2022–23 UEFA Champions League

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

Manchester City defeated Inter Milan 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. As winners Manchester City automatically qualified for the 2023–24 UEFA Champions League group stage, and earned the right to play against the winner of the 2022–23 UEFA Europa League, Sevilla, in the 2023 UEFA Super Cup and the 2023 FIFA Club World Cup, winning both.

Real Madrid were the defending champions, but were eliminated by Manchester City in the semifinals.

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, 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) each have two teams qualify.
Associations 16–55 (except Liechtenstein) 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:
 – Additional berth for UEFA Europa League title holders

+Association ranking for 2022–23 UEFA Champions LeagueRankAssociationCoeff.TeamsNotes1100.5694297.855375.438473.570556.0813648.549739.2002838.382 0936.50021035.8251133.3751233.1001330.1001427.8751527.7501626.75011726.6001826.2751926.225RankAssociationCoeff.TeamsNotes2026.00012124.3752221.0002320.5002420.3752518.2002616.8752715.6252815.5002915.2503015.1253114.2503213.625339.0000348.7501358.250368.000377.875387.625RankAssociationCoeff.TeamsNotes397.3751407.375417.250426.958436.875446.875456.875466.375476.125485.833495.666505.000515.000524.875534.750543.331551.166

Distribution
The following is the access list for this season.

+Access list for 2022–23 UEFA Champions LeagueTeams entering in this roundTeams advancing from previous roundPreliminary round(4 teams)4 champions from associations 52–55First qualifying round(30 teams)29 champions from associations 22–51 (except Liechtenstein)1 winner from the preliminary roundSecond qualifying round(24 teams) Champions Path(20 teams)5 champions from associations 17–2115 winners from the first qualifying roundLeague Path(4 teams)4 runners-up from associations 12–15Third qualifying round(20 teams)Champions Path(12 teams)2 champions from associations 15–1610 winners from the second qualifying round (Champions Path)League Path(8 teams)4 runners-up from associations 7–11 (except Russia)
2 third-placed teams from associations 5–62 winners from the second qualifying round (League Path)Play-off round(12 teams)Champions Path(8 teams)2 champions from associations 13–146 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)
6 runners-up from associations 1–6
4 third-placed teams from associations 1–4
4 fourth-placed teams from associations 1–44 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 LeagueEntry roundTeamsGroup stage Real Madrid TH Eintracht Frankfurt  Manchester City  Liverpool  Chelsea  Tottenham Hotspur  Barcelona  Atlético Madrid  Sevilla  Milan  Inter Milan  Napoli  Juventus  Bayern Munich  Borussia Dortmund  Bayer Leverkusen  RB Leipzig  Paris Saint-Germain  Marseille  Porto  Sporting CP  Ajax  Club Brugge  Red Bull Salzburg  Celtic  Shakhtar Donetsk Play-off round Trabzonspor  Copenhagen Third qualifying round Apollon Limassol  Red Star Belgrade  Monaco  Benfica  PSV Eindhoven  Union Saint-Gilloise  Sturm Graz  Rangers Second qualifying round Viktoria Plzeň  Dinamo Zagreb  Zürich  Olympiacos  Maccabi Haifa  Dynamo Kyiv  Fenerbahçe  Midtjylland  AEK Larnaca First qualifying round Bodø/Glimt  Malmö FF  Ludogorets Razgrad  CFR Cluj  Qarabağ  Tobol  Ferencváros  Shakhtyor Soligorsk  Lech Poznań  Maribor  Slovan Bratislava  Žalgiris  F91 Dudelange  Zrinjski  Shamrock Rovers  Shkupi  Pyunik  RFS  Tirana  Linfield  Dinamo Batumi  HJK  Sheriff Tiraspol  Hibernians  KÍ  Ballkani  Lincoln Red Imps  Sutjeska Nikšić  The New Saints Preliminary round Víkingur Reykjavík  FCI Levadia  Inter Club d'Escaldes   La Fiorita 
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 LeaguePhaseRoundDraw dateFirst legSecond legQualifyingPreliminary round7 June 202221 June 2022 (semi-finals)24 June 2022 (final)First qualifying round14 June 20225–6 July 202212–13 July 2022Second qualifying round15 June 202219–20 July 202226–27 July 2022Third qualifying round18 July 20222–3 August 20229 August 2022Play-offsPlay-off round1 August 202216–17 August 202223–24 August 2022Group stageMatchday 125 August 20226–7 September 2022Matchday 213–14 September 2022Matchday 34–5 October 2022Matchday 411–12 October 2022Matchday 525–26 October 2022Matchday 61–2 November 2022Knockout phaseRound of 167 November 202214–15 & 21–22 February 20237–8 & 14–15 March 2023Quarter-finals17 March 202311–12 April 202318–19 April 2023Semi-finals9–10 May 202316–17 May 2023Final10 June 2023 at Atatürk Olympic Stadium, Istanbul

Qualifying rounds

Preliminary round

First qualifying round

Second qualifying round

Third qualifying round

Play-off round

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

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Group E

Group F

Group G

Group H

 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.

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