UEFA Champions League has evolved over the years and 2024-25 calendar season will be the first time the tournament will undergo a new change, the first alteration to the format of the competition since the 2003-04 season when the round of sixteen phase was introduced. The structure of the UEFA Champions League – UCL – will now incorporate the number of 36 teams as compared to the 32 teams in the last season. The group stage has now been substituted with a league