UEFA Champions League 2026/27 Season

[babo]

we can start the speculations and what will be our favorite teams for next season
What do you think about it?



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the thread will be updated and closed after the end of UCL of course

Previous season:
- UEFA Champions League 2025/26 Season - winner PSG
- UEFA Champions League 2024/25 Season - winner PSG
- UEFA Champions League 2023/24 Season - winner Real Madrid
- UEFA Champions League 2022/23 Season - winner Manchester City

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- PSG is the last winner of the cup.
- UEFA Champions League is the first cup of Europe. After Europa League and Conference League.
- There are 80 teams total, 32 in group stage in 8 group.
- Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA_Champions_League

[SuperBitMan]

Ousmane Dembele said they are going for the 3rd one next season, I know that PSG are the best team in the world right now but I don’t believe or think they will lift the champions league title next season, they lifted the champions league this season by luck, and the reason why I said they won by luck was because penalty is a game of luck and they won the champions league by penalty, next season any team that will meet them in the final will win them that’s if they will even make it to the final again next season.

[KTChampions]

Wow, you lasted a couple of days before making a thread about the next season? 

Ousmane Dembele said they are going for the 3rd one next season, I know that PSG are the best team in the world right now but I don’t believe or think they will lift the champions league title next season, they lifted the champions league this season by luck, and the reason why I said they won by luck was because penalty is a game of luck and they won the champions league by penalty, next season any team that will meet them in the final will win them that’s if they will even make it to the final again next season.

Does Dembélé think he'll be signed by Real Madrid? Real Madrid will win the Champions League next season, it's simple math.
As for Dembele, this season he is not at all the same as last season, I wouldn’t make any big statements if I were him. It's too early to talk about next season as this one isn't over yet and the main event is ahead - the World Cup, but I wouldn't consider PSG as the main favourite next year, they'll probably be third after Real Madrid and Bayern. And that's mainly because they can pull off tricks with rescheduling Ligue 1 games.

[Slow death]

Ousmane Dembele said they are going for the 3rd one next season, I know that PSG are the best team in the world right now but I don’t believe or think they will lift the champions league title next season, they lifted the champions league this season by luck, and the reason why I said they won by luck was because penalty is a game of luck and they won the champions league by penalty, next season any team that will meet them in the final will win them that’s if they will even make it to the final again next season.

They won by cheating in Ligue 1 (postponing Ligue 1 games so they could rest and be fresher for the Champions League games), they benefited from a lot of help the referee gave them in the final against Arsenal, and they were lucky in the penalty shootout. Honestly, this team is using its financial power to get far. I'm a PSG fan

but I definitely don't agree with everything they did this season to win the Champions League, and I even bet on them to win against Arsenal because I thought they would play a clean game, but I confess I was disappointed during the match. It might have just been my impression that the referee favored them during the final.

[Aanuoluwatofunmi]

Ousmane Dembele said they are going for the 3rd one next season, I know that PSG are the best team in the world right now but I don’t believe or think they will lift the champions league title next season, they lifted the champions league this season by luck, and the reason why I said they won by luck was because penalty is a game of luck and they won the champions league by penalty, next season any team that will meet them in the final will win them that’s if they will even make it to the final again next season.

I don't know possible this is, but honestly they have to also prepare ahead of it in order for them to stand out in the same Lane but winning this new season coming up, while as for Arsenal, I hope they also take up the challenge and try to do something more better and be strategic as well in order to make it up this new season and see what they could achieve as well, but I doubt Man City will be able to go far next season in this.

[Sandra_hakeem]

Ousmane Dembele said they are going for the 3rd one next season, I know that PSG are the best team in the world right now but I don’t believe or think they will lift the champions league title next season, they lifted the champions league this season by luck, and the reason why I said they won by luck was because penalty is a game of luck and they won the champions league by penalty, next season any team that will meet them in the final will win them that’s if they will even make it to the final again next season.

Ousmane Dembélé thinks he can break Real Madrid's record of a consistent UCL title win 3 times in a row, and snatch the ballon d'Or again? Listen, there's nothing wrong in having that mindset even as one of the most important player of season, in the best European team, but we're expecting to see more versatile teams show up next season and trust me, it's not going to be a piece of cake

[GiftedMAN]

Ousmane Dembele said they are going for the 3rd one next season, I know that PSG are the best team in the world right now but I don’t believe or think they will lift the champions league title next season, they lifted the champions league this season by luck, and the reason why I said they won by luck was because penalty is a game of luck and they won the champions league by penalty, next season any team that will meet them in the final will win them that’s if they will even make it to the final again next season.

What do you expect from not just Ousmane Dembele but the entire Paris Saint Germaine team to say? Of course they'll definitely want to try to match Real Madrid's record. They've succeeded in defending it so there's a high possibility that they can as well win it again next season.
But I think it'll be very difficult to achieve such feat. Most of the other European top teams will now be more mindful of PSG next season and would do everything possible not to allow them reach the final. They just might be lucky to achieve it but doing that will be more difficult than what the did this season of you ask me.

[RockBell]

Ousmane Dembele said they are going for the 3rd one next season, I know that PSG are the best team in the world right now but I don’t believe or think they will lift the champions league title next season, they lifted the champions league this season by luck, and the reason why I said they won by luck was because penalty is a game of luck and they won the champions league by penalty, next season any team that will meet them in the final will win them that’s if they will even make it to the final again next season.

Ousmane Dembélé thinks he can break Real Madrid's record of a consistent UCL title win 3 times in a row, and snatch the ballon d'Or again? Listen, there's nothing wrong in having that mindset even as one of the most important player of season, in the best European team, but we're expecting to see more versatile teams show up next season and trust me, it's not going to be a piece of cake

The next time they can win it, now they have won the Champions League three times, but it will be hard for them to win it next season, and I am going to place a bet on that, that there is no way that they will again, and even when they won against Arsenal, it was just luck, and since it was on penalty shootout and when they were playing against arsenal they know it was not a cheap game and everyone became confused because who is going to win was what was on everyone mind, and even as we did not win am still proud of arsenal because they were this close to winning the champions league next time is going to be win.

[Minor Miner]

The next time they can win it, now they have won the Champions League three times, but it will be hard for them to win it next season, and I am going to place a bet on that, that there is no way that they will again, and even when they won against Arsenal, it was just luck, and since it was on penalty shootout and when they were playing against arsenal they know it was not a cheap game and everyone became confused because who is going to win was what was on everyone mind, and even as we did not win am still proud of arsenal because they were this close to winning the champions league next time is going to be win.

Winning the Champions League title is always very difficult. And the road to the Champions League title has been tough for PSG this season. And many of us said that back to back titles won't be possible for psg. But psg players were very confident. With the help of Luis Enrique they played well throughout the season and managed to keep the performance stable. As a result, PSG has secured both Ligue 1 and Champions League titles. Winning a third Champions League title next season will be tough, but not an impossible task at all.

[rachael9385]

Winning the Champions League title is always very difficult. And the road to the Champions League title has been tough for PSG this season. And many of us said that back to back titles won't be possible for psg. But psg players were very confident. With the help of Luis Enrique they played well throughout the season and managed to keep the performance stable. As a result, PSG has secured both Ligue 1 and Champions League titles. Winning a third Champions League title next season will be tough, but not an impossible task at all.

I wouldn't say that the road to winning the championship was really difficult for psg this season, the only rough game they had was against arsenal and this was because of their strong defense but every other team was not really much of a challenge to them. Winning the trophy twice in a row is impressive, let's see how long they can keep it up.

[bangjoe]

I have not congratulated PSG on winning this season for the second time, although I am very disappointed Arsenal lost, but at least I won the English premier league as one of the remedies for that failure, next season I think it can be better than this season for Arsenal and for Arteta I hope he can have more options in making match strategies, one of which is like against PSG who are less productive.

Winning the Champions League title is always very difficult. And the road to the Champions League title has been tough for PSG this season. And many of us said that back to back titles won't be possible for psg. But psg players were very confident. With the help of Luis Enrique they played well throughout the season and managed to keep the performance stable. As a result, PSG has secured both Ligue 1 and Champions League titles. Winning a third Champions League title next season will be tough, but not an impossible task at all.

I wouldn't say that the road to winning the championship was really difficult for psg this season, the only rough game they had was against arsenal and this was because of their strong defense but every other team was not really much of a challenge to them. Winning the trophy twice in a row is impressive, let's see how long they can keep it up.

Yes PSG getting a tough opponent like Arsenal in the final round is a match that deserves to be said the hardest match for them because it can reach extra time and determine the victory with a penalty shootout, from how PSG plays we already know before, especially when dealing with Bayern Munich PSG is very terrible but with Arsenal can only score 1 goal.

[Dunamisx]

I like the kind of motivation from Ousmane Dembélé, but PSG will really have to prove this by this new season if they would really have it the third time or another team will take it from them, but we know that this just concluded season was a big tough time for them to have denied Arsenal from taking it from them, so we expect that this new season should be for the team that could maintain their high performance all through the period and deliver up to expectation as well.

[Cryptmuster]

Ousmane Dembele said they are going for the 3rd one next season, I know that PSG are the best team in the world right now but I don’t believe or think they will lift the champions league title next season, they lifted the champions league this season by luck, and the reason why I said they won by luck was because penalty is a game of luck and they won the champions league by penalty, next season any team that will meet them in the final will win them that’s if they will even make it to the final again next season.

I can see that Enrique is also quite confident about next season. It seems that after two consecutive Champions League titles, the team has gained a great deal of self-belief. Of course, if they are strong enough to win a third title in a row, I have no problem with that at all. The most important thing is that they do not become too arrogant, because football has a way of punishing that very quickly.

Personally, I would like to see Bayern Munich win the Champions League this season. They were really, really good.

[Rashlyowl]

An impressive season for Paris Saint-Germain, they continue their positive trend in both local & European competition. As for next season, somehow I think we're still too early for that. But let's speculate a bit, Paris Saint-Germain has already won it twice in a row, I don't think they will win it again next season. I think it will be a team from La Liga.

[puloweh555]

I like the kind of motivation from Ousmane Dembélé, but PSG will really have to prove this by this new season if they would really have it the third time or another team will take it from them, but we know that this just concluded season was a big tough time for them to have denied Arsenal from taking it from them, so we expect that this new season should be for the team that could maintain their high performance all through the period and deliver up to expectation as well.

Every player will undoubtedly have motivation like Dembele and I believe it's essential. This proves that Dembele is a player who is never satisfied and always hungry for trophies. Moreover, this motivation is not without reason as he wants to equal Real Madrid record of winning the Champions League trophy three consecutive seasons.

It's currently difficult to predict next season UCL because every team competing in the competition will undergo significant changes, and several new teams entering the competition could certainly surprise any strong team.

However, there's something interesting about PSG chances of winning two consecutive UCL trophies. PSG has been able to win consecutive trophies since the UCL format changed and PSG has also won two UCL titles having to go through the play offs because they never qualified directly from the group stage. Last season they were ranked 15th and this season they are ranked 11th. Is this just luck or is it a strategy from Enrique so that their players can continue to work hard in every match so that the players' mentality gets stronger.

[Sexylizzy2813]

PSG won the UCL title back to back and while we was having an argument out of 7 of us that was talking about the game 5 said PSG are aiming for the 3rd title in a row which means PSG will win it next season and I was like this isn't going to happen, they are good but that doesn't mean they will defend it again next season even if they come back with a more impressive performance next campaign I'll put it to you that they won't near the finals. I said it will be like how Madrid are now, struggling to get pass the round of 16 and the quarter final, look at them now, Madrid have been struggling to even finish in a better position on the Champions League log, PSG will definitely find it hard to do well in the champions league next season, they should celebrate this one they have now.

[ILuckyGuyI]

Oh, you are really quick about opening a new thread regarding next CL season.    This one has just ended. But of course there'd be early preliminary qualifiers...

Amazing back-to-back titles by PSG first of all. Now Luis Enrique can push for even the 3rd one in a row. Because why not while they are already the best team in the world?

He has rejected a lifetime contract by PSG by the way. For now his contract ends by 2027 summer so let's see...

[Rruchi man]

we can start the speculations and what will be our favorite teams for next season
What do you think about it?

With the steady progress that Arsenal as a team has shown and how we have progressed from a mid position on the Premier League table to win the Premier League and then from not being able to qualify for the finals of the Champions League to playing in the finals of the Champions League, it is still very possible that we will still go on next season to win it because there will now be hunger and desire in the boys, and what the team just needs to do is to invest in having better attacking players to balance up with the defense, and then maybe our coach learns from his errors in this season and becomes better next season. I will still put Arsenal as a title contender next season.

[Jegileman]

Ousmane Dembele said they are going for the 3rd one next season, I know that PSG are the best team in the world right now but I don’t believe or think they will lift the champions league title next season, they lifted the champions league this season by luck, and the reason why I said they won by luck was because penalty is a game of luck and they won the champions league by penalty, next season any team that will meet them in the final will win them that’s if they will even make it to the final again next season.

Things like this are easier said than done, let’s see what next season holds for PSG. Some years back, they stopped making it far in the champions league and get eliminated even before reaching the semifinals, indeed their condition of play has improved and I just applause them for their good game show. Saying they’re going for the third one next season is not really something bad to hope for, but can they keep up with this energy? Or can they even keep up and not team will match up to their standard and go above them?

This is what they should be asking themselves and should prepare to work on further. The champions league is a very big game and for you to consistently win it for three seasons is not an easy task, especially when the game is full of big teams. I am not looking down on PSG or Dembele’s words, but after this words, action needs to follow immediately in order for them to achieve what they aim for next season. From the look of things, next season will be a bit tougher than this season, we shall get to see how things unfolds in the competition.

[Adbitco]

PSG won the UCL title back to back and while we was having an argument out of 7 of us that was talking about the game 5 said PSG are aiming for the 3rd title in a row which means PSG will win it next season and I was like this isn't going to happen, they are good but that doesn't mean they will defend it again next season even if they come back with a more impressive performance next campaign I'll put it to you that they won't near the finals. I said it will be like how Madrid are now, struggling to get pass the round of 16 and the quarter final, look at them now, Madrid have been struggling to even finish in a better position on the Champions League log, PSG will definitely find it hard to do well in the champions league next season, they should celebrate this one they have now.

I think I agree, it's harder than we think, although last season I doubted PSG was going to retain the trophy but they surprised us by going for it again. They've done it twice now and for some reasons I think they wouldn't do it again. Having it 3x in a row will be so incredibly incredible as they will be gunning to equal Real Madrid on that. I still remember that Real Madrid was the only team to have retained the Champions League trophy since the name change twice and PSG is the second team to have retained it once, they will be gunning to make it twice next season but I think it will be hard. Although if they have the will they might just get want they want.