2017 -- 18 UEFA Champions League - wikipedia 2017 -- 18 UEFA Champions League 2017 -- 18 UEFA Champions League The NSC Olimpiyskiy Stadium in Kiev will host the final Tournament details Dates Qualifying : 27 June -- 23 August 2017 Competition proper : 12 September 2017 -- 26 May 2018 Teams Competition proper : 32 Total : 79 ( from 54 associations ) Tournament statistics Matches played 56 Goals scored 176 ( 3.14 per match ) Attendance 2,451,889 ( 43,784 per match ) Top scorer ( s ) Harry Kane Cristiano Ronaldo ( 5 goals each ) ← 2016 -- 17 2018 -- 19 → All statistics correct as of 31 October 2017. The 2017 -- 18 UEFA Champions League is the 63rd season of Europe 's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 26th season since it was renamed from the European Champion Clubs ' Cup to the UEFA Champions League. The 2018 UEFA Champions League Final will be played at the NSC Olimpiyskiy Stadium in Kiev, Ukraine. The winners of the 2017 -- 18 UEFA Champions League will qualify as the UEFA representative at the 2018 FIFA Club World Cup in the United Arab Emirates, and also earn the right to play against the winners of the 2017 -- 18 UEFA Europa League in the 2018 UEFA Super Cup. Real Madrid are the two - time defending champions. Contents 1 Association team allocation 1.1 Association ranking 1.2 Distribution 1.3 Teams 2 Round and draw dates 3 Qualifying rounds 3.1 First qualifying round 3.2 Second qualifying round 3.3 Third qualifying round 4 Play - off round 5 Group stage 5.1 Group A 5.2 Group B 5.3 Group C 5.4 Group D 5.5 Group E 5.6 Group F 5.7 Group G 5.8 Group H 6 Knockout phase 6.1 Round of 16 6.2 Quarter - finals 6.3 Semi-finals 6.4 Final 7 Statistics 7.1 Top goalscorers 8 See also 9 References 10 External links Association team allocation A total of 79 teams from 54 of the 55 UEFA member associations participate in the 2017 -- 18 UEFA Champions League ( the exception being Liechtenstein, which does not organise a domestic league ). The association ranking based on the UEFA country coefficients is used to determine the number of participating teams for each association : Associations 1 -- 3 each have four teams qualify. Associations 4 -- 6 each have three teams qualify. Associations 7 -- 15 each have two teams qualify. Associations 16 -- 55 ( except Liechtenstein ) each have one team qualify. The winners of the 2016 -- 17 UEFA Champions League and 2016 -- 17 UEFA Europa League are each given an additional entry if they do not qualify for the 2017 -- 18 UEFA Champions League through their domestic league. Because a maximum of five teams from one association can enter the Champions League, if both the Champions League title holders and the Europa League title holders are from the same top three ranked association and finish outside the top four of their domestic league, the fourth - placed team of their association will be moved to the Europa League. For this season : The winners of the 2016 -- 17 UEFA Champions League, Real Madrid, have qualified through their domestic league, meaning the additional entry for the Champions League title holders is not necessary. The winners of the 2016 -- 17 UEFA Europa League, Manchester United, did not qualify through their domestic league, meaning the additional entry for the Europa League title holders is necessary. Kosovo, who became a UEFA member on 3 May 2016, made their debut in the UEFA Champions League. Association Ranking For the 2017 -- 18 UEFA Champions League, the associations are allocated places according to their 2016 UEFA country coefficients, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 2011 -- 12 to 2015 -- 16. Apart from the allocation based on the country coefficients, associations may have additional teams participating in the Champions League, as noted below : ( UEL ) -- Additional berth for UEFA Europa League title holders Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes Spain 105.713 Germany 80.177 England 76.284 + 1 ( UEL ) Italy 70.439 5 Portugal 53.082 6 France 52.749 7 Russia 51.082 8 Ukraine 44.883 9 Belgium 40.000 10 Netherlands 35.563 11 Turkey 34.600 12 Switzerland 33.775 13 Czech Republic 32.925 14 Greece 29.700 15 Romania 25.383 16 Austria 25.100 17 Croatia 23.875 18 Poland 22.500 19 Cyprus 22.175 Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes 20 Belarus 20.000 21 Sweden 19.875 22 Norway 19.250 23 Israel 18.625 24 Denmark 18.600 25 Scotland 17.300 26 Azerbaijan 14.875 27 Serbia 14.625 28 Kazakhstan 14.125 29 Bulgaria 13.125 30 Slovenia 13.125 31 Slovakia 12.000 32 Liechtenstein 10.500 0 33 Hungary 9.875 34 Moldova 9.125 35 Iceland 8.750 36 Georgia 8.125 37 Finland 7.400 Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes 38 Bosnia and Herzegovina 7.125 39 Albania 6.625 40 Macedonia 6.000 41 Republic of Ireland 5.450 42 Latvia 5.375 43 Luxembourg 5.250 44 Montenegro 4.875 45 Lithuania 4.625 46 Northern Ireland 4.500 47 Estonia 4.250 48 Armenia 4.125 49 Faroe Islands 3.625 50 Malta 3.583 51 Wales 3.500 52 Gibraltar 1.000 53 Andorra 0.999 54 San Marino 0.333 55 Kosovo 0.000 Distribution In the default access list, the Champions League title holders enter the group stage. However, since Real Madrid already qualified for the group stage ( as the champions of the 2016 -- 17 La Liga ), the Champions League title holders berth in the group stage is given to the Europa League title holders, Manchester United. Teams entering in this round Teams advancing from previous round First qualifying round ( 10 teams ) 10 champions from associations 46 -- 55 Second qualifying round ( 34 teams ) 29 champions from associations 16 -- 45 ( except Liechtenstein ) 5 winners from the first qualifying round Third qualifying round Champions Route ( 20 teams ) 3 champions from associations 13 -- 15 17 winners from the second qualifying round League Route ( 10 teams ) 9 runners - up from associations 7 -- 15 1 third - placed team from association 6 Play - off round Champions Route ( 10 teams ) 10 winners from the third qualifying round ( Champions Route ) League Route ( 10 teams ) 2 third - placed teams from associations 4 -- 5 3 fourth - placed teams from associations 1 -- 3 5 winners from the third qualifying round ( League Route ) Group stage ( 32 teams ) 12 champions from associations 1 -- 12 6 runners - up from associations 1 -- 6 3 third - placed teams from associations 1 -- 3 Europa League title holders 5 winners from the play - off round ( Champions Route ) 5 winners from the play - off round ( League Route ) Knockout phase ( 16 teams ) 8 group winners from the group stage 8 group runners - up from the group stage Teams League positions of the previous season shown in parentheses ( TH : Champions League title holders ; EL : Europa League title holders ). Group stage Real Madrid ( 1st ) Chelsea ( 1st ) Porto ( 2nd ) Feyenoord ( 1st ) Barcelona ( 2nd ) Tottenham Hotspur ( 2nd ) Monaco ( 1st ) Beşiktaş ( 1st ) Atlético Madrid ( 3rd ) Manchester City ( 3rd ) Paris Saint - Germain ( 2nd ) Basel ( 1st ) Bayern Munich ( 1st ) Juventus ( 1st ) Spartak Moscow ( 1st ) Manchester United ( EL ) RB Leipzig ( 2nd ) Roma ( 2nd ) Shakhtar Donetsk ( 1st ) Borussia Dortmund ( 3rd ) Benfica ( 1st ) Anderlecht ( 1st ) Play - off round Champions Route League Route Sevilla ( 4th ) Liverpool ( 4th ) Sporting CP ( 3rd ) 1899 Hoffenheim ( 4th ) Napoli ( 3rd ) Third qualifying round Champions Route League Route Slavia Prague ( 1st ) Nice ( 3rd ) Ajax ( 2nd ) AEK Athens ( 2nd ) Olympiacos ( 1st ) CSKA Moscow ( 2nd ) İstanbul Başakşehir ( 2nd ) Steaua București ( 2nd ) Viitorul Constanța ( 1st ) Dynamo Kyiv ( 2nd ) Young Boys ( 2nd ) Club Brugge ( 2nd ) Viktoria Plzeň ( 2nd ) Second qualifying round Red Bull Salzburg ( 1st ) Copenhagen ( 1st ) Honvéd ( 1st ) Dundalk ( 1st ) Rijeka ( 1st ) Celtic ( 1st ) Sheriff Tiraspol ( 1st ) Spartaks Jūrmala ( 1st ) Legia Warsaw ( 1st ) Qarabağ ( 1st ) FH ( 1st ) F91 Dudelange ( 1st ) APOEL ( 1st ) Partizan ( 1st ) Samtredia ( 1st ) Budućnost Podgorica ( 1st ) BATE Borisov ( 1st ) Astana ( 1st ) IFK Mariehamn ( 1st ) Žalgiris Vilnius ( 1st ) Malmö FF ( 1st ) Ludogorets Razgrad ( 1st ) Zrinjski Mostar ( 1st ) Rosenborg ( 1st ) Maribor ( 1st ) Kukësi ( 1st ) Hapoel Be'er Sheva ( 1st ) Žilina ( 1st ) Vardar ( 1st ) First qualifying round Linfield ( 1st ) Víkingur Gøta ( 1st ) Europa FC ( 1st ) Trepça'89 ( 1st ) FCI Tallinn ( 1st ) Hibernians ( 1st ) FC Santa Coloma ( 1st ) Alashkert ( 1st ) The New Saints ( 1st ) La Fiorita ( 1st ) Notes ^ France ( FRA ) : AS 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 ). Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg Qualifying First qualifying round 19 June 2017 27 -- 28 June 2017 4 -- 5 July 2017 Second qualifying round 11 -- 12 July 2017 18 -- 19 July 2017 Third qualifying round 14 July 2017 25 -- 26 July 2017 1 -- 2 August 2017 Play - off Play - off round 4 August 2017 15 -- 16 August 2017 22 -- 23 August 2017 Group stage Matchday 1 24 August 2017 ( Monaco ) 12 -- 13 September 2017 Matchday 2 26 -- 27 September 2017 Matchday 3 17 -- 18 October 2017 Matchday 4 31 October -- 1 November 2017 Matchday 5 21 -- 22 November 2017 Matchday 6 5 -- 6 December 2017 Knockout phase Round of 16 11 December 2017 13 -- 14 & 20 -- 21 February 2018 6 -- 7 & 13 -- 14 March 2018 Quarter - finals 16 March 2018 3 -- 4 April 2018 10 -- 11 April 2018 Semi-finals 13 April 2018 24 -- 25 April 2018 1 -- 2 May 2018 Final 26 May 2018 at NSC Olimpiyskiy Stadium, Kiev Qualifying rounds Main article : 2017 -- 18 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase In the qualifying rounds and the play - off round, teams are divided into seeded and unseeded teams based on their 2017 UEFA club coefficients, and then drawn into two - legged home - and - away ties. Teams from the same association can not be drawn against each other. First qualifying round The draw for the first qualifying round was held on 19 June 2017, 12 : 00 CEST, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. The first legs were played on 27 and 28 June, and the second legs were played on 4 July 2017. Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg Víkingur Gøta 6 -- 2 Trepça'89 2 -- 1 4 -- 1 Hibernians 3 -- 0 FCI Tallinn 2 -- 0 1 -- 0 Alashkert 2 -- 1 FC Santa Coloma 1 -- 0 1 -- 1 The New Saints 4 -- 3 Europa FC 1 -- 2 3 -- 1 ( a.e.t. ) Linfield 1 -- 0 La Fiorita 1 -- 0 0 -- 0 Second qualifying round The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 19 June 2017, 12 : 00 CEST ( after the completion of the first qualifying round draw ), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. The first legs were played on 11, 12 and 14 July, and the second legs were played on 18 and 19 July 2017. Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg APOEL 2 -- 0 F91 Dudelange 1 -- 0 1 -- 0 Žalgiris Vilnius 3 -- 5 Ludogorets Razgrad 2 -- 1 1 -- 4 Qarabağ 6 -- 0 Samtredia 5 -- 0 1 -- 0 Partizan 2 -- 0 Budućnost Podgorica 2 -- 0 0 -- 0 Hibernians 0 -- 6 Red Bull Salzburg 0 -- 3 0 -- 3 Sheriff Tiraspol 2 -- 2 ( a ) Kukësi 1 -- 0 1 -- 2 Spartaks Jūrmala 1 -- 2 Astana 0 -- 1 1 -- 1 BATE Borisov 4 -- 2 Alashkert 1 -- 1 3 -- 1 Žilina 3 -- 4 Copenhagen 1 -- 3 2 -- 1 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 5 -- 3 Honvéd 2 -- 1 3 -- 2 Rijeka 7 -- 1 The New Saints 2 -- 0 5 -- 1 Malmö FF 2 -- 4 Vardar 1 -- 1 1 -- 3 Zrinjski Mostar 2 -- 3 Maribor 1 -- 2 1 -- 1 Dundalk 2 -- 3 Rosenborg 1 -- 1 1 -- 2 ( a.e.t. ) FH 3 -- 1 Víkingur Gøta 1 -- 1 2 -- 0 Linfield 0 -- 6 Celtic 0 -- 2 0 -- 4 IFK Mariehamn 0 -- 9 Legia Warsaw 0 -- 3 0 -- 6 Notes ^ Order of legs reversed after original draw. Third qualifying round The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 14 July 2017, 12 : 00 CEST, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. The third qualifying round was split into two separate sections : Champions Route ( for league champions ) and League Route ( for league non-champions ). The losing teams in both sections entered the 2017 -- 18 UEFA Europa League play - off round. The first legs were played on 25 and 26 July, and the second legs were played on 1 and 2 August 2017. Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg Champions Route Slavia Prague 2 -- 2 ( a ) BATE Borisov 1 -- 0 1 -- 2 Astana 3 -- 2 Legia Warsaw 3 -- 1 0 -- 1 Maribor 2 -- 0 FH 1 -- 0 1 -- 0 Vardar 2 -- 4 Copenhagen 1 -- 0 1 -- 4 Celtic 1 -- 0 Rosenborg 0 -- 0 1 -- 0 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 3 -- 3 ( a ) Ludogorets Razgrad 2 -- 0 1 -- 3 Viitorul Constanța 1 -- 4 APOEL 1 -- 0 0 -- 4 ( a.e.t. ) Red Bull Salzburg 1 -- 1 ( a ) Rijeka 1 -- 1 0 -- 0 Qarabağ 2 -- 1 Sheriff Tiraspol 0 -- 0 2 -- 1 Partizan 3 -- 5 Olympiacos 1 -- 3 2 -- 2 League Route Steaua București 6 -- 3 Viktoria Plzeň 2 -- 2 4 -- 1 Nice 3 -- 3 ( a ) Ajax 1 -- 1 2 -- 2 Dynamo Kyiv 3 -- 3 ( a ) Young Boys 3 -- 1 0 -- 2 AEK Athens 0 -- 3 CSKA Moscow 0 -- 2 0 -- 1 Club Brugge 3 -- 5 İstanbul Başakşehir 3 -- 3 0 -- 2 Notes ^ Order of legs reversed after original draw. Play - off round Main article : 2017 -- 18 UEFA Champions League play - off round The draw for the play - off round was held on 4 August 2017, 12 : 00 CEST, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. The play - off round was split into two separate sections : Champions Route ( for league champions ) and League Route ( for league non-champions ). The losing teams in both sections entered the 2017 -- 18 UEFA Europa League group stage. The first legs were played on 15 and 16 August, and the second legs were played on 22 and 23 August 2017. Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg Champions Route Qarabağ 2 -- 2 ( a ) Copenhagen 1 -- 0 1 -- 2 APOEL 2 -- 0 Slavia Prague 2 -- 0 0 -- 0 Olympiacos 3 -- 1 Rijeka 2 -- 1 1 -- 0 Celtic 8 -- 4 Astana 5 -- 0 3 -- 4 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 2 -- 2 ( a ) Maribor 2 -- 1 0 -- 1 League Route İstanbul Başakşehir 3 -- 4 Sevilla 1 -- 2 2 -- 2 Young Boys 0 -- 3 CSKA Moscow 0 -- 1 0 -- 2 Napoli 4 -- 0 Nice 2 -- 0 2 -- 0 1899 Hoffenheim 3 -- 6 Liverpool 1 -- 2 2 -- 4 Sporting CP 5 -- 1 Steaua București 0 -- 0 5 -- 1 Group stage Main article : 2017 -- 18 UEFA Champions League group stage Qarabağ Anderlecht APOEL London Manchester Liverpool Monaco PSG Bayern Dortmund Leipzig Olympiacos Juventus Napoli Roma Feyenoord Lisbon Porto Moscow Celtic Maribor Madrid Barcelona Sevilla Basel Beşiktaş Shakhtar Lisbon teams Benfica Sporting CP London teams Chelsea Tottenham Hotspur Madrid teams Atlético Madrid Real Madrid Manchester teams Manchester City Manchester United Moscow teams CSKA Moscow Spartak Moscow Location of teams of the 2017 -- 18 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 24 August 2017, 18 : 00 CEST, at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco. The 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four, with the restriction that teams from the same association can not be drawn against each other. For the draw, the teams were seeded into four pots based on the following principles ( introduced starting 2015 -- 16 season ) : Pot 1 contained the title holders and the champions of the top seven associations based on their 2016 UEFA country coefficients. As the title holders, Real Madrid, are one of the champions of the top seven associations, the champions of the association ranked eighth are also seeded into Pot 1 ( regulations Article 13.05 ). Pot 2, 3 and 4 contained the remaining teams, seeded based on their 2017 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 2017 -- 18 UEFA Europa League round of 32. The matchdays are 12 -- 13 September, 26 -- 27 September, 17 -- 18 October, 31 October -- 1 November, 21 -- 22 November, and 5 -- 6 December 2017. The youth teams of the clubs that qualify for the group stage also participate in the 2017 -- 18 UEFA Youth League, where they are joined by the youth domestic champions of the top 32 associations. A total of 17 national associations are represented in the group stage. Qarabağ and RB Leipzig made their debut appearances in the group stage. Qarabağ are the first team from Azerbaijan to play in the Champions League group stage. Tiebreakers Teams are ranked according to points ( 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss ), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings ( Regulations Articles 17.01 ) : Points in head - to - head matches among tied teams ; Goal difference in head - to - head matches among tied teams ; Goals scored in head - to - head matches among tied teams ; Away goals scored in head - to - head matches among tied teams ; If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head - to - head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head - to - head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams ; Goal difference in all group matches ; Goals scored in all group matches ; Away goals scored in all group matches ; Wins in all group matches ; Away wins in all group matches ; Disciplinary points ( red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points ) ; UEFA club coefficient. Group a Pos Team Pld GF GA GD Pts Qualification MU BSL CSKA BEN Manchester United ( X ) 0 0 10 + 9 12 Advance to knockout phase -- 3 -- 0 5 Dec 2 -- 0 Basel 0 8 5 + 3 6 22 Nov -- 1 -- 2 5 -- 0 CSKA Moscow 0 5 8 − 3 6 Transfer to Europa League 1 -- 4 0 -- 2 -- 22 Nov Benfica 0 0 10 − 9 0 0 -- 1 5 Dec 1 -- 2 -- Updated to match ( es ) played on 31 October 2017. Source : UEFA ( X ) Assured of at least Europa League, and may advance to knockout phase. Group B Pos Team Pld GF GA GD Pts Qualification PAR BAY CEL AND Paris Saint - Germain ( A ) 0 0 17 0 + 17 12 Advance to knockout phase -- 3 -- 0 22 Nov 5 -- 0 Bayern Munich ( A ) 0 8 + 4 9 5 Dec -- 3 -- 0 3 -- 0 Celtic ( Y ) 0 10 − 6 Transfer to Europa League 0 -- 5 1 -- 2 -- 5 Dec Anderlecht ( Y ) 0 0 0 15 − 15 0 0 -- 4 22 Nov 0 -- 3 -- Updated to match ( es ) played on 31 October 2017. Source : UEFA ( A ) Advance to a further round ; ( Y ) Cannot advance to knockout phase, but may transfer to Europa League. Group C Pos Team Pld GF GA GD Pts Qualification ROM CHE ATL QRB Roma ( X ) 0 8 + 4 8 Advance to knockout phase -- 3 -- 0 0 -- 0 5 Dec Chelsea 11 7 + 4 7 3 -- 3 -- 5 Dec 6 -- 0 Atlético Madrid 0 − 1 Transfer to Europa League 22 Nov 1 -- 2 -- 1 -- 1 Qarabağ 0 9 − 7 1 -- 2 22 Nov 0 -- 0 -- Updated to match ( es ) played on 31 October 2017. Source : UEFA ( X ) Assured of at least Europa League, and may advance to knockout phase. Group D Pos Team Pld GF GA GD Pts Qualification BAR JUV SPO OLY Barcelona ( X ) 0 7 + 6 10 Advance to knockout phase -- 3 -- 0 5 Dec 3 -- 1 Juventus ( X ) 5 5 0 7 22 Nov -- 2 -- 1 2 -- 0 Sporting CP 5 6 − 1 Transfer to Europa League 0 -- 1 1 -- 1 -- 22 Nov Olympiacos 0 8 − 5 0 -- 0 5 Dec 2 -- 3 -- Updated to match ( es ) played on 31 October 2017. Source : UEFA ( X ) Assured of at least Europa League, and may advance to knockout phase. Group E Pos Team Pld GF GA GD Pts Qualification LIV SPM SEV MRB Liverpool 0 10 + 7 5 Advance to knockout phase -- 6 Dec 2 -- 2 1 Nov Spartak Moscow 0 7 + 4 5 1 -- 1 -- 5 -- 1 21 Nov Sevilla 6 7 − 1 Transfer to Europa League 21 Nov 1 Nov -- 3 -- 0 Maribor 0 11 − 10 0 -- 7 1 -- 1 6 Dec -- Updated to match ( es ) played on 17 October 2017. Source : UEFA Group F Pos Team Pld GF GA GD Pts Qualification MC SHK NAP FEY Manchester City 0 0 8 + 7 9 Advance to knockout phase -- 2 -- 0 2 -- 1 21 Nov Shakhtar Donetsk 0 0 6 6 Dec -- 2 -- 1 1 Nov Napoli 0 5 5 0 Transfer to Europa League 1 Nov 21 Nov -- 3 -- 1 Feyenoord 0 0 9 − 7 0 0 -- 4 1 -- 2 6 Dec -- Updated to match ( es ) played on 17 October 2017. Source : UEFA Group G Pos Team Pld GF GA GD Pts Qualification BES RBL POR MON Beşiktaş ( X ) 0 0 7 + 5 9 Advance to knockout phase -- 2 -- 0 21 Nov 1 Nov RB Leipzig 5 − 1 6 Dec -- 3 -- 2 1 -- 1 Porto 0 6 6 0 Transfer to Europa League 1 -- 3 1 Nov -- 6 Dec Monaco 0 6 − 4 1 -- 2 21 Nov 0 -- 3 -- Updated to match ( es ) played on 17 October 2017. Source : UEFA ( X ) Assured of at least Europa League, and may advance to knockout phase. Group H Pos Team Pld GF GA GD Pts Qualification TOT RM DOR APO Tottenham Hotspur 0 7 + 5 7 Advance to knockout phase -- 1 Nov 3 -- 1 6 Dec Real Madrid 0 7 + 5 7 1 -- 1 -- 6 Dec 3 -- 0 Borussia Dortmund 0 7 − 4 Transfer to Europa League 21 Nov 1 -- 3 -- 1 Nov APOEL 0 7 − 6 0 -- 3 21 Nov 1 -- 1 -- Updated to match ( es ) played on 17 October 2017. Source : UEFA Knockout phase Main article : 2017 -- 18 UEFA Champions League knockout phase In the knockout phase, 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 can not 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 11 December 2017, 12 : 00 CET, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. The first legs will be played on 13, 14, 20 and 21 February, and the second legs will be played on 6, 7, 13 and 14 March 2018. Quarter - finals The draw for the quarter - finals will be held on 16 March 2018, 12 : 00 CET, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. The first legs will be played on 3 and 4 April, and the second legs will be played on 10 and 11 April 2018. Semi-finals The draw for the semi-finals will be held on 13 April 2018, 12 : 00 CEST, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. The first legs will be played on 24 and 25 April, and the second legs will be played on 1 and 2 May 2018. Final Main article : 2018 UEFA Champions League Final The 2018 UEFA Champions League Final will be played at the NSC Olimpiyskiy Stadium in Kiev on 26 May 2018. The `` home '' team for the final ( for administrative purposes ) will be determined by an additional draw held after the semi-final draw. 26 May 2018 ( 2018 - 05 - 26 ) 21 : 45 EEST NSC Olimpiyskiy Stadium, Kiev Statistics Statistics exclude qualifying rounds and play - off round. Note : Players and teams in bold are still active in the competition. Top goalscorers As of 31 October 2017 Rank Player Team Goals Minutes played Harry Kane Tottenham Hotspur 5 252 Cristiano Ronaldo Real Madrid 270 Wissam Ben Yedder Sevilla 241 Edinson Cavani Paris Saint - Germain 344 Neymar Paris Saint - Germain 360 6 Vincent Aboubakar Porto 161 Dimitri Oberlin Basel 187 Mohamed Salah Liverpool 236 Roberto Firmino Liverpool 248 Cenk Tosun Beşiktaş 259 Edin Džeko Roma 359 Layvin Kurzawa Paris Saint - Germain 360 Romelu Lukaku Manchester United 360 Lionel Messi Barcelona 360 Source : See also 2017 -- 18 UEFA Europa League 2018 UEFA Super Cup 2018 FIFA Club World Cup 2017 -- 18 UEFA Women 's Champions League 2017 -- 18 UEFA Youth League References Jump up ^ `` Kyiv to host 2018 Champions League final ''. UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 15 September 2016. Retrieved 15 September 2016. Jump up ^ `` Football Federation of Kosovo joins UEFA ''. 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Answer: 12–13 September 2017