GRAPHIC: UEFA Champions League – Battle for qualification
Chelsea's Estevao celebrates with teammates after scoring their second goal during the UEFA Champions League football match against Barcelona at Stamford Bridge in London.
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Europe’s new UEFA Champions League season continues with the league stage, and culminates with the final at Budapest’s Puskás Aréna, on May 30, 2026.
Liverpool continue their malaise with defeat to PSV Eindhoven, jeopardising chances of a UEFA Champions League Last 16 berth – Arsenal head the table with a perfect record of five wins.
Graphic shows UEFA Champions League standings after Matchday 5 of 8.
Image: Graphic News
The 2025-26 UEFA Champions League is the 34th season of Europe’s primary club football tournament – and 71st European Cup overall since the very first European Cup in 1956.
Paris St-Germain are defending champions having defeated Internazionale in the 2025 final to claim their first title.
La Liga heavyweights Real Madrid are the most successful club in European Cup history, with 15 titles, ahead of AC Milan (7), Bayern Munich (6) and Liverpool (6).