Uefa champion league: beginning with the 2024–25 season

uefa champion league Beginning with the 2024–25 season, UEFA changed the format of their three club competitions, abandoning the group stage in favour of an expanded league phase. [ 86 ] The number of participating teams was increased from 32 to 36 teams. Teams are no longer divided into groups of four teams each but are ranked in a single table resembling the Swiss-system tournament format. [ 87 ] [ 88 ] [ 89 ] Each team plays eight matches against eight different opponents. For the draw of the league phase, teams are divided into four seeding pots according to their UEFA coefficient . Each team will play against two teams from each pot, one home and one away. The league phase is played from September to January, while the knockout phase begins in February, with matches predominantly played on Tuesday and Wednesday nights.. lịch bóng đá uefa nations league VAR tại Champions League được đặt trong trung tâm điều hành riêng, liên kết trực tiếp với trọng tài trên sân qua công nghệ 4K. lịch uefa nations league Prior to the 2024–25 season, there was a group stage of 32 teams, divided into eight groups of four. [ 90 ] The draw to determine which teams entered each group was seeded based on each team's UEFA coefficient , and no group could contain more than one club from each association. Each team played six group stage games, meeting the other three teams in its group home and away in a round-robin format. [ 90 ] The first place team and the runners-up from each group then progressed to the next round. The third-placed teams entered the Europa League's knockout round and the fourth-placed teams were eliminated from the competition.