GUWAHATI, Jan 30: The group stage of the UEFA Champions League 2024-25 ended yesterday with eight teams progressing directly to the last-16 stage while 16 teams made it to the knockout playoffs.
The eight teams finishing on top of the standings and progressing to the last-16 are Liverpool, Barcelona, Arsenal, Inter Milan, Atletico Madrid, Bayer Leverkusen, Lille and Aston Villa.
On the other hand, 16 teams finishing 9th to 24th will play the knockout phase play-offs and will get a chance to join the top-8 teams in the last-16 stage.
The teams making it to the knockout-stage playoffs are Atalanta, Borussia Dortmund, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, AC Milan, PSV, Paris St-Germain, Benfica, Monaco, Brest, Feyenoord, Juventus, Celtic, Manchester City, Sporting and Club Brugge.
Dinamo Zagreb, Stuttgart, Shakhtar Donetsk, Bologna, Sparta Prague, Leipzig, Girona, Red Star Belgrade, Sturm Graz, Salzburg, Slovan Bratislava and Young Boys were eliminated from the competition for this season after the end of the group round matches.
