All qualified teams and major absences for the 2025/2026 UEFA Champions League

The European leagues concluded this weekend, with some champions confirmed weeks in advance and others clinching their titles in the final moments. Barcelona secured LaLiga; Bayern Munich claimed the Bundesliga; Liverpool triumphed in the Premier League; PSG, unsurprisingly, lifted the Ligue 1 trophy; and Napoli celebrated their fourth Serie A title in history.

These champions will represent the top five European leagues in the 2025/2026 UEFA Champions League. Recent results across Europe’s domestic competitions have confirmed 29 of the 36 teams that will compete in the League Phase.

The remaining seven spots will be determined through qualifying rounds, with participating teams already identified.

The 29 teams qualified for the Champions League League phase

England:

• Tottenham Hotspur
• Liverpool
• Arsenal
• Manchester City
• Chelsea
• Newcastle United

Italy:

• Atalanta
• Juventus
• Napoli
• Inter Milan

Germany:

• Bayern Munich
• Bayer Leverkusen
• Eintracht Frankfurt
• Borussia Dortmund

Spain:

• Barcelona
• Real Madrid
• Atlético Madrid
• Athletic Club
• Villarreal

etherlands:

• PSV Eindhoven
• Ajax

Portugal:

• Sporting Lisbon

Belgium:

• Union Saint-Gilloise

France:

• Paris Saint-Germain
• Olympique de Marseille
• Monaco

Turkey:

• Galatasaray

Czech Republic:

• Slavia Prague

Greece:

• Olympiacos

Play-Off round

The following teams will compete for the remaining seven spots in the Champions League League Phase:

Champions Path:

• Celtic (1st)
• Basel (1st)
• Sturm Graz (1st)
• Bodø/Glimt (1st)

Third Qualifying Round:

Champions Path:

• Dynamo Kyiv (1st)
• Red Star Belgrade (1st)
• Rijeka (1st)

League Path:

• Nice (4th)
• Feyenoord (3rd)
• Benfica (2nd)
• Club Brugge (2nd)
• Fenerbahçe (2nd)

Second Qualifying Round:

Champions Path:

• Copenhagen (1st)
• Maccabi Tel Aviv (1st)
• Lech Poznań (1st)
• Pafos (1st)
• Ferencváros (1st)
• Qarabag (1st)
• Slovan Bratislava (1st)

League Path:

• Viktoria Plzeň (2nd)
• Red Bull Salzburg (2nd)
• Rangers (2nd)
• Brann (2nd)
• Servette (2nd)
• Panathinaikos (2nd)

First Qualifying Round:

• Malmö (1st)
• FCSB (1st)
• Ludogorets Razgrad (1st)
• Olimpija Ljubljana (1st)
• Milsami Orhei (1st)
• Drita (1st)
• Kairat (1st)
• KuPS (1st)
• Linfield (1st)
• Noah (1st)
• Žalgiris (1st)
• RFS (1st)
• Víkingur Gøta (1st)
• Zrinjski Mostar (1st)
• Breiðablik (1st)
• Shelbourne (1st)
• Differdange 03 (1st)
• Dinamo Minsk (1st)
• Shkëndija (1st)
• Inter Club d’Escaldes (1st)
• Ħamrun Spartans (1st)
• The New Saints (1st)
• Iberia 1999 (1st)
• Budućnost Podgorica (1st)
• Egnatia (1st)
• Lincoln Red Imps (1st)
• Levadia Tallinn (1st)
• Virtus (1st)

Major absentees from the 2025/2026 UEFA Champions League

Notably absent from this season’s Champions League are Manchester United, AC Milan, Lazio, Roma, Sevilla, RB Leipzig, and Stuttgart.