29.01.2026 08:33
The 8th week matches of the UEFA Champions League have been completed. Galatasaray lost 2-0 to Manchester City and placed 20th, but managed to qualify for the playoff round. Arsenal finished the league stage as the leader, remaining unbeaten. Here are the other results...
The league stage of the number one organization in European club football ended with 18 matches played at 23:00 CET.
GALATASARAY GOT WHAT IT WANTED
Galatasaray lost 2-0 to Manchester City away. The yellow-reds, who collected 10 points in the league stage, finished in 20th place. Galatasaray, which advanced to the last 16 playoff round, could face Atletico Madrid and Juventus. The Azerbaijani team Karabakh, on the other hand, lost 6-0 to Liverpool away. Karabakh qualified for the playoffs by finishing in 22nd place with 10 points.
In Real Madrid, national player Arda Güler provided the assist for Kylian Mbappe's second goal in the match they lost 4-2 to Benfica. Benfica managed to enter the top 24 on goal difference after goalkeeper Anatoliy Trubin scored a goal in the 90+8th minute.
TEAMS THAT ADVANCED TO THE NEXT ROUND
After the end of the league stage, the first 8 teams, Arsenal, Bayern Munich, Liverpool, Tottenham, Barcelona, Chelsea, Sporting, and Manchester City, directly advanced to the last 16 round.
Real Madrid, Inter, Paris Saint-Germain (PSG), Newcastle United, Juventus, Atletico Madrid, Atalanta, Bayer Leverkusen, Borussia Dortmund, Olympiakos, Club Brugge, Galatasaray, Monaco, Karabakh, Bodo/Glimt, and Benfica, who finished in 9th to 24th place in the standings, qualified for the playoff stage.
DRAW TOMORROW
The 16 teams that will face each other in the playoff round will try to secure their last 16 tickets through a two-legged knockout system. The draw for the playoff round of the Champions League will be held tomorrow.
LEADER ARSENAL
The English team Arsenal completed the league stage in first place with 8 wins out of 8. Arsenal defeated Kairat 3-2 in the last week and collected 24 points without losing. Moreover, 5 of the 8 teams that directly advanced to the last 16 round were from the English Premier League. Besides the leader Arsenal, Liverpool, Tottenham, Chelsea, and Manchester City continued their journey without reaching the playoff stage.
12 TEAMS SAID GOODBYE
The teams that finished in 25th to 36th place in the league said goodbye to the UEFA Champions League. Olympique Marseille, Pafos, Union Saint-Gilloise, PSV, Athletic Bilbao, Napoli, Copenhagen, Ajax, Eintracht Frankfurt, Slavia Prague, Villarreal, and Kairat closed the European chapter.
The results are as follows:
- PSG (France) - Newcastle United (England): 1-1
- Manchester City (England) - Galatasaray: 2-0
- Liverpool (England) - Karabakh (Azerbaijan): 6-0
- Borussia Dortmund (Germany) - Inter (Italy): 0-2
- Barcelona (Spain) - Copenhagen (Denmark): 4-1
- Arsenal (England) - Kairat (Kazakhstan): 3-2
- Bayer Leverkusen (Germany) - Villarreal (Spain): 3-0
- Atletico Madrid (Spain) - Bodo/Glimt (Norway): 1-2
- Benfica (Portugal) - Real Madrid (Spain): 4-2
- Eintracht Frankfurt (Germany) - Tottenham (England): 0-2
- Club Brugge (Belgium) - Olympique Marseille (France): 3-0
- PSV (Netherlands) - Bayern Munich (Germany): 1-2
- Ajax (Netherlands) - Olympiakos (Greece): 1-2
- Napoli (Italy) - Chelsea (England): 2-3
- Monaco (France) - Juventus (Italy): 0-0
- Union Saint-Gilloise (Belgium) - Atalanta (Italy): 1-0
- Athletic Bilbao (Spain) - Sporting (Portugal): 2-3
- Pafos (Cyprus) - Slavia Prague (Czech Republic): 4-1