PSG, Barça's toughest rival at home in Champions League 25/26
Published New:28/08/2025 - 19:52h
Updated New:28/09/2025 - 15:02h
Barcelona will face PSG at home in the new Champions League season. They will also face Chelsea after 7 years. Find out about the rest of the rivals
The UEFA Champions League 2025/26 will feature an FC Barcelona-Paris Saint-Germain match in the league phase, which will be a battle between two teams with very similar football. The Blaugrana team, in the last edition of the top European competition, fell in the semi-finals against Inter Milan, while the Gauls defend the title.
It should be remembered that we still have to wait for the organization to reveal the official competition calendar, which is expected to be announced this Saturday, August 30, but this match will be faced by the Blaugrana at home against the current champion of the competition.
Apart from the Parisian team, Barca will play three other home matches against a German, a Greek and a Danish team, while they will have to visit England twice, and will also travel to Belgium and the Czech Republic.
FC Barcelona's home matches:
- Paris Saint-Germain (France)
- Eintracht Frankfurt (Germany)
- Olympiacos FC (Greece)
- FC Copenhagen (Denmark)
FC Barcelona's away matches:
- Chelsea FC (England)
- Club Brugge (Belgium)
- Slavia Prague (Czech Republic)
- Newcastle United (England)
Barça vs. PSG: a rivalry that burns in every European clash
Although both teams obviously play in different leagues, the rivalry that has been created at European level between these two has meant that sparks fly in every match in recent years.
Paris Saint-Germain still remembers with pain the historic comeback (6-5) that Barca gave them in the round of 16 of the Champions League in the 2016/17 season, so in every match against the Catalans they want to draw blood. Although, in the subsequent matches the thread of victories dominates.
| Season | Phase | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 2012/13 | Quarter-finals | Barcelona-PSG (3-3 on aggregate)* |
| 2014/15 | Quarter-finals | Barcelona-PSG (5-1 on aggregate) |
| 2016/17 | Round of 16 | Barcelona-PSG (6-5 on aggregate) |
| 2020/21 | Round of 16 | PSG-Barcelona (5-2 on aggregate) |
| 2023/24 | Quarter-finals | PSG-Barcelona (6-4 on aggregate) |
- *Barça advanced on away goals
Barca and Chelsea meet again after 7 years
Other matches full of emotion are FC Barcelona vs. Chelsea. The Spanish and English teams will meet again for the first time since the 2017/18 Champions League edition.
In that last match, the Barcelona team won the tie after beating the 'blues' 4-1 on aggregate in the round of 16. Now, there is a new clash with the British team at home, which in principle, will be a great duel.
Before this match in 2018, the clubs had last met in the 2011/12 season, where Chelsea managed to beat the Catalans 2-3 on aggregate in the semi-finals. Later, the Londoners defeated Bayern Munich in the final after drawing 1-1 in the 90 regulation minutes and in extra time and ending up winning 3-4 on penalties.
In this edition, the match will be played at Stamford Bridge. In addition to London, Barça will have to visit Newcastle, Bruges and Slavia Prague, with the 'magpies' being the rival, in theory, more complex after the 'blues'.
