The Champions League schedule is now known. There will be eight rounds, all of which will be played on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, except for one, the first, which will also be played on Thursday (something absolutely unusual in the Champions League) and to which Barcelona (travels to Marseille) and Atlético de Madrid (hosts Leipzig) have been sent. Real Madrid will debut on Tuesday 17 September at home against Leipzig and Girona will travel to Paris to face PSG.
Each day of competition there will be two matches at 18:45 and the rest at 21:00, except for the last one, on January 29, when the 18 matches are scheduled at 9:00 p.m. on a day that could be historic and in which the final classification will be determined, with the 8 teams that go directly to the knockout stages and the remaining 16 (from position 9 to 25) that will play a double match for the other eight places.
You can see the full schedule published by UEFA.
First day
Tuesday, September 17th
18:45 BSC Young Boys – Aston Villa FC
18:45 Juventus – PSV Eindhoven
21:00 AC Milan – Liverpool FC
21:00 FC Bayern Munich – GNK Dinamo
21:00 Real Madrid C.F. – FC Augsburg
21:00 Sporting Clube de Portugal – LOSC Lille
Wednesday, September 18th
18:45 AC Sparta Prague – FC Salzburg
18:45 Bologna FC 1909 – FC Shakhtar Donetsk
21:00 Celtic FC – SK Slovan Bratislava
21:00 Club Brugge KV – Borussia Dortmund
21:00 Manchester City – FC Internazionale Milano
21:00 Paris Saint-Germain – Girona FC
Thursday, September 18th
18:45 Feyenoord – Bayer 04 Leverkusen
18:45 FK Crvena Zvezda – SL Benfica
21:00 AS Monaco – FC Barcelona
21:00 Atalanta BC – Arsenal FC
21:00 Atletico Madrid – RB Leipzig
21:00 Stade Brestois 29 – SK Sturm Graz
All the rivals of the Spanish teams
Real Madrid: Dortmund (HOME), Liverpool (AWAY), Milan (HOME), Atalanta (AWAY), Salzburg (HOME), Lille (AWAY), Stuttgart (HOME), Brest (AWAY).
Barcelona: Bayern Munich (HOME), Borussia Dortmund (AWAY), Atalanta (HOME), Benfica (AWAY), Young Boys (HOME), Red Star (AWAY), Brest (HOME), Monaco (AWAY).
Atlético de Madrid: Leipzig (HOME), PSG (AWAY), Leverkusen (HOME), Benfica (AWAY), Lille (HOME), Salzburg (AWAY), Bratislava (HOME), Sparta Prague (AWAY).
Girona: Liverpool (HOME), PSG (AWAY), Arsenal (HOME), Milan (AWAY), Feyenoord (HOME), PSV (AWAY), Slovan Bratislava (HOME), Sturm Graz (AWAY).
Matchday 2
October 1st
18:45 FC Salzburg – Stade Brestois 29
18:45 VfB Stuttgart – AC Sparta Prague
21:00 Arsenal FC – Paris Saint-Germain
21:00 Bayer 04 Leverkusen – AC Milan
21:00 Borussia Dortmund – Celtic FC
21:00 FC Barcelona – BSC Young Boys
21:00 FC Internazionale Milano – FK Crvena Zvezda
21:00 PSV Eindhoven – Sporting Clube de Portugal
21:00 SK Slovan Bratislava – Manchester City
October 2nd
18:45 FC Shakhtar Donetsk – Atalanta BC
18:45 Girona FC – Feyenoord
21:00 Aston Villa FC – FC Bayern Munich
21:00 GNK Dinamo – AS Monaco
21:00 Liverpool FC – Bologna FC 1909
21:00 LOSC Lille – Real Madrid C.F.
21:00 RB Leipzig – Juventus
21:00 SK Sturm Graz – Club Brugge KV
21:00 SL Benfica – Atletico Madrid
Matchday 3
October 22
18:45 AC Milan – Club Brugge KV
18:45 AS Monaco – FK Crvena Zvezda
21:00 Arsenal FC – FC Shakhtar Donetsk
21:00 Aston Villa FC – Bologna FC 1909
21:00 Girona FC – SK Slovan Bratislava
21:00 Juventus – VfB Stuttgart
21:00 Paris Saint-Germain – PSV Eindhoven
21:00 Real Madrid C.F. – Borussia Dortmund
21:00 SK Sturm Graz – Sporting Clube de Portugal
October 23
18:45 Atalanta BC – Celtic FC
18:45 Stade Brestois 29 – Bayer 04 Leverkusen
21:00 Atletico Madrid – LOSC Lille
21:00 BSC Young Boys – FC Internazionale Milano
21:00 FC Barcelona – FC Bayern Munich
21:00 FC Salzburg – GNK Dinamo
21:00 Manchester City – AC Sparta Prague
21:00 RB Leipzig – Liverpool FC
21:00 SL Benfica – Feyenoord
Matchday 4
November 5th
18:45 PSV Eindhoven – Girona FC
18:45 SK Slovan Bratislava – GNK Dinamo
21:00 Bologna FC 1909 – AS Monaco
21:00 Borussia Dortmund – SK Sturm Graz
21:00 Celtic FC – RB Leipzig
21:00 Liverpool FC – Bayer 04 Leverkusen
21:00 LOSC Lille – Juventus
21:00 Real Madrid C.F. – AC Milan
21:00 Sporting Clube de Portugal – Manchester City
November 6th
18:45 Club Brugge KV – Aston Villa FC
18:45 FC Shakhtar Donetsk – BSC Young Boys
21:00 AC Sparta Praha – Stade Brestois 29
21:00 FC Bayern Munich – SL Benfica
21:00 FC Internazionale Milano – Arsenal FC
21:00 Feyenoord – FC Salzburg
21:00 FK Crvena Zvezda – FC Barcelona
21:00 Paris Saint-Germain – Atlético de Madrid
21:00 VfB Stuttgart – Atalanta BC
Matchday 5
November 26th
18:45 AC Sparta Prague – Atlético de Madrid
18:45 SK Slovan Bratislava – AC Milan
21:00 Bayer 04 Leverkusen – FC Salzburg
21:00 BSC Young Boys – Atalanta BC
21:00 FC Barcelona – Stade Brestois 29
21:00 FC Bayern Munich – Paris Saint-Germain
21:00 FC Internazionale Milano – RB Leipzig
21:00 Manchester City – Feyenoord
21:00 Sporting Clube de Portugal – Arsenal FC
November 27th
18:45 FK Crvena Zvezda – VfB Stuttgart
18:45 SK Sturm Graz – Girona FC
21:00 AS Monaco – SL Benfica
21:00 Aston Villa FC – Juventus
21:00 Bologna FC 1909 – LOSC Lille
21:00 Celtic FC – Club Brugge KV
21:00 GNK Dinamo – Borussia Dortmund
21:00 Liverpool FC – Real Madrid C.F.
21:00 PSV Eindhoven – FC Shakhtar Donetsk
Matchday 6
December 10th
18:45 Girona FC – Liverpool FC
18:45 GNK Dinamo – Celtic FC
21:00 Atalanta BC – Real Madrid C.F.
21:00 Bayer 04 Leverkusen – FC Internazionale Milano
21:00 Club Brugge KV – Sporting Clube de Portugal
21:00 FC Salzburg – Paris Saint-Germain
21:00 FC Shakhtar Donetsk – FC Bayern München
21:00 RB Leipzig – Aston Villa FC
21:00 Stade Brestois 29 – PSV Eindhoven
December 11th
18:45 Atlético de Madrid – SK Slovan Bratislava
18:45 LOSC Lille – SK Sturm Graz
21:00 AC Milan – FK Crvena Zvezda
21:00 Arsenal FC – AS Monaco
21:00 Borussia Dortmund – FC Barcelona
21:00 Feyenoord – AC Sparta Prague
21:00 Juventus – Manchester City
21:00 SL Benfica – Bologna FC 1909
21:00 VfB Stuttgart – BSC Young Boys
Matchday 7
January 21st
18:45 AS Monaco – Aston Villa FC
18:45 Atalanta BC – SK Sturm Graz
21:00 Atletico Madrid – Bayer 04 Leverkusen
21:00 Bologna FC 1909 – Borussia Dortmund
21:00 Club Brugge KV – Juventus
21:00 FK Crvena Zvezda – PSV Eindhoven
21:00 Liverpool FC – LOSC Lille
21:00 SK Slovan Bratislava – VfB Stuttgart
21:00 SL Benfica – FC Barcelona
January 22
18:45 FC Shakhtar Donetsk – Stade Brestois 29
18:45 RB Leipzig – Sporting Clube de Portugal
21:00 AC Milan – Girona FC
21:00 AC Sparta Prague – FC Internazionale Milano
21:00 Arsenal FC – GNK Dinamo
21:00 Celtic FC – BSC Young Boys
21:00 Feyenoord – FC Bayern Munich
21:00 Paris Saint-Germain – Manchester City
21:00 Real Madrid CF – FC Salzburg
Matchday 8
January 29th
21:00 Aston Villa FC – Celtic FC
21:00 Bayer 04 Leverkusen – AC Sparta Prague
21:00 Borussia Dortmund – FC Shakhtar Donetsk
21:00 BSC Young Boys – FK Crvena Zvezda
21:00 FC Barcelona – Atalanta BC
21:00 FC Bayern München – SK Slovan Bratislava
21:00 FC Internazionale Milano – AS Monaco
21:00 FC Salzburg – Atlético de Madrid
21:00 Girona FC – Arsenal FC
21:00 GNK Dynamo – AC Milan
21:00 Juventus – SL Benfica
21:00 LOSC Lille – Feyenoord
21:00 Manchester City – Club Brugge KV
21:00 PSV Eindhoven – Liverpool FC
21:00 SK Sturm Graz – RB Leipzig
21:00 Sporting Clube de Portugal – Bologna FC 1909
21:00 Stade Brestois 29 – Real Madrid CF
21:00 VfB Stuttgart – Paris Saint-Germain
New format
The new Champions League will open on 17 September with a new system and more money. Faced with the threat of the Super League, UEFA has decided to revolutionise the format and has also decided to increase the income for the clubs, to distribute 2.47 billion euros among the participants, with an increase of 21%.
The four-team group stage has been abolished, with the competition going from 32 to 36 clubs. Starting this season, a round-robin competition will take place, with two more matches in January, leading to the round of 16. Each team will face eight different opponents in the first phase (four home games and four away games). Afterwards, the competition will continue in the current format of two-legged knockout stages, until the final on 31 May 2025 at the Allianz Arena in Munich.
