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The draw for the first round of the 2025-2026 UEFA Champions League will take place this evening (Thursday) in the French city of Monaco, featuring 36 teams for the second consecutive season after the new system was implemented. Each team will play 8 matches in the first round, 4 at home and 4 away, provided that no two teams from the same country face each other in the league stage. The teams will be divided into 4 seeding levels, with each team playing two matches against teams from each level according to the draw. After the league stage, the teams finishing in positions 1-8 will qualify directly for the Round of 16, while those finishing in positions 9-24 will compete in a playoff to determine 8 additional teams, according to a report broadcast by the "RT" website. The team rankings will be as follows:

- Level 1: Barcelona, Real Madrid, Manchester City, Bayern Munich, Liverpool, Paris Saint-Germain, Inter Milan, Chelsea, Borussia Dortmund.

- Level 2: Arsenal, Bayer Leverkusen, Atletico Madrid, Atalanta, Villarreal, Juventus, Eintracht Frankfurt, Benfica, Club Brugge.

- Level 3: Tottenham, PSV Eindhoven, Ajax, Napoli, Sporting Lisbon, Olympiacos, Slavia Prague, Marseille, Bodo Glimt.

- Level 4: Monaco, Galatasaray, Union Saint-Gilloise, Athletic Bilbao, Newcastle, Kairat, Paphos, Karabakh, Copenhagen.

Match Dates for the League Stage

Round 1: September 16-18, 2025

Round 2: September 30 – October 1, 2025

Round 3: October 21-22, 2025

Round 4: November 4-5, 2025

Round 5: November 25-26, 2025

Round 6: December 9-10, 2025

Round 7: January 20-21, 2026

Round 8: January 28, 2026

Dates for the Knockout Stage and Final

Round of 16: March 10-11 and March 17-18, 2026

Quarter-finals: April 7-8 and April 14-15, 2026

Semi-finals: April 28-29 and May 5-6, 2026

Final: May 30, 2026