Champions League Draw Details For The 2024-25 League Phase Announced.

The 2024-25 Champions League league phase draw will take place on Thursday at 55 p.m. BST in Monaco.

Liverpool return to the competition, which has been revamped for the new season, following a one-year absence.

Under the new format, 36 teams will compete in the league phase, which replaces the previous group stage. Each team will play eight matches against eight different clubs.

Teams will be seeded into four pots based on their UEFA club coefficients, with the reigning Champions League champions – currently Real Madrid – at the top of Pot 1.

The league phase will include the following 36 teams:

AC Milan, Arsenal, Aston Villa, Barcelona, Bayer Leverkusen, Bayern Munich, Benfica, Bologna, Borussia Dortmund, Brest, Celtic, Club Brugge, Dinamo Zagreb, Feyenoord, Girona, Internazionale, Juventus, Lille, Liverpool, Manchester City, Monaco, Paris Saint-Germain, PSV Eindhoven, RB Leipzig, Real Madrid, Red Bull Salzburg, Red Star Belgrade, Shakhtar Donetsk, Slovan Bratislava, Sparta Prague, Sporting CP, Sturm Graz, Stuttgart, Young Boys.

Each team will be drawn against two opponents from each of the four pots, one at home and the other away, to make up their eight games.

The Reds will not be able to face another Premier League team during the league phase. Clubs can be drawn against up to two opponents from the same country.

The dates and kick-off times for Liverpool’s eight league phase matches will be announced on Saturday (August 31) and made available on Liverpoolfc.com.

The eight matchdays are scheduled on the following dates:

Matchday 1: September 17-18/19.

Match Day 2: October 1/2

Match Day 3: October 22/23

Matchday 4: November 5/6.

Matchday 5, November 26/27

Match Day 6: December 10/11

Matchday 7: January 21/22.

Match Day 8: January 29

After the league phase, the top eight teams from the overall 36-team table will advance directly to the last 16.

The clubs finishing ninth to 24th place will compete in the knockout round play-offs, with eight winners advancing to the Round of 16.