Feyenoord, Inter and Liverpool, first rivals of Barça, Real Madrid and Atlético in the Champions League

Feyenoord, Inter Milan, Liverpool, Borussia Dortmund and Lille will be the rivals for the debut in the league phase of the 2026-27 Champions League of FC Barcelona, ​​Real Madrid, Atlético de Madrid, Villarreal CF and Real Betis Balompié, respectively, UEFA confirmed this Saturday.

In a first day that will be spread between Tuesday, September 8 and Wednesday, September 10, the white team will be one of the first to debut this season on Tuesday against Inter at the Santiago Bernabéu at 9:00 p.m. That same day and at the same time, Villarreal will compete, at the Signal Iduna Park, and Betis, at the Stade Pierre-Mauroy.

Wednesday, for its part, will be the debut of the Barça team, who will host Feyenoord at the Spotify Camp Nou at 6:45 p.m. Also that day, although at 9:00 p.m., the red and whites will play against Liverpool at Anfield, exactly the same match and the same place where Diego Pablo Simeone’s team debuted last year in the continental competition (3-2).

Barça, which reached the quarterfinals last season, will face its first trip on the second day, on October 13, against Galatasaray (9:00 p.m.), and will also travel on the third to face Paris Saint-Germain, current champion, at the Parc des Princes on October 20 (9:00 p.m.).

In addition, they will host Aston Villa on November 3 (9:00 p.m.), travel to Azerbaijan to face Sabah FC on November 25 (6:45 p.m.), before facing Manchester City at home on December 8 in their last European match of the year (9:00 p.m.). Already in January, he will travel to Lisbia to play with Sporting Clube de Portugal on the 20th (9:00 p.m.) and will say goodbye to the phase against Cesc Fàbregas’s Como 1907, who will return to the Camp Nou on the 27th (9:00 p.m.).

For its part, Real Madrid, after opening the competition at home, will face its first away match against AS Roma, José Mourinho’s former team, on October 14 (9:00 p.m.). That same month, on the 21st (9:00 p.m.), they host RB Leipzig, and in November they travel to Athens to clash with AEK on the 4th (6:45 p.m.) and to face PSV Eindhoven at home on the 24th (9:00 p.m.).

On December 9 (9:00 p.m.) they will step into the Emirates Stadium to face the current runners-up of the competition, Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal FC. Their last home game will be on January 19 (9:00 p.m.) against Austrian LASK and away from home, on the 27th (9:00 p.m.) against Shakhtar Donetsk.

After Anfield, Atlético de Madrid will play Manchester United at the Riyadh Air Metropolitano on October 13 (9:00 p.m.), before traveling to Germany for the duel against Stuttgart on October 20 (9:00 p.m.) VfB Stuttgart. They will then play two home games in a row against Bayern Munich and the Norwegian Viking, on November 3 (9:00 p.m.) and 25 (9:00 p.m.), respectively.

After that, the red and white team will also face two away matches against PSV Eindhoven, on December 9 (9:00 p.m.), and Bodo/Glimt, on January 19 (6:45 p.m.), and will conclude its adventure in the Metropolitan phase against Fenerbahçe on January 27 (9:00 p.m.).

Meanwhile, Villarreal will experience its first match at the Estadio de la Cerámica against Napoli on October 13 (9:00 p.m.). They will also host PSG on November 3 (9:00 p.m.), Sabah on November 8 (6:45 p.m.) and Manchester United on January 27 (9:00 p.m.), on the last day, and will face Liverpool on October 20 (9:00 p.m.), Slavia Prague on November 25 (6:45 p.m.) and Fenerbahçe on January 20 (6:45 p.m.).

Finally, Real Betis, after debuting in France, will play two games in a row at La Cartuja against Porto and Feyenoord, on October 14 (9:00 p.m.) and 21 (9:00 p.m.); two in a row away against Borussia Dortmund and Slovan Bratislava, on November 4 (9:00 p.m.) and 24 (9:00 p.m.); another two in a row at home against Como and Arsenal, on December 9 (6:45 p.m.) and January 20 (9:00 p.m.); and will complete the phase against Bayern Munich at the Allianz Arena on January 27 (9:00 p.m.).

–SCHEDULE OF THE SPANISH TEAMS IN THE LEAGUE PHASE.

FC BARCELONA.

09/09 18:45: Feyenoord (C).

13/10 21:00: Galatasaray (F).

20/10 21:00: Paris Saint-Germain (F).

03/11 21:00 Aston Villa (C).

25/11 18:45: Sabah FC (F).

08/12 21:00: Manchester City (C).

20/01 21:00: Sporting Clube de Portugal (F).

01/27 21:00: As 1907 (C).

REAL MADRID.

08/09 21:00: FC Inter de Milan (C).

14/10 21:00: AS Roma (F).

21/10 21:00: RB Leipzig (C).

04/11 18:45: AEK Athenas FC (F).

24/11 21:00: PSV Eindhoven (C).

09/12 21:00: Arsenal FC (F).

19/01 21:00: LASK (C).

27/01 21:00: FC Shakhtar Donetsk (F).

ATLETICO DE MADRID.

09/09 21:00: Liverpool FC (F).

13/10 21:00: Manchester United (C).

20/10 21:00: VfB Stuttgart (F).

03/11 21:00: FC Bayern Munich (C).

25/11 21:00: Viking FK (C).

09/12 21:00: PSV Eindhoven (F).

19/01 18:45: FK Bodo/Glimt (F).

27/01 21:00: Fenerbahçe SK (C).

VILLARREAL CF.

08/09 21:00: Borussia Dortmund (F).

13/10 21:00: SSC Naples (C).

20/10 21:00: Liverpool FC (F).

03/11 9:00 p.m.: Paris Saint-Germain (C).

25/11 18:45: SK Slavia Praga (F).

08/11 18:45: Sabah FC (C).

20/01 18:45: Fenerbahçe SK (F).

27/01 21:00: Manchester United (C).

REAL BETIS.

08/09 9:00 p.m.: LOSC Lille (F).

14/10 21:00: FC Oporto (C).

21/10 21:00: Feyenoord (C).

04/11 21:00: Borussia Dortmund (F).

24/11 21:00: SK Slovan Bratislava (F).

09/12 18:45: As 1907 (C).

20/01 21:00: Arsenal FC (C).

27/01 21:00: FC Bayern Munich (F).

By Editor

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