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2022–23 UEFA Champions League

The 2022–23 UEFA Champions League was the 68th season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 31st season since it was renamed from the European Champion Clubs' Cup to the UEFA Champions League.

2022–23 UEFA Champions League
The Atatürk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul hosted the final
Tournament details
DatesQualifying:
21 June – 24 August 2022
Competition proper:
6 September 2022 – 10 June 2023
TeamsCompetition proper: 32
Total: 78 (from 53 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsEngland Manchester City (1st title)
Runners-upItaly Inter Milan
Tournament statistics
Matches played125
Goals scored372 (2.98 per match)
Attendance6,194,200 (49,554 per match)
Top scorer(s)Erling Haaland (Manchester City)
12 goals
Best player(s)Rodri (Manchester City)[1]
Best young playerKhvicha Kvaratskhelia (Napoli)[2]

The final was played at the Atatürk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul, Turkey, on 10 June 2023.[3] The stadium was originally appointed to host the 2020 UEFA Champions League final, but both this and the 2021 editions, which had been subsequently re-allocated to the Atatürk, were moved due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2023 final was contested by English club Manchester City and Italian club Inter Milan, with the former winning 1–0 via a second-half goal by Rodri, who was named man of the match by UEFA. For Manchester City, this was their first-ever European Cup, and first European trophy since 1970. Having earlier won the Premier league and FA Cup titles, they achieved a unique continental treble.[4][5] As winners, Manchester City earned the right to play against Sevilla, the winners of the 2022–23 UEFA Europa League, in the 2023 UEFA Super Cup, as well as qualifying for both the 2023 and 2025 FIFA Club World Cups in Saudi Arabia and the United States, respectively.

Real Madrid were the defending champions, having won a record-extending fourteenth European Cup title in the previous edition, but they were eliminated by eventual champions Manchester City in the semi-finals.

Association team allocation edit

A total of 78 teams from 53 of the 55 UEFA member associations participated in the 2022–23 UEFA Champions League (the exceptions being Russia, who were banned from participating due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and Liechtenstein,[Note LIE] which did not organise a domestic league). The association ranking based on the UEFA association coefficients was used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:[6]

Association ranking edit

For the 2022–23 UEFA Champions League, the associations were allocated places according to their 2021 UEFA association coefficients, which took into account their performance in European competitions from 2016–17 to 2020–21.[7]

Apart from the allocation based on the association coefficients, associations could 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
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   North Macedonia 7.625
Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes
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 edit

The following is the access list for this season.[8]

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
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)
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)
League Path
(4 teams)
  • 4 winners from the third qualifying round (League Path)
Group stage
(32 teams)
  • Europa League title holder
  • 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, the following changes to the access list were made:[9]

  • The champions of association 11 (Scotland) enter the group stage instead of the play-off round (Champions Path).
  • The champions of association 13 (Turkey) enter the play-off round instead of the third qualifying round (Champions Path).
  • The champions of association 15 (Cyprus) enter the third qualifying round instead of the second qualifying round (Champions Path).
  • The champions of associations 18 (Croatia) and 19 (Switzerland) 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).

Since the Champions League title holders (Real Madrid) qualified via their domestic league, the following changes to the access list were made:[9]

  • The champions of association 12 (Ukraine) enter the group stage instead of the play-off round (Champions Path).
  • The champions of association 14 (Denmark) enter the play-off round instead of the third qualifying round (Champions Path).
  • The champions of association 16 (Serbia) enter the third qualifying round instead of the second qualifying round (Champions Path).
  • The champions of associations 20 (Greece) and 21 (Israel) enter the second qualifying round instead of the first qualifying round (Champions Path).

Teams edit

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 were subject to approval by UEFA

The second qualifying round, third qualifying round and play-off round were divided into Champions Path (CH) and League Path (LP).

CC: 2022 UEFA club coefficients.[10]

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)
  Sturm Graz (2nd)   Rangers (2nd)
Second qualifying round CH   Viktoria Plzeň (1st)   Dinamo Zagreb (1st)   Zürich (1st)   Olympiacos (1st)
  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

  1. ^
    Liechtenstein (LIE): The seven teams affiliated with the Liechtenstein Football Association (LFV) all played in the Swiss football league system. The only competition organised by the LFV was the Liechtenstein Football Cup – the winners of which qualified for the UEFA Europa Conference League.
  2. ^
    Russia (RUS): On 28 February 2022, Russian football clubs and national teams were suspended from FIFA and UEFA competitions due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[11] On 2 May 2022, UEFA confirmed that Russian clubs would be excluded from the 2022–23 UEFA competitions.[9]
  3. ^
    Ukraine (UKR): The 2021–22 Ukrainian Premier League was abandoned due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The top two teams of the league at the time of the abandonment (Shakhtar Donetsk and Dynamo Kyiv) were selected to play in the 2022–23 UEFA Champions League by the Ukrainian Association of Football.

Schedule edit

The schedule of the competition was as follows. All matches were played on Tuesdays and Wednesdays apart from the preliminary round final and the final. Scheduled kick-off times starting from the play-off round were 18:45 and 21:00 CEST/CET.[12]

As the 2022 FIFA World Cup took place in Qatar between 20 November and 18 December 2022, the group stage commenced in the first week of September 2022 and concluded in the first week of November 2022 to make way for the World Cup.

The draws for the qualifying round started at 12:00 CEST/CET and were held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.[13] The group stage draw took place in Istanbul, Turkey.[14]

Schedule for 2022–23 UEFA Champions League[15][16]
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 2 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 edit

Main article: 2022–23 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds

Preliminary round edit

A total of four teams played in the preliminary round. Seeding of teams was based on their 2022 UEFA club coefficients,[10] with two seeded teams and two unseeded teams in the semi-finals. The matches took place at Víkingsvöllur in Reykjavík, Iceland so 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. The winner of the preliminary round final advanced to the first qualifying round. The losers of the semi-finals and final were transferred to the Europa Conference League Champions Path second qualifying round.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Semi-finals
FCI Levadia   1–6   Víkingur Reykjavík
La Fiorita   1–2   Inter Club d'Escaldes
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Final
Inter Club d'Escaldes   0–1   Víkingur Reykjavík

First qualifying round edit

The draw for the first qualifying round was held on 14 June 2022.[17] The first legs were 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 were transferred to the Europa Conference League Champions Path second qualifying round.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Pyunik   2–2 (4–3 p)   CFR Cluj 0–0 2–2 (a.e.t.)
Maribor   2–0[A]   Shakhtyor Soligorsk 0–0 2–0
Ludogorets Razgrad   3–0   Sutjeska Nikšić 2–0 1–0
F91 Dudelange   3–1   Tirana 1–0 2–1
Tobol   1–5   Ferencváros 0–0 1–5
Malmö FF   6–5   Víkingur Reykjavík 3–2 3–3
Ballkani   1–2   Žalgiris 1–1 0–1 (a.e.t.)
HJK   2–2 (5–4 p)[A]   RFS 1–0 1–2 (a.e.t.)
Bodø/Glimt   4–3   KÍ Klaksvík 3–0 1–3
The New Saints   1–2   Linfield 1–0 0–2 (a.e.t.)
Shamrock Rovers   3–0   Hibernians 3–0 0–0
Lech Poznań   2–5   Qarabağ 1–0 1–5
Shkupi   3–2   Lincoln Red Imps 3–0 0–2
Zrinjski   0–1   Sheriff Tiraspol 0–0 0–1
Slovan Bratislava   2–1   Dinamo Batumi 0–0 2–1 (a.e.t.)

Notes

  1. ^ a b Losers drawn to receive a bye to the Europa Conference League third qualifying round.

Second qualifying round edit

The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 15 June 2022.[18] The first legs were played on 19 and 20 July, and the second legs were played on 26 and 27 July 2022.

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.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Champions Path
Ferencváros   5–3   Slovan Bratislava 1–2 4–1
Dinamo Zagreb   3–2   Shkupi 2–2 1–0
Qarabağ   5–4   Zürich 3–2 2–2 (a.e.t.)
HJK   1–7   Viktoria Plzeň 1–2 0–5
Linfield   1–8   Bodø/Glimt 1–0 0–8
Žalgiris   3–0   Malmö FF 1–0 2–0
Ludogorets Razgrad   4–2   Shamrock Rovers 3–0 1–2
Maribor   0–1   Sheriff Tiraspol 0–0 0–1
Maccabi Haifa   5–1   Olympiacos 1–1 4–0
Pyunik   4–2   F91 Dudelange 0–1 4–1
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
League Path
Midtjylland   2–2 (4–3 p)   AEK Larnaca 1–1 1–1 (a.e.t.)
Dynamo Kyiv   2–1   Fenerbahçe 0–0 2–1 (a.e.t.)

Third qualifying round edit

The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 18 July 2022.[19] The first legs were played on 2 and 3 August, and the second legs were played on 9 August 2022.

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.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Champions Path
Maccabi Haifa   4–2   Apollon Limassol 4–0 0–2
Qarabağ   4–2   Ferencváros 1–1 3–1
Ludogorets Razgrad   3–6   Dinamo Zagreb 1–2 2–4
Sheriff Tiraspol   2–4   Viktoria Plzeň 1–2 1–2
Bodø/Glimt   6–1   Žalgiris 5–0 1–1
Red Star Belgrade   7–0   Pyunik 5–0 2–0
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
League Path
Monaco   3–4   PSV Eindhoven 1–1 2–3 (a.e.t.)
Dynamo Kyiv   3–1   Sturm Graz 1–0 2–1 (a.e.t.)
Union Saint-Gilloise   2–3   Rangers 2–0 0–3
Benfica   7–2   Midtjylland 4–1 3–1

Play-off round edit

Main article: 2022–23 UEFA Champions League play-off round

The draw for the play-off round was held on 2 August 2022.[20] The first legs were played on 16 and 17 August, and the second legs were played on 23 and 24 August 2022.

The winners of the ties advanced to the group stage. The losers were transferred to the Europa League group stage.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Champions Path
Qarabağ   1–2   Viktoria Plzeň 0–0 1–2
Bodø/Glimt   2–4   Dinamo Zagreb 1–0 1–4 (a.e.t.)
Maccabi Haifa   5–4   Red Star Belgrade 3–2 2–2
Copenhagen   2–1   Trabzonspor 2–1 0–0
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
League Path
Dynamo Kyiv   0–5   Benfica 0–2 0–3
Rangers   3–2   PSV Eindhoven 2–2 1–0

Group stage edit

Main article: 2022–23 UEFA Champions League group stage
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Location of teams of the 2022–23 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 25 August 2022. The 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four. For the draw, the teams were seeded into four pots, each of eight teams, based on the following principles:

  • Pot 1 contained 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 title holders, Real Madrid, were also the champions of Association 2 (Spain), the champions of Association 7 (Netherlands), Ajax, were seeded into Pot 1.
  • Pots 2, 3 and 4 contained the remaining teams, seeded based on their 2022 UEFA club coefficients (CC).[21]

Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same group.

Eintracht Frankfurt made their debut appearance in the group stage (and first appearance in the European Cup since their loss in the 1960 final) after winning the 2021–22 UEFA Europa League and, as a result, this was the first time that five German clubs played in the group stage.

A total of 15 national associations were represented in the group stage. This season was the first since the 1995–96 edition in which a Turkish side failed to qualify for the group stage. It was also the first time since the 2007–08 season that two Scottish sides qualified for the group stage.

Group A edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification NAP LIV AJX RAN
1   Napoli 6 5 0 1 20 6 +14 15[a] Advance to knockout phase — 4–1 4–2 3–0
2   Liverpool 6 5 0 1 17 6 +11 15[a] 2–0 — 2–1 2–0
3   Ajax 6 2 0 4 11 16 −5 6 Transfer to Europa League 1–6 0–3 — 4–0
4   Rangers 6 0 0 6 2 22 −20 0 0–3 1–7 1–3 —
Source: UEFA
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Tied on head-to-head points. Head-to-head goal difference: Napoli +1, Liverpool −1.

Group B edit

Pos Team
 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 0–4 — 1–0 2–0
3   Bayer Leverkusen 6 1 2 3 4 8 −4 5[a] Transfer to Europa League 0–3 0–0 — 2–0
4   Atlético Madrid 6 1 2 3 5 9 −4 5[a] 2–1 0–0 2–2 —
Source: UEFA
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Bayer Leverkusen 4, Atlético Madrid 1.

Group C edit

Pos Team
 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 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 —
Source: UEFA

Group D edit

Pos Team
 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 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 —
Source: UEFA

Group E edit

Pos Team
 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 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 —
Source: UEFA

Group F edit

Pos Team
 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 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 —
Source: UEFA

Group G edit

Pos Team
 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 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 —
Source: UEFA

Group H edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BEN PAR JUV MHA
1   Benfica 6 4 2 0 16 7 +9 14[a] Advance to knockout phase — 1–1 4–3 2–0
2   Paris Saint-Germain 6 4 2 0 16 7 +9 14[a] 1–1 — 2–1 7–2
3   Juventus 6 1 0 5 9 13 −4 3[b] Transfer to Europa League 1–2 1–2 — 3–1
4   Maccabi Haifa 6 1 0 5 7 21 −14 3[b] 1–6 1–3 2–0 —
Source: UEFA
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Tied on head-to-head results, overall goal difference and overall goals scored. Overall away goals scored: Benfica 9, Paris Saint-Germain 6.
  2. ^ a b Tied on head-to-head results. Overall goal difference is used as the tiebreaker.

Knockout phase edit

Main article: 2022–23 UEFA Champions League knockout phase

In the knockout phase, teams played 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 was as follows:

  • In the draw for the round of 16, the eight group winners were seeded, and the eight group runners-up were unseeded. The seeded teams were drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. Teams from the same group or the same association cannot be drawn against each other.
  • In the draws for the quarter-finals onwards, there were no seedings, and teams from the same group or the same association could be drawn against each other. As the draws for the quarter-finals and semi-finals were held together before the quarter-finals were played, the identity of the quarter-final winners was not known at the time of the semi-final draw. A draw was also held to determine which semi-final winner was designated as the "home" team for the final (for administrative purposes as it was played at a neutral venue).

Bracket edit

 
Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
                      
 
 
 
 
  Liverpool202
 
 
 
  Real Madrid516
 
  Real Madrid224
 
 
 
  Chelsea000
 
  Borussia Dortmund101
 
 
 
  Chelsea022
 
  Real Madrid101
 
 
 
  Manchester City145
 
  RB Leipzig101
 
 
 
  Manchester City178
 
  Manchester City314
 
 
 
  Bayern Munich011
 
  Paris Saint-Germain000
 
10 June – Istanbul
 
  Bayern Munich123
 
  Manchester City1
 
 
 
  Inter Milan0
 
  Milan101
 
 
 
  Tottenham Hotspur000
 
  Milan112
 
 
 
  Napoli011
 
  Eintracht Frankfurt000
 
 
 
  Napoli235
 
  Milan000
 
 
 
  Inter Milan213
 
  Club Brugge011
 
 
 
  Benfica257
 
  Benfica033
 
 
 
  Inter Milan235
 
  Inter Milan101
 
 
  Porto000
 

Round of 16 edit

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 7 November 2022, 12:00 CET.[22] The first legs were played on 14, 15, 21 and 22 February, and the second legs were played on 7, 8, 14 and 15 March 2023.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
RB Leipzig   1–8   Manchester City 1–1 0–7
Club Brugge   1–7   Benfica 0–2 1–5
Liverpool   2–6   Real Madrid 2–5 0–1
Milan   1–0   Tottenham Hotspur 1–0 0–0
Eintracht Frankfurt   0–5   Napoli 0–2 0–3
Borussia Dortmund   1–2   Chelsea 1–0 0–2
Inter Milan   1–0   Porto 1–0 0–0
Paris Saint-Germain   0–3   Bayern Munich 0–1 0–2

Quarter-finals edit

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 17 March 2023, 12:00 CET.[23] The first legs were played on 11 and 12 April, and the second legs were played on 18 and 19 April 2023.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Real Madrid   4–0   Chelsea 2–0 2–0
Benfica   3–5[A]   Inter Milan 0–2 3–3
Manchester City   4–1   Bayern Munich 3–0 1–1
Milan   2–1   Napoli 1–0 1–1

Notes

  1. ^ Order of legs reversed after original draw.

Semi-finals edit

The draw for the semi-finals was held on 17 March 2023, 12:00 CET, after the quarter-final draw.[23] The first legs were played on 9 and 10 May, and the second legs were played on 16 and 17 May 2023.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Milan   0–3   Inter Milan 0–2 0–1
Real Madrid   1–5   Manchester City 1–1 0–4

Final edit

Main article: 2023 UEFA Champions League 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.[23]

Manchester City  1–0  Inter Milan
  • Rodri   68'
 Report
Attendance: 71,412[24]

Statistics edit

Statistics exclude qualifying rounds and play-off round.

Top goalscorers edit

 
Manchester City forward Erling Haaland was the tournament's top scorer with 12 goals.
Rank[25] Player Team Goals Minutes played
1   Erling Haaland   Manchester City 12 845
2   Mohamed Salah   Liverpool 8 624
3   Kylian Mbappé   Paris Saint-Germain 7 651
  Vinícius Júnior   Real Madrid 975
5   João Mário   Benfica 6 865
6   Victor Osimhen   Napoli 5 424
  Robert Lewandowski   Barcelona 442
  Mehdi Taremi   Porto 613
  Rodrygo   Real Madrid 824
  Rafa Silva   Benfica 826
  Olivier Giroud   Milan 939

Team of the season edit

The UEFA technical study group selected the following players as the team of the tournament.[26]

 
 
Manchester City midfielder Rodri (left) was named the Champions League Player of the Season, while Napoli forward Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (right) was named the Young Player of the Season.
Pos. Player Team
GK   Thibaut Courtois   Real Madrid
DF   Kyle Walker   Manchester City
  Rúben Dias   Manchester City
  Alessandro Bastoni   Inter Milan
  Federico Dimarco   Inter Milan
MF   John Stones   Manchester City
  Kevin De Bruyne   Manchester City
  Rodri   Manchester City
FW   Bernardo Silva   Manchester City
  Erling Haaland   Manchester City
  Vinícius Júnior   Real Madrid

Player of the Season edit

Young Player of the Season edit

See also edit

References edit

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