Sunday, November 24, 2024

UEFA Champions League Draw 2024-25: Team’s Opponents, New Format

The long-anticipated UEFA Champions League draw was held in Monaco on Thursday, having some slight changes, different from the previous years.

Unlike the previous draws, there are a few changes made this time as the new format features 36 teams playing in one “league” compared to the traditional eight groups of four.

Every team was seeded and divided into four pots of nine and will play two games (one home and one away) against randomly drawn clubs from each pot.

Having 36 teams this time, they will all compete in a single “league” with the top eight advancing directly to the Round of 16.

Those who finish Nos. 9-16 move on as seeded teams into the knockout phase playoffs, while Nos. 17-24 advance to the playoff unseeded, with a two-legged tie to determine who reaches the Round of 16.

According to UEFA’s ranking, there is an extra place for the fifth-best European league. This means that France’s Ligue 1 now has three automatic qualifiers.

In addition, there is an extra berth for each of the two leagues with the highest coefficient ranking from last season in UEFA competition, which this year are Germany and Italy.

The remaining extra slot goes to a national champion to emerge from the qualifying rounds.

Earlier, participating teams played six games in the group stage, facing each opponent home and away. Now the clubs will each have eight games, one each against their eight opponents.

The 36 teams will be split into four seeded pots of nine. Every club will play two teams from each pot, one at home and one away.

No team will come up against another club from the same domestic league as them, and every club can only face a maximum of two teams from any one country.

In past years, the group stage ended in December, but the expansion of the Champions League means the two extra matchdays will be staged in January.

The number of games is increasing from 96 in the old group stage to 144 in the new league phase.

Winning its 15th title with a 2-0 victory over Borussia Dortmund in last season’s final, Real Madrid is the defending champion.

This season’s Champions League final is scheduled for May 31, 2025, at the Allianz Arena in Munich.

Below is a every team’s draw for the 2024-25 edition of the tournament:

Real Madrid (Spain)

Home games: Borussia Dortmund, AC Milan, Salzburg, Stuttgart

Away games: Liverpool, Atalanta, Lille, Brest

Manchester City (England)

Home games: Inter Milan, Club Brugge, Feyenoord, Sparta Prague

Away games: PSG, Juventus, Sporting CP, Bratislava

 

Bayern Munich (Germany)

Home games: PSG, Benfica, Dinamo Zagreb, Bratislava

Away games: Barcelona, Shakhtar Donetsk, Feyenoord, Aston Villa

 

Paris Saint-Germain (France)

Home games: Manchester City, Atletico Madrid, PSV, Girona

Away games: Bayern Munich, Arsenal, Salzburg, Stuttgart

 

Liverpool (England)

Home games: Real Madrid, Bayer Leverkusen, Lille, Bologna

Away games: RB Leipzig, AC Milan, PSV, Girona

 

Inter Milan (Italy)

Home games: RB Leipzig, Arsenal, Red Star Belgrade, Monaco

Away games: Manchester City, Bayer Leverkusen, Young Boys, Sparta Prague

 

Borussia Dortmund (Germany)

Home games: Barcelona, Shakhstar Donetsk, Celtic, Sturm Graz

Away games: Real Madrid, Club Brugge, Dinamo Zagreb, Bologna

 

RB Leipzig (Germany)

Home games: Liverpool, Juventus, Sporting CP, Aston Villa

Away games: Inter Milan, Atletico Madrid, Celtic, Sturm Graz

 

Barcelona (Spain)

Home games: Bayern Munich, Atalanta, Young Boys, Brest

Away games: Borussia Dortmund, Benfica, Red Star Belgrade, Monaco

 

Bayer Leverkusen (Germany)

Home games: Inter Milan, AC Milan, Salzburg, Sparta Prague

Away games: Liverpool, Atletico Madrid, Feyenoord, Brest

 

Atlético Madrid (Spain)

Home games: RB Leipzig, Bayer Leverkusen, Lille, Bratislava

Away games: PSG, Benfica, Salzburg, Sparta Prague

 

Atalanta (Italy)

Home games: Real Madrid, Arsenal, Celtic, Sturm Graz

Away games: Barcelona, Shakhtar Donetsk, Young Boys, Stuttgart

 

Juventus (Italy)

Home games: Manchester City, Benfica, PSV, Stuttgart

Away games: RB Leipzig, Club Brugge, Lille, Aston Villa

 

Benfica (Portugal)

Home games: Barcelona, Atletico Madrid, Feyenoord, Bologna

Away games: Bayern Munich, Juventus, Red Star Belgrade, Monaco

 

Arsenal (England)

Home games: PSG, Shakhtar Donetsk, Dinamo Zagreb, Monaco

Away games: Inter Milan, Atalanta, Sporting CP, Girona

 

Club Brugge (Belgium)

Home games: Borussia Dortmund, Juventus, Sporting CP, Aston Villa

Away games: Manchester City, AC Milan, Celtic, Sturm Graz

 

Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukraine)

Home games: Bayern Munich, Atalanta, Young Boys, Brest

Away games: Borussia Dortmund, Arsenal, PSV, Bologna

 

 

AC Milan (Italy)

Home games: Liverpool, Club Brugge, Red Star Belgrade, Girona

Away games: Real Madrid, Bayer Leverkusen, Dinamo Zagreb, Bratislava

 

Feyenoord (Netherlands)

Home games: Bayern Munich, Bayer Leverkusen, Salcezburg, Sparta Prague

Away games: Manchester City, Benfica, Lille, Girona

 

Sporting CP (Portugal)

Home games: Manchester City, Arsenal, Lille, Bologna

Away games: RB Leipzig, Club Brugge, PSV, Sturm Graz

 

PSV Eindhoven (Netherlands)

Home games: Liverpool, Shakhtar Donetsk, Sporting CP, Girona

Away games: PSG, Juventus, Red Star Belgrade, Brest

 

Dinamo Zagreb (Croatia)

Home games: Borussia Dortmund, AC Milan, Celtic, Monaco

Away games: Bayern Munich, Arsenal, Salzburg, Bratislava

 

Red Bull Salzburg (Austria)

Home games: PSG, Atletico Madrid, Dinamo Zagreb, Brest

Away games: Real Madrid, Bayer Leverkusen, Feyenoord, Sparta Prague

 

Lille (France)

Home games: Real Madrid, Juventus, Feyenoord, Sturm Graz

Away games: Liverpool, Atletico Madrid, Sporting CP, Bologna

 

Red Star Belgrade (Serbia)

Home games: Barcelona, Benfica, PSV, Stuttgart

Away games: Inter Milan, AC Milan, Young Boys, Monaco

 

Young Boys (Switzerland)

Home games: Inter Milan, Atalanta, Red Star Belgrade, Aston Villa

Away games: Barcelona, Shakhtar Donetsk, Celtic, Stuttgart

 

Celtic (Scotland)

Home games: RB Leipzig, Club Brugge, Young Boys, Bratislava

Away games: Borussia Dortmund, Atalanta, Dinamo Zagreb, Aston Villa

 

 

Slovan Bratislava (Slovakia)

Home games: Manchester City, AC Milan, Dinamo Zagreb, Stuttgart

Away games: Bayern Munich, Atletico Madrid, Celtic, Girona

 

Monaco (France)

Home games: Barcelona, Benfica, Red Star Belgrade, Aston Villa

Away games: Inter Milan, Arsenal, Dinamo Zagreb, Bologna

 

Sparta Prague (Czech Republic)

Home games: Inter Milan, Atletico Madrid, Salzburg, Brest

Away games: Manchester City, Bayer Leverkusen, Feyenoord, Stuttgart

 

Aston Villa (England)

Home games: Bayern Munich, Juventus, Celtic, Bologna

Away games: RB Leipzig, Club Brugge, Young Boys, Monaco

 

Bologna (Italy)

Home games: Borussia Dortmund, Shakhtar Donetsk, Lille, Monaco

Away games: Liverpool, Benfica, Sporting CP, Aston Villa

 

Girona (Spain)

Home games: Liverpool, Arsenal, Feyenoord, Bratislava

Away games: PSG, AC Milan, PSV, Sturm Graz

 

VfB Stuttgart (Germany)

Home games: PSG, Atalanta, Young Boys, Sparta Prague

Away games: Real Madrid, Juventus, Red Star Belgrade, Bratislava

 

Sturm Graz (Austria)

Home games: RB Leipzig, Club Brugge, Sporting CP, Girona

Away games: Borussia Dortmund, Atalanta, Lille, Brest

 

Brest (France)

Home games: Real Madrid, Bayer Leverkusen, PSV, Sturm Graz

Away games: Barcelona, Shakhtar Donetsk, Salzburg, Sparta Prague

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