Draft:2024–25 UEFA Champions League league phase
The 2024–25 UEFA Champions League league phase will begin on 17 September 2024 and end on 29 January 2025. A total of 36 teams will compete in the league phase to decide the 24 places in the play-offs and knockout phase of the 2024–25 UEFA Champions League.
Girona will make their debut appearance in European competition. A total of 16 or 17 national associations will be represented in the league phase.
This will be the first season with the league format, which replaces the group format used until the previous season.[1]
Format[edit]
Each team will play eight matches, four at home and four away, against eight different opponents with all 36 teams ranked in a single league table. Teams will be separated into four pots based on their 2024 UEFA club coefficients and each team will play two teams from each of the four pots – one at home and one away. The top eight ranked teams will receive a bye to the round of 16. The teams ranked from ninth to 24th will contest the knock-out phase play-offs with the teams ranked from ninth to 16th seeded for the draw.
Tiebreakers[edit]
Teams will be ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams are tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria will be applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (see Article 18 Equality of points – league phase, Regulations of the UEFA Champions League)[2]:
- Goal difference;
- Goals scored;
- Away goals scored;
- Wins;
- Away wins;
- Higher number of points obtained collectively by league phase opponents;
- Superior collective goal difference of league phase opponents;
- Higher number of goals scored collectively by league phase opponents;
- Lower disciplinary points total (direct red card = 3 points; double yellow card = 3 points; single yellow card = 1 point);
- UEFA club coefficient.
Teams[edit]
Below were the participating teams (with their 2024 UEFA club coefficients),[3] grouped by their seeding pot. They included:
- 29 teams which entered in this stage
- 7 winners of the play-off round (5 from the champions path, 2 from the league path)
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Teams ranked one to eight advance to the round of 16 |
Teams ranked nine to 16 advance to and are seeded for the knockout phase play-offs |
Teams ranked 17 to 24 advance to the knockout phase play-offs |
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Notes
- TH Champions League title holders.
- EL Europa League title holders.
- CP Winners of the play-off round champions path.
- LP Winners of play-off round league path.
Draw[edit]
The draw for the league phase will be held on 29 August 2024 in Monaco.
Clubs | Pot 1 Home | Pot 1 Away | Pot 2 Home | Pot 2 Away | Pot 3 Home | Pot 3 Away | Pot 4 Home | Pot 4 Away |
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Real Madrid | ||||||||
Paris Saint-Germain | ||||||||
Liverpool | ||||||||
Inter Milan | ||||||||
Borussia Dortmund | ||||||||
RB Leipzig | ||||||||
Barcelona | ||||||||
Bayer Leverkusen | ||||||||
Atlético Madrid | ||||||||
Atalanta | ||||||||
Juventus | ||||||||
Arsenal | ||||||||
Club Brugge | ||||||||
Shakhtar Donetsk | ||||||||
Milan | ||||||||
Feyenoord | ||||||||
Sporting CP | ||||||||
PSV Eindhoven | ||||||||
Celtic | ||||||||
Monaco | ||||||||
Aston Villa | ||||||||
Bologna | ||||||||
Girona | ||||||||
VfB Stuttgart | ||||||||
Sturm Graz | ||||||||
Brest | ||||||||
League phase table[edit]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Manchester City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to the round of 16 |
2 | Bayern Munich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
3 | Real Madrid | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
4 | Paris Saint-Germain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
5 | Liverpool | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
6 | Inter Milan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
7 | Borussia Dortmund | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
8 | RB Leipzig | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
9 | Barcelona | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to and seeded for the knockout phase play-off |
10 | Bayer Leverkusen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
11 | Atlético Madrid | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
12 | Atalanta | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
13 | Juventus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
14 | Benfica | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
15 | Arsenal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
16 | Club Brugge | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
17 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to the knockout phase play-off |
18 | Milan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
19 | Feyenoord | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
20 | Sporting CP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
21 | PSV Eindhoven | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
22 | Celtic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
23 | Monaco | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
24 | Aston Villa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
25 | Bologna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
26 | Girona | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
27 | VfB Stuttgart | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
28 | Sturm Graz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
29 | Brest | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rules for classification: League phase tiebreakers
References[edit]
- ^ "UEFA approves final format and access list for its club competitions as of the 2024/25 season". UEFA.com. 10 May 2022. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
- ^ "Article 18 Equity of points – league phase". UEFA.com. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
- ^ "Club coefficients". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 1 June 2024. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
- ^ . 2024.
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