Here is a list of participants in the most prestigious European tournament, which will be held in a new format.
Following the results of the 2023/24 European club season, the participants in the main stage of the Champions League in the 2024/25 season have been announced.
A total of 36 clubs will play in the new Champions League season, instead of 32 as before. 29 teams have received automatic tickets to the main stage of the tournament, and another seven tickets will be played out in the qualification.
Shakhtar Donetsk received a ticket to the main round of the 2024/25 Champions League thanks to Real Madrid beating Borussia Dortmund in the final match of the 2023/24 Champions League, which took place on June 1 at Wembley Stadium in London.
It should be noted that Dynamo Kyiv started the second qualifying round of the Champions League as the UPL silver medalist. Oleksandr Shovkovskiy's team has already beaten Partizan (Serbia) and Rangers (Scotland). The last opponent of the “white-blues” on the way to the main stage of the most prestigious European Cup will be Salzburg (Austria).
Who has already reached the main stage of the 2024/25 Champions League
England: Manchester City, Arsenal, Liverpool, Aston Villa
Spain: Real, Barcelona, Girona, Atletico
Germany:“Bayer”, “Bayern”, “Stuttgart”, “RB Leipzig”, “Borussia” Dortmund
Italy: “Inter”, “Milan”, “Bologna”, “Juventus”, “Atalanta”
France: PSG, “Monaco”, “Brest”
Portugal: “Sporting”, “Benfica”
Netherlands: PSV, “Feyenoord”
Scotland: “Celtic”
Austria: “Sturm”
Belgium: “Brugge”
Ukraine: “Shakhtar”
The draw for the main stage of the 2024/25 Champions League will take place on August 29.
We remind you that from the 2024/25 season, UEFA introduced a new format for the European Cup competition. In addition to increasing the number of participants in the main stage of all three European tournaments from 32 to 36 clubs, the classic group stage will be replaced by a single league format.
Each team in the Champions League and Europa League will play eight matches with different opponents (four at home and four away), and in the Conference League – six matches in the league stage (three at home and three away).
The eight best teams in the main stage of each European tournament will automatically reach the 1/8 finals. The clubs that take places from 9th to 24th will play paired play-off matches for access to the 1/8 finals. The rest will finish their performance in European cups. There will be no more transfers between tournaments (from the Champions League to the Europa League, from the Europa League to the LC).
Revolutionary changes will also affect the tournament calendar. The last, 7th and 8th, rounds of the Champions League and the Europa League will take place in January 2025. The LC will end with the sixth round in December.
