A total of 32 teams play in the group stage, from 15 countries: 26 teams which entered in this stage, and the six winners of the play-off round (four from Champions Path, two from League Path).
The draw for the group stage was held on 1 October 2020, 17:00 CEST, at the RTS Studios in Geneva, Switzerland. The 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four, with the restriction that teams from the same association could 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):
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 2020–21 UEFA Europa League round of 32. The matchdays are 20–21 October, 27–28 October, 3–4 November, 24–25 November, 1–2 December and 8–9 December 2020.
The youth teams of the clubs that qualify for the group stage also participate in the 2020–21 UEFA Youth League, along with the youth domestic champions of the top 32 associations, in a single leg knockout tournament.
İstanbul Başakşehir, Krasnodar, Midtjylland and Rennes made their debut appearances in the group stage. With İstanbul Başakşehir's appearance in the group stage, Istanbul became the first city that has been represented in the group stage by four different teams (had been previously represented by Beşiktaş, Fenerbahçe and Galatasaray). This season became the first in the history of the Champions League in which three Russian clubs will play in the group stage.
In the knockout phase, teams played against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis, except for the one-match final.
Statistics exclude qualifying rounds and play-off round.
The UEFA technical study group selected the following 23 players as the squad of the tournament.
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2020–21 UEFA Champions League knockout phase
The 2020–21 UEFA Champions League knockout phase began on 16 February with the round of 16 and will end on 29 May 2021 with the final at the Atatürk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul, Turkey, to decide the champions of the 2020–21 UEFA Champions League. A total of 16 teams compete in the knockout phase.
Times are CET/CEST, as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).
The knockout phase involves the 16 teams which qualify as winners and runners-up of each of the eight groups in the group stage. <section begin="Qualified" teams="" />
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Each tie in the knockout phase, apart from the final, is played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that scores more goals on aggregate over the two legs advances to the next round. If the aggregate score is level, the away goals rule is applied, i.e. the team that scores more goals away from home over the two legs advances. If away goals are also equal, then extra time is played. The away goals rule is again applied after extra time, i.e. if there are goals scored during extra time and the aggregate score is still level, the visiting team advances by virtue of more away goals scored. If no goals are scored during extra time, the winners are decided by a penalty shoot-out. In the final, which is played as a single match, if the score is level at the end of normal time, extra time is played, followed by a penalty shoot-out if the score is still level. <section begin="Format" /> The mechanism of the draws for each round is as follows:
For the quarter-finals and semi-finals, teams from the same city are not scheduled to play at home on the same day or on consecutive days, due to logistics and crowd control. To avoid such scheduling conflict, if the two teams are drawn to play at home for the same leg, the order of legs of the tie involving the team with the lower domestic ranking in the qualifying season is reversed from the original draw.
The schedule is as follows (all draws are held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland).
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The draw for the round of 16 was held on 14 December 2020, 12:00 CET.
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The first legs were played on 16, 17, 23 and 24 February, and the second legs were played on 9, 10, 16 and 17 March 2021.
"Manchester City won 4–0 on aggregate."
"Bayern Munich won 6–2 on aggregate."
"Chelsea won 3–0 on aggregate."
"Liverpool won 4–0 on aggregate."
"4–4 on aggregate. Porto won on away goals."
"Paris Saint-Germain won 5–2 on aggregate."
"Borussia Dortmund won 5–4 on aggregate."
"Real Madrid won 4–1 on aggregate."
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The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 19 March 2021, 12:00 CET.<section end=QF />
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The first legs were played on 6 and 7 April, and the second legs were played on 13 and 14 April 2021.
"Manchester City won 4–2 on aggregate."
"Chelsea won 2–1 on aggregate."
"3–3 on aggregate. Paris Saint-Germain won on away goals."
"Real Madrid won 3–1 on aggregate."
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The draw for the semi-finals was held on 19 March 2021, 12:00 CET, after the quarter-final draw.<section end=SF />
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The first legs were played on 27 and 28 April, and the second legs were played on 4 and 5 May 2021.
"Manchester City won 4–1 on aggregate."
"Chelsea won 3–1 on aggregate."
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The final will be played on 29 May 2021 at the Estádio do Dragão in Porto. A draw was held on 19 March 2021, after the quarter-final and semi-final draws, to determine the "home" team for administrative purposes.
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2020–21 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round
The 2020–21 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round began on 8 August and ended on 30 September 2020.