The 2027–28 UEFA Champions League will be the 73rd season of Europe's premier football tournament organised by UEFA and the 36th season since it was rebranded from the European Cup to the UEFA Champions League. The season will begin with the qualifiers in July 2027, while the league phase will start in September 2027.
The final will be held on 27 May 2028. The winners of the 2027–28 UEFA Champions League will automatically qualify for the 2028–29 UEFA Champions League league phase and earn the right to play against the winners of the 2027–28 UEFA Europa League in the 2028 UEFA Super Cup.
Association team allocation A total of 83 teams from 53 of the 55 UEFA member associations are set to participate in the 2027–28 UEFA Champions League (the exceptions being Liechtenstein which does not organise a domestic league and Russia which is currently suspended). The association ranking based on the UEFA association coefficients is used to determine the number of participating teams for each association: Associations 1–5 each have four teams. Association 6 has three teams. Associations 7–15 each have two teams. Associations 16–55 (except Russia and Liechtenstein) each have one team. The winners of the 2026–27 UEFA Champions League and 2026–27 UEFA Europa League are each given an additional entry if they do not qualify for the 2027–28 UEFA Champions League through their domestic league. The two associations with the best coefficients in the previous season will each have one European Performance Spot into the league phase. The winners of the UEFA Champions League and Europa League cannot fill the European Performance Spots.
Association ranking For the 2027–28 UEFA Champions League, the associations are allocated places according to their 2026 UEFA association coefficients, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 2021–22 to 2025–26. The table reflects Russia's ongoing suspension from UEFA.
Apart from the allocation based on the association coefficients, associations may have additional teams participating in the Champions League, as noted below: – European Performance Spot, the additional berths for associations who finish in the top 2 of the 2026–27 association coefficients – Additional berth for UEFA Champions League title holders – Additional berth for UEFA Europa League title holders
+Association ranking for 2027–28 UEFA Champions LeagueRankAssociationCoeff.TeamsNotes1119.5194299.946397.046492.902583.498673.1663767.9292862.250951.8751048.5251148.4121246.7501342.1061441.2371535.6931634.70011733.8501832.0501929.625RankAssociationCoeff.TeamsNotes2028.15612127.5002227.1872325.9122425.7502525.2502624.4682722.9372822.63202922.37513021.0623117.3433216.5203315.0623414.6253514.0003613.9893713.7503813.718RankAssociationCoeff.TeamsNotes3912.8751409.750419.000428.5000438.2071448.125457.759467.750477.250487.124496.832506.625516.625526.583536.000545.624552.831
Distribution
Teams entering in this roundTeams advancing from the previous roundFirst qualifying round (30 teams) 30 champions from associations 24–55 (except Russia and Liechtenstein)Second qualifying round (30 teams)Champions Path (24 teams) 9 champions from associations 15–23 15 winners from the first qualifying roundLeague Path (6 teams) 6 runners-up from associations 10–15Third qualifying round (20 teams)Champions Path (12 teams) 12 winners from the second qualifying round (Champions Path)League Path (8 teams) 3 runners-up from associations 7–9 1 third-placed team from association 6 1 fourth-placed team from association 5 3 winners from the second qualifying round (League Path)Play-off round (14 teams)Champions Path (10 teams) 4 champions from associations 11–14 6 winners from the third qualifying round (Champions Path)League Path (4 teams) 4 winners from the third qualifying round (League Path)League phase (36 teams) UEFA Champions League champion UEFA Europa League champion 2 associations with the highest coefficients from the previous season receive an extra Champions League league phase berth. 10 champions from associations 1–10 6 runners-up from associations 1–6 5 third-placed teams from associations 1–5 4 fourth-placed teams from associations 1–4 5 winners from the play-off round (Champions Path) 2 winners from the play-off round (League Path)Knockout phase play-offs(16 teams) 16 teams ranked 9–24 from the league phaseRound of 16(16 teams) 8 teams ranked 1–8 from the league phase 8 winners from the knockout phase play-offs
The information here reflects the ongoing suspension of Russia in European football, and so the following changes to the default access list have been made:
The champion of association 23 (Ukraine) will enter the second qualifying round (Champions Path) instead of the first qualifying round.
Teams The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round: TH: Champions League title holders EL: Europa League title holders 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, etc.: League positions of the previous season EPS: European Performance Spots – the additional berths given to clubs from the two associations with the highest coefficient points in 2026–27
The label of European Performance Spots and title holders already qualified via league position are superscripted.
The second qualifying round, third qualifying round and play-off round are divided into Champions Path (CH) and League Path (LP).
+Qualified teams for 2027–28 UEFA Champions LeagueEntry roundTeamsLeague phaseTHELEPSEPS Play-off round Third qualifying round Second qualifying round First qualifying round Víkingur Reykjavík
Schedule The schedule of the competition is as follows.
+Schedule for 2027–28 UEFA Champions LeaguePhaseRoundDraw dateFirst legSecond legQualifyingFirst qualifying round15 June 20276–7 July 202713–14 July 2027Second qualifying round16 June 202720–21 July 202727–28 July 2027Third qualifying round19 July 20273–4 August 202710–11 August 2027Play-offsPlay-off round2 August 202717–18 August 202724–25 August 2027League phaseMatchday 126 August 20277–9 September 2027Matchday 212–14 October 2027Matchday 319–21 October 2027Matchday 42–4 November 2027Matchday 523–25 November 2027Matchday 67–9 December 2027Matchday 718–20 January 2028Matchday 826 January 2028Knockout phaseKnockout phase play-offs28 January 202815–16 February 202822–23 February 2028Round of 1625 February 20287–8 March 202814–15 March 2028Quarter-finalsrowspan="3" 4–5 April 202811–12 April 2028Semi-finals25–26 April 20282–3 May 2028Final27 May 2028
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