Who has qualified for the 2025-26 Champions League?
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A total of 36 teams will compete in the 2025-26 league phase in the Champions League.
Manchester City, Newcastle, Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur, Liverpool and Arsenal are the six English teams in the Champions League next season.
Barcelona, Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid, Athletic Club and Villarreal have qualified from Spain, while Bayern Munich, Bayer Leverkusen, Eintracht Frankfurt and Borussia Dortmund will represent Germany.
Paris St-Germain, Marseille and Monaco are France's three qualifying teams.
Napoli, Inter Milan, Atalanta and Juventus. have qualified from Italy.
Union Saint-Gilloise, PSV Eindhoven, Ajax, Sporting, Galatasaray, Slavia Prague and Olympiakos are also in for next season.
There will also be three debutants in this season's Champions League, Pafos, Bodo/Glimt and Kairat Almaty. The trio have all reached via the league phase via the qualifying rounds.
Club Brugge, who knocked out Rangers, Benfica, Qarabag, and FC Copenhagen also qualified.
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Which teams win qualification for the 2025-26 Champions League league phase?
The first spot for next season's Champions League goes to Tottenham as winners of this season's second tier competition, the Europa League.
The top four teams in the Premier League, La Liga, Serie A and Bundesliga all earn Champions League qualification. Three spots are given to teams in Ligue 1, while there are two paces for Dutch Eredivisie teams.
The winners of the top leagues in Portugal, Belgium, Turkey and the Czech Republic are also in.
The defending champions gain automatic entry if they miss out on qualification through their league position.
But after 2024-25 finalists PSG and Inter qualified via their respective league performances, Olympiacos have been granted qualification straight into the league phase.
The Greek champions were the highest ranked club via Uefa's club coefficient rankings in the final qualification round.
Two additional places are given to the two nations that achieve the best results in European competitions from the previous season.
During the 2024-25 campaign England and Spain were the two best performing nations, meaning fifth place from both the Premier League and La Liga were awarded qualification.
Kairat Almaty booked their place with a victory over Celtic, with Pafos and Bodo/Glimt also securing places in the league phase for the first time in their history.
Linfield, The New Saints and Shelbourne, champions of Northern Ireland, Wales and the Republic of Ireland respectively, were all knocked out in qualifying.
The full list of teams in the 2025-26 Champions League league phase
Tottenham
Liverpool
Arsenal
Manchester City
Chelsea
Newcastle
Napoli
Inter Milan
Atalanta
Juventus
Barcelona
Real Madrid
Atletico Madrid
Athletic Club
Villarreal
Bayern Munich
Bayer Leverkusen
Eintracht Frankfurt
Borussia Dortmund
Paris St-Germain
Marseille
Monaco
PSV Eindhoven
Ajax
Sporting
Benfica
Union Saint-Gilloise
Club Brugges
Qarabag
Galatasaray
Slavia Prague
Olympiakos
Pafos
Bodo/Glimt
Kairat Almaty
FC Copenhagen
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