2022–23 UEFA Champions League

The 2022–23 UEFA Champions League will be the 68th season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA.

2022–23 UEFA Champions League

275 The Atatürk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul hosted the final
Tournament details
Dates	Qualifying: 21 June – 24 August 2022 Competition proper: 6 September 2022 – 10 June 2023
Teams	Competition proper: 32 Total: 78
Final positions
Champions	Manchester City (1st title)
Runner-up	Inter Milan
Tournament statistics
Matches played	125
Goals scored	372 (2.98 per match)
Attendance	6,194,200 (49,554 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Erling Haaland (Manchester City) 12 goals
Best player	Rodri (Manchester City)
← 2021–22 2023–24 →

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 eventually 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 fourteenth title in the previous edition.

Association team allocation

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:

• Associations 1–4 each have four teams qualify.
• Associations 5–6 each have three teams qualify.
• Associations 7–15 (except Russia)^{Note RUS[›]} each have two teams qualify.
• Associations 16–55 (except Liechtenstein)^{Note LIE[›]} each have one team qualify.
• The winners of the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League and 2021–22 UEFA Europa League are each given an additional entry if they do not qualify for the 2022–23 UEFA Champions League through their domestic league.

Association ranking

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.

Apart from the allocation based on the association coefficients, associations may 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 Ireland 7.875 38 FYR 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.

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 holders 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, 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:

• The champions of association 11 (Scotland) and 12 (Ukraine) enter the group stage instead of the play-off round (Champions Path).
• The champions of association 13 (Turkey) and 14 (Denmark) enter the play-off round instead of the third qualifying round (Champions Path).
• The champions of association 15 (Cyprus) and 16 (Serbia) enter the third qualifying round instead of the second qualifying round (Champions Path).
• The champions of associations 18 (Croatia), 19 (Switzerland), 20 (Greece) and 21 (Israel) 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).

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 are subject to approval by UEFA

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.

Qualified teams for 2022–23 UEFA Champions League

Entry round		Teams
Group stage		Real Madrid (1st)TH	Eintracht Frankfurt (EL)	Manchester City (1st)	Liverpool (2nd)
		Chelsea (3rd)	Tottenham Hotspur (4th)	Barcelona (2nd)	Atlético Madrid (3rd)
		Sevilla (4th)	Milan (1st)	Inter Milan (2nd)	Napoli (3rd)
		Juventus (4th)	Bayern Munich (1st)	Borussia Dortmund (2nd)	Bayer Leverkusen (3rd)
		RB Leipzig (4th)	Paris Saint-Germain (1st)	Marseille (2nd)	Porto (1st)
		Sporting CP (2nd)	Ajax (1st)	Club Brugge (1st)	Red Bull Salzburg (1st)
		Celtic (1st)	Shakhtar Donetsk (Abd-1st)
Play-off round	CH	Trabzonspor (1st)	Copenhagen (1st)
Third qualifying round	CH	Apollon Limassol (1st)	Red Star Belgrade (1st)
	LP	Monaco (3rd)	Benfica (3rd)	PSV Eindhoven (2nd)	Union Saint-Gilloise (2nd)
		Sturm Graz (2nd)	Rangers (2nd)
Second qualifying round	CH	Viktoria Plzeň (1st)	Dinamo Zagreb (1st)	Zürich (1st)	Olympiacos (1st)
		Maccabi Haifa (1st)
	LP	Dynamo Kyiv (Abd-2nd)	Fenerbahçe (2nd)	Midtjylland (2nd)	AEK Larnaca (2nd)
First qualifying round		Bodø/Glimt (1st)	Malmö FF (1st)	Ludogorets Razgrad (1st)	CFR Cluj (1st)
		Qarabağ (1st)	Tobol (1st)	Ferencváros (1st)	Shakhtyor Soligorsk (1st)
		Lech Poznań (1st)	Maribor (1st)	Slovan Bratislava (1st)	Žalgiris (1st)
		F91 Dudelange (1st)	Zrinjski (1st)	Shamrock Rovers (1st)	Shkupi (1st)
		Pyunik (1st)	RFS (1st)	Tirana (1st)	Linfield (1st)
		Dinamo Batumi (1st)	HJK (1st)	Sheriff Tiraspol (1st)	Hibernians (1st)
		KÍ (1st)	Ballkani (1st)	Lincoln Red Imps (1st)	Sutjeska Nikšić (1st)
		The New Saints (1st)
Preliminary round		Víkingur Reykjavík (1st)	FCI Levadia (1st)	Inter Club d'Escaldes (1st)	La Fiorita (1st)

Notes

Schedule

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

As the 2022 FIFA World Cup takes place in Qatar between 21 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.

All draws start at 12:00 CEST/CET and are held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.

Schedule for 2022–23 UEFA Champions League

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	1 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

Main page: 2022–23 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds

Preliminary round

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First qualifying round

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Second qualifying round

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Third qualifying round

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Play-off round

Main page: 2022–23 UEFA Champions League play-off round

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Group stage

Main page: 2022–23 UEFA Champions League group stage

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London teams

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8px Tottenham Hotspur

Madrid teams
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8px Real Madrid

Milan teams
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Location of teams of the 2022–23 UEFA Champions League group stage.

The draw for the group stage will be held on 25 August 2022. The 32 teams will be drawn into eight groups of four. For the draw, the teams are seeded into four pots, each of eight teams, based on the following principles:

• Pot 1 contain the Champions League and Europa League title holders, and the champions of the top six associations based on their 2021 UEFA country coefficients. Since the Champions League titleholders, Real Madrid, are also the champions of Association 2 (Spain), the champions of Association 7 (Netherlands), Ajax, will also be seeded into Pot 1.

• Pots 2, 3 and 4 contain the remaining teams, seeded based on their 2022 UEFA club coefficients.

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 Europa League. This season is also the first in which five German clubs will play in the group stage.

Pot 1 Real Madrid CC: 124.000 Eintracht Frankfurt CC: 61.000 Manchester City CC: 134.000 Milan CC: 38.000 Bayern Munich CC: 138.000 Paris Saint-Germain CC: 112.000 Porto CC: 80.000 Ajax CC: 82.500

Pot 2 Liverpool CC: 134.000 Chelsea CC: 123.000 Barcelona CC: 114.000 Juventus CC: 107.000 Atlético Madrid CC: 105.000 Sevilla CC: 91.000 RB Leipzig CC: 83.000 Tottenham Hotspur CC: 83.000

Pot 3 Borussia Dortmund CC: 78.000 Red Bull Salzburg CC: 71.000 Shakhtar Donetsk CC: 71.000 Inter Milan CC: 67.000 Napoli CC: 66.000 Sporting CP CC: 55.500 Bayer Leverkusen CC: 53.000 Pot 3 or 4 Marseille CC: 44.000 2 winners from the play-off round (League Path) 4 winners from the play-off round (Champions Path)

Pot 4 Club Brugge CC: 38.500 Celtic CC: 33.000

Final

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Main page: 2023 UEFA Champions League 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.

10 June 2023 (2023-06-10) 21:00 CEST	Manchester City	1–0	Inter Milan	Atatürk Olympic Stadium, Istanbul Attendance: 71,412 Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)
	Rodri Goal 68'	https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2037765/

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2022–23 UEFA Champions League Media

• Erling Haaland 2023 (cropped-v2).jpg

  Manchester City striker Erling Haaland was the tournament's top scorer, with 12 goals.

• Kevin De Bruyne 201807092.jpg

  Manchester City midfielder Kevin De Bruyne was the tournament's top assist provider, having assisted 7 goals.

Other websites

• Official website