Aug 29, 2026, 05:11 PM ET<\/p>\n
Aston Villa<\/a> have been handed a tough draw in the league phase of the Champions League with a trip to Barcelona<\/a> and a home clash against back-to-back winners Paris Saint-Germain<\/a>.<\/p>\n Villa will also host German giants Borussia Dortmund<\/a> and travel to Belgium<\/a> to face Club Brugge<\/a>.<\/p>\n Unai Emery’s side will host Fenerbahce with a tough away trip to fellow Turkish side Galatasaray<\/a> also on the agenda.<\/p>\n – Aston Villa sign Leon Goretzka on free transfer<\/a> Their draw is rounded off with a home tie against Norwegian side Viking and an away clash in Prague against Slavia Prague.<\/a><\/p>\n Villa come into this year’s competition as Europa League champions after they beat SC Freiburg<\/a> 3-0 in the final in May.<\/p>\n However, it has been a summer of significant departures at Villa Park with Morgan Rogers<\/a>, Ezri Konsa<\/a> and Youri Tielemans<\/a> all leaving the club.<\/p>\n Speaking on their Champions League draw, Johan Lange, Aston Villa sporting director said: “Amazing season. Unai Emery has done an amazing job, won the Europa League.<\/p>\n “He has changed a lot of players this season. It seems like he bought exciting, young players. Added some experience as well.<\/p>\n “So it was an exciting draw as well for the fans. The phone is already going mad regarding tickets, you know Barcelona, Paris St Germain. Very interesting, very exciting and I think the club is really excited to be in this competition.”<\/p>\n Aston Villa’s Champions League draw in full:<\/p>\n Club Brugge — Sept. 8 (A)<\/p>\n Fenerbahce — Oct. 14 (H)<\/p>\n Viking — Oct. 21 (H)<\/p>\n Barcelona — Nov. 3 (A)<\/p>\n Galatasaray — Nov. 24 (A)<\/p>\n Paris Saint-Germain — Dec. 8 (H)<\/p>\n Borussia Dortmund — Jan. 19 (H)<\/p>\n Slavia Praha — Jan. 27 (A)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Aug 29, 2026, 05:11 PM ET Aston Villa have been handed a tough draw in the league phase…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":76930,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[92],"class_list":["post-77784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-barcelona","tag-barcelona"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77784","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77784"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77784\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76930"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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