It was held in Monaco the first and historic draw of the new Champions League!
The top European competition, acquired from the 2024-25 season new formatwill now consist of a single group, with 36 groups to learn all of them 8 opponents who will also face her seat in which they will do it!
Of course, the matches that resulted are too numerous to mention, since the new format of the event increases the competitiveness and strong matches. The programwith dates and times for each match, will be announced next Saturday (31/08) in the morning, although we already know when each match will take place.
It is worth noting that the lottery was conducted by Gianluigi Buffon and Cristiano Ronaldowho were even awarded by UEFA for their great contribution to the competition.
Detailed results of the draw:
First capacity group
Manchester City: Inter (in), Paris out (out), Club Brugge (in), Juventus (out), Feyenoord (in), Sporting (out), Sparta Prague (in), Slovan Bratislava (out).
Inter: Leipzig (in), Manchester City (away), Arsenal (in), Leverkusen (away), Reds (in), Young Boys (away), Monaco (in), Sparta (away).
Bayern: Paris (in), Barcelona (away), Benfica (in), Shakhtar (away), Dinamo Zagreb (in), Feyenoord (away), Slovan (in), Aston Villa (away).
Leipzig: Liverpool home, Inter away, Juventus home, Atletico away, Sporting home, Celtic away, Aston Villa home, Sturm Graz away.
Dortmund: Barcelona (in), Real (away), Shakhtar (in), Brugge (away), Celtic (in), Dinamo Zagreb (away), Sturm (in), Bologna (away).
Barcelona: Bayern (in), Dortmund (away), Atalanta (in), Benfica (away), Young Boys (in), Red Star (away), Brest (in), Monaco (away).
Real: Dortmund (in), Liverpool (away), AC Milan (in), Atalanta (away), Salzburg (in), Lille (away), Stuttgart (in), Brest (away)
Liverpool: Real (in), Leipzig (away), Leverkusen (in), AC Milan (away), Lille (in), Eindhoven (away), Bologna (in), Girona (away).
Paris Saint Germain: City (in), Bayern Munich (away), Atletico Madrid (in), Arsenal (away), PSV (in), Salzburg (away), Girona (in), Stuttgart (away).
Second capacity group:
Atletico Madrid: Leipzig (in), Paris Saint-Germain (away), Leverkusen (in), Benfica (away), Lille (in), Salzburg (away), Slovan Bratislava (away), Slavia Prague (away).
Atalanta: Real (in), Barcelona (away), Arsenal (in), Shakhtar (away), Celtic (in), Young Boys (away), Sturm Graz (in), Stuttgart (away).
Club Brugge: Dortmund (in), City (away), Juventus (in), Milan (away), Sporting (in), Celtic (away), Aston Villa (in), Sturm (away).
Leverkusen: Inter Milan (home), Liverpool (home), Milan (home), Atletico (home), Salzburg (home), Feyenoord (home), Sparta Prague (home), Brest (home).
Arsenal: Paris (in), Inter (away), Shakhtar (in), Atalanta (away), Dinamo (in), Sporting (away), Monaco (in), Girona (away).
Benfica: Barcelona (in), Bayern (away), Atletico (in), Juventus (away), Feyenoord (in), Red (away), Bologna (in), Monaco (away)
Milan: Liverpool (in), Real (away), Club Brugge (in), Leverkusen (away), Red Star (in), Dinamo Zagreb (away), Girona (in), Slovan Bratislava (away).
Juventus: City (in), Leipzig (in), Benfica (in), Brugge (in), Eindhoven (in), Lille (in), Stuttgart (in), Aston Villa (in).
Shakhtar Donetsk: Bayern (in), Dortmund (away), Atalanta (in), Arsenal (away), Young Boys (in), Eindhoven (away), Brest (in), Bologna (away).
Third capacity group:
Young Boys: Inter (in), Barcelona (away), Atalanta (in), Shakhtar (away), Red Star (in), Celtic (away), Aston Villa (in), Stuttgart (away).
Lille: Real (in), Liverpool (away), Juventus (in), Atletico (away), Feyenoord (in), Sporting (away), Sturm (in), Bologna (away).
Feyenoord: Bayern (in), City (away), Leverkusen (in), Benfica (away), Salzburg (in), Lille (away), Sparta (in), Girona (away).
Dinamo Zagreb: Dortmund (in), Bayern (out), Milan (in), Arsenal (out), Celtic (in), Salzburg (out), Monaco (in), Slovan (out).
Red Star: Barcelona (in), Inter (away), Benfica (in), Milan (away), Eindhoven (in), Young Boys (away), Stuttgart (in), Monaco (away).
Salzburg: Paris (in), Real (away), Atlético (in), Leverkusen (away), Dinamo (in), Feyenoord (away), Brest (in), Sparta (away).
Celtic: Leipzig (in), Dortmund (away), Brugge (in), Atalanta (away), Young Boys (in), Dynamo (away), Slovan (in), Aston Villa (away).
Sporting Lisbon: City (in), Leipzig (away), Arsenal (in), Brugge (away), Lille (in), Eindhoven (away), Bologna (in), Sturm (away).
Eindhoven: Liverpool (in), Paris (away), Shakhtar (in), Juventus (away), Sporting (in), Red (away), Girona (in), Brest (away).
Fourth capacity group:
Girona: Liverpool (in), Paris (away), Arsenal (in), AC Milan (away), Feyenoord (in), Eindhoven (away), Slovan Bratislava (in), Sturm Graz (away).
Stuttgart: Paris (in), Real (out), Atalanta (in), Juventus (out), Jung (in), Red (out), Sparta (in), Slovan (out).
Bologna: Dortmund (in), Liverpool (out), Shakhtar (in), Benfica (out), Lille (in), Sporting (out), Monaco (in), Aston Villa (out).
Brest: Real (in), Barcelona (away), Leverkusen (in), Shakhtar (away), Eindhoven (in), Salzburg (away), Sturm (in), Sparta (away).
Aston Villa: Bayern (in), Leipzig (away), Juventus (in), Brugge (away), Celtic (in), Young Boys (away), Bologna (in), Monaco (away).
Sparta Prague: Inter (in), City (away), Atlético (in), Leverkusen (away), Salzburg (in), Feyenoord (away), Brest (in), Stuttgart (away).
Slovan Bratislava: City (in), Bayern (away), Milan (in), Atletico (away), Dynamo (in), Celtic (away), Stuttgart (in), Girona (away)
Monaco: Barcelona (in), Inter (away), Benfica (in), Arsenal (away), Red (in), Dynamo (away), Aston Villa (in), Bologna (away)
Sturm Graz: Leipzig (home), Dortmund (away), Brugge (home), Atalanta (away), Sporting (home), Lille (away), Girona (home), Brest (away)
The dates of the 8 matches
1st matchday September 17-19
2nd matchday October 1-2
3rd matchday October 22-23
4th matchday November 5-6
5th matchday November 26-27
6th matchday December 10-11
7th matchday January 21-22
8th matchday January 29
Playoffs between 9-16 and 17-24: February 11/12 and February 18/19
Round of 16: March 4-5 and March 11-12
Quarterfinals: April 8-9 and April 15/16
Semi-Finals: April 29/30 and May 6/7
Final: May 31, Allianz Arena
The new format of the event
With the new format, the 36 teams of the Champions League will be in a single group and play 8 matches in the league stage (formerly group stage). They will no longer face three opponents twice (home and away) but they will 8 different groupsplaying four matches at home and four away.
The top eight teams of the unified score will automatically advance to the round of 16, while the teams that finish from the 9th to 24th place they will compete in double knockout play-off matches to secure their place in the round of 16 of the competition. The teams that will finish from 25th to 36th place are excludedwithout moving them to the UEFA Europa League.
In the knockout phase, the teams between 9th and 16th place they will face a team that finished between 17th and 24th, with the second leg at home. The eight teams that win the knockout stage play-offs will advance to the Round of 16, where they will each face one of the top eight teamswhich will have already qualified for the round of 16.
From the phase 16 onwardsthe event will continue to follow the existing knockout format, leading to its neutral venue finalchosen by UEFA.
Source: Sport Fm
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