The 2025-26 UEFA Champions League is now underway for 36 teams.

The highly anticipated draw was held Thursday in what marks the second year of the new league phase, where the previous six-game group stage format has been shifted to eight games all against different teams.

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Defending their first ever title -- as well as becoming the first French team to win it -- is Paris Saint-Germain. But it won't be an easy task to repeat, as Les Bleus will endure the toughest run of any team in the league phase.

In England, a record six Premier League teams will compete, as five teams qualified through the new UEFA coefficient while Tottenham broke through via the Europa League despite finishing 17th on the table.

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