**Champions League to undergo major changes in 2024-25**

**UEFA confirms new format with more teams and a Swiss-style league stage**

**The 2024-25 edition of the UEFA Champions League will undergo a major overhaul, with the competition expanding to 36 teams and adopting a new Swiss-style league stage format.**

The changes were confirmed by UEFA on Tuesday, April 30, 2024, and will come into effect from the start of the 2024-25 season.

Under the new format, the number of teams in the Champions League group stage will increase from 32 to 36. The teams will be divided into four groups of nine, with each team playing eight matches against different opponents in their group.

The top eight teams from each group will advance to the knockout stage, which will remain a 16-team single-elimination tournament.

The new format is designed to make the Champions League more competitive and exciting, and to give more teams a chance to qualify for the knockout stages.