Completed seven rounds of Champions League matches.
Only one more round in the stage of the Swiss competition.
In that remaining round, all 36 teams start at the same time and on the same day.
The eighth and final round of 18 Champions League matches starts tonight, Wednesday, January 28, at 8:00 PM (GMT).
Each of the 36 clubs plays four games at home and four away in this Swiss competition phase.
In the Swiss competition phase of the Champions League, the top eight clubs automatically advance to the last sixteen knockout stages.
While the 16 clubs finishing between 9th and 24th out of 36 teams will enter the play-offs to decide the remaining eight clubs in the last 16.
As a result, the Champions League table on Wednesday, January 28, 2026 will look as follows:
Already automatically qualified for the last 16 knockout stages:
Arsenal, Bayern Munich
Already a minimum of a two-legged play-off draw guaranteed for a place in the last 16 knockout stages:
Atalanta, Atletico Madrid, Barcelona, Chelsea, Inter Milan, Juventus, Liverpool, Man City, Newcastle United, PSG, Real Madrid, Sporting Lisbon, Tottenham
Already eliminated and may not even be able to get a play-off spot:
Eintracht Frankfurt, Kairat Almaty, Slavia Prague, Villarreal
The remaining 17 clubs are therefore not guaranteed to be eliminated, nor will they play any more Champions League matches outside the Swiss league stadium.
The last 18 Round of 16 matches kick off tonight, Wednesday January 28, at 8:00 PM (GMT)
Ajax vs Olympiacos
Arsenal vs Kairat Almaty
Athletic Club Bilbao vs Sporting Lisbon
Atletico Madrid vs Bodo/Glimt
Barcelona vs Copenhagen
Bayer Leverkusen in Villarreal
Benfica at Real Madrid
Borussia Dortmund and Inter Milan
Club Brugge-Marseille
Eintracht Frankfurt vs Spurs
Liverpool vs Qarabag
Man City vs Galatasaray
Monaco-Juventus
Napoli at Chelsea
PSV against Bayern Munich
Paphos vs Slavia Prague
PSG vs Newcastle United
Union SG vs Atalanta
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