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| Dates | Qualifying: 9 July – 28 August 2024 Competition proper: 17 September 2024 – 31 May 2025 |
| Teams | Competition proper:36 Total: 81 (from 53 associations) |
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The 2024–25 UEFA Champions League is the 70th season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 33rd season since it was rebranded from the European Champion Clubs' Cup to the UEFA Champions League.[1] This will be the first season under a new format, where in the league phase each team plays eight games against different opponents, but all 36 teams are ranked in a joint group.[2][3]
The final will be played on 31 May 2025 at Allianz ArenainMunich, Germany.[4] The winners of the 2024–25 UEFA Champions League will automatically qualify for the 2025–26 UEFA Champions League league phase, the 2025 FIFA Intercontinental Cup, the 2029 FIFA Club World Cup, and earn the right to play against the winners of the 2024–25 UEFA Europa League in the 2025 UEFA Super Cup.
Real Madrid are the defending champions, having won their record-extending 15th title last season.
A total of 81 teams from 53 of the 55 UEFA member associations are set to participate in the 2024–25 UEFA Champions League (the exceptions being Liechtenstein which does not organise a domestic league and Russia which is currently suspended). The association ranking based on the UEFA association coefficients is used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:[5]
For the 2024–25 UEFA Champions League, the associations are allocated places according to their 2023 UEFA association coefficients, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 2018–19 to 2022–23.[6] The table reflects Russia's ongoing suspension from UEFA.
Apart from the allocation based on the association coefficients, associations may have additional teams participating in the Champions League, as noted below:
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| First qualifying round (28 teams) |
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| Second qualifying round (28 teams) |
Champions path (24 teams) |
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| Third qualifying round (20 teams) |
Champions path (12 teams) |
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| League path (8 teams) |
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| Play-off round (14 teams) |
Champions path (10 teams) |
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| League path (4 teams) |
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| League phase (36 teams) |
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| Preliminary knockout round (16 teams) |
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The information here reflects the ongoing suspension of Russia in European football, and so the following changes to the default access list have been made:
As the Champions League title holders (Real Madrid) qualified via their domestic league's standard berth allocation, the following changes to the default access list have been made:
As the Europa League title holders (Atalanta) qualified via their domestic league's standard berth allocation, the following changes to the default access list have been made:
The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:
The second qualifying round, third qualifying round and play-off round are divided into Champions Path (CH) and League Path (LP).
The schedule of the competition is as follows.[9] Compared to past seasons, one "exclusive week" will be introduced in which Thursday will also be a matchday.[2][10][11] All matches in other weeks will be played on Tuesdays and Wednesdays apart from the final.
| Phase | Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
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| Qualifying | First qualifying round | 18 June 2024 | 9–10 July 2024 | 16–17 July 2024 |
| Second qualifying round | 19 June 2024 | 23–24 July 2024 | 30–31 July 2024 | |
| Third qualifying round | 22 July 2024 | 6–7 August 2024 | 13 August 2024 | |
| Play-offs | Play-off round | 5 August 2024 | 20–21 August 2024 | 27–28 August 2024 |
| League phase | Matchday 1 | 29 August 2024 | 17–19 September 2024 | |
| Matchday 2 | 1–2 October 2024 | |||
| Matchday 3 | 22–23 October 2024 | |||
| Matchday 4 | 5–6 November 2024 | |||
| Matchday 5 | 26–27 November 2024 | |||
| Matchday 6 | 10–11 December 2024 | |||
| Matchday 7 | 21–22 January 2025 | |||
| Matchday 8 | 29 January 2025 | |||
| Knockout phase | Knockout round play-offs | 31 January 2025 | 11–12 February 2025 | 18–19 February 2025 |
| Round of 16 | 21 February 2025 | 4–5 March 2025 | 11–12 March 2025 | |
| Quarter-finals | 8–9 April 2025 | 15–16 April 2025 | ||
| Semi-finals | 29–30 April 2025 | 6–7 May 2025 | ||
| Final | 31 May 2025 at Allianz Arena, Munich | |||
The draw for the first qualifying round was held on 18 June 2024. The first legs were played on 9 and 10 July, and the second legs were played on 16 and 17 July 2024.
The winners of the ties advanced to the Champions Path second qualifying round. 12 of the 14 losers would be transferred to the Conference League Champions Path second qualifying round and 2 would be transferred to the Conference League Champions Path qualifying and received a bye to the third qualifying round.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Slovan Bratislava  | 6–3 |  Struga | 4–2 | 2–1 |
The New Saints  | 4–1 |  Dečić | 3–0 | 1–1 |
Borac Banja Luka  | 2–2 (4–1 p) |  Egnatia | 1–0 | 1–2 (a.e.t.) |
Ħamrun Spartans  | 1–1 (4–5 p) |  Lincoln Red Imps | 0–1 | 1–0 (a.e.t.) |
UE Santa Coloma  | 3–3 (6–5 p)[A] |  Ballkani | 1–2 | 2–1 (a.e.t.) |
Flora  | 1–7 |  Celje | 0–5 | 1–2 |
KÍ  | 2–0 |  Differdange 03 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
Panevėžys  | 4–1 |  HJK | 3–0 | 1–1 |
RFS  | 7–0 |  Larne | 3–0 | 4–0 |
Víkingur Reykjavík  | 1–2 |  Shamrock Rovers | 0–0 | 1–2 |
Virtus  | 1–11 |  FCSB | 1–7 | 0–4 |
Ludogorets Razgrad  | 3–2 |  Dinamo Batumi | 3–1 | 0–1 |
Ordabasy  | 0–1 |  Petrocub Hîncești | 0–0 | 0–1 |
Dinamo Minsk  | 1–0 |  Pyunik | 0–0 | 1–0 |
The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 19 June 2024. The first legs will be played on 23 and 24 July, and the second legs will be played on 30 and 31 July 2024.
The winners of the ties will advance to the third qualifying round of their respective path. The Champions Path losers will be transferred to the Europa League Champions Path third qualifying round, while the League Path losers will be transferred to the Europa League Main Path third qualifying round.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Ludogorets Razgrad | Match 1 | Dinamo Minsk | 24 July | 31 July |
APOEL  | Match 2 | Petrocub Hîncești | 1–0 | 30 July |
Ferencváros  | Match 3 | The New Saints | 5–0 | 30 July |
PAOK  | Match 4 | Borac Banja Luka | 24 July | 31 July |
Bodø/Glimt  | Match 5 | RFS | 4–0 | 31 July |
Malmö FF  | Match 6 | KÍ | 4–1 | 30 July |
| Shamrock Rovers | Match 7 |  Sparta Prague | 0–2 | 30 July |
| UE Santa Coloma | Match 8 |  Midtjylland | 0–3 | 31 July |
| Celje | Match 9 | Slovan Bratislava | 24 July | 30 July |
| Panevėžys | Match 10 |  Jagiellonia Białystok | 0–4 | 31 July |
| Lincoln Red Imps | Match 11 |  Qarabağ | 0–2 | 30 July |
| FCSB | Match 12 |  Maccabi Tel Aviv | 1–1 | 31 July |
| League Path | ||||
Lugano  | Match 1 |  Fenerbahçe | 3–4 | 30 July |
Dynamo Kyiv  | Match 2 |  Partizan | 6–2 | 31 July |
The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 22 July 2024. The first legs will be played on 6 and 7 August, and the second legs will be played on 13 August 2024.
The winners of the ties will advance to the play-off round of their respective paths. The Champions Path losers will be transferred to the Europa League play-off round, while the League Path losers will be transferred to the Europa League league phase.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Winner of match 11 | Match 1 | Winner of match 1 | 6 or 7 August | 13 August |
| Winner of match 9 | Match 2 | Winner of match 2 | 6 or 7 August | 13 August |
| Winner of match 7 | Match 3 | Winner of match 12 | 6 or 7 August | 13 August |
| Winner of match 6 | Match 4 | Winner of match 4 | 6 or 7 August | 13 August |
| Winner of match 8 | Match 5 | Winner of match 3 | 6 or 7 August | 13 August |
| Winner of match 10 | Match 6 | Winner of match 5 | 6 or 7 August | 13 August |
| League Path | ||||
| Slavia Prague | Match 1 |  Union Saint-Gilloise | 6 or 7 August | 13 August |
Lille  | Match 2 | Winner of match 1 | 6 or 7 August | 13 August |
| Winner of match 2 | Match 3 |  Rangers | 6 or 7 August | 13 August |
Red Bull Salzburg  | Match 4 |  Twente | 6 or 7 August | 13 August |
The draw for the play-off round will be held on 5 August 2024.
A total of 14 teams will play in the play-off round – 10 in the Champions Path and 4 in the League Path. Seeding of the teams will be based on their 2024 UEFA club coefficients.[12] Before the draw, UEFA may form groups of seeded and unseeded teams per the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee. The first team drawn in each tie will be the home team for the first leg.
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Red Star Belgrade |
Galatasaray |
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Milan
Lisbon
Madrid
Madrid teams
Atlético Madrid Real Madrid
Milan teams Milan Inter Milan
Lisbon teams Benfica Sporting
The draw for the league phase will be held on 29 August 2024.[13]
Sixteen clubs will be national champions. All teams will make their debut appearances in the inaugural league phase, while Aston Villa, Bologna, Brest and Girona will make their debut appearances since the introduction of the group stage. Brest and Girona will also make their debut appearances in European football.[14][15]
Qualified teams
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot TBD | Pot 3 | Pot 3 or 4 | Pot 4 |
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 Manchester City Bayern Munich Paris Saint-Germain Liverpool Inter Milan Borussia Dortmund RB Leipzig Barcelona |
Atlético Madrid Atalanta Juventus Benfica Arsenal Club Brugge Shakhtar Donetsk |
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Sporting CP PSV Eindhoven |
Monaco Aston Villa Bologna Girona VfB Stuttgart |
Brest |
The top eight sides in the league will qualify automatically for the knockout phase, while the teams finishing in 9th to 24th place will compete in a two-legged play-off to secure their path to the last 16, with teams ranked 9th–16th being seeded and hosting the second leg at home. The winners will join the top eight in that round. Meanwhile, teams that finish 25th or lower will be eliminated from all competitions, with no access to the 2024–25 UEFA Europa League.[2]
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