Tottenham’s Champions League draw and path to final revealed

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·27. Februar 2026

Tottenham’s Champions League draw and path to final revealed

Tottenham will play Atletico Madrid in the Champions League last-16 as they seek solace in European football amid their perilous Premier League position.

Despite being dragged into a relegation scrap at home, Spurs impressed during the league phase and finished fourth in the table behind only Arsenal, Bayern Munich and Liverpool.

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They won five of their eight matches, and only lost once - with that defeat coming against Paris Saint-Germain at the Parc de Princes.

Spurs won the Europa League last season despite their poor Premier League form - although the odds on them repeating the trick look incredibly slim.

However, they will play Atletico Madrid in the last-16, setting up just a second ever meeting with the Spanish side after the 1963 Uefa Cup Winners’ Cup final, as Spurs became the first English side to win a European title.

Tottenham’s Champions League draw

Should they progress past Atletico, Tottenham will face either Newcastle or Barcelona in the quarter-finals. As Tottenham are fourth seeds, they are guaranteed to be at home in the second leg until the semi-finals.

What about the semi-finals?

If Tottenham reach the semi-finals for the first time since 2019, when they lost to Liverpool in the Madrid final, they know they would play one of four teams:

They are Bodo/Glimt, Sporting CP, Bayer Leverkusen and Arsenal.

Tottenham be at home in the second leg, unless they play top seeds Arsenal.