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 — 5-0-0, +13 GD, 15 points
2. Paris Saint-Germain — 4-0-1, +11 GD, 12 points
3. Bayern Munich — 4-0-1, +9 GD, 12 points
4. Inter Milan — 4-0-1, +9 GD, 12 points
5. Real Madrid — 4-0-1, +7 GD, 12 points
6. Borussia Dortmund — 3-1-1, +6 GD, 10 points
7. Chelsea — 3-1-1, +6 GD, 10 points
8. Sporting CP — 3-1-1, +6 GD, 10 points
   
9. Manchester City — 3-1-1, +5 GD, 10 points
10. Atalanta — 3-1-1, +1 GD, 10 points
11. Newcastle United — 3-0-2, +7 GD, 9 points
12. Atletico Madrid — 3-0-2, +2 GD, 9 points
13. Liverpool — 3-0-2, +2 GD, 9 points
14. Galatasaray — 3-0-2, +1 GD, 9 points
15. PSV Eindhoven — 2-2-1, +5 GD, 8 points
16. Tottenham Hotspur — 2-3-0, +3 GD, 8 points
17. Bayer Leverkusen — 2-2-1, -2 GD, 8 points
18. Barcelona — 2-1-2, +2 GD, 7 points
19. Qarabag — 2-1-2, -1 GD, 7 points
20. Napoli — 2-1-2, -3 GD, 7 points
21. Marseille — 2-0-3, +2 GD, 6 points
22. Juventus — 1-3-1, 0 GD, 6 points
23. AS Monaco — 1-3-1, -2 GD, 6 points

24. Pafos — 1-3-1, -3 GD, 6 points

25. Union Saint-Gilloise — 2-0-3, -7 GD, 6 points
26. Club Brugge — 1-1-3, -5 GD, 4 points
27. Eintracht Frankfurt — 1-1-3, -7 GD, 4 points
28. Athletic Bilbao — 1-1-3, -5 GD, 4 points
29. Copenhagen — 1-1-3, -7 GD, 4 points
30. Benfica — 1-0-4, -4 GD, 3 points
31. Slavia Prague — 0-3-2, -6 GD, 3 points
32. Bodo/Glimt 0-2-3, -4 GD, 2 points
33. Olympiacos — 0-2-3, -8 GD, 2 points
34. Villarreal — 0-1-4, -8 GD, 1 point
35. Kairat Almaty — 0-1-4, -10 GD, 1 point
36. Ajax — 0-0-5, -15 GD, 0 points