arrow 36 teams play a league phase where all teams play eight matches – against eight different opponents. Each team faces two teams from each seeding group and plays a total of four games at home and four games away.
arrow The series ends at the end of January 2025 and the table is calculated “as usual” based on all matches played, with three points for a win and one point for a draw.
arrow The teams that finish in place 1–8 in the series play go directly to the round of 16.
arrow The teams that finish in place 9–24 in the series play go to the round of 16. There, teams 9–17 are seeded and each gets an opponent from among teams 17–24. The eight round of 16 finals are decided in a double meeting and the eight winners advance to the round of 16 final.
arrow From the round of 16, the Champions League works as the tournament did before, with regular double meetings. Teams 1–8 from the series play are drawn against each winner from the round of 16.
arrow The teams that finish in place 25–36 in the series play may not play further. Nor in the Europa League, as was the case before.