{"id":381479,"date":"2025-08-29T02:16:17","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T02:16:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/381479\/"},"modified":"2025-08-29T02:16:17","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T02:16:17","slug":"liverpool-fc-to-play-real-madrid-and-atletico-in-champions-league-full-draw-info-liverpool-fc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/381479\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool FC to play Real Madrid and Atletico in Champions League &#8211; Full draw info &#8211; Liverpool FC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Liverpool will face eight different clubs in the first phase of this season\u2019s <a data-ail=\"326403\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisisanfield.com\/liverpool-fc\/champions-league\" rel=\"noopener\">Champions League<\/a>, with their route to the knockout stage now clear.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a data-ail=\"326403\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisisanfield.com\/liverpool-fc\/arne-slot\/\" title=\"Arne Slot\" rel=\"noopener\">Arne Slot<\/a>\u2018s side finished the first season of the new <a data-ail=\"326403\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisisanfield.com\/liverpool-fc\/champions-league\" rel=\"noopener\">Champions League<\/a> format as League Phase winners, but were knocked out at the first time of asking against eventual winners PSG.<\/p>\n<p>It could cause a re-think from Liverpool\u2019s head coach as to how he approaches the 36-team league, which sees every club play eight fixtures \u2013 four at home and four away \u2013 before the knockouts.<\/p>\n<p>A random draw took place on Thursday via UEFA\u2019s automated software, with Liverpool to face:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a data-ail=\"326403\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisisanfield.com\/liverpool-fc\/real-madrid\/\" title=\"Real Madrid\" rel=\"noopener\">Real Madrid<\/a> (H)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Inter Milan (A)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Atletico Madrid (H)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Frankfurt (A)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>PSV (H)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Marseille (A)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Qarabag (H)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Galatasaray (A)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>* That is not the order the games will be played in. Fixture dates will be confirmed no later than Saturday, August 30.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It makes for quite the draw for Liverpool, with <a data-ail=\"326403\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisisanfield.com\/liverpool-fc\/trent-alexander-arnold\/\" title=\"Trent Alexander-Arnold\" rel=\"noopener\">Trent Alexander-Arnold<\/a> set for a swift return to Anfield with <a data-ail=\"326403\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisisanfield.com\/liverpool-fc\/real-madrid\/\" title=\"Real Madrid\" rel=\"noopener\">Real Madrid<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Reds will soon find out which match is played when \u2013 which could have an influential role on their league pursuits as they play away after five of their eight league phase games. <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Champions League fixture dates<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-lazy-type=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/2025-08-20-047-Anfield_Tour-600x358.jpg\" alt=\"LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND - Wednesday, August 20, 2025: Old Big Ears... Six European Cups, now called the UEFA Champions League, won by Liverpool FC on display at the club's museum. (Photo by David Rawcliffe\/Propaganda)\" width=\"600\" height=\"358\" class=\"lazy lazy-hidden alignnone size-medium wp-image-326012\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Matchday 1:<\/strong> September 16-18<br \/><strong>Matchday 2:<\/strong> September 30-October 1<br \/><strong>Matchday 3:<\/strong> October 21\/22<br \/><strong>Matchday 4:<\/strong> November 4\/5<br \/><strong>Matchday 5:<\/strong> November 25\/26<br \/><strong>Matchday 6:<\/strong> December 9\/10<br \/><strong>Matchday 7:<\/strong> January 20\/21<br \/><strong>Matchday 8:<\/strong> January 28<\/p>\n<p><strong>* All dates and kick-off times will be confirmed no later than Saturday, August 30.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A reminder of the competition format<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-lazy-type=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/2022-08-25-007-UEFA_Champions_League_Draw-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"ISTANBUL, TURKEY - Thursday, August 25, 2022: The UEFA Champions League trophy is seen ahead of the UEFA Champions League 2022\/23 Group Stage Draw at Halic Congress Centre on August 25, 2022 in Istanbul, Turkey. (Photo by UEFA)\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"lazy lazy-hidden alignnone size-medium wp-image-272004\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>The top eight teams from the league phase will go straight into the last 16, while those from ninth to 24th place will face a play-off against one of the other sides in February.<\/p>\n<p>The clubs who finish 25th and below exit the competition after the first stage, with no team to drop into the <a data-ail=\"326403\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisisanfield.com\/liverpool-fc\/europa-league\" rel=\"noopener\">Europa League<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The victors from the play-offs will then join the knockout stage with the top eight. The last 16, quarter-finals and semi-finals will be two-legged, as per usual, with the final taking place in Budapest on May 30, 2026 \u2013 with a new kick-off time of 5pm (UK).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Liverpool will face eight different clubs in the first phase of this season\u2019s Champions League, with their route&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":381480,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8815],"tags":[748,393,4884,179,763,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-381479","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-liverpool","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-liverpool","12":"tag-liverpool-fc","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115109651017647707","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=381479"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381479\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/381480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=381479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=381479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=381479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}