The draw for the League Phase of this season’s Champions League takes place on Thursday, with Europe’s top teams discovering their fate for the first stage of the 2026–27 tournament.
As part of the format revamp that happened ahead of the 2024–25 season, each of the 36 qualified teams are drawn to face eight opponents (four home, four away) with results contributing to one big table—rather than smaller groups, as in previous years.
