Sjögran reacts to City's UEFA Champions League draw | OneFootball

Director of Football Therese Sjögran is excited for our return to UEFA Champions League action and says City are ‘ready for the challenge’.

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The Blues will host Paris Saint-Germain, Real Madrid and FK Austria Wien at the Joie Stadium, with trips to Bayern Munich, BK Häcken and Inter completing our League Phase fixtures.

The dates, times and order of our fixtures will be confirmed in the coming days, with ticket information also confirmed on Monday.

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City are back in Europe’s elite competition as being crowned champions of England in 2025/26, and while Sjögran stressed every game will be a challenge, she’s excited for Andrée Jeglertz’s side to test ourselves against the best on the continent.

“We’re very excited to face these incredible teams on our return to the UEFA Champions League,” our Director of Football said.

“Paris Saint-Germain are, of course a difficult opponent, a very technical team but we know it will be a great game at the Joie Stadium.

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“It’s the same with Real Madrid, they will be very interesting to face at our home as they have made some good signings this summer.

“Bayern Munich, champions of Germany, we know this will be a tough game away. They are a real powerhouse I would say, but I think with our style of play we can go there confident of getting a result if we play to our best.

“The Swedish connection of course makes me excited to go to Gothenburg to play BK Hacken. They play on turf rather than grass which presents a different challenge, but we’ll be ready.

“And then there are Austria Wien at the Joie Stadium and Inter away in Milan, two teams who are going into their first League Phase.

“They’re both very good sides who will have lots of fire to prove themselves, especially Inter who qualified after a penalty shootout.

“We know it’s going to be tough against any opponent in this competition, but we know they will be thinking exactly the same about us. We’re excited and ready for the challenge ahead.”

City’s League Phase fixtures

FC Bayern München v City

City v Paris Saint-Germain

City v Real Madrid

BK Häcken v City

City v FK Austria Wien

Inter v City

Please note, this is the order in which the sides were drawn and not necessarily the order in which we will play the fixtures.