The draw for the 2024/25 league phase has given us some exciting clashes in the new UEFA Champions League format.
UEFA have confirmed the new format for the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League and the UEFA Conference League.
From the 2024/25 season, 36 clubs will participate in the newly created league phase (former Group Stage) of the UEFA Champions League, giving four more sides the opportunity to compete in Europe’s premier club competition. Under the new format, teams will play eight matches against eight different teams, rather than three teams twice as was previously the case.
To determine the eight different opponents, teams were seeded in four pots based on their individual club coefficient at the beginning of the season (the only exception being the UEFA Champions League titleholder always top seed in pot 1). Each team was then drawn against two opponents from each pot, one of which will be at home and one away. The same will apply for the UEFA Europa League, while for the UEFA Conference League each side will face six opponents only, one from each of the six pots.
The draw has set up many exciting ties, with champions Real Madrid facing Borussia Dortmund in a replay of last season’s final, Liverpool, AC Milan, Salzburg, Lille, Stuttgart and Brest.
Full 2024/25 UCL draw:
