Champions League: confirmed lineups and match officials for fixtures on 20 October 2026
On 20 October 2026, teams released official starting lineups and substitutes for several UEFA Champions League fixtures, including Paris Saint-Germain v Barcelona and Manchester City v AEK Athens.
Team news has been published for Liverpool v Villarreal, Manchester City v AEK Athens, Napoli v Bodo/Glimt, Paris Saint-Germain v Barcelona, Porto v PSV, Roma v Slovan Bratislava, and Stuttgart v Atletico Madrid; each match also has a named referee.
Liverpool's starting eleven is Alisson, Araujo, Jacquet, van Dijk, Tsimikas, Gravenberch, Nyoni, Mac Allister, Ngumoha, Koumas, Gakpo, with substitutes Mamardashvili, Woodman, Gomez, Kerkez, Wirtz, Isak, Barcola, Laffey, Chambers, McConnell and Danns. Villarreal name Gulacsi, Mourino, Navarro, Veiga, Cardona, Saliba, Gueye, Buchanan, Comesana, Moleiro and Mikautadze to start, with Junior, Costa, Freeman, Diatta, Gerard, Foyth, Akhomach, Macia, Oluwaseyi, Perez, El Jmili and Gaitan Diaz on the bench. Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland).
Manchester City select Donnarumma, Lewis, Dias, Khusanov, Gvardiol, Anderson, Fernandez, Allan, Cherki, Foden and Floyd Samba as starters, with Bettinelli, Rulli, Guehi, Ndiaye, Haaland, Ait Nouri, Vitor Reis, Bouaddi, McAidoo, Braithwaite and Doku among the substitutes; referee: Willy Delajod (France). Napoli's XI is Meret, Di Lorenzo, Rrahmani, Marin, Politano, Anguissa, McTominay, Spinazzola, De Bruyne, Lang and Hojlund, with Contini, Milinkovic-Savic, Badiashile, Gilmour, Olivera, Lucca, Giovane, Beukema and Lobotka listed as substitutes. Bodo/Glimt start Haikin, Sjovold, Gundersen, Bjortuft, Bjorkan, Auklend, Berg, Fet, Blomberg, Helmersen and Hauge, with Lund, Nielsen, Aleesami, Saltnes, Kitolano, Brynhildsen, Mvuka and Maatta among the replacements; referee: Jose Maria Sanchez (Spain).
Paris Saint-Germain name Safonov, Hakimi, Marquinhos, Pacho, Hernandez, Neves, Vitinha, Fabian, Doue, Dembele and Kvaratskhelia as their starting eleven, with substitutes Chevalier, Mouak, Lucas Beraldo, Torres, Akliouche, Digne, Godts, Mayulu, Fernandez, Zaire Emery, Ndjantou and Zabarnyi. Barcelona start Joan Garcia, Joao Cancelo, Cubarsi, Gerard, Espart, Bernal, Gonzalez, Yamal, Olmo, Gordon and Raphinha, with Szczesny, Livakovic, Balde, Farinas, Gavi, Lopez, Gabriel Jesus, Adeyemi, Rodri, de Jong, Abdelkarim and Campos among the substitutes. Referee: Michael Oliver (England).
Porto's lineup lists Costa, Alberto Costa, Bednarek, Kiwior, Sanusi, Froholdt, Rosario, Veiga, Pepe, Aghehowa and Pietuszewski, with Claudio Ramos, Joao Costa, Hwang, Sainz, Perez, Andre Silva, Varela, Gimenez, Souza, Fofana and Fernandes on the bench; PSV start Kovar, Dest, Geertruida, Gasiorowski, Kostic, Sano, Junior, Bajraktarevic, Til, Perisic and Mijnans, with substitutes Olij, Smolenaars, Obispo, Flamingo, Bro Hansen, Man, Fernandez, Santos, Bouhamdi and Cornecion. Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany). Roma name Gollini, Ghilardi, Balerdi, Hermoso, Molina, de Roon, Pisilli, Wesley, Pellegrini, Mora and Malen as starters, with Vasquez, De Marzi, Rensch, Koulierakis, Cristante, N’Dicka, Castro, Soule, Mancini, Di Nunzio and Lulli available as substitutes; Slovan Bratislava start Takac, Blackman, Bajric, Markovic, Cruz, Pokorny, Barseghyan, Ibrahim, Gajdos, Suleiman Camara and Marcelli, with Popovic, Kozlovsky, Wimmer, Hofstadter, Yirajang, Mustafic, Tomanek, Maros, Sahmkou Camara, Martinez, Ignatenko and Matsuoka on the bench. Referee: Sandro Scharer (Switzerland).
Stuttgart name Seimen, Chabot, Hendriks, Mittelstadt, Vagnoman, Promel, Stiller, Fuhrich, Leweling, El Khannous and Undav in their starting lineup, with Bredlow, Funk, Al Dakhil, Demirovic, Jaquez, Karazor, Pejcinovic, Assignon, Nartey, Jeltsch and Sauer among the substitutes. Atletico Madrid start Oblak, Llorente, Pubill, Hancko, Grimaldo, Simeone, Hjulmand, Barrios, Baena, David and Alvarez, with Musso, Vargas, Mendoza, Johnny, Lee, Sorloth, Lookman, Ortiz, Le Normand, Dominguez, Martinez and Castillo named as replacements. Referee: Serdar Gozubuyuk (Netherlands).
The lineups and match officials listed above are the confirmed selections for the Champions League fixtures scheduled on 20 October 2026.
