The novel change is each membership will play the eight fixtures towards eight completely different opponents, 4 at dwelling and 4 away. The highest eight sides qualify for the knockout stage, with the groups ending ninth to twenty fourth going into two-legged play-offs so as to attain the final 16.
Related format adjustments shall be made to the Europa League, with eight matches within the league stage as properly, and the Convention League (six matches). These two competitions will function 36 groups at that time of the match.
Every competitors shall be self-contained from the group stage onwards, that means teams eradicated from the Champions League can not drop into the Europa League, for instance.
UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin commented: “We’re satisfied that the format chosen strikes the proper steadiness and that it’s going to enhance the aggressive steadiness and generate stable revenues that may be distributed to golf equipment, leagues and into grassroots soccer throughout our continent, whereas rising the attraction and recognition of our membership competitions.”
