Qualified teams
The 36 teams will no longer be drawn into groups. Instead, they will all start the competition together in one league, with every team playing against eight others. The 36 teams will be seeded into four pots of nine based on the 2023–24 UEFA club coefficients. Each club plays four matches at home and four matches away, one home and one away match against a team from each of the four pots. The seeding will be based on the following principles:
Pot 1 will contain the Champions League title holder and the 8 qualified teams with the highest UEFA club coefficient (CC).
Pots 2, 3 and 4 will contain the remaining qualified teams grouped by highest to lowest club coefficient.
In principle, clubs from the same association will not be drawn against each other in the league phase. Exceptionally, a maximum of one match per club against another club from the same association may be allowed for associations with four or more clubs in the league stage, if this is the only way to avoid a deadlock in the draw.
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