UEFA Champions League changes

blueparrot said:
As far as I know they haven't said exactly how the seedings and draw will work yet.
www.uefa.com

New format for Champions League post-2024: everything you need to know

The 2024/25 edition of the UEFA Champions League will follow a new format. We explain what will change, what will stay the same, what it means for fans and how it impacts UEFA’s other club competitions.
www.uefa.com www.uefa.com
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Fair enough. Thanks.

"Everything you need to know", apart from how the most fundamental change will actually work. Useful.
 
So basically extra games on group stage against shit teams that no one cares about and take away a leg of the semi final which happen to be the best teams ( bar villareal ) and most entertaining to watch . Who the fuck comes up with this shit .
 
A competition that leaves me cold in spite of our 4-3 thriller, they can get to fuck and the same will apply to the super League when it happens, I'll be at Altrincham with a pie and a Bovril.
 
skyblue92 said:
So basically extra games on group stage against shit teams that no one cares about and take away a leg of the semi final which happen to be the best teams ( bar villareal ) and most entertaining to watch . Who the fuck comes up with this shit .
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Accountants and TV companies
 
Two leagues of 16 teams in each. You play 10 games against who knows, drawn out of ‘hat’, are teams seeded? Sounds like the end for me. Don’t forget that these ‘extra’ clubs (from 32 to 36) will be lower ‘grade’ teams so will, in all probability, be cannon fodder. They will only see the light when viewing figures go down and empty stadiums.
 
good luck to them finding neutral cities...or at the least neutral countries. Unless that is we're going to be treated to continued repeats of the 2019 Europa League final in some far flung shitholes like Baku?
 
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Fred_Quimby said:
Two leagues of 16 teams in each. You play 10 games against who knows, drawn out of ‘hat’, are teams seeded? Sounds like the end for me. Don’t forget that these ‘extra’ clubs (from 32 to 36) will be lower ‘grade’ teams so will, in all probability, be cannon fodder. They will only see the light when viewing figures go down and empty stadiums.
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It's one league, yeas the teams are seeded for the fixtures, and think the for 4 extra teams, 2 will lower ranked, and 2 are teams with the best co-efficient over the last 5 years that don't qualify.
 
train man said:
UEFA set to make major Champions League rule change after Man City & Liverpool thrillers (msn.com)

Proposed (confirmed?) changes make my blood boil. It's already a way-overrated competition which has little interest until the qtrs, and now to reach last 16 they want to have 10 games (instead of 6) to qualify for last 16 (if you finish in top 8), or 12 games for the next 16 clubs in a single league. An absolute bloody farce.

And then, when it gets to the business end of things, after all those unnecessary no-interest games, they want to do away with two-leg semis and have a one-legged much-more-of-a-lottery single leg semi, in a neutral location, to be quickly followed by the final at same location (like Portugal in lockdown). So, let's have loads of irrelevant games to reach the key stage, then fuck-it, get it finished asap, with fewer fans being able to attend and, oh yes, four sets of fans in the same city. That's gonna work well.

Fucking MORONS!
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Don't really get the - "all 36 teams will be in a league where they play 10 games each"??
How the fuck does that work unless you split it into 6 groups of 6 playing home and away, then work out the table?? Any other way could leave clubs playing disproportionately more/less difficult games surely?
As for the "football festival" - I'm retired so it works for me. Anyone working enjoy taking that entire week off - and the expense.
If this happens I think a lot of supporters, from multiple clubs, will turn their back on it
 
blueparrot said:
It's one league, yeas the teams are seeded for the fixtures, and think the for 4 extra teams, 2 will lower ranked, and 2 are teams with the best co-efficient over the last 5 years that don't qualify.
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No, it is 36 teams in two leagues of 18 and you play 10 games, top 6 from each league go on to last 16 along with the 2 teams from each 'play off' from the other 2 leagues.
 
WesthoughtonJohn said:
Don't really get the - "all 36 teams will be in a league where they play 10 games each"??
How the fuck does that work unless you split it into 6 groups of 6 playing home and away, then work out the table?? Any other way could leave clubs playing disproportionately more/less difficult games surely?
As for the "football festival" - I'm retired so it works for me. Anyone working enjoy taking that entire week off - and the expense.
If this happens I think a lot of supporters, from multiple clubs, will turn their back on it
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They possibly intend to have intergroup games a bit like AFL. So you play the five teams in you group once and one team from each of the other 5 groups which gives 10 games one assumes five home and five away. 6 group winners and the two highest placed teams finish second go through. The next 16 places fill up the play-off positions. Which means you could finish fourth in your group of 6 and still get through to the next phase. The bottom 12 teams will be eliminated.
 
Fred_Quimby said:
No, it is 36 teams in two leagues of 18 and you play 10 games, top 6 from each league go on to last 16 along with the 2 teams from each 'play off' from the other 2 leagues.
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How will the 2024/25 competition change?
The pivotal change in the reforms announced by the UEFA Executive Committee after its meeting on 19 April 2021 is the departure from the current format’s opening 32-team group stage. The present Champions League season begins with participants divided into eight groups of four. From the 2024/25 season, there will be a single league made up of all 36 competing clubs.

www.uefa.com

New format for Champions League post-2024: everything you need to know

The 2024/25 edition of the UEFA Champions League will follow a new format. We explain what will change, what will stay the same, what it means for fans and how it impacts UEFA’s other club competitions.
www.uefa.com www.uefa.com
 
blueparrot said:
How will the 2024/25 competition change?
The pivotal change in the reforms announced by the UEFA Executive Committee after its meeting on 19 April 2021 is the departure from the current format’s opening 32-team group stage. The present Champions League season begins with participants divided into eight groups of four. From the 2024/25 season, there will be a single league made up of all 36 competing clubs.

www.uefa.com

New format for Champions League post-2024: everything you need to know

The 2024/25 edition of the UEFA Champions League will follow a new format. We explain what will change, what will stay the same, what it means for fans and how it impacts UEFA’s other club competitions.
www.uefa.com www.uefa.com
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I stand corrected, again :(

Not seeded though in the league. The 10 games can be against any of the teams. In theory you can be drawn against the top ten teams in the league.
 
Fred_Quimby said:
I stand corrected, again :(

Not seeded though in the league. The 10 games can be against any of the teams. In theory you can be drawn against the top ten teams in the league.
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Don't think it's confirmed exactly how the games are allocated yet other thhan 5 home 5 away, though I'm sure I've read somewhere or other there will be seeding.
Now I'm completely guessing this bit but would think there will be 5 groupings and each team would play 2 from each group 1 home 1 away, seems to make most sense to me.
 
There's a bit in the press release that seals it for me:

"There is a reason that European football is one of the world’s most successful and popular sports. It never stands still".

It's ALWAYS been about the money.
 
why dont they change the name to European league or something more fitting, it is far from a champions league.

we all know they wont.
 
All the info you need to know is at the bottom of the trough. Unfortunately you cannot get near it because of the 'istry pigs who block any newcomer going near. Oh and the joker card clubs have a secret passage guarded by gills and parry's.
 
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