THE Champions League A new era begins this Tuesday, September 17 with the contesting of the first day of a competition that has its new format. The new phase of the championship of the Champions League in which 36 teams will participate, replaces the group stage that has been held in recent years. Find out everything you need to know about the new edition of the tournament organized with the UEFAwho even releases a new renewed anthem. Juventus-PSV and Young Boys-Aston Villa open the competition from 6:45 p.m.
THE Champions League 2024-2025 This season, it inaugurates a new format with which UEFA wanted to largely plagiarize the ideas proposed by the Super League. This is why, from this Tuesday, September 17, the so-called league phase of the Champions League which replaces the defunct group stage and in which the 36 participating teams will compete in a new format in which they will play a total of eight matches, four at home and four away, against eight different teams.
THE UEFA The teams have been divided into four pots according to the coefficient of recent years and therefore each club will face two rivals from each of these groups. The top eight of the Champions League phase will directly access the round of 16 while those from 9th to 24th place will play in the round of 16. The others will be eliminated and will not have the possibility of playing the Europa Leaguea competition which, like the Conference League, also launches a format similar to the new European competition.
Other good news regarding the new Champions League is that Thursdays are allowed as a day to play the competition, a date that until this season was reserved for matches of the second European competition. The times will be those established in the last years of competition, that is, 18:45 and 21:00 respectively.
Schedule of the first day of the Champions League phase
Tuesday September 17
- Juventus-PSV: 6:45 p.m.
- Young Boys-Aston Villa: 6:45 p.m.
- Real Madrid-Stuttgart: 9:00 p.m.
- Bayern Munich-Dinamo Zagreb: 9:00 p.m.
- Milan-Liverpool: 9:00 p.m.
- Sporting Portugal-Lille: 9:00 p.m.
Wednesday September 18
- Prague-Salzburg Sparta: 6:45 p.m.
- Bologna-Shakhtar: 6:45 p.m.
- Bruges-Borussia Dortmund: 9:00 p.m.
- Celtic-Slovak Bratislava: 9:00 p.m.
- Manchester City-Inter Milan: 9:00 p.m.
- PSG-Girona: 9:00 p.m.
Thursday September 19
- Red Star-Benfica: 6:45 p.m.
- Feyenoord-Bayer Leverkusen: 6:45 p.m.
- Atalanta-Arsenal: 9:00 p.m.
- Atlético-Leipzig: 9:00 p.m.
- Monaco-Barcelona: 9:00 p.m.
- Brest-Sturm Graz: 9:00 p.m.
Dates of the championship phase and the Champions League qualifiers
The championship phase of the Champions League It will be played between this Tuesday, September 17 and January 29, 2025, the date on which this league will end. The preliminary round will be held between February 11 and 19 and the final phase will begin on March 4 with the round of 16. The final will be played next Saturday, May 31
- Day 1: September 17-19, 2024
- Day 2: October 1-2, 2024
- Day 3: October 22-23, 2024
- Day 4: November 5-6, 2024
- Day 5: November 26-27, 2024
- Day 6: December 10-11, 2024
- Day 7: January 21-22, 2025
- 8th day (last phase of the championship): January 29, 2025
- Preliminary round first leg: February 11-12, 2025
- Preliminary round return: February 18-19, 2025
- Round of 16 first leg: March 4-5, 2025
- Round of 16 second leg: March 11-12, 2025
- Quarter-final first leg: April 8-9, 2025
- Quarter-finals return: April 15-16, 2025
- Semi-final first leg: April 29-30, 2025
- Semi-final second leg: May 6-7, 2025
- Champions Final: May 31, 2025
