All you need to know about Champions League - and how to watch on BBC

Football is ever evolving and Europe's astir prestigious competition, nan Champions League, is nary different.

From this season, a caller format will beryllium successful play aft Uefa approved nan changes successful May 2022.

It is nan first clip since 1992 that Europe's elite title has seen specified a revamp.

Uefa president Aleksander Ceferin said qualification will beryllium "based connected sporting merit".

The BBC will show highlights of nan Champions League this season.

For nan adjacent 3 years, from 22:00 BST connected nan Wednesday of Champions League matchweeks, location will beryllium match-by-match highlights disposable connected BBC iPlayer and nan BBC Sport website and app - positive a highlights show connected BBC One astatine 22:40.

There will besides beryllium clips online and connected societal media, arsenic good arsenic unrecorded matter commentary for each matchweeks connected nan BBC Sport website.

The Champions League group shape is presently group up pinch 32 teams successful 8 groups of 4 - pinch nan apical 2 sides from those groups qualifying for nan past 16.

However, this format will beryllium replaced by 1 convention array wherever 36 clubs will participate successful nan caller convention shape - giving 4 much sides nan chance to compete.

Clubs will nary longer play 3 teams twice, but will return connected 8 different sides pinch 4 location games and 4 distant games.

To find fixtures, nan teams will beryllium classed successful 4 seeding pots and each squad will past beryllium drawn to play 2 opponents from each of these pots.

They will play 1 lucifer against a squad from each cookware astatine home, and 1 away.

The tie for this season's group shape will return spot connected 29 August astatine nan Grimaldi Forum successful Monaco.

Teams who decorativeness successful nan apical 8 will suffice automatically for nan past 16, while those who spot ninth to 24th will compete successful a two-legged knockout play-off for nan chance to subordinate them.

Whoever finishes 25th aliases little will beryllium eliminated and will not beryllium entered into nan Europa League.

From nan past 16 onwards, nan Champions League will proceed to travel its existing format pinch nan last taking spot astatine a neutral venue.

The number of matches successful nan caller format will summation from 125 to 189.

Each squad will play a minimum of 8 - alternatively of six - and a maximum of 17.

In modular weeks, Champions League matches will still beryllium played connected Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

In nan Champions League exclusive weeks - erstwhile nary different European competitions are played - games will beryllium played crossed Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

The convention shape will now extremity astatine nan extremity of January alternatively of during December.

For Premier League clubs, nan apical 4 spell into nan Champions League pinch nan fifth-placed squad going into nan Europa League.

That intends Man City, Arsenal, Liverpool and Aston Villa will beryllium successful nan elite nine knockout title successful 2024-25.

Fifth-placed Tottenham had to settee for nan Europa League, on pinch FA Cup winners Manchester United. Chelsea will beryllium successful nan Conference League.

Germany and Italy are nan nations to person secured a 5th automatic spot successful this season's tournament.

The coefficient places, different known arsenic 'European Performance Spots', spell to nan associations who person nan champion corporate capacity by their clubs successful nan erstwhile season.

Italy will person 5 representatives successful Europe's premier title aft Atalanta won nan Europa League.

The winners of some tournaments suffice automatically for nan pursuing season’s Champions League.

After nan summertime transportation model closes, each nine competing successful immoderate Uefa title must taxable 2 lists of players.

On 'List A', clubs tin taxable a maximum of 25 players, pinch 8 places reserved exclusively for "locally trained players", besides known arsenic homegrown players.

These 8 must beryllium made up of astatine slightest 4 "club-trained" players and a maximum of 4 "association-trained" players.

According to Uefa regulations, players who meet nan "club trained" criteria person to person been connected nan club's books, irrespective of nan player's nationality and age, for astatine slightest 3 years betwixt nan ages of 15 and 21.

An "association-trained" subordinate is personification that has played successful nan aforesaid state arsenic nan nine they are presently astatine for 3 years, irrespective of nan player's nationality, betwixt nan ages of 15 to 21.

On 'List B', a nine tin registry an unlimited number of players for nan 2024-25 play arsenic agelong arsenic they are calved connected aliases aft 1 January 2003.

The 'List A' squads for nan 36 Champions League convention shape contenders must beryllium submitted by 23:00 BST connected Tuesday, 3 September, while 'List B' players must beryllium submitted nary later than 23:00 BST nan time earlier each match.

Uefa besides states that a subordinate who has played during immoderate of nan qualifying rounds anterior to nan group shape of nan Champions League, Europa League aliases Conference League tin play successful those competitions for different nine from nan convention phase.

England: Man City, Arsenal, Liverpool, Aston Villa

Spain: Real Madrid, Barcelona, Girona, Atletico Madrid

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

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

France: Paris St-Germain, Monaco, Brest

Netherlands: PSV Eindhoven, Feyenoord

Portugal: Sporting Lisbon, Benfica

Belgium: Club Bruges

Scotland: Celtic

Austria: Sturm Graz

Ukraine: Shakhtar Donetsk

The last 7 slots will beryllium wished via qualifying.

Europe's astir notable shot title began during nan 1955-56 play arsenic only a six-team invitational tournament, initially known arsenic nan European Champion Clubs' Cup.

From 1967, nan title grew to 32 teams, was called nan European Cup and featured 4 two-legged rounds anterior to a single-match last - this exemplary would past for much than 20 years.

The Champions League arsenic we cognize it began successful 1992.

A group shape was added pinch nan past 16 entering a knockout phase.

There was a little spell pinch 2 group stages, but this was reverted backmost to nan azygous group-stage format for nan 2003-04 tournament.

Yes. Both competitions will spot akin changes to those of nan Champions League.

The Europa League will travel nan aforesaid format arsenic nan Champions League from adjacent season.

Europe's third-tier competition, nan Europa Conference League, will beryllium rebranded arsenic nan Uefa Conference League and teams will play six matches against six different opponents successful nan convention phase.

Both nan Europa League and Conference League will besides characteristic 36 teams.