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Champions League fixtures announced

The fixtures for the league phase of the 2025-26 UEFA Women's Champions League have been decided.

The league phase of the 2025-26 UEFA Women's Champions League kicks off on 7 October and runs until the final in Oslo in May 2026, with Europe's best teams going head to head under a new format of the competition.

The new format incorporates a single league phase featuring 18 teams – two more than the 16 involved under the previous group stage format. This will allow more clubs to compete, with a more competitive and dynamic league phase ensuring every match counts.

Under the new format, teams will no longer play three opponents twice – home and away – but will instead face fixtures against six different teams in the league phase, playing half of those matches at home and half of them away. The results of each match will decide the overall ranking in the new 18-team league, with three points for a win, one for a draw and none for a defeat.

Having all the teams ranked together in a single league will mean that there is more to play for all the way through to the final night of the league phase, when all the matches will kick off at the same time.

The top four sides in the league phase will qualify automatically for the quarter finals, while the teams finishing in 5th to 12th place will compete in a two-legged knockout phase play-off to secure their path to the last eight. Teams ranked 13 to 18 will be eliminated.

The four winners of the knockout phase play-offs progress to the quarter finals, where they will each face one of the top four finishers, who will be seeded and will play the second leg of their quarter final at home. From the quarter finals onwards, the competition will follow its existing format of knockout rounds.

For the 2025-26 competition, the league phase matches will be played between October and December, with the final staged at Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, in May 2026.

Kick offs are at 8pm unless otherwise stated.

Matchday 1

Tuesday 7 October 2025

Juventus v Benfica (5.45pm)

Arsenal v OL Lyonnais

Barcelona v Bayern München

Paris FC v OH Leuven

Wednesday 8 October 2025

FC Twente v Chelsea (5.45pm)

Real Madrid v Roma (5.45pm)

Manchester United v Vålerenga

St. Pölten v Atlético de Madrid

VfL Wolfsburg v Paris Saint-Germain

Matchday 2

Wednesday 15 October 2025

OL Lyonnais v St. Pölten (5.45pm)

Vålerenga v VfL Wolfsburg (5.45pm)

Roma v Barcelona

Chelsea v Paris FC

OH Leuven v FC Twente

Thursday 16 October 2025

Atlético de Madrid v Manchester United (5.45pm)

Bayern München v Juventus

Paris Saint-Germain v Real Madrid

Benfica v Arsenal

Matchday 3

Tuesday 11 November 2025

Roma v Vålerenga (5.45pm)

OL Lyonnais v VfL Wolfsburg

Real Madrid v Paris FC

St. Pölten v Chelsea

Wednesday 12 November 2025

Barcelona v OH Leuven (5.45pm)

Bayern München v Arsenal (5.45pm)

Atlético de Madrid v Juventus

Manchester United v Paris Saint-Germain

Benfica v FC Twente

Matchday 4

Wednesday 19 November 2025

Juventus vs OL Lyonnais (5.45pm)

VfL Wolfsburg vs Manchester United (5.45pm)

Arsenal v Real Madrid

Paris FC v Benfica

Vålerenga v St. Pölten

Thursday 20 November 2025

FC Twente v Atlético de Madrid (5.45pm)

Chelsea v Barcelona

OH Leuven v Roma

Paris Saint-Germain v Bayern München

Matchday 5

Tuesday 9 December 2025

St. Pölten v Juventus (5.45pm)

Arsenal v FC Twente

Paris Saint-Germain v OH Leuven

Real Madrid v VfL Wolfsburg

Wednesday 10 December 2025

Barcelona v Benfica (5.45pm)

Vålerenga v Paris FC (5.45pm)

Chelsea v Roma

Atlético de Madrid v Bayern München

Manchester United v OL Lyonnais

Matchday 6

Wednesday 17 December 2025

Roma v St. Pölten

Bayern München v Vålerenga

FC Twente vs Real Madrid

Juventus v Manchester United

OH Leuven v Arsenal

OL Lyonnais v Atlético de Madrid

Paris FC v Barcelona

Benfica v Paris Saint-Germain

VfL Wolfsburg v Chelsea