UCL Playoffs Conclude: The Full List Of All Teams Qualified For 2025 UEFA Champions League Main Draw

Last Updated:August 28, 2025, 11:33 IST

The 2025 UCL league-phase draw will take place on Thursday in Monaco, with the first matches scheduled to be played from September 16 to 18.

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Rangers suffered one of the darkest nights in their European history on Wednesday, collapsing to a 6-0 defeat against Club Brugge in the Champions League playoff second leg.

Combined with last week’s 3-1 loss in Glasgow, the Scottish side exited the competition with a humbling 9-1 aggregate scoreline.

Elsewhere, Club Brugge, who have now reached the revamped league phase of the Champions League for the fifth time in seven years, were backed by a raucous Jan Breydel Stadium crowd as they secured one of the most emphatic playoff wins in recent memory.

Qarabag survived a scare to book their place in the league phase. The Azerbaijani champions fell 3-2 at home to Ferencváros but advanced 5-4 on aggregate thanks to their first-leg victory in Hungary.

It marks only Qarabag’s second appearance in the Champions League proper, the first coming in 2017, a campaign that helped elevate Azerbaijani football on the continental stage.

In Denmark, FC Copenhagen sealed their passage with a composed 2-0 win over Swiss side Basel. Andreas Cornelius opened the scoring before Borussia Dortmund loanee Youssoufa Moukoko struck late to complete a 3-1 aggregate triumph.

The Danish champions will be joined by Norway’s Bodo/Glimt, who had already secured their spot earlier this week, ensuring two Scandinavian representatives in Europe’s top competition.

In Lisbon, Kerem Aktürkoğlu delivered the decisive moment as Benfica beat Fenerbahce 1-0 to secure their place in the UEFA Champions League’s main draw.

Projected Pots

Teams are divided into four pots for the draw, based on their club coefficient. Each team will play against two others from each pot, with one match held at home and the other away.

• Pot 1: Paris St Germain, Real Madrid, Manchester City, Bayern Munich, Liverpool, Inter Milan, Chelsea, Borussia Dortmund, Barcelona.
• Pot 2: Arsenal, Bayer Leverkusen, Atletico Madrid, Benfica, Atalanta, Villarreal, Juventus, Eintracht Frankfurt, Club Brugge.
• Pot 3: Tottenham Hotspur, PSV Eindhoven, Ajax Amsterdam, Napoli, Sporting CP, Olympiakos, Slavia Prague, Bodo/Glimt, Olympique de Marseille.
• Pot 4: FC Copenhagen, Monaco, Galatasaray, Union SG, Qarabag, Athletic Bilbao, Newcastle United, Pafos, Kairat.

Teams will be prevented from facing rivals from their own country and will be limited to playing against only two clubs from any single country.

The league-phase draw will take place on Thursday in Monaco, with the first matches scheduled to be played from September 16 to 18.

The final will be played on May 30, 2026, at Puskas Arena in Budapest, Hungary.

(with Reuters inputs)

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