How to buy UEFA Champions League 2025-26 tickets: Prices, teams and information

Returning for its latest season, the UEFA Champions League represents the pinnacle of world-class football. Starting in the depths of regular pre-season with its qualifying rounds and stretching through to the final day of continental club action, it remains among the game's most prestigious prizes.

With the league phase draw imminent, with a road to glory being mapped out for each club looking to get their hands on one of the world's most prestigious football trophies at the Champions League Final in May, fans can now start planning their Champions League trips. 

From North London to Barcelona, this year's Champions League will once again take fans all across Europe as they hope to witness a part of football history, but how can you get Champions League tickets? GOAL has the low-down.

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Where to buy UEFA Champions League tickets

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To secure tickets to the UEFA Champions League 2025/26, you'll want to sign up for alerts on the UEFA site. Once the draw has taken place, tickets are likely to be live soon after.

Apart from the final, typically, tickets for the Champions League are sold club-by-club among the teams competing in this year's edition from September onwards.

If you haven't managed to secure a ticket and you want to be a part of the upcoming matches, look to secondary ticket sellers like LiveFootballTickets.

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How much are UEFA Champions League tickets?

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The price for UEFA Champions League tickets varies depending on a myriad of factors, including the clubs involved, the location of the fixture, and the round it takes place in. For example, a semi-final featuring Real Madrid or Arsenal would cost far more than a first-stage game at, say, Pafos.

The club will typically set prices for UEFA Champions League tickets at the start of a season for the league stage. If a team progresses to the knockout rounds, then prices may increase for certain fixtures, depending on opponent, location, and demand.

Secondary ticket resellers can be significantly higher than face-value official tickets; however, options like LiveFootballTickets can offer entry to the matches with seats on offer for as low as €35 right now.

When is the Champions League 2025/26?

The Champions League 2025/26 goes through multiple stages, including qualifiers, play-offs, and knockouts on the road to the grand finale on May 30 in 2026.

These are all the official stages we've been through and are yet to come:

First qualifying round: 17 June 2025

Second qualifying round: 18 June 2025

Third qualifying round: 21 July 2025

Play-offs: 4 August 2025

League phase: 28 August 2025

Knockout phase play-offs: 30 January 2026

Round of 16, quarter-final, semi-final and final: 27 February 2026

How do I enter the UEFA Champions League Final ballot?

The UEFA Champions League Final 2025/26 will be held on Saturday May 30, 2025 at the Puskás Aréna in Budapest, Hungary. 

UEFA has not yet announced or opened the ticket sale or ballot for the final. This typically runs in May, after the semi-finals have concluded. Keep an eye out for those announcements.

Who qualified for the UEFA Champions League 2025/26?

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The 2024-25 UEFA Champions League saw 36 teams compete in a new format league phase, where each club plays a total of 8 games in one giant leaderboard, which is 2 more than the old group stage format. We'll see the 2025/26 league follow this same format.

At the end of these games, where every team plays a single match against another randomly selected one (eliminating the home and away games at this stage), the top 8 will automatically qualify for the next round. The other teams in positions 9 to 24 will enter a two-leg knockout round to halve the remaining teams in the competition to 8, who will then be paired up with the 8 that have automatically qualified.

True to its name, it is filled with several of Europe's biggest clubs, 29 of which automatically qualified through either their domestic league placing or being holders of the Champions League or Europa League titles. From title holders Paris-Saint Germain, through to teams from Serie A like Inter Milan and famous winners like Liverpool.

In the league phase of the Champions League, you'll find:

• England: Liverpool, Arsenal, Manchester City, Chelsea, Tottenham, Newcastle
• Spain: Barcelona, Real Madrid, Atlético de Madrid, Athletic Club, Villarreal
• Italy: Napoli, Inter, Atalanta, Juventus
• Germany: Bayern München, Bayer Leverkusen, Eintracht Frankfurt, Dortmund
• France: Paris Saint-Germain, Marseille, Monaco
• Netherlands: PSV, Ajax
• Portugal: Benfica, Sporting CP
• Belgium: Club Brugge, Union Saint-Gilloise
• Türkiye: Galatasaray
• Czechia: Slavia Praha
• Greece: Olympiacos
• Denmark: Copenhagen
• Norway: Bodø/Glimt
• Cyprus: Pafos
• Kazakhstan: Kairat Almaty
• Azerbaijan: Qarabağ

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