UEFA Champions League Schedule 2024-25: Dates and Times of UCL Fixtures for the Season

The attention of football fans worldwide will soon be focused on the UEFA Champions League as the draw for the 2024/25 competition has been announced.

Real Madrid extended their record haul to 15 titles last season by defeating Borussia Dortmund in the final at Wembley in what was the last tournament under the old format.

For 2024/25, a total of 36 teams entered the draw for the initial stage — now known as the "league phase". They comprise 29 automatic qualifiers and the seven clubs that emerged from the qualifying rounds. The competition schedule will run from mid-September until the final next May.

Four Premier League sides will be competing this season, including Aston Villa, while there are five teams each from the Bundesliga and Serie A.

The Sporting News has all the key details on the schedule for the 2024/25 Champions League.

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UEFA Champions League schedule 2024-25

League Phase:

Matchday One: Sept. 17-19, 2024Matchday Two: Oct. 1-2, 2024Matchday Three: Oct. 22-23, 2024Matchday Four: Nov. 5-6, 2024Matchday Five: Nov. 26-27, 2024Matchday Six: Dec. 10-11, 2024Matchday Seven: Jan. 21-22, 2025Matchday Eight: Jan. 29, 2025

Knockout phase:

Knockout-round playoffs: Feb. 11-12 & Feb. 18-19, 2025Round of 16: TBCQuarterfinals: TBCSemifinals: TBCFinal: May 31, 2025

The new format to the Champions League means the first phase, now known as the "league phase", will last a little longer than the previous group stage. Matchday One begins on September 17, and the final Matchday Eight will not take place until January 29, 2025.

The playoff round for the knockout phase is in mid-February, with the remainder of the elimination stages taking place across March, April, and May.

The 2024/25 Champions League final will be held on May 31, 2025, at Munich's Allianz Arena.

Teams in the 2024/25 Champions League "league phase"

Below are the 36 teams in the draw for the Champions League "league phase". The teams were divided into four seeding pots, and each side will be drawn to face one team from each pot.

Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4Real Madrid (holders)Bayer LeverkusenFeyenoordMonacoMan CityAtletico MadridSporting CPAston VillaBayern MunichAtalantaPSVBolognaParis Saint-GermainJuventusCelticGironaLiverpoolBenficaDinamo ZagrebStuttgartInter MilanArsenalSalzburgSturm GrazBorussia DortmundClub BruggeLilleBrestRB LeipzigShakhtar DonetskRed StarSlovan BratislavaBarcelonaAC MilanYoung BoysSparta PragueChampions League 2024/25 "league phase" draw

The below table shows how the draw played out and which teams will face each other during the initial "league phase".

ClubPot 1 opponentsPot 2 opponentsPot 3 opponentsPot 4 opponents HomeAwayHomeAwayHomeAwayHomeAwayReal Madrid (RM)        Man City (MC)        Bayern Munich (BMU)        Paris Saint-Germain (PSG)        Liverpool (LFC)        Inter Milan (IM)        Borussia Dortmund (BVB)        RB Leipzig (RBL)        Barcelona (FCB)        Bayer Leverkusen (B04)        Atletico Madrid (AM)        Atalanta (ATA)        Juventus (JUV)        Benfica (BEN)        Arsenal (AFC)        Club Brugge (CBR)        Shakhtar Donetsk (SD)        AC Milan (ACM)        Feyenoord (FEY)        Sporting CP (SCP)        PSV (PSV)        Celtic (CEL)        Monaco (ASM)        Aston Villa (AV)        Bologna (BOL)        Girona (GIR)        Stuttgart (STU)        Sturm Graz (SG)        Brest (BRE)        Dinamo Zagreb (DZ)        Salzburg (SAL)        Lille (LIL)        Red Star (RS)        Young Boys (YB)        Slovan Bratislava (SB)        Sparta Prague (SP)        How to watch Champions League around the world TV channelStreamingAustralia—Stan SportCanada—DAZNIndiaSony TENJioTV, Sony LIVUKTNT Sportsdiscovery+, Amazon PrimeUSACBS, CBSSN,
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