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All you need to know ahead of the 2025/2026 UEFA Champions League

The UEFA Champions League trophy
The UEFA Champions League trophyKristian Skeie – UEFA
Football’s best and most prestigious club competition, the UEFA Champions League, returns for what promises to be another spellbinding and intriguing season of continental football, so here is everything you need to know ahead of the first gameweek.

The 2024/2025 campaign

Last year’s Champions League ripped up the group stage format, replacing it with a 36-team, eight-game league phase.

The revolutionary format was designed to pit Europe’s best sides against each other on a more regular basis, and it did that with marquee games like Liverpool facing Real Madrid and PSG taking on Arsenal in a packed schedule that saw 24 teams qualify for the knockout rounds.

That was whittled down until Inter met PSG in last year’s final, played at the Allianz Arena, where the Parisiens were at their scintillating best, thrashing their Italian opponents 5-0 - the largest ever victory in the final’s history.

The 2025/26 format

This year, the league phase remains the same with 144 matches over eight gameweeks. As does the knockout rounds, with those teams who finish between ninth and 24th heading to the playoff round. The winners from that two-legged tie head into the round of 16 alongside the top eight sides from the league phase. From there, they will be whittled down until two remain to contest the final in Budapest’s Puskas Arena on Saturday, May 30th.

Want to know more about the 2025/26 schedule - we have you covered.

What can you expect from Flashscore this season?

Flashscore has you covered for everything you need for this edition of the Champions League. Our award-winning mobile application will provide you with the fastest game updates across the whole competition, making sure you don’t miss the moments that matter most to you.

Alongside this, our dedicated team of report writers will be on hand to bring you up to speed once any game finishes from the competition, whilst our news teams across 31 markets will be with you every step of the way, providing expert analysis and opinion, whilst letting you know what both players and managers have to say from their pre- and post-match press conferences across the continent, taking you deeper into the heart of the campaign than ever before.

Not only that, but selected games will have live audio commentary, meaning no matter what you are doing, you won’t miss a kick of Champions League action.

Follow your favourite Champions League players with Flashscore

You asked, we delivered. In August, we released our latest feature within our application - the ability to follow your favourite players as well as your favourite teams, meaning you can now add specific footballers to your Favourites and set up notifications for key player events.

This allows you to not miss their biggest moments across the Champions League campaign, meaning every alert could bring celebration or heartbreak for the stars of the beautiful game. 

Find out more about the feature right here.

Where to watch the 2025/2026 UEFA Champions League

Europe’s most prestigious club competition is always must-watch TV, and there are plenty of places to catch it.

Europe

Albania: Tring

Armenia: Fast Media

Austria: Sky Austria, Canal+

Azerbaijan: CBC Sport

Belarus: Okko

Belgium: DPG Media, RTL Belgium, Proximus, Telenet*

Bosnia and Herzegovina: Arena Sport

Bulgaria: bTV

Croatia: HRT, Arena Sport

Cyprus: CYTA

Czechia: TV Nova

Denmark: Viaplay

Estonia: TV3

Finland: Telia

France: Canal+, M6

Georgia: Setanta, Silknet

Germany: DAZN, ZDF

Gibraltar: Gibtelecom

Greece: Cosmote TV, AlterEgo

Hungary: RTL, Sport 1*

Iceland: Syn, Viaplay

Israel: The Sports Channel 

Italy: Sky, Amazon Prime*

Kazakhstan: Quest Media, Qaz Sport

Kosovo: RTK

Latvia: TV3

Liechtenstein: blue, Sky Austria, DAZN

Lithuania: TV3

Luxembourg: DPG Media, RTL, DAZN

Malta: PBS, Melita

Moldova: Setanta, Jurnal TV

Montenegro: Arena Sport 

Netherlands: Ziggo Sport

North Macedonia: Arena Sport

Norway: TV2 Norway

Poland: Canal+

Portugal: Sport TV, DAZN*

Republic of Ireland: RTE, Saran Media, Virgin Media*

Romania: DIGI, Clever Media

Russia: Okko

Serbia: Arena Sport

Slovakia: TV Nova

Slovenia: Pro Plus, Sportklub

Spain: Telefonica, RTVE

Sweden: Viaplay

Switzerland: blue*, SRG

Türkiye: TRT

Ukraine: Megogo

United Kingdom: TNT Sports, BBC*

*Highlights rights only

Africa and Middle East

Middle East/North Africa: beIN

Sub-Saharan Africa: SuperSport, New World TV*, Canal+

Americas

Brazil: TNT Sports, SBT

Canada: DAZN

Caribbean: CPSL (Flow Sports & SportsMax), S&T

Central America: ESPN

Dominican Republic: Televideo

Haiti: Canal+

Mexico: Max, Caliente TV

South America (excluding Brazil): ESPN

Suriname: ATV

United States of America: Paramount+, TUDN

Asia and Pacific

Australia: Stan Sport

Bangladesh: Sony, TAPMAD

Brunei: beIN

Cambodia: beIN

PR China: iQIYI

Hong Kong SAR: beIN

Indian Sub-Continent: Sony

Indonesia: beIN

Japan: WOWOW, Fuji TV**, NTV**

Kyrgyzstan: Quest Media

Laos: beIN

Macau SAR: TDM

Malaysia: beIN

Mongolia: Premier Sports Network

Myanmar: Canal+

New Zealand: DAZN

Pacific Islands: Digicel

Pakistan: Sony, TAPMAD

Philippines: beIN

Republic of Korea: SPO TV

Singapore: beIN

Taiwan/Chinese Tapei: Elta

Tajikistan: Quest Media

Thailand: beIN

Turkmenistan: Quest Media

Uzbekistan: Quest Media, Z'Or TV

Vietnam: VTVCab, Viettel