2024–25 UEFA Champions League
The 2024–25 UEFA Champions League will be 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. This will be the first season of UEFA Champions League played under the new format of the Swiss-system.[1]
 Allianz Arena in Munich will host the final. | |
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| Dates | Qualifying: 9 July – 28 August 2024 Competition proper: 17 September 2024 – 31 May 2025 |
| Teams | Competition proper: 36 Total: 83 (from 53 associations) |
The final will be played on 31 May 2025 at Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany.[2] The winners of the 2024–25 UEFA Champions League will automatically qualify for the 2025–26 UEFA Champions League league phase, earn the right to play against the winners of the 2024–25 UEFA Europa League in the 2025 UEFA Super Cup, and potentially enter the 2029 FIFA Club World Cup (this is yet to be determined).
Association team allocation
A total of 83 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:[3]
- 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 are each given an additional entry if they do not qualify for the 2024–25 UEFA Champions League through their domestic league.
- The two associations who obtain the most coefficient points in the 2023–24 season will each have one extra spot into the league stage.
Association team allocation
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.[4]
Apart from the allocation based on the association coefficients, associations may have additional teams participating in the Champions League, as noted below:
- (EXT) – Additional berths for associations who finished in the top 2 of the 2023–24 club coefficients
- (UEL) – Additional berth for UEFA Europa League title holders
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Distribution
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| First qualifying round (30 teams) |
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| Second qualifying round (30 teams) |
Champions Path (24 teams) |
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| League Path (6 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 stage (36 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:
- The champions of associations 23 (Sweden) and 24 (Poland) will enter the second-qualifying round instead of the first-qualifying round (Champions Path).
Should the Champions League title holders have qualified via their domestic league, then the club (Champions Path only) with highest club coefficient will enter the league stage.
Should the Europa League title holders have qualified via their domestic league, then the club (Champions Path & League Path) with the highest club coefficient will enter the league stage, except for the runners-up of associations 11–14, as they have higher-ranked domestic team in the qualifiers.
Teams
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
- Extra: The additional berths 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 are divided into Champions Path (CH) and League Path (LP).
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- ^ Liechtenstein (LIE): The seven teams affiliated with the Liechtenstein Football Association (LFV) all play in the Swiss football league system. The only competition organised by the LFV is the Liechtenstein Football Cup – the winners of which qualify for the UEFA Europa League for the 2024–25 season.
- ^ 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.[5] The tables reflect Russia's ongoing suspension from UEFA competitions.[6]
Schedule
The schedule of the competition is as follows.[7] Compared to past seasons, "exclusive week" will be introduced in which Thursday will also be a matchday. 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 | TBD | 9–10 July 2024 | 16–17 July 2024 |
| Second qualifying round | 23–24 July 2024 | 30–31 July 2024 | ||
| Third qualifying round | 6–7 August 2024 | 13 August 2024 | ||
| Play-offs | Play-off round | 20–21 August 2024 | 27–28 August 2024 | |
| League stage | Matchday 1 | 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 | 11–12 February 2025 | 18–19 February 2025 | |
| Round of 16 | 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
First qualifying round
A total of 30 teams will play in the first qualifying round.
- HJK CC: ≥11.500
- KÍ CC: ≥9.500
- Panevėžys CC: 4.000
- Ordabasy CC: ≥4.000
- Víkingur Reykjavík CC: ≥4.000
- Winners of 2023–24 Nemzeti Bajnokság I
- Winners of 2023–24 Liga I
- Winners of 2023–24 First Professional Football League
- Winners of 2023–24 Slovak First Football League
- Winners of 2023–24 Azerbaijan Premier League
- Winners of 2023–24 Slovenian PrvaLiga
- Winners of 2023–24 Moldovan Super Liga
- Winners of 2023–24 Football Superleague of Kosovo
- Winners of 2023 Latvian Higher League
- Winners of 2023 League of Ireland Premier Division
- Winners of 2023–24 Armenian Premier League
- Winners of 2023 Belarusian Premier League
- Winners of 2023–24 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Winners of 2023–24 Luxembourg National Division
- Winners of 2023–24 NIFL Premiership
- Winners of 2023–24 Maltese Premier League
- Winners of 2023 Erovnuli Liga
- Winners of 2023 Meistriliiga
- Winners of 2023–24 Kategoria Superiore
- Winners of 2023–24 Cymru Premier
- Winners of 2023–24 Gibraltar Football League
- Winners of 2023–24 Macedonian First Football League
- Winners of 2023–24 Primera Divisió
- Winners of 2023–24 Montenegrin First League
- Winners of 2023–24 Campionato Sammarinese di Calcio
The winners of the ties will advance to the Champions Path second qualifying round. 14 of the 15 losers will be transferred to the Conference League Champions Path second qualifying round and 1 loser will receive a bye and be transferred to the Conference League Champions Path third qualifying round.
Second qualifying round
A total of 30 teams will play in the second qualifying round. They will be divided into two paths:
- Champions Path (24 teams): 9 teams which enter in this round, and 15 winners of the first qualifying round.
- League Path (6 teams): 6 teams which enter in this round.
Champions Path
- Winners of 2023–24 Czech First League
- Winners of 2023 Eliteserien
- Winners of 2023–24 Danish Superliga
- Winners of 2023–24 Croatian Football League
- Winners of 2023–24 Super League Greece
- Winners of 2023–24 Israeli Premier League
- Winners of 2023–24 Cypriot First Division
- Winners of 2023 Allsvenskan
- Winners of 2023–24 Ekstraklasa
- 15 winners of the first qualifying round
League Path
- Runner-up of 2023–24 Austrian Football Bundesliga
- Runner-up of 2023–24 Serbian SuperLiga
- Runner-up of 2023–24 Süper Lig
- Runner-up of 2023–24 Swiss Super League
- Runner-up of 2023–24 Ukrainian Premier League
- Runner-up of 2023–24 Czech First League
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.
Third qualifying round
A total of 20 teams will play in the third qualifying round. They will be divided into two paths:
- Champions Path (12 teams): 12 winners of the second qualifying round (Champions Path).
- League Path (8 teams): 5 teams which enter in this round, and 3 winners of the second qualifying round (League Path).
Champions Path
- 12 winners of the second qualifying round (Champions Path)
League Path
- Fourth place of 2023–24 Ligue 1
- Third place of 2023–24 Eredivisie
- Runner-up of 2023–24 Primeira Liga
- Runner-up of 2023–24 Belgian Pro League
- Runner-up of 2023–24 Scottish Premiership
- 3 winners of the second qualifying round (League Path)
The winners of the ties will advance to the play-off round of their respective path. 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 stage.
Play-off round
A total of 14 teams will play in the play-off round. They will be divided into two paths:
- Champions Path (10 teams): 4 teams which enter in this round, and 6 winners of the third qualifying round (Champions Path).
- League Path (4 teams): 4 winners of the third qualifying round (League Path).
Champions Path
- Winners of 2023–24 Serbian SuperLiga
- Winners of 2023–24 Süper Lig
- Winners of 2023–24 Swiss Super League
- Winners of 2023–24 Ukrainian Premier League
- 6 winners of the third qualifying round (Champions Path)
League Path
- 4 winners of the third qualifying round (League Path)
The winners of the ties will advance to the league stage. The losers will be transferred to the Europa League league stage.
League stage
Qualified teams
The 36 teams will no longer be drawn into groups. Instead, they will all start the competition together in one league, with every team playing against eight others. The 36 teams will be seeded into four pots of nine based on the 2023–24 UEFA club coefficients. Each club plays four matches at home and four matches away, one home and one away match against a team from each of the four pots. The seeding will be based on the following principles:
- Pot 1 will contain the Champions League title holder and the 8 qualified teams with the highest UEFA club coefficient (CC).
- Pots 2, 3 and 4 will contain the remaining qualified teams grouped by highest to lowest club coefficient.
In principle, clubs from the same association will not be drawn against each other in the league phase. Exceptionally, a maximum of one match per club against another club from the same association may be allowed for associations with four or more clubs in the league stage, if this is the only way to avoid a deadlock in the draw.
- Winners of 2023–24 UEFA Champions League
- Winners of 2023–24 UEFA Europa League
- Extra team from the association with the highest coefficient from the previous season
- Extra team from the association with the second-highest coefficient from the previous season
- Winners of 2023–24 Premier League
- Runner-up of 2023–24 Premier League
- Third place of 2023–24 Premier League
- Fourth place of 2023–24 Premier League
- Winners of 2023–24 La Liga
- Runner-up of 2023–24 La Liga
- Third place of 2023–24 La Liga
- Fourth place of 2023–24 La Liga
- Winners of 2023–24 Bundesliga
- Runner-up of 2023–24 Bundesliga
- Third place of 2023–24 Bundesliga
- Fourth place of 2023–24 Bundesliga
- Winners of 2023–24 Serie A
- Runner-up of 2023–24 Serie A
- Third place of 2023–24 Serie A
- Fourth place of 2023–24 Serie A
- Winners of 2023–24 Ligue 1
- Runner-up of 2023–24 Ligue 1
- Third place of 2023–24 Ligue 1
- Winners of 2023–24 Eredivisie
- Runner-up of 2023–24 Eredivisie
- Winners of 2023–24 Primeira Liga
- Winners of 2023–24 Belgian Pro League
- Winners of 2023–24 Scottish Premiership
- Winners of 2023–24 Austrian Football Bundesliga
- 5 winners of Champions Path
- 2 winners of League Path
Knockout stage
The top eight sides in the league will qualify automatically for the knockout stage, 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 round.
Final
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See also
References
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