2022–23 UEFA Champions League

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2022–23 UEFA Champions League
The Atatürk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul hosted the final
Tournament details
DatesQualifying:
21 June – 24 August 2022
Competition proper:
6 September 2022 – 10 June 2023
TeamsCompetition proper: 32
Total: 78 (from 53 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsEngland Manchester City (1st title)
Runners-upItaly Inter Milan
Tournament statistics
Matches played125
Goals scored372 (2.98 per match)
Attendance6,194,200 (49,554 per match)
Top scorer(s)Erling Haaland (Manchester City)
12 goals
Best player(s)Rodri (Manchester City)[1]
Best young playerKhvicha Kvaratskhelia (Napoli)[2]

The 2022–23 UEFA Champions League was 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 was played at the Atatürk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul, Turkey, on 10 June 2023.[3] The stadium was originally appointed to host the 2020 UEFA Champions League final, but both this and the 2021 editions, which had been subsequently re-allocated to the Atatürk, were moved due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2023 final was contested by English club Manchester City and Italian club Inter Milan, with the former winning 1–0 via a second-half goal by Rodri, who was named man of the match by UEFA. For Manchester City, this was their first-ever European Cup, and first European trophy since 1970. Having earlier won the Premier league and FA Cup titles, they achieved a unique continental treble.[4][5] As winners, Manchester City earned the right to play against Sevilla, the winners of the 2022–23 UEFA Europa League, in the 2023 UEFA Super Cup, as well as qualifying for both the 2023 and 2025 FIFA Club World Cups in Saudi Arabia and the United States, respectively.

Real Madrid were the defending champions, having won a record-extending fourteenth European Cup title in the previous edition, but they were eliminated by eventual champions Manchester City in the semi-finals.

Association team allocation

A total of 78 teams from 53 of the 55 UEFA member associations participated in the 2022–23 UEFA Champions League (the exceptions being Russia, who were banned from participating due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and Liechtenstein,[Note LIE] which did not organise a domestic league). The association ranking based on the UEFA association coefficients was used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:[6]

Association ranking

For the 2022–23 UEFA Champions League, the associations were allocated places according to their 2021 UEFA association coefficients, which took into account their performance in European competitions from 2016–17 to 2020–21.[7]

Apart from the allocation based on the association coefficients, associations could have additional teams participating in the Champions League, as noted below:

  • (UEL) – Additional berth for UEFA Europa League title holders
Association ranking for 2022–23 UEFA Champions League
Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes
1  England 100.569 4
2  Spain 97.855
3  Italy 75.438
4  Germany 73.570 +1 (UEL)
5  France 56.081 3
6  Portugal 48.549
7  Netherlands 39.200 2
8  Russia 38.382 0 [Note RUS]
9  Belgium 36.500 2
10  Austria 35.825
11  Scotland 33.375
12  Ukraine 33.100
13  Turkey 30.100
14  Denmark 27.875
15  Cyprus 27.750
16  Serbia 26.750 1
17  Czech Republic 26.600
18  Croatia 26.275
19  Switzerland 26.225
Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes
20  Greece 26.000 1
21  Israel 24.375
22  Norway 21.000
23  Sweden 20.500
24  Bulgaria 20.375
25  Romania 18.200
26  Azerbaijan 16.875
27  Kazakhstan 15.625
28  Hungary 15.500
29  Belarus 15.250
30  Poland 15.125
31  Slovenia 14.250
32  Slovakia 13.625
33  Liechtenstein 9.000 0 [Note LIE]
34  Lithuania 8.750 1
35  Luxembourg 8.250
36  Bosnia and Herzegovina 8.000
37  Republic of Ireland 7.875
38  North Macedonia 7.625
Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes
39  Armenia 7.375 1
40  Latvia 7.375
41  Albania 7.250
42  Northern Ireland 6.958
43  Georgia 6.875
44  Finland 6.875
45  Moldova 6.875
46  Malta 6.375
47  Faroe Islands 6.125
48  Kosovo 5.833
49  Gibraltar 5.666
50  Montenegro 5.000
51  Wales 5.000
52  Iceland 4.875
53  Estonia 4.750
54  Andorra 3.331
55  San Marino 1.166

Distribution

The following is the access list for this season.[8]

Access list for 2022–23 UEFA Champions League
Teams entering in this round Teams advancing from previous round
Preliminary round
(4 teams)
  • 4 champions from associations 52–55
First qualifying round
(30 teams)
  • 29 champions from associations 22–51 (except Liechtenstein)[Note LIE]
  • 1 winner from the preliminary round
Second qualifying round
(24 teams)
Champions Path
(20 teams)
  • 5 champions from associations 17–21
  • 15 winners from the first qualifying round
League Path
(4 teams)
  • 4 runners-up from associations 12–15
Third qualifying round
(20 teams)
Champions Path
(12 teams)
  • 2 champions from associations 15–16
  • 10 winners from the second qualifying round (Champions Path)
League Path
(8 teams)
  • 4 runners-up from associations 7–11 (except Russia)[Note RUS]
  • 2 third-placed teams from associations 5–6
  • 2 winners from the second qualifying round (League Path)
Play-off round
(12 teams)
Champions Path
(8 teams)
  • 2 champions from associations 13–14
  • 6 winners from the third qualifying round (Champions Path)
League Path
(4 teams)
  • 4 winners from the third qualifying round (League Path)
Group stage
(32 teams)
  • Europa League title holder
  • 11 champions from associations 1–12 (except Russia)[Note RUS]
  • 6 runners-up from associations 1–6
  • 4 third-placed teams from associations 1–4
  • 4 fourth-placed teams from associations 1–4
  • 4 winners from the play-off round (Champions Path)
  • 2 winners from the play-off round (League Path)
Knockout phase
(16 teams)
  • 8 group winners from the group stage
  • 8 group runners-up from the group stage

Due to the suspension of Russia for the 2022–23 European season, the following changes to the access list were made:[9]

  • The champions of association 11 (Scotland) enter the group stage instead of the play-off round (Champions Path).
  • The champions of association 13 (Turkey) enter the play-off round instead of the third qualifying round (Champions Path).
  • The champions of association 15 (Cyprus) enter the third qualifying round instead of the second qualifying round (Champions Path).
  • The champions of associations 18 (Croatia) and 19 (Switzerland) enter the second qualifying round instead of the first qualifying round (Champions Path).
  • The runners-up of associations 10 (Austria) and 11 (Scotland) enter the third qualifying round instead of the second qualifying round (League Path).

Since the Champions League title holders (Real Madrid) qualified via their domestic league, the following changes to the access list were made:[9]

  • The champions of association 12 (Ukraine) enter the group stage instead of the play-off round (Champions Path).
  • The champions of association 14 (Denmark) enter the play-off round instead of the third qualifying round (Champions Path).
  • The champions of association 16 (Serbia) enter the third qualifying round instead of the second qualifying round (Champions Path).
  • The champions of associations 20 (Greece) and 21 (Israel) enter the second qualifying round instead of the first qualifying round (Champions Path).

Teams

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:

  • TH: Champions League title holders
  • EL: Europa League title holders
  • 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, etc.: League positions of the previous season
  • Abd-: League positions of abandoned season as determined by the national association; all teams were subject to approval by UEFA

The second qualifying round, third qualifying round and play-off round were divided into Champions Path (CH) and League Path (LP).

CC: 2022 UEFA club coefficients.[10]

Qualified teams for 2022–23 UEFA Champions League
Entry round Teams
Group stage Spain Real Madrid (1st)TH Germany Eintracht Frankfurt (EL) England Manchester City (1st) England Liverpool (2nd)
England Chelsea (3rd) England Tottenham Hotspur (4th) Spain Barcelona (2nd) Spain Atlético Madrid (3rd)
Spain Sevilla (4th)
Milan (1st
)
Italy Inter Milan (2nd)
Napoli (3rd
)
Juventus (4th
)
Germany Bayern Munich (1st) Germany Borussia Dortmund (2nd) Germany Bayer Leverkusen (3rd)
Germany RB Leipzig (4th) France Paris Saint-Germain (1st) France Marseille (2nd) Portugal Porto (1st)
Portugal Sporting CP (2nd) Netherlands Ajax (1st) Belgium Club Brugge (1st) Austria Red Bull Salzburg (1st)
Scotland Celtic (1st) Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk (Abd-1st)[Note UKR]
Play-off round CH Turkey Trabzonspor (1st) Denmark Copenhagen (1st)
Third qualifying round CH Cyprus Apollon Limassol (1st) Serbia Red Star Belgrade (1st)
LP France Monaco (3rd) Portugal Benfica (3rd) Netherlands PSV Eindhoven (2nd) Belgium Union Saint-Gilloise (2nd)
Austria Sturm Graz (2nd) Scotland Rangers (2nd)
Second qualifying round CH Czech Republic Viktoria Plzeň (1st) Croatia Dinamo Zagreb (1st) Switzerland Zürich (1st) Greece Olympiacos (1st)
Israel Maccabi Haifa (1st)
LP Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv (Abd-2nd)[Note UKR] Turkey Fenerbahçe (2nd) Denmark Midtjylland (2nd) Cyprus AEK Larnaca (2nd)
First qualifying round Norway Bodø/Glimt (1st) Sweden Malmö FF (1st) Bulgaria Ludogorets Razgrad (1st) Romania CFR Cluj (1st)
Azerbaijan Qarabağ (1st) Kazakhstan Tobol (1st) Hungary Ferencváros (1st) Belarus Shakhtyor Soligorsk (1st)
Poland Lech Poznań (1st) Slovenia Maribor (1st) Slovakia Slovan Bratislava (1st) Lithuania Žalgiris (1st)
Luxembourg F91 Dudelange (1st) Bosnia and Herzegovina Zrinjski (1st) Republic of Ireland Shamrock Rovers (1st) North Macedonia Shkupi (1st)
Armenia Pyunik (1st) Latvia RFS (1st) Albania Tirana (1st) Northern Ireland Linfield (1st)
Georgia (country) Dinamo Batumi (1st) Finland HJK (1st) Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol (1st) Malta Hibernians (1st)
Faroe Islands (1st) Kosovo Ballkani (1st) Gibraltar Lincoln Red Imps (1st) Montenegro Sutjeska Nikšić (1st)
Wales The New Saints (1st)
Preliminary round Iceland Víkingur Reykjavík (1st) Estonia FCI Levadia (1st) Andorra Inter Club d'Escaldes (1st)
La Fiorita (1st
)

Notes

  1. ^
    Liechtenstein (LIE): The seven teams affiliated with the Liechtenstein Football Association (LFV) all played in the Swiss football league system. The only competition organised by the LFV was the Liechtenstein Football Cup – the winners of which qualified for the UEFA Europa Conference League.
  2. ^
    Russia (RUS): On 28 February 2022, Russian football clubs and national teams were suspended from FIFA and UEFA competitions due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[11] On 2 May 2022, UEFA confirmed that Russian clubs would be excluded from the 2022–23 UEFA competitions.[9]
  3. ^
    Ukraine (UKR): The 2021–22 Ukrainian Premier League was abandoned due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The top two teams of the league at the time of the abandonment (Shakhtar Donetsk and Dynamo Kyiv) were selected to play in the 2022–23 UEFA Champions League by the Ukrainian Association of Football.

Schedule

The schedule of the competition was as follows. All matches were played on Tuesdays and Wednesdays apart from the preliminary round final and the final. Scheduled kick-off times starting from the play-off round were 18:45 and 21:00 CEST/CET.[12]

As the 2022 FIFA World Cup took place in Qatar between 20 November and 18 December 2022, the group stage commenced in the first week of September 2022 and concluded in the first week of November 2022 to make way for the World Cup.

The draws for the qualifying round started at 12:00 CEST/CET and were held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.[13] The group stage draw took place in Istanbul, Turkey.[14]

Schedule for 2022–23 UEFA Champions League[15][16]
Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg
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

Qualifying rounds

Preliminary round

A total of four teams played in the preliminary round. Seeding of teams was based on their 2022 UEFA club coefficients,[10] 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
Semi-finals
FCI Levadia Estonia 1–6 Iceland Víkingur Reykjavík
La Fiorita San Marino
1–2 Andorra Inter Club d'Escaldes
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Final
Inter Club d'Escaldes Andorra 0–1 Iceland Víkingur Reykjavík

First qualifying round

The draw for the first qualifying round was held on 14 June 2022.[17] 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.
Tooltip Aggregate score
Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Pyunik Armenia 2–2 (4–3 p) Romania CFR Cluj 0–0
a.e.t.
)
Maribor Slovenia 2–0[A] Belarus Shakhtyor Soligorsk 0–0 2–0
Ludogorets Razgrad Bulgaria 3–0 Montenegro Sutjeska Nikšić 2–0 1–0
F91 Dudelange Luxembourg 3–1 Albania Tirana 1–0 2–1
Tobol Kazakhstan 1–5 Hungary Ferencváros 0–0 1–5
Malmö FF Sweden 6–5 Iceland Víkingur Reykjavík 3–2 3–3
Ballkani Kosovo 1–2 Lithuania Žalgiris 1–1
a.e.t.
)
HJK Finland 2–2 (5–4 p)[A] Latvia RFS 1–0
a.e.t.
)
Bodø/Glimt Norway 4–3 Faroe Islands KÍ Klaksvík 3–0 1–3
The New Saints Wales 1–2 Northern Ireland Linfield 1–0
a.e.t.
)
Shamrock Rovers Republic of Ireland 3–0 Malta Hibernians 3–0 0–0
Lech Poznań Poland 2–5 Azerbaijan Qarabağ 1–0 1–5
Shkupi North Macedonia 3–2 Gibraltar Lincoln Red Imps 3–0 0–2
Zrinjski Bosnia and Herzegovina 0–1 Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol 0–0 0–1
Slovan Bratislava Slovakia 2–1 Georgia (country) Dinamo Batumi 0–0
a.e.t.
)

Notes

  1. ^ a b Losers drawn to receive a bye to the Europa Conference League third qualifying round.

Second qualifying round

The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 15 June 2022.[18] 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.
Tooltip Aggregate score
Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Champions Path
Ferencváros Hungary 5–3 Slovakia Slovan Bratislava 1–2 4–1
Dinamo Zagreb Croatia 3–2 North Macedonia Shkupi 2–2 1–0
Qarabağ Azerbaijan 5–4 Switzerland Zürich 3–2
a.e.t.
)
HJK Finland 1–7 Czech Republic Viktoria Plzeň 1–2 0–5
Linfield Northern Ireland 1–8 Norway Bodø/Glimt 1–0 0–8
Žalgiris Lithuania 3–0 Sweden Malmö FF 1–0 2–0
Ludogorets Razgrad Bulgaria 4–2 Republic of Ireland Shamrock Rovers 3–0 1–2
Maribor Slovenia 0–1 Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol 0–0 0–1
Maccabi Haifa Israel 5–1 Greece Olympiacos 1–1 4–0
Pyunik Armenia 4–2 Luxembourg F91 Dudelange 0–1 4–1
Team 1
Agg.
Tooltip Aggregate score
Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
League Path
Midtjylland Denmark 2–2 (4–3 p) Cyprus AEK Larnaca 1–1
a.e.t.
)
Dynamo Kyiv Ukraine 2–1 Turkey Fenerbahçe 0–0
a.e.t.
)

Third qualifying round

The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 18 July 2022.[19] 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.
Tooltip Aggregate score
Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Champions Path
Maccabi Haifa Israel 4–2 Cyprus Apollon Limassol 4–0 0–2
Qarabağ Azerbaijan 4–2 Hungary Ferencváros 1–1 3–1
Ludogorets Razgrad Bulgaria 3–6 Croatia Dinamo Zagreb 1–2 2–4
Sheriff Tiraspol Moldova 2–4 Czech Republic Viktoria Plzeň 1–2 1–2
Bodø/Glimt Norway 6–1 Lithuania Žalgiris 5–0 1–1
Red Star Belgrade Serbia 7–0 Armenia Pyunik 5–0 2–0
Team 1
Agg.
Tooltip Aggregate score
Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
League Path
Monaco France 3–4 Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 1–1
a.e.t.
)
Dynamo Kyiv Ukraine 3–1 Austria Sturm Graz 1–0
a.e.t.
)
Union Saint-Gilloise Belgium 2–3 Scotland Rangers 2–0 0–3
Benfica Portugal 7–2 Denmark Midtjylland 4–1 3–1

Play-off round

The draw for the play-off round was held on 2 August 2022.[20] 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.
Tooltip Aggregate score
Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Champions Path
Qarabağ Azerbaijan 1–2 Czech Republic Viktoria Plzeň 0–0 1–2
Bodø/Glimt Norway 2–4 Croatia Dinamo Zagreb 1–0
a.e.t.
)
Maccabi Haifa Israel 5–4 Serbia Red Star Belgrade 3–2 2–2
Copenhagen Denmark 2–1 Turkey Trabzonspor 2–1 0–0
Team 1
Agg.
Tooltip Aggregate score
Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
League Path
Dynamo Kyiv Ukraine 0–5 Portugal Benfica 0–2 0–3
Rangers Scotland 3–2 Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 2–2 1–0

Group stage

Milan
Location of teams of the 2022–23 UEFA Champions League group stage.
Brown: Group A; Red: Group B; Orange: Group C; Yellow: Group D;
Green: Group E; Blue: Group F; Purple: Group G;
Pink: Group H.

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 made their debut appearance in the group stage (and first appearance in the European Cup since their loss in the 1960 final) after winning the 2021–22 UEFA Europa League and, as a result, this was the first time that five German clubs played in the group stage.

A total of 15 national associations were represented in the group stage. This season was the first since the 1995–96 edition in which a Turkish side failed to qualify for the group stage. It was also the first time since the 2007–08 season that two Scottish sides qualified for the group stage.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
NAP
LIV AJX RAN
1
Napoli
6 5 0 1 20 6 +14 15[a] Advance to knockout phase 4–1 4–2 3–0
2 England Liverpool 6 5 0 1 17 6 +11 15[a] 2–0 2–1 2–0
3 Netherlands Ajax 6 2 0 4 11 16 −5 6 Transfer to Europa League 1–6 0–3 4–0
4 Scotland Rangers 6 0 0 6 2 22 −20 0 0–3 1–7 1–3
Source: UEFA
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Tied on head-to-head points. Head-to-head goal difference: Napoli +1, Liverpool −1.

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification POR BRU LEV ATM
1 Portugal Porto 6 4 0 2 12 7 +5 12 Advance to knockout phase 0–4 2–0 2–1
2 Belgium Club Brugge 6 3 2 1 7 4 +3 11 0–4 1–0 2–0
3 Germany Bayer Leverkusen 6 1 2 3 4 8 −4 5[a] Transfer to Europa League 0–3 0–0 2–0
4 Spain Atlético Madrid 6 1 2 3 5 9 −4 5[a] 2–1 0–0 2–2
Source: UEFA
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Bayer Leverkusen 4, Atlético Madrid 1.

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BAY INT BAR PLZ
1 Germany Bayern Munich 6 6 0 0 18 2 +16 18 Advance to knockout phase 2–0 2–0 5–0
2 Italy Inter Milan 6 3 1 2 10 7 +3 10 0–2 1–0 4–0
3 Spain Barcelona 6 2 1 3 12 12 0 7 Transfer to Europa League 0–3 3–3 5–1
4 Czech Republic Viktoria Plzeň 6 0 0 6 5 24 −19 0 2–4 0–2 2–4
Source: UEFA

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification TOT FRA SPO MAR
1 England Tottenham Hotspur 6 3 2 1 8 6 +2 11 Advance to knockout phase 3–2 1–1 2–0
2 Germany Eintracht Frankfurt 6 3 1 2 7 8 −1 10 0–0 0–3 2–1
3 Portugal Sporting CP 6 2 1 3 8 9 −1 7 Transfer to Europa League 2–0 1–2 0–2
4 France Marseille 6 2 0 4 8 8 0 6 1–2 0–1 4–1
Source: UEFA

Group E

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification CHE
MIL
SAL DZG
1 England Chelsea 6 4 1 1 10 4 +6 13 Advance to knockout phase 3–0 1–1 2–1
2
Milan
6 3 1 2 12 7 +5 10 0–2 4–0 3–1
3 Austria Red Bull Salzburg 6 1 3 2 5 9 −4 6 Transfer to Europa League 1–2 1–1 1–0
4 Croatia Dinamo Zagreb 6 1 1 4 4 11 −7 4 1–0 0–4 1–1
Source: UEFA

Group F

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification RMA RBL SHA CEL
1 Spain Real Madrid 6 4 1 1 15 6 +9 13 Advance to knockout phase 2–0 2–1 5–1
2 Germany RB Leipzig 6 4 0 2 13 9 +4 12 3–2 1–4 3–1
3 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk 6 1 3 2 8 10 −2 6 Transfer to Europa League 1–1 0–4 1–1
4 Scotland Celtic 6 0 2 4 4 15 −11 2 0–3 0–2 1–1
Source: UEFA

Group G

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MCI DOR SEV CPH
1 England Manchester City 6 4 2 0 14 2 +12 14 Advance to knockout phase 2–1 3–1 5–0
2 Germany Borussia Dortmund 6 2 3 1 10 5 +5 9 0–0 1–1 3–0
3 Spain Sevilla 6 1 2 3 6 12 −6 5 Transfer to Europa League 0–4 1–4 3–0
4 Denmark Copenhagen 6 0 3 3 1 12 −11 3 0–0 1–1 0–0
Source: UEFA

Group H

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BEN PAR
JUV
MHA
1 Portugal Benfica 6 4 2 0 16 7 +9 14[a] Advance to knockout phase 1–1 4–3 2–0
2 France Paris Saint-Germain 6 4 2 0 16 7 +9 14[a] 1–1 2–1 7–2
3
Juventus
6 1 0 5 9 13 −4 3[b] Transfer to Europa League 1–2 1–2 3–1
4 Israel Maccabi Haifa 6 1 0 5 7 21 −14 3[b] 1–6 1–3 2–0
Source: UEFA
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Tied on head-to-head results, overall goal difference and overall goals scored. Overall away goals scored: Benfica 9, Paris Saint-Germain 6.
  2. ^ a b Tied on head-to-head results. Overall goal difference is used as the tiebreaker.

Knockout phase

In the knockout phase, teams played against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis, except for the one-match final. The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follows:

  • In the draw for the round of 16, the eight group winners were seeded, and the eight group runners-up were unseeded. The seeded teams were drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. Teams from the same group or the same association cannot be drawn against each other.
  • In the draws for the quarter-finals onwards, there were no seedings, and teams from the same group or the same association could be drawn against each other. As the draws for the quarter-finals and semi-finals were held together before the quarter-finals were played, the identity of the quarter-final winners was not known at the time of the semi-final draw. A draw was also held to determine which semi-final winner was designated as the "home" team for the final (for administrative purposes as it was played at a neutral venue).

Bracket

 
Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
                      
 
 
 
 
England Liverpool202
 
 
 
Spain Real Madrid516
 
Spain Real Madrid224
 
 
 
England Chelsea000
 
Germany Borussia Dortmund101
 
 
 
England Chelsea022
 
Spain Real Madrid101
 
 
 
England Manchester City145
 
Germany RB Leipzig101
 
 
 
England Manchester City178
 
England Manchester City314
 
 
 
Germany Bayern Munich011
 
France Paris Saint-Germain000
 
10 June – Istanbul
 
Germany Bayern Munich123
 
Milan
101
 
 
 
England Tottenham Hotspur000
 
Napoli
011
 
Napoli
235
 
Milan
000
 
 
 
Italy Inter Milan213
 
Belgium Club Brugge011
 
 
 
Portugal Benfica257
 
Portugal Benfica033
 
 
 
Italy Inter Milan235
 
Italy Inter Milan101
 
 
Portugal Porto000
 

Round of 16

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 7 November 2022, 12:00 CET.[22] The first legs were played on 14, 15, 21 and 22 February, and the second legs were played on 7, 8, 14 and 15 March 2023.

Team 1
Agg.
Tooltip Aggregate score
Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
RB Leipzig Germany 1–8 England Manchester City 1–1 0–7
Club Brugge Belgium 1–7 Portugal Benfica 0–2 1–5
Liverpool England 2–6 Spain Real Madrid 2–5 0–1
Milan Italy
1–0 England Tottenham Hotspur 1–0 0–0
Eintracht Frankfurt Germany 0–5
Napoli
0–2 0–3
Borussia Dortmund Germany 1–2 England Chelsea 1–0 0–2
Inter Milan Italy 1–0 Portugal Porto 1–0 0–0
Paris Saint-Germain France 0–3 Germany Bayern Munich 0–1 0–2

Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 17 March 2023, 12:00 CET.[23] The first legs were played on 11 and 12 April, and the second legs were played on 18 and 19 April 2023.

Team 1
Agg.
Tooltip Aggregate score
Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Real Madrid Spain 4–0 England Chelsea 2–0 2–0
Benfica Portugal 3–5[A] Italy Inter Milan 0–2 3–3
Manchester City England 4–1 Germany Bayern Munich 3–0 1–1
Milan Italy
2–1
Napoli
1–0 1–1

Notes

  1. ^ Order of legs reversed after original draw.

Semi-finals

The draw for the semi-finals was held on 17 March 2023, 12:00 CET, after the quarter-final draw.[23] The first legs were played on 9 and 10 May, and the second legs were played on 16 and 17 May 2023.

Team 1
Agg.
Tooltip Aggregate score
Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Milan Italy
0–3 Italy Inter Milan 0–2 0–1
Real Madrid Spain 1–5 England Manchester City 1–1 0–4

Final

The final was played on 10 June 2023 at the Atatürk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul. A draw was held on 17 March 2023, after the quarter-final and semi-final draws, to determine the "home" team for administrative purposes.[23]

Manchester City England1–0Italy Inter Milan
  • Rodri 68'
Report

Statistics

Statistics exclude qualifying rounds and play-off round.

Top goalscorers

Manchester City striker Erling Haaland was the tournament's top scorer, with 12 goals.
Rank[25] Player Team Goals Minutes played
1 Norway Erling Haaland England Manchester City 12 845
2 Egypt Mohamed Salah England Liverpool 8 624
3 France Kylian Mbappé France Paris Saint-Germain 7 651
Brazil Vinícius Júnior Spain Real Madrid 975
5 Portugal João Mário Portugal Benfica 6 865
6 Nigeria Victor Osimhen
Napoli
5 424
Poland Robert Lewandowski Spain Barcelona 442
Iran Mehdi Taremi
Porto
613
Brazil Rodrygo Spain Real Madrid 824
Portugal Rafa Silva Portugal Benfica 826
France Olivier Giroud
Milan
939

Top assists

Manchester City midfielder Kevin De Bruyne was the tournament's top assist provider, having assisted 7 goals.
Rank[26] Player Team Assists Minutes played
1 Belgium Kevin De Bruyne England Manchester City 7 721
2 Brazil Vinícius Júnior Spain Real Madrid 6 975
3 Portugal João Cancelo[A] England Manchester City
Germany Bayern Munich
5 499
Italy Federico Dimarco Italy Inter Milan 736
5 Portugal Diogo Jota England Liverpool 4 263
Germany Leon Goretzka Germany Bayern Munich 607
Argentina Lionel Messi France Paris Saint-Germain 615
Georgia (country) Khvicha Kvaratskhelia
Napoli
699
Spain Álex Grimaldo Portugal Benfica 900
Portugal Rafael Leão
Milan
913

Notes

  1. ^ João Cancelo played for Manchester City in the group stage and for Bayern Munich in the knockout stage, after his transfer during the January transfer window.[27]

Team of the season

The UEFA technical study group selected the following players as the team of the tournament.[28]

Pos. Player Team
GK Belgium Thibaut Courtois Spain Real Madrid
DF England Kyle Walker England Manchester City
Portugal Rúben Dias England Manchester City
Italy Alessandro Bastoni Italy Inter Milan
Italy Federico Dimarco Italy Inter Milan
MF England John Stones England Manchester City
Belgium Kevin De Bruyne England Manchester City
Spain Rodri England Manchester City
FW Portugal Bernardo Silva England Manchester City
Norway Erling Haaland England Manchester City
Brazil Vinícius Júnior Spain Real Madrid

Player of the Season

Young Player of the Season

See also

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