Champions League Matchday 1: Como vs Leipzig facts

Como make their European debut against the first team whose first fixture in international competition came in the UEFA Champions League proper as Leipzig visit the Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia on Matchday 1.

Previous meetings

This is Como's first European game.

Leipzig's record against Italian sides is W2 D1 L3; away it is W2 L1, the defeat coming in their most recent fixture, 1-0 at Inter on Matchday 5 of the 2024/25 Champions League.

Form guide

Como

Como are the 12th Italian club to feature in the Champions League. They are one of four debutants in this season's league phase, along with LASK, Sabah and Viking, and the only one to qualify automatically.

Fourth in Serie A in 2025/26 – their highest-ever finish – this is Como's first season in UEFA competition. They are the fourth team to make their European debut in the Champions League proper, after Leipzig (2017), Brest and Girona (both 2024).

Leipzig 

This is Leipzig's eighth Champions League campaign, all since 2017/18 – when they were the first club to make their UEFA competition debut in the group stage. They were 32nd in the 2024/25 league phase, their last appearance (W1 L7).

The German club did not feature in UEFA competition last season, for the first time since that debut in 2017.

Links and trivia

Como were playing in Serie D, Italy's fourth tier, as recently as 2018/19.

Cesc Fàbregas' side conceded 29 Serie A goals last season, the lowest total in the Italian top flight.

Fàbregas made 104 Champions League appearances for Arsenal, Barcelona and Chelsea.

Leipzig have won only one of their last ten Champions League matches (D1 L8).

Only one of Leipzig's 78 European games finished goalless, a 0-0 draw at Zorya Luhansk in the Europa League play-off round in August 2018.

The German club have not kept a clean sheet in 18 UEFA competition matches.