The draw for the league phase of the 2024/25 UEFA Champions League will see giants from around Europe discover their opponents for the new-look competition.
Real Madrid are the defending champions after defeating Borussia Dortmund in last season’s final but Los Blancos will have more teams to overcome this time around due to the competition’s expansion from 32 to 36 teams.
Manchester City, Liverpool, Arsenal and Aston Villa are the four English clubs involved in the competition, joining the likes of Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Paris Saint-Germain and Inter – all of whom will fancy their chances of going deep in the competition.
Follow below to find out who will face each other in the league phase.
Pot 1 teams
Pot 2 teams
Club
Pot 1 opponents
Pot 2 opponents
Pot 3 opponents
Pot 4 opponents
Bayer Leverkusen
(H) (A)
(H) (A)
(H) (A)
(H) (A)
Atletico Madrid
RB Leipzig (H), Paris Saint-Germain (A)
Bayer Leverkusen (H), Benfica (A)
Lille (H), Salzburg (A)
Slovan Bratislava (H), Sparta Prague (A)
Atalanta
Real Madrid (H), Barcelona (A)
Arsenal (H), Shakhtar Donetsk (A)
Celtic (H), Young Boys (A)
Sturm Graz (H), Stuttgart (A)
Juventus
(H) (A)
(H) (A)
(H) (A)
(H) (A)
Benfica
(H) (A)
(H) (A)
(H) (A)
(H) (A)
Arsenal
Paris Saint-Germain (H), Inter (A)
Shakhtar Donetsk (H), Atalanta (A)
Dinamo Zagreb (H), Sporting CP (A)
Monaco (H), Girona (A)
Club Brugge
Borussia Dortmund (H), Manchester City (A)
Juventus (H), Milan (A)
Sporting CP (H), Celtic (A)
Aston Villa (H), Sturm Graz (A)
Shakhtar Donetsk
(H) (A)
(H) (A)
(H) (A)
(H) (A)
Milan
(H) (A)
(H) (A)
(H) (A)
(H) (A)
Pot 3 teams
Club
Pot 1 opponents
Pot 2 opponents
Pot 3 opponents
Pot 4 opponents
Feyenoord
(H) (A)
(H) (A)
(H) (A)
(H) (A)
Sporting CP
(H) (A)
(H) (A)
(H) (A)
(H) (A)
PSV Eindhoven
(H) (A)
(H) (A)
(H) (A)
(H) (A)
Dinamo Zagreb
(H) (A)
(H) (A)
(H) (A)
(H) (A)
Salzburg
(H) (A)
(H) (A)
(H) (A)
(H) (A)
Lille
(H) (A)
(H) (A)
(H) (A)
(H) (A)
Red Star Belgrade
(H) (A)
(H) (A)
(H) (A)
(H) (A)
Young Boys
(H) (A)
(H) (A)
(H) (A)
(H) (A)
Celtic
(H) (A)
(H) (A)
(H) (A)
(H) (A)
Pot 4 teams
Club
Pot 1 opponents
Pot 2 opponents
Pot 3 opponents
Pot 4 opponents
Slovan Bratislava
(H) (A)
(H) (A)
(H) (A)
(H) (A)
Monaco
(H) (A)
(H) (A)
(H) (A)
(H) (A)
Sparta Prague
(H) (A)
(H) (A)
(H) (A)
(H) (A)
Aston Villa
(H) (A)
(H) (A)
(H) (A)
(H) (A)
Bologna
(H) (A)
(H) (A)
(H) (A)
(H) (A)
Girona
(H) (A)
(H) (A)
(H) (A)
(H) (A)
Stuttgart
(H) (A)
(H) (A)
(H) (A)
(H) (A)
Sturm Graz
(H) (A)
(H) (A)
(H) (A)
(H) (A)
Brest
(H) (A)
(H) (A)
(H) (A)
(H) (A)
The dates for each fixture will not be confirmed until Saturday, but UEFA has revealed when each matchday will take place. Whereas the previous format saw the group stage wrapped up by Christmas, the new Swiss model will take the league phase to the end of January.
The sides who finished from ninth to 24th will compete in the knockout round playoffs in February for places in the last 16, where the clubs ranked from first to eighth will be waiting.
Matchday
Date
1
17-19 September 2024
2
1/2 October 2024
3
22/23 October 2024
4
5/6 November 2024
5
26/27 November 2024
6
10/11 December 2024
7
21/22 January 2025
8
29 January 2025
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