2024/2025 UEFA CL Draw, Ronaldo's CL Special Award Cermony Tonight

Tonight, UEFA will organize the draw of the upcoming edition of the UEFA Champions League for the 2024/2025 season. It will take place in Monaco.

The title holders Real Madrid, Manchester City, Arsenal, Liverpool, Aston Villa and Celtic will identify their opponents for the opening round.

It will be the first draw of the competition under the new system which will see the participation of the newly adapted the 36 team-single league format.

Participants will be divided into four pots based on their individual club coefficient at the beginning of the season. The only exception will be for the title holders as they will be seeded in Pot 1. 

Each team will then be drawn against two opponents from each pot, one of which they will play at home and one away.

In the league phase, teams can't face opponents from their own country and can be drawn against a maximum of two sides from the same country.

The qualified teams are:

Spain: Girona, Barcelona, Atletico Madrid, Real Madrid

England: Arsenal, Manchester City, Aston Villa, Liverpool

Germany: Bayern Munich, Bayer Leverkusen, RB Leipzig, Borussia Dortmund, Stuttgart

Italy: AC Milan, Atalanta, Inter Milan Bologna, Juventus

France: Paris St-Germain, Brest, Lille, Monaco

Netherlands: PSV Eindhoven, Feyenoord

Portugal: Sporting Lisbon, Benfica

Scotland: Celtic

Belgium: Club Brugge

Ukraine: Shakhtar Donetsk

Austria: Salzburg, Sturm Graz

Croatia: Dinamo Zagreb

Switzerland: Young Boys

Slovakia: Slovan Bratislava

Czech Republic: Sparta Prague

Serbia: Red Star Belgrade

During the event, football icon and Al Nassr star Cristiano Ronaldo will be awarded the first-ever UEFA award dedicated to UEFA Champions League top goalscorer.