PSG target third consecutive Champions League title as league phase begins
Yahoo Sports • 1 min read • Latest: Sep 7, 2026, 2:07 AM
Last updated Sep 7, 2026
The UEFA Champions League returns this week with the start of the new 36-team league phase. Paris Saint-Germain enters the competition aiming to become the first club since the 1970s to secure three consecutive titles. Manager Luis Enrique leads the side following back-to-back victories, including last season's penalty shootout win against Arsenal. The format changes require each team to play eight games against eight different opponents, with the Parisians facing Manchester City, Barcelona, and Aston Villa. Debutant clubs including Como, Viking Stavanger, and Sabah join the field for the opening round of matches. Arsenal, having progressed through the quarter-finals, semi-finals, and final in the last three years, prepares for an opening fixture against Napoli.
- •Paris Saint-Germain won the last two Champions League titles.
- •The new league phase features 36 teams playing eight matches each.
- •Arsenal opens its campaign with an away match against Napoli.
- •Sabah makes its league phase debut with an away fixture at Old Trafford.
- •Winning the tournament provides approximately 90 million euros in prize money.
- 2:07 AMYahoo Sports — PSG go for three in a row as Champions League returns
"Another UEFA Champions League season gets going this week with the beginning of the league phase as Paris Saint-Germain bid to join the tiny band of clubs to have won the competition three years running.- Debutants - The only club outside Spain, England, Germany, Italy and France to have won the Champions League in the last 30 years remains Mourinho's Porto in 2004.
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