UEFA has modified the Champions League format that means that there will likely be no conventional group stage for the primary time since 1992.
Manchester Metropolis, Arsenal, Aston Villa and Liverpool from the Premier League would be the first English groups to check out the brand new system which UEFA hopes will make for extra clashes between the highest groups.
The brand new format was accepted in 2021, however the 2024/25 season will see its first iteration so there will likely be 36 groups on this 12 months’s competitors fairly than 32.
How will the Champions League ‘League Section’ Work?
The largest change is within the early phases of the match as there will likely be no group stage anymore, however as a substitute a league with all 36 groups vying for the highest spots.
Every group will play eight video games within the league part, 4 at dwelling and 4 away from dwelling with the fixtures determined upon utilizing a seeded pot system.
There are 4 pots, primary being the highest-seeded groups, for instance, Manchester Metropolis, Bayern Munich and Actual Madrid; and quantity 4 being the lowest-seeded groups, for instance, Brest, Girona and Aston Villa.
Every group will play towards two groups from every pot giving them eight league part video games which can finish on Sunday 19 January in an 18-game finale to determine who goes by.
What number of groups undergo to the knockout stage?
After the league part is full, the groups that completed within the prime eight will robotically undergo to the Spherical of 16. Whereas, groups in positions 9-24 will enter a knockout playoff spherical to find out who goes by.
Groups from positions 25-36 will likely be eradicated from all competitions.
From there, the knockout stage is unchanged with two-leg video games thinning the sector down to 2 groups for a one-leg last in Munich on Saturday 31 Might 2025.
