The UEFA Champions League will undergo significant changes for the 2024/25 season as the competition is altered and expanded.
A total of 36 teams will earn a place in Europe's most prestigious club competition, which will see the competitors grouped into a 'league' format in place of the more traditional group phase.
There has been opposition to the changes, with some concerns about the additional number of matches and travelling demands, plus the risk of the standard of the competition being diluted. However, the expansion does mean that more teams will get the opportunity to compete on the biggest stage, giving fans the prospect of watching matchups they might otherwise never have imagined possible.
Below is the list of the teams to have qualified for the 2024/25 competition.
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Who qualified for UEFA Champions League 2024/2025?
Below is the list of all the teams to have qualified for the UEFA Champions League proper in 2024/25.
In total, 36 teams qualified for the newly expanded tournament. The winners of this season's Champions League and Europa League were guaranteed a place, along with 25 sides who qualified automatically through their domestic league position. The remaining entered the draw via the qualifying rounds.
Two extra spots go to those leagues with the best coefficient rating — Italy and Germany for next season — and the final seven places are determined through a qualifying phase.
Teams qualified for 2024/25 UEFA Champions League
| Team | Nation | Qualification method |
| AC Milan | Italy | League position (2nd in Serie A) |
| Arsenal | England | League position (2nd in Premier League) |
| Aston Villa | England | League position (4th in Premier League) |
| Atalanta | Italy | Europa League winners |
| Atletico Madrid | Spain | League position (4th in La Liga) |
| Barcelona | Spain | League position (2nd in La Liga) |
| Bayer Leverkusen | Germany | Bundesliga champions |
| Bayern Munich | Germany | League position (3rd in Bundesliga) |
| Benfica | Portugal | League position (2nd in Primeira Liga) |
| Bologna | Italy | League position (5th in Serie A) |
| Borussia Dortmund | Germany | League position (5th in Bundesliga) |
| Brest | France | League position (3rd in Ligue 1) |
| Celtic | Scotland | Premiership champions |
| Club Brugge | Belgium | Belgian Pro League champions |
| Dinamo Zagreb | Croatia | Qualifying rounds |
| Feyenoord | Netherlands | League position (2nd in Eredivisie) |
| Girona | Spain | League position (3rd in La Liga) |
| Inter Milan | Italy | Serie A champions |
| Juventus | Italy | League position (2nd in Serie A) |
| Lille | France | Qualifying rounds |
| Liverpool | England | League position (3rd in Premier League) |
| Manchester City | England | Premier League champions |
| Monaco | France | League position (2nd in Ligue 1) |
| Paris Saint-Germain | France | Ligue 1 champions |
| PSV | Netherlands | Eredivisie champions |
| RB Leipzig | Germany | League position (4th in Bundesliga) |
| Real Madrid | Spain | La Liga champions |
| Red Star | Serbia | Qualifying rounds |
| Salzburg | Austria | Qualifying rounds |
| Shakhtar Donetsk | Ukraine | Ukrainian Premier League champions |
| Slovan Bratislava | Slovakia | Qualifying rounds |
| Sparta Prague | Czechia | Qualifying rounds |
| Sporting CP | Portugal | Primeira Liga champions |
| Sturm Graz | Austria | Austrian Bundesliga champions |
| Stuttgart | Germany | League position (2nd in Bundesliga) |
| Young Boys | Switzerland | Qualifying rounds |
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How to buy Champions League tickets 2024/25
Once dates and times for Champions League fixtures are confirmed, the ticket process will begin. Other than the final itself, tickets cannot be purchased from UEFA directly for European matches.
Instead, the primary ticket sales are conducted by the participating clubs themselves so that fans can access them seamlessly just as they would other matches.
Once the tickets are distributed, fans can still get tickets on secondary market, with StubHub International as the best place to find tickets to Champions League games.
What are the changes to the Champions League format?
There are a number of changes coming to the Champions League format for the 2024/25 season. Here's all of the main ones:
- In terms of the size of the tournament, the number of teams to qualify for the group stage will expand from 32 at present to 36 clubs.
- Those 36 teams will complete in a new-look 'league phase' with the old groups effectively being pushed together into one entire league.
- Each team will be allocated four home games and four away games against other teams across the league phase for a total of eight matches. The top eight teams in the table will qualify for the knockout round, while teams finishing between ninth and 24th will enter a playoff round.
UEFA also stated it would increase revenue-sharing payments to €935 million ($983 million), an increase of 21% from the previous four-year cycle.
Each national association can receive up to €17 million over the four-year period to be distributed to clubs across its leagues.
UEFA says the money is earmarked for "implementing education and development programmes such as grassroots initiatives for girls and boys, social responsibility programmes, refereeing and coaching education, as well as financing football infrastructure — helping to build pitches, stadiums, training centres and headquarter offices."
It's not clear if UEFA will also decide to increase prize money for participating clubs in European competitions for the coming four-year cycle.
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How to watch Champions League around the world
| TV channel | Streaming | |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | — | Stan Sport |
| Canada | — | DAZN |
| India | Sony TEN | JioTV, Sony LIV |
| UK | TNT Sport | discovery+ |
| USA | CBS, CBSSN, Univision, TUDN, UniMas | Fubo, Paramount+, ViX or ViX+ |
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