Champions League

This is the 2025/26 Champions League round-of-16 schedule: dates and kickoff times

Check out the full fixture schedule for the last 16 of the UEFA Champions League, with all games to take place in mid-March 2026.

HAROLD CUNNINGHAM
Journalist and translator, AS USA
British journalist and translator who joined Diario AS in 2013. Focuses on soccer – chiefly the Premier League, LaLiga, the Champions League, the Liga MX and MLS. On occasion, also covers American sports, general news and entertainment. Fascinated by the language of sport – particularly the under-appreciated art of translating cliché-speak.
Update:

Following today’s draw for the UEFA Champions League last 16, European soccer’s governing body has now announced the knockout round’s full schedule:

First legs:

Tuesday, March 10

  • 12:45 p.m. ET: Galatasaray vs Liverpool
  • 3:00 p.m. ET: Atalanta vs Bayern München
  • 3:00 p.m. ET: Atlético Madrid vs Tottenham
  • 3:00 p.m. ET: Newcastle vs Barcelona

Wednesday, March 11

  • 12:45 p.m. ET: Leverkusen vs Arsenal
  • 3:00 p.m. ET: Bodø/Glimt vs Sporting CP
  • 3:00 p.m. ET: Paris Saint-Germain vs Chelsea
  • 3:00 p.m. ET: Real Madrid vs Manchester City

Second legs:

Tuesday, March 17

  • 12:45 p.m. ET: Sporting CP vs Bodø/Glimt
  • 3:00 p.m. ET: Arsenal vs Leverkusen
  • 3:00 p.m. ET: Chelsea vs Paris Saint-Germain
  • 3:00 p.m. ET: Manchester City vs Real Madrid

Wednesday, March 18

  • 12:45 p.m. ET: Barcelona vs Newcastle
  • 3:00 p.m. ET: Bayern München vs Atalanta
  • 3:00 p.m. ET: Liverpool vs Galatasaray
  • 3:00 p.m. ET: Tottenham vs Atlético Madrid

Full Champions League knockout-phase bracket:

Every last-16 team’s potential QF and SF matchups:

Quarterfinals

‘Silver’ side of the bracket:

  • PSG/Chelsea vs Galatasaray/Liverpool
  • Real Madrid/Manchester City vs Atalanta/Bayern Munich

‘Blue’ side of the bracket:

  • Newcastle/Barcelona vs Atlético Madrid/Tottenham
  • Bodø/Glimt/Sporting vs Bayer Leverkusen/Arsenal

Semifinals

‘Silver’ side of the bracket:

  • PSG/Chelsea/Galatasaray/Liverpool vs Real Madrid/Manchester City/Atalanta/Bayern Munich

‘Blue’ side of the bracket:

  • Newcastle/Barcelona/Atlético Madrid/Tottenham vs Bodø/Glimt/Sporting/Bayer Leverkusen/Arsenal

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