The Champions League draw was made earlier in the week as all 36 teams discovered their opponents for the 2024-25 competition.
Holders Real Madrid will face Liverpool, AC Milan and Borussia Dortmund, but start their campaign by hosting Stuttgart. They will then head to Lille before hosting BVB and Milan at the Santiago Bernabeu back-t0-back.
Rivals Barcelona take first travel to Monaco, before hosting Young Boys and Bayern Munich in Spain.
Bayern host Dinamo Zagreb in their opener before heading to Aston Villa and Barcelona on the road, then returning home for home matches against Benfica and Paris Saint-Germain.
Ligue 1 side Paris Saint-Germain start at home against Girona before facing Arsenal away but must play PSV, Atletico Madrid and Bayern in a row.
Read on as we reveal the Premier League clubs’ journey through the Champions League’s initial phase.
Champions League fixtures released. Arsenal start away at Atalanta on Thursday, September 19th.
City away is on the Sunday (22nd). pic.twitter.com/JN49Jur7Vv
— Charles Watts (@charles_watts) August 31, 2024
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Manchester City
Pep Guardiola and Manchester City will be looking to reclaim their European crown after losing it to Real Madrid last season.
Their campaign begins at home to Inter Milan, before they make the trip to Slovakia to face Slovan Bratislava.
Back in Manchester, they will take on Sparta Praha, before travelling to Portugal for a match against Sporting Lisbon.
Rounding off 2024 will see City play Feyenoord at home and Juventus away.
Their two matches in 2025 will be at Paris Saint-Germain before finishing at home to Club Brugge.
The dates of our 2024/25 #UCL league phase fixtures have been confirmed 🗓️👇 pic.twitter.com/OgMOAh8E1c
— Manchester City (@ManCity) August 31, 2024
Liverpool
Arne Slot’s first Champions League run in charge of Liverpool has a tricky start away at AC Milan.
Bologna will then come to Anfield before the Reds head to Leipzig in October.
November will see both Bayer Leverkusen and Real Madrid come to Anfield and Liverpool’s final 2024 match will be away to Girona.
In the New Year, the six-time Champions League winners host Lille and round-off away to PSV.
Our confirmed @ChampionsLeague fixture schedule ✨ pic.twitter.com/A28Myc0hta
— Liverpool FC (@LFC) August 31, 2024
Arsenal
Arsenal are firing on all fronts in the 2024-25 season and will fancy their chances of running deep into the Champions League.
The Pot 2 team will travel away to Atalanta to start before back-to-back home games against Paris Saint-Germain and Shakhtar Donetsk.
It will then be Inter Milan at San Siro for the Gunners followed by Sporting.
Monaco, Dinamo Zagreb and Girona will complete their league phase outings.
🗞️ Our Champions League fixtures have now been confirmed 👇
— Arsenal (@Arsenal) August 31, 2024
Aston Villa
Aston Villa’s return to Europe’s top table will start with a trip to Young Boys.
German giants Bayern will then come to Villa Park before Unai Emery’s team will head on the road again for a trip to Bologna.
Club Brugge, Juventus and RB Leipzig will see Villa through to the New Year.
A trip to Monaco and a home clash against Scottish giants Celtic are the final fixtures for the Premier League side.
The dates and times for our @ChampionsLeague fixtures are officially set! 🤩#ChampionsLeague || #UpTheVilla pic.twitter.com/V1I8HBmo96
— Aston Villa (@AVFCOfficial) August 31, 2024
