Official UCL League Phase
🏆 2026/27 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE DRAW POTS CONFIRMED!
📅 2026/27 Season | ⚽ 36-Team League Format
The stage is set for the 2026/27 UEFA Champions League league phase draw! Under the 36-team Swiss-system format, clubs are divided into four seeding pots of nine teams based on UEFA club coefficients. Each club will face 8 different opponents (two from each pot) in the single league table.
🥇 POT 1 (Top Seeds)
Elite Tier
- 🇫🇷 Paris Saint-Germain
- 🇩🇪 Bayern Munich
- 🇪🇸 Real Madrid
- 🏴 Liverpool
- 🇮🇹 Inter Milan
- 🏴 Manchester City
- 🏴 Arsenal
- 🇪🇸 Barcelona
- 🇪🇸 Atlético Madrid
🥈 POT 2
High Seeds
- 🇩🇪 Borussia Dortmund
- 🇮🇹 AS Roma
- 🇵🇹 Sporting CP
- 🏴 Aston Villa
- 🇵🇹 FC Porto
- 🏴 Manchester United
- 🇧🇪 Club Brugge
- 🇪🇸 Real Betis
- 🇳🇱 PSV Eindhoven
🥉 POT 3
Mid Seeds
- 🇳🇱 Feyenoord
- 🇫🇷 LOSC Lille
- 🇮🇹 SSC Napoli
- 🇩🇪 RB Leipzig
- 🇪🇸 Villarreal CF
- 🇺🇦 Shakhtar Donetsk
- 🇹🇷 Galatasaray
- 🇨🇿 Slavia Prague
- 🏆 Playoff Winner 1
🎖️ POT 4
Challengers
- 🇮🇹 Como 1907
- 🇫🇷 RC Lens
- 🇩🇪 VfB Stuttgart
- 🏆 Playoff Winner 2
- 🏆 Playoff Winner 3
- 🏆 Playoff Winner 4
- 🏆 Playoff Winner 5
- 🏆 Playoff Winner 6
- 🏆 Playoff Winner 7
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Editor's Take
"Under the 36-team format, Pot 1 teams no longer get an easy ride. Every club in Pot 1 must still play two other Pot 1 heavyweights, making early matchdays stacked with high-stakes fixtures from September to January!"
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