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Bayern starts their Champions League adventure with Chelsea!
FC Bayern Munich starts the 2025/26 Champions League season against Chelsea on September 17, 2025. Find out more about the new mode and the teams.
Bayern starts their Champions League adventure with Chelsea!
The football world is looking forward to the upcoming 2025/26 UEFA Champions League season, which officially begins on September 17, 2025. FC Bayern Munich will open the festive event with a home game against Chelsea FC. The Allianz Arena will be the venue for this highly anticipated opening game from 9:00 p.m., as idowa.de reports.
A total of 36 teams are taking part this season. This innovation brings with it a revision of the mode; A new league system will be introduced instead of the traditional group phase. Each club plays four home and away games against different opponents, bringing both excitement and variety to the league. The results of these games are included in a common table and the best teams qualify for the knockout rounds news.de explained.
Dates and important games
Bayern have some exciting games ahead of them in the group phase. After the opener against Chelsea, they head to Cyprus on September 30, 2025, where they will face Paphos FC. FCB will then welcome Club Bruges on October 22, 2025. The away game against Paris Saint-Germain on November 4th, 2025 and the visit to Arsenal on November 26th, 2025 will be particularly challenging. The last group game this year will take place on December 9th, 2025 against Sporting Lisbon.
The group stage will then continue on January 21, 2026, followed by an exciting final to be held in Budapest on May 30, 2026.
Financial aspects and qualifications
There is an entry fee of around 18.62 million euros for each club. The best eight teams in each group qualify directly for the round of 16, while places 9 to 24 fight for the remaining eight places in an intermediate round. The last twelve teams in the table are ending their international season, a change that is intended to provide a breath of fresh air. This new regulation, which does not foresee relegation to the UEFA Europa League, provides additional motivation and intensity within the games.
The UEFA Champions League, traditionally the largest club football tournament in Europe, was launched in 1955 and over the years has become the most watched sporting event, behind only the FIFA World Cup and the UEFA European Championship, such as Wikipedia explains. The competition encourages the best European clubs to compete against each other and annually showcases the world's best footballers in action.
With these exciting prospects, the signs are more than good for an exciting 2025/26 Champions League season! Fans and players can look forward to unforgettable football moments in the heart of Europe.