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The 2025/26 campaign will represent the second year of the new format, which pits all 36 teams into one league table.
It is also the 15th successive season in which we have taken part in Europe’s elite club competition.
As with last year, every side will play eight matches, with one home and one away tie against a club from each of the four seeded pots.
In an event held in Monaco on Thursday, City were drawn out of Pot 1 thanks to our coefficient gained in the competition over the last five years.
The teams are as follows:
Man City teams they will play in the 2025/26 Champions League.
Borussia Dortmund (H)
Real Madrid (A)
Bayer Leverkusen (H)
Villarreal (A)
Napoli (H)
Bodo/Glimt (A)
Galatasaray (H)
Monaco (A)
Matchdays
Matchday 1: 16–18 September 2025
Matchday 2: 30 September–1 October 2025
Matchday 3: 21/22 October 2025
Matchday 4: 4/5 November 2025
Matchday 5: 25/26 November 2025
Matchday 6: 9/10 December 2025
Matchday 7: 20/21 January 2026
Matchday 8: 28 January 2026
Arsenal will take on Bayern Munich, Inter Milan and Atletico Madrid in this season’s Champions League in an otherwise kind draw for Mikel Arteta’s side.
Arsenal’s Champions League draw
Bayern Munich (H)
Inter (A)
Atletico Madrid (H)
Club Brugge (A)
Olympiacos (H)
Slavia Praha (A)
Kairat (H)
Athletic Bilbao (A)
Chelsea football club will face the following team
Barcelona (H)
Bayern (A)
Benfica (H)
Atalanta (A)
Ajax (H)
Napoli (A)
Pafos (H)
Qarabag (A)
Matchdays
Matchday 1: 16-18 September 2025
Matchday 2: 30 September/1 October 2025
Matchday 3: 21/22 October 2025
Matchday 4: 4/5 November 2025
Matchday 5: 25/26 November 2025
Matchday 6: 9/10 December 2025
Matchday 7: 20/21 January 2026
Matchday 8: 28 January 2026
