The Champions League table checked on 28 October 2026 has five clubs on nine points after three games: Paris Saint-Germain, Aston Villa, Liverpool, Real Madrid and Real Betis. Equal points do not mean equal positions. The source ordering is retained without inventing an explanation for every tie-break.

The top-eight line is not qualification yet

UEFA’s format sends the top eight directly to the round of sixteen, ninth to 24th into play-offs, and eliminates 25th to 36th. Barcelona are eighth and Como ninth in this snapshot, both on six points. The boundary consequently represents no points gap at present and can change after one result. Every team has five games left, or fifteen mathematically available points. These positions are not a final list of qualifiers.

All 36 teams in the same snapshot

1. Paris Saint-Germain: 9 points, 3 games, goal difference +9.

2. Aston Villa: 9 points, 3 games, goal difference +9.

3. Liverpool: 9 points, 3 games, goal difference +5.

4. Real Madrid: 9 points, 3 games, goal difference +5.

5. Real Betis: 9 points, 3 games, goal difference +3.

6. VfB Stuttgart: 7 points, 3 games, goal difference +5.

7. Arsenal: 7 points, 3 games, goal difference +4.

8. Barcelona: 6 points, 3 games, goal difference +5.

9. Como: 6 points, 3 games, goal difference +5.

10. Manchester City: 6 points, 3 games, goal difference +4.

11. Club Brugge: 6 points, 3 games, goal difference +3.

12. Sporting CP: 6 points, 3 games, goal difference +3.

13. Borussia Dortmund: 6 points, 3 games, goal difference +1.

14. Bayern Munich: 5 points, 3 games, goal difference +5.

15. AS Roma: 4 points, 3 games, goal difference +3.

16. Atlético Madrid: 4 points, 3 games, goal difference +1.

17. Shakhtar Donetsk: 4 points, 3 games, goal difference +1.

18. PSV Eindhoven: 4 points, 3 games, goal difference 0.

19. Villarreal: 3 points, 3 games, goal difference 0.

20. Internazionale: 3 points, 3 games, goal difference -1.

21. Manchester United: 3 points, 3 games, goal difference -1.

22. Napoli: 3 points, 3 games, goal difference -2.

23. Galatasaray: 3 points, 3 games, goal difference -3.

24. LASK Linz: 3 points, 3 games, goal difference -3.

25. Sabah FK: 3 points, 3 games, goal difference -3.

26. Feyenoord Rotterdam: 3 points, 3 games, goal difference -4.

27. Lens: 3 points, 3 games, goal difference -4.

28. Bodo/Glimt: 3 points, 3 games, goal difference -5.

29. AEK Athens: 3 points, 3 games, goal difference -5.

30. RB Leipzig: 3 points, 3 games, goal difference -5.

31. Fenerbahce: 2 points, 3 games, goal difference -6.

32. Slavia Prague: 1 points, 3 games, goal difference -3.

33. Viking FK: 1 points, 3 games, goal difference -4.

34. FC Porto: 0 points, 3 games, goal difference -4.

35. Lille: 0 points, 3 games, goal difference -6.

36. Slovan Bratislava: 0 points, 3 games, goal difference -12.

This is a dated reading of the league-phase table. Historical results are not made to look new, and eliminated clubs are not moved into the Europa League: the linked format supplies no such route.

Archival cover photograph: Real Madrid’s 2018 Champions League celebration; not an image of the current event. Photographer/creator: Fotografías Archimadrid.es. Image source and metadata; CC BY-SA 2.0. The Wikimedia-supplied thumbnail is used without further modification. Image date as recorded by the source: 2018-05-27 18:56.