Champions League: league phase draw for PSG and French clubs

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·27 August 2026

Champions League: league phase draw for PSG and French clubs

This Thursday, August 29, 2024 at 6 p.m., the draw for the league phase of the 2026-2027 Champions League took place, involving of course Paris Saint-Germain (the reigning French and European champions). Here are the teams PSG will have to face to move forward in the competition. There are also the matches for the other Pot 1 clubs and those from Ligue 1.

The clubs qualified in each pot:

Pot 1: PSG (FRA), Bayern Munich (GER), Real Madrid (ESP), Liverpool (ENG), Inter Milan (ITA), Manchester City (ENG), Arsenal (ENG), FC Barcelona (ESP), Atlético de Madrid (ESP).

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Pot 2: Borussia Dortmund (GER), AS Roma (ITA), Sporting CP (POR), Aston Villa (ENG), FC Porto (POR), Manchester United (ENG), Club Brugge (BEL), Real Betis (ESP), PSV Eindhoven (NED).

Pot 3: Feyenoord (NED), Lille (FRA), Bodö/Glimt (NOR), Napoli (ITA), RB Leipzig (GER), Villarreal (ESP), Fenerbahçe (TUR), Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR), Galatasaray (TUR).

Pot 4: Slavia Prague (CZE), Slovan Bratislava (SVK), VfB Stuttgart (GER), AEK Athens (GRE), LASK Linz (AUT), Como (ITA), Lens (FRA), Viking Stavanger (NOR), Sabah FC (AZE).

How the draw and the league work:

(source: UEFA website)

“With the new format, teams will play eight matches in the new league phase (formerly the group stage). They will no longer face three opponents twice — home and away — but instead eight different teams, playing half of those matches at home and the other half away. To determine the eight opponents, teams will first be divided into four pots. Each team will then be drawn to face two opponents from each of these pots, playing one match at home against a team from each pot and one match away.”

It is not possible to face teams from the same country in the league phase, nor more than two teams from the same domestic league.

Qualification based on the standings:

1st to 8th: qualification for the Round of 16.

9th to 24th: qualification for a two-legged playoff round.

25th to 36th: elimination from all European competitions.

The Pot 1 opponents:

PSG in bold throughout.

PSG: FC Barcelona, Manchester City, Roma, Aston Villa, Galatasaray, Villarreal, Slovan Bratislava and Como.

Bayern Munich: Arsenal, Atlético de Madrid, Real Betis, Manchester United, Bodö/Glimt, Lille, Slavia Prague and Viking.

Real Madrid : Inter, Arsenal, PSV, Roma, Leipzig, Shakhtar, LASK, AEK Athens.

Liverpool : Atlético, Inter Milan, Porto, Club Brugge, Villarreal, Fenerbahçe, Lens and LASK.

Inter Milan : Liverpool, Real Madrid, Club Brugge, Borussia Dortmund, Shakhtar, Feyenoord, Stuttgart and Slovan Bratislava.

Manchester City : PSG, Barcelona, Sporting, Porto, Napoli, Leipzig, AEK Athens, Lens.

Arsenal : Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund, Real Betis, Lille, Napoli, Sabah, Slavia Prague.

FC Barcelona: Manchester City, PSG, Aston Villa, Sporting, Feyenoord, Galatasaray, Como, Sabah.

Atlético de Madrid : Bayern Munich, Liverpool, Manchester United, PSV, Fenerbahçe, Bodö/Glimt, Viking, Stuttgart.

The French clubs:

Lens: Man City, Liverpool, Sporting, Brugge, Bodö/Glimt, Leipzig, Como and Slavia Prague.

Lille : Bayern Munich, Arsenal, Real Betis, Roma, Galatasaray, Bodö/Glimt, Slovan Bratislava and Stuttgart.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇫🇷 here.

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