Champions League Draw - 29th August '24 | Opponents (pg69) | Fixtures (pg128)

[Gordyola]

With one match to play (CL Final) the new format champions league is beginning to take shape.

We will be in the highest seeded pot of nine teams along with Bayern, Real Madrid, PSG, Liverpool. Inter Milan, Dortmund, Leipzig and Barcelona.

Under the new format we will play two of those teams along with two seeded 10 to 18. two seeded 19 to 27 and two seeded 28 to 36.

As England has four qualified teams we can also play one of the other three Arsenal, Liverpool or Aston Villa.

You play eight league matches four at home and four away against eight different teams.

With our luck we will probably end up with Bayern, Real Madrid, Athletico Madrid and Arsenal plus four others.

Points are awarded as at present and the top eight teams out of the 36 go through to the knock out stages.

Teams placed 9th to 16th play the teams placed 17th to 24th on a two legged system with the higher ranked teams playing the return leg at home. The winners then play one of the already qualified teams home and away in the first knock out round.

This adds an extra two matches to the already insane schedule, no wonder players are contemplating going on strike.

Can you fix this as you can’t play teams from same country?

UEFA Club Competitions 2024/25 onwards: new league phase draw procedures explained

The new format means there will be alterations to the draws, staged at the Grimaldi Forum in Monte Carlo on 29 and 30 August, which we explain here.

www.uefa.com

 

[MadchesterCity]

Hope we draw Slovan Bratislava away , had them as my european subbuteo team in the late 60s& early 70s & would go to the gameView attachment 129134

Looks mint that

 

[Gray]

I am going for the following to go through:

• Young Boys
• D. Zagreb
• Slovan B.
• Red Star
• Sparta P.
• Lille
• Red Bull

Bingo.

 

[MCFC1993]

In the league phase teams cannot face opponents from their country and can be drawn against a maximum of two sides from the same country.

UEFA Club Competitions 2024/25 onwards: new league phase draw procedures explained

The new format means there will be alterations to the draws, staged at the Grimaldi Forum in Monte Carlo on 29 and 30 August, which we explain here.

www.uefa.com

Yes you're right, the Marca article is incorrect.

 

[Gordyola]

 

[Gray]

View attachment 129882

Lets all have a copy of the computer code so we can check there are no in-built fiddles.

 

[kippaxwarrior]

Is there any benefit to finishing 1st compared to 8th?

Technically yes. The round of 16 is seeded so say we finish first we would play the 16th seeded team. 2nd would play 15th and so on.

Not all the big teams are guaranteed to finish in the top 8 though so potentially there could be some really big ties in the round of 16.

For example say real Madrid are second and Barcelona finish as the 15th seed they would play each other in the round of 16

 

[waspish]

Can we draw premier teams in this draw

 

[kippaxwarrior]

Can we draw premier teams in this draw

No. Not in the league phase. Only from the knockout stage

 

[117 M34]

Technically yes. The round of 16 is seeded so say we finish first we would play the 16th seeded team. 2nd would play 15th and so on.

Not all the big teams are guaranteed to finish in the top 8 though so potentially there could be some really big ties in the round of 16.

For example say real Madrid are second and Barcelona finish as the 15th seed they would play each other in the round of 16

Suppose that is good because it means all teams will have to keep trying to win even if they've qualified for the top 8 with a game to play.