2024–25 UEFA Champions League knockout phase

The 2024–25 UEFA Champions League knockout phase began on 11 February with the knockout phase play-offs and end on 31 May 2025 with the final at the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany, to decide the champions of the 2024–25 UEFA Champions League. A total of 24 teams will compete in the knockout phase, with 16 entering in the play-offs and 8 receiving a bye to the round of 16.

Times are CET/CEST, as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Qualified teams

The knockout phase involves the top 24 teams that qualify from the league phase. The top 8 teams receive a bye to the round of 16, while teams finishing in positions 9 to 24 enter the knockout phase play-offs.

Entering the round of 16 (seeded)

Pos	Team
1	Liverpool
2	Barcelona
3	Arsenal
4	Inter Milan
5	Atlético Madrid
6	Bayer Leverkusen
7	Lille
8	Aston Villa

Entering the play-offs (seeded)

Pos	Team
9	Atalanta
10	Borussia Dortmund
11	Real Madrid
12	Bayern Munich
13	Milan
14	PSV Eindhoven
15	Paris Saint-Germain
16	Benfica

Entering the play-offs (unseeded)

Pos	Team
17	Monaco
18	Brest
19	Feyenoord
20	Juventus
21	Celtic
22	Manchester City
23	Sporting CP
24	Club Brugge

Format

Each tie in the knockout phase, apart from the final, is played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that scores more goals on aggregate over the two legs advances to the next round. If the aggregate score is level, then 30 minutes of extra time is played (the away goals rule is not applied). If the score is still level at the end of extra time, the winners are decided by a penalty shoot-out. In the final, which is played as a single match, if the score is level at the end of normal time, extra time is played, followed by a penalty shoot-out if the score is still level.

Draw procedure

In the knockout phase, there is no country protection, with teams from the same association able to face each other in any round.

The mechanism of the draws for each round is as follows:

• In the draw for the knockout phase play-offs, the eight teams finishing the league phase in positions 9–16 are seeded, and the eight teams finishing the league phase in positions 17–24 are unseeded. The draw is split into four sections based on the predetermined bracket, with the seeded teams in each section drawn against one of their two possible unseeded opponents. The seeded teams host the second leg.
• In the draw for the round of 16, the eight teams finishing the league phase in positions 1–8 are seeded, and the eight winners of the knockout phase play-offs are unseeded. The draw is split into four sections based on the predetermined bracket, with the seeded teams in each section drawn against one of their two possible unseeded opponents. The seeded teams host the second leg.
• In the quarter-finals and semi-finals, the exact match pairings are predetermined based on the tournament bracket. A draw is conducted only to determine which team plays the first leg at home. A draw is also held to determine which semi-final winner is designated as the "home" team for the final (for administrative purposes as it is played at a neutral venue).

In the knockout phase, teams from the same or nearby cities are not scheduled to play at home on the same day or on consecutive days, due to logistics and crowd control. To avoid such scheduling conflict, if the two teams are drawn to play at home for the same leg, the order of legs of the tie involving the team with the lower domestic ranking in the qualifying season is reversed from the original draw.

Predetermined pairings

The bracket structure for the knockout phase is partially fixed in advance using seeding, with a symmetrical pattern on both sides. Teams' positions in the bracket are determined by the final standings in the league phase, ensuring higher-ranked teams face lower-ranked opponents in earlier rounds. Thus, the top two teams from the league phase cannot meet until the final.

The structure of each side of the bracket can be summarised as follows, with the exact pairings of the play-offs and round of 16 determined by a draw:

• Knockout phase play-offs
  • Pairing I: 9/10 vs 23/24
  • Pairing II: 11/12 vs 21/22
  • Pairing III: 13/14 vs 19/20
  • Pairing IV: 15/16 vs 17/18
• Round of 16
  • Pairing A: 1/2 vs Winner IV
  • Pairing B: 3/4 vs Winner III
  • Pairing C: 5/6 vs Winner II
  • Pairing D: 7/8 vs Winner I
• Quarter-finals
  • Pairing 1: Winner A vs Winner D
  • Pairing 2: Winner B vs Winner C
• Semi-finals: Winner 1 vs Winner 2

Schedule

The schedule is as follows (all draws are held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland).

Round	Draw date	First leg	Second leg
Knockout phase play-offs	31 January 2025	11–12 February 2025	18–19 February 2025
Round of 16	21 February 2025	4–5 March 2025	11–12 March 2025
Quarter-finals		8–9 April 2025	15–16 April 2025
Semi-finals		29–30 April 2025	6–7 May 2025
Final		31 May 2025 at Allianz Arena, Munich

Bracket

	Knockout phase play-offs							Round of 16							Quarter-finals							Semi-finals							Final
								14	PSV Eindhoven	1	2	3
	20	Juventus	2	1	3			3	Arsenal	7	2	9
															3	Arsenal	3	2	5
	14	PSV Eindhoven (a.e.t.)	1	3	4
															11	Real Madrid	0	1	1
								11	Real Madrid (p)	2	0	2 (4)
	22	Manchester City	2	1	3			5	Atlético Madrid	1	1	2 (2)
																						3	Arsenal	0	1	1
	11	Real Madrid	3	3	6
																						15	Paris Saint-Germain	1	2	3
								15	Paris Saint-Germain (p)	0	1	1 (4)
	18	Brest	0	0	0			1	Liverpool	1	0	1 (1)
															15	Paris Saint-Germain	3	2	5
	15	Paris Saint-Germain	3	7	10
															8	Aston Villa	1	3	4
								24	Club Brugge	1	0	1
																													31 May – Munich
	24	Club Brugge	2	3	5			8	Aston Villa	3	3	6
																														Paris Saint-Germain
	9	Atalanta	1	1	2
																														Inter Milan
								16	Benfica	0	1	1
	17	Monaco	0	3	3			2	Barcelona	1	3	4
															2	Barcelona	4	1	5
	16	Benfica	1	3	4
															10	Borussia Dortmund	0	3	3
								10	Borussia Dortmund	1	2	3
	23	Sporting CP	0	0	0			7	Lille	1	1	2
																						2	Barcelona	3	3	6
	10	Borussia Dortmund	3	0	3
																						4	Inter Milan	3	4	7
								12	Bayern Munich	3	2	5
	21	Celtic	1	1	2			6	Bayer Leverkusen	0	0	0
															12	Bayern Munich	1	2	3
	12	Bayern Munich	2	1	3
															4	Inter Milan	2	2	4
								19	Feyenoord	0	1	1
	19	Feyenoord	1	1	2			4	Inter Milan	2	2	4
	13	Milan	0	1	1

Knockout phase play-offs

The draw for the knockout phase play-offs will be held on 31 January 2025.

Seeding

The draw will be split into four sections, based on the predetermined pairings for the knockout phase. Teams will be allocated based on their final position in the league phase. Teams in positions 9 to 16 will be seeded (playing the second legs at home), while teams in positions 17 to 24 will be unseeded.

9/10 vs 23/24		11/12 vs 21/22
Seeded	Unseeded	Seeded	Unseeded
Atalanta Borussia Dortmund	Sporting CP Club Brugge	Real Madrid Bayern Munich	Celtic Manchester City

13/14 vs 19/20		15/16 vs 17/18
Seeded	Unseeded	Seeded	Unseeded
Milan PSV Eindhoven	Feyenoord Juventus	Paris Saint-Germain Benfica	Monaco Brest

Summary

The first legs were played on 11 and 12 February, and the second legs were played on 18 and 19 February 2025.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Brest	0–10	Paris Saint-Germain	0–3	0–7
Club Brugge	5–2	Atalanta	2–1	3–1
Manchester City	3–6	Real Madrid	2–3	1–3
Juventus	3–4	PSV Eindhoven	2–1	1–3 (a.e.t.)
Feyenoord	2–1	Milan	1–0	1–1
Celtic	2–3	Bayern Munich	1–2	1–1
Sporting CP	0–3	Borussia Dortmund	0–3	0–0
Monaco	3–4	Benfica	0–1	3–3

Matches

11 February 2025 (2025-02-11) 18:45	Brest	0–3	Paris Saint-Germain	Stade de Roudourou, Guingamp Attendance: 15,831 Referee: Irfan Peljto (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
		Report	Vitinha  21' (pen.) Dembélé  45', 66'

19 February 2025 (2025-02-19) 21:00	Paris Saint-Germain	7–0	Brest	Parc des Princes, Paris Attendance: 47,211 Referee: Michael Oliver (England)
	Barcola  20' Kvaratskhelia  39' Vitinha  59' Doué  64' Mendes  69' Ramos  76' Mayulu  86'	Report

Paris Saint-Germain won 10–0 on aggregate.

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12 February 2025 (2025-02-12) 18:45	Club Brugge	2–1	Atalanta	Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges Attendance: 24,242 Referee: Halil Umut Meler (Turkey)
	Jutglà  15' Nilsson  90+4' (pen.)	Report	Pašalić  41'

18 February 2025 (2025-02-18) 21:00	Atalanta	1–3	Club Brugge	Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia, Bergamo Attendance: 21,727 Referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany)
	Lookman  46' Tolói  87'	Report	Talbi  3', 27' Jutglà  45+3'

Club Brugge won 5–2 on aggregate.

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11 February 2025 (2025-02-11) 21:00 (20:00 UTC+0)	Manchester City	2–3	Real Madrid	City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester Attendance: 52,081 Referee: Clément Turpin (France)
	Haaland  19', 80' (pen.)	Report	Mbappé  60' Díaz  86' Bellingham  90+2'

19 February 2025 (2025-02-19) 21:00	Real Madrid	3–1	Manchester City	Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid Attendance: 77,023 Referee: István Kovács (Romania)
	Mbappé  4', 33', 61'	Report	González  90+2'

Real Madrid won 6–3 on aggregate.

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11 February 2025 (2025-02-11) 21:00	Juventus	2–1	PSV Eindhoven	Juventus Stadium, Turin Attendance: 39,886 Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)
	McKenzie  34' Mbangula  82'	Report	Perišić  56'

19 February 2025 (2025-02-19) 21:00	PSV Eindhoven	3–1	Juventus	Philips Stadion, Eindhoven Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)
	Perišić  53' Saibari  74' Flamingo  98'	Report	Weah  63'

PSV Eindhoven won 4–3 on aggregate.

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12 February 2025 (2025-02-12) 21:00	Feyenoord	1–0	Milan	De Kuip, Rotterdam Attendance: 45,000 Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez (Spain)
	Paxião  3'	Report

18 February 2025 (2025-02-18) 18:45	Milan	1–1	Feyenoord	San Siro, Milan Attendance: 54,749 Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)
	Giménez  1' Hernandez  44', 51'	Report	Carranza  73' Read  90+7'

Feyenoord won 2–1 on aggregate.

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12 February 2025 (2025-02-12) 21:00 (20:00 UTC+0)	Celtic	1–2	Bayern Munich	Celtic Park, Glasgow Attendance: 57,406 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano (Spain)
	Maeda  79'	Report	Olise  45' Kane  49'

18 February 2025 (2025-02-18) 21:00	Bayern Munich	1–1	Celtic	Allianz Arena, Munich Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Benoît Bastien (France)
	Davies  90+4'	Report	Kühn  63'

Bayern Munich won 3–2 on aggregate.

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11 February 2025 (2025-02-11) 21:00 (20:00 UTC+0)	Sporting CP	0–3	Borussia Dortmund	Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon Attendance: 41,543 Referee: Espen Eskås (Norway)
		Report	Guirassy  60' Groß  68' Adeyemi  82'

19 February 2025 (2025-02-19) 18:45	Borussia Dortmund	0–0	Sporting CP	Westfalenstadion, Dortmund Attendance: 80,300 Referee: Davide Massa (Italy)
		Report

Borussia Dortmund won 3–0 on aggregate.

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12 February 2025 (2025-02-12) 21:00	Monaco	0–1	Benfica	Stade Louis II, Monaco Attendance: 12,159 Referee: Maurizio Mariani (Italy)
	Al Musrati  41', 52'	Report	Pavlidis  48'

18 February 2025 (2025-02-18) 21:00 (20:00 UTC+0)	Benfica	3–3	Monaco	Estádio da Luz, Lisbon Attendance: 60,776 Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden)
	Aktürkoğlu  22' Pavlidis  76' (pen.) Kökçü  84'	Report	Minamino  32' Ben Seghir  51' Ilenikhena  81'

Benfica won 4–3 on aggregate.

Round of 16

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 21 February 2025.

Seeding

The draw was split into four sections, based on the predetermined pairings for the knockout phase. Teams were allocated based on their final position in the league phase. Teams in positions 1 to 8 will be seeded (playing the second legs at home), while the winners of the knockout phase play-offs will be unseeded.

1/2 vs 15/16/17/18		3/4 vs 13/14/19/20
Seeded	Unseeded	Seeded	Unseeded
Liverpool Barcelona	Paris Saint-Germain Benfica	Arsenal Inter Milan	PSV Eindhoven Feyenoord

5/6 vs 11/12/21/22		7/8 vs 9/10/23/24
Seeded	Unseeded	Seeded	Unseeded
Atlético Madrid Bayer Leverkusen	Real Madrid Bayern Munich	Lille Aston Villa	Club Brugge Borussia Dortmund

Summary

The first legs will be played on 4 and 5 March, and the second legs will be played on 11 and 12 March 2025.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Paris Saint-Germain	1-1 (4-1)	Liverpool	0–1	1-0
Club Brugge	1-6	Aston Villa	1–3	0-3
Real Madrid	2-2 (4-2)	Atlético Madrid	2–1	0-1
PSV Eindhoven	3-9	Arsenal	1–7	2-2
Benfica	1-4	Barcelona	0–1	1-3
Borussia Dortmund	3-2	Lille	1–1	2-1
Bayern Munich	5-0	Bayer Leverkusen	3–0	2-0
Feyenoord	1-4	Inter Milan	0–2	1-2

Matches

5 March 2025 (2025-03-05) 21:00	Paris Saint-Germain	0–1	Liverpool	Parc des Princes, Paris Attendance: 47,511 Referee: Davide Massa (Italy)
		Report	Elliott  87'

11 March 2025 (2025-03-11) 21:00 (20:00 UTC+0)	Liverpool	0-1 (a.e.t.)	Paris Saint-Germain	Anfield, Liverpool Attendance: 59,765 Referee: István Kovács (Romania
		Report	Dembélé  12'
		Penalties
	Salah Núñez Jones	1-4	Vitinha Ramos Dembélé Doué

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4 March 2025 (2025-03-04) 18:45	Club Brugge	1–3	Aston Villa	Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges Attendance: 26,890 Referee: João Pinheiro (Portugal)
	De Cuyper  12'	Report	Bailey  3' Mechele  82' (o.g.) Asensio  88' (pen.)

12 March 2025 (2025-03-12) 21:00 (20:00 UTC+0)	Aston Villa	3-0	Club Brugge	Villa Park, Birmingham Attendance: 42,461 Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany
	Asensio  50', 61' Maatsen  57'	Report

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4 March 2025 (2025-03-04) 21:00	Real Madrid	2–1	Atlético Madrid	Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid Attendance: 77,261 Referee: Davide Massa (Italy)
	Rodrygo  4' Díaz  55'	Report	Álvarez  32'

12 March 2025 (2025-03-12) 21:00	Atlético Madrid	1-0	Real Madrid	Metropolitano Stadium, Madrid Attendance: 69,304 Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland
	Gallagher  1'	Report
		Penalties
	Sørloth Álvarez Correa Llorente	2-4	Mbappé Bellingham Valverde Vázquez Rüdiger

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4 March 2025 (2025-03-04) 21:00	PSV Eindhoven	1–7	Arsenal	Philips Stadion, Eindhoven Attendance: 34,400 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano (Spain)
	Lang  43' (pen.)	Report	Timber  18' Nwaneri  21' Merino  31' Ødegaard  47', 73' Trossard  48' Calafiori  85'

12 March 2025 (2025-03-12) 21:00 (20:00 UTC+0)	Arsenal	2-2	PSV Eindhoven	Emirates Stadium, London Attendance: 59,410 Referee: Rade Obrenovič (Slovenia)
	Zinchenko  6' Rice  37'	Report	Perišić  18' Driouech  70'

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5 March 2025 (2025-03-05) 21:00 (20:00 UTC+0)	Benfica	0–1	Barcelona	Estádio da Luz, Lisbon Attendance: 62,437 Referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany)
		Report	Cubarsí  22' Raphinha  61'

11 March 2025 (2025-03-11) 18:45	Barcelona	3-1	Benfica	Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys, Barcelona Attendance: 47,111 Referee: François Letexier (France
	Raphinha  11', 42' Yamal  27'	Report	Otamendi  13'

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4 March 2025 (2025-03-04) 21:00	Borussia Dortmund	1–1	Lille	Westfalenstadion, Dortmund Attendance: 81,365 Referee: José María Sánchez (Spain)
	Adeyemi  22'	Report	Haraldsson  68'

12 March 2025 (2025-03-12) 18:45	Lille	1-2	Borussia Dortmund	Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Villeneuve-d'Ascq Attendance: 48,042 Referee: Sandro Schärer (Switzerland
	David  5'	Report	Can  54' (pen.) Beier  65'

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5 March 2025 (2025-03-05) 21:00	Bayern Munich	3–0	Bayer Leverkusen	Allianz Arena, Munich Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Michael Oliver (England)
	Kane  9', 75' (pen.) Musiala  54'	Report	Mukiele  39', 62'

11 March 2025 (2025-03-11) 21:00	Bayer Leverkusen	0-2	Bayern Munich	BayArena, Leverkusen Attendance: 30,210 Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)
		Report	Kane  52' Davies  71'

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5 March 2025 (2025-03-05) 18:45	Feyenoord	0–2	Inter Milan	De Kuip, Rotterdam Attendance: 43,789 Referee: Espen Eskås (Norway)
		Report	Thuram  38' Martínez  50'

11 March 2025 (2025-03-11) 21:00	Inter Milan	2-1	Feyenoord	San Siro, Milan Attendance: 55,536 Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)
	Thuram  8' Çalhanoğlu  51' (pen.)	Report	Moder  42' (pen.)

Quarter-finals

The draw for the order of the quarter-final legs will be held on 21 February 2025, after the round of 16 draw.

Summary

The first legs will be played on 8 and 9 April, and the second legs will be played on 15 and 16 April 2025.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Paris Saint-Germain	5–4	Aston Villa	3–1	2–3
Arsenal	5–1	Real Madrid	3–0	2–1
Barcelona	5–3	Borussia Dortmund	4–0	1–3
Bayern Munich	3–4	Inter Milan	1–2	2–2

Matches

9 April 2025 (2025-04-09) 21:00	Paris Saint-Germain	3–1	Aston Villa	Parc des Princes, Paris Attendance: 47,981 Referee: Maurizio Mariani (Italy)
	Doué  39' Kvaratskhelia  49' Mendes  90+2'	Report	Rogers  35'

15 April 2025 (2025-04-15) 21:00 (20:00 UTC+1)	Aston Villa	3–2	Paris Saint-Germain	Villa Park, Birmingham Attendance: 42,535 Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez (Spain)
	Tielemans  34' McGinn  55' Konsa  57'	Report	Hakimi  11' Mendes  27'

Paris Saint-Germain won 5–4 on aggregate.

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8 April 2025 (2025-04-08) 21:00 (20:00 UTC+1)	Arsenal	3–0	Real Madrid	Emirates Stadium, London Attendance: 60,110 Referee: Irfan Peljto (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
	Rice  58', 70' Merino  75'	Report	Camavinga  68', 90+4'

16 April 2025 (2025-04-16) 21:00	Real Madrid	1–2	Arsenal	Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid Attendance: 77,073 Referee: François Letexier (France)
	Vinícius Júnior  67'	Report	Saka  65' Martinelli  90+3'

Arsenal won 5–1 on aggregate.

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9 April 2025 (2025-04-09) 21:00	Barcelona	4–0	Borussia Dortmund	Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys, Barcelona Attendance: 49,760 Referee: Espen Eskås (Norway)
	Raphinha  25' Lewandowski  48', 66' Yamal  77'	Report

15 April 2025 (2025-04-15) 21:00	Borussia Dortmund	3–1	Barcelona	Westfalenstadion, Dortmund Attendance: 81,365 Referee: Maurizio Mariani (Italy)
	Guirassy  11' (pen.), 49', 76'	Report	Bensebaini  54' (og)

Barcelona won 5–3 on aggregate.

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8 April 2025 (2025-04-08) 21:00	Bayern Munich	1–2	Inter Milan	Allianz Arena, Munich Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Sandro Schärer (Switzerland)
	Müller  85'	Report	L. Martínez  38' Frattesi  88'

16 April 2025 (2025-04-16) 21:00	Inter Milan	2–2	Bayern Munich	San Siro, Milan Attendance: 75,625 Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)
	Martínez  58' Pavard  61'	Report	Kane  52' Dier  76'

Inter Milan won 4–3 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

The draw for the order of the semi-final legs was held on 21 February 2025, 12:00 CET, after the round of 16 and quarter-final draws.

Summary

The first legs will be played on 29 and 30 April, and the second legs will be played on 6 and 7 May 2025.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Arsenal	1–3	Paris Saint-Germain	0–1	1–2
Barcelona	6–7	Inter Milan	3–3	3–4

Matches

29 April 2025 (2025-04-29) 21:00	Arsenal	0–1	Paris Saint-Germain	Emirates Stadium, London Attendance: 59,664 Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)
		Report	Dembélé  4'

7 May 2025 (2025-05-07) 21:00	Paris Saint-Germain	2–1	Arsenal	Parc des Princes, Paris Attendance: 47,511 Referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany)
	Ruiz  27' Hakimi  72'	Report	Saka  76'

Paris Saint-Germain won 3–1 on aggregate.

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30 April 2025 (2025-04-30) 21:00	Barcelona	3–3	Inter Milan	Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys, Barcelona Attendance: 50,314 Referee: Clément Turpin (France)
	Yamal  24' Torres  38' Sommer  65' (o.g.)	Report	Thuram  1' Dumfries  21', 63'

6 May 2025 (2025-05-06) 21:00	Inter Milan	4–3 (a.e.t.)	Barcelona	San Siro, Milan Attendance: 75,504 Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)
	Martínez  21' Çalhanoğlu  45' (pen.) Acerbi  90+3' Frattesi  99'	Report	García  54' Olmo  60' Raphinha  87'

Inter Milan won 7–6 on aggregate.

Final

Main article: 2025 UEFA Champions League Final

The final was played on 31 May 2025 at the Allianz Arena in Munich. A draw was held on 21 February 2025 (after the round of 16, quarter-final and semi-final draws) to determine the "home" team for administrative purposes.

31 May 2025 (2025-05-31) 21:00 CEST	Paris Saint-Germain	5–0	Inter Milan	Allianz Arena, Munich Attendance: 64,327 Referee: István Kovács (Romania)
	Hakimi  12' Doué  20', 63' Kvaratskhelia  73' Mayulu  86'	Report

External links

• Official website