Barcelona’s 2026 Champions League Opponent: Round of 16 Draw

This Friday, January 30, the draw for the 2025/26 UEFA Champions League playoffs took place, where the 16 teams that will compete in the Playoff round met their rivals. But this draw was also looked at askance by the eight clubs classified directly for the round of 16, including Barcelona.

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The culé club beat Copenhagen 4 to 1, which earned them the title. fifth place in the Champions League phaseand with it avoid the playoffs. That is why Barcelona’s name did not appear in this Friday’s draw.

However, Barcelona knows that its rival in the round of 16 will emerge from the keys of PSG (11º) vs. AS Monaco (21st) y Newcastle (12º) vs. Qarabag (22º). These teams will face each other in the round of 16, and once the respective brackets are defined, the round of 16 will be drawn.

UEFA has agreed the draw for the round of 16 of the UEFA Champions League for next Friday, February 27. It will only be then when Barcelona knows its rival in the round of 16, as well as its path to the Champions League final, with possible rivals in the quarterfinals, semis and final.

The Champions League Playoffs table

This is how the final table of the League Phase of the Champions League looked like

Key data

• He Barcelona qualified directly to the round of 16 after finishing quinto in the league phase.
• The culé rival will come out of the crossroads between PSG/Monaco and Newcastle/Karabagh.
• UEFA will carry out the draw for the round of 16 on Friday February 27.