UEFA Champions League 2025-26 table — Standings for the UCL league phase

The UEFA Champions League league phase is is full flow, as 36 teams will play eight matches — four home and four away — in bids to reach the knockout rounds.

There are two paths to the Round of 16: Eight teams will qualify directly via the league phase table, while eight more will emerge from playoff ties pitting teams 9-24 in home-and-away legs.

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And there’s no set path for greatness, something we learned from the first edition of the tournament’s new structure.

Runners-up Inter Milan earned a bye as the fourth-seed last league phase, but champions Paris Saint-Germain finished 15th and did not have their playoff status secured until Matchday 7.

UEFA Champions League 2025-26 league phase table — Standings

Teams 1-8 qualify for knockout rounds
Teams 9-24 qualify for playoff round — two-legged ties
Teams 25-36 eliminated from Europe

1. Arsenal — 6-0-0, +16 GD, 18 points
2. Bayern Munich — 5-0-1, +11 GD, 15 points
3. Paris Saint-Germain — 4-1-1, +11 GD, 13 points
4. Manchester City — 4-1-1, +6 GD, 13 points
5. Atalanta — 4-1-1, +2 GD, 13 points
6. Inter Milan — 4-0-2, +8 GD, 12 points
7. Real Madrid — 4-0-2, +6 GD, 12 points
8. Atletico Madrid — 4-0-2, +3 GD, 12 points
9. Liverpool — 4-0-2, +3 GD, 12 points
10. Borussia Dortmund — 3-2-1, +6 GD, 11 points
11. Tottenham Hotspur — 3-3-0, +6 GD, 11 points
12. Newcastle United — 3-1-2, +7 GD, 10 points
13. Chelsea — 3-1-2, +5 GD, 10 points
14. Sporting CP — 3-1-2, +4 GD, 10 points
15. Barcelona — 3-1-2, +3 GD, 10 points
16. Marseille — 3-0-3, +3 GD, 9 points
17. Juventus — 2-3-1, +2 GD, 9 points
18. Galatasaray — 3-0-3, 0 GD, 9 points
19. AS Monaco — 2-3-1, -1 GD, 9 points
20. Bayer Leverkusen — 2-3-1, -2 GD, 9 points
21. PSV Eindhoven — 2-2-2, +4 GD, 8 points
22. Qarabag — 2-1-3, -3 GD, 7 points
23. Napoli — 2-1-3, -5 GD, 7 points
24. Copenhagen — 2-1-3, -6 GD, 7 points
25. Benfica — 2-0-4, -2 GD, 6 points
26. Pafos — 1-3-2, -5 GD, 6 points
27. Union Saint-Gilloise — 2-0-4, -8 GD, 6 points
28. Athletic Bilbao — 1-2-3, -5 GD, 5 points
29. Olympiacos — 1-2-3, -7 GD, 5 points
30. Eintracht Frankfurt — 1-1-4, -8 GD, 4 points
31. Club Brugge — 1-1-4, -8 GD, 4 points
32. Bodo/Glimt 0-3-3, -4 GD, 3 points
33. Slavia Prague — 0-3-3, -9 GD, 3 points
34. Ajax — 1-0-5, -13 GD, 3 points
35. Villarreal — 0-1-5, -9 GD, 1 point
36. Kairat Almaty — 0-1-5, -11 GD, 1 point