Everything You Need To Know About The New UEFA Champions League
Get to know about the new UEFA Champions League, teams, kick off dates, fixtures and outrights.
Get to know about the new UEFA Champions League, teams, kick off dates, fixtures and outrights.
The 2024/2025 UEFA Champions League season kicks off next week, but it will have a new look.
Unlike the previous seasons, this year’s Champions League has a different format and more teams.
The previous format saw 32 teams compete in the group stages, with the top two teams qualifying for the round of 16 and the third-placed teams dropping to the Europa League.
The group winners are then paired against the second-placed teams in the round of 16 in a two-legged tie but clubs from the same country cannot be paired against each other.
The winners of the round of 16 then face each other in the quarter-final, but there is no country protection from the quarter-final onward.
However, all these rules (well, most of them) will not apply in this new format of the UEFA Champions League.
What is the new UEFA Champions League?
The new UEFA Champions League will see 36 teams participate instead of the 32 that competed in the previous format.
These 36 teams will also compete in a league phase instead of the group division that was associated with the previous format.
Clubs will no longer face three teams twice but will play eight different teams in a home-and-away format. Each club will play four games at home and four games away.
Also, in this new format, clubs will no longer have the opportunity to drop into the Europa League anymore.
The top eight will qualify for the round of 16 automatically, while teams that finish in 9-24 will face each other in a two-legged playoff tie for a chance to qualify for the round of 16.
As for teams that finish out of the top 24, they will be eliminated from the competition.
What about the draws?
The draw for this season took place last month, with the teams put in different pots.
In the previous format, the champions of the top seven leagues along with the defending champions are put in pot 1.
However, in this new format, only the defending champions are automatically in pot 1. The rest of the seven clubs in pot 1 are selected based on their coefficients.
This applies to pot 2, pot 3 and pot 4 too. But where it gets tricky is that, unlike the last format, pot 1 clubs are no longer guaranteed easy draws as each team will play two teams from each pot, meaning favourites will get to face each other right from the league stage.
The draw last month set up some intriguing clashes, including Liverpool vs Real Madrid, Arsenal vs Inter Milan, and Manchester City vs Paris Saint-Germain among many others.
UEFA Champions League League Phase Fixtures
Matchday 1
Tuesday, September 16
Young Boys vs Aston Villa
Juventus vs PSV Eindhoven
AC Milan vs Liverpool
Bayern Munich vs Dinamo Zagreb
Real Madrid vs Stuttgart
Sporting Lisbon vs Lille
Wednesday, September 17
Sparta Prague vs RB Salzburg
Bologna vs Shakhtar Donetsk
Celtic vs Slovan Bratislava
Club Brugge vs Borussia Dortmund
Manchester City vs Inter Milan
PSG vs Girona
Thursday, September 18
Feyenoord vs Bayer Leverkusen
Red Star Belgrade vs Benfica
Monaco vs Barcelona
Atalanta vs Arsenal
Atletico Madrid vs RB Leipzig
Brest vs Sturm Graz
Matchday 2
Tuesday, October 1
RB Salzburg vs Brest
Stuttgart vs Sparta Prague
Arsenal vs PSG
Bayer Leverkusen vs AC Milan
Borussia Dortmund vs Celtic
Barcelona vs Young Boys
Inter Milan vs Red Star Belgrade
PSV Eindhoven vs Sporting Lisbon
Slovan Bratislava vs Manchester City
Wednesday, October 2
Shakhtar Donetsk vs Atalanta
Girona vs Feyenoord
Aston Villa vs Bayern Munich
Dinamo Zagreb vs Monaco
Lille vs Real Madrid
RB Leipzig vs Juventus
Sturm Graz vs Club Brugge
Benfica vs Atletico Madrid
Matchday 3
Tuesday, October 22
Milan vs Club Brugge
Monaco vs Red Star Belgrade
Arsenal vs Shakhtar Donetsk
Aston Villa vs Bologna
Girona vs Slovan Bratislava
Juventus vs Stuttgart
PSG vs PSV Eindhoven
Real Madrid vs Borussia Dortmund
Sturm Graz vs Sporting Lisbon
Wednesday, October 23
Atalanta vs Celtic
Brest vs Bayer Leverkusen
Atletico Madrid vs Lille
Young Boys vs Inter Milan
Barcelona vs Bayern Munich
Salzburg vs Dinamo Zagreb
Manchester City vs Sparta Prague
RB Leipzig vs Liverpool
Benfica vs Feyenoord
Matchday 4
Tuesday, November 5
PSV Eindhoven vs Girona
Slovan Bratislava vs Dinamo Zagreb
Bologna vs Monaco
Borussia Dortmund vs Sturm Graz
Celtic vs Leipzig
Liverpool vs Bayer Leverkusen
Lille vs Juventus
Real Madrid vs AC Milan
Sporting Lisbon vs Manchester City
Wednesday, November 6
Club Brugge vs Aston Villa
Sparta Prague vs Brest
Bayern Munich vs Benfica
Inter Milan vs Arsenal
Feyenoord vs RB Salzburg
Red Star Belgrade vs Barcelona
PSG vs Atletico Madrid
Stuttgart vs Atalanta
Matchday 5
Tuesday, November 26
Sparta Prague vs Atletico Madrid
Slovan Bratislava vs AC Milan
Bayer Leverkusen vs RB Salzburg
Young Boys vs Atalanta
Barcelona vs Brest
Bayern Munich vs PSG
Inter Milan vs RB Leipzig
Manchester City vs Feyenoord
Sporting Lisbon vs Arsenal
Wednesday, November 27
Red Star Belgrade vs Stuttgart
Sturm Graz vs Girona
Monaco vs Benfica
Aston Villa vs Juventus
Bologna vs Lille
Celtic vs Club Brugge
Dinamo Zagreb vs Borussia Dortmund
Liverpool vs Real Madrid
PSV Eindhoven vs Shakhtar Donetsk
Matchday 6
Tuesday, December 10
Girona vs Liverpool
Dinamo Zagreb vs Celtic
Atalanta vs Real Madrid
Bayer Leverkusen vs Inter Milan
Club Brugge vs Sporting Lisbon
RB Salzburg vs PSG
Shakhtar Donetsk vs Bayern Munich
RB Leipzig vs Aston Villa
Brest vs PSV Eindhoven
Wednesday, December 11
Atletico Madrid vs Slovan Bratislava
Lille vs Sturm Graz
AC Milan vs Red Star Belgrade
Arsenal vs Monaco
Borussia Dortmund vs Barcelona
Feyenoord vs Sparta Prague
Juventus vs Manchester City
Benfica vs Bologna
Stuttgart vs Young Boys
Matchday 7
Tuesday, January 21
Monaco vs Aston Villa
Atalanta vs Sturm Graz
Atletico Madrid vs Bayer Leverkusen
Bologna vs Borussia Dortmund
Club Brugge vs Juventus
Red Star Belgrade vs PSV Eindhoven
Liverpool vs Lille
Slovan Bratislava vs Stuttgart
Benfica vs Barcelona
Wednesday, January 22
Shakhtar Donetsk vs Brest
RB Leipzig vs Sporting Lisbon
AC Milan vs Girona
Sparta Prague vs Inter Milan
Arsenal vs Dinamo Zagreb
Celtic vs Young Boys
Feyenoord vs Bayern Munich
PSG vs Manchester City
Real Madrid vs RB Salzburg
Matchday 8
Wednesday, January 29
Aston Villa vs Celtic
Bayer Leverkusen vs Sparta Prague
Borussia Dortmund vs Shakhtar Donetsk
Young Boys vs Red Star Belgrade
Barcelona vs Atalanta
Bayern Munich vs Slovan Bratislava
Inter Milan vs Monaco
RB Salzburg vs Atletico Madrid
Girona vs Arsenal
Dinamo Zagreb vs AC Milan
Juventus vs Benfica
Lille vs Feyenoord
Manchester City vs Club Brugge
PSV Eindhoven vs Liverpool
Sturm Graz vs RB Leipzig
Sporting Lisbon vs Bologna
Brest vs Real Madrid
Stuttgart vs PSG
Champions League Key Dates
Due to the expansion of the games, the league stage will run from September 21, 2024 to January 29, 2025. Following the conclusion of the league stage, the two legged playoff round will take place on 11/12 & 18/19 February 2025 before the round of 16 takes place on 4/5 & 11/12 March 2025, respectively.
The quarter-final and semi-final rounds will take place on 8/9 & 15/16 April and 29/30 April & 6/7 May 2025, respectively. The grand finale will take place at Allianz Arena on May 31, 2025.
It’s important to note that draws are predetermined, meaning there will be no draws for the round of 16, quarterfinal and semifinal rounds.
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