Real Madrid, the 15-time winners of the UEFA Champions League, are the reigning champions and are set to face Borussia Dortmund, Milan, Salzburg, and Stuttgart at home, while playing Liverpool, Atalanta, Lille, and Brest away. Barcelona, the five-time champions, will take on Bayern Munich, Atalanta, Young Boys, and Brest at home, and face Borussia Dortmund, Benfica, Crvena Zvezda, and Monaco away. Borussia Dortmund, the 1997 champions and last year’s finalists, will play against Barcelona, Shakhtar Donetsk, Celtic, and Sturm Graz at home, and face Real Madrid, Club Brugge, GNK Dinamo, and Bologna away.
Leipzig, the 2020 semi-finalists, will have matches against Liverpool, Juventus, Sporting CP, and Aston Villa at home, while playing Inter, Atletico Madrid, Celtic, and Sturm Graz away. Bayern Munich, the six-time winners, will face Paris Saint-Germain, Benfica, GNK Dinamo, and Slovan Bratislava at home, and take on Barcelona, Shakhtar Donetsk, Feyenoord, and Aston Villa away. Inter, the three-time winners, will play against Leipzig, Arsenal, Crvena Zvezda, and Monaco at home, and face Manchester City, Bayer Leverkusen, Young Boys, and Sparta Praha away.
Manchester City, the 2023 champions, will play Inter, Club Brugge, Feyenoord, and Sparta Praha at home, and face Paris Saint-Germain, Juventus, Sporting CP, and Slovan Bratislava away in the upcoming UEFA Champions League season. The draw for the 2024/25 UEFA Champions League will see teams drawn from Pot One first, with matches scheduled from September to May. Cristiano Ronaldo, the Champions League’s all-time leading scorer, is honoured with a special award for his legacy in the competition.
Gianluigi Buffon, the legendary goalkeeper, receives the 2024 UEFA President’s Award for his outstanding achievements and contributions to the sport. The schedule for the upcoming season includes match dates from September to May, with knockout rounds and the final set for April and May. The format for the Champions League has changed this season, with a new 36-team league phase replacing the traditional four-team group stage.
Teams are divided into four pots based on their UEFA coefficients, with matches determined by designated automated software to ensure fair play. Teams cannot face opponents from their own country and can only play a maximum of two opponents from the same nation. The top eight teams will progress directly to the last 16, while teams ranked 9th to 24th will enter the knockout play-off round. Teams ranked 25th to 36th will be eliminated from European competition. Fans can watch matches on TNT Sports, discovery+, Eurosport, and YouTube channel.
