36 teams have been determined to participate in the 2025-26 Champions League qualifying round

The 2025-26 UEFA Champions League has officially determined the 36 clubs participating in the classification round after the play-off round ended on the morning of August 28.

Club Brugge were the most impressive winners in the Champions League play-off round.

Qarabağ, Pafos, Bodø/Glimt, Kairat, Copenhagen, Benfica and Club Brugge are the teams that have qualified for Europe's most prestigious tournament.

Among them, Qarabag, Copenhagen, Benfica and Club Brugge are the teams that have won the right to continue after this morning's matches.

Qarabağ played at home and suffered a 2-3 defeat against Ferencváros, but that was not enough to stop them from progressing.

Thanks to a 3-1 victory in the first leg, the representative from Azerbaijan advanced straight to the main round with a total score of 5-4 after two matches.

Copenhagen won 2-0 at home in the rematch against Basel, thereby becoming the next name to qualify with a 3-1 aggregate score after two matches.

In the highlight match, Benfica also had the home advantage and won 1-0 against Fenerbahce. This was also the final score between the two teams in the play-off round.

In the remaining match, Club Brugge continued to show their superior strength with a "destructive" 6-0 victory over Rangers. This result helped the Belgian representative confidently advance with a total score of 9-1.

Club Brugge is also the club with the most impressive victory in the Champions League play-off round this season.

Before that, Pafos progressed with a 3-2 aggregate win over Red Star Belgrade, Kairat shocked Celtic in a penalty shootout and Bodø/Glimt beat Sturm Graz 6-2.

36 teams participate in the 2025-26 Champions League.

In addition to the 7 teams mentioned above, the previous Champions League qualifying round also determined 26 other participating clubs.

England is the country with the most participating teams (6 teams), including Liverpool, Arsenal, Manchester City, Chelsea, Newcastle United and Tottenham.

Spain contributes 5 representatives including Real Madrid, Barcelona, ​​Atlético Madrid, Villarreal and Athletic Bilbao.

Germany and Italy - each country has 4 participating teams, including Bayern Munich, Dortmund, Eintracht Frankfurt, Bayer Leverkusen (Germany); Inter Milan, Atalanta, Napoli, Juventus (Italy).

France has three teams participating, including defending champions Paris Saint-Germain, Marseille, and Monaco. The Netherlands has two teams, PSV Eindhoven and Ajax.

Other teams that will participate in the qualifying round include Sporting (Portugal), Union Saint-Gilloise (Belgium), Galatasaray (Türkiye), Slavia Prague (Czech Republic) and Olympiacos (Greece).

Time of drawing lots for the qualifying round

The draw for the 2025-26 UEFA Champions League qualifying round will take place on August 28. This will be the second season of UEFA's 36-team format.

The 36 teams will be divided into four pots based on their UEFA coefficient rankings, with the reigning Champions League champions PSG placed in Pot 1.

From group 1, each team will be drawn and paired with 8 other opponents using a specialized software system, to ensure the balance and fairness of the tournament. This will lead to the possibility of many "big battles."

Each club will have 8 matches in the qualifying round, including 4 home matches and 4 away matches. Notably, the familiar rules still apply: Teams cannot face opponents from the same country and cannot face more than 2 clubs from the same footballing background.

The draw will continue until the fixtures for all 36 clubs are finalised. After eight rounds of matches, the eight best-performing clubs will automatically qualify for the round of 16. The teams ranked 9th to 24th will enter a two-legged play-off round to compete for the remaining eight spots.

UEFA is expected to announce specific dates and times for each match no later than August 30.

The qualifying round is scheduled to take place from September 16, 2025 to January 28, 2026. The knockout stages to the semi-finals will be held from January 17, 2026 to May 6, 2026. The final will take place on May 30, 2026 at Puskas Arena in Budapest, Hungary.

Seed groups

Group 1 seeds: PSG, Real Madrid, Man City, Bayern Munich, Liverpool, Inter Milan, Chelsea, Dortmund, Barcelona.

Pot 2: Arsenal, Bayer Leverkusen, Atletico Madrid, Atalanta, Villarreal, Juventus, Frankfurt, Benfica, Club Brugge.

Pot 3: Tottenham, PSV, Ajax, Napoli, Sporting Lisbon, Olympiacos, Slavia Prague, Bodo/Glimt, Marseille.

Pot 4: AS Monaco, Galatasaray, Union Saint-Gilloise, Athletic Bilbao, Newcastle, Pafos, Kairat, Qarabag, Copenhagen.

According to VNA

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