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Champions League Knockout Play-Off Tickets.

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45,796 tickets on sale across 108 Champions League fixtures, from £19 — most of them at Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Arsenal and Inter Milan. We price every fixture daily, so these are measured, not estimated: the median seat today is £174, and October is the cheapest month of the season to go.

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Live data: computed from 45,796 tickets live across 108 Champions League fixtures on 14 October 2026. Final checkout prices including all fees, shown in your selected currency. Tracked daily since 30 August 2026.

League median

£174

median cheapest ticket across 108 fixtures

Cheapest match right now

£19

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Most expensive match

£1,414

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Tickets live today

45,796

across 33 clubs · updated 14 October 2026

When to go

Cheapest month is Oct 26

Average cheapest seat by kick-off month, across 108 priced fixtures. Oct 26 averages £231 against Dec 26 at £335. Fixture quality drives most of that gap — a month heavy with big clubs at home prices like one.

  • Oct 26£23126 games
  • Nov 26£28532 games
  • Dec 26£33517 games
  • Jan 27£27333 games

The story so far

Europe's premier club competition has created its own rhythm since 1955 — midweek nights, two-legged knockouts and a neutral-venue final. Below is a concise history of the clubs, matches and records that shaped it, followed by the confirmed details for Madrid in 2027.

By stage

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Mark the date

Champions League Final 2027

Metropolitano · Madrid · 5 June 2027

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Most decorated

Champions League honours board

Clubs ranked by all-time titles. Numbers below count triumphs across the European Cup (1955–92) and Champions League (1992–present).

  1. 0115

    Real Madrid

    Last lifted 2024

  2. 027

    AC Milan

    Last lifted 2007

  3. 036

    Liverpool

    Last lifted 2019

  4. 046

    Bayern Munich

    Last lifted 2020

  5. 055

    FC Barcelona

    Last lifted 2015

  6. 064

    Ajax

    Last lifted 1995

  7. 072

    Paris Saint-Germain

    Last lifted 2026

European nights

Moments we still talk about

1999 · Final

Manchester United 2–1 Bayern Munich

Camp Nou, Barcelona

Bayern led until the 90th minute. Teddy Sheringham equalised in the first minute of stoppage time, Ole Gunnar Solskjær turned in the winner two minutes later. The treble, decided in 102 seconds.

2005 · Final

Liverpool 3–3 AC Milan (3–2 pens)

Atatürk Stadium, Istanbul

3–0 down at half-time. Three goals in six second-half minutes — Gerrard, Šmicer, Alonso — then Dudek's penalty saves. The night that turned a 3-0 deficit into Liverpool's fifth European Cup.

2017 · Round of 16 · 2nd leg

Barcelona 6–1 PSG (6–5 agg)

Camp Nou, Barcelona

Down 4–0 from the first leg, Barcelona scored three by the 50th minute, three more between the 88th and 95th. La Remontada — still the only four-goal first-leg deficit overturned in the competition.

2019 · Semi-final · 2nd leg

Liverpool 4–0 Barcelona (4–3 agg)

Anfield, Liverpool

Without Salah or Firmino, 3–0 down. Origi opened, Wijnaldum scored twice in two minutes, Origi finished off a quickly taken corner Alexander-Arnold thought no one was watching. Everyone was.

2022 · Final

Real Madrid 1–0 Liverpool

Stade de France, Saint-Denis

Real Madrid's 14th. Vinícius Júnior's 59th-minute goal settled a final defined by Thibaut Courtois — nine saves, a personal challenge to the doubters, a clean sheet to lift the trophy.

2024 · Final

Real Madrid 2–0 Borussia Dortmund

Wembley Stadium, London

Real Madrid's 15th — Dani Carvajal heading in from a corner, Vinícius slotting the second past Kobel. Toni Kroos's last club match. The Bernabéu's record extended; the standard restated.

2026 · Final

Paris 1–1 Arsenal (4–3 pens)

Puskás Aréna, Budapest

Arsenal led early through Kai Havertz before Ousmane Dembélé levelled from the spot. Paris held their nerve in the shoot-out to retain the title and become two-time European champions.

Records

The ledger

Most goals (all-time)
Cristiano Ronaldo — 140
Most goals (next)
Lionel Messi — 129
Most appearances
Cristiano Ronaldo — 183
Most titles (players)
Gento, Carvajal, Modrić and Nacho — 6
Most titles (manager)
Carlo Ancelotti — 5
Most goals (single season)
Cristiano Ronaldo — 17 (2013–14)
Fastest hat-trick
Mohamed Salah — 6 min, 12 sec (vs Rangers, 2022)
Largest comeback
Barcelona vs PSG, 6–1 (overturning 0–4 first leg, 2017)

Competition guide

About the Knockout Play-Off

The knockout play-off is the Swiss-format era's bridge round, contested across two midweeks in February by the sixteen clubs that finished ninth through twenty-fourth in the league phase. League-phase seeding determines pairings: ninth play twenty-fourth, tenth play twenty-third, and so on, with the higher-ranked club playing the second leg at home. The eight winners advance to the round of sixteen, where they meet the eight clubs that finished directly in the top eight. The eight losers drop out of European competition for the season — there's no parachute to the Europa League under the new format. The round has produced significant upsets: lower-pot clubs that took a points haul through the league phase have repeatedly toppled elite seeds in the play-off.

Format — how the play-off works

Sixteen clubs ranked 9th-24th in the league phase enter the knockout play-off. Pairings are pre-determined by league-phase finishing position: 9 vs 24, 10 vs 23, 11 vs 22, 12 vs 21, 13 vs 20, 14 vs 19, 15 vs 18, 16 vs 17. The higher-ranked club hosts the second leg. Ties are decided over 180 minutes of aggregate score, then 30 minutes of extra time, then penalty kicks. Away goals do not count double under UEFA's post-2021 rule change.

Bracket implications

Round-of-16 opponents are also pre-determined: the 9 vs 24 winner faces the league-phase 8th-placed club, with progressively higher seeds for play-off winners that emerged from harder pairings. This means clubs entering the play-off already know — if they win — exactly which top-eight side they'll meet in the round of sixteen, and that the round-of-16 second leg will be played at the top-eight club's stadium.

Form patterns

Across the play-off rounds since the format launched, lower-seeded clubs that finished 17th-24th have a stronger upset record than the seeding suggests — typically two or three of the eight ties produce a 'wrong-side' winner. Travelling fans should budget for the second leg even if the lower seed loses the first leg at home; the format produces tighter aggregate scores than the old straight-draw round of 16.

FAQ

Champions League ticket FAQs

When does the knockout play-off take place?

Across two midweeks in mid-to-late February, immediately after the conclusion of the league phase in January. UEFA confirms the exact matchdays in the autumn before the season starts.

Who plays in the knockout play-off?

The sixteen clubs that finished ninth through twenty-fourth in the Champions League league phase. The top-eight finishers skip this round; the bottom twelve are eliminated from European competition entirely.

Are the pairings drawn or pre-determined?

Pre-determined by league-phase position. 9th plays 24th, 10th plays 23rd, and so on. The higher-ranked club hosts the second leg.

Do away goals still count double?

No — UEFA scrapped the away-goals rule in 2021. Aggregate ties go to extra time and then penalties at the venue of the second leg.

What happens to losing play-off clubs?

They are eliminated from European competition for the season. There is no parachute to the Europa League under the post-2024 format.

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