UEFA Champions League 2024-25 new format, fixtures, final, live streaming

The  new-look UEFA Champions League , in which all 36 participants will compete in a single league and each play eight different opponents, kickoffs on Tuesday with Juventus taking on PSV and Young Boys taking on Aton Villa. The new 36-team Champions League promises to be much better, more entertaining, bigger and more matches between the best football clubs in Europe.

The draw for the 2024-25 Champions league took place in Monaco on 29 August .

UEFA has been pressured over the years to deliver more from the marquee event in club football and it settled on a new single-standings league phase to replace the traditional group stage.

The first new Champions League format since 2003 promises almost everything Europe’s wealthiest and most influential clubs wanted.

There are four more places in a 36-team lineup; at least eight games each instead of six; Champions League games scheduled in January for the first time and to top it all off, a prize money rise of at least 25% to a minimum 2.5 billion euros.

A look at each club’s fixtures in the competition that runs until January:

REAL MADRID (ESP)

Borussia Dortmund (h), Liverpool (a), AC Milan (h), Atalanta (a), Salzburg (h), Lille (a), VfB Stuttgart (h), Brest (a)

MANCHESTER CITY (ENG)

Inter Milan (h), Paris Saint-Germain (a), Club Brugge (h), Juventus (a), Feyenoord (h), Sporting Lisbon (a), Sparta Prague (h), Slovan Bratislava (a)

BAYERN MUNICH (GER)

Paris Saint-Germain (h), Barcelona (a), Benfica (h), Shakhtar Donetsk (a), Dinamo Zagreb (h), Feyenoord (a), Slovan Bratislava (h), Aston Villa (a)

PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN (FRA)

Manchester City (h), Bayern Munich (a), Atletico Madrid (h), Arsenal (a), PSV Eindhoven (h), Salzburg (a), Girona (h), VfB Stuttgart (a)

LIVERPOOL (ENG)

Real Madrid (h), RB Leipzig (a), Bayer Leverkusen (h), AC Milan (a), Lille (h), PSV Eindhoven (a), Bologna (h), Girona (a)

INTER MILAN (ITA)

RB Leipzig (h), Manchester City (a), Arsenal (h), Bayer Leverkusen (a), Red Star Belgrade (h), Young Boys (a), Monaco (h), Sparta Prague (a)

BORUSSIA DORTMUND (GER)

Barcelona (h), Real Madrid (a), Shakhtar Donetsk (h), Club Brugge (a), Celtic (h), Dinamo Zagreb (a), Sturm Graz (h), Bologna (a)

RB LEIPZIG (GER)

Liverpool (h), Inter Milan (a), Juventus (h), Atletico Madrid (a), Sporting Lisbon (h), Celtic (a), Aston Villa (h), Sturm Graz (a)

BARCELONA (ESP)

Bayern Munich (h), Borussia Dortmund (a), Atalanta (h), Benfica (a), Young Boys (h), Red Star Belgrade (a), Brest (h), Monaco (a)

BAYER LEVERKUSEN (GER)

Inter Milan (h), Liverpool (a), AC Milan (h), Atletico Madrid (a), Salzburg (h), Feyenoord (a), Sparta Prague (h), Brest (a)

ATLETICO MADRID (ESP)

RB Leipzig (h), Paris Saint-Germain (a), Bayer Leverkusen (h), Benfica (a), Lille (h), Salzburg (a), Slovan Bratislava (h), Sparta Prague (a)

JUVENTUS (ITA)

Manchester City (h), RB Leipzig (a), Benfica (h), Club Brugge (a), PSV Eindhoven (h), Lille (a), VfB Stuttgart (h), Aston Villa (a)

ARSENAL (ENG)

Paris Saint-Germain (h), Inter Milan (a), Shakhtar Donetsk (h), Atalanta (a), Dinamo Zagreb (h), Sporting Lisbon (a), Monaco (h), Girona (a)

AC MILAN (ITA)

Liverpool (h), Real Madrid (a), Club Brugge (h), Bayer Leverkusen (a), Red Star Belgrade (h), Dinamo Zagreb (a), Girona (h), Slovan Bratislava (a)

ASTON VILLA (ENG)

Bayern Munich (h), RB Leipzig (a), Juventus (h), Club Brugge (a), Celtic (h), Young Boys (a), Bologna (h), Monaco (a)

Dates for the UEFA Champions League matches

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 round play-offs: 11/12 & 18/19 February 2025

Round of 16: 4/5 & 11/12 March 2025

Quarter-finals: 8/9 & 15/16 April 2025

Semi-finals: 29/30 April & 6/7 May 2025

Final: 31 May 2025 (Allianz Arena in Munich, home of Bayern Munich)

UEFA Champions League 2024-25 Format:

It will all start with a single league of 36 teams with each side playing eight different clubs, four matches at home and four away. The top eight teams at the end of the league phase will qualify for the knockout stages, while clubs finishing in ninth to 24th will take part in a two-legged play-off for a spot in the last 16 of the Champions League.

The bottom 12 teams will be knocked out without an entry into the Europa League.

UEFA Champions League 2024-25 Full list of fixtures:

League Phase

Matchday 1

Tuesday 17 September
Young Boys vs Aston Villa
Juventus vs PSV Eindhoven
AC Milan vs Liverpool
Bayern München vs GNK Dinamo
Real Madrid vs Stuttgart
Sporting CP vs LOSC Lille

Wednesday 18 September
Sparta Praha vs Salzburg
Bologna vs Shakhtar Donetsk
Celtic vs Slovan Bratislava
Club Brugge vs Borussia Dortmund
Manchester City vs Inter
Paris Saint-Germain vs Girona

Thursday 19 September
Feyenoord vs Bayer Leverkusen
Crvena Zvezda vs Benfica
Monaco vs Barcelona
Atalanta vs Arsenal
Atlético de Madrid vs Leipzig
Brest vs Sturm Graz

Matchday 2

Tuesday 1 October
Salzburg vs Brest
Stuttgart vs Sparta Praha
Arsenal vs Paris Saint-Germain
Bayer Leverkusen vs AC Milan
Borussia Dortmund vs Celtic
Barcelona vs Young Boys
Inter vs Crvena Zvezda
PSV Eindhoven vs Sporting CP
Slovan Bratislava vs Manchester City

Wednesday 2 October
Shakhtar Donetsk vs Atalanta
Girona vs Feyenoord
Aston Villa vs Bayern München
GNK Dinamo vs Monaco
Liverpool vs Bologna
LOSC Lille vs Real Madrid
Leipzig vs Juventus
Sturm Graz vs Club Brugge
Benfica vs Atlético de Madrid

Matchday 3

Tuesday 22 October
AC Milan vs Club Brugge
Monaco vs Crvena Zvezda
Arsenal vs Shakhtar Donetsk
Aston Villa vs Bologna
Girona vs Slovan Bratislava
Juventus vs Stuttgart
Paris Saint-Germain vs PSV Eindhoven
Real Madrid vs Borussia Dortmund
Sturm Graz vs Sporting CP

Wednesday 23 October
Atalanta vs Celtic
Brest vs Bayer Leverkusen
Atlético de Madrid vs LOSC Lille
Young Boys vs Inter
Barcelona vs Bayern München
Salzburg vs GNK Dinamo
Manchester City vs Sparta Praha
Leipzig vs Liverpool
Benfica vs Feyenoord

Matchday 4

Tuesday 5 November
PSV Eindhoven vs Girona
Slovan Bratislava vs GNK Dinamo
Bologna vs Monaco
Borussia Dortmund vs Sturm Graz
Celtic vs Leipzig
Liverpool vs Bayer Leverkusen
LOSC Lille vs Juventus
Real Madrid vs Milan
Sporting CP vs Manchester City

Wednesday 6 November
Club Brugge vs Aston Villa
Shakhtar Donetsk vs Young Boys
Sparta Praha vs Brest
Bayern München vs Benfica
Inter vs Arsenal
Feyenoord vs Salzburg
Crvena Zvezda vs Barcelona
Paris Saint-Germain vs Atlético de Madrid
Stuttgart vs Atalanta

Matchday 5

Tuesday 26 November
Sparta Praha vs Atlético de Madrid
Slovan Bratislava vs AC Milan
Bayer Leverkusen vs Salzburg
Young Boys vs Atalanta
Barcelona vs Brest
Bayern München vs Paris Saint-Germain
Inter vs Leipzig
Manchester City vs Feyenoord
Sporting CP vs Arsenal

Wednesday 27 November
Crvena Zvezda vs Stuttgart
Sturm Graz vs Girona
Monaco vs Benfica
Aston Villa vs Juventus
Bologna vs LOSC Lille
Celtic vs Club Brugge
GNK Dinamo vs Borussia Dortmund
Liverpool vs Real Madrid
PSV Eindhoven vs Shakhtar Donetsk

Matchday 6

Tuesday 10 December
Girona vs Liverpool
GNK Dinamo vs Celtic
Atalanta vs Real Madrid
Bayer Leverkusen vs Inter
Club Brugge vs Sporting CP
Salzburg vs Paris Saint-Germain
Shakhtar Donetsk vs Bayern München
Leipzig vs Aston Villa
Brest vs PSV Eindhoven

Wednesday 11 December
Atlético de Madrid vs Slovan Bratislava
LOSC Lille vs Sturm Graz
AC Milan vs Crvena Zvezda
Arsenal vs Monaco
Borussia Dortmund vs Barcelona
Feyenoord vs Sparta Praha
Juventus vs Manchester City
Benfica vs Bologna
Stuttgart vs Young Boys

Matchday 7

Tuesday 21 January
Monaco vs Aston Villa
Atalanta vs Sturm Graz
Atlético de Madrid vs Bayer Leverkusen
Bologna vs Borussia Dortmund
Club Brugge vs Juventus
Crvena Zvezda vs PSV Eindhoven
Liverpool vs LOSC Lille
Slovan Bratislava vs Stuttgart
Benfica vs Barcelona

Wednesday 22 January
Shakhtar Donetsk vs Brest
Leipzig vs Sporting CP
AC Milan vs Girona
Sparta Praha vs Inter
Arsenal vs GNK Dinamo
Celtic vs Young Boys
Feyenoord vs Bayern München
Paris Saint-Germain vs Manchester City
Real Madrid vs Salzburg

Matchday 8

Wednesday 29 January
Aston Villa vs Celtic
Bayer Leverkusen vs Sparta Praha
Borussia Dortmund vs Shakhtar Donetsk
Young Boys vs Crvena Zvezda
Barcelona vs Atalanta
Bayern München vs Slovan Bratislava
Inter vs Monaco
Salzburg vs Atlético de Madrid
Girona vs Arsenal
GNK Dinamo vs AC Milan
Juventus vs Benfica
LOSC Lille vs Feyenoord
Manchester City vs Club Brugge
PSV Eindhoven vs Liverpool
Sturm Graz vs Leipzig
Sporting CP vs Bologna
Brest vs Real Madrid
Stuttgart vs Paris Saint-Germain

Knockout stage

Knockout round play-offs: 11/12 & 18/19 February 2025
Round of 16: 4/5 & 11/12 March 2025
Quarter-finals: 8/9 & 15/16 April 2025
Semi-finals: 29/30 April & 6/7 May 2025
Final: 31 May 2025

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