2024–25 UEFA Champions League

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, with 36 participating teams that play eight games each against different opponents in a league phase, all the teams being ranked in a joint group.[2][3] This will increase the total number of matches played in the competition from 125 to 189 (excluding qualifying rounds).

2024–25 UEFA Champions League
The Allianz Arena in Munich will host the final
Tournament details
DatesQualifying:
9 July – 28 August 2024
Competition proper:
17 September 2024 – 31 May 2025
TeamsCompetition proper: 36
Total: 81 (from 53 associations)
Tournament statistics
Matches played54
Goals scored166 (3.07 per match)
Attendance2,179,399 (40,359 per match)
Top scorer(s)Harry Kane (Bayern Munich)
5 goals
All statistics correct as of 23 October 2024.

The final will be played on 31 May 2025 at Allianz Arena in Munich, 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.

Association team allocation

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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]

  • Associations 1–5 each have four teams.
  • Association 6 has three teams.
  • Associations 7–15 each have two teams.
  • Associations 16–55 (except Liechtenstein[Note LIE] and Russia[Note RUS]) each have one team.
  • The winners of the 2023–24 UEFA Champions League and 2023–24 UEFA Europa League were each given an additional entry if they did not qualify for the 2024–25 UEFA Champions League through their domestic league.
  • The two associations who obtained the most coefficient points in the 2023–24 season will each have one European Performance Spot into the league phase. The winners of the UEFA Champions League and Europa League could not fill the European Performance Spots.

Association ranking

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For the 2024–25 UEFA Champions League, the associations were allocated places according to their 2023 UEFA association coefficients, which took 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 could have additional teams participating in the Champions League, as noted below:

  • (EPS) – European Performance Spot, the additional berths for associations who finished in the top 2 of the 2023–24 association coefficients
  • (TH) – Additional berth for UEFA Champions League title holders
  • (EL) – Additional berth for UEFA Europa League title holders
Association ranking for 2024–25 UEFA Champions League
Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes
1   England 109.570 4
2   Spain 92.998
3   Germany 82.481 +1 (EPS)
4   Italy 81.926 +1 (EPS)
5   France 61.164
6   Netherlands 59.900 3
7   Portugal 56.216 2
8   Belgium 42.200
9   Scotland 36.400
10   Austria 34.000
11   Serbia 32.375
12   Turkey 32.100
13   Switzerland 31.675
14   Ukraine 29.500
15   Czech Republic 29.050
16   Norway 29.000 1
17   Denmark 27.825
18   Russia 26.215 0 [Note RUS]
19   Croatia 25.400 1
Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes
20   Greece 25.225 1
21   Israel 25.000
22   Cyprus 24.475
23   Sweden 23.750
24   Poland 20.750
25   Hungary 20.625
26   Romania 20.500
27   Bulgaria 20.000
28   Slovakia 19.750
29   Azerbaijan 16.625
30   Kazakhstan 12.625
31   Slovenia 12.500
32   Moldova 12.250
33   Kosovo 11.041
34   Liechtenstein 11.000 0 [Note LIE]
35   Latvia 10.625 1
36   Republic of Ireland 10.375
37   Finland 10.200
38   Lithuania 10.000
Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes
39   Armenia 9.875 1
40   Belarus 9.875
41   Bosnia and Herzegovina 9.750
42   Luxembourg 9.000
43   Faroe Islands 8.750
44   Northern Ireland 8.583
45   Malta 8.250
46   Georgia 8.000
47   Estonia 7.582
48   Iceland 7.250
49   Albania 6.250
50   Wales 6.166
51   Gibraltar 5.791
52   North Macedonia 5.500
53   Andorra 5.165
54   Montenegro 4.750
55   San Marino 1.999

Distribution

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Teams entering in this round Teams advancing from the previous round
First qualifying round
(28 teams)
  • 28 champions from associations 26–28 and 30–55 (except Liechtenstein)[Note LIE]
Second qualifying round
(28 teams)
Champions Path
(24 teams)
  • 8 champions from associations 15–18 (except Russia)[Note RUS] and 20–24
  • 2 champions from associations 25 and 29 as the teams with highest club coefficients, originally from the first qualifying round
  • 14 winners from the first qualifying round
League Path
(4 teams)
  • 4 runners-up from associations 11–14
Third qualifying round
(20 teams)
Champions Path
(12 teams)
  • 12 winners from the second qualifying round (Champions Path)
League Path
(8 teams)
  • 2 runners-up from associations 8–9
  • 1 third-placed team from association 6
  • 1 fourth-placed team from association 5
  • 2 runners-up from associations 10 and 15 as the teams with highest club coefficients, originally from the second qualifying round League Path
  • 2 winners from the second qualifying round (League Path)
Play-off round
(14 teams)
Champions Path
(10 teams)
  • 3 champions from associations 11–13
  • 1 champion from association 19 as the team with highest club coefficient, originally from the second qualifying round Champions Path
  • 6 winners from the third qualifying round (Champions Path)
League Path
(4 teams)
  • 4 winners from the third qualifying round (League Path)
League phase
(36 teams)
  • 10 champions from associations 1–10
  • 6 runners-up from associations 1–6
  • 5 third-placed teams from associations 1–5
  • 4 fourth-placed teams from associations 1–4
  • 1 champion from association 14 as the team with the highest club coefficient, originally from the play-off round of the Champions Path
  • 1 runner-up from association 7 as the team with the highest club coefficient, originally from the third qualifying round of the League Path
  • 2 associations (Italy and Germany) with the highest coefficients from the previous season each received an extra berth
  • 5 winners from the play-off round (Champions Path)
  • 2 winners from the play-off round (League Path)
Preliminary knockout round
(16 teams)
  • 16 teams ranked 9–24 from the League phase
Knockout phase
(16 teams)
  • 8 teams ranked 1–8 from the League phase
  • 8 winners from the Preliminary knockout round

The information here reflects the suspension of Russia in European football, and so the following changes to the default access list were made:

  • The champions of associations 23 (Sweden) and 24 (Poland) entered the second qualifying round instead of the first qualifying round (Champions Path).

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 were made:

  • Shakhtar Donetsk as the club with the highest club coefficient that would otherwise have entered the Champions Path of the qualifying phase or play-off round, entered the league phase instead of the Champions Path play-off round.
  • Dinamo Zagreb, as the club with the highest club coefficient that would otherwise have entered the Champions Path second qualifying round, entered the Champions Path play-off round.
  • Ferencváros and Qarabağ, as the two clubs with the highest club coefficient that would otherwise have entered the Champions Path first qualifying round, entered the Champions Path second qualifying round.

As the Europa League title holders (Atalanta) qualified via their domestic league's standard berth allocation, the following changes to the default access list were made:

  • Benfica, as the club with the highest club coefficient that would otherwise have entered at any stage of the qualifying phase or play-off round, entered the league phase instead of the League Path third qualifying round.
  • Slavia Prague and Red Bull Salzburg, as the two clubs with the highest club coefficient that would otherwise have entered the League Path second qualifying round, entered the third qualifying round.

Teams

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The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:

  • TH: Champions League title holders
  • EL: Europa League title holders
  • 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, etc.: League positions of the previous season
  • EPS: The European Performance Spots given to clubs from the 2 associations with the highest coefficient points in 2023–24

The second qualifying round, third qualifying round and play-off round were divided into Champions Path (CH) and League Path (LP).

Qualified teams for 2024–25 UEFA Champions League
Entry round Teams
League phase   Real Madrid (1st)TH   Atalanta (4th)EL   Manchester City (1st)   Arsenal (2nd)
  Liverpool (3rd)   Aston Villa (4th)   Barcelona (2nd)   Girona (3rd)
  Atlético Madrid (4th)   Bayer Leverkusen (1st)   VfB Stuttgart (2nd)   Bayern Munich (3rd)
  RB Leipzig (4th)   Borussia Dortmund (5th)EPS   Inter Milan (1st)   Milan (2nd)
  Juventus (3rd)   Bologna (5th)EPS   Paris Saint-Germain (1st)   Monaco (2nd)
  Brest (3rd)   PSV Eindhoven (1st)   Feyenoord (2nd)   Sporting CP (1st)
  Benfica (2nd)   Club Brugge (1st)   Celtic (1st)   Sturm Graz (1st)
  Shakhtar Donetsk (1st)
Play-off round CH   Red Star Belgrade (1st)   Galatasaray (1st)   Young Boys (1st)   Dinamo Zagreb (1st)
Third qualifying round LP   Lille (4th)   Twente (3rd)   Union Saint-Gilloise (2nd)   Rangers (2nd)
  Red Bull Salzburg (2nd)   Slavia Prague (2nd)
Second qualifying round CH   Sparta Prague (1st)   Bodø/Glimt (1st)   Midtjylland (1st)   PAOK (1st)
  Maccabi Tel Aviv (1st)   APOEL (1st)   Malmö FF (1st)   Jagiellonia Białystok (1st)
  Ferencváros (1st)   Qarabağ (1st)
LP   Partizan (2nd)   Fenerbahçe (2nd)   Lugano (2nd)   Dynamo Kyiv (2nd)
First qualifying round CH   FCSB (1st)   Ludogorets Razgrad (1st)   Slovan Bratislava (1st)   Ordabasy (1st)
  Celje (1st)   Petrocub Hîncești (1st)   Ballkani (1st)   RFS (1st)
  Shamrock Rovers (1st)   HJK (1st)   Panevėžys (1st)   Pyunik (1st)
  Dinamo Minsk (1st)   Borac Banja Luka (1st)   Differdange 03 (1st)   (1st)
  Larne (1st)   Ħamrun Spartans (1st)   Dinamo Batumi (1st)   Flora (1st)
  Víkingur Reykjavík (1st)   Egnatia (1st)   The New Saints (1st)   Lincoln Red Imps (1st)
  Struga (1st)   UE Santa Coloma (1st)   Dečić (1st)   Virtus (1st)
  1. ^
    Liechtenstein (LIE): The seven teams affiliated with the Liechtenstein Football Association (LFV) all played in the Swiss football league system. The only competition organised by the LFV was the Liechtenstein Football Cup – the winners of which qualified for the UEFA Conference League for the 2024–25 season.
  2. ^
    Russia (RUS): On 28 February 2022, Russian football clubs and national teams were suspended from FIFA and UEFA competitions due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[7] The tables reflect Russia's ongoing suspension from UEFA competitions.[8]

Schedule

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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.

Schedule for 2024–25 UEFA Champions League
Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg
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 phase 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

Qualifying rounds

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First qualifying round

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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 were transferred to the Conference League Champions Path second qualifying round and 2 were transferred to the Conference League Champions Path qualifying and received a bye to the third qualifying round.

First qualifying round
Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Slovan Bratislava  6–3  Struga4–22–1
The New Saints  4–1  Dečić3–01–1
Borac Banja Luka  2–2 (4–1 p)  Egnatia1–01–2 (a.e.t.)
Ħamrun Spartans  1–1 (4–5 p)  Lincoln Red Imps0–11–0 (a.e.t.)
UE Santa Coloma  3–3 (6–5 p)[a]  Ballkani1–22–1 (a.e.t.)
Flora  1–7  Celje0–51–2
  2–0  Differdange 032–00–0
Panevėžys  4–1  HJK3–01–1
RFS  7–0  Larne3–04–0
Víkingur Reykjavík  1–2  Shamrock Rovers0–01–2
Virtus  1–11  FCSB1–70–4
Ludogorets Razgrad  3–2  Dinamo Batumi3–10–1
Ordabasy  0–1  Petrocub Hîncești0–00–1
Dinamo Minsk  1–0  Pyunik0–01–0
Notes:
  1. ^ Order of legs reversed after original draw.

Second qualifying round

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The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 19 June 2024. The first legs were played on 23 and 24 July, and the second legs were played on 30 and 31 July 2024.

The winners of the ties advanced to the third qualifying round of their respective path. The Champions Path losers were transferred to the Europa League Champions Path third qualifying round, while the League Path losers were transferred to the Europa League Main Path third qualifying round.

Second qualifying round
Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Champions Path
Ludogorets Razgrad  2–1  Dinamo Minsk2–00–1
APOEL  2–1  Petrocub Hîncești1–01–1
Ferencváros  7–1  The New Saints5–02–1
PAOK  4–2  Borac Banja Luka3–21–0
Bodø/Glimt  7–1  RFS4–03–1
Malmö FF  6–4  4–12–3
Shamrock Rovers  2–6  Sparta Prague0–22–4
UE Santa Coloma  0–4  Midtjylland0–30–1
Celje  1–6  Slovan Bratislava1–10–5
Panevėžys  1–7  Jagiellonia Białystok0–41–3
Lincoln Red Imps  0–7  Qarabağ0–20–5
FCSB  2–1  Maccabi Tel Aviv1–11–0
League Path
Lugano  4–6  Fenerbahçe3–41–2
Dynamo Kyiv  9–2  Partizan6–23–0

Third qualifying round

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The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 22 July 2024. The first legs were played on 6 and 7 August, and the second legs were played on 13 August 2024.

The winners of the ties advanced to the play-off round of their respective paths. The Champions Path losers were transferred to the Europa League play-off round, while the League Path losers were transferred to the Europa League league phase.

Third qualifying round
Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Champions Path
Qarabağ  8–4  Ludogorets Razgrad1–27–2 (a.e.t.)
Slovan Bratislava  2–0  APOEL2–00–0
Sparta Prague  4–3  FCSB1–13–2
Malmö FF  6–5  PAOK2–24–3 (a.e.t.)
Midtjylland  3–1  Ferencváros2–01–1
Jagiellonia Białystok  1–5  Bodø/Glimt0–11–4
League Path
Slavia Prague  4–1  Union Saint-Gilloise3–11–0
Lille  3–2  Fenerbahçe2–11–1 (a.e.t.)
Dynamo Kyiv  3–1  Rangers1–12–0
Red Bull Salzburg  5–4  Twente2–13–3

Play-off round

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The draw for the play-off round was held on 5 August 2024. The first legs were played on 20 and 21 August, and the second legs were played on 27 and 28 August 2024.

The winners of the ties advanced to the league phase. The losers were transferred to the Europa League league phase.

Play-off round
Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Champions Path
Young Boys  4–2  Galatasaray3–21–0
Dinamo Zagreb  5–0  Qarabağ3–02–0
Midtjylland  3–4  Slovan Bratislava1–12–3
Bodø/Glimt  2–3  Red Star Belgrade2–10–2
Malmö FF  0–4  Sparta Prague0–20–2
League Path
Lille  3–2  Slavia Prague2–01–2
Dynamo Kyiv  1–3  Red Bull Salzburg0–21–1

League phase

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Location of Benelux teams of the 2024–25 UEFA Champions League league phase.

The league phase draw for the 2024–25 UEFA Champions League took place at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco on 29 August 2024, 18:00 CEST.[12][13] The 36 teams were divided into four pots of nine teams each based on their UEFA club coefficient, except for the Champions League title holders, who were automatically placed as the top seed in pot 1.

The 36 teams were manually drawn and then automated software digitally drew their eight different opponents at random, determining which of their matches were at home and which ones away. Each team will face two opponents from each of the four pots, one at home and one away. Teams could not face opponents from their own association, and could only be drawn against a maximum of two sides from the same association.[14]

Aston Villa, Bologna, Brest, Girona and Slovan Bratislava made their debut appearances since the introduction of the group stage. Brest and Girona also made their debut appearances in European football.[15][16]

A total of 16 national associations are represented in the league phase.

Table

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The top eight ranked teams will receive a bye to the round of 16. The teams ranked from 9th to 24th will contest the knockout phase play-offs, with the teams ranked from 9th to 16th seeded for the draw. Teams ranked from 25th to 36th are eliminated from all competitions, with no access to the 2024–25 UEFA Europa League.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Aston Villa 3 3 0 0 6 0 +6 9 Advance to round of 16 (seeded)
2   Liverpool 3 3 0 0 6 1 +5 9
3   Manchester City 3 2 1 0 9 0 +9 7
4   Monaco 3 2 1 0 9 4 +5 7
5   Brest 3 2 1 0 7 2 +5 7
6   Bayer Leverkusen 3 2 1 0 6 1 +5 7
7   Inter Milan 3 2 1 0 5 0 +5 7
8   Sporting CP 3 2 1 0 5 1 +4 7
9   Arsenal 3 2 1 0 3 0 +3 7 Advance to knockout phase play-offs (seeded)
10   Barcelona 3 2 0 1 10 3 +7 6
11   Borussia Dortmund 3 2 0 1 12 6 +6 6
12   Real Madrid 3 2 0 1 8 4 +4 6
13   Benfica 3 2 0 1 7 4 +3 6
14   Juventus 3 2 0 1 6 4 +2 6
15   Lille 3 2 0 1 4 3 +1 6
16   Feyenoord 3 2 0 1 6 7 −1 6
17   Atalanta 3 1 2 0 3 0 +3 5 Advance to knockout phase play-offs (unseeded)
18   VfB Stuttgart 3 1 1 1 3 4 −1 4
19   Paris Saint-Germain 3 1 1 1 2 3 −1 4
20   Celtic 3 1 1 1 6 8 −2 4
21   Sparta Prague 3 1 1 1 4 6 −2 4
22   Dinamo Zagreb 3 1 1 1 6 11 −5 4
23   Bayern Munich 3 1 0 2 10 7 +3 3
24   Girona 3 1 0 2 4 4 0 3
25   Milan 3 1 0 2 4 5 −1 3
26   Club Brugge 3 1 0 2 2 6 −4 3
27   Atlético Madrid 3 1 0 2 3 8 −5 3
28   PSV Eindhoven 3 0 2 1 3 5 −2 2
29   Bologna 3 0 1 2 0 4 −4 1
29   Shakhtar Donetsk 3 0 1 2 0 4 −4 1
31   RB Leipzig 3 0 0 3 3 6 −3 0
32   Sturm Graz 3 0 0 3 1 5 −4 0
33   Red Star Belgrade 3 0 0 3 2 11 −9 0
34   Red Bull Salzburg 3 0 0 3 0 9 −9 0
34   Young Boys 3 0 0 3 0 9 −9 0
36   Slovan Bratislava 3 0 0 3 1 11 −10 0
Updated to match(es) played on 23 October 2024. Source: UEFA[17]
Rules for classification: League phase tiebreakers

Results

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Knockout phase

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The top eight sides in the league will qualify automatically for the knockout phase and will receive a bye to the round of 16, while the teams finishing in 9th to 24th place will compete in a two-legged first round play-off to secure their path to the round of 16, with teams ranked 9th–16th being seeded and hosting the second leg at home while teams ranked 17th to 24th hosting the first leg. The winners will join the top eight, who host the second leg at home, in the round of 16. Meanwhile, teams that finish 25th or lower will be eliminated from all competitions, with no access to the 2024–25 UEFA Europa League.[2]

Final

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TBD  v  TBD

Statistics

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Statistics exclude qualifying rounds and play-off round.

Top goalscorers

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As of 23 October 2024
Rank[18] Player Team Goals Minutes played
1   Harry Kane   Bayern Munich 5 270
2   Raphinha   Barcelona 4 256
3   Karim Adeyemi   Borussia Dortmund 3 135
  Jamie Gittens   Borussia Dortmund 167
  Jonathan David   Lille 179
  Serhou Guirassy   Borussia Dortmund 191
  Abdallah Sima   Brest 225
  Erling Haaland   Manchester City 231
  Benjamin Šeško   RB Leipzig 234
  Robert Lewandowski   Barcelona 240
  Antoni Milambo   Feyenoord 247
  Kerem Aktürkoğlu   Benfica 251
  Florian Wirtz   Bayer Leverkusen
  Vinícius Júnior   Real Madrid 270

See also

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References

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