Champions League draw
Hammer opponent for Bavaria? Buli clubs hope for luck
Updated on August 28, 2025 – 6:23 p.m.Reading time: 3 min.
At the event in Monaco, the opponents of the Bundesliga clubs are drawn. Wait a difficult preliminary round for Munich, Borussia Dortmund, Bayer Leverkusen and Eintracht Frankfurt? Follow the draw here in the live ticker.
Europe’s most important club competition will start for the second time with its new mode. Instead of a preliminary round with eight groups from four teams, 36 teams meet in a league system. Also included: four German teams.
FC Bayern, Bayer Leverkusen, Eintracht Frankfurt and Borussia Dortmund have qualified for the premier class. This Thursday, the German participants will be drawn to their opponents at the UEFA event in Monaco. Each team is dealing with a total of eight different opponents in four home and four away games.
Follow the draw here live in the ticker from 6 p.m.
6:23 p.m.: Now we finally get closer to the draw. Marchetti is now also on stage and raves about the new format of the “premier class”.
6:21 p.m.: “If we had played together, there would have been a good and an evil boy. They decide who who would have been,” jokes Zlatan.
6:20 p.m.: Chowdhury welcomes the long -time midfielder as “Kaka” on stage, but emphasizes the first syllable, which does not quite do justice to the sonorous name, uhem.
6:18 p.m.: Ibrahimović thanks for the award. He stays on stage right away, as he will support the draw. The Brazilian Kaká becomes aside for him.
6:16 p.m.: “Buona Sera Tutti” says the Swede in Italian. The event takes place in Monaco.
6:16 p.m.: Now Čefer and Ibrahimović are on stage. Čefer gives him the “President’s Award” for his social commitment.
6:15 p.m.: In an unpleasant and uncomfortable “backstage report” about the feedback on the Champions League format newly introduced last year, Zlatan Ibrahimović is again allowed to be Zlatan Ibrahimović. The format was originally his idea. A moody phone call between the UEFA headquarters and Zlatan’s “property” develops. From Čefer to UEFA Vice General Secretary Giorgio Marchetti, Luis Figo and moderator Kate Scott to “Transfer expert” Fabrizio Romano-they all willingly participate and can feel great.
6:08 p.m.: Chelsea President Jason Gannon takes a large badge on stage and thanks.
6:05 p.m.: UEFA President Aleksander Čefin is welcomed on stage. He will present a prize to Chelsea FC. The “blues” are brisked again for their services last season. “Fantastic”, “unique” and “incredible” – no adjective is left out. Of course, the winning World Cup is particularly important.
6:03 p.m.: The moderation duo Reshmin Chowdhury and Pedro Pinto, known from numerous UEFA events, welcomes the audience.