Champions League 36-Team Seeding: PSG & Real Madrid Lead Pot 1; Arsenal, Atlético in Pot 2

The 36 teams qualified for the 2025/26 UEFA Champions League group stage have been finalized. For the group-stage draw, these teams are categorized into four pots based on their UEFA club coefficients.

In the group stage, each team will play 2 opponents from Pot 1, 2, 3, and 4 respectively. Additionally, teams from the same domestic league cannot face each other in the group stage.

Here’s the seeding breakdown:

Pot 1: Paris Saint-Germain (PSG, defending champions, automatically seeded), Real Madrid, Manchester City, Bayern Munich, Liverpool, Inter Milan, Chelsea, Borussia Dortmund, Barcelona

Pot 2: Arsenal, Bayer Leverkusen, Atlético Madrid, Benfica, Atalanta, Villarreal, Juventus, Eintracht Frankfurt, Club Brugge

Pot 3: Tottenham Hotspur, PSV Eindhoven, Ajax, Napoli, Sporting CP, Olympiacos, Slavia Praha, Bodø/Glimt, Marseille

Pot 4: FC Copenhagen, AS Monaco, Galatasaray, Union SG, Qarabağ, Athletic Club, Newcastle United, Pafos, Kairat