German clubs in 2024/25 UEFA Champions League, Europa League & Conference League: fixtures and results

Eight clubs will represent the Bundesliga in Europe this season, including five in the UEFA Champions League and a continental debut for Heidenheim.

Leverkusen, VfB Stuttgart, Bayern Munich, RB Leipzig and RB Leipzig will have five clubs in the Champions League for Bundesliga 2024/25 due to the performances of German clubs in last year’s UEFA competitions, including the finals of Borussia Dortmund and Bayer Leverkusen. Dortmund.

See: Leverkusen kick-off season with Supercup win

Eintracht Frankfurt and Hoffenheim fly the Bundesliga flag in this year’s UEFA Europa League, while European newcomers Heidenheim make their continental bow in the play-offs of the UEFA Conference League.

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Find out more about how the eight teams qualified for Europe

The draw for the league stage of the 2024/25 Champions League takes place on August 29, when clubs will know which eight teams they will face in the new format.

The draws for the Europa League and Conference Leagues will take place on August 30.

Find out how the new format of European competitions will work

All Bundesliga clubs except Heidenheim will automatically go through to the league stage of their respective competition. Frank Schmidt’s side face a two-legged play-off against Sweden’s Häcken on August 22 and 29 to decide whether they will enjoy European football at the Voith-Arena throughout 2024.

Fixtures

Hacken vs. Heidenheim (22 August, 7pm CEST
Heidenheim vs. Hagen (August 29, 8.30pm CEST)

Follow all the build-up and action from the first session in Sweden below:

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See: Heidenheim’s remarkable rise

Promoted to the top flight for the first time in their history in 2023, Heidenheim have gone from strength to strength since landing in the Bundesliga.

Welcome to history being made!

Heidenheim are set to play their first match on the European stage, more than 178 years after the club was founded. Frank Schmidt’s side travel to Sweden on Thursday for the first leg of a UEFA Conference League play-off tie against Haken (kick-off: 7pm CEST).

Learn more about how the European qualification works