The UEFA Champions League draw for the 2024-25 season is set to take place on August 29, 2024, at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco.
The event will start at 5 PM BST (12 noon ET), and fans can catch the action live on UEFA’s official website or via various broadcasting networks.
This year’s draw is particularly exciting due to the new league phase format, which replaces the traditional group stage.
Liverpool’s seeding and potential opponents: The new Champions League draw
| Pot 1 | Coeff. | Pot 2 | Coeff. | Pot 3 | Coeff. | Pot 4 | Coeff. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manchester City | 148.000 | Bayer Leverkusen | 90.000 | Feyenoord | 57.000 | Slovan Bratislava | 30.500 |
| Bayern Munich | 144.000 | Atlético Madrid | 89.000 | Sporting CP | 54.500 | AS Monaco | 24.000 |
| Real Madrid | 136.000 | Atalanta | 81.000 | PSV | 54.000 | Sparta Praha | 22.500 |
| PSG | 116.000 | Juventus | 80.000 | Dinamo Zagreb | 50.000 | Aston Villa | 20.860 |
| Liverpool | 114.000 | Benfica | 79.000 | Salzburg | 50.000 | Bologna | 18.056 |
| Inter | 101.000 | Arsenal | 72.000 | Lille | 47.000 | Girona | 17.897 |
| Borussia Dortmund | 97.000 | Club Brugge | 64.000 | Crvena Zvezda | 47.000 | Stuttgart | 17.324 |
| Leipzig | 97.000 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 63.000 | Young Boys | 34.500 | Sturm Graz | 15.500 |
| Barcelona | 91.000 | AC Milan | 59.000 | Celtic | 32.000 | Stade Brestois | 13.366 |
Liverpool finds themselves in Pot One for this season’s draw, alongside giants like Real Madrid, Manchester City, Bayern Munich, and others.
The new format involves 36 teams playing eight matches in the league phase, facing two teams from each of the four seeding pots.
For Liverpool, this means they could be drawn against teams from Pot Two, such as Juventus or Arsenal, from Pot Three, like Feyenoord or Celtic, and from Pot Four, including Monaco or Aston Villa.
The top eight teams from the league phase will advance directly to the last 16. Those finishing between 9th and 24th will enter a knockout play-off for a chance to join them, while the bottom 12 teams will be eliminated from all European competitions.
When does the League phase of UCL 2024/25 start?
The first matchday of this new Champions League format kicks off on September 17, 2024, promising an exciting start to the competition.
| Matchday | Fixture date(s) |
|---|---|
| Matchday 1 | September 17 – 19 |
| Matchday 2 | October 1 – 2 |
| Matchday 3 | October 22 – 23 |
| Matchday 4 | November 5 – 6 |
| Matchday 5 | November 26 – 27 |
| Matchday 6 | December 10 – 11 |
| Matchday 7 | January 21 -22 |
| Matchday 8 | January 29 |
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