2018–19 UEFA Champions League
The 2018–19 UEFA Champions League was the 64th season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 27th season since it was renamed from the European Champion Clubs' Cup to the UEFA Champions League.
 The Wanda Metropolitano in Madrid will host the final | |
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | Qualifying: 26 June – 29 August 2018 Competition proper: 18 September 2018 – 1 June 2019 |
| Teams | Competition proper: 32 Total: 79 |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 32 |
| Goals scored | 94 (2.94 per match) |
| Attendance | 1,436,519 (44,891 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  Lionel Messi (5 goals) |
← 2017–18 2019–20 → | |
The final was played at the Wanda Metropolitano in Madrid, Spain.[1] The final was played between two English clubs, Liverpool and Tottenham. Liverpool beat Tottenham 2–0 with goals from Mohamed Salah and Divock Origi. This brought Liverpool to there 6th European Champion Clubs' Cup / UEFA Champions League. Liverpool have won the most European Champion Clubs' Cup and UEFA Champions League than any other British Club.[2]
Teams
League positions of the previous season shown in parentheses (TH: Champions League title holders; EL: Europa League title holders).[3][4][5]
- Notes
- ^ Albania (ALB): In March 2018, Skënderbeu Korçë was handed a 10-year ban from UEFA club competitions over match fixing.[6] Since they finished as champions of the 2017–18 Albanian Superliga, Kukësi, the runners-up of the league, will enter the 2018–19 UEFA Champions League instead of the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League.
- ^ France (FRA): Monaco is a club based in Monaco (which is not a UEFA member), but participates in the Champions League through one of the berths for France (any coefficient points they earn count towards France's total).
Round and draw dates
The schedule of the competition is as follows (all draws are held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, unless stated otherwise).[7]
| Stage | Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Preliminary | Preliminary round | 12 June 2018 | 26 June 2018 (semi-final round) | 29 June 2018 (final round) |
| Qualifying | First qualifying round | 19 June 2018 | 10–11 July 2018 | 17–18 July 2018 |
| Second qualifying round | 24–25 July 2018 | 31 July – 1 August 2018 | ||
| Third qualifying round | 23 July 2018 | 7–8 August 2018 | 14 August 2018 | |
| Play-off | Play-off round | 6 August 2018 | 21–22 August 2018 | 28–29 August 2018 |
| Group stage | Matchday 1 | 30 August 2018 (Monaco) |
18–19 September 2018 | |
| Matchday 2 | 2–3 October 2018 | |||
| Matchday 3 | 23–24 October 2018 | |||
| Matchday 4 | 6–7 November 2018 | |||
| Matchday 5 | 27–28 November 2018 | |||
| Matchday 6 | 11–12 December 2018 | |||
| Knockout phase | Round of 16 | 17 December 2018 | 12–13 & 19–20 February 2019 | 5–6 & 12–13 March 2019 |
| Quarter-finals | 15 March 2019 | 9–10 April 2019 | 16–17 April 2019 | |
| Semi-finals | 19 April 2019 | 30 April – 1 May 2019 | 7–8 May 2019 | |
| Final | 1 June 2019 at Wanda Metropolitano, Madrid | |||
From this season, there will be staggered kick-off times – 18:55 CET and 21:00 CET.[3]
Group stage
The draw for the group stage will be held on 30 August 2018 at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco. The 32 teams are drawn into eight groups of four, with the restriction that teams from the same association cannot be drawn against each other. For the draw, the teams are seeded into four pots based on the following principles (introduced starting this season):[8]
- Pot 1 contains the Champions League and Europa League title holders, and the champions of the top six associations based on their 2017 UEFA country coefficients. If either or both title holders are one of the champions of the top six associations, the champions of the next highest ranked association(s) are also seeded into Pot 1.
- Pot 2, 3 and 4 contain the remaining teams, seeded based on their 2018 UEFA club coefficients.
In each group, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners and runners-up advance to the round of 16, while the third-placed teams enter the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League round of 32. The matchdays are 18–19 September, 2–3 October, 23–24 October, 6–7 November, 27–28 November, and 11–12 December 2018.
A total of 32 teams play in the group stage: 26 teams which enter in this stage, and the six winners of the play-off round (four from Champions Path, two from League Path).
Atlético Madrid CC: 140.000 (Pot 1)
Bayern Munich CC: 135.000 (Pot 1)- Barcelona CC: 132.000 (Pot 1)
Juventus CC: 126.000 (Pot 1)
Paris Saint-Germain CC: 109.000 (Pot 1)
Manchester City CC: 100.000 (Pot 1)
Lokomotiv Moscow CC: 22.500 (Pot 1)- Real Madrid CC: TBD (160.000) (Pot 1 if Champions League title holders otherwise Pot 2)
- Borussia Dortmund CC: 89.000 (Pot 2)
Porto CC: 86.000 (Pot 2)- Manchester United CC: 82.000 (Pot 2)
Shakhtar Donetsk CC: 81.000 (Pot 2)- Napoli CC: 78.000 (Pot 2)
- Tottenham Hotspur CC: 67.000
- Roma CC: 64.000
- Liverpool CC: TBD (62.000) (Pot 1 if Champions League title holders)
- Schalke 04 CC: 62.000 (Pot 3)
- Lyon CC: 59.500 (Pot 3)
- Monaco CC: 57.000 (Pot 3)
- CSKA Moscow CC: 45.000 (Pot 3)
- Valencia CC: 36.000
Viktoria Plzeň CC: 33.000
Club Brugge CC: 29.500
Galatasaray CC: 29.500- Internazionale CC: 16.000 (Pot 4)
- 1899 Hoffenheim CC: 14.285 (Pot 4)
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
Knockout stage
In the knockout stage, teams play 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 is as follows:
- In the draw for the round of 16, the eight group winners are seeded, and the eight group runners-up are unseeded. The seeded teams are 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 are no seedings, and teams from the same group or the same association can be drawn against each other.
Round of 16
The draw for the round of 16 will be held on 17 December 2018. The first legs will be played on 12, 13, 19 and 20 February, and the second legs will be played on 5, 6, 12 and 13 March 2019.
Quarter-finals
The draw for the quarter-finals will be held on 15 March 2019. The first legs will be played on 9 and 10 April, and the second legs will be played on 16 and 17 April 2019.
Semi-finals
The draw for the semi-finals will be held on 19 April 2019. The first legs will be played on 30 April and 1 May, and the second legs will be played on 7 and 8 May 2019.
Final
The final will be played on 1 June 2019 at the Wanda Metropolitano in Madrid. The "home" team (for administrative purposes) will be determined by an additional draw held after the semi-final draw.
References
- ↑ Madrid's Estadio Metropolitano to host 2019 Champions League final. Union of European Football Associations. 20 September 2017. https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/newsid=2501768.html. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
- ↑ Taylor, Daniel (June 2019). Liverpool win Champions League final after Salah and Origi sink Tottenham. https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/jun/01/tottenham-liverpool-champions-league-final-match-report.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Champions League and Europa League changes next season. Union of European Football Associations. 27 February 2018. https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/newsid=2499801.html. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
- ↑ Kassies, Bert (4 March 2018). "Qualification for European Cup Football 2018/2019". kassiesA. Archived from the original on 14 June 2018. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
- ↑ Football seeding (17 May 2018). "Access list for 2018-19".
- ↑ "Albania's Skenderbeu handed 10-year ban over match-fixing in worst ever UEFA punishment". Tirana Times. 29 March 2018.
- ↑ 2018/19 Champions League match and draw calendar. Union of European Football Associations. 9 January 2018. https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/newsid=2499859.html. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
- ↑ "2018/19 UEFA Champions League regulations" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 10 May 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
Other websites
- UEFA Champions League (official website)