After the qualifying stages of the Champions League are over, it’s time for the main course – the Champions League 2024/25. Europe’s top factory will start soon and today (Thursday) the draw was held in Monaco with big names like Cristiano Ronaldo and Gianluigi Buffon.
The lottery called for huge meetings such as the replay of the Champions League final between Real Madrid and Dortmund, meetings between the European champions Liverpool and Milan, Barcelona who will again meet Bayern Munich and perhaps the one who “ate it” the most – Paris Saint-Germain who will have to face, among other things, Manchester City, Bayern Munich, Arsenal and Atletico Madrid. The new format of the Champions League promised a lot and it has. Here are the full sessions:
Manchester City will meet: Inter (home), PSG (away), Juventus (away), Club Brugge (home), Feyenoord (home), Sporting Lisbon (away), Sparta Prague (home), Slovan Bratislava (away).
City players (Reuters)
Bayern Munich will meet: PSG (home), Barcelona (away), Benfica (home), Shakhtar Donetsk (away), Dinamo Zagreb (home), Feyenoord (away), Slovan Bratislava (home), Aston Villa (away).
Bayern Munich players (Reuters)
Paris Saint-Germain will meet: Manchester City (home), Bayern Munich (away), Atletico Madrid (home), Arsenal (away), PSV Eindhoven (home), Salzburg (away), Girona (home) and Stuttgart (away) .
PSG players (Reuters)
Inter will meet: Leipzig (home), Manchester City (away), Arsenal (home), Leverkusen (away), Red Star (home), Young Boys (away), Monaco (home), Sparta Prague (away).
Inter players (Reuters)
Real Madrid will meet: Borussia Dortmund (home), Liverpool (away), AC Milan (home), Atalanta (away), Red Bull Salzburg (home), Lille (away), Stuttgart (home), Brest (away).
Real Madrid players (La Liga)
Barcelona will meet: Bayern Munich (home), Dortmund (away), Atalanta (home), Benfica Lisbon (away), Yanez Boys (home), Red Star (away), Brest (home), Monaco (away).
Barcelona players (La Liga)
Leipzig will meet: Liverpool (home), Inter (away), Juventus (home), Atletico Madrid (away), Sporting Lisbon (home), Celtic (away), Aston Villa (home) and Storm Graz (away).
Leipzig players (Reuters)
Dortmund will meet: Barcelona (home), Real Madrid (away), Shakhtar Donetsk (home), Club Brugge (away), Celtic (home), Dinamo Zagreb (away), Sturm Garc (home), Bologna (away).
Dortmund players (Reuters)
Liverpool will face: Real Madrid (home), Leipzig (away), Bayer Leverkusen (home), Milan (away), Lille (home), PSV Eindhoven (away), Bologna (home) and Girona (away).
Liverpool players (Reuters)
Atletico Madrid will meet: Leipzig (home), PSG (away), Bayer Leverkusen (home), Benfica Lisbon (away), Lille (home), Red Bull Salzburg (away), Sloven Bratislava (home), Sparta Prague (away) .
Atletico Madrid players (Reuters)
Milan will meet: Liverpool (home), Real Madrid (away), Club Brugge (home), Bayer Leverkusen (away), Red Star (home), Dinamo Zagreb (away), Girona (home), Slovan Bratislava (away).
Milan players (Reuters)
Juventus will meet: Manchester City (home), Red Bull Leipzig (away), Benfica Lisbon (home), Club Brugge (away), PSV Eindhoven (home), Lille (away), Stuttgart (home), Aston Villa (outside).
Juventus players (Reuters)
Arsenal will face: PSG (home), Inter (away), Shakhtar Donetsk (home), Atalanta (away), Dinamo Zagreb (home), Sporting Lisbon (away), Monaco (home), Girona (away).
Arsenal players (Reuters)
Bayer Leverkusen will meet: Inter (home), Liverpool (away), Milan (home), Atletico Madrid (away), Red Bull Salzburg (home), Feyenoord (away), Sparta Prague (home), Brest (away).
Leverkusen players (Reuters)
Shakhtar Donetsk will meet: Bayern Munich (home), Borussia Dortmund (away), Atalanta (home), Arsenal (away), Young Boys (home), PSV Eindhoven (away), Brest (home), Bologna (away).
Shakhtar Donetsk players (Shakhtar Donetsk official website)
At the Lisbon issue you will meet: Barcelona (home), Bayern Munich (away), Atletico Madrid (home), Juventus (away), Feyenoord (home), Red Star (away), Bologna (home), Monaco (away).
Atalanta will meet: Real Madrid (home), Barcelona (away), Arsenal (home), Shakhtar Donetsk (away), Celtic (home), Young Boys (away), Sturm Garc (home), Stuttgart (away).
Atalanta players (Reuters)
Club Brugge will meet: Borussia Dortmund (home), Manchester City (away), Juventus (home), AC Milan (away), Sporting Lisbon (home), Celtic (away), Aston Villa (home), Sturm Gartz (away).
Young Boys will meet: Inter (home), Barcelona (away), Atalanta (home), Shakhtar Donetsk (away), Red Star (home), Celtic (away), Aston Villa (home) and Stuttgart (away).
Red Bull Salzburg will meet: PSG (home), Real Madrid (away), Atletico Madrid (home), Bayer Leverkusen (away), Dinamo Zagreb (home), Feyenoord (away), Brest (home), Sparta Prague (away).
Oscar Gloch (Reuters)
Red Star Belgrade will meet: Barcelona (home), Inter (away), Benfica Lisbon (home), Milan (away), PSV Eindhoven (home), Young Boys (away), Stuttgart (home), Monaco (away).
Omri Glazer (the official website of the Red Star)
Lil will meet: Real Madrid (home), Liverpool (away), Juventus (home), Atletico Madrid (away), Feyenoord (home), Sporting Lisbon (away), Sturm Graz (home) and Bologna (away).
Celtic will face: Leipzig (home), Dortmund (away), Club Brugge (home), Atalanta (away), Young Boys (home), Dinamo Zagreb (away), Slovan Bratislava (home), Aston Villa (away).
Feyenoord will meet: Bayern Munich (home), Manchester City (away), Bayer Leverkusen (home), Benfica Lisbon (away), Salzburg (home), Lille (away), Sparta Prague (home) Girona (away).
Feyenoord players (Reuters)
Sporting Lisbon will meet: Manchester City (home), Leipzig (away), Arsenal (home), Club Brugge (away), Lille (home) PSV Eindhoven (away), Bologna (home) Sturm Gartz (away).
Dinamo Zagreb will meet: Borussia Dortmund (home), Bayern Munich (away), AC Milan (home), Arsenal (away), Celtic (home), Salzburg (away), Monaco (home), Slovan Bratislava (away).
PSV Eindhoven will face: Liverpool (home), PSG (away), Shakhtar Donetsk (home), Juventus (away), Sporting Lisbon (home), Red Star (away), Girona (home) and Brest (away).
PSV Eindhoven (Reuters)
Stuttgart will meet: PSG (home), Real Madrid (away), Atalanta (home), Juventus (away), Young Boys (home), Red Star (away), Sparta Prague (home), Slovan Bratislava (away).
Aston Villa will face: Bayern Munich (home), Leipzig (away), Juventus (home), Club Brugge (away), Celtic (home), Young Boys (away), Bologna (home) and Monaco (away).
Aston Villa players (Reuters)
Girona will face: Liverpool (home), PSG (away), Arsenal (home), AC Milan (away), Feyenoord (home), PSV Eindhoven (away), Slovan Bratislava (home) and Sturm Garc (away) .
Girona players (La Liga)
Bologna will meet: Dortmund (home), Liverpool (away), Shakhtar Donetsk (home), Benfica Lisbon (away), Lille (home), Sporting Lisbon (away), Monaco (home) and Aston Villa (away).
Bologna players (Reuters)
Brest will meet: Real Madrid (home), Barcelona (away), Bayer Leverkusen (home), Shakhtar Donetsk (away), PSV Eindhoven (home), Salzburg (away), Sturm Garc (home) and Sparta Prague (away).
Sloven Bratislava will meet: Manchester City (home), Bayern Munich (away), AC Milan (home), Atletico Madrid (away), Dinamo Zagreb (home), Celtic (away), Stuttgart (home) and Girona (away).
Monaco will face: Barcelona (home), Inter (away), Benfica (home), Arsenal (away), Red Star Belgrade (home), Dinamo Zagreb (away), Aston Villa (home) and Bologna (away).
Monaco players (Monaco’s Twitter)
Sparta Prague will meet: Inter (home), Manchester City (away), Atletico Madrid (home), Leverkusen (away), Salzburg (home), Feyenoord (away), Brest (home) and Stuttgart (away).
Sturm Gartz will meet: Leipzig (home), Dortmund (away), Club Brugge (home), Atalanta (away), Sporting Lisbon (home), Lille (away), Girona (home) and Brest (away).
Full Champions League draw (Reuters)
The new method
Remember, this is not another normal season of the prestigious factory, as it will change its face this season in favor of a new format. After years of a group stage format, followed by the knockout stages, this year the teams will first compete in a stage that will be called the “League Stage”.
The 36 teams (increased from the 32 that were in the factory until now) will all compete as part of one league table and divided into four levels. Each team will be drawn to play eight games, against two opponents from each tier, including its own tier, where each tier will draw one away game and one home game.
Champions League draw (Reuters)
The teams will earn one point for a draw and three points for a win, just like in a regular league, and at the end of the eight rounds the league will be divided into several parts, with the first eight automatically qualifying for the round of 16.
The teams that finish between the ninth and 24th place will meet each other in a crossover (9th place vs. 24th, 10th vs. 23rd and so on) for a knockout stage with two games (home and away) with the winners of it qualifying for the round of 16 as well and from there the knockout will proceed in the usual manner.
Oskar Gloch celebrates in the championships, will he do it this season as well? (Reuters)
Those who finish the league stage between the 25th and 36th places will say goodbye to the factory and, unlike the previous version of the competition, will not continue their journey in the European League, but will end their European season completely.
Regarding the lottery, it will be held with a different concept as well, which will replace the outdated method that was based solely on collecting balls from bowls. Each team will still be physically drawn by hand before a computer program selects its eight opponents. No club can play against another team from its own country, and no club can play more than two games against teams from a certain country.
