European club tournament research 2026/27 snapshot Generated 30 Aug 2026
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Champions League · 2026/27

Real Madrid

Bernabéu · Chamartín · provisional competition venue

Path difficulty32.2Rank 21 of 36
Opponent coefficient577.25Rank 23 of 36
Round-trip travel12,494 kmRank 17 of 36
Estimated controls42 of 4 away trips
Club coefficient144.5Frozen at the draw

Club schedule

Fixtures & results

Official home/away ordering, Central European kick-off times and verified scores for 2026/27.

Champions League

2026/27 match programme

All competition fixtures
Home team: Real Madrid
Away team: Inter
VenueEstadio Santiago BernabéuMadrid
ScheduledHome
Home team: Roma
Away team: Real Madrid
VenueStadio OlimpicoRome
ScheduledAway
Home team: Real Madrid
Away team: Leipzig
VenueEstadio Santiago BernabéuMadrid
ScheduledHome
Home team: AEK Athens
Away team: Real Madrid
VenueAEK ArenaAthens
ScheduledAway
Home team: Real Madrid
Away team: PSV
VenueEstadio Santiago BernabéuMadrid
ScheduledHome
Home team: Arsenal
Away team: Real Madrid
VenueArsenal StadiumLondon
ScheduledAway
Home team: Real Madrid
Away team: LASK
VenueEstadio Santiago BernabéuMadrid
ScheduledHome

League-phase draw

8 roads, 8 opponents

Opponent coefficient values use the same frozen snapshot as the competition ranking.

H

At the assigned home venue

Home opponents

Inter

Giuseppe Meazza Stadium · Milan

Club coefficient
127
Travel
Estimated controls

PSV

Philips Stadion · Eindhoven

Club coefficient
71.25
Travel
Estimated controls

Leipzig

Red Bull Arena · Leipzig

Club coefficient
61
Travel
Estimated controls

LASK

Linzer Stadion · Linz

Club coefficient
21
Travel
Estimated controls
A

Travel required

Away opponents

Arsenal

Emirates Stadium · London Borough of Islington

Club coefficient
119
Return travel
2,529 km
Estimated controls
2

Roma

Stadio Olimpico · Rome

Club coefficient
97.75
Return travel
2,717 km
Estimated controls
0

Shakhtar Donetsk

Stamford Bridge · Fulham

Club coefficient
56.25
Return travel
2,511 km
Estimated controls
2

AEK Athens

Agia Sophia Stadium · Nea Filadelfeia-Nea Chalkidona Municipality

Club coefficient
24
Return travel
4,735 km
Estimated controls
0

Assigned competition venues

The away map

Great-circle distances are estimates. The map shows the venue assignments currently held in the draw snapshot.

4 away routes12,494 km estimated return travel
Away opponentAssigned venueCityOne wayReturnControls
awayArsenalEmirates StadiumLondon Borough of Islington1,265 km2,529 km2
awayRomaStadio OlimpicoRome1,359 km2,717 km0
awayShakhtar DonetskStamford BridgeFulham1,255 km2,511 km2
awayAEK AthensAgia Sophia StadiumNea Filadelfeia-Nea Chalkidona Municipality2,368 km4,735 km0

Path Difficulty Index v1

Why this path scores 32.2

The score is relative to clubs in this competition and is not comparable across competitions.

Competition rank21 / 36

Easier than the competition median.

  1. Rival strength65% weight35.5 · 23.1 pts
  2. Round-trip travel25% weight29.9 · 7.5 pts
  3. Estimated controls10% weight16.7 · 1.7 pts
Published formula

65% opponent coefficient total, 25% round-trip travel and 10% estimated routine arrival controls after min-max normalization within Champions League.

Methodology

Tournament participation

Edition record

Champions League · 2026/27

SeasonCompetitionPublished stagePosition / result
2026/27Champions LeagueLeague-phase fixtures8 fixtures

Published matches

Final record

No final recorded for this edition

The published record for this edition does not include a final appearance for this club.

Tournament history

Other editions

Explore Real Madrid’s other published tournament appearances.