How does the Champions League draw work?
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The draw for the Champions League will take place at 17:00 BST on Thursday, 28 August in Monaco.
The 36 teams who qualified are split into four pots based on their individual Uefa club coefficient ranking.
Starting with pot one, each team will be drawn out individually. They will then be selected eight opponents via Uefa's automated software.
Paris St-Germain, Real Madrid, Manchester City, Bayern Munich, Liverpool, Inter Milan, Chelsea, Borussia Dortmund and Barcelona are all in pot one.
A team will play eight games in total, including two teams from each pot - one home and one away.
The English teams cannot play against another English team in the league phase.
No group stage fixtures can be played against teams from the same country, or play more than two matches against teams from the another country, such as Italy.
This procedure will continue until the fixtures for all 36 teams have been decided.
The Champions League fixture list with match dates and kick-off times will be published no later than Saturday, 30 August.
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When is the Europa League draw?
Tottenham are in the Champions League for the 2025-26 campaign after winning last season's Europa League
The Europa League draw takes place a day later than the Champions League draw, starting at 12:00 BST on Friday, 29 August.
Like the Champions League draw, 36 teams are divided into four pots and teams will be given eight fixtures each using the same fixture selection criteria as the Champions League.
The Europa League draw and Conference League draws are combined into one ceremony.
There will also be no physical balls used for the Europa League or Conference League draws, instead using a fully digital format. This will allow for what Uefa describes as a "smooth, efficient and speedy draw process."
The full match calendar for the Europa League will be released no later than Sunday, 31 August.
What about the Conference League draw?
The Conference League draw will take place immediately after the Europa League draw, but as part of the same ceremony.
Unlike the league phase of both the Champions League and Europa League, there are only six rounds of the league fixtures, rather than eight.
The 36 clubs will be split into six pots of six, with each team drawn against one team from each pot.
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