Arsenal UEFA Champions League fixtures: Full schedule of games in league phase 2024/25

Arsenal have been matched with Paris Saint-Germain and Inter Milan in the first phase of 2024/25 UEFA Champions League.

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.

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.

Arsenal will be confident of securing a spot in the knockout stages in 2025, in UEFA's new and expanded tournament. To do so, they must successfully navigate the league phase, which replaces the more traditional group stage from this season onwards.

Here is how their Champions League schedule looks.

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Arsenal Champions League 2024/25 opponents

• Paris Saint-Germain
• Inter Milan
• Shakhtar Donetsk
• Atalanta
• Dinamo Zagreb
• Sporting CP
• AS Monaco
• Girona

Arsenal Champions League fixtures: Schedule of games in league phase 2024/25

Arsenal get underway with a trip to Europa League winner Atalanta and will also wrap up their league phase campaign on the road when they travel to Girona. PSG will be the first team to visit Emirates Stadium in this season's competition

• Atalanta (A): Thursday, September 19
• PSG (H): Tuesday, October 1
• Shakhtar Donetsk (H): Tuesday, October 22
• Inter Milan (A): Wednesday, November 6
• Sporting CP (A): Tuesday, November 26
• Monaco (H): Wednesday, December 11
• Dinamo Zagreb (H): Wednesday, January 22
• Girona (A): Wednesday, January 29

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How to buy Champions League tickets 2024/25

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.

2024/25 UEFA Champions League format explained

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.

How to watch Champions League around the world

Here's how to watch UEFA Champions League matches across selected areas of the world's major regions: