third qualifying round
Draw 20 July, first leg 4-5 August, second leg 11 August
Champions Path
No new entrants
League Path
Sparta Prague (Cze)
NEC Nijmegen (Ned)
Lyon (Fra)
Union Saint-Gilloise (Bel)
Bodø/Glimt (Nor)
Olympiacos (Gre)
Play-off round
Draw 3 August, first leg 18-19 August, second leg 25-26 August
Champions Path
AEK Athens (Gre)
Viking (Nor)
Celtic (Sco)
LASK (Aut)
League Path
No new entrants
League Phase
Draw 27 August 2026, matches 8-10 September, 13-14 October, 20-21 October, 3-4 November, 24-25 November, 8-9 December, 19-20 January, 27 January
Arsenal (Eng)
Manchester City (Eng)
Manchester United (Eng)
Aston Villa (Eng)
Liverpool (Eng)
Inter Milan (Ita)
Napoli (Ita)
Roma (Ita)
Como (Ita)
Barcelona (Esp)
Real Madrid (Esp)
Villarreal (Esp)
Atlético Madrid (Esp)
Real Betis (Esp)
Bayern Munich (Ger)
Borussia Dortmund (Ger)
RB Leipzig (Ger)
Stuttgart (Ger)
Paris Saint-Germain (Fra)
Lens (Fra)
Lille (Fra)
PSV Eindhoven (Ned)
Feyenoord (Ned)
Porto (Por)
Sporting (Por)
Slavia Prague (Cze)
Galatasaray (Tur)
Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukr)
Club Brugge (Bel)
Remaining rounds
Knock-out phase play-offs (for teams finishing 9th-24th in League phase), draw 29 January, first leg 16-17 February, second leg 23-24 February
Draw for all remaining rounds 26 February.
Round of 16 (teams finishing top 8 enter here), first leg 9-10 March, second leg 16-17 March
Quarter-Finals, first leg 6-7 April, second leg 13-14 April
Semi-Finals, first leg 27-28 April, second leg 4-5 May
Final, 5 June at Metropolitano Stadium, Madrid
Winners qualify for 2027/28 UEFA Champions League, 2027 UEFA Super Cup, 2027 FIFA Intercontinental Cup and 2029 FIFA Club World Cup.
UEFA Super Cup
To be contested by the winner of the Champions League, Paris Saint-Germain, and the Mighty Aston Villa. Wednesday 12th August, 2000 UK/2100 local time, Red Bull Arena, Salzburg.
UEFA-CONMEBOL Club Challenge - possibly.
Introduced in 2023, this is an intended annual match between the winners of Europa League and the CONMEBOL Sudamericana.
However, the game hasn't been played since its first edition, when Sevilla defeated Ecuadorians Independiente del Valle.
Scheduling issues prevented it from being played in 2024, it doesn't seem to have been mentioned last year and it is unclear if it will be returning.
If it does, we would probably be up against Argentinians Club Atlético Lanús. Date and venue very much TBC, if it happens at all.
