{"id":427018,"date":"2026-08-28T20:04:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T20:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailybanglanewspapers.com\/news\/barcelona-draws-manchester-city-and-psg-in-champions-league-phase\/"},"modified":"2026-08-28T20:04:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T20:04:00","slug":"barcelona-draws-manchester-city-and-psg-in-champions-league-phase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailybanglanewspapers.com\/news\/barcelona-draws-manchester-city-and-psg-in-champions-league-phase\/","title":{"rendered":"Barcelona Draws Manchester City and PSG in Champions League Phase"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The search for \u201cbarcelona uefa champions league\u201d is focused on the club\u2019s opponents in the 2026\/27 league phase. UEFA\u2019s official draw report, published on August 27, lists eight opponents for Barcelona after the draw in Monaco. The club\u2019s home opponents are Manchester City, Aston Villa, Feyenoord and Como, while the away opponents are Paris Saint-Germain, Sporting CP, Galatasaray and Sabah.<\/p>\n

The new league-phase format gives each of the 36 teams eight opponents. UEFA said teams are drawn against two opponents from each of four pots, with one home and one away match from each pot. The report also said teams cannot face an opponent from the same national association and can meet a maximum of two sides from one country in the league phase.<\/p>\n

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Barcelona\u2019s list includes two especially prominent European ties. Manchester City is listed as a home opponent and Paris Saint-Germain as an away opponent. Aston Villa is another home opponent. EL PA\u00cdS reported that the City, PSG and Aston Villa pairings were among Barcelona\u2019s strongest-looking matches after the draw. The newspaper also noted that the fixture days and kick-off times still had to be organised by UEFA.<\/p>\n

UEFA\u2019s schedule shows the first league-phase matchday will be played from September 8 to 10, 2026. The second matchday is set for October 13 or 14, followed by matchdays in October, November, December and January. The eighth and final league-phase matchday is scheduled for January 27, 2027. UEFA\u2019s draw report says the specific fixture list with dates and kick-off times would be communicated separately.<\/p>\n

The draw news arrived after Barcelona\u2019s domestic results page recorded a 2-0 win over Athletic Club on August 27 and a 5-0 win over Elche on August 23. Those are separate domestic fixtures and do not determine the Champions League draw. The distinction matters because the related live search variant \u201cfc barcelona vs athletic bilbao standings\u201d points to a different competition from the European league phase.<\/p>\n

UEFA lists the 2027 final for June 5 at the Estadio Metropolitano in Madrid. It also cautions that the draw is provisional and subject to ongoing investigations, legal proceedings and final confirmation. The confirmed Barcelona story is therefore the published opponent list and the league-phase calendar window, while exact kick-off times and any later changes must come from UEFA\u2019s final fixture notice.<\/p>\n

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The search for \u201cbarcelona uefa champions league\u201d is focused on the club\u2019s opponents in the 2026\/27 league phase. UEFA\u2019s official draw report, published on August 27, lists eight opponents for Barcelona after the draw in Monaco. The club\u2019s home opponents are Manchester City, Aston Villa, Feyenoord and Como, while the away opponents are Paris Saint-Germain, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":32873,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-427018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailybanglanewspapers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427018","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailybanglanewspapers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailybanglanewspapers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailybanglanewspapers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailybanglanewspapers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=427018"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailybanglanewspapers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427018\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailybanglanewspapers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailybanglanewspapers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=427018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailybanglanewspapers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=427018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailybanglanewspapers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=427018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}