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 roundsTeams 9-24 qualify for playoff round — two-legged tiesTeams 25-36 eliminated from Europe

1. Bayern Munich — 4-0-0, +11 GD, 12 points

2. Arsenal — 4-0-0, +11 GD, 12 points

3. Inter Milan — 4-0-0, +10 GD, 12 points

4. Manchester City — 3-1-0, +7 GD, 10 points

5. Paris Saint-Germain — 3-0-1, +9 GD, 9 points

6. Newcastle United — 3-0-1, +8 GD, 9 points

7. Real Madrid — 3-0-1, +6 GD, 9 points

8. Liverpool — 3-0-1, +5 GD, 9 points

9. Galatasaray — 3-0-1, +2 GD, 9 points

10. Tottenham Hotspur — 2-2-0, +5 GD, 8 points

11. Barcelona — 2-1-1, +5 GD, 7 points

12. Chelsea — 2-1-1, +3 GD, 7 points

13. Sporting CP — 2-1-1, +3 GD, 7 points

14. Borussia Dortmund — 2-1-1, +2 GD, 7 points

15. Qarabag — 2-1-1, +1 GD, 7 points

16. Atalanta — 2-1-1, -2 GD, 7 points

17. Atletico Madrid — 2-0-2, +1 GD, 6 points

18. PSV Eindhoven — 1-2-1, +2 GD, 5 points

19. AS Monaco — 1-2-1, -2 GD, 5 points

20. Pafos — 1-2-1, -3 GD, 5 points

21. Bayer Leverkusen — 1-2-1, -4 GD, 5 points

22. Club Brugge — 1-1-2, -2 GD, 4 points

23. Eintracht Frankfurt — 1-1-2, -4 GD, 4 points

24. Napoli — 1-1-2, -5 GD, 4 points

25. Marseille — 1-0-3, +1 GD, 3 points

26. Juventus — 0-3-1, -1 GD, 3 points

27. Athletic Bilbao — 1-0-3, -5 GD, 3 points

28. Union Saint-Gilloise — 1-0-3, -8 GD, 3 points

29. Bodo/Glimt 0-2-2, -3 GD, 2 points

30. Slavia Prague — 0-2-2, -6 GD, 2 points

31. Olympiacos — 0-2-2, -7 GD, 2 points

32. Villarreal — 0-1-3, -4 GD, 1 points

33. Copenhagen — 0-1-3, -8 GD, 1 point

34. Kairat Almaty — 0-1-3, -9 GD, 1 point

35. Benfica — 0-0-4, -6 GD, 0 points

36. Ajax — 0-0-4, -13 GD, 0 points