Super Eagles forward Victor Osimhen will lead Galatasaray’s attack as the Turkish giants get to face Premier League heavyweights Manchester City and Liverpool, as well as Spanish La Liga side Atletico Madrid in the league phase of the 2025-26 UEFA Champions League, following Thursday’s draw ceremony in Monaco, Afrosport reports.
The 26-year-old completed a blockbuster €75 million permanent transfer from Napoli after last season’s successful loan spell, which saw Gala win a 25th Super Lig title and qualify automatically for the league phase.
Osimhen opened his season account in a 4-0 league win away at Kayserispor at the weekend and will have a chance to show his quality among Europe’s elite.
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Galatasaray were seeded in pot four during the draw and have home ties against Liverpool, Atletico Madrid, AS Monaco and Bodo/Glimt, while they will travel to play Manchester City, Eintracht Frankfurt, Ajax and Union Saint-Gilloise.
In other cracking fixtures, reigning champions Paris Saint-Germain will face Bayern Munich (home), Barcelona (away), Atalanta (home), Bayer Leverkusen (away), Tottenham Hotspur (home), Sporting Lisbon (away), Newcastle United (home) and Athletic Bilbao (away).
Current Europa League champions Tottenham Hotspur have crunch ties against Borussia Dortmund (home), Paris St-Germain (away), Villarreal (home), Eintracht Frankfurt (away) and Monaco (away).
Conference League holders Chelsea will battle it out notably with Barcelona (home), Bayern Munich (away), Benfica (home), Atalanta (away), Ajax (home) and Napoli (away).
Record champions Real Madrid have three headline fixtures against Manchester City (home), Liverpool (away), Juventus (home), while Arsenal will play Bayern Munich (home), Inter Milan (away), Atletico Madrid (home) and Athletic Bilbao (away).
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Premier League champions Liverpool will play Inter Milan (away), Atletico Madrid (home), Eintracht Frankfurt (away), PSV Eindhoven (home) and Marseille (away), while Manchester City notably face German duo Borussia Dortmund and Bayer Leverkusen at home, and also Villarreal (away), Napoli (home) and Monaco (away).
The league phase will commence on September 16 and end on January 28, 2026, with the top eight of the total 36 teams progressing to the round of 16.
The teams that finish ninth to 24th will slug it out in a two-legged playoff to determine the remaining eight teams, while sides ranked 25th to 36th will be eliminated.
