After the first season, UEFA readjusted with the Reformed Champions League: the course of the KO round is slightly changed.
So far, only in the intermediate round and in the round of 16 had the teams home rights in the second leg, which are forward in the league table. This system is to be extended to the remaining co -rounds – with exceptions.
The most important key points:
- So far, the teams, which are better positioned in the table, only have the guaranteed home right in the second round in the intermediate round and in the round of 16.
- In the future, the teams from places 1 to 4 from the league in the quarterfinals should in future have home rights in the second leg. The same applies in the semi -finals for the teams of places 1 and 2.
- But: If one of these teams highly positioned in the table exceeds, the seed list is not updated – instead, the winner of the encounter receives the privilege of home right. Example: if the table-15. the first thing that strikes the table, he is treated like a table in the further course of the tournament.
Last season Paris Saint-Germain defeated as table 15. The most table of Liverpool FC in the round of 16. This could result in a table 15 in the semi-finals. against a fourth in the table has home rights in the second leg.
Paris prevailed against Liverpool in the previous season.
At the same time, the third in the table and the fourth in the table have no chance of having home rights in the second leg in the semifinals – because until then they cannot meet the two best teams.
Further changes not (yet) implemented
Most recently, further changes were in discussion, some of which should still come, but others were rejected.
- The idea, To abolish extensions for a tie after the first and second legwas initially rejected. This could have meant some relief for the players in the ever fuller football calendar.
- The draw has been a computer since the 2024/25 season. According to “Sport Bild”, the Repetition of identical games from the pre -season in the league become.
- An option for the future can also be From the intermediate round or from the round of 16 to exclude the meeting of teams from the same country. In the 2024/25 season, not only Bayern Munich and Bayer Leverkusen met, Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid from Spain as well as Paris Saint-Germain and Stade Brest from France also played against each other-a problem for the respective TV markets, which guarantees one of their “home teams”.