The UEFA Champions League is the most celebrated club tournament in the world, and has been won most-often by Real Madrid, who extended their own record tally by beating Borussia Dortmund at Wembley in 2024. For the 2024-25 season we also see a new format (explained below) as the league phase will bring a totally different look to the tournament.

Arsenal play Europa League winners Atalanta on Thursday in their opening match of this season's Champions League - a competition that Chris Sutton believes the Gunners "could go really far in". The former Chelsea and Celtic striker told BBC Radio 5 Live's Champions League Debrief: "Mikel Arteta is in his fifth [full] season now,

Lionel Messi’s transfer to Inter Miami has put a safety seal around Cristiano Ronaldo’s record for most goals in UEFA Champions League history, a record that feels unlikely to fall any time soon. Erling Haaland, however, is one of a few players asking your permission to be considered a contender for the crown.

The Champions League is back. As 36 teams start their campaigns in a new-look format, we take a look at some of the greatest teams to have won the tournament since the European Cup became the Champions League in 1992.

The new Champions League format was supposed to deliver entertainment value and its opening night certainly produced the goods.

The 2024/25 season of the UEFA Champions League has begun this week, with fans still getting used to a new format. With four additional teams and eight matches instead of six in a league phase, it means fans get to see more marquee matchups in the tournament.