UEFA Champions League: Qualified teams for the 2026-27 edition

Europe 18 April 2026 at 14:19

Imed Ben Amara

News Editor

28.04.26 FT Champions League

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The 2026-27 Champions League will feature 36 teams in a single-phase format, just like this season. The participating clubs will be divided into four groups of nine teams each, and every club will face eight opponents, two from each group.

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The seeding pots will be determined according to the UEFA ranking, except for the winner of the 2025-26 Champions League (Arsenal, Atlético, PSG, or Bayern), who will be placed directly in the top pot.

Teams qualified or still in contention from the European Top 5:

England

Qualified: Arsenal

Potential qualifiers: Manchester City, Manchester United, Aston Villa, Liverpool FC

Spain

Qualified: FC Barcelona, Real Madrid

Potential qualifiers: Villarreal CF, Atlético de Madrid

Germany
Qualified: Bayern Munich
Potential qualifiers: Borussia Dortmund, VfB Stuttgart, RB Leipzig

Italy
Qualified: Inter Milan
Potential qualifiers: SSC Napoli, AC Milan, Juventus FC

France
Potential qualifiers: Paris Saint-Germain, RC Lens, LOSC Lille

Teams already qualified for the 1st qualifying round:

Shamrock Rovers (Ireland)
Vikingur Reykjavik (Iceland)
Riga (Latvia)
KuPS (Finland)
Kairat (Kazakhstan)
KÍ (Faroe Islands)
Kauno Zalgiris (Lithuania)
Flora Tallinn (Estonia)
The New Saints (Wales)
Iberia 1999 (Georgia)
ML Vitebsk (Belarus)

Teams already qualified for the 2nd qualifying round:

Mjällby (Sweden)
Bodo/Glimt (Norway)

No team has qualified yet for the 3rd qualifying round

Teams already qualified for the play-offs:

Viking (Norway)

Teams already qualified outside the European Top 5:

Porto (1st in the Portuguese league)
Union Saint-Gilloise (1st in the Belgian league)
Slavia Prague (1st in the Czech league)
Galatasaray (1st in the Turkish league)
Feyenoord (2nd in the Dutch league)

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