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. 

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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