The 2024–25 UEFA Champions League league phase began on 17 September 2024 and ended on 29 January 2025. A total of 36 teams competed in the league phase to decide the 24 places in the knockout phase of the 2024–25 UEFA Champions League.

Aston Villa, Bologna, Brest, Girona and Slovan Bratislava made their debut appearances in the Champions League since the introduction of the group stage. Brest and Girona also made their debut appearances in European football. For the first time in their history, France had four clubs in the Champions League main stage. A total of 16 national associations were represented in the league phase.

This was the first season with the single-league format, which replaced the group format used until the previous season. With the format change, the number of matches prior to the knockout phase increased from 96 to 144. Juventus' Kenan Yıldız was the first-ever goalscorer of the competition's league phase.

Format Each team played eight matches, four at home and four away, against eight different opponents, with all 36 teams ranked in a single league table. Teams were separated into four pots based on their 2024 UEFA club coefficients, and each team played two teams from each of the four pots – one at home and one away. The top eight ranked teams received a bye to the round of 16. The teams ranked from 9th to 24th contested the knockout phase play-offs, with the teams ranked from 9th to 16th seeded for the draw. Teams ranked from 25th to 36th were eliminated from all competitions, with no access to the 2024–25 UEFA Europa League.

Tiebreakers Teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams were equal on points upon completion of the league phase, the following tiebreaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine their rankings: Goal difference; Goals scored; Away goals scored; Wins; Away wins; Higher number of points obtained collectively by league phase opponents; Superior collective goal difference of league phase opponents; Higher number of goals scored collectively by league phase opponents; Lower disciplinary points total (direct red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points); UEFA club coefficient.

Teams and seeding The 36 teams were divided into four pots of nine teams each, with the Champions League title holders automatically placed as the top seed of pot 1. All remaining teams were allocated to pots based on their 2024 UEFA club coefficients. The participants included: 29 teams which entered at this stage 7 winners of the play-off round (5 from the Champions Path, 2 from the League Path)

Key to coloursTeams ranked 1 to 8 advanced to the round of 16 as a seeded teamTeams ranked 9 to 16 advanced to the knockout phase play-offs as a seeded teamTeams ranked 17 to 24 advanced to the knockout phase play-offs as an unseeded team

+Pot 1TeamNotes Real Madrid 136.000 Manchester City 148.000 Bayern Munich 144.000 Paris Saint-Germain 116.000 Liverpool 114.000 Inter Milan 101.000 Borussia Dortmund 97.000 RB Leipzig 97.000 Barcelona 91.000+Pot 2TeamNotes Bayer Leverkusen 90.000 Atlético Madrid 89.000 Atalanta 81.000 Juventus 80.000 Benfica 79.000 Arsenal 72.000 Club Brugge 64.000 Shakhtar Donetsk 63.000 Milan 59.000+Pot 3TeamNotes Feyenoord 57.000 Sporting CP 54.500 PSV Eindhoven 54.000 Dinamo Zagreb 50.000 Red Bull Salzburg 50.000 Lille 47.000 Red Star Belgrade 40.000 Young Boys 34.500 Celtic 32.000+Pot 4TeamNotes Slovan Bratislava 30.500 Monaco 24.000 Sparta Prague 22.500 Aston Villa 20.860 Bologna 18.056 Girona 17.897 VfB Stuttgart 17.324 Sturm Graz 14.500 Brest 13.366

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Draw The draw for the league phase pairings was held at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco on 29 August 2024, 18:00 CEST, with Gianluigi Buffon, the UEFA President's Awardee, and Cristiano Ronaldo as drawing guests. All 36 teams were manually drawn using physical balls. For every team manually drawn, a guest on stage pressed the button for the automated software to digitally draw their opponents at random, determining which of their matches were at home and which ones away. Each team faced two opponents from each of the four pots, one of which they faced at home and one away. Teams could not face opponents from their own association, and could only be drawn against a maximum of two sides from the same association. The draw started with Pot 1, assigning opponents to all teams, one after the other, and continued with the other pots in ascending order until all teams were assigned their opponents.

The switch to a primarily computer-based draw was made due to issues with the complexity and duration required by a manual draw. The draw software, developed by AE Live, guaranteed total randomness within the framework of the draw conditions and prevented any deadlock situations. The software was reviewed by external auditor Ernst & Young, which also provided review and control of the manual and digital draw operations on-site.

+ League phase opponents by club Club Pot 1 opponents Pot 2 opponents Pot 3 opponents Pot 4 opponents Home Away Home Away Home Away Home Away Real Madrid Borussia Dortmund Liverpool Milan Atalanta Red Bull Salzburg Lille VfB Stuttgart Brest Manchester City Inter Milan Paris Saint-Germain Club Brugge Juventus Feyenoord Sporting CP Sparta Prague Slovan Bratislava Bayern Munich Paris Saint-Germain Barcelona Benfica Shakhtar Donetsk Dinamo Zagreb Feyenoord Slovan Bratislava Aston Villa Paris Saint-Germain Manchester City Bayern Munich Atlético Madrid Arsenal PSV Eindhoven Red Bull Salzburg Girona VfB Stuttgart Liverpool Real Madrid RB Leipzig Bayer Leverkusen Milan Lille PSV Eindhoven Bologna Girona Inter Milan RB Leipzig Manchester City Arsenal Bayer Leverkusen Red Star Belgrade Young Boys Monaco Sparta Prague Borussia Dortmund Barcelona Real Madrid Shakhtar Donetsk Club Brugge Celtic Dinamo Zagreb Sturm Graz Bologna RB Leipzig Liverpool Inter Milan Juventus Atlético Madrid Sporting CP Celtic Aston Villa Sturm Graz Barcelona Bayern Munich Borussia Dortmund Atalanta Benfica Young Boys Red Star Belgrade Brest Monaco Bayer Leverkusen Inter Milan Liverpool Milan Atlético Madrid Red Bull Salzburg Feyenoord Sparta Prague Brest Atlético Madrid RB Leipzig Paris Saint-Germain Bayer Leverkusen Benfica Lille Red Bull Salzburg Slovan Bratislava Sparta Prague Atalanta Real Madrid Barcelona Arsenal Shakhtar Donetsk Celtic Young Boys Sturm Graz VfB Stuttgart Juventus Manchester City RB Leipzig Benfica Club Brugge PSV Eindhoven Lille VfB Stuttgart Aston Villa Benfica Barcelona Bayern Munich Atlético Madrid Juventus Feyenoord Red Star Belgrade Bologna Monaco Arsenal Paris Saint-Germain Inter Milan Shakhtar Donetsk Atalanta Dinamo Zagreb Sporting CP Monaco Girona Club Brugge Borussia Dortmund Manchester City Juventus Milan Sporting CP Celtic Aston Villa Sturm Graz Shakhtar Donetsk Bayern Munich Borussia Dortmund Atalanta Arsenal Young Boys PSV Eindhoven Brest Bologna Milan Liverpool Real Madrid Club Brugge Bayer Leverkusen Red Star Belgrade Dinamo Zagreb Girona Slovan Bratislava Feyenoord Bayern Munich Manchester City Bayer Leverkusen Benfica Red Bull Salzburg Lille Sparta Prague Girona Sporting CP Manchester City RB Leipzig Arsenal Club Brugge Lille PSV Eindhoven Bologna Sturm Graz PSV Eindhoven Liverpool Paris Saint-Germain Shakhtar Donetsk Juventus Sporting CP Red Star Belgrade Girona Brest Dinamo Zagreb Borussia Dortmund Bayern Munich Milan Arsenal Celtic Red Bull Salzburg Monaco Slovan Bratislava Red Bull Salzburg Paris Saint-Germain Real Madrid Atlético Madrid Bayer Leverkusen Dinamo Zagreb Feyenoord Brest Sparta Prague Lille Real Madrid Liverpool Juventus Atlético Madrid Feyenoord Sporting CP Sturm Graz Bologna Red Star Belgrade Barcelona Inter Milan Benfica Milan PSV Eindhoven Young Boys VfB Stuttgart Monaco Young Boys Inter Milan Barcelona Atalanta Shakhtar Donetsk Red Star Belgrade Celtic Aston Villa VfB Stuttgart Celtic RB Leipzig Borussia Dortmund Club Brugge Atalanta Young Boys Dinamo Zagreb Slovan Bratislava Aston Villa Slovan Bratislava Manchester City Bayern Munich Milan Atlético Madrid Dinamo Zagreb Celtic VfB Stuttgart Girona Monaco Barcelona Inter Milan Benfica Arsenal Red Star Belgrade Dinamo Zagreb Aston Villa Bologna Sparta Prague Inter Milan Manchester City Atlético Madrid Bayer Leverkusen Red Bull Salzburg Feyenoord Brest VfB Stuttgart Aston Villa Bayern Munich RB Leipzig Juventus Club Brugge Celtic Young Boys Bologna Monaco Bologna Borussia Dortmund Liverpool Shakhtar Donetsk Benfica Lille Sporting CP Monaco Aston Villa Girona Liverpool Paris Saint-Germain Arsenal Milan Feyenoord PSV Eindhoven Slovan Bratislava Sturm Graz VfB Stuttgart Paris Saint-Germain Real Madrid Atalanta Juventus Young Boys Red Star Belgrade Sparta Prague Slovan Bratislava Sturm Graz RB Leipzig Borussia Dortmund Club Brugge Atalanta Sporting CP Lille Girona Brest Brest Real Madrid Barcelona Bayer Leverkusen Shakhtar Donetsk PSV Eindhoven Red Bull Salzburg Sturm Graz Sparta Prague

League phase table

Results summary

By team

Matches The fixture list was announced on 31 August 2024, two days after the draw. This was to ensure no calendar clashes with teams in Europa League and Conference League playing in the same cities.

In principle, each team did not play more than two home matches or two away matches in a row, and played one home match and one away match across both the first and last two matchdays. The matches were played on 17–19 September (exclusive week), 1–2 October, 22–23 October, 5–6 November, 26–27 November, 10–11 December 2024, 21–22 January and 29 January 2025. All matches were played on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, except for the competition's exclusive week, which also included Thursday fixtures. The scheduled kick-off times were 18:45 (two matches on each day) and 21:00 (remaining matches) CET/CEST. The only exception was the final matchday, where all fixtures were played simultaneously at 21:00.

Times are CET or CEST, as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Matchday 1

Matchday 2

Matchday 3

Matchday 4

Matchday 5

Matchday 6

Matchday 7

Matchday 8

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