Champions League Fixtures, Rules & Results
What are the new rules for the Champions League?
The Champions League therefore loses its group stage in 2024-2025. This is transformed into a "regular season", with a single classification. 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. Also finished is the system of round-trip matches, characteristic of previous versions. The matches were decided by a draw carried out at the end of August and based on a hat system, making it possible to preserve a certain fairness in the proceedings.
The Champions League then returns to a semblance of normality at the end of this mini championship. Only a semblance since the teams having finished in the first 8 places qualify directly for the round of 16, with the teams classified between 9th and 24th places, who will have to go through play-offs in a round-trip 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 to 36) are eliminated from the competition and none of them are drafted into the Europa League. The draw for the final phase also changes and takes place with a seeding system. Thus, the leader in the ranking cannot be in the same part of the table as his runner-up. The third will be in the opposite part of the fourth, etc.
How many more games teams go play for the new format?
The number of matches for the new format will increase from 125 to 189.
Each team go play a minimum of eight - instead of six - and a maximum of 17.
During standard weeks, they will play Champions League matches on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
For The Champions League exclusive weeks – wen dem no dey play oda European competitions, dem go play – for Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
The league phase go now end for The end of January instead of during December.
When do Champions League matches and the 2024/25 league Matches start?
Matchday 1: 17–19 September 2024
Matchday 2: 1/2 October 2024
Matchday 3: 22/23 October 2024
Matchday 4: 5/6 November 2024
Matchday 5: 26/27 November 2024
Matchday 6: 10/11 December 2024
Matchday 7: 21/22 January 2025
Matchday 8: 29 January 2025
Champions League Results
Tuesday 17 September
BSC Young Boys 0 - 3 Aston Villa
Juventus 3 - 1 PSV Eindhoven
Real Madrid 3 - 1 VfB Stuttgart
AC Milan 1 - 3 Liverpool
Bayern Munich 9 - 2 Dinamo Zagreb
Sporting CP 2 - 0 Lille
Wednesday 18 September
Bologna 0 - 0 Shakhtar Donetsk
Sparta Prague 3 - 0 Salzburg
Paris Saint-Germain 1 - 0 Girona
Club Bruges 0 - 3 Borussia Dortmund
Celtic 5 - 1 Slovan Bratislava
Manchester City 0 - 0 Inter
Thursday 19 September
Feyenoord 0 - 4 Bayer Leverkusen
FK Crvena Zvezda 1 - 2 Benfica
Brest 2 - 1 Sturm Graz
Monaco 2 - 1 Barcelona
Atalanta 0 - 0 Arsenal
Atletico Madrid 2 - 1 RB Leipzig
UEFA Champions League Table
Position 1 - 8 : go automatically enta next round
Position 9 - 24 : go go play Play-off
UEFA Champions League Key Stats Top Scorers
Harry Kane (Bayern) - 4
Michael Olise (Bayern) - 2
Jamie Gittens (Dortmund) - 2
Florian Wirtz (Leverkusen) - 2
Amadou Onana (Aston Villa) - 1
Christian Pulisic (AC Milan) - 1
Kylian Mbappe (Real Madrid) - 1
Most Assists
Jamal Musiala (Bayern) - 2
Joshua KImmich (Bayern) - 2
Cody Gakpo (Liverpool) - 1
