With the 2025/26 UEFA Champions League kicking off this evening with the First Qualifying Round, here's a look ahead to who we could face in the League Phase.
While we are still some time away from the kick-off of the 2025/26 Champions League proper, qualifying gets under way tonight with 14 ties taking place in the first round of qualifying.
We're back in European Football's elite club competition thanks to that glorious night in Bilbao back in May which has earned us a place in the League Phase.
Next month, we will learn which eight teams we will face in that League Phase with the draw set to take place on Thursday 28 August in Nyon.
In that draw, the 36 qualifying teams will be divided into four pots with placement dependent on each Club's UEFA coefficient - a number which represents a club's average performance in European competitions over the last five seasons.
Pot One is filled with the eight sides which have the highest coefficients, plus the winner of last season's competition with Pot Two filling up with the next nine teams with the highest coefficients and so on.
With a coefficient of 70.250, of the 30 teams currently qualified, we hold the 17th highest coefficient meaning we could potentially be placed into Pot Two or Pot Three. That is dependent on the coefficients of those whom advance via the qualifying rounds, which kick off later today.
Of the teams who could potentially reach the League Phase via the qualifying rounds, Benfica, Club Brugge, Rangers and Feyenoord all hold greater coefficient values than us so could be placed into Pot Two ahead of us.
We will be drawn to face four sides at home (one team from each of the four pots) and four sides away from home (again, one from each of the pots).
Teams currently qualified
Ajax
Arsenal
Atalanta
Athletic Bilbao
Athletico Madrid
Barcelona
FC Bayern Munich
Bayer Leverkusen
Borussia Dortmund
Chelsea
Eintracht Frankfurt
Galatasaray
Internazionale
Juventus
Liverpool
Manchester City
Marseille
Monaco
Napoli
Newcastle United
Olympiacos
Paris Saint-Germain
PSV Eindhoven
Real Madrid
Slavia Prague
Sporting CP
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR
Union Saint-Gilloise
Villarreal
Who could we face?
While we will have to wait until late August and the conclusion of the Play-Off Round to see which six teams qualify from the preliminary rounds, we can start to see who we could face in League Phase.
In August's League Phase draw, we will be drawn to face two sides from each of the four pots, playing one at home and one away.
We cannot face another English team in the League Phase while we cannot face more than two opponents from the same association.
With three English sides on Pot One (Man City, Liverpool and Chelsea), we will face two of the following six teams: PSG, Real Madrid, FC Bayern, Internazionale, Borussia Dortmund and Barcelona.
With the remaining three groups yet to be finalised, we can't yet begin to determine which teams we could face from those pots, however we can look at our potential new opponents.
While we now have six campaigns in the Champions League under our belts, there are a few sides we have yet to face.
In Pot One, we are yet to play the aforementioned Paris Saint-Germain in a competitive game, although that will change by next month's UEFA Super Cup Final.
In Pot Two, there are two teams we have never played in a competitive match in Atalanta and Villarreal.
In Pot Three, Napoli would be a new competitive opponent for us while in Belgian champions Union Saint-Gilloise (whose placement is yet to be determined), they would also represent new opposition.