UEFA Champions League 2025-26 table — Standings for the UCL league phase

The UEFA Champions League league phase is in full flow, as 36 teams will play eight matches — four home and four away — in bids to reach the knockout rounds.

With two matches to play for each side, there is still so much to play for.

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 rounds
Teams 9-24 qualify for playoff round — two-legged ties
Teams 25-36 eliminated from Europe

1. Arsenal — 6-0-0, +16 GD, 18 points
2. Bayern Munich — 5-0-1, +11 GD, 15 points
3. Paris Saint-Germain — 4-1-1, +11 GD, 13 points
4. Manchester City — 4-1-1, +6 GD, 13 points
5. Atalanta — 4-1-1, +2 GD, 13 points
6. Inter Milan — 4-0-2, +8 GD, 12 points
7. Real Madrid — 4-0-2, +6 GD, 12 points
8. Atletico Madrid — 4-0-2, +3 GD, 12 points
9. Liverpool — 4-0-2, +3 GD, 12 points
10. Borussia Dortmund — 3-2-1, +6 GD, 11 points
11. Tottenham Hotspur — 3-3-0, +6 GD, 11 points
12. Newcastle United — 3-1-2, +7 GD, 10 points
13. Chelsea — 3-1-2, +5 GD, 10 points
14. Sporting CP — 3-1-2, +4 GD, 10 points
15. Barcelona — 3-1-2, +3 GD, 10 points
16. Marseille — 3-0-3, +3 GD, 9 points
17. Juventus — 2-3-1, +2 GD, 9 points
18. Galatasaray — 3-0-3, 0 GD, 9 points
19. AS Monaco — 2-3-1, -1 GD, 9 points
20. Bayer Leverkusen — 2-3-1, -2 GD, 9 points
21. PSV Eindhoven — 2-2-2, +4 GD, 8 points
22. Qarabag — 2-1-3, -3 GD, 7 points
23. Napoli — 2-1-3, -5 GD, 7 points
24. Copenhagen — 2-1-3, -6 GD, 7 points
25. Benfica — 2-0-4, -2 GD, 6 points
26. Pafos — 1-3-2, -5 GD, 6 points
27. Union Saint-Gilloise — 2-0-4, -8 GD, 6 points
28. Athletic Bilbao — 1-2-3, -5 GD, 5 points
29. Olympiacos — 1-2-3, -7 GD, 5 points
30. Eintracht Frankfurt — 1-1-4, -8 GD, 4 points
31. Club Brugge — 1-1-4, -8 GD, 4 points
32. Bodo/Glimt 0-3-3, -4 GD, 3 points
33. Slavia Prague — 0-3-3, -9 GD, 3 points
34. Ajax — 1-0-5, -13 GD, 3 points
35. Villarreal — 0-1-5, -9 GD, 1 point
36. Kairat Almaty — 0-1-5, -11 GD, 1 point