For the upcoming 2024/25 season, the UEFA Champions League will have a new look. Who knows, it could even prevent Real Madrid from always winning…
In addition to making changes to the coefficient formula, there will also be a new group stage and the number of teams qualifying for the competition will also increase.
In addition to the main event restructuring, the changes will also open up new avenues for teams to participate in the tournament, according to organizers.
Following the failure of the breakaway European Super League competition several years ago, the reorganization of Europe’s elite tournament is likely to ensure that the continent’s biggest teams continue to qualify for the competition each season, even despite their own performance. national. .
When will the Champions League format change?
With the format change in August 2024, the 2023/24 campaign will be the last to see the Champions League in its current format, which consists of 32 teams in the group stage, pided into eight groups of four, with the two first in each one. advancing to the knockout rounds.
What are the changes to the Champions League format?
A series of changes are coming to the Champions League format for the 2024/25 season. Here are all the main ones:
- In terms of the size of the tournament, the number of teams that will qualify for the group stage will be expanded from 32 to 36 clubs.
- Those 36 teams will compete in a new ‘league phase’ in which the old groups will effectively come together into a full league.
- Each team will be assigned four home games and four away games against other teams throughout the league phase for a total of eight games. The top eight teams in the table would qualify for the knockout round, while the teams finishing between 9th and 24th would enter a playoff round.
- Each season, four additional places will be allocated as the competition grows from 32 to 36 teams in the equivalent of the group stage.
- The first additional place, as announced in last year’s statement, will be awarded to the club that finishes third in the fifth-ranked league according to the UEFA coefficient.
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The second place will be awarded to another club on the “Champions Route”. The Path of Champions is one of two routes that clubs can take during the playoff rounds. Currently, the Champions Route results in four teams advancing from the playoff stage to the group stage. In the 2024-25 competition, the Champions Route will be reconfigured to produce five winners.
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Third and fourth places will be allocated to the leagues with the best overall performance of their clubs in all European competitions, ranked by the total points coefficient pided by the number of participating clubs. Germany and Italy secured those spots.
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From a financial point of view, UEFA has stated that it will increase revenue sharing payments to 935 million euros ($983 million), a 21 percent increase over the previous four-year cycle.
Who has qualified for the 2024/2025 UEFA Champions League?
Below is an updated list of all the teams that have qualified for the UEFA Champions League proper in 2024/25.
In total, 36 teams will qualify for the newly expanded tournament. The winners of this season’s Champions League and Europa League are guaranteed a place, along with 25 teams automatically qualifying through their domestic league position.
Two additional places go to the leagues with the best coefficient (Italy and Germany for next season) and the final seven places are determined through a qualifying phase.
Teams qualified for the 2024/25 UEFA Champions League
| Equipment | Nation | Grading method |
| AC Milan | Italy | League position (2nd in Serie A) |
| Arsenal | England | League position (2nd in Premier League) |
| Aston Villa | England | League position (4th in the Premier League) |
| Atalanta | Italy | Europa League winners |
| Atletico Madrid | Spain | League position (4th in La Liga) |
| Barcelona | Spain | League position (2nd in La Liga) |
| Bayer Leverkusen | Germany | Bundesliga champions |
| Bayern Munich | Germany | League position (3rd in the Bundesliga) |
| Bologna | Italy | League position (5th in Serie A) |
| Borussia Dortmund | Germany | League position (fifth in the Bundesliga) |
| Celtic | Scotland | First pision champions |
| Feyenoord | Netherlands | League position (2nd in the Erepisie) |
| Girona | Spain | League position (3rd in La Liga) |
| Inter de Milan | Italy | champions of the series a |
| Juventus | Italy | League position (2nd in Serie A) |
| Liverpool | England | League position (3rd in the Premier League) |
| city of manchester | England | First pision champions |
| Monaco | France | League position (2nd in Ligue 1) |
| Paris Saint Germain | France | league 1 champions |
| PSV | Netherlands | Erepisie Champions |
| RB Leipzig | Germany | League position (4th in the Bundesliga) |
| real Madrid | Spain | league champions |
| sports CP | Portugal | Champions of the First League |
| Stuttgart | Germany | League position (2nd in the Bundesliga) |
| Aston Villa | England | League position (4th in the Premier League) |
