All of Arsenal’s potential Champions League League Phase opponents have now been confirmed, but a rule change means the Gunners won’t be playing at the San Siro.
Following the final round of Champions League qualifiers in midweek, Arsenal now know all of their potential opponents in the League Phase of this year’s competition.
The draw will take place on Thursday, August 27th at 17:00 BST, and a fixture list with match dates and kick-off times will be communicated no later than Saturday, August 29th, according to UEFA.
UEFA have also confirmed they’ll send a notification via their social media channels shortly before the publication of the fixtures, alerting fans to the fact they’re about to be revealed.
Arsenal will be in Pot 1 as Premier League champions, but that’s largely unimportant. Regardless of your pot, you still face two teams from Pot 1, two from Pot 2, two from Pot 3, and two from Pot 4, with one game at home and one game away in each case.
You can’t face teams from your own country, so Arsenal will avoid games against Liverpool, Manchester City, Aston Villa, and Manchester United until the knockout stages. And thanks to a new rule, the Gunners also can’t play away to Inter Milan.
The new rule is that teams can’t play the same League Phase fixture three seasons in a row, and since Arsenal played away to Inter in 2024/25 and 2025/26, they can’t play the fixture again in 2026/27. But the Gunners could still draw Inter at the Emirates Stadium.
Arsenal’s potential League Phase opponents
Pot 1
- Paris Saint-Germain
- Bayern Munich
- Real Madrid
- Inter Milan (but only at home)
- FC Barcelona
- Atletico Madrid
Pot 2
- Borussia Dortmund
- AS Roma
- Sporting CP
- FC Porto
- Club Brugge
- Real Betis
- PSV Eindhoven
Pot 3
- Feyenoord
- Lille
- Bodo/Glimt
- Napoli
- Leipzig
- Villarreal
- Fenerbahce
- Shakhtar (whose home games will be played at Stamford Bridge)
- Galatasaray
Pot 4
- Slavia Praha
- Slovan Bratislava
- VfB Stuttgart
- AEK Athens
- LASK
- Como 1907
- Lens
- Viking
- Sabah
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