Champions League 2026/27

[cdbearsfan]

Okeydokey.

[Villafirst]

Update.

First qualifying round

Draw 16 June, first leg 7-8 July, second leg 14-15 July

Confirmed:

Celje (Svn)
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)

To be confirmed:

Champions of...
Romania
Armenia
Malta
Albania
Montenegro
Luxembourg

Second qualifying round

Draw 17 June, first leg 21-22 July, second leg 28-29 July

Champions Path

Confirmed:

Red Star Belgrade (Ser)
Dinamo Zagreb (Cro)
Slovan Bratislava (Svk)
Omonia (Cyp)
AGF (Den)
Thun (Sui)
Mjällby (Swe)
Lech Poznań (Pol)

To be confirmed:

Champions of...
Israel

League Path

Confirmed:

Bodø/Glimt (Nor)
Fenerbahçe (Tur)
Heart of Midlothian (Sco)

To be confirmed:

Runners-up of:
Greece
Austria
Poland

Third qualifying round

Draw 20 July, first leg 4-5 August, second leg 11 August

Champions Path

No new entrants

League Path

Confirmed:
Sparta Prague (Cze)
Sporting (Por)

To be confirmed:

Runners-up of:
Greece
Belgium

Third place of:
Netherlands

Fourth place of:
France

Play-off round

Draw 3 August, first leg 18-19 August, second leg 25-26 August

Champions Path

Confirmed:

AEK Athens (Gre)
Viking (Nor)
Celtic (Sco)

To be confirmed:

Champions of:
Austria

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

Confirmed:

Arsenal (Eng)
Manchester City (Eng)
Manchester United (Eng)
Aston Villa (Eng)*
Inter Milan (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)
PSV Eindhoven (Ned)
Feyenoord (Ned)
Porto (Por)
Slavia Prague (Cze)
Galatasaray (Tur)
Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukr)

To be confirmed:

Europa League winners*

Champions of:
Belgium

Additional teams from:
England*
Italy x 3
France

*Note: if Villa win the Europa League and finish in the top four, Europa League place will not be used. Vacant spot in League phase passes to Portuguese runners-up, two highest ranked clubs in second qualifying round (TBC) will be moved to third qualifying round. If Villa win the Europa League and finish fifth, they will qualify as Europa League winners and 6th placed English team will also qualify for League phase.

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.

I’d love a bit of insight into where we think the CL qualification will put us in turnover terms next season despite the likelihood of dropping back this season a bit from last seasons £375m. Hopefully we’ll be breaking that £400m barrier.

What's the point, it'll still be nothing compared to what Blose will earn in a few years' time.

How will they earn all those millions in the Championship?

[eamonn]

Careful with quotathons please.