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Real Madrid UEFA Champions League Draw—Who, When, Where?
Real Madrid will play eight league-phase matches against Inter Milan, Arsenal and six other clubs under UEFA’s Swiss-style format.
On Thursday, August 27, 2026, Real Madrid learned their 2026-27 UEFA Champions League opponents during the official draw ceremony at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco.
Under the third-year Swiss-style format, Los Blancos will play eight league-phase matches—four home and four away—against opponents drawn from four seeding pots rather than the traditional group stage.
The draw paired Real Madrid with Inter Milan and Arsenal from Pot One, PSV Eindhoven and Roma from Pot Two, Leipzig and Shakhtar Donetsk from Pot Three, and LASK and AEK Athens from Pot Four.
An away fixture against Shakhtar will be played at Chelsea's Stamford Bridge in London, while Roma—managed by Jose Mourinho from 2021 to 2024—marks a reunion with familiar rivals.
Real Madrid aims to move past three quarter-final exits in four seasons, with the campaign building toward the final at the Estadio Metropolitano in Madrid on June 5, 2027, under coach Xabi Alonso.