Champions League draw: 2025-26 group phase fixtures revealed – live

Updates from the draw scheduled for 5pm BST

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After a pretty cringe-worthy dramatised video, Zlatan Ibrahimovic is handed the Uefa president’s award by Ceferin. “My top 10 goals is not that bad,” he says. “The England goal was nice because it was against England …”

Zlatan starts to head off stage before being reminded of his draw-conducting duties. He will be joined by Kaká: “The nice guy and the bad guy,” Zlatan offers.

Each team will play eight fixtures: against two teams from each pot, including their own. Which means there will be some heavyweight clashes between teams in Pot 1

Teams cannot play anyone else from their own country at this stage

One team cannot play more than two teams from the same country – so, for example, Chelsea cannot play Real Madrid, Barcelona and Atlético Madrid

The top eight from the 36-team league table advance to the last 16; 8th-24th go into a playoff; 25th-36th are out

Group-stage fixtures will take place from September to January