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The UEFA Champions League for the 2026/27 season will feature top teams vying for the prestigious title. Real Madrid, with 15 titles, is among the leading clubs qualified for the tournament.

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The UEFA Champions League has for decades been known as not only the top competition in European club football, but even beyond that, the most coveted club trophy around the world.
As the 2025/26 competition wraps up, with just four teams remaining, some of the focus has turned to next season's competition as teams gun for qualifying places in the upcoming Champions League tournament.
Real Madrid, the most successful side in the competition with 15 European titles, lead the pack along with some of the top domestic champions from across the continent.
The top clubs from around Europe will be on hand, tested by some of the Cinderella stories who look to become household names across the globe. Last season, Norwegian side Bodo/Glimt made waves with a run into the knockout phase, and they have qualified for next year's competition as they hope to make a similar charge.
The Sporting News takes you through all the teams involved in next year's Champions League tournament, as well as all the places still to be earned and determined.
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Top domestic champions and clubs, including Real Madrid, have qualified for the 2026/27 UEFA Champions League.
The UEFA Champions League is considered the most coveted club trophy in European football and beyond.
Real Madrid has won the UEFA Champions League 15 times, making it the most successful club in the competition's history.
The UEFA Champions League 2026/27 season will begin after the conclusion of the 2025/26 competition.
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36 teams will participate in the league phase of the Champions League in 2026/27.
Of those, 29 will qualify directly to this lucrative phase of the competition, while seven will qualify from the playoff rounds.
The top four teams in each of the four highest-ranked leagues across UEFA gain direct access to the league phase. After that, three teams qualify directly from the fifth-ranked league, two from the sixth-ranked league, and one from leagues ranked seven through 10.
Additionally, there are two places earned via overall league participation in the previous season's UEFA competition structure, known as European Performance Spots (EPS). For the 2026/27 season, England has already secured one of these spots, while Spain and Germany are fighting for the second.
| Rank | Nation | League phase qualifiers | Playoff round qualifiers |
| 1. | England | 4 + 1 | 0 |
| 2. | Italy | 4 | 0 |
| 3. | Spain | 4* | 0 |
| 4. | Germany | 4* | 0 |
| 5. | France | 3 | 1 |
| 6. | Netherlands | 2 | 1 |
| 7. | Portugal | 1 | 1 |
| 8. | Belgium | 1 | 1 |
| 9. | Czechia | 1 | 1 |
| 10. | Turkey | 1 | 1 |
* Can potentially gain one more qualifying slot via European Performance Spots
| Club | Country | How qualified | Last appearance |
| Champions League β Title winner*** | |||
| Europa League β Title winner*** | |||
| Arsenal | England | Premier League β 1st/2nd | 2025/26 |
| Man City | England | Premier League β 1st/2nd/3rd | 2025/26 |
| Man United | England | Premier League β 2nd/3rd/4th/5th | 2023/24 |
| England | Premier League β 4th place | ||
| England | Premier League β 5th place* | ||
| Inter Milan | Italy | Serie A β 1st/2nd/3rd | 2025/26 |
| Italy | Serie A β 2nd place | ||
| Italy | Serie A β 3rd place | ||
| Italy | Serie A β 4th place | ||
| Barcelona | Spain | La Liga β 1st/2nd | 2025/26 |
| Real Madrid | Spain | La Liga β 1st/2nd/3rd/4th | 2025/26 |
| Villarreal | Spain | La Liga β 2nd/3rd/4th | 2025/26 |
| Spain | La Liga β 4th place | ||
| Bayern Munich | Germany | Bundesliga β 1st place | 2025/26 |
| Borussia Dortmund | Germany | Bundesliga β 2nd/3rd | 2025/26 |
| Germany | Bundesliga β 3rd place | ||
| Germany | Bundesliga β 4th place | ||
| PSG | France | Ligue 1 β 1st/2nd | 2025/26 |
| France | Ligue 1 β 2nd place | ||
| France | Ligue 1 β 3rd place | ||
| PSV Eindhoven | Netherlands | Eredivisie β 1st place | 2025/26 |
| Netherlands | Eredivisie β 2nd place | ||
| Porto | Portugal | Primeira Liga β 1st place | 2025/26 |
| Belgium | Pro League β 1st place | ||
| Czechia | First League β 1st place | ||
| Turkey | Super Lig β 1st place | ||
| Spain/Germany | La Liga/Bundesliga β 5th place** |
*Β England have mathematically secured a fifth Champions League place via the two slots awarded by UEFA to the top participants in the previous season's competitions.
**Β The second nation to earn a fifth Champions League place via the two slots awarded by UEFA to the top participants in the previous season's competitions has not yet been determined, with Spain and Germany still in the running.
*** In the event either the 2025/26 Champions League or Europa League title winners have already qualified via table position, this slot will fall to the highest-ranked club coefficient not already qualified for the league phase. This will trickle all the way down through the qualifying rounds as necessary, bumping teams up each round until the field is completely filled out.
All nations ranked 11th or below in the UEFA coefficient will see their league champions qualify for the playoff round, as well as a few others from those qualifying spots given out to additional participants.
These fall into two "paths" of qualifying. Five participants from the "champions path" made of all league champions will reach the league phase from the qualifying rounds, while two participants from the "league path" will advance.
| Club | Country | How qualified | Last appearance |
| Lens* | France | Ligue 1 β 4th place | 2023/24 |
| Netherlands | Eredivisie β 3rd place | ||
| Portugal | Primeira Liga β 2nd place | ||
| Belgium | Pro League β 2nd place | ||
| Slavia Prague* | Czechia | First League β 2nd place | 2025/26 |
* Can still qualify for the league phase via table position
| Club | Country | How qualified | Last appearance |
| Poland | Ekstraklasa β 1st place | ||
| Denmark | Superliga β 1st place | ||
| Thun | Switzerland | Super League β 1st place | 2005/06 |
| Israel | Premier League β 1st place | ||
| Omonia Nicosia | Cyprus | First Division β 1st place | 2021/22 |
| Mjallby AIF | Sweden | Allsvenskan β 1st place | None (First appearance) |
| Dinamo Zagreb | Croatia | Football League β 1st place | 2024/25 |
| Red Star Belgrade | Serbia | SuperLiga β 1st place | 2025/26 |
| Ukraine | Premier League β 1st place | ||
| Turkey | Super Lig β 2nd place | ||
| Bodo/Glimt | Norway | Eliteserien β 2nd place | 2025/26 |
| Greece | Super League β 1st place | ||
| Austria | Bundesliga β 2nd place | ||
| Scotland | Premiership β 2nd place | ||
| Poland | EkstraklasaΒ β 2nd place |
| Club | Country | How qualified | Last appearance |
| Hungary | NB I β 1st place | ||
| Romania | Liga I β 1st place | ||
| Slovan Bratislava | Slovakia | First Football League β 1st place | 2025/26 |
| NK Celje | Slovenia | PrvaLiga β 1st place | 2024/25 |
| Levski Sofia | Bulgaria | First Professional League β 1st place | 2009/10 |
| Sabah | Azerbaijan | Premier League β 1st place | None (First appearance) |
| Shamrock Rovers | Rep. of Ireland | Premier Division β 1st place | 2024/25 |
| Moldova | Moldova Liga β 1st place | ||
| Vikingur Reykjavik | Iceland | Beska Deild Karla β 1st place | 2024/25 |
| Bosnia & Herzegovina | Premier League β 1st place | ||
| Armenia | Premier League β 1st place | ||
| Riga | Latvia | Higher League β 1st place | 2021/22 |
| Kosovo | Superleague β 1st place | ||
| KuPS | Finland | Veikkausliiga β 1st place | 2025/26 |
| Kairat Almaty | Kazakhstan | Premier League β 1st place | 2025/26 |
| KI | Faroe Islands | Premier League β 1st place | 2024/25 |
| Malta | Premier League β 1st place | ||
| Larne | N. Ireland | Premiership β 1st place | 2024/25 |
| Kauno Zalgiris | Lithuania | A Lyga β 1st place | None (First appearance) |
| Flora | Estonia | Meistriliiga β 1st place | 2024/25 |
| Albania | Kategoria Superiore β 1st place | ||
| Montenegro | First League β 1st place | ||
| Luxembourg | National Division β 1st place | ||
| The New Saints | Wales | Cymru Premier β 1st place | 2025/26 |
| Iberia 1999 | Georgia | Erovnuli Liga β 1st place | 2025/26 |
| Macedonia | First League β 1st place | ||
| ML Vitebsk | Belarus | Premier League β 1st place | None (First appearance) |
| Andorra | Premiera Divisio β 1st place | ||
| Lincoln Red Imps | Gibraltar | Football League β 1st place | 2025/26 |
| Tre Fiori | San Marino | CampionatoΒ di Calcio β 1st place | 2020/21 |