After winning the ePremier League for a third successive season, Matias Bonanno and Jafonso have been hard at work preparing to take on fellow league champions from around Europe.
And Guga, who is on loan at eLiga Portugal outfit Santa Clara, secured his place in the prestigious competition after he reached the final of the Portuguese league.
Ahead of the three City Pros taking centre stage, here is everything you need to know as City look to win the competition for the first time...
WHEN AND WHERE
The competition starts this Friday, 15 May, in Manchester.
The matches will begin from 15:30 (UK) in Dock10, Salford.
You can follow all of the matches throughout the competition live on Twitch, with City-centric updates on our Esports social media channels: @ManCityEsports.
WHAT IS THE FORMAT?
The eChampions League mirrors the real life competition.
It consisted of a 36-person group stage in which everyone will play six matches.
The top eight players will advance straight to the Round of 16, with the ninth to 24th-place Pros securing a place in the knockout round.
Anyone who finishes 25th-36th will see their eCL journey come to an end for 2025/26.
The ultimate goal, a top eight finish which means a place in the Grand Finals which will be held in Budapest.
WHAT ARE CITY’S MATCHES?
Below is the full list of Group Stage fixtures for Bonanno, Jafsono and Guga:
R1:
Jafonso vs Guga (an all-City match-up!)
Bonanno vs dan1k
R2:
Guga vs HHezers (eSerieA runner up)
Jafonso vs Nicolas99fc (eLaLiga winner)
Bonanno vs Tuga
R3:
Bonanno vs JPSleator
Guga vs MarwanMC9 (eLigue1 Winner)
Jafonso vs LuukWijdeveld
R4:
Bonanno vs MarwanMC9
Guga vs Tuga
Jafonso vs HHezers
R5:
Jafonso vs KSofuoglu
Guga vs xMusti19
Bonanno vs Nassada (Virtual Bundesliga winner)
R6:
Jafonso vs Karimisbak (eLigue1 Winner)
Bonanno vs Vejrgang (eSerie A winner and world number 1)
Guga vs Domasas
Everyone at Manchester City would like to wish Guga, Bonanno and Jafonso the very best of luck in the eCL Group Stage!
