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.
 The Atatürk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul hosted the final | |
| Tournament details | |
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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 |
| 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:[1]
- 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.[2]
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
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Distribution
The following is the access list for this season.[3]
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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 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
NOTE: The following list of qualified teams is provisional, subject to final confirmation by UEFA in June 2022, as each participating team must obtain a UEFA club licence. All qualified teams are included in this list as long as they have not been banned by UEFA or have not failed their final appeal with their football association on obtaining a licence. |
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.[5]
Notes
- ^ Liechtenstein (LIE): The seven teams affiliated with the Liechtenstein Football Association (LFV) all play in the Swiss football league system. The only competition organised by the LFV is the Liechtenstein Football Cup – the winners of which qualify for the UEFA Europa Conference League.
- ^ Russia (RUS): On 28 February 2022, Russian football clubs and national teams were suspended from FIFA and UEFA competitions due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[6] On 2 May 2022, UEFA confirmed that Russian clubs would be excluded from the 2022–23 UEFA competitions.[4]
- ^ Ukraine (UKR): The 2021–22 Ukrainian Premier League was abandoned due to the 2022 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 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.[7]
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.[8]
| 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 | 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
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
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Group stage
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Chelsea Tottenham Hotspur
Madrid teams Atlético Madrid Real Madrid
Milan teams Inter Milan
MilanThe 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.
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Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
Final
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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]
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2022–23 UEFA Champions League Media
Manchester City striker Erling Haaland was the tournament's top scorer, with 12 goals.
Manchester City midfielder Kevin De Bruyne was the tournament's top assist provider, having assisted 7 goals.
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References
- ↑ "Regulations of the UEFA Champions League, 2022/23 Season". Nyon: UEFA. 2022. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ↑ "Association coefficients 2020/21". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 20 August 2021. Archived from the original on 2 November 2021. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
- ↑ "Access list 2021–24" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 December 2018. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 UEFA (2 May 2022). "UEFA decisions for upcoming competitions relating to the ongoing suspension of Russian national teams and clubs". Press release. https://www.uefa.com/insideuefa/mediaservices/mediareleases/news/0275-150c9887cacb-882c686f407f-1000/. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
- ↑ "Club coefficients 2021/22". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Archived from the original on 9 November 2021. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
- ↑ Ukraine crisis: Fifa and Uefa suspend all Russian clubs and national teams. British Broadcasting Corporation. 28 February 2022. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/60560567/. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
- ↑ "Format change for 2020/21 UEFA Nations League". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 24 September 2019. Archived from the original on 26 September 2019. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
- ↑ 2022 European football calendar: Match and draw dates for all UEFA competitions. Union of European Football Associations. 1 January 2022. https://www.uefa.com/insideuefa/about-uefa/news/0271-1418c37e08e1-9c223aeae6cb-1000/. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
- ↑ "International match calendar and access list for 2022/23". UEFA Circular Letter (Union of European Football Associations) (51/2021). 19 July 2021. https://editorial.uefa.com/resources/026b-12cc960662f6-a33fcea5d68a-1000/20210719_circular_2021_51_en.zip. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
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