Champions League 2025-26: Teams Who Have Qualified So Far

With most of the football leagues in Europe having concluded, the teams for the next year’s UEFA Champions League have been mostly finalised.

Tottenham became the first team to qualify for the next edition as winners of this season’s second tier competition, the Europa League.

The top four teams in the Premier League, La Liga, Serie A and Bundesliga all earn Champions League qualification. Three spots are awarded to teams in Ligue 1, while there are two spots for Dutch Eredivisie teams.

The winners of the top leagues in Portugal, Belgium, Turkey and the Czech Republic have also found a place.

The defending champions gain automatic entry if they miss out on qualification through their league position.

But given this season’s finalists PSG and Inter have qualified through their respective league performances, Olympiacos have been granted qualification straight into the League Phase as it were the highest ranked club via Uefa’s club coefficient rankings in the final qualification round.

Two additional places are given to the two nations that achieve the best results in European competitions from the previous season.

The remaining seven places will be determined via knockout qualification rounds which conclude in August.

Scottish champions Celtic will have to get through one round of qualifying to seal a league phase spot in the Champions League.

Rangers, who finished second in the Scottish Premiership, have three rounds of qualifying to get through.

Linfield, The New Saints and Shelbourne, champions of Northern Ireland, Wales and the Republic of Ireland respectively, all stand a chance to qualify, through four qualification rounds.

Here’s the list of qualified teams for Champions League 2025-26

England: Tottenham, Liverpool, Arsenal, Manchester City, Chelsea, Newcastle

Italy: Napoli, Inter Milan, Atalanta, Juventus

Spain: Barcelona, Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid, Athletic Club, Villarreal

Germany: Bayern Munich, Bayer Leverkusen, Eintracht Frankfurt, Borussia Dortmund

France: PSG, Marseille, Monaco

Netherlands: PSV, Ajax

Portugal: Sporting CP

Belgium: Union Saint-Gilloise

Turkey: Galatasaray

Czechia: Slavia Prague

Greece: Olympiacos (due to club coefficient)

Qualifying rounds – champions path: TBC x5

Qualifying rounds – league path: TBC x2

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Champions League 2025-26 league phase: Schedule

Matchday 1: September 16-18 2025
Matchday 2: September 30-October 1 2025
Matchday 3: October 21/22 2025
Matchday 4: November 4/5 2025
Matchday 5: November 25/26 2025
Matchday 6: December 9/10 2025
Matchday 7: January 20/21 2026
Matchday 8: January 28 2026

Champions League 2025-26 knockout phase: Schedule

Knockout-phase play-offs draw: January 30 2026

Round of 16, quarter-finals and semi-finals draws: February 27 2026.

Knockout phase play-offs: 17/18 and 24/25 February 2026
Round of 16: 10/11 and 17/18 March 2026
Quarter-finals: 7/8 and 14/15 April 2026
Semi-finals: April 28/29 and May 5/6 2026
Final: May 30 2026 (Budapest)