EDITORIAL / UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2026/27

The 2026/27 Champions League Draw:
6 Teams With The Toughest Draws & The Kits You Need

 
Published by Unisoccer Shop Editorial • Read Time: 7 mins
The draw is out. On Thursday night in Monaco, the 36 contenders for the 2026/27 Champions League found out who stands between them and the final at the Metropolitano in Madrid next June. And the computer did not hold back — PSG's eight league-phase opponents include Barcelona and Manchester City, Arsenal drew Real Madrid, Bayern and Dortmund in the same slate, and Mourinho gets his old club Inter. Here are the six headline opponent sets that matter most, and the shirts you'll want before matchday one on September 8.

The Headline Opponents

PSG · Barcelona & Man CityThe champions' gauntlet
Arsenal · Real Madrid, Bayern & DortmundLondon under siege
Man Utd · Bayern & AtleticoBack with a bang
Liverpool · Atletico & InterMetropolitano & San Siro double
Real Madrid · InterThe Mourinho homecoming
Dortmund · InterThe Yellow Wall test

Part I: The Draw Is Out

A quick refresher on the new format: 36 teams, one league table, eight league-phase matches each. Every club plays four home and four away games against eight different opponents — two drawn from each of the four seeding pots. No same-league pairings in the league phase, and no team faces more than two clubs from the same country. The top eight go straight to the last 16; places nine to 24 enter a playoff round; the bottom 12 go home. Matchday one kicks off September 8, the league phase runs into late January, and the final lands at Madrid's Metropolitano on June 5, 2027.
Defending champions PSG — winners of the 2025/26 tournament — are back chasing a repeat, and the fixture computer immediately dropped Barcelona and Manchester City onto their eight-game slate. Those two opponents alone could headline a final. In this format, they headline a September night instead.

Part II: The Headline Opponents

PSG'S TOUGHEST DRAWS

Barcelona & Manchester City

Paris Saint-Germain 26/27 home shirt
Manchester City 26/27 home shirt

The defending champions' eight-game league-phase slate includes Barcelona at home and a trip to the Etihad. City, in turn, host PSG and visit Barcelona. Three elite attacks drawn into the same September-to-January window. The PSG and Man City 26/27 home shirts are both in stock now.

ARSENAL'S HEAVYWEIGHT MONTH

Real Madrid, Bayern & Dortmund

Arsenal 26/27 home shirt
Bayern Munich 26/27 home shirt
Dortmund 26/27 home shirt

Arsenal's reward for winning the Premier League title race: Real Madrid at home, Bayern away, Dortmund at home — three European giants with a combined 23 titles, all before Christmas. The new Arsenal home shirt sold out once already. Don't let it happen twice.

MAN UTD'S BRUTAL RETURN

Bayern & Atletico Madrid

Manchester United 26/27 home shirt
Bayern Munich 26/27 home shirt
Atletico Madrid 26/27 away shirt

United's first Champions League campaign since returning to the top four brings Bayern to Old Trafford and a trip to the Metropolitano, with Roma, Leipzig and Sporting also on the eight-game list. A brutal reintroduction — and the red shirt to wear while it happens.

LIVERPOOL'S AWAY-DAY DOUBLE

Atletico & Inter

Liverpool 26/27 home shirt
Atletico Madrid 26/27 away shirt
Inter Milan 25/26 home shirt

Liverpool's league-phase draw sends them to two of Europe's loudest stadiums — the Metropolitano and San Siro — with Porto and Brugge in a deep but winnable slate. The 26/27 home shirt is one of the season's most-wanted already.

THE MOURINHO HOMECOMING

Real Madrid · Inter

Real Madrid 25/26 home shirt
Inter Milan 25/26 home shirt

The draw served up a perfect storyline: Jose Mourinho's Real Madrid against Inter, the club he dragged to a treble in 2010. Home and away in the league phase, not a two-legged tie. Madrid's 25/26 home shirt is still in stock — and Inter's classic stripes never go out of style.

THE YELLOW WALL TEST

Dortmund · Inter

Dortmund 26/27 home shirt
Inter Milan 25/26 home shirt

Inter's draw also includes a night inside Signal Iduna Park, where Dortmund's Yellow Wall does the talking. Two of the loudest atmospheres in Europe, one of the great kit rivalries — yellow against blue-and-black, and both shirts are in stock right now.

Part III: The Two-Time Defending Champions

PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN · BACK-TO-BACK CHAMPIONS

Two in a row. Three in reach.

No club has won three straight European Cups since Bayern in 1976. PSG come at it with the toughest league-phase draw on the board — Barcelona and Manchester City, plus Roma and Aston Villa. The 26/27 home shirt is in stock now, in men’s, women’s and kids’ fits.

Full 2026/27 League-Phase Fixtures — All 36 Teams
TeamHome opponentsAway opponents
PSGBarcelona, Roma, Galatasaray, Slovan BratislavaMan City, Aston Villa, Villarreal, Como
BayernArsenal, Real Betis, Bodo/Glimt, Slavia PragueAtletico, Man Utd, Lille, Viking
Real MadridInter, PSV, RB Leipzig, LASKArsenal, Roma, Shakhtar, AEK Athens
LiverpoolAtletico, Porto, Villarreal, LensInter, Club Brugge, Fenerbahce, LASK
InterLiverpool, Club Brugge, Shakhtar, StuttgartReal Madrid, Dortmund, Feyenoord, Slovan
Man CityPSG, Sporting CP, Napoli, AEK AthensBarcelona, Porto, RB Leipzig, Lens
ArsenalReal Madrid, Dortmund, Lille, SabahBayern, Real Betis, Napoli, Slavia Prague
BarcelonaMan City, Aston Villa, Feyenoord, ComoPSG, Sporting CP, Galatasaray, Sabah
AtleticoBayern, Man Utd, Fenerbahce, VikingLiverpool, PSV, Bodo/Glimt, Stuttgart
DortmundInter, Real Betis, Villarreal, AEK AthensArsenal, Aston Villa, Bodo/Glimt, Sabah
RomaReal Madrid, Sporting CP, Lille, SlovanPSG, Man Utd, Fenerbahce, AEK Athens
Sporting CPBarcelona, Man Utd, Galatasaray, LASKMan City, Roma, Shakhtar, Lens
Aston VillaPSG, Dortmund, Fenerbahce, VikingBarcelona, Club Brugge, Galatasaray, Slavia
PortoMan City, PSV, Napoli, Slavia PragueLiverpool, Real Betis, Feyenoord, LASK
Man UtdBayern, Roma, RB Leipzig, SabahAtletico, Sporting CP, Villarreal, Como
Club BruggeLiverpool, Aston Villa, Bodo/Glimt, LensInter, PSV, Napoli, Stuttgart
Real BetisArsenal, Porto, Feyenoord, ComoBayern, Dortmund, Lille, Slovan
PSVAtletico, Club Brugge, Shakhtar, StuttgartReal Madrid, Porto, RB Leipzig, Viking
FeyenoordInter, Porto, RB Leipzig, ComoBarcelona, Real Betis, Galatasaray, Viking
LilleBayern, Real Betis, Galatasaray, SlovanArsenal, Roma, Bodo/Glimt, Stuttgart
Bodo/GlimtAtletico, Dortmund, Lille, LASKBayern, Club Brugge, Napoli, Lens
NapoliArsenal, Club Brugge, Bodo/Glimt, VikingMan City, Porto, Villarreal, Sabah
RB LeipzigMan City, PSV, Shakhtar, LensReal Madrid, Man Utd, Feyenoord, Como
VillarrealPSG, Man Utd, Napoli, SabahLiverpool, Dortmund, Fenerbahce, Slavia
FenerbahceLiverpool, Roma, Villarreal, Slavia PragueAtletico, Aston Villa, Shakhtar, LASK
ShakhtarReal Madrid, Sporting CP, Fenerbahce, AEK AthensInter, PSV, RB Leipzig, Slovan
GalatasarayBarcelona, Aston Villa, Feyenoord, StuttgartPSG, Sporting CP, Lille, AEK Athens
Slavia PragueArsenal, Aston Villa, Villarreal, LensBayern, Porto, Fenerbahce, Sabah
StuttgartAtletico, Club Brugge, Lille, VikingInter, PSV, Galatasaray, Slovan
AEK AthensReal Madrid, Roma, Galatasaray, LASKMan City, Dortmund, Shakhtar, Como
Slovan BratislavaInter, Real Betis, Shakhtar, StuttgartPSG, Roma, Lille, LASK
LASKLiverpool, Porto, Fenerbahce, SlovanReal Madrid, Sporting CP, Bodo/Glimt, AEK
ComoPSG, Man Utd, RB Leipzig, AEK AthensBarcelona, Real Betis, Feyenoord, Lens
LensLiverpool, Club Brugge, RB Leipzig, SlaviaMan City, Sporting CP, Bodo/Glimt, Como
VikingBayern, PSV, Feyenoord, SabahAtletico, Aston Villa, Napoli, Stuttgart
SabahArsenal, Man Utd, Villarreal, VikingBarcelona, Dortmund, Napoli, Slavia

Shop the 26/27 Champions League Kit Locker

Every club shirt above is a fan or replica edition — high-density embroidered crests, moisture-wicking fabric, relaxed street-ready cut — shipped worldwide with full tracking and a 30-day return window across North America and Europe. New 26/27 home shirts are landing every week; if your club is still on last season's kit, the 25/26 editions are the ones in stock today.
The new format means the big clubs meet in September, not May. Dress for the games you're not going to — and the ones you'll never forget.
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