The Champions League draw took place in Monaco on Thursday evening, with the five Premier League teams discovering their opponents for the 2026/27 league phase.
Key ties for English clubs
Last season's beaten finalists Arsenal will host Real Madrid in one of the standout fixtures, while also travelling to Bayern Munich. Liverpool welcome Atletico Madrid to Anfield and travel to the San Siro to face Inter Milan, setting up a quick reunion for Curtis Jones following his £30million move to the Italian club.
Manchester City, who only scraped through the league phase last season, face a tricky game against defending champions Paris Saint-Germain as well as a trip to Barcelona. PSG also take on Aston Villa, as well as Barcelona.
Manchester United will host Bayern at Old Trafford in a rematch of the 1999 Champions League final, while Michael Carrick's side will also play Atletico Madrid away and Roma at home. Aston Villa's reward for their Europa League win is ties against PSG (home), Barcelona (away) and Borussia Dortmund (home).
Format and rules
Overall there are 36 teams involved, with every side playing eight games - four home and four away - meaning 144 matches in total in the league phase. The five English clubs cannot face each other in the league phase, while UEFA have also introduced a new rule for this season which prevents teams who have previously faced each other in the previous two seasons from meeting again. It meant that Liverpool vs Real Madrid and Inter Milan vs Arsenal could not be repeated.
The full fixtures and dates will be released by UEFA by Saturday, but they will be spread across September 8, 9, 10, October 13 and 14, October 20 and 21, November 3 and 4, November 24 and 25, December 8 and 9, January 19 and 20 and January 27.
Champions League 2026/27 fixtures in full
Real Madrid: Inter Milan (home), Arsenal (away), PSV (home), Roma (away), Leipzig (home), Shakhtar (away), LASK (home), AEK Athens (away).
Manchester City: PSG (home), Barcelona (away), Sporting Club (home), Porto (away), Napoli (home), Leipzig (away), AEK Athens (home), Lens (away).
Inter Milan: Liverpool (home), Real Madrid (away), Club Brugge (home), Borussia Dortmund (away), Shakhtar (home), Feyenoord (away), Stuttgart (home), Slovan Bratislava (away).
Barcelona: Man City (home), PSG (away), Aston Villa (home), Sporting Club (away), Feyenoord (home), Galatasaray (away), Como (home), Sabah (away).
Atletico Madrid: Bayern Munich (home), Liverpool (away), Manchester United (home), PSV (away), Fenerbahce (home), Bodo/Glimt (away), Viking (home), Stuttgart (away).
Paris Saint-Germain: Barcelona (home), Man City (away), Roma (home), Aston Villa (away), Galatasaray (home), Villarreal (away), Bratislava (home), Como (away).
Liverpool: Atletico Madrid (home), Inter Milan (away), Porto (home), Club Brugge (away), Villarreal (home), Fenerbahce (away), Lens (home), LASK (away).
Arsenal: Real Madrid (home), Bayern Munich (away), Borussia Dortmund (home), Real Betis (away), Lille (home), Napoli (away), Sabah (home), Slavia Prague (away).
Bayern Munich: Arsenal (home), Atletico Madrid (away), Real Betis (away), Manchester United (away), Bodo/Glimt (home), Lille (away), Slavia Prague (home), Viking (away).
Club Brugge: Liverpool (home), Inter Milan (away), Aston Villa (home), PSV (away), Bodo/Glimt (home), Napoli (away), Lens (home), Stuttgart (away).
Borussia Dortmund: Inter Milan (home), Arsenal (away), Real Betis (home), Aston Villa (away), Villarreal (home), Bodo/Glimt (away), AEK Athens (home), Sabah (away).
Porto: Manchester City (home), Liverpool (away), PSV (home), Real Betis (away), Napoli (home), Feyenoord (away), Slavia Prague (home), LASK (away).
Aston Villa: PSG (home), Barcelona (away), Borussia Dortmund (home), Club Brugge (away), Fenerbahce (home), Galatasaray (away), Viking (home), Slavia Prague (away).
Real Betis: Arsenal (home), Bayern Munich (away), Porto (home), Borussia Dortmund (away), Feyenoord (home), Lille (away), Como (home), Slavia Bratislava (away).
Roma: Real Madrid (home), PSG (away), Sporting Club (home), Manchester United (away), Lille (home), Fenerbahce (away), Slavia Bratislava (home), AEK Athens (away).
Manchester United: Bayern Munich (home), Atletico Madrid (away), Roma (home), Sporting Club (away), Leipzig (home), Villarreal (away), Sabah (home), Como (away).
