JAKARTA - The last matchday of the Champions League and Europa League 2024/2025 group stages has been completed. Now, it's time for UEFA to draw for the knockout and playoff stages.
The Champions League group stage was last played on Thursday, January 30, 2025, early morning WIB. Meanwhile, the final match of the Europa League group was held on Friday, January 31, 2025.
Next, the participating team confirmed tickets to the next phase awaiting a draw to be held at UEFA headquarters, Nyon, Switzerland, on Friday, January 31, 2025.
There is no national limit in the draw for the knockout stages of the Champions League. This means that clubs from one country can meet from the playoffs. In addition, clubs that have met in the group stage can also clash again in the knockout stages.
The Champions League playoffs have been confirmed to have a big match. The reason is, it is certain that Manchester City will meet between Real Madrid or Bayern Munich in the playoffs.
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In addition, Juventus has the opportunity to meet AC Milan. Then, Paris Saint-Germain met to fight AS Monaco.
The knockout phase playoffs are new in the European tournament for the 2024/2025 season, both in the Champions League and Europa League. The top eight teams in the group stage qualified automatically for the round of 16.
Then, the team in the ninth to 24th position will start the knockout round from the playoffs.
They will compete in the knockout two-legged playoffs to secure their path to the round of 16 aka fighting for the remaining eight tickets.
The team that completes the group phase between the ninth and 16th positions will be seeded for the first draw and will face a team in 17th to 24th positions.
The seeded team, in principle, will play a second leg at home.
Potential opponents were also determined previously based on the final group rankings. For example, teams in ninth and tenth positions will face teams ending in 23rd or 24th positions.
Teams in 11th or 12th positions will be drawn against teams in 21st or 22nd positions and so on.
Eight clubs that won in the knockout playoff advanced to the round of 16.
Champions League Team
Escaped Directly In The Last 16
Qualifying Playoffs
9. Atalanta10. Borussia Dortmund11. Real Madrid12. Bayern Munich13. AC Milan14. PSV Eindhoven15. Paris Saint Germain16. Benfica17. AS Monaco18. Brest19. Feyennoord Rotterdam20. Juventus21. Celtic22. Manchester City23. Sporting CP24. Club Brugge
Europa League Team
Automatically Qualify For The Last 16
Qualifying Playoffs
9. Bodo/Glimt10. Anderlecht11. Steaua Bucharest12. Ajax13. Real Sociedad14. Galatasary15. AS Roma16. Viktoria Plzen17. Ferencvaros18. FC Porto19. Midtjylland20. Union Saint-Gilicoise21. AZ Alkmaar22. PAOK23. FC Twenty24. Fenerbahce
Draw Schedule
Friday, January 31, 2025
Champions League: 18.00 WIB
Europa League: 19.00 WIB
How To Draw
Eight bowls were prepared for draw, with balls containing the names of the leading teams (ranked 9-16) and no seed (ranked 17-24) placed in pairs in bowls marked according to the group stage ranking.
The draw starts with a team that is not seeded, allocating each team from a pair of unseeded teams to one of the pre-determined positions in the bracket, starting with a team ranked 23/24 and ending with a team ranked 17/18.
One ball was taken from a bowl containing two teams that were ranked relevant (namely the number 23 and 24 teams) and opened to feature the team.
The first team to be taken from this bowl is placed in a place provided on the silver side of the bracket.
Another unseeded team from the pair was then taken and displayed and allocated in the appropriate place on the blue side of the bracket.
The same procedure is carried out with the unseeded club remaining.
After all the unseeded team pairs have been drawn and placed in appropriate positions in the bracket, the draw continues with the leading team, starting with the ranking pair 15/16.
The process is the same as described above for the unseeded team, with the first team drawn from the relevant bowl allocated to a designated place on the silver side of the bracket and second team on the blue side (orange for the Europa League).
This procedure is repeated for the remaining pair, ending with a 9/10 team to complete the pair for the knockout round playoff.
Playoff Schedule
Champions League
Leg 1: 11/12 February 2025
Leg 2: 18/19 February 2025
Europa League
Leg 1: 13 February 2025
Leg 2: February 20, 2025
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