Aston Villa — Champions League 2026/27

Aston Villa's confirmed playing squad, fixtures, results, current standing and league-phase journey in the 2026/27 UEFA Champions League.

Results last changed 14 Oct 2026, 22:16 UTC. Data last checked 15 Oct 2026, 10:33 UTC.

Rank

Points

Won

Played

Aston Villa currently sit 3rd in the 36-team table with 6 points from 2 matches played (6 remaining). That position is currently in the "Round of 16 (direct qualification)" zone. Next up: Matchday 3, home to Viking.

Zone: Round of 16 (direct qualification)

Aston Villa club profile

Founded: 1874

Stadium: Villa Park, Birmingham

Capacity: 43,205

Honours

7×English league titles
7×FA Cup
1×European Cup (1982)
1×UEFA Europa League (2026)
1×UEFA Super Cup (1982)

Villa’s 2025–26 Europa League triumph made them one of only four English clubs to have won both the European Cup and the Europa League.

Source: Wikipedia, cross-checked 12 Oct 2026. See Data Sources.

Can Aston Villa still qualify?

Aston Villa can still finish anywhere from 1st to 36th in the 36-team table.

Direct to the round of 16 (top 8): In contention — a top-8 finish is still mathematically possible.

Avoiding elimination (top 24): 14 more points from the remaining 6 games would guarantee avoiding elimination.

Based only on points still mathematically reachable — a “guarantee” holds even if every rival wins all its remaining games. Try your own results in the simulator.

How Aston Villa got here

Aston Villa (🏴) qualified for the 2026/27 UEFA Champions League and was placed in Pot 2 for the league-phase draw. In the 36-team Swiss-style league phase, every club plays eight different opponents — two drawn from each of the four pots — with the top eight going straight to the round of 16, teams 9th–24th entering the knockout play-offs, and 25th–36th eliminated. How the league phase works →

Who Aston Villa play in the league phase

Aston Villa's eight league-phase opponents are Club Brugge (away), Fenerbahçe (home), Viking (home), Barcelona (away), Galatasaray (away), Paris Saint-Germain (home), Borussia Dortmund (home) and Slavia Prague (away). Two are drawn from each of the four seeding pots, with four matches at home and four away.

Pot 1Barcelona (A), Paris Saint-Germain (H)

Pot 2Club Brugge (A), Borussia Dortmund (H)

Pot 3Fenerbahçe (H), Galatasaray (A)

Pot 4Viking (H), Slavia Prague (A)

Aston Villa's league-phase journey

Across 2 league-phase matches, Aston Villa have won 2, drawn 0 and lost 0, scoring 9 and conceding 2. They currently sit 3rd of 36 in the “Round of 16 (direct qualification)” zone.

Recent form: W W

Beaten: Club Brugge, Fenerbahçe

Aston Villa records this campaign

Current run: 2 wins in a row

Biggest win: 6–0 home to Fenerbahçe (MD2)

Highest-scoring match: 6–0 home to Fenerbahçe (MD2) — 6 goals

Clean sheets: 1

Aston Villa playing squad

The Aston Villa confirmed squad for the 2026/27 UEFA Champions League league phase features 19 registered players, captained by John McGinn. The roster features 2 goalkeepers, 7 defenders, 7 midfielders, and 3 forwards.