Champions League 2024-2025: schedule, results, new rules

The 2024-2025 Champions League is undergoing a revolution with new rules, a disrupted calendar and a 36-team championship.

The Champions League is undergoing a revolution for the 2024-2025 season. With an increase from 32 to 36 teams and the end of the group stages, the new version imagined by UEFA profoundly changes the premier club competition. Designed to kill the rival “Super League” project in the bud, the new formula Champions League could therefore surprise.

Because the barely veiled goal of this new format of the 2024-2025 Champions League, launched on September 17, is to cut the grass under the feet of the promoters of a new European competition, this time limited to the biggest in Europe. With a draw that is also different from previous editions, the Champions League intends to offer some very enticing matches from the first day.

Our news and live matches

Brest – Sturm Graz: “it’s a bit stupid”… Eric Roy’s fears for the Breton debut in the Champions League

Having qualified for the Champions League for the first time, the Brest team will face Sturm Graz, Austrian champions, this Thursday for their first match in the most prestigious European Cup.
AS Monaco – FC Barcelona: the detail that could scare Barça… Time, channel and line-ups

Monaco are preparing to kick off their European campaign and the Principality will have a lot to do this Thursday, September 19 against FC Barcelona.
PSG – Girona: Paris comes out on top at the end after a huge blunder, the summary of the match

PSG started their Champions League campaign with a victory obtained at the end of added time (1-0) thanks to a huge blunder by the Girona team’s goalkeeper.
LDC. Sporting Portugal – Lille: complicated start for the beaten Lille team!

Beaten 2-0 by Sporting Portugal, LOSC experienced a difficult evening that will quickly be forgotten.
C1. Real Madrid – Stuttgart: Real do well, Mbappé decisive, the summary of the match

Thanks in particular to a goal from Mbappé, Real Madrid won against VfB Stuttgart (3-1), this Tuesday for the first day of the Champions League. The summary of the match.

What are the new Champions League rules?

The Champions League will therefore lose its group stage in 2024-2025. This will be transformed into a “regular season”, with a single ranking. For the first stage of this new generation Champions League, each team must play 8 matches (compared to 6 previously), with a different opponent each time. This also means the end of the two-legged match system, characteristic of previous versions. The matches were decided by a draw carried out at the end of August and based on a system of hats, allowing for a certain fairness in the process.

The Champions League then returns to a semblance of normality at the end of this mini championship. Only a semblance since the teams that finished in the first 8 places qualify directly for the round of 16, with the teams ranked between 9th and 24th places, who will have to go through play-offs in a two-legged format. Previously, the final phase of the Champions League began directly with the quarter-finals.

Another notable difference: the lowest ranked teams (between places 25 and 36) are eliminated from the competition and none of them are selected for the Europa League. The draw for the final phase also changes and is carried out with a seeding system. Thus, the leader in the ranking cannot be in the same part of the table as its runner-up. The third will be in the opposite part of the table to the fourth, etc.

What matches for French clubs?

Four Ligue 1 clubs had the opportunity to travel the star track this season, with some opponents in common thanks to this new formula, but undoubtedly very different destinies. PSG, which set itself the top 8 as its objective, obtained one of the most difficult draws. After starting out against a novice team at this level, Girona, it inherited big machines like Arsenal, Antoine Griezmann’s Atlético Madrid, Manchester City, but also the ogre Bayern Munich.

Lille also had a complicated draw, with Real Madrid and its neighbor Atlético (bis), Juventus Turin and Liverpool. Brest, surprising 3rd in Ligue 1 last season, inherited a first match deemed “affordable”, with the reception of Sturm Graz. But the rest of the program consisted of Real Madrid (bis) and FC Barcelona. Finally, Monaco also drew Barça, Bologna, Benfica or Inter Milan. Here is the draw and all the matches of the French clubs:

PSG

1^re daytime. PSG – Girona: Wednesday September 18 (9 p.m.)
2^e daytime. Arsenal – PSG : Mardi 1^is October (9 p.m.)
3^e daytime. PSG – PSV: Tuesday October 22 (9 p.m.)
4^e daytime. PSG – Atlético de Madrid: Wednesday, November 6 (9 p.m.)
5^e daytime. Bayern Munich – PSG: Tuesday November 26 (9 p.m.)
6^e daytime. Salzburg – PSG: Tuesday, December 10 (9 p.m.)
7^e daytime. PSG – Manchester City: Wednesday January 22 (9 p.m.)
8^e daytime. Stuttgart – PSG: Wednesday January 29 (9 p.m.)

Lille

1st day. Sporting Portugal – Lille: Tuesday September 17 (9 p.m.)
2^e daytime. Lille – Real Madrid: Wednesday October 2 (9 p.m.)
3^e daytime. Atlético Madrid – Lille: Wednesday October 23 (9 p.m.)
4th day. Lille – Juventus: Tuesday 5 November (9pm)
5th day. Bologna – Lille: Wednesday, November 27 (9 p.m.)
6th day. Lille -Sturm Graz: Wednesday, December 11 (6:45 p.m.)
7th day. Liverpool – Lille: Tuesday January 21 (9 p.m.)
8th day. Lille – Feyenoord: Wednesday January 29 (9 p.m.)

Brest

1st dayStade Brestois – Sturm Graz: Thursday September 19 (9 p.m.)
2nd day. Salzburg – Stade Brestois: Tuesday October 1 (6:45 p.m.)
3rd dayStade Brestois – Bayer Leverkusen: Wednesday October 23 (6:45 p.m.)
4th day. Slavia Prague – Stade Brestois: Wednesday, November 6 (9 p.m.)
5th day. FC Barcelona – Stade Brestois: Tuesday November 26 (21)
6th dayStade Brestois – PSV: Tuesday December 10 (9 p.m.)
7th day. Shakhtar Donetsk – Stade Brestois: Wednesday January 22 (6:45 p.m.)
8th dayStade Brestois – Real Madrid: Wednesday January 29 (9 p.m.)

Monaco

1st day. AS Monaco – FC Barcelona: Thursday September 19 (9 p.m.)
2nd day. Dinamo Zagreb – AS Monaco: Wednesday October 2 (9 p.m.)
3rd day. AS Monaco – Red Star Belgrade: Tuesday October 22 (6:45 p.m.)
4th day. Bologna – AS Monaco: Tuesday 5 November (21h)
5th day. AS Monaco – SL Benfica: Wednesday 27 November (9pm)
6th day. Arsenal – AS Monaco: Wednesday December 11 (9 p.m.)
7th day. AS Monaco – Aston Villa: Tuesday January 21 (6:45 p.m.)
8th day. Inter Milan – AS Monaco: Wednesday January 29 (9 p.m.)

Upcoming Match Schedule

The regular season is therefore made up of eight days spread over five months. Here are the posters for the next day in date :

Results of the last matches

Find out the results of the latest Champions League matches on each day, from the final whistle:

General classification

Here is the Champions League standings, updated after each matchday. Search for a team to see their standings:

Play-offs and final phase

The final draw, consisting of knockout matches, was organized according to play-offs in mid-February. The grand final was scheduled in Munich on Saturday, May 31, 2025.

Play-off draw: January 31, 2025
Play-offs for the knockout phase: 11-12 and 18-19 February 2025
Full table draw: February 21, 2025
Round of 16: 4-5 and 11-12 March 2025
Quarter-finals: 8-9 and 15-16 April 2025
Semi-finals: April 29-30 and May 6-7, 2025
Final: May 31, 2025

On which TV channel can you watch the Champions League in France?

The battle for TV rights continued to rage ahead of this Champions League season. UEFA awarded the French TV rights for the “Big Ears Cup” to beIN Sports and Canal+, who thus obtained the privilege of broadcasting the Champions League.

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