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The 2024 UEFA Champions League final was the final match of the 2023–24 UEFA Champions League, the 69th season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 32nd season since it was renamed from the European Champion Clubs' Cup to the UEFA Champions League.
Schedule for 2023–24 UEFA Champions League Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg Qualifying Preliminary round 13 June 2023 27 June 2023 (semi-finals) 30 June 2023 (final) First qualifying round 20 June 2023 11–12 July 2023 18–19 July 2023 Second qualifying round 21 June 2023 25–26 July 2023 1–2 August 2023 Third qualifying round
The 2023–24 UEFA Champions League knockout phase began on 13 February with the round of 16 and ended on 1 June 2024 with the final at Wembley Stadium in London, England, to decide the champions of the 2023–24 UEFA Champions League. [1] A total of 16 teams competed in the knockout phase. [2]
The UEFA Champions League is a seasonal football competition established in 1955. [1] Prior to the 1992–93 season, the tournament was named the European Cup. [1] The UEFA Champions League is open to the league champions of all UEFA (Union of European Football Associations) member associations (except Liechtenstein, which has no league competition), as well as to the clubs finishing from ...
The matches were played on 17–19 September (exclusive week), [note 1] 1–2 October, 22–23 October, 5–6 November, 26–27 November, 10–11 December 2024, 21–22 January and 29 January 2025. All matches were played on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, except for the competition's exclusive week, which also included Thursday fixtures.
The league phase draw for the 2024–25 UEFA Champions League took place at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco on 29 August 2024, 18:00 CEST. [ 12 ] [ 13 ] The 36 teams were divided into four pots of nine teams each based on their UEFA club coefficient , except for the Champions League title holders, who were automatically placed as the top seed in ...
A draw is also held to determine which semi-final winner is designated as the "home" team for the final (for administrative purposes as it is played at a neutral venue). In the knockout phase, teams from the same or nearby cities are not scheduled to play at home on the same day or on consecutive days, due to logistics and crowd control. [ 2 ] :
An example of the Adidas balls used in the final on display in London in 2024.. For Manchester City, this was their third European final and second UEFA Champions League final appearance; they won the 1970 European Cup Winners' Cup final but lost the 2021 UEFA Champions League final 1–0 to Chelsea, who were the most recent new European champions, having won in 2012.