After completing the qualifiers for the Champions League Completed the puzzle with the teams to be found in the League Phase of the event, in which Olympic has qualified directly. Now, Piraeus is waiting for the draw to Monte Carlo (19:00, Cosmote Sport 1, Mega, Live from Newsit.gr) to learn the teams they will face in the competition.
Olympiacos is in the 3rd of the 4 capacity groups, with the “reds” finding two teams from the 1st group, two from the 2nd, as well as two from the 4th.
Now, with the new Format in the Champions League there are no clubs, but a single championship with a score and instead of six games all the teams will give eight. The matches will be single (not at home and away as old) with each club playing four inside and four out of games with the teams to be drawn.
Of the 36 teams in the League Phase, the first eight of the standings qualify directly to the ’16, while those who finish from 9th to 24th will play playoffs with the backdrop of knockouts.
Olympiacos returns to the Champions League after the 2020/21 season with Piraeus now having a distinct burden on European competitions after winning the Conference League that has changed the status of the “reds” outside the border. After all, Olympiacos’ continued success in Europe in recent years has established the team as one of the top clubs in European football.
How will the Champions League draw be held
The process will start from the 1st group, where the teams will be selected in the traditional way, using the balls, with the aim of creating the first groups.
Then technology will take the reason. UEFA’s special software, which was also used last season, will automatically undertake to create couples by choosing eight opponents for each team based on specific criteria.
The basic rules of the process:
-Each team will face two opponents from each pot, giving a game inside and one away with each opponent.
-The draw of teams from the same country is forbidden.
-A limited limit of two opponents from the same National Union for each group.
-The draw process will be repeated until all couples are completed.
The Champions League League Phase Group Phase
1st Group: Paris Saint -Germain, Real, City, Bayern, Liverpool, Inter, Chelsea, Dortmund, Barcelona
2nd Group: Arsenal, Leverkusen, Atletico, Atalanta, Villarreal, Juventus, Eintracht, Benfica, Bruges
3rd group: Tottenham, Eindhoven, Ajax, Naples, Olympiacos, Sporting, Slavia Prague, Bondo Glimt, Marseille
4th group: Copenhagen, Monaco, Galatasaray, Union of Saint -Zilouz, Karabag, Athletic, Newcastle, Kayrat, Paphos
The dates of eight games in League Phase
September 16-18 2025: 1st racing
September 30th-1 October 2025: 2nd racing
21-22 October 2025: 3rd racing
November 4-5 2025: 4th racing
November 25-26 2025: 5th racing
December 9-10 2025: 6th racing
January 20-21 2026: 7th racing
January 28, 2026: 8th racing