Which Teams Have Qualified for the Champions League 2024-25 Knockout Stage?

The Champions League knockout stage is taking shape as the penultimate matchday takes place.

Mohamed Salah and Liverpool are qualified for the next round of the Champions League. / IMAGO/NurPhoto

The Champions League league phase is nearing its end as the penultimate matchday of the competition is underway.

The league phase made its debut this year with teams no longer placed into groups of four. Instead, every team in the competition plays eight games earning points depending on a result. A similar format to Europe's domestic leagues: three points for a win, one point for a draw, none for a loss. After every team plays eight games, the top 24 in the table will advance to the next round. The top eight of that 24 will earn a bye directly into the round of 16, a valuable boost given how congested a match calendar can become for clubs.

Two of Europe's biggest clubs, Liverpool and Barcelona, advanced to the knockout stage after matchday 6, with a host of other clubs desperate to join them at the earliest opportunity.

Champions League 2024-25 Knockout Stage: Who's Qualified?

The full list of teams qualified for the next stage are as follows:

Qualified teams
Liverpool (round of 16)
Barcelona (round of 16)
Atletico Madrid (playoffs)
Atalanta (playoffs)
Arsenal (playoffs)
Bayer Leverkusen (playoffs)
Inter Milan (playoffs)
Aston Villa (playoffs)
Brest (playoffs)
AS Monaco (playoffs)
Lille (playoffs)

The first fixtures of matchday 7 saw Liverpool and Barcelona gain further victories, cementing their already-secure position at the top of the table and into the round of 16.

There are nine teams already qualified for the knockout stage playoffs (see table above) hoping to gain the points required to upgrade this position to automatic qualification.

Of those with two games yet to play, Wednesday sees Arsenal host strugglers Dinmao Zagreb; Inter Milan travel to Sparta Prague; while Brest head to Shakhtar Donetsk.

Further down the table, big clubs such as Real Madrid and Manchester City are fighting for a playoff place. The two giants have just nine and eight points respectively.

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