The 2024-2025 Champions League season, which is taking place in a new 36-team format, began this Tuesday, September 17. Discover the complete standings of this Champions League.
The Champions League has officially entered a new era. For this 2024-2025 season, 36 teams are participating in the most prestigious club competition, compared to 32 in the previous format. The four-team groups have disappeared to make way for a single championship where each team faces eight different opponents (four at home, four away). This first phase is called the “league phase”.
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This Tuesday, September 17, Lille was the first French club to debut this brand new format. The Dogues, traveling to Lisbon, were soundly beaten by Sporting CP (2-0). At home, Kylian Mbappé’s Real Madrid avoided the trap set by an uninhibited Stuttgart team (3-1), while the clash between AC Milan and Liverpool ended with a fine victory for the Reds at San Siro (1-3).
But the evening’s success is to be put to the credit of Bayern Munich, who beat Dinamo Zagreb (9-2) by a wide margin thanks to a quadruple from their goalscorer Harry Kane.
The general classification of the 2024-2025 Champions League after the 1st day
In bold, teams that have already played their first match
- Bayern Munich, 3 pts (+7)
- Aston Villa, 3 pts (+3)
- Liverpool, 3 pts (+2)
- Juventus Turin, 3 pts (+2)
- Real Madrid, 3 pts (+2)
- Sporting CP, 3 pts (+2)
- Arsenal, 0 pt
- Atalanta, 0 pt
- Atletico, 0 pt
- Borussia Dortmund, 0 pt
- FC Barcelona, 0 pt
- Benfica, 0 pt
- Bologna, 0 pt
- Brest, 0 pt
- Celtic, 0 pt
- Club Bruges, 0 pt
- Red Star Belgrade, 0 pt
- Feyenoord, 0 pt
- Girona, 0 pt
- Inter Milan, 0 pt
- Leipzig, 0 pt
- Leverkusen, 0 pt
- Manchester City, 0 pt
- Monaco, 0 pt
- PSG, 0 pt
- S. Bratislava, 0 pt
- RB Salzburg, 0 pt
- Shakhtar, 0 pt
- Sparta Prague, 0 pt
- Sturm Graz, 0 pt
- Stuttgart, 0 pt (-2)
- AC Milan, 0 pt (-2)
- PSV Eindhoven, 0 pt (-2)
- Lille, 0 pt (-2)
- Young Boys, 0 pt (-3)
- Dinamo Zagreb, 0 pt (-7)
At the end of this first phase, the top eight teams in the standings will qualify directly for the round of 16. The teams ranked between 9th and 24th will face each other in a two-legged play-off to determine the other eight teams qualified for the round of 16. Between 25th and 36th place, the clubs will be eliminated from the Champions League and will not be transferred to the Europa League.
This Wednesday, September 18, it will be PSG’s turn to make its debut in this Champions League. Luis Enrique’s men will face Girona at the Parc des Princes (9 p.m.). On Thursday, Monaco and Brest will close this first day, respectively against FC Barcelona and Sturm Graz (9 p.m.).
