LFC Live - Why Liverpool are 'banned' from hosting Real Madrid in Champions League as UEFA rule explained

Below is a summary of the full article. Click here for the full version or go back to LFC Live.net.

Kylian Mbappe will not be playing against Liverpool for Real Madrid at Anfield during the league phase of next season's Champions League(Image: Getty Images)

Liverpool already know they will not be able to host Real Madrid at Anfield again should both clubs qualify for the league phase of next season's Champions League.

Learn more

£49

£35

Sky

Get Sky Sports here

Sky has slashed the price of its Essential TV and Sky Sports bundle for the 2025/26 season, saving members £336 and offering more than 1,400 live matches across the Premier League, EFL and more.

Sky will show at least 215 live Premier League games this season, an increase of up to 100 more.

They will not, though, meet at Anfield again during the league phase next season, in accordance with paragraph 16.03 of the UEFA Champions League regulations.

It states that the "UEFA administration may determine alternative conditions for the draw in accordance with the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee and may adapt any of the conditions of the draw to avoid deadlock situations and/or take into account any relevant constraints in light of decisions taken by the UEFA Executive Committee."

Liverpool's 2025/26 home and away shirts

This article contains affiliate links, we will receive a commission on any sales we generate from it.

Learn more

£85

Fanatics

Get the shirts here

Liverpool have launched their new home and away shirts for the 2025/26 season, the first in their new partnership with adidas.

Fans can order their shirts at Fanatics and the LFC Online Store.

As part of the draw procedure adopted, "the UEFA Club Competitions Committee has determined an additional condition that may be applicable to the UEFA Champions League draw for the 2026/27 season, deciding that any individual fixture between the same two teams may not be repeated in the same competition with the same home team for three consecutive seasons.

"This means that if any teams that already played against each other in the league phase of the UEFA Champions League in the 2024/25 season are again drawn against each other, with the same home team, in the league phase of the UEFA Champions League in this 2025/26 season, those teams will not be able to be drawn against each other with the same home team in the 2026/27 season (although, for the sake of clarity, those teams could still be drawn against each other at the venue of the other team)."

For the latest news and breaking news, visit liverpoolecho.co.uk/all-about/liverpool-fc.

Get all the big headlines, pictures, analysis, opinion and video on the stories that matter to you.

Follow us on Twitter @?LivEchoLFC - the official Liverpool ECHO LFC Twitter account - for all the latest LFC news as it happens in real time.

Apple here and Android here.

Join our WhatsApp community for breaking news directly to your phone as it happens and follow our WhatsApp channel for updates and the best pictures.

Subscribe to our newsletters here for all the news directly to your inbox.

Subscribe to Dave Powell's Bottom Line newsletter for exclusive business of football news, features and interviews directly to your inbox.