✦ THE FOOTBALL SIMULATOR← All competitionsCHAMPIONS LEAGUE · 2026/27
EUROPE'S CLUB STAGE / 2026–27

These nights.
Your names in lights.

Thirty-six clubs. Eight European nights. One glorious ending.

36 CLUBSLIVE NAME DRAWMADRID FINAL
01 / BEFORE THE DRAW

Your club. Your European dream.

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The 2026/27 league-phase clubs and four seeding pots follow UEFA's 27 August 2026 draw list. This fan simulator makes a fresh draw: two opponents per pot, one home and one away; no same-association opponents, and no more than two from another association. Matchday order is simulated.

All clubs share one table. The top 8 go to the round of 16; positions 9–24 enter seeded play-offs. All knockout ties except the final have two legs. Aggregate draws use extra time, then penalties. Away goals do not decide knockout ties. Rank pairs and fixed bracket paths follow UEFA's 2026/27 system, including seeded return-leg hosting.

Club challenges follow strength: seeds 1–6 must win; 7–12 must reach the final; 13–18 the semi-finals; 19–24 the quarter-finals; 25–30 the round of 16; and 31–36 the top 24. A top-eight league finish also counts as reaching the round of 16. Each club challenge awards 10–100 points once. Existing trophies and points stay collected. Winning titles still counts toward title milestones.

Club strength is a simple independent model based on the published draw seed order, including the titleholder's first seed. It is not a FIFA club ranking or a published UEFA coefficient. Cards are not simulated; final league ties use draw seed order after UEFA's football criteria. Club badges are original monograms, not official crests. No real match results are preloaded.

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