How to watch UEFA Champions League in Germany

DAZN holds UEFA Champions League broadcast rights until 2027 in various European countries, including Germany and Portugal.

DAZN holds the official broadcast rights to the UEFA Champions League in Germany. The deal covers seasons 2027-2031.

Public-service broadcaster ORF has secured a sub-licensing deal with Canal Plus to cover highlights from the UEFA Champions League until 2027. The free-to-air network's carefully curated highlights show, “More Football – The Champions League Highlights”, takes place on Thursdays and features talking points from all Champions League games.

French TV’s Canal Plus in Vienna produces ORF's UCL highlights show. However, ORF has reporters and analysts offering commentary in German to cover highlights from individual games, while the show is co-hosted by both Canal Plus and ORF presenters. Football fans in Austria can watch ORF’s UEFA Champions League highlights on ORF 1 on TV and ORF ON, the network’s live streaming and on-demand service for computers and Android and iOS mobile devices.

Puls 4 has secured free-to-air rights to the UEFA Champions League final in Austria for the 2028-2031 TV cycle. This means that football fans in Austria can watch the UCL Final live for free on the Puls 4 linear television channel for the 2027-28 to 2030-31 seasons.

Additionally, fans in Austria can also stream the Champions League Final for free under this deal on the Joyn streaming service, which shares a parent company with Puls 4 (ProSiebenSat.1), thus bringing one of Europe’s most important fixtures to a wider audience.

To stream the UEFA Champions League final in Austria for free, viewers must either download the Joyn app or visit the streaming service’s official website. The Joyn app can be downloaded on iOS, Android, and Huawei smartphones and tablets, and it is compatible with Samsung, LG, Hisense, and Android/Google TV devices. Additionally, the Joyn app supports Chromecast and Amazon Fire TV Stick.

Austrian football fans who prefer watching the UCL Final on linear TV can do so on Puls 4 via terrestrial and satellite television. While Puls 4 is free-to-air, viewers can access the channel through pay-TV operators in the country, such as Magenta TV, A1 Xplore TV, and others. However, availability is subject to change.

Sky Deutschland is the official broadcast partner of the UEFA Champions League in Germany. The agreement covers seasons 2024-2027.

Public broadcaster SRG SSR has secured non-exclusive multi-language broadcast rights to the UEFA Champions League in Switzerland until 2027. The free-to-air network signed a three-year deal with UEFA and a sub-licensing contract with paid TV provider Blue Sport. This arrangement covers the 2024-25 to the 2026-27 Champions League seasons and includes the Europa League and the Europa Conference League.

Under the terms of its partnership, SRG SSR broadcasts and streams 17 Champions League games each season: one match per round in both the league and knockout phases, plus the final. If a Swiss side gets to the playoff phase, SRG SSR’s broadcast and streaming coverage includes those two games for a total of 19 matches.

Live Champions League games on TV in Switzerland are available in German (via SRF), Italian (via RSI), and French (via RTS). Viewers can also stream live Champions League matches using their mobile phones or other devices through SRG SSR’s online platform, Play Suisse.

ZDF has maintained its non-exclusive UEFA Champions League broadcast rights in Germany until 2027. The free-to-air network has agreed to telecast and stream the Champions League final live in 2025, 2026, and 2027. ZDF also has permission to feature match highlights from Tuesdays and Wednesdays on its linear channels starting at 23:00 local time on Wednesday.

The Champions League on ZDF includes three- to four-minute clips of select matches, goal highlights, summaries, game analysis, and key interviews, all combined into a 60-minute curated program scheduled on Wednesdays. Football fans in Germany can watch this Champions League program via ZDF’s website or the network’s streaming app ZDFmediathek using their computers, tablets, mobile phones, and other devices.

UEFA Champions League fans in Germany can watch free-to-air UCL highlights on ZDF thanks to a co-exclusive agreement for the 2027-28 to 2030-31 cycle. As part of its four-year highlights package, ZDF broadcasts Champions League match summaries and goals on the “sportstudio UEFA Champions League” show on Wednesdays at 11 p.m. (German time).

Viewers can also watch compact clips featuring all the goals and highlights on ZDF, available on both TV and online. This includes clips and highlights involving Bundesliga clubs such as Bayern Munich, Bayer Leverkusen, Borussia Dortmund, and any other club that qualifies for the competition.

ZDF’s UEFA Champions League highlights are available to watch for free on "sportstudio UEFA Champions League," ZDFheute.de, the ZDFheute app, and sportstudio.de. The ZDFheute app can be downloaded on iOS and Android devices.

Amazon has retained its non-exclusive German-language broadcast rights for the UEFA Champions League in Germany from 2024 until 2027, following a three-year extension deal. The American conglomerate, which first acquired Champions League broadcast rights in Germany in 2019, continues to have the first pick of matches played on Tuesday evenings. From 2024-25 until 2026-27, users in Germany can stream 17 Champions League matches live on Prime Video each season, with the list of live matches focusing on fixtures featuring German football clubs.

In addition to live streaming select ties, Amazon Prime Video in Germany features a Champions League highlight show shortly following Tuesday’s live match, which includes all highlights of Tuesday games. On-demand access to this show and a replay of the selected live game is available from Tuesdays shortly after the match ends until Thursdays around midnight local time. Prime Video subscribers can stream all Champions League games in Germany for no additional fee. However, non-subscribers must sign up for a monthly or annual subscription plan following a free 30-day trial to continue streaming Champions League matches live throughout the season.

Champions League streaming is available via the Prime Video app, accessible using mobile phones, smart TVs, tablets, and computers. Alternatively, fans can access the Amazon.de website homepage and search for the term “UEFA Champions League" to find all the relevant content.

Amazon Prime Video has renewed its UEFA Champions League broadcast rights in Germany for the 2027-28 to 2030-31 seasons. Under this deal, UCL fans in Germany can watch up to 19 live UEFA Champions League matches per season on Prime Video, with Wednesday’s first-pick game available exclusively on the streaming platform.

This four-year deal extends Prime Video’s previous UCL rights deal for Tuesday’s top match, meaning the streaming service has switched its first-pick rights to the second day of each Champions League round.

Viewers in Germany can exclusively stream Wednesday’s top-pick UCL game from the League Phase up to and including the semi-finals on the Prime Video app, with Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich regularly featuring in its lineup. The Amazon Prime Video app is available for download on Amazon devices such as Fire TV, Fire TV Stick 4K, and Fire tablets, as well as connected TVs, streaming devices, iOS and Android devices, and hundreds of other connected devices.

Additionally, German viewers can stream live Champions League games on Amazon Prime via a web browser at the streaming service’s official website. Fans with a Prime Membership gain access to Prime Video’s UCL coverage at no additional cost, while those without a membership can gain access by signing up for a Prime Membership.

Prime Video also provides additional content and features to enhance the UEFA Champions League viewing experience. This includes expert commentary, pre-match studio shows, and behind-the-scenes content involving Bundesliga clubs.

Additional features include Prime Vision, which provides live data-driven overlays, and a Rapid Recap that allows viewers to catch up on a live game by watching a condensed highlight reel of the portions of the match they missed

Paramount+ has secured the UEFA Champions League broadcast rights in Germany through a four-year deal covering the 2027-28 to 2030-31 seasons. The American streaming service replaces DAZN, acquiring the rights to the majority of UCL games, while Prime Video broadcasts the top-pick game every Wednesday.

This means UCL fans in Germany can watch all Tuesday UEFA Champions League games and every Wednesday fixture on Paramount+, except for Wednesday’s top-pick match, which is exclusive to Prime Video. This includes the League Phase up to and including the final.

It should be noted that if a German club qualifies for the UEFA Champions League final, that match will be available to watch free-to-air in Germany due to German law. Otherwise, UEFA Champions League finals are exclusive to Paramount+ under this 2027-2031 rights cycle.

Viewers can access additional Champions League content on Paramount+, including highlights, interviews with players and managers, and other complementary programming. German fans can stream live UEFA Champions League games on the Paramount+ app, along with its additional content, although a subscription is required.

The Paramount+ app is available on iOS and Android smartphones and tablets, smart TVs, streaming players, and select PlayStation and Xbox game consoles. Paramount+ and its UCL coverage can also be accessed via a web browser at the streaming service’s official website.

Paramount+ is also available through third-party TV providers like Amazon Prime Video and Sky, accessible via Sky Q, Sky Q Mini, Sky Glass, and Sky Puck. However, availability is subject to change and may require an additional add-on for Sky and Prime Video viewers.

In Germany, fans can watch live UEFA Champions League matches on tabii, available on both TV and streaming platforms. Coverage is confirmed for seasons 2024-2027.