2023–24 Uefa Champions League
The 2023–24 UEFA Champions League is the 69th season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 32nd season since it was renamed from the European Champion Clubs' Cup to the UEFA Champions League.
 Wembley Stadium in London will host the final | |
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| Dates | Qualifying: 27 June – 30 August 2023 Competition proper: 19 September 2023 – 1 June 2024 |
| Teams | Competition proper: 32 Total: 78 (from 53 associations) |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 120 |
| Goals scored | 364 (3.03 per match) |
| Attendance | 6,145,600 (51,213 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint-Germain) 8 goals |
The final will be played at the Wembley Stadium in London, England. The winners of the 2023–24 UEFA Champions League will automatically qualify for the 2024–25 UEFA Champions League league phase and earn the right to play against the winners of the 2023–24 UEFA Europa League in the 2024 UEFA Super Cup. They will also qualify for the final of the brand-new 2024 FIFA Intercontinental Cup and the expanded 2025 FIFA Club World Cup in the United States.
This is the final season with the current format of 32 teams participating in the group stage, following UEFA's announcement of a new expanded format would be introduced for the following edition.
Manchester City were the defending champions, but they were eliminated by Real Madrid in the quarter-finals.
Association team allocation
A total of 78 teams from 53 of the 55 UEFA member associations are participating in the 2023–24 UEFA Champions League (the exceptions being Liechtenstein,[Note LIE] which did not organise a domestic league, and Russia[Note RUS]). The association ranking based on the UEFA association coefficients was used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:
- Associations 1–4 each had four teams qualify.
- Associations 5–6 each had three teams qualify.
- Associations 7–15 (except Russia)[Note RUS] each had two teams qualify.
- Associations 16–55 (except Liechtenstein)[Note LIE] each had one team qualify.
- The winners of the 2022–23 UEFA Champions League and 2022–23 UEFA Europa League were each given an additional entry if they did not qualify for the 2023–24 UEFA Champions League through their domestic league.
Association ranking
For the 2023–24 UEFA Champions League, the associations were allocated places according to their 2022 UEFA association coefficients, which took into account their performance in European competitions from 2017–18 to 2021–22. The team allocation reflected Russia's ongoing suspension from UEFA competitions.
Apart from the allocation based on the association coefficients, associations could have additional teams (a maximum of 5 per association) 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 default access list for the 2023–24 season.
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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 2023–24 European season, the following changes to the access list were made:
- The champions of association 11 (Serbia) entered the group stage instead of the play-off round (Champions Path).
- The champions of association 13 (Belgium) entered the play-off round instead of the third qualifying round (Champions Path).
- The champions of association 15 (Greece) entered the third qualifying round instead of the second qualifying round (Champions Path).
- The champions of associations 18 (Denmark) and 19 (Croatia) entered the second qualifying round instead of the first qualifying round (Champions Path).
- The runner-up of association 11 (Serbia) entered the third qualifying round instead of the second qualifying round (League Path).
Since the Champions League title holders (Manchester City) qualified via their domestic league, the following changes to the access list were made:
- The champions of association 12 (Ukraine) entered the group stage instead of the play-off round (Champions Path).
- The champions of association 14 (Switzerland) entered the play-off round instead of the third qualifying round (Champions Path).
- The champions of association 16 (Czech Republic) entered the third qualifying round instead of the second qualifying round (Champions Path).
- The champions of associations 20 (Turkey) and 21 (Cyprus) entered the second qualifying round instead of the first qualifying round (Champions 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: League positions of the previous season
The second qualifying round, third qualifying round and play-off round were divided into Champions Path (CH) and League Path (LP).
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Schedule
The schedule of the competition is as follows. All matches are played on Tuesdays and Wednesdays apart from the preliminary round final and the final.
| Phase | Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
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| Qualifying | Preliminary round | 13 June 2023 | 27 June 2023 (semi-finals) | 30 June 2023 (final) |
| First qualifying round | 20 June 2023 | 11–12 July 2023 | 18–19 July 2023 | |
| Second qualifying round | 21 June 2023 | 25–26 July 2023 | 1–2 August 2023 | |
| Third qualifying round | 24 July 2023 | 8–9 & 15 August 2023 | 15 & 19 August 2023 | |
| Play-offs | Play-off round | 7 August 2023 | 22–23 August 2023 | 29–30 August 2023 |
| Group stage | Matchday 1 | 31 August 2023 | 19–20 September 2023 | |
| Matchday 2 | 3–4 October 2023 | |||
| Matchday 3 | 24–25 October 2023 | |||
| Matchday 4 | 7–8 November 2023 | |||
| Matchday 5 | 28–29 November 2023 | |||
| Matchday 6 | 12–13 December 2023 | |||
| Knockout phase | Round of 16 | 18 December 2023 | 13–14 & 20–21 February 2024 | 5–6 & 12–13 March 2024 |
| Quarter-finals | 15 March 2024 | 9–10 April 2024 | 16–17 April 2024 | |
| Semi-finals | 30 April – 1 May 2024 | 7–8 May 2024 | ||
| Final | 1 June 2024 at Wembley Stadium, London | |||
Qualifying rounds
Preliminary round
A total of four teams played in the preliminary round. Seeding of teams was based on their 2023 UEFA club coefficients, with two seeded teams and two unseeded teams in the semi-finals. The matches took place at Kópavogsvöllur in Kópavogur, Iceland. For administrative purposes, the home team in each draw were the first team drawn in each tie in the semi-finals. The same applied for the final draw, between the two winners of the semi-finals, whose identity was not known at the time of draw.The winner of the preliminary round final advanced to the first qualifying round. The losers of the semi-finals and final transferred to the Europa Conference League second qualifying round Champions Path.
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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Atlètic Club d'Escaldes  | 0–3 |  Budućnost Podgorica |
Tre Penne  | 1–7 |  Breiðablik |
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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| Budućnost Podgorica | 0–5 | Breiðablik |
First qualifying round
The draw for the first qualifying round was held on 20 June 2023. The first legs were played on 11 and 12 July, and the second legs were played on 18 and 19 July 2023.
The winners of the ties advanced to the Champions Path second qualifying round. 13 of the 15 losers were transferred to the Europa Conference League Champions Path second qualifying round and 2 losers received a bye and were transferred to the Europa Conference League Champions Path third qualifying round.
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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BK Häcken  | 5–1 |  The New Saints | 3–1 | 2–0 |
Ballkani  | 2–4 |  Ludogorets Razgrad | 2–0 | 0–4 |
Shamrock Rovers  | 1–3 | Breiðablik | 0–1 | 1–2 |
Žalgiris  | 2–1 |  Struga | 0–0 | 2–1 |
KÍ  | 3–0 |  Ferencváros | 0–0 | 3–0 |
Olimpija Ljubljana  | 4–2 |  Valmiera | 2–1 | 2–1 |
HJK  | 3–2 |  Larne | 1–0 | 2–2 (a.e.t.) |
Lincoln Red Imps  | 1–6 |  Qarabağ | 1–2 | 0–4 |
Raków Częstochowa  | 4–0 |  Flora | 1–0 | 3–0 |
Slovan Bratislava  | 3–1 |  Swift Hesperange | 1–1 | 2–0 |
Farul Constanța  | 1–3 |  Sheriff Tiraspol | 1–0 | 0–3 (a.e.t.) |
Ħamrun Spartans  | 1–6 |  Maccabi Haifa | 0–4 | 1–2 |
Urartu  | 3–3 (3–4 p) |  Zrinjski Mostar | 0–1 | 3–2 (a.e.t.) |
Partizani  | 1–3 |  BATE Borisov | 1–1 | 0–2 |
Astana  | 3–2 |  Dinamo Tbilisi | 1–1 | 2–1 |
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Second qualifying round
The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 21 June 2023. The first legs were played on 25 and 26 July, and the second legs were played on 1 and 2 August 2023.
The winners of the ties advanced to the third qualifying round of their respective path. The Champions Path losers were transferred to the Europa League Champions Path third qualifying round, while the League Path losers were transferred to the Europa League Main Path third qualifying round.
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Žalgiris | 2–3 |  Galatasaray | 2–2 | 0–1 |
| Ludogorets Razgrad | 2–3 | Olimpija Ljubljana | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| Raków Częstochowa | 4–3 | Qarabağ | 3–2 | 1–1 |
| KÍ | 3–3 (4–3 p) | BK Häcken | 0–0 | 3–3 (a.e.t.) |
| HJK | 1–2 |  Molde | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| Breiðablik | 3–8 |  Copenhagen | 0–2 | 3–6 |
| Sheriff Tiraspol | 2–4 | Maccabi Haifa | 1–0 | 1–4 (a.e.t.) |
Aris Limassol  | 11–5 | BATE Borisov | 6–2 | 5–3 |
| Zrinjski Mostar | 2–3 | Slovan Bratislava | 0–1 | 2–2 |
Dinamo Zagreb  | 6–0 | Astana | 4–0 | 2–0 |
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Dnipro-1  | 3–5 |  Panathinaikos | 1–3 | 2–2 |
Servette  | 3–3 (4–1 p) |  Genk | 1–1 | 2–2 (a.e.t.) |
Third qualifying round
The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 24 July 2023. The first legs were played on 8, 9 and 15 August, and the second legs were played on 15 and 19 August 2023.
The winners of the ties advanced to the play-off round of their respective path. The Champions Path losers were transferred to the Europa League play-off round, while the League Path losers were transferred to the Europa League group stage.
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Raków Częstochowa | 3–1 | Aris Limassol | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Slovan Bratislava | 2–5 | Maccabi Haifa | 1–2 | 1–3 |
| Dinamo Zagreb | 3–4 | AEK Athens | 1–2 | 2–2 |
| Olimpija Ljubljana | 0–4 | Galatasaray | 0–3 | 0–1 |
| Copenhagen | 3–3 (4–2 p) |  Sparta Prague | 0–0 | 3–3 (a.e.t.) |
| KÍ | 2–3 | Molde | 2–1 | 0–2 (a.e.t.) |
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Braga  | 7–1 |  TSC | 3–0 | 4–1 |
Rangers  | 3–2 | Servette | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Panathinaikos | 2–2 (5–3 p) |  Marseille | 1–0 | 1–2 (a.e.t.) |
PSV Eindhoven  | 7–2 |  Sturm Graz | 4–1 | 3–1 |
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