Champions League

2024 - 9 - 17

UEFA Champions League: New Format Sparks Excitement and Confusion!

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The UEFA Champions League is back with a brand new format! Get ready for more thrills, chills, and unexpected stats as we dive into this epic football showdown.

The UEFA Champions League has rolled out a new and exciting format for the 2024-25 season and football fans across South Africa are buzzing with anticipation! Gone are the traditional group stages; now, 36 teams from across Europe will compete in a single league format, promising more matches, exotic rivalries, and nail-biting moments. Picture this: your favorite South African players like Campbell making history and taking the pitch against the giants of Europe. Sounds intense, right?

Matchday 1 is just around the corner, with this revamped format sparking debates over possible starting line-ups and team conditions. Clubs like Arsenal and Liverpool are gearing up, and you can almost hear the collective heartbeat of supporters everywhere, especially those holding onto dreams of a South African player shining in the spotlight. Talk about nail-biting tension! Plus, with teams like Manchester City and Aston Villa entering the fray, every match could be a potential highlight reel moment.

As if the excitement wasn’t enough, we can’t forget the standout stats that have football pundits scratching their heads. Who would have thought that players like Julian Brandt and Antoine Griezmann would be vying for the title of the new creative king? The chatter is already on who will rise above the pack and create the most unforgettable moments this season. As fans, it’s vital to stay updated on the shifts and turns in this dynamic league structure!

To add to the excitement, the Champions League will be offering unprecedented access to how points are calculated with this new format. A burning question in the back of every fan's mind is how many points will make or break a team's campaign? Don't worry; we’ve got you covered on that front. In the end, this year's competition doesn’t just guarantee football action, it promises to be a rollercoaster ride of surprises with every kick of the ball!

Here’s an interesting fact: The UEFA Champions League was founded in 1955 and has evolved significantly, but this is the first time we’ll see a format where all participating teams can qualify for a unified league stage without traditional groups!

And did you know? The tournament’s leading clubs have racked up an astonishing number of titles: Real Madrid holds the record with 14 titles, proving that when it comes to European football, experience counts! Get ready for a thrilling season ahead!

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SuperSport brings new UEFA Champions League format: bigger ... (SuperSport)

Club football's most prestigious European competition, the Uefa Champions League, is back and boasts an entirely new format that will guarantee viewers ...

Champions League Matchday 1 possible line-ups and team news (UEFA.com)

Who is likely to start and who is unavailable or doubtful?UEFA.com predicts the possible starting line-ups for all 36 teams in action on Matchday 1.

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UEFA Champions League 2024-25: Schedule, title favourites ... (Aljazeera.com)

Europe's top club competition returns with more teams vying for the prize in the four-month-long group stage.

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Belgrade and Zagreb Look Forward to Feast of Champions League ... (Balkan Insight)

Old rivals Red Star Belgrade of Serbia and Dinamo Zagreb of Croatia might have avoided playing each other in the new-look Champions League, but they will ...

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Champions League 2024/25 new format, teams, fixtures, results and ... (Sky Sports)

Manchester City, Arsenal, Liverpool, Aston Villa and Celtic feature in new Champions League format; 36 teams form a single league, with each entrant playing ...

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Campbell could add to South African flavour in Uefa Champions ... (SuperSport)

Shandre Campbell will hope to become the first South African to play Uefa Champions League football in the group stage since Percy Tau five years ago having ...

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Champions League returns with a new format. The best way to ... (Yahoo Sports)

For decades, the UEFA Champions League group stage began annually on the second or third Tuesday in September, and in 2024 ... well, to some degree, ...

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Champions League: Aston Villa, Arsenal, Liverpool, Real Madrid ... (BBC News)

BBC Sport has asked a number of experts to predict their Champions League winners, a surprise package and which player excites them the most.

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UEFA Champions League Matchday 1 fixtures (Paris Saint-Germain)

All times CEST. Tuesday 17 September 2024 at 6:45pm. BSC Young Boys (SUI) - Aston Villa FC (ENG) Juventus (ITA) - PSV Eindhoven (NED).

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Champions League surprising stats - who is the new creative King ... (Eurosport.com)

Julian Brandt, 28 ; Antoine Griezmann, Achraf Hakimi, 27 ; Kylian Mbappe, Joshua Kimmich, 26 ; Jude Bellingham, Ilkay Gundogan, Toni Kroos, 24 ; Ousmane Dembele, 23.

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New Champions League Group Stage: How Many Points Do Teams ... (The Analyst)

Are you finding the new Champions League format for 2024-25 a tad confusing? Fear not, we're here to help.

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Quiz: Every team in the 2024/25 Champions League | Quiz | News (Arsenal.com)

Can you list all 36 teams that we'll be competing with in this season's Champions League league phase?

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Uefa Champions League Matchweek One: What the stats say ... (SuperSport)

According to the Opta predictor, Manchester City are the favourites to win this season's Uefa Champions League with a 24.9 per cent chance of doing so.

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2024-25 Champions League: Round 1 Preview (Superbru)

Defending champions Real Madrid host VfB Stuttgart in what is a very challenging first Champions League fixture in over a decade for the German side, while AC ...

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Ranking the Champions League field: Can Madrid stop Man City ... (ESPN)

The UEFA Champions League has had a revamp, and here's how the 36-team field rates going into matchday one.

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Ranking the Champions League field: Can Madrid stop Man City ... (ESPN.co.uk)

The UEFA Champions League has had a revamp, and here's how the 36-team field rates going into matchday one.

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Ligue 1 clubs' Champions League prospects analysed (Yahoo Sports)

Thanks to Lille OSC's qualification via the play-offs, four Ligue 1 teams will compete in the new 'league phase' of the UEFA Champions League this season.

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Champions League 2024: Uefa's decision to team up with a ... (The Conversation UK)

Changes to the format of this year's Uefa Champions League tournament have been much discussed by fans and pundits. The world's most prestigious club ...

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How to watch the 2024 UEFA Champions League season (Yahoo Sports)

In the league system, sometimes called the Swiss system, the 36 competing teams will be divided into four groups of nine and will play two teams from each group ...

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Man City, Real Madrid receiving mixed action atop Champions ... (ESPN)

Manchester City and Real Madrid are the top two betting favorites to win the UEFA Champions League, but they have seen different action at multiple ...

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Champions League results: Liverpool & Real Madrid win, Bayern ... (The New York Times)

Follow live reaction as Liverpool, Real Madrid and Sporting won while Bayern Munich scored nine against Dinamo Zagreb.

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Champions League: Kane scores four as Bayern put nine past ... (The Guardian)

Bayern Munich 9-2 Dinamo Zagreb, Sporting 2-0 Lille · Yildiz scores first goal of new format as Juve sink PSV.

Champions League round-up: Kane scores four in record-breaking ... (UEFA.com)

The opening night of the inaugural league phase of the 2024/25 UEFA Champions League threw up a record-breaking win for Bayern München and a long-awaited ...

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Harry Kane Becomes Highest-Scoring English Player in Champions ... (The Analyst)

Harry Kane is now the all-time top scoring English player in European Cup/Champions League history. We look at the stats behind his record.

Champions League form guide: Scores, results, league position ... (UEFA.com)

Keep track of the recent form of the 36 UEFA Champions League league phase teams.

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New Champions League format makes its debut with same old ... (The Associated Press)

After joining from Paris Saint-Germain, Kylian Mbappé scored for 15-time champion Real Madrid, which needed late goals from Antonio Rudiger and Endrick to beat ...

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Champions League reaction, Aston Villa, Liverpool, Harry Kane ... (BBC News)

Summary · Champions League reaction: Wins for Aston Villa and Liverpool · Harry Kane scores four for Bayern Much in 9-2 win over Dinamo Zagreb · Man Utd hit seven ...

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Champions League: Bayern hit nine, Mbappe-led Madrid win as ... (India Today)

Bayern Munich completed 9-2 demolition of visitors Dinamo Zagreb on Tuesday and a record for the most goals by one team in a Champions League match after a ...

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Bayern Munich hit nine, Real Madrid and Liverpool win as new ... (News24)

Bayern Munich became the first team to score nine goals in a game in the modern Champions League as the new format of Europe's elite club competition kicked ...

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UEFA Champions League 2024 Highlights: Bayern win 9-2 ... (Business Standard)

Bayern Munich wrapped up a fantastic 9-2 victory over Dinamo Zagreb, while Kylian Mbappe's UCL debut goal contributed to Real Madrid's 3-1 win over VFB ...

Champions League: new format, same winners (Alpena News)

After joining from Paris Saint-Germain, Kylian Mbappe scored for 15-time champion Real Madrid, which needed late goals from Antonio Rudiger and Endrick to beat ...

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Champions League 2024: data suggests the new format could end ... (The Conversation UK)

Some football pundits have already predicted that the winners of the Uefa Champions League tournament in 2025 will be the very same team that won it in 2024 ...

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Champions League away trips are back (FC Barcelona)

About a hundred penyistes are following the team to Monaco. The next road trip is to Belgrade and applications for tickets for the game with Red Star are ...

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Four takeaways from Tuesday's Champions League action: Bayern ... (CNN)

The Champions League returned on Tuesday with a bang. Bayern Munich and Real Madrid's Endrick made history and American players scored goals for their ...

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