Champions League 2024/25. List of participants in the League phase and qualification

Next season, we will witness an entirely new format for the Champions League. Instead of the traditional group stage, 36 teams will compete in a single league, with each team playing 8 matches against different opponents.

Dailysports presents a list of teams already confirmed for the main round of the Champions League, as well as those participating in the qualifiers.

Main Round Teams

• Real Madrid
• Barcelona
• Girona
• Atletico Madrid
• Arsenal
• Manchester City
• Liverpool
• Aston Villa
• Bayer Leverkusen
• Bayern Munich
• RB Leipzig
• Stuttgart
• Borussia Dortmund
• Inter Milan
• AC Milan
• Bologna
• Juventus
• Atalanta
• PSV Eindhoven
• Feyenoord
• Paris Saint-Germain
• Monaco
• Stade Brest
• Celtic
• Sturm Graz
• Sporting Lisbon
• Shakhtar Donetsk – if Borussia Dortmund loses the Champions League final
• Benfica – if Bayer Leverkusen wins the Europa League

Remaining Slots

• 1 team from Belgium
• Europa League 2023/24 winner (if not already qualified through their league). If the winner qualifies through their league, the spot will go to the highest-ranked team not yet qualified. Currently, this is Benfica.
• 5 winners of the Champions Path qualification
• 2 winners of the League Path qualification
• The highest-ranked champion from a country not receiving a direct spot. Currently, this is Shakhtar Donetsk, if they win the Ukrainian Premier League.
• If Borussia Dortmund wins the Champions League but finishes fifth in the Bundesliga, Germany will have six teams in the tournament.
  Teams Confirmed for Qualification

First Round of Qualification

• Ferencváros (Hungary)
• Ordabasy (Kazakhstan)
• Slovan Bratislava (Slovakia)
• Dinamo Batumi (Georgia)
• Panevėžys (Lithuania)
• Qarabağ (Azerbaijan)
• HJK (Finland)
• Shamrock Rovers (Ireland)
• The New Saints (Wales)
• Flora (Estonia)
• RFS (Latvia)
• Virtus (San Marino)
• Víkingur (Iceland)
• Dinamo Minsk (Belarus)
• KÍ Klaksvík (Faroe Islands)
• Celje (Slovenia)
• Larne (Northern Ireland)
• FCSB (Romania)
• Hamrun Spartans (Malta)
• Struga (North Macedonia)
• Differdange (Luxembourg)
• Santa Coloma (Andorra)
• Petrocub (Moldova)
• Ludogorets (Bulgaria)
• Dečić (Montenegro)
• Ballkani (Kosovo)

Second Round of Qualification (Champions Path):

• Bodø/Glimt (Norway)
• Malmö (Sweden)
• Dinamo Zagreb (Croatia)
• APOEL (Cyprus)
• Sparta Prague (Czech Republic)
• PAOK (Greece)
• Maccabi Tel Aviv (Israel)

Second Round of Qualification (League Path):

• Dynamo Kyiv (Ukraine)
• Partizan (Serbia)
• Red Bull Salzburg (Austria)
• Slavia Prague (Czech Republic)

Third Round of Qualification (League Path)

• Benfica – if Bayer Leverkusen loses in the Europa League final
• Lille (France)
• Twente (Netherlands)
• Rangers (Scotland)

Play-off Round of Qualification (Champions Path)

• Crvena Zvezda (Serbia)
• Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukraine) – if Borussia Dortmund wins the Champions League

As a reminder, the top two countries in the seasonal coefficient table will get 5 teams each in the League stage. At the moment, Italy have already guaranteed a place in the top 2. In all likelihood, Germany will also get five teams in the next round of the Champions League.

The first matches of the Champions League 2024/25 qualifiers will take place on July 9-10.