2022–23 Uefa Champions League: 68th season of the UEFA club football tournament

2022–23 UEFA Champions League
	The Atatürk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul hosted the final
Tournament details
Dates	Qualifying:; 21 June – 24 August 2022; Competition proper:; 6 September 2022 – 10 June 2023
Teams	Competition proper: 32; Total: 78 (from 53 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Manchester City (1st title)
Runners-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(s)	Rodri (Manchester City)
Best young player	Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Napoli)
	← 2021–22 2023–24 →

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,^{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:

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.

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

Association ranking for 2022–23 UEFA Champions League

Rank	Association	Coeff.	Teams	Notes
1	England	100.569	4
2	Spain	97.855
3	Italy	75.438
4	Germany	73.570		+1 (UEL)
5	France	56.081	3
6	Portugal	48.549	3
7	Netherlands	39.200	2
8	Russia	38.382	0	^{Note RUS[›]}
9	Belgium	36.500	2
10	Austria	35.825
11	Scotland	33.375
12	Ukraine	33.100
13	Turkey	30.100
14	Denmark	27.875
15	Cyprus	27.750
16	Serbia	26.750	1
17	Czech Republic	26.600
18	Croatia	26.275
19	Switzerland	26.225

Rank	Association	Coeff.	Teams	Notes
20	Greece	26.000	1
21	Israel	24.375
22	Norway	21.000
23	Sweden	20.500
24	Bulgaria	20.375
25	Romania	18.200
26	Azerbaijan	16.875
27	Kazakhstan	15.625
28	Hungary	15.500
29	Belarus	15.250
30	Poland	15.125
31	Slovenia	14.250
32	Slovakia	13.625
33	Liechtenstein	9.000	0	^{Note LIE[›]}
34	Lithuania	8.750	1
35	Luxembourg	8.250
36	Bosnia and Herzegovina	8.000
37	Republic of Ireland	7.875
38	Macedonia	7.625

Rank	Association	Coeff.	Teams
39	Armenia	7.375	1
40	Latvia	7.375
41	Albania	7.250
42	Northern Ireland	6.958
43	Georgia	6.875
44	Finland	6.875
45	Moldova	6.875
46	Malta	6.375
47	Faroe Islands	6.125
48	Kosovo	5.833
49	Gibraltar	5.666
50	Montenegro	5.000
51	Wales	5.000
52	Iceland	4.875
53	Estonia	4.750
54	Andorra	3.331
55	San Marino	1.166

Distribution

The following is the access list for this season.

Access list for 2022–23 UEFA Champions League
		Teams entering in this round	Teams advancing from previous round
Preliminary round (4 teams)		4 champions from associations 52–55
First qualifying round (30 teams)		29 champions from associations 22–51 (except Liechtenstein)^{Note LIE[›]}	1 winner from the preliminary round
Second qualifying round (24 teams)	Champions Path (20 teams)	5 champions from associations 17–21	15 winners from the first qualifying round
Second qualifying round (24 teams)	League Path (4 teams)	4 runners-up from associations 12–15
Third qualifying round (20 teams)	Champions Path (12 teams)	2 champions from associations 15–16	10 winners from the second qualifying round (Champions Path)
Third qualifying round (20 teams)	League Path (8 teams)	4 runners-up from associations 7–11 (except Russia)^{Note RUS[›]} 2 third-placed teams from associations 5–6	2 winners from the second qualifying round (League Path)
Play-off round (12 teams)	Champions Path (8 teams)	2 champions from associations 13–14	6 winners from the third qualifying round (Champions Path)
Play-off round (12 teams)	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)^{Note RUS[›]} 6 runners-up from associations 1–6 4 third-placed teams from associations 1–4 4 fourth-placed teams from associations 1–4	4 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 League
Entry round		Teams
Group stage		Real Madrid (1st)^TH	Eintracht Frankfurt (EL)	Manchester City (1st)	Liverpool (2nd)
		Chelsea (3rd)	Tottenham Hotspur (4th)	Barcelona (2nd)	Atlético Madrid (3rd)
		Sevilla (4th)	Milan (1st)	Inter Milan (2nd)	Napoli (3rd)
		Juventus (4th)	Bayern Munich (1st)	Borussia Dortmund (2nd)	Bayer Leverkusen (3rd)
		RB Leipzig (4th)	Paris Saint-Germain (1st)	Marseille (2nd)	Porto (1st)
		Sporting CP (2nd)	Ajax (1st)	Club Brugge (1st)	Red Bull Salzburg (1st)
		Celtic (1st)	Shakhtar Donetsk (Abd-1st)^{[Note UKR]}

Play-off round	CH	Trabzonspor (1st)	Copenhagen (1st)

Third qualifying round	CH	Apollon Limassol (1st)	Red Star Belgrade (1st)
	LP	Monaco (3rd)	Benfica (3rd)	PSV Eindhoven (2nd)	Union Saint-Gilloise (2nd)
	LP	Sturm Graz (2nd)	Rangers (2nd)

Second qualifying round	CH	Viktoria Plzeň (1st)	Dinamo Zagreb (1st)	Zürich (1st)	Olympiacos (1st)
	CH	Maccabi Haifa (1st)
	LP	Dynamo Kyiv (Abd-2nd)^{[Note UKR]}	Fenerbahçe (2nd)	Midtjylland (2nd)	AEK Larnaca (2nd)

First qualifying round		Bodø/Glimt (1st)	Malmö FF (1st)	Ludogorets Razgrad (1st)	CFR Cluj (1st)
		Qarabağ (1st)	Tobol (1st)	Ferencváros (1st)	Shakhtyor Soligorsk (1st)
		Lech Poznań (1st)	Maribor (1st)	Slovan Bratislava (1st)	Žalgiris (1st)
		F91 Dudelange (1st)	Zrinjski (1st)	Shamrock Rovers (1st)	Shkupi (1st)
		Pyunik (1st)	RFS (1st)	Tirana (1st)	Linfield (1st)
		Dinamo Batumi (1st)	HJK (1st)	Sheriff Tiraspol (1st)	Hibernians (1st)
		KÍ (1st)	Ballkani (1st)	Lincoln Red Imps (1st)	Sutjeska Nikšić (1st)
		The New Saints (1st)

Preliminary round		Víkingur Reykjavík (1st)	FCI Levadia (1st)	Inter Club d'Escaldes (1st)	La Fiorita (1st)

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 League
Phase	Round	Draw date	First leg	Second leg
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

The preliminary round will consist of two semi-finals on 21 June 2022 and the final on 24 June 2022. The draw for the preliminary round will be held on 7 June 2022. A total of four teams will play in the preliminary round. Seeding of teams will be based on their 2022 UEFA club coefficients, with two seeded teams and two unseeded teams in the semi-finals. The first team drawn in each tie in the semi-finals, and also the final (between the two winners of the semi-finals, whose identity was not known at the time of draw), would be the "home" team for administrative purposes.

Seeded	Unseeded
FCI Levadia La Fiorita	Inter Club d'Escaldes Víkingur Reykjavík

Semi-finals
Team 1	Score	Team 2
FCI Levadia	1–6	Víkingur Reykjavík
La Fiorita	1–2	Inter Club d'Escaldes

Final
Team 1	Score	Team 2
Inter Club d'Escaldes	0–1	Víkingur Reykjavík

First qualifying round

The draw for the first round will be held on 14 June 2022. A total of 30 teams will play in the first qualifying round: 29 teams which enter in this round, and 1 winner of the preliminary round. Seeding of teams will be based on their 2022 UEFA club coefficients. For the winner of the preliminary round, whose identity will not be known at the time of draw, the club coefficient of the highest-ranked remaining team will be used. The first team drawn in each tie will be the home team of the first leg.

Group 1		Group 2		Group 3
Seeded	Unseeded	Seeded	Unseeded	Seeded	Unseeded
Ludogorets Razgrad CFR Cluj Ferencváros Maribor F91 Dudelange	Sutjeska Nikšić Shakhtyor Soligorsk Tobol Pyunik Tirana	Malmö FF Bodø/Glimt HJK The New Saints Žalgiris	Linfield KÍ Klaksvík Víkingur Reykjavík^[†] Ballkani RFS	Qarabağ Sheriff Tiraspol Slovan Bratislava Lincoln Red Imps Shamrock Rovers	Zrinjski Lech Poznań Hibernians Shkupi Dinamo Batumi

Notes

Summary

The first legs will be played on 5 and 6 July, and the second legs were played on 12 and 13 July 2022.

The winners of the ties advanced to the Champions Path second qualifying round. The losers will be transferred to the Europa Conference League Champions Path second qualifying round.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	Pyunik	Match 1	CFR Cluj	0–0	13 Jul
Maribor	Match 2	Shakhtyor Soligorsk	6 Jul	13 Jul
Ludogorets Razgrad	Match 3	Sutjeska Nikšić	5 Jul	12 Jul
F91 Dudelange	Match 4	Tirana	6 Jul	12 Jul
Tobol	Match 5	Ferencváros	6 Jul	13 Jul
Malmö FF	Match 6	Víkingur Reykjavík	5 Jul	12 Jul
Ballkani	Match 7	Žalgiris	5 Jul	12 Jul
HJK	Match 8	RFS	6 Jul	12 Jul
Bodø/Glimt	Match 9	KÍ Klaksvík	6 Jul	12 Jul
The New Saints	Match 10	Linfield	5 Jul	13 Jul
Shamrock Rovers	Match 11	Hibernians	5 Jul	12 Jul
Lech Poznań	Match 12	Qarabağ	5 Jul	12 Jul
Shkupi	Match 13	Lincoln Red Imps	5 Jul	12 Jul
Zrinjski	Match 14	Sheriff Tiraspol	6 Jul	12 Jul
Slovan Bratislava	Match 15	Dinamo Batumi	6 Jul	13 Jul

Notes

[Note UKR]

[†]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	NAP	LIV	AJX	RAN
1	Napoli	6	5	1	20	6	+14	15	Advance to knockout phase	—	4–1	4–2	3–0
2	Liverpool	6	5	1	17	6	+11	15	Advance to knockout phase	2–0	—	2–1	2–0
3	Ajax	6	2	4	11	16	−5	6	Transfer to Europa League	1–6	0–3	—	4–0
4	Rangers	6	0	6	2	22	−20	0		0–3	1–7	1–3	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	POR	BRU	LEV	ATM
1	Porto	6	4	0	2	12	7	+5	12	Advance to knockout phase	—	0–4	2–0	2–1
2	Club Brugge	6	3	2	1	7	4	+3	11	Advance to knockout phase	0–4	—	1–0	2–0
3	Bayer Leverkusen	6	1	2	3	4	8	−4	5	Transfer to Europa League	0–3	0–0	—	2–0
4	Atlético Madrid	6	1	2	3	5	9	−4	5		2–1	0–0	2–2	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	BAY	INT	BAR	PLZ
1	Bayern Munich	6	6	0	0	18	2	+16	18	Advance to knockout phase	—	2–0	2–0	5–0
2	Inter Milan	6	3	1	2	10	7	+3	10	Advance to knockout phase	0–2	—	1–0	4–0
3	Barcelona	6	2	1	3	12	12	0	7	Transfer to Europa League	0–3	3–3	—	5–1
4	Viktoria Plzeň	6	0	0	6	5	24	−19	0		2–4	0–2	2–4	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	TOT	FRA	SPO	MAR
1	Tottenham Hotspur	6	3	2	1	8	6	+2	11	Advance to knockout phase	—	3–2	1–1	2–0
2	Eintracht Frankfurt	6	3	1	2	7	8	−1	10	Advance to knockout phase	0–0	—	0–3	2–1
3	Sporting CP	6	2	1	3	8	9	−1	7	Transfer to Europa League	2–0	1–2	—	0–2
4	Marseille	6	2	0	4	8	8	0	6		1–2	0–1	4–1	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	CHE	MIL	SAL	DZG
1	Chelsea	6	4	1	1	10	4	+6	13	Advance to knockout phase	—	3–0	1–1	2–1
2	Milan	6	3	1	2	12	7	+5	10	Advance to knockout phase	0–2	—	4–0	3–1
3	Red Bull Salzburg	6	1	3	2	5	9	−4	6	Transfer to Europa League	1–2	1–1	—	1–0
4	Dinamo Zagreb	6	1	1	4	4	11	−7	4		1–0	0–4	1–1	—

2022–23 Uefa Champions League: 68th season of the UEFA club football tournament

Association team allocation

Association ranking

Distribution

Teams

Schedule

Qualifying rounds

Preliminary round

First qualifying round

Summary

Second qualifying round

Third qualifying round

Play-off round

Group stage

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Group E

Group F

Group G

Group H

Final

References

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Tournament details
The Atatürk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul hosted the final
Dates	Qualifying: 21 June – 24 August 2022 Competition proper: 6 September 2022 – 10 June 2023
Teams	Competition proper: 32 Total: 78 (from 53 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Manchester City (1st title)
Runners-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(s)	Rodri (Manchester City)
Best young player	Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Napoli)
← 2021–22 2023–24 →

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	RMA	RBL	SHA	CEL
1	Real Madrid	6	4	1	1	15	6	+9	13	Advance to knockout phase	—	2–0	2–1	5–1
2	RB Leipzig	6	4	0	2	13	9	+4	12	Advance to knockout phase	3–2	—	1–4	3–1
3	Shakhtar Donetsk	6	1	3	2	8	10	−2	6	Transfer to Europa League	1–1	0–4	—	1–1
4	Celtic	6	0	2	4	4	15	−11	2		0–3	0–2	1–1	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	MCI	DOR	SEV	CPH
1	Manchester City	6	4	2	0	14	2	+12	14	Advance to knockout phase	—	2–1	3–1	5–0
2	Borussia Dortmund	6	2	3	1	10	5	+5	9	Advance to knockout phase	0–0	—	1–1	3–0
3	Sevilla	6	1	2	3	6	12	−6	5	Transfer to Europa League	0–4	1–4	—	3–0
4	Copenhagen	6	0	3	3	1	12	−11	3		0–0	1–1	0–0	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	BEN	PAR	JUV	MHA
1	Benfica	6	4	2	0	16	7	+9	14	Advance to knockout phase	—	1–1	4–3	2–0
2	Paris Saint-Germain	6	4	2	0	16	7	+9	14	Advance to knockout phase	1–1	—	2–1	7–2
3	Juventus	6	1	0	5	9	13	−4	3	Transfer to Europa League	1–2	1–2	—	3–1
4	Maccabi Haifa	6	1	0	5	7	21	−14	3		1–6	1–3	2–0	—