2025–26 UEFA Champions League
Puskás Aréna in Budapest will host the final | |
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | Qualifying: 8 July – 27 August 2025 Competition proper: 16 September 2025 – 30 May 2026 |
| Teams | Competition proper: 36 Total: 82 (from 53 associations) |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 168 |
| Goals scored | 583 (3.47 per match) |
| Attendance | 7,134,952 (42,470 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Kylian Mbappé (Real Madrid) 13 goals |
← 2024–25 2026–27 →
All statistics correct as of 11 March 2026. | |
The 2025–26 UEFA Champions League is the 71st season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 34th season since it was rebranded from the European Cup to the UEFA Champions League.
The final will be played on 30 May 2026 at Puskás Aréna in Budapest, Hungary. It will be the first time Puskás Aréna will host a Champions League final. The stadium previously hosted the 2020 UEFA Super Cup, several matches of UEFA Euro 2020, and the 2023 UEFA Europa League final.
The winners of the 2025–26 UEFA Champions League will automatically qualify for the 2026–27 UEFA Champions League league phase, the 2026 FIFA Intercontinental Cup final, the 2029 FIFA Club World Cup group stage, and earn the right to play against the winners of the 2025–26 UEFA Europa League in the 2026 UEFA Super Cup. This is the first Champions League season to feature six clubs from one nation, with England earning an extra spot through UEFA coefficient ranking and Tottenham Hotspur having won the previous season's UEFA Europa League. Paris Saint-Germain are the defending champions, having secured their maiden title the previous season.