UEFA Champions League · Europe
How to Add the Champions League Schedule to Your Calendar (Google, Apple, Outlook)
Subscribe to the 2026–27 Champions League schedule in Google Calendar, Apple Calendar, or Outlook: the official UEFA calendar sync, kick-off times in CET, UK, US and Indian time, league-phase matchdays, knockout dates, and the final in Madrid.
Where to get the feed
Option 1: UEFA's official calendar sync
- Go to
uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/fixtures-results/. - Click "Add to calendar" / "Sync to calendar" (UEFA uses the ECAL sync service).
- Choose the whole competition (about 190 games, only useful for neutrals) or, better, one club.
- Pick Google Calendar, Apple Calendar or Outlook and sign in to the sync service once.
Option 2: your club's own feed (usually the best choice)
Club calendar feeds include Champions League games alongside domestic fixtures, so most supporters need nothing else. See our guides for Real Madrid, FC Barcelona and Manchester United, or use the Premier League and La Liga club syncs.
Option 3: a plain .ics for the whole competition
Community feeds publish a single .ics with every Champions League match. They are convenient for neutrals but often lag behind time changes; check the next matchday's kick-off times against uefa.com before you rely on one.
Add it to Google Calendar, Apple Calendar, or Outlook
Once you have the schedule link (it usually starts with webcal:// or ends in .ics; a league's "sync" button hands it to your app for you), the steps are the same for every sport:
Google Calendar
- Open calendar.google.com on a desktop browser (the mobile app can't add subscriptions).
- In the left sidebar, next to Other calendars, click + → From URL.
- Paste the link, then click Add calendar. It appears under Other calendars and syncs to your phone automatically.
- Optional: click the three dots next to the calendar to give it a color, or untick it when you need a quiet week.
Apple Calendar (iPhone, iPad, Mac)
- iPhone / iPad: Settings → Apps → Calendar → Calendar Accounts → Add Account → Other → Add Subscribed Calendar, paste the link, tap Next, then Save.
- Mac: in Calendar choose File → New Calendar Subscription, paste the link, click Subscribe. Set Auto-refresh to Every day (or Every hour during the playoffs) and tick iCloud so it reaches all your devices.
Outlook
- Outlook on the web / new Outlook: Calendar → Add calendar → Subscribe from web, paste the link, name it, click Import.
- Classic Outlook desktop: File → Account Settings → Internet Calendars → New, paste the link. If game times look a few hours off, the desktop app ignored the feed's time zone; the web version doesn't have this problem.
Key dates
| Event | Date |
|---|---|
| League-phase draw | Late August 2026 (eight opponents per club fixed; exact dates published days later) |
| Matchday 1 | September 15–17, 2026 |
| Matchdays 2–6 | Tuesdays and Wednesdays from late September to early December 2026 |
| Matchday 7 | January 20–21, 2027 |
| Matchday 8 (all games simultaneous) | January 27–28, 2027 |
| Knockout play-off round | February 2027 (two legs, roughly a week apart) |
| Round of 16 | March 2027 (two legs) |
| Quarter-finals | April 6–14, 2027 |
| Semi-finals | April 27 – May 5, 2027 |
| Final | Saturday, May 29, 2027, Madrid (Estadio Metropolitano) |
Season structure
Since 2024–25 the Champions League uses the league phase: 36 clubs, each playing eight different opponents (four at home, four away) in one big table. The top eight go straight to the round of 16; clubs placed 9th to 24th play a two-legged knockout play-off in February; the rest are out.
League-phase games are played on Tuesdays and Wednesdays (with a few Thursdays on matchday 1). Knockout ties are two-legged, home and away, except the final, which is a single match on a Saturday at a venue chosen years in advance.
Practical consequence for your calendar: the eight league-phase dates are known from late August; every knockout date only appears once the draw for that round is made. A subscribed feed picks them up automatically.
Kick-off times by time zone
Almost every Champions League game kicks off at 21:00 CET. A second slot at 18:45 CET is used for two games per matchday in the league phase. The final starts at 21:00 CET as well.
| Local kick-off | UK | US Eastern | US Pacific | India (IST) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21:00 CET (main slot) | 8:00 PM | 3:00 PM | 12:00 PM | 1:30 AM (+1) |
| 18:45 CET (early slot) | 5:45 PM | 12:45 PM | 9:45 AM | 11:15 PM |
Conversions assume both regions are on the same daylight-saving side. Europe and the US switch on different dates (late March / late October in Europe, mid-March / early November in the US), so for two or three weeks a year the gap is one hour smaller. Your calendar app converts each event correctly; this table is only for planning.
Feeds tag games in the host stadium's local time, so a game in Istanbul or Lisbon shows the correct local kick-off in your own zone without any effort on your part.
What your feed shows, and when
- Late August — the draw fixes opponents; two or three days later UEFA publishes the exact dates and kick-off slots for all eight league-phase games. Your feed fills in then.
- January 28, 2027 — matchday 8 ends; the play-off draw follows within days and February dates appear in the feed.
- Each knockout round — dates are added after the previous round's draw; times are usually known at the same time.
- May 29, 2027 — the final is in every club feed only if that club qualifies; add it manually now if you want it in your calendar regardless.
Watching from the US or Asia
For US viewers the 21:00 CET slot lands at 3:00 PM Eastern / noon Pacific on a Tuesday or Wednesday, which is why many fans block the slot as a recurring "tentative" event and let the feed fill in the details. In India and South-East Asia the same slot is 1:30 AM or later, so the 18:45 CET games (11:15 PM IST) are the ones to look for.