Premier League Champions Manchester Metropolis will face Inter Milan on 18 September of their first match of this season’s Champions League – in a repeat of the 2023 closing in Istanbul.
Liverpool journey to AC Milan – the Reds’ opponents within the 2005 and 2007 finals – on 17 September, whereas Arsenal kick off their marketing campaign with a visit to Atalanta on 19 September.
Aston Villa, again within the competitors for the primary time since 1982-83, journey to Swiss facet Younger Boys on 17 September.
Scottish Premiership champions Celtic host Slovan Bratislava of their opener on 18 September earlier than taking over overwhelmed 2024 finalists Borussia Dortmund away from residence on 1 October.
Arsenal host Paris St-Germain within the Gunners’ second recreation of the brand new ‘league part’ that very same day, with Villa taking over Bayern Munich at Villa Park on 2 October.
Arne Slot’s Liverpool welcome German champions Bayer Leverkusen and La Liga title-winners Actual Madrid to Anfield on 5 and 27 November respectively, whereas the Gunners journey to Inter on 6 November.
Metropolis go to PSG on their penultimate league fixture on 22 January, with Villa internet hosting Scottish Premiership champions Celtic on Matchday 8.
All groups’ closing league part video games will kick-off concurrently, at 20:00 on Wednesday 29 January.
In a radical change from the earlier Champions League format, every crew performs eight fixtures within the new league part of the competitors.
The draw for the league part came about in Monaco on Thursday, however the dates and instances of the fixtures had been solely confirmed on Saturday.
