Arsenal Champions League fixtures 2024/25: Mikel Arteta’s team learn their fate

Arsenal have discovered their opponents for the 2024/25 UEFA Champions League season after the draw earlier today.

Mikel Arteta’s side, eager to win the club’s first ever Champions League trophy, will face a wide variety of opponents in the new competition format.

They will play at home against PSG, Monaco, GNK Dinamo and Shakhtar Donetsk. The away matches will be played against Inter Milan, Atalanta, Sporting CP and Girona.

Arsenal Champions League fixtures 2024/25

• PSG (home)
• International (A)
• Shakhtar Donetsk (H)
• Atalanta (out)
• GNK Dynamo (H)
• Sporty CP (A)
• AS Monaco (home)
• Gerona (A)

New Champions League format

This season, the Champions League has undergone a major overhaul, moving away from the traditional 32-team format divided into eight groups of four, and introducing a single table of 36 teams, the ‘League stage’.

Main changes in the format

Some ranking: The 36 teams are now placed in a single table. Each club plays eight different opponents, four at home and four away, instead of two times against three opponents in a group stage.

Sowing and pulling process: The teams were divided into four seeding pots, with each club playing two opponents from each pot: one at home and one away.

Qualification for knockout rounds:

• The top eight teams from the league phase automatically advance to the last 16.
• Teams ranked 9th through 24th compete in a two-leg play-off round for the remaining spots in the last 16.
• Teams finishing in 25th place or lower are eliminated from European competition altogether and do not progress to the Europa League.

Knockout rounds: From the last 16 onwards, matches will be played according to the traditional knockout rounds.