In 2025/26, Europe’s elite club competition returns for its 71st season and its 34th since it was renamed the UEFA Champions League. It kicks off on 8 July 2025 and runs until the final in Budapest, Hungary, on Saturday 30 May 2026. How will 2025/26 Champions League qualifying work?

Liverpool, Chelsea and Real Madrid have all been placed in Pot 1 of the seeds for the league phase draw of the 2025/2026 UEFA Champions League, due to Roma’s failure to qualify on the final day. Naija News reports that this makes the second consecutive season that Barcelona will find

Barcelona will be in Pot 1 of seeds for the league phase draw of the 2025-26 UEFA Champions League (UCL), and for the second successive season it's because Roma missed out on the final day.

The Gunners finished the 2024/25 Premier League season with a win over bottom side Southampton. Tierney opened the scoring for Arsenal in the 43rd minute, Stewart pulled one back in the 11th minute of the second half, and Odegaard sealed the win in the 44th minute.

We will play in the UEFA Champions League in the 2025/26 season. Having enjoyed an unforgettable night as we defeated Manchester United 1-0 to lift the Europa League trophy in Bilbao, that win has secured us a return to the Champions League.

Super Eagles duo Taiwo Awoniyi and Ola Aina will not feature in next season’s UEFA Champions League after Nottingham Forest fell 1-0 to Chelsea at the City Ground