The draw for the Champions League play-offs has now taken place.
The 16 clubs discover their opponents.
The draw for the Champions League play-offs will take place at the House of European Football in Nyon, Switzerland.
The draw for the 2025/26 UEFA Champions League play-off stage starts on Friday morning (January 30) at 11am.
The draw for the Champions League play-offs sees teams finish from ninth to 24th in the league stage, with the top eight teams in the league stage having automatically qualified for the round of 16.
Here’s who the sixteen Champions League clubs will now face in the play-offs (the seeded teams are named first each time, they have the advantage of playing at home in the second leg):
PSG vs Monaco
Newcastle United vs Qarabag FK
Juventus vs Galatasaray
Atletico Madrid vs Club Brugge
Real Madrid at Benfica
Inter Milan in Bodo/Glimt
Atalanta at Borussia Dortmund
Bayer Leverkusen in Olympiakos
Champions League play-off dates:
The play-off matches to be played…
First stages: February 17/18, 2026
Second stages: February 24/25, 2026
(The draw that will determine the last 16, quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals will take place on February 27, 2026.)
The dates for the knockout stages are as follows:
Last 16: March 10-11 and 17-18
Quarter-finals: April 7-8 and 14-15
Semi-finals: April 28-29 and May 5-6
Final: May 30
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