BackAfter a successful league phase kicked off a legitimate European title challenge, Arsenal eye a knockout stage run in the 2024/25 Champions League bracket.
The Gunners secured their spot in Europe's top club tournament after once again finishing second behind Manchester City in the Premier League title race last season. An impressive seven-win league phase slate saw them finish third in the standings, securing a Round of 16 bye with room to spare.
Mikel Arteta's side reached the quarterfinals on their return to the competition in 2023/24, where they were eliminated by Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich.
The going gets tougher now in UEFA's new and expanded tournament, where they have a number of massive European clubs in their potential path the further they progress.
Here is how their Champions League schedule looks.
With the new Champions League format constructing nearly the entire bracket ahead of the knockout phase, we can discern the possible future opponents for each club should they progress through the competition.
The Round of 16 draw will be held on Feb. 21, 2025 and will determine the seeded positions for each top eight finisher from the league phase. After this, the entire bracket will be set in stone and the pathway for every club will be known.
Arsenal got the league phase underway with a trip to Europa League winner Atalanta and wrapped up on the road when they travel to Girona. PSG will be the first team to visit Emirates Stadium in this season's competition
Once dates and times for Champions League fixtures are confirmed, the ticket process will begin. Other than the final itself, tickets cannot be purchased from UEFA directly for European matches.
Instead, the primary ticket sales are conducted by the participating clubs themselves so that fans can access them seamlessly just as they would other matches.
Once the tickets are distributed, fans can still get tickets on secondary market, with StubHub International as the best place to find tickets to Champions League games.
The main difference for this season's Champions League is the group stage has been replaced with a new 'league phase', as the number of teams competing increases from 32 to 36.
Previously, 32 teams qualified for the initial phase of the tournament. They were then drawn into eight groups of four, with seedings used to help determine which teams were placed where. This was the 'group stage'.
From 2024/25 onwards, the first phase of the competition sees all 36 teams placed into a league format. Each team will face eight others (four at home, four away), earning three points for a win and one for a draw in their matches.
Teams finishing in the top eight of the league phase will qualify for the Round of 16 stage automatically, with those placed from 9th to 24th facing a playoff to reach the knockout phase and complete the field for the first elimination round.
The competition then follows its more traditional knockout-stage format (i.e. two-legged ties between two teams, with the winner advancing to the next round) all the way to the final.
Here's how to watch UEFA Champions League matches across selected areas of the world's major regions:
| TV channel | Streaming | |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | — | Stan Sport |
| Canada | — | DAZN |
| India | Sony TEN | JioTV, Sony LIV |
| UK | TNT Sport | discovery+ |
| USA | CBS, CBSSN, Univision, TUDN, UniMas |
Fubo, Paramount+, ViX or ViX+ |
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