The 2026–27 UEFA Women's Champions League league phase is scheduled to begin on 22 September 2026 and end on 16 December 2026. A total of 18 teams will compete in the league phase to decide the 12 places in the knockout phase of the 2026–27 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 2026 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 Barcelona 135.000 OL Lyonnes 116.750 Chelsea 95.500 Bayern Munich 81.250 Arsenal 78.000 Paris Saint-Germain 63.000+Pot 2TeamNotes Real Madrid 60.500 Juventus 51.250 BK Häcken 44.000 Roma 42.000 Benfica 39.000 Paris FC 27.750+Pot 3TeamNotes Manchester City 22.000 OH Leuven 12.250 HB Køge 10.500 Austria Wien 10.000 Inter Milan 9.116 Servette Chênois 8.500
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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 Barcelona Arsenal Bayern Munich Paris FC Roma Servette Chênois HB Køge OL Lyonnes Chelsea Arsenal BK Häcken Juventus Inter Milan Servette Chênois Chelsea Paris Saint-Germain OL Lyonnes Roma BK Häcken Austria Wien OH Leuven Bayern Munich Barcelona Paris Saint-Germain Real Madrid Benfica Manchester City Austria Wien Arsenal OL Lyonnes Barcelona Benfica Paris FC HB Køge Inter Milan Paris Saint-Germain Bayern Munich Chelsea Juventus Real Madrid OH Leuven Manchester City Real Madrid Paris Saint-Germain Bayern Munich Paris FC Roma Inter Milan Manchester City Juventus OL Lyonnes Paris Saint-Germain Benfica BK Häcken OH Leuven Austria Wien BK Häcken Chelsea OL Lyonnes Juventus Paris FC Manchester City Inter Milan Roma Barcelona Chelsea Real Madrid Benfica Servette Chênois OH Leuven Benfica Bayern Munich Arsenal Roma Juventus Austria Wien HB Køge Paris FC Arsenal Barcelona BK Häcken Real Madrid HB Køge Servette Chênois Manchester City Paris Saint-Germain Bayern Munich Real Madrid BK Häcken Austria Wien Inter Milan OH Leuven Chelsea Paris Saint-Germain Roma Juventus HB Køge Servette Chênois HB Køge Barcelona Arsenal Benfica Paris FC Servette Chênois OH Leuven Austria Wien Bayern Munich Chelsea Juventus Benfica Inter Milan Manchester City Inter Milan Arsenal OL Lyonnes BK Häcken Real Madrid Manchester City Austria Wien Servette Chênois OL Lyonnes Barcelona Paris FC Roma OH Leuven HB Køge
League phase table
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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