How to watch the 2024 UEFA Champions League season

The UEFA Champions League returns this week, with several changes in place this season, including 36 teams competing (as opposed to 32 in the past), and the elimination of the group phase in favor of the new league system. In the league system, sometimes called the Swiss system, the 36 competing teams will be divided into four groups of nine and will play two teams from each group. At the end of eight games, the top eight teams will go into a round of 16 while teams in ninth to 24th will go into a playoff round. Defending champions Real Madrid will play their first game of the season on Tuesday against Stuttgart, just one of many games that will kick off the new UEFA Champions League season.

The UEFA Champions League season begins on September 17 and runs through May, 2025. This season, Paramount+ and CBS Sports Networks will have exclusive broadcast rights and you can watch every game this week on Paramount+. Here’s a full schedule of every UEFA Champions League game this week, and how to watch.

How to watch the 2024 UEFA Champions League Season:

Dates: September, 2024 through May, 2025

Channel: Select games this season will air on CBS or CBS Sports Network

Streaming: Paramount+

What channel is the UEFA Champions League on?

The majority of UEFA Champions League games will stream on Paramount+. Some games may also air on CBS or CBS Sports Network, thought he broadcast schedule for the entire season had not been released.

How to watch the UEFA Champions League games:

In the U.S, every UEFA Champions League game is available to stream on Paramount+. Games that are broadcast on CBS can be viewed on platforms including Fubo TV, DirecTV, and YouTube TV.

Paramount+ offers subscribers access to the complete season of Champions League soccer, NFL on CBS, Star Trek, Survivor, The Challenge and so much more. 

Unlike a lot of other streaming services these days, Paramount+ still offers a free trial — so new subscribers can sign up to watch the first week of Champions League games and check out the rest of the Paramount+ library totally free. Plus, you can get 50% off an annual subscriptions right now, which means you could pay as little as $2.50/month!

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2024 UEFA Champions League Week 1 full schedule:

All times Eastern

Tuesday, Sept. 17

• Young Boys Bern vs. Aston Villa: 12:45 p.m. (Paramount+)

• Juventus vs. PSV: 12:45 p.m. (Paramount+)

• Milan vs. Liverpool: 3 p.m. (Paramount+)

• FC Bayern vs. Dinamo Zagreb: 3 p.m. (Paramount+)

• Real Madrid vs. VfB Stuttgart: 3 p.m. (Paramount+)

• Sporting Lisbon vs. Lille: 3 p.m. (Paramount+)

Wednesday, Sept. 18

• Bologna vs. Shakhtar Donetsk: 12:45 p.m. (Paramount+)

• Sparta Praha vs. RB Salzburg: 12:45 p.m. (Paramount+)

• Manchester City vs. Inter: 3 p.m. (Paramount+)

• PSG vs. Girona: 3 p.m. (Paramount+)

• Club Brugge vs. Borussia Dortmund: 3 p.m. (Paramount+)

• Celtic vs. Slovan Bratislava: 3 p.m. (Paramount+)

Thursday, Sept. 19

• Feyenoord vs. Bayer Leverkusen: 12:45 p.m. (Paramount+)

• Red Star Belgrade vs. Benfica: 12:45 p.m. (Paramount+)

• Atalanta vs. Arsenal: 3 p.m. (Paramount+)

• Monaco vs. Barcelona: 3 p.m. (Paramount+)

• Atletico Madrid vs. RB Leipzig: 3 p.m. (Paramount+)

• Brest vs. SK Sturm Graz: 3 p.m. (Paramount+)

How to watch every UEFA Champions League game this season:

In the U.S., UEFA Champions League games will air exclusively on Paramount+, CBS Sports Network, or CBS, but during the league’s first week, every game is streaming exclusively on Paramount+.

Paramount+ offers subscribers access to this season of UEFA Champions League Soccer, along with select NFL on CBS games and so much more.

Unlike a lot of other streaming services these days, Paramount+ still offers a free trial — so new subscribers can sign up to watch the first week of Champions League games and check out the rest of the Paramount+ library totally free. Plus, you can get 50% off an annual subscriptions right now, which means you could pay as little as $2.50/month!

Try free at Paramount+