2024-09-06 22:46:31
Each of the 36 qualified teams has a different schedule and here we explain everything you need to know to understand the cumbersome new format of the competition.
The UEFA Champions League 2024/025 will launch a new, revolutionary and confusing format, which will eliminate the group stage to incorporate the league phasewhere each of the qualified teams will play eight matches against eight different clubs.
Before going into detail about how this format will be played, check out how the matches of the teams in each pot ended. It should be noted that Each club will have a different calendar and will dispute four home games and four away games.
In the case of the current Champions League champion, the Real Madridwill have to face Borussia Dortmund (local), Liverpool (Visitor), AC Milan (local), Atalanta (Visitor), Salzburg (Local), Lille (Visitor), Stuttgart (local) y Brest (Visitor).
So the matches of the teams that make up pot 1 of the competition were:
Regarding the teams in pot 2, their respective schedules are as follows:
He fixture from drum 3 it was like this:
To close, These are the teams that will have to face the teams from Pot 4 of the UEFA Champions League:
The new format that will mark the 2024 Champions League
The new edition of the Champions League will no longer have a group stage, but will be played under the league formatin which Each of the 36 qualified teams will play eight matches against eight different clubs. In this way, there will be no back-and-forth duels, but rather they will be played four home matches and four away matches.
Considering the above, there will be eight dates in the initial phase of the league. Once this stage is over, The teams finishing in the top eight places will directly qualify for the round of 16.
Clubs that finish between the 9th and 24th place of the general classification will play a knockout round, to define the other eight that will be in the round of 16.
After that, the Champions League will continue with the knockout format that it has had in recent years, that is, a double round-trip match, until reaching the final, which will be played at the Allianz Arena in Munich on May 31, 2025.
When does the 2024/2025 Champions League start?
The first day of the league phase will be played between the September 17 and 19, 2024while the last day of this stage will take place in the last week of January 2025.
These are the dates of the knockout rounds:
- Playoff knockout round: February 11/12 and 18/19, 2025.
- Round of 16: 4/5 and 11/12 March 2025.
- Quarter-finals: 8/9 and 15/16 April 2025.
- Semi-finals: 29/30 April and 6/7 May 2025.
- Final: May 31, 2025 (Munich).