Who can Tottenham face in Champions League? Dream and nightmare draw revealed

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·27 August 2025

Who can Tottenham face in Champions League? Dream and nightmare draw revealed

Thomas Frank is set for his first taste of Champions League football

Thomas Frank and the Champions League trophy

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Tottenham are back in the Champions League as they return to Europe’s top competition with silverware under their arm.

The Europa League winners are back at the table after two and a half seasons away, and face the new League Phase for the first time.

Spurs do not yet know in which pot they will be placed for Thursday’s draw was the sit on the threshold between Pot 2 and Pot 3, but plenty of tricky ties await in any scenario.

The draw takes place on Thursday, August 28, 2025 at 5pm BST and much of it will be automated due to the sheer number of fixtures to be organised.

New Spurs boss Thomas Frank may have enjoyed a perfect start to his tenure in the Premier League, but is braced for a first exposure to Champions League football.

Which pot are Tottenham in for the Champions League draw?

Tottenham will be placed in Pot 2 or Pot 3, with their final placing to be confirmed following the conclusion of the play-off round on Wednesday evening.

Who can Tottenham face in the Champions League draw?

The ceremony will produce eight opponents for every team, two from each pot. That means Tottenham will play two of the top-ranked clubs.

They cannot play a team from their own country (Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Newcastle or Manchester City) at this stage and can only play a maximum of two teams from a different association.

Pot 1: PSG, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, Inter Milan, Borussia Dortmund, Barcelona

Pot 2: Bayer Leverkusen, Atletico Madrid, Atalanta, Villarreal, Juventus, Eintracht Frankfurt

Pot 3: PSV, Ajax, Napoli, Sporting, Olympiacos, Slavia Prague, Bodo/Glimt, Marseille

Pot 4: Monaco, Galatasaray, Union Saint-Gilloise, Athletic Club, Pafos, Kairat