The 2025–26 UEFA Women's Champions League league phase began on 7 October 2025 and ended on 17 December 2025. A total of 18 teams competed in the league phase to decide the 12 places in the knockout phase of the 2025–26 UEFA Women's Champions League.
Format Each team played six matches, three at home and three away, against six different opponents, with all teams ranked in a single league table (known as the Swiss system). Teams were separated into three pots based on their 2025 UEFA club coefficients, and each team played two teams from each of the three pots – one at home and one away. The top four teams in the standings received a bye to the quarter-finals. The teams ranked from fifth to eighth contested the knockout phase play-offs, with the teams ranked from 9th to 12th. Teams ranked from 13th to 18th were eliminated.
Tiebreakers Teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams were equal on points upon completion of the league phase, the following tiebreaking criteria was applied, in the order given, to determine their rankings:
While the league phase was in progress, teams were ranked according to criteria 1–5 only, and if still tied, were given equal ranking and sorted alphabetically. Criteria 6–10 were only used after the final matches have taken place.
Goal difference; Goals scored; Away goals scored; Wins; Away wins; Higher number of points obtained collectively by league phase opponents; Superior collective goal difference of league phase opponents; Higher number of goals scored collectively by league phase opponents; Lower disciplinary points total (direct red card or expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point); UEFA club coefficient.
Teams and seeding Key to coloursTeams ranked 1 to 4 advanced to the quarter-finals as a seeded teamTeams ranked 5 to 8 advanced to the knockout phase play-offs as a seeded teamTeams ranked 9 to 12 advanced to the knockout phase play-offs as an unseeded team
+Pot 1TeamNotes Arsenal 55.000 Barcelona 124.000 OL Lyonnes 104.000 Chelsea 93.000 Bayern Munich 76.000 VfL Wolfsburg 69.000+Pot 2TeamNotes Paris Saint-Germain 69.000 Real Madrid 43.000 Juventus 39.000 Benfica 33.000 Roma 32.000 St. Pölten 27.000+Pot 3TeamNotes Twente 16.000 Vålerenga 16.000 Paris FC 14.000 Manchester United 13.699 Atlético Madrid 13.399 OH Leuven 2.200
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Draw
+ League phase opponents by club Club Pot 1 opponents Pot 2 opponents Pot 3 opponents Home Away Home Away Home Away Arsenal OL Lyonnes Bayern Munich Real Madrid Benfica Twente OH Leuven Barcelona Bayern Munich Chelsea Benfica Roma OH Leuven Paris FC OL Lyonnes VfL Wolfsburg Arsenal St. Pölten Juventus Atlético Madrid Manchester United Chelsea Barcelona VfL Wolfsburg Roma St. Pölten Paris FC Twente Bayern Munich Arsenal Barcelona Juventus Paris Saint-Germain Vålerenga Atlético Madrid VfL Wolfsburg Chelsea OL Lyonnes Paris Saint-Germain Real Madrid Manchester United Vålerenga Paris Saint-Germain Bayern Munich VfL Wolfsburg Real Madrid Benfica OH Leuven Manchester United Real Madrid VfL Wolfsburg Arsenal Roma Paris Saint-Germain Paris FC Twente Juventus OL Lyonnes Bayern Munich Benfica St. Pölten Manchester United Atlético Madrid Benfica Arsenal Barcelona Paris Saint-Germain Juventus Twente Paris FC Roma Barcelona Chelsea St. Pölten Real Madrid Vålerenga OH Leuven St. Pölten Chelsea OL Lyonnes Juventus Roma Atlético Madrid Vålerenga Twente Chelsea Arsenal Real Madrid Benfica Atlético Madrid OH Leuven Vålerenga VfL Wolfsburg Bayern Munich St. Pölten Roma Paris FC Manchester United Paris FC Barcelona Chelsea Benfica Real Madrid OH Leuven Vålerenga Manchester United OL Lyonnes VfL Wolfsburg Paris Saint-Germain Juventus Vålerenga Atlético Madrid Atlético Madrid Bayern Munich OL Lyonnes Juventus St. Pölten Manchester United Twente OH Leuven Arsenal Barcelona Roma Paris Saint-Germain Twente Paris FC
League phase table The top four ranked teams receive a bye directly to the quarterfinals. Teams ranked from 9th to 12th contest the knockout phase play-offs, with teams ranked from 5th to 8th seeded for the draw, while those ranked from 9th to 12th are not. Teams ranked from 13th to 18th are eliminated from all competitions.
Results summary
Matches Times are CET or CEST, as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).
Matchday 1
Matchday 2
Matchday 3
Matchday 4
Matchday 5
Matchday 6
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