The Champions League returns for its final year as a 32-team competition with Arsenal, Celtic, Manchester United and Newcastle joining holders Manchester City in the group stages.
The 36-team format featuring one giant table and eight group games per team will begin from next season, so fans of the simpler eight-groups-of-four format should cherish this campaign before its consigned to history.
The 2023-24 Champions League will also be the first year TNT Sports, formerly BT Sport, broadcasts the competition in the UK.
TNT Sports will show every match, with the group stages starting on 19 September and the final pencilled in for 1 June 2024.
Treble winners City are out to defend their crown, and are favourites to do so, while Newcastle are in the Champions League for the first time since 2002-03.
Arsenal are back in this competition after five seasons of Europa League football, while Manchester United return after one year away.
Celtic have reached the group stage for a second successive year, and the Scottish champions will hope to make the knockout stages for the first time since 2012-13.
Champions League on TV this week
All kick-off times BST, matches not on specific channels are on TNT Sports red button
19 September
- AC Milan vs Newcastle (5.45pm) – TNT Sports 1
- Young Boys vs Leipzig (5.45pm) – TNT Sports 3
- Feyenoord vs Celtic (8pm) – TNT Sports 1
- Lazio vs Atletico Madrid (8pm)
- PSG vs Dortmund (8pm) – TNT Sports 3
- Man City vs Crvena Zvezda (8pm) – TNT Sports 2
- Barcelona vs Antwerp (8pm) – TNT Sports 4
- Shakhtar Donetsk vs Porto (8pm)
20 September
- Galatasaray vs Copenhagen (5.45pm) – TNT Sports 3
- Real Madrid vs Union Berlin (5.45pm) – TNT Sports 1
- Bayern vs Man Utd (8pm) – TNT Sports 2
- Sevilla vs Lens (8pm)
- Arsenal vs PSV Eindhoven (8pm) – TNT Sports 1
- Braga vs Napoli (8pm) – TNT Sports 4
- Benfica vs Salzburg (8pm)
- Real Sociedad vs Inter (8pm) – TNT Sports 3
How to watch Champions League on TNT Sports
TNT Sports will broadcast the Champions League across four channels on all major TV platforms, plus the red button for further matches and TNT Sports Ultimate for select games in 4K.
Customers can subscribe to TNT Sports through discovery+, BT, EE, Sky, and Virgin Media.
Anyone who previously had a BT Sport Monthly Pass before 18 July can use the service as normal, but discovery+ is the new streaming home for TNT Sports and replaces the BT Sport App.
For customers subscribing to TNT Sports through discovery+, the price is currently £29.99 per month and also includes Eurosport and other entertainment channels.
TNT Sports commentators and pundits
New names will join some familiar faces as the artists formerly known as BT Sport begin their Champions League coverage in the TNT Sports era.
TNT Sports launched in July this year following Warner Bros Discovery’s acquisition of BT Sport, with the rebrand now in full swing as the broadcasters of Saturday lunchtime matches in the Premier League.
But the Champions League is the marquee event for TNT Sports, with BT having owned the rights to show every match of this competition in the UK since the 2015-16 season.
And so to ensure a smooth transition, pundits including former England trio Rio Ferdinand, Peter Crouch and Joe Cole will once more be at the forefront of TNT Sports’ coverage.
There will be a new lead presenter, however, after Jake Humphrey left BT Sport in May, with Laura Woods hosting TNT Sports’ Champions League shows.
Woods made her name at Sky Sports and recently led ITV’s coverage of the Women’s World Cup, while she recently left her talkSPORT breakfast show in anticipation of this TNT gig.
Reshmin Chowdhury returns to anchor Champions League matches, while Jules Breach will be the presenter for TNT Sports’ Europa League nights.
Beyond Ferdinand, Crouch and Cole, football pundits set to feature include Rachel Brown-Finnis, Owen Hargreaves, Steve McManaman, Joleon Lescott, Michael Owen, Paul Scholes and Robbie Savage.
The commentary team includes Darren Fletcher, Adam Summerton and Lucy Ward, with Ally McCoist among the co-commentators.
Champions League group stage fixtures in full
Matchday 1 – 19 September
- AC Milan vs Newcastle (5.45pm)
- Young Boys vs Leipzig (5.45pm)
- Feyenoord vs Celtic (8pm)
- Lazio vs Atletico Madrid (8pm)
- PSG vs Dortmund (8pm)
- Man City vs Crvena Zvezda (8pm)
- Barcelona vs Antwerp (8pm)
- Shakhtar Donetsk vs Porto (8pm)
20 September
- Galatasaray vs Copenhagen (5.45pm)
- Real Madrid vs Union Berlin (5.45pm)
- Bayern vs Man Utd (8pm)
- Sevilla vs Lens (8pm)
- Arsenal vs PSV Eindhoven (8pm)
- Braga vs Napoli (8pm)
- Benfica vs Salzburg (8pm)
- Real Sociedad vs Inter (8pm)
Matchday 2 – 3 October
- Union Berlin vs Braga (5.45pm)
- Salzburg vs Real Sociedad (5.45pm)
- Man Utd vs Galatasaray (8pm)
- Copenhagen vs Bayern (8pm)
- Lens vs Arsenal (8pm)
- PSV Eindhoven vs Sevilla (8pm)
- Napoli vs Real Madrid (8pm)
- Inter vs Benfica (8pm)
4 October
- Atletico Madrid vs Feyenoord (5.45pm)
- Antwerp vs Shakhtar Donetsk (5.45pm)
- Celtic vs Lazio (8pm)
- Dortmund vs Milan (8pm)
- Newcastle vs PSG (8pm)
- Leipzig vs Man City (8pm)
- Crvena Zvezda vs Young Boys (8pm)
- Porto vs Barcelona (8pm)
Matchday 3 – 24 October
- Galatasaray vs Bayern (5.45pm)
- Inter vs Salzburg (5.45pm)
- Man Utd vs Copenhagen (8pm)
- Sevilla vs Arsenal (8pm)
- Lens vs PSV Eindhoven (8pm)
- Braga vs Real Madrid (8pm)
- Union Berlin vs Napoli (8pm)
- Benfica vs Real Sociedad (8pm)
25 October
- Feyenoord vs Lazio (5.45pm)
- Barcelona vs Shakhtar Donetsk (5.45pm)
- Celtic vs Atletico Madrid (8pm)
- PSG vs Milan (8pm)
- Newcastle vs Dortmund (8pm)
- Leipzig vs Crvena Zvezda (8pm)
- Young Boys vs Man City (8pm)
- Antwerp vs Porto (8pm)
Matchday 4 – 7 November
- Dortmund vs Newcastle (5.45pm)
- Shakhtar Donetsk vs Barcelona (5.45pm)
- Atletico Madrid vs Celtic (8pm)
- Lazio vs Feyenoord (8pm)
- Milan vs PSG (8pm)
- Man City vs Young Boys (8pm)
- Crvena Zvezda vs Leipzig (8pm)
- Porto vs Royal Antwerp (8pm)
8 November
- Napoli vs Union Berlin (5.45pm)
- Real Sociedad vs Benfica (5.45pm)
- Bayern vs Galatasaray (8pm)
- Copenhagen vs Man Utd (8pm)
- Arsenal vs Sevilla (8pm)
- PSV Eindhoven vs Lens (8pm)
- Real Madrid vs Braga (8pm)
- Salzburg vs Inter (8pm)
Matchday 5 – 28 November
- Lazio vs Celtic (5.45pm)
- Shakhtar Donetsk vs Antwerp (5.45pm)
- Feyenoord vs Atletico Madrid (8pm)
- PSG vs Newcastle (8pm)
- Milan vs Dortmund (8pm)
- Man City vs Leipzig (8pm)
- Young Boys vs Crvena Zvezda (8pm)
- Barcelona vs Porto (8pm)
29 November
- Galatasaray vs Man Utd (5.45pm)
- Sevilla vs PSV Eindhoven (5.45pm)
- Bayern vs Copenhagen (8pm)
- Arsenal vs Lens (8pm)
- Real Madrid vs Napoli (8pm)
- Braga vs Union Berlin (8pm):
- Benfica vs Inter (8pm)
- Real Sociedad vs Salzburg (8pm)
Matchday 6 – 12 December
- Lens vs Sevilla (5.45pm)
- PSV Eindhoven vs Arsenal (5.45pm)
- Man Utd vs Bayern (8pm)
- Copenhagen vs Galatasaray (8pm)
- Napoli vs Braga (8pm)
- Union Berlin vs Real Madrid (8pm)
- Inter vs Real Sociedad (8pm)
- Salzburg vs Benfica (8pm)
13 December
- Leipzig vs Young Boys (5.45pm)
- Crvena Zvezda vs Man City (5.45pm)
- Atletico Madrid vs Lazio (8pm)
- Celtic vs Feyenoord (8pm)
- Dortmund vs PSG (8pm)
- Newcastle vs Milan (8pm)
- Porto vs Shakhtar Donetsk (8pm)
- Antwerp vs Barcelona (8pm)
Champions League 2023-24 knockout stage dates
Round of 16: 13/14/20/21 February and 5/6/12/13 March 2024
Quarter-finals: 9/10 and 16/17 April
Semi-finals: 30 April/1 May and 7/8 May
Final: 1 June
Where is the 2024 Champions League final?
The Champions League final will be held at London’s Wembley Stadium on 1 June 2024.
This will be a record eighth time Wembley has played host, and the third within the Champions League era. In 2011, Barcelona beat Manchester United 3-1, and two years later Bayern Munich beat German counterparts Borussia Dortmund 2-1.
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