Champions League draw: date, start time, teams, fixtures and new format for the 2024/25 season

It is the biggest change to the tournament since the abolition of the second group stage in the 2002–03 season.

Here’s everything you need to know.

When is the Champions League draw?

The draw for the first leg of the 2024/25 Champions League will take place at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco on Thursday 29 August 2024. A time has yet to be confirmed.

The automated software will now randomly draw eight opponents for each team from four pots and allocate which they will play at home and away.

What is the new Champions League format?

Instead of 32 teams being split into eight groups of four, all 36 teams in this year’s competition will form a single league table.

Each of the teams will then play four matches at home and four away. The eight matches a team will play in total is two matches more than the teams played in last year’s edition.

After the initial phase, the top eight teams in the League standings will advance directly to the round of 16. Teams finishing between ninth and 24th will enter a play-off round, while teams finishing 25th and below will be eliminated from European competition.

What is the standings in the new Champions League format?

All 36 clubs will be divided into four pots based on their club coefficients at the start of the season. Each team will play against two from each pot, once at home and once away.

Real Madrid is the holder of the Champions League

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Which teams qualified for the Champions League?

Pot 1: Real Madrid, Manchester City, Bayern Munich, Paris Saint-Germain, Liverpool, Inter Milan, Borussia Dortmund, RB Leipzig, Barcelona

Pot 2: Bayer Leverkusen, Atlético Madrid, Atalanta, Juventus, Benfica, Arsenal, Club Brugge, Shakhtar Donetsk, Milan

Pot 3: Feyenoord, Sporting CP, PSV Eindhoven, Celtic

Pot 4: Monaco, Aston Villa, Bologna, Girona, VfB Stuttgart, Sturm Graz, Brest

When will the Champions League matches be played?

Day 1: September 17-19, 2024

Day 2: 1/2 October 2024

Day 3: 22/23 October 2024

Day 4: 5/6 November 2024

Day 5: 26/27 November 2024

Day 6: 10/11 December 2024

Day 7: 21/22 January 2025

Day 8: January 29, 2025

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