The UEFA announced on their social networks on the morning of Monday, March 4, 2024, that in 2025 the format of the competition it will change and there will no longer be a group stage like in the current season.
In the ‘new’ Champions it will be a league of 36 clubs. Each team will play eight gamesagainst two teams from each pot and the first eight will qualify for the round of 16, 9th to 24th will go to the playoffs and 25th to 36th will be eliminated.
This will be the last season where they compete in the contest through the group stage. The next season being the most competitive for clubs in Europe.