Champions League draw: Arsenal to face Jose Mourinho's Real Madrid as tough fixtures revealed

AFP/Getty Matt Verri , Football Reporter 1 minute ago COMMENTS Arsenal will host Real Madrid in the league phase of this season’s Champions League .

Mikel Arteta’s side last faced the Spanish giants in the quarter-finals of the competition in 2025, when Declan Rice scored two free-kicks on Arsenal’s way to a 5-1 aggregate win.

The Gunners won all eight of their league-phase matches last season and made it to the final, where they were beaten on penalties by Paris Saint-Germain.

They will be looking to go one further this time, though Arsenal have been handed a difficult set of fixtures.

A showdown in north London with Jose Mourinho and Real is the headline clash but Arsenal will also travel to face Bayern Munich .

The German champions are one of the favourites to win the Champions League and Harry Kane will be keen to add to his superb record against the Gunners.

Arsenal will take on Borussia Dortmund and Real Betis too, both sides they played this summer in pre-season and lost to.

There is a tough away trip against Napoli to contend with, while Arsenal will be grateful they are facing Azerbaijan’s Sabah in north London rather than away from home.

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Arsenal cruised to a 3-0 win against Slavia Prague last season and they will again be off to the Fortuna Arena for a repeat of that fixture.

The fixture list has also thrown up a home tie against Lille, which will mean a return to north London for Olivier Giroud.