League this season after Dynamo Kyiv ended Rangers hopes of qualifying for Europe’s elite competition with a 2-0 win at Hampden Park.
The champions have the luxury of avoiding the Champions League qualifying stages, knowing they will be entered in the competition automatically after winning the Scottish Premiership by a clear eight points last year – though the competition will take on a brand new format this year.
While the Hoops main focus will be on achieving a fourth consecutive title – and levelling Rangers total of 55 – they will also hope to make a vast improvement on last season’s Champions League campaign which saw them win just one of their six games. But just how much will Celtic earn for their participation in Europe’s elite competition – and what does new Champions League format look like?
Here is everything you need to know about the 24/25 UEFA Champions League – included the new format explained, prize money and key dates.
Celtic will find themselves part of a a brand new UEFA Champions League format for the 24/25 campaign. Previously, 32 teams would be enter into four team groups and each side would face each other twice – home and away. The top two sides from each group would then go through to the last 16 stage of the competition and the knockout phase. For the new season, this format has now changed.
The new UEFA Champions League format has resulted in the competition increasing to 36 clubs, who will then participate in a ‘league phase’. Competing sides will no longer play three teams home and away in a group, instead they will face eight different sides and play four home games and four away games. In order to determine fixtures, each team is placed into four seeding pots, with each team then drawn to play two opponents from each of these pots. They will play one match against a team from each pot at home, and one away.
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