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Dates | Qualifying: 21 June – 24 August 2022 Competition proper: 6 September 2022 – 10 June 2023 |
Teams | Competition proper: 32 Total: 78 (from 53 associations) |
The 2022–23 UEFA Champions League is the 68th season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 31st season since it was renamed from the European Champion Clubs' Cup to the UEFA Champions League.
The final will be played at the Atatürk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul, Turkey. The stadium was originally appointed to host the 2020 UEFA Champions League Final, but both this and the 2021 final, which had been subsequently re-allocated to the Atatürk, were moved due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The winner of the 2022–23 UEFA Champions League will automatically qualify for the 2023–24 UEFA Champions League group stage, and also earn the right to play against the winner of the 2022–23 UEFA Europa League in the 2023 UEFA Super Cup.
Real Madrid are the defending champions, having won a record-extending fourteenth title in the previous edition.
A total of 78 teams from 53 of the 55 UEFA member associations participate in the 2022–23 UEFA Champions League (the exceptions being Russia, who are banned from participating due to 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, and Liechtenstein,[Note LIE] which does not organise a domestic league). The association ranking based on the UEFA association coefficients is used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:[1]
For the 2022–23 UEFA Champions League, the associations are allocated places according to their 2021 UEFA association coefficients, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 2016–17 to 2020–21.[2]
Apart from the allocation based on the association coefficients, associations may have additional teams participating in the Champions League, as noted below:
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The following is the access list for this season.[3]
Teams entering in this round | Teams advancing from previous round | ||
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Preliminary round (4 teams) |
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First qualifying round (30 teams) |
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Second qualifying round (24 teams) |
Champions Path (20 teams) |
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League Path (4 teams) |
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Third qualifying round (20 teams) |
Champions Path (12 teams) |
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League Path (8 teams) |
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Play-off round (12 teams) |
Champions Path (8 teams) |
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League Path (4 teams) |
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Group stage (32 teams) |
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Knockout phase (16 teams) |
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Due to the suspension of Russia for the 2022–23 European season, and since the Champions League title holders (Real Madrid) have qualified via their domestic league, the following changes to the access list have been made:[4]
The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:
The second qualifying round, third qualifying round and play-off round are divided into Champions Path (CH) and League Path (LP).
CC: 2022 UEFA club coefficients.[5]
Notes
The schedule of the competition is as follows. All matches are played on Tuesdays and Wednesdays apart from the preliminary round final and the final. Scheduled kick-off times starting from the play-off round are 18:45 and 21:00 CEST/CET.[7]
As the 2022 FIFA World Cup takes place in Qatar between 20 November and 18 December 2022, the group stage will commence in the first week of September 2022 and conclude in the first week of November 2022 to make way for the World Cup.
The draws for the qualifying round start at 12:00 CEST/CET and will be held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.[8] The group stage draw will take place in Istanbul, Turkey.[9]
Phase | Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
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Qualifying | Preliminary round | 7 June 2022 | 21 June 2022 (semi-finals) | 24 June 2022 (final) |
First qualifying round | 14 June 2022 | 5–6 July 2022 | 12–13 July 2022 | |
Second qualifying round | 15 June 2022 | 19–20 July 2022 | 26–27 July 2022 | |
Third qualifying round | 18 July 2022 | 2–3 August 2022 | 9 August 2022 | |
Play-offs | Play-off round | 2 August 2022 | 16–17 August 2022 | 23–24 August 2022 |
Group stage | Matchday 1 | 25 August 2022 | 6–7 September 2022 | |
Matchday 2 | 13–14 September 2022 | |||
Matchday 3 | 4–5 October 2022 | |||
Matchday 4 | 11–12 October 2022 | |||
Matchday 5 | 25–26 October 2022 | |||
Matchday 6 | 1–2 November 2022 | |||
Knockout phase | Round of 16 | 7 November 2022 | 14–15 & 21–22 February 2023 | 7–8 & 14–15 March 2023 |
Quarter-finals | 17 March 2023 | 11–12 April 2023 | 18–19 April 2023 | |
Semi-finals | 9–10 May 2023 | 16–17 May 2023 | ||
Final | 10 June 2023 at Atatürk Olympic Stadium, Istanbul |
A total of four teams played in the preliminary round. Seeding of teams was based on their 2022 UEFA club coefficients,[5] with two seeded teams and two unseeded teams in the semi-finals. The matches took place at Víkingsvöllur in Reykjavík, Iceland so the first team drawn in each tie in the semi-finals, and also the final (between the two winners of the semi-finals, whose identity was not known at the time of draw), would be the "home" team for administrative purposes. The winner of the preliminary round final advanced to the first qualifying round. The losers of the semi-finals and final were transferred to the Europa Conference League Champions Path second qualifying round.
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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FCI Levadia | 1–6 | Víkingur Reykjavík |
La Fiorita | 1–2 | Inter Club d'Escaldes |
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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Inter Club d'Escaldes | 0–1 | Víkingur Reykjavík |
The draw for the first qualifying round was held on 14 June 2022.[11] The first legs were played on 5 and 6 July, and the second legs were played on 12 and 13 July 2022.
The winners of the ties advanced to the Champions Path second qualifying round. The losers were transferred to the Europa Conference League Champions Path second qualifying round.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Pyunik | 2–2 (4–3 p) | CFR Cluj | 0–0 | 2–2 (a.e.t.) |
Maribor | 2–0[A] | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 0–0 | 2–0 |
Ludogorets Razgrad | 3–0 | Sutjeska Nikšić | 2–0 | 1–0 |
F91 Dudelange | 3–1 | Tirana | 1–0 | 2–1 |
Tobol | 1–5 | Ferencváros | 0–0 | 1–5 |
Malmö FF | 6–5 | Víkingur Reykjavík | 3–2 | 3–3 |
Ballkani | 1–2 | Žalgiris | 1–1 | 0–1 (a.e.t.) |
HJK | 2–2 (5–4 p)[A] | RFS | 1–0 | 1–2 (a.e.t.) |
Bodø/Glimt | 4–3 | KÍ Klaksvík | 3–0 | 1–3 |
The New Saints | 1–2 | Linfield | 1–0 | 0–2 (a.e.t.) |
Shamrock Rovers | 3–0 | Hibernians | 3–0 | 0–0 |
Lech Poznań | 2–5 | Qarabağ | 1–0 | 1–5 |
Shkupi | 3–2 | Lincoln Red Imps | 3–0 | 0–2 |
Zrinjski | 0–1 | Sheriff Tiraspol | 0–0 | 0–1 |
Slovan Bratislava | 2–1 | Dinamo Batumi | 0–0 | 2–1 (a.e.t.) |
Notes
The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 15 June 2022.[12] The first legs were played on 19 and 20 July, and the second legs were played on 26 and 27 July 2022.
The winners of the ties advanced to the third qualifying round of their respective path. The Champions Path losers were transferred to the Europa League Champions Path third qualifying round, while the League Path losers were transferred to the Europa League Main Path third qualifying round.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Ferencváros | 5–3 | Slovan Bratislava | 1–2 | 4–1 |
Dinamo Zagreb | 3–2 | Shkupi | 2–2 | 1–0 |
Qarabağ | 5–4 | Zürich | 3–2 | 2–2 (a.e.t.) |
HJK | 1–7 | Viktoria Plzeň | 1–2 | 0–5 |
Linfield | 1–8 | Bodø/Glimt | 1–0 | 0–8 |
Žalgiris | 3–0 | Malmö FF | 1–0 | 2–0 |
Ludogorets Razgrad | 4–2 | Shamrock Rovers | 3–0 | 1–2 |
Maribor | 0–1 | Sheriff Tiraspol | 0–0 | 0–1 |
Maccabi Haifa | 5–1 | Olympiacos | 1–1 | 4–0 |
Pyunik | 4–2 | F91 Dudelange | 0–1 | 4–1 |
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Midtjylland | 2–2 (4–3 p) | AEK Larnaca | 1–1 | 1–1 (a.e.t.) |
Dynamo Kyiv | 2–1 | Fenerbahçe | 0–0 | 2–1 (a.e.t.) |
The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 18 July 2022.[13] The first legs were played on 2 and 3 August, and the second legs were played on 9 August 2022.
The winners of the ties advanced to the play-off round of their respective path. The Champions Path losers were transferred to the Europa League play-off round, while the League Path losers were transferred to the Europa League group stage.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Maccabi Haifa | 4–2 | Apollon Limassol | 4–0 | 0–2 |
Qarabağ | 4–2 | Ferencváros | 1–1 | 3–1 |
Ludogorets Razgrad | 3–6 | Dinamo Zagreb | 1–2 | 2–4 |
Sheriff Tiraspol | 2–4 | Viktoria Plzeň | 1–2 | 1–2 |
Bodø/Glimt | 6–1 | Žalgiris | 5–0 | 1–1 |
Red Star Belgrade | 7–0 | Pyunik | 5–0 | 2–0 |
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Monaco | 3–4 | PSV Eindhoven | 1–1 | 2–3 (a.e.t.) |
Dynamo Kyiv | 3–1 | Sturm Graz | 1–0 | 2–1 (a.e.t.) |
Union Saint-Gilloise | 2–3 | Rangers | 2–0 | 0–3 |
Benfica | 7–2 | Midtjylland | 4–1 | 3–1 |
The draw for the play-off round was held on 2 August 2022.[14] The first legs were played on 16 and 17 August, and the second legs were played on 23 and 24 August 2022.
The winners of the ties advanced to the group stage. The losers were transferred to the Europa League group stage.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Qarabağ | 1–2 | Viktoria Plzeň | 0–0 | 1–2 |
Bodø/Glimt | 2–4 | Dinamo Zagreb | 1–0 | 1–4 (a.e.t.) |
Maccabi Haifa | 5–4 | Red Star Belgrade | 3–2 | 2–2 |
Copenhagen | 2–1 | Trabzonspor | 2–1 | 0–0 |
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Dynamo Kyiv | 0–5 | Benfica | 0–2 | 0–3 |
Rangers | 3–2 | PSV Eindhoven | 2–2 | 1–0 |
The draw for the group stage was held on 25 August 2022. The 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four. For the draw, the teams were seeded into four pots, each of eight teams, based on the following principles:
Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same group.
Eintracht Frankfurt will make their debut appearance in the group stage after winning the 2021–22 UEFA Europa League and, as a result, this will be the first time that five German clubs play in the group stage.
A total of 15 national associations are represented in the group stage. This season is the first since the 1995–96 season in which a Turkish side failed to qualify for the group stage. It is also the first time since the 2007–08 season that two Scottish sides qualified for the group stage.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | AJX | LIV | NAP | RAN | |
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1 | Ajax | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 26 Oct | 4 Oct | 7 Sep | |
2 | Liverpool | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 Sep | — | 1 Nov | 4 Oct | ||
3 | Napoli | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Transfer to Europa League | 12 Oct | 7 Sep | — | 26 Oct | |
4 | Rangers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 Nov | 12 Oct | 13 Sep | — |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | POR | ATM | LEV | BRU | |
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1 | Porto | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 1 Nov | 4 Oct | 13 Sep | |
2 | Atlético Madrid | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 Sep | — | 26 Oct | 12 Oct | ||
3 | Bayer Leverkusen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Transfer to Europa League | 12 Oct | 13 Sep | — | 1 Nov | |
4 | Club Brugge | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 Oct | 4 Oct | 7 Sep | — |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | BAY | BAR | INT | PLZ | |
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1 | Bayern Munich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 13 Sep | 1 Nov | 4 Oct | |
2 | Barcelona | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 Oct | — | 12 Oct | 7 Sep | ||
3 | Inter Milan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Transfer to Europa League | 7 Sep | 4 Oct | — | 26 Oct | |
4 | Viktoria Plzeň | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 Oct | 1 Nov | 13 Sep | — |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | FRA | TOT | SPO | MAR | |
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1 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 4 Oct | 7 Sep | 26 Oct | |
2 | Tottenham Hotspur | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 Oct | — | 26 Oct | 7 Sep | ||
3 | Sporting CP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Transfer to Europa League | 1 Nov | 13 Sep | — | 12 Oct | |
4 | Marseille | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 Sep | 1 Nov | 4 Oct | — |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MIL | CHE | SAL | DZG | |
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1 | Milan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 11 Oct | 2 Nov | 14 Sep | |
2 | Chelsea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 Oct | — | 14 Sep | 2 Nov | ||
3 | Red Bull Salzburg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Transfer to Europa League | 6 Sep | 25 Oct | — | 5 Oct | |
4 | Dinamo Zagreb | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 Oct | 6 Sep | 11 Oct | — |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | RMA | RBL | SHK | CEL | |
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1 | Real Madrid | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 14 Sep | 5 Oct | 2 Nov | |
2 | RB Leipzig | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 Oct | — | 6 Sep | 5 Oct | ||
3 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Transfer to Europa League | 11 Oct | 2 Nov | — | 14 Sep | |
4 | Celtic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 Sep | 11 Oct | 25 Oct | — |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MCI | SEV | DOR | CPH | |
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1 | Manchester City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 2 Nov | 14 Sep | 5 Oct | |
2 | Sevilla | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 Sep | — | 5 Oct | 25 Oct | ||
3 | Borussia Dortmund | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Transfer to Europa League | 25 Oct | 11 Oct | — | 6 Sep | |
4 | Copenhagen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 Oct | 14 Sep | 2 Nov | — |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | PAR | JUV | BEN | MHA | |
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1 | Paris Saint-Germain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 6 Sep | 11 Oct | 25 Oct | |
2 | Juventus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 Nov | — | 14 Sep | 5 Oct | ||
3 | Benfica | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Transfer to Europa League | 5 Oct | 25 Oct | — | 6 Sep | |
4 | Maccabi Haifa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 Sep | 11 Oct | 2 Nov | — |
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