2025–26 UEFA Champions League league phase
The 2025–26 UEFA Champions League league phase began on 16 September 2025 and ended on 28 January 2026. A total of 36 teams competed in the league phase to decide the 24 places in the knockout phase of the 2025–26 UEFA Champions League.
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2025–26 UEFA Champions League league phase
The 2025–26 UEFA Champions League league phase began on 16 September 2025 and ended on 28 January 2026. A total of 36 teams competed in the league phase to decide the 24 places in the knockout phase of the 2025–26 UEFA Champions League.
Bodø/Glimt, Kairat, Pafos and Union Saint-Gilloise made their debut appearances in the league phase/group stage, with Kairat, based in Almaty, becoming the easternmost team to ever qualify for the Champions League since the introduction of the group stage. In addition, Bodø/Glimt, based in Bodø within the Arctic Circle, became the northernmost European team to ever compete in the Champions League. This marked the first time a Norwegian team participated in the competition proper since the 2007–08 season. This was also the first season since 2005–06 in which no Ukrainian sides qualified for the group stage/league phase. After being drawn to play away against Sporting CP, Kairat broke the record for the longest trip in UEFA competitions, travelling 4,294 miles (6,911 km) from Almaty to Lisbon.
A total of 16 national associations were represented in the league phase.
Format
2025–26 UEFA Champions League league phase
Each team played eight matches, four at home and four away, against eight different opponents, with all 36 teams ranked in a single league table. Teams were separated into four pots based on their 2025 UEFA club coefficients, and each team played two teams from each of the four pots – one at home and one away. The top eight teams in the standings received a bye to the round of 16. The teams ranked from 9th to 24th contested the knockout phase play-offs, with the teams ranked from 9th to 16th seeded for the draw. Teams ranked from 25th to 36th were eliminated from European competition.
Tiebreakers
Teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams were equal on points upon completion of the league phase, the following tiebreaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine their rankings:
While the league phase was in progress, teams were ranked according to criteria 1–5 only, and if still tied, were given equal ranking and sorted alphabetically. Criteria 6–10 were only used after the final matches took place.
• Goal difference; • Goals scored; • Away goals scored; • Wins; • Away wins; • Higher number of points obtained collectively by league phase opponents; • Superior collective goal difference of league phase opponents; • Higher number of goals scored collectively by league phase opponents; • Lower disciplinary points total (direct red card or expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point); • UEFA club coefficient.
Teams and seeding
2025–26 UEFA Champions League league phase
The 36 teams were divided into four pots of nine teams each, with the Champions League title holders automatically placed as the top seed of pot 1. All remaining teams were allocated to pots based on their 2025 UEFA club coefficients. The participants included:
• 29 teams which entered at this stage • 7 winners of the play-off round (5 from the Champions Path, 2 from the League Path)
<table><thead><tr><th>Key to colours</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Teams ranked 1 to 8 advanced to the round of 16 as a seeded team</td></tr><tr><td>Teams ranked 9 to 16 advanced to the knockout phase play-offs as a seeded team</td></tr><tr><td>Teams ranked 17 to 24 advanced to the knockout phase play-offs as an unseeded team</td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><thead><tr><th>Team</th><th>Notes</th><th>Coeff.</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Paris Saint-Germain</td><td></td><td>118.500</td></tr><tr><td>Real Madrid</td><td></td><td>143.500</td></tr><tr><td>Manchester City</td><td></td><td>137.750</td></tr><tr><td>Bayern Munich</td><td></td><td>135.250</td></tr><tr><td>Liverpool</td><td></td><td>125.500</td></tr><tr><td>Inter Milan</td><td></td><td>116.250</td></tr><tr><td>Chelsea</td><td></td><td>109.000</td></tr><tr><td>Borussia Dortmund</td><td></td><td>106.750</td></tr><tr><td>Barcelona</td><td></td><td>103.250</td></tr><tr><td>Team</td><td>Notes</td><td>Coeff.</td></tr><tr><td>Arsenal</td><td></td><td>98.000</td></tr><tr><td>Bayer Leverkusen</td><td></td><td>95.250</td></tr><tr><td>Atlético Madrid</td><td></td><td>93.500</td></tr><tr><td>Benfica</td><td></td><td>87.750</td></tr><tr><td>Atalanta</td><td></td><td>82.000</td></tr><tr><td>Villarreal</td><td></td><td>82.000</td></tr><tr><td>Juventus</td><td></td><td>74.250</td></tr><tr><td>Eintracht Frankfurt</td><td></td><td>74.000</td></tr><tr><td>Club Brugge</td><td></td><td>71.750</td></tr><tr><td>Team</td><td>Notes</td><td>Coeff.</td></tr><tr><td>Tottenham Hotspur</td><td></td><td>70.250</td></tr><tr><td>PSV Eindhoven</td><td></td><td>69.250</td></tr><tr><td>Ajax</td><td></td><td>67.250</td></tr><tr><td>Napoli</td><td></td><td>61.000</td></tr><tr><td>Sporting CP</td><td></td><td>59.000</td></tr><tr><td>Olympiacos</td><td></td><td>56.500</td></tr><tr><td>Slavia Prague</td><td></td><td>51.000</td></tr><tr><td>Bodø/Glimt</td><td></td><td>49.000</td></tr><tr><td>Marseille</td><td></td><td>48.000</td></tr><tr><td>Team</td><td>Notes</td><td>Coeff.</td></tr><tr><td>Copenhagen</td><td></td><td>44.875</td></tr><tr><td>Monaco</td><td></td><td>41.000</td></tr><tr><td>Galatasaray</td><td></td><td>38.250</td></tr><tr><td>Union Saint-Gilloise</td><td></td><td>36.000</td></tr><tr><td>Qarabağ</td><td></td><td>32.000</td></tr><tr><td>Athletic Bilbao</td><td></td><td>26.750</td></tr><tr><td>Newcastle United</td><td></td><td>23.039</td></tr><tr><td>Pafos</td><td></td><td>11.125</td></tr><tr><td>Kairat</td><td></td><td>5.500</td></tr></tbody></table>
Draw
2025–26 UEFA Champions League league phase
The draw for the league phase pairings was held at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco on 28 August 2025, 18:00 CEST. All 36 teams were manually drawn using physical balls. For every team manually drawn, a guest on stage pressed a button for the automated software to digitally draw their opponents at random, determining which of their matches would be at home and which ones away. Each team faced two opponents from each of the four pots, one of which they faced at home and one away. Teams could not face opponents from their own association, and could only be drawn against a maximum of two sides from the same association. The draw started with Pot 1, assigning opponents to all teams, one after the other, and continued with the other pots in descending order until all teams were assigned their opponents. Due to the number of English clubs competing in the League Phase, all non-English clubs in Pot 1 were required to draw two English fixtures to avoid deadlocking the draw.
<table><thead><tr><th>Club</th><th>Pot 1 opponents</th><th>Pot 2 opponents</th><th>Pot 3 opponents</th><th>Pot 4 opponents</th><th>Avg coeff.</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Home</td><td>Away</td><td>Home</td><td>Away</td><td>Home</td><td>Away</td><td>Home</td><td>Away</td></tr><tr><td>Paris Saint-Germain</td><td>Bayern Munich</td><td>Barcelona</td><td>Atalanta</td><td>Bayer Leverkusen</td><td>Tottenham Hotspur</td><td>Sporting CP</td><td>Newcastle United</td><td>Athletic Bilbao</td><td>74.3</td></tr><tr><td>Real Madrid</td><td>Manchester City</td><td>Liverpool</td><td>Juventus</td><td>Benfica</td><td>Marseille</td><td>Olympiacos</td><td>Monaco</td><td>Kairat</td><td>72.0</td></tr><tr><td>Manchester City</td><td>Borussia Dortmund</td><td>Real Madrid</td><td>Bayer Leverkusen</td><td>Villarreal</td><td>Napoli</td><td>Bodø/Glimt</td><td>Galatasaray</td><td>Monaco</td><td>77.1</td></tr><tr><td>Bayern Munich</td><td>Chelsea</td><td>Paris Saint-Germain</td><td>Club Brugge</td><td>Arsenal</td><td>Sporting CP</td><td>PSV Eindhoven</td><td>Union Saint-Gilloise</td><td>Pafos</td><td>71.6</td></tr><tr><td>Liverpool</td><td>Real Madrid</td><td>Inter Milan</td><td>Atlético Madrid</td><td>Eintracht Frankfurt</td><td>PSV Eindhoven</td><td>Marseille</td><td>Qarabağ</td><td>Galatasaray</td><td>76.8</td></tr><tr><td>Inter Milan</td><td>Liverpool</td><td>Borussia Dortmund</td><td>Arsenal</td><td>Atlético Madrid</td><td>Slavia Prague</td><td>Ajax</td><td>Kairat</td><td>Union Saint-Gilloise</td><td>72.9</td></tr><tr><td>Chelsea</td><td>Barcelona</td><td>Bayern Munich</td><td>Benfica</td><td>Atalanta</td><td>Ajax</td><td>Napoli</td><td>Pafos</td><td>Qarabağ</td><td>72.5</td></tr><tr><td>Borussia Dortmund</td><td>Inter Milan</td><td>Manchester City</td><td>Villarreal</td><td>Juventus</td><td>Bodø/Glimt</td><td>Tottenham Hotspur</td><td>Athletic Bilbao</td><td>Copenhagen</td><td>75.1</td></tr><tr><td>Barcelona</td><td>Paris Saint-Germain</td><td>Chelsea</td><td>Eintracht Frankfurt</td><td>Club Brugge</td><td>Olympiacos</td><td>Slavia Prague</td><td>Copenhagen</td><td>Newcastle United</td><td>68.6</td></tr><tr><td>Arsenal</td><td>Bayern Munich</td><td>Inter Milan</td><td>Atlético Madrid</td><td>Club Brugge</td><td>Olympiacos</td><td>Slavia Prague</td><td>Kairat</td><td>Athletic Bilbao</td><td>69.6</td></tr><tr><td>Bayer Leverkusen</td><td>Paris Saint-Germain</td><td>Manchester City</td><td>Villarreal</td><td>Benfica</td><td>PSV Eindhoven</td><td>Olympiacos</td><td>Newcastle United</td><td>Copenhagen</td><td>77.5</td></tr><tr><td>Atlético Madrid</td><td>Inter Milan</td><td>Liverpool</td><td>Eintracht Frankfurt</td><td>Arsenal</td><td>Bodø/Glimt</td><td>PSV Eindhoven</td><td>Union Saint-Gilloise</td><td>Galatasaray</td><td>75.8</td></tr><tr><td>Benfica</td><td>Real Madrid</td><td>Chelsea</td><td>Bayer Leverkusen</td><td>Juventus</td><td>Napoli</td><td>Ajax</td><td>Qarabağ</td><td>Newcastle United</td><td>75.7</td></tr><tr><td>Atalanta</td><td>Chelsea</td><td>Paris Saint-Germain</td><td>Club Brugge</td><td>Eintracht Frankfurt</td><td>Slavia Prague</td><td>Marseille</td><td>Athletic Bilbao</td><td>Union Saint-Gilloise</td><td>66.9</td></tr><tr><td>Villarreal</td><td>Manchester City</td><td>Borussia Dortmund</td><td>Juventus</td><td>Bayer Leverkusen</td><td>Ajax</td><td>Tottenham Hotspur</td><td>Copenhagen</td><td>Pafos</td><td>75.9</td></tr><tr><td>Juventus</td><td>Borussia Dortmund</td><td>Real Madrid</td><td>Benfica</td><td>Villarreal</td><td>Sporting CP</td><td>Bodø/Glimt</td><td>Pafos</td><td>Monaco</td><td>72.5</td></tr><tr><td>Eintracht Frankfurt</td><td>Liverpool</td><td>Barcelona</td><td>Atalanta</td><td>Atlético Madrid</td><td>Tottenham Hotspur</td><td>Napoli</td><td>Galatasaray</td><td>Qarabağ</td><td>75.7</td></tr><tr><td>Club Brugge</td><td>Barcelona</td><td>Bayern Munich</td><td>Arsenal</td><td>Atalanta</td><td>Marseille</td><td>Sporting CP</td><td>Monaco</td><td>Kairat</td><td>71.5</td></tr><tr><td>Tottenham Hotspur</td><td>Borussia Dortmund</td><td>Paris Saint-Germain</td><td>Villarreal</td><td>Eintracht Frankfurt</td><td>Slavia Prague</td><td>Bodø/Glimt</td><td>Copenhagen</td><td>Monaco</td><td>70.9</td></tr><tr><td>PSV Eindhoven</td><td>Bayern Munich</td><td>Liverpool</td><td>Atlético Madrid</td><td>Bayer Leverkusen</td><td>Napoli</td><td>Olympiacos</td><td>Union Saint-Gilloise</td><td>Newcastle United</td><td>78.3</td></tr><tr><td>Ajax</td><td>Inter Milan</td><td>Chelsea</td><td>Benfica</td><td>Villarreal</td><td>Olympiacos</td><td>Marseille</td><td>Galatasaray</td><td>Qarabağ</td><td>71.2</td></tr><tr><td>Napoli</td><td>Chelsea</td><td>Manchester City</td><td>Eintracht Frankfurt</td><td>Benfica</td><td>Sporting CP</td><td>PSV Eindhoven</td><td>Qarabağ</td><td>Copenhagen</td><td>76.7</td></tr><tr><td>Sporting CP</td><td>Paris Saint-Germain</td><td>Bayern Munich</td><td>Club Brugge</td><td>Juventus</td><td>Marseille</td><td>Napoli</td><td>Kairat</td><td>Athletic Bilbao</td><td>67.6</td></tr><tr><td>Olympiacos</td><td>Real Madrid</td><td>Barcelona</td><td>Bayer Leverkusen</td><td>Arsenal</td><td>PSV Eindhoven</td><td>Ajax</td><td>Pafos</td><td>Kairat</td><td>74.1</td></tr><tr><td>Slavia Prague</td><td>Barcelona</td><td>Inter Milan</td><td>Arsenal</td><td>Atalanta</td><td>Bodø/Glimt</td><td>Tottenham Hotspur</td><td>Athletic Bilbao</td><td>Pafos</td><td>69.6</td></tr><tr><td>Bodø/Glimt</td><td>Manchester City</td><td>Borussia Dortmund</td><td>Juventus</td><td>Atlético Madrid</td><td>Tottenham Hotspur</td><td>Slavia Prague</td><td>Monaco</td><td>Galatasaray</td><td>76.6</td></tr><tr><td>Marseille</td><td>Liverpool</td><td>Real Madrid</td><td>Atalanta</td><td>Club Brugge</td><td>Ajax</td><td>Sporting CP</td><td>Newcastle United</td><td>Union Saint-Gilloise</td><td>76.0</td></tr><tr><td>Copenhagen</td><td>Borussia Dortmund</td><td>Barcelona</td><td>Bayer Leverkusen</td><td>Villarreal</td><td>Napoli</td><td>Tottenham Hotspur</td><td>Kairat</td><td>Qarabağ</td><td>69.5</td></tr><tr><td>Monaco</td><td>Manchester City</td><td>Real Madrid</td><td>Juventus</td><td>Club Brugge</td><td>Tottenham Hotspur</td><td>Bodø/Glimt</td><td>Galatasaray</td><td>Pafos</td><td>74.5</td></tr><tr><td>Galatasaray</td><td>Liverpool</td><td>Manchester City</td><td>Atlético Madrid</td><td>Eintracht Frankfurt</td><td>Bodø/Glimt</td><td>Ajax</td><td>Union Saint-Gilloise</td><td>Monaco</td><td>78.0</td></tr><tr><td>Union Saint-Gilloise</td><td>Inter Milan</td><td>Bayern Munich</td><td>Atalanta</td><td>Atlético Madrid</td><td>Marseille</td><td>PSV Eindhoven</td><td>Newcastle United</td><td>Galatasaray</td><td>75.7</td></tr><tr><td>Qarabağ</td><td>Chelsea</td><td>Liverpool</td><td>Eintracht Frankfurt</td><td>Benfica</td><td>Ajax</td><td>Napoli</td><td>Copenhagen</td><td>Athletic Bilbao</td><td>74.5</td></tr><tr><td>Athletic Bilbao</td><td>Paris Saint-Germain</td><td>Borussia Dortmund</td><td>Arsenal</td><td>Atalanta</td><td>Sporting CP</td><td>Slavia Prague</td><td>Qarabağ</td><td>Newcastle United</td><td>71.3</td></tr><tr><td>Newcastle United</td><td>Barcelona</td><td>Paris Saint-Germain</td><td>Benfica</td><td>Bayer Leverkusen</td><td>PSV Eindhoven</td><td>Marseille</td><td>Athletic Bilbao</td><td>Union Saint-Gilloise</td><td>73.1</td></tr><tr><td>Pafos</td><td>Bayern Munich</td><td>Chelsea</td><td>Villarreal</td><td>Juventus</td><td>Slavia Prague</td><td>Olympiacos</td><td>Monaco</td><td>Kairat</td><td>69.3</td></tr><tr><td>Kairat</td><td>Real Madrid</td><td>Inter Milan</td><td>Club Brugge</td><td>Arsenal</td><td>Olympiacos</td><td>Sporting CP</td><td>Pafos</td><td>Copenhagen</td><td>75.1</td></tr></tbody></table>
League phase table
2025–26 UEFA Champions League league phase
<table><thead><tr><th>Pos</th><th>Team</th><th>Pld</th><th>W</th><th>D</th><th>L</th><th>GF</th><th>GA</th><th>GD</th><th>Pts</th><th>Qualification</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>Arsenal</td><td>8</td><td>8</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>23</td><td>4</td><td>+19</td><td>24</td><td>Advance to round of 16 (seeded)</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Bayern Munich</td><td>8</td><td>7</td><td>0</td><td>1</td><td>22</td><td>8</td><td>+14</td><td>21</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>Liverpool</td><td>8</td><td>6</td><td>0</td><td>2</td><td>20</td><td>8</td><td>+12</td><td>18</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>Tottenham Hotspur</td><td>8</td><td>5</td><td>2</td><td>1</td><td>17</td><td>7</td><td>+10</td><td>17</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>Barcelona</td><td>8</td><td>5</td><td>1</td><td>2</td><td>22</td><td>14</td><td>+8</td><td>16</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>Chelsea</td><td>8</td><td>5</td><td>1</td><td>2</td><td>17</td><td>10</td><td>+7</td><td>16</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>Sporting CP</td><td>8</td><td>5</td><td>1</td><td>2</td><td>17</td><td>11</td><td>+6</td><td>16</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>Manchester City</td><td>8</td><td>5</td><td>1</td><td>2</td><td>15</td><td>9</td><td>+6</td><td>16</td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td>Real Madrid</td><td>8</td><td>5</td><td>0</td><td>3</td><td>21</td><td>12</td><td>+9</td><td>15</td><td>Advance to knockout phase play-offs (seeded)</td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td>Inter Milan</td><td>8</td><td>5</td><td>0</td><td>3</td><td>15</td><td>7</td><td>+8</td><td>15</td></tr><tr><td>11</td><td>Paris Saint-Germain</td><td>8</td><td>4</td><td>2</td><td>2</td><td>21</td><td>11</td><td>+10</td><td>14</td></tr><tr><td>12</td><td>Newcastle United</td><td>8</td><td>4</td><td>2</td><td>2</td><td>17</td><td>7</td><td>+10</td><td>14</td></tr><tr><td>13</td><td>Juventus</td><td>8</td><td>3</td><td>4</td><td>1</td><td>14</td><td>10</td><td>+4</td><td>13</td></tr><tr><td>14</td><td>Atlético Madrid</td><td>8</td><td>4</td><td>1</td><td>3</td><td>17</td><td>15</td><td>+2</td><td>13</td></tr><tr><td>15</td><td>Atalanta</td><td>8</td><td>4</td><td>1</td><td>3</td><td>10</td><td>10</td><td>0</td><td>13</td></tr><tr><td>16</td><td>Bayer Leverkusen</td><td>8</td><td>3</td><td>3</td><td>2</td><td>13</td><td>14</td><td>−1</td><td>12</td></tr><tr><td>17</td><td>Borussia Dortmund</td><td>8</td><td>3</td><td>2</td><td>3</td><td>19</td><td>17</td><td>+2</td><td>11</td><td>Advance to knockout phase play-offs (unseeded)</td></tr><tr><td>18</td><td>Olympiacos</td><td>8</td><td>3</td><td>2</td><td>3</td><td>10</td><td>14</td><td>−4</td><td>11</td></tr><tr><td>19</td><td>Club Brugge</td><td>8</td><td>3</td><td>1</td><td>4</td><td>15</td><td>17</td><td>−2</td><td>10</td></tr><tr><td>20</td><td>Galatasaray</td><td>8</td><td>3</td><td>1</td><td>4</td><td>9</td><td>11</td><td>−2</td><td>10</td></tr><tr><td>21</td><td>Monaco</td><td>8</td><td>2</td><td>4</td><td>2</td><td>8</td><td>14</td><td>−6</td><td>10</td></tr><tr><td>22</td><td>Qarabağ</td><td>8</td><td>3</td><td>1</td><td>4</td><td>13</td><td>21</td><td>−8</td><td>10</td></tr><tr><td>23</td><td>Bodø/Glimt</td><td>8</td><td>2</td><td>3</td><td>3</td><td>14</td><td>15</td><td>−1</td><td>9</td></tr><tr><td>24</td><td>Benfica</td><td>8</td><td>3</td><td>0</td><td>5</td><td>10</td><td>12</td><td>−2</td><td>9</td></tr><tr><td>25</td><td>Marseille</td><td>8</td><td>3</td><td>0</td><td>5</td><td>11</td><td>14</td><td>−3</td><td>9</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>26</td><td>Pafos</td><td>8</td><td>2</td><td>3</td><td>3</td><td>8</td><td>11</td><td>−3</td><td>9</td></tr><tr><td>27</td><td>Union Saint-Gilloise</td><td>8</td><td>3</td><td>0</td><td>5</td><td>8</td><td>17</td><td>−9</td><td>9</td></tr><tr><td>28</td><td>PSV Eindhoven</td><td>8</td><td>2</td><td>2</td><td>4</td><td>16</td><td>16</td><td>0</td><td>8</td></tr><tr><td>29</td><td>Athletic Bilbao</td><td>8</td><td>2</td><td>2</td><td>4</td><td>9</td><td>14</td><td>−5</td><td>8</td></tr><tr><td>30</td><td>Napoli</td><td>8</td><td>2</td><td>2</td><td>4</td><td>9</td><td>15</td><td>−6</td><td>8</td></tr><tr><td>31</td><td>Copenhagen</td><td>8</td><td>2</td><td>2</td><td>4</td><td>12</td><td>21</td><td>−9</td><td>8</td></tr><tr><td>32</td><td>Ajax</td><td>8</td><td>2</td><td>0</td><td>6</td><td>8</td><td>21</td><td>−13</td><td>6</td></tr><tr><td>33</td><td>Eintracht Frankfurt</td><td>8</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>6</td><td>10</td><td>21</td><td>−11</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>34</td><td>Slavia Prague</td><td>8</td><td>0</td><td>3</td><td>5</td><td>5</td><td>19</td><td>−14</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>35</td><td>Villarreal</td><td>8</td><td>0</td><td>1</td><td>7</td><td>5</td><td>18</td><td>−13</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>36</td><td>Kairat</td><td>8</td><td>0</td><td>1</td><td>7</td><td>7</td><td>22</td><td>−15</td><td>1</td></tr></tbody></table>
Matches
2025–26 UEFA Champions League league phase
The fixture list was announced on 30 August 2025, two days after the draw. This was to ensure no calendar clashes with teams in the Europa League and Conference League playing in the same cities.
In principle, each team did not play more than two home matches or two away matches in a row, and played one home match and one away match across both the first and last two matchdays. The matches were played on 16–18 September (exclusive week), 30 September – 1 October, 21–22 October, 4–5 November, 25–26 November, 9–10 December 2025, 20–21 January and 28 January 2026. All matches were played on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, except for the competition's exclusive week, which also included Thursday fixtures. The scheduled kick-off times were generally 18:45 (two matches on each day) and 21:00 (remaining matches) CET/CEST. The only exception was the final matchday, where all fixtures were played simultaneously at 21:00.
Times are CET or CEST, as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).