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Revision as of 16:44, 23 April 2023
 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: 80 (from 53 associations) |
The 2023–24 UEFA Champions League will be 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.
The final will be played at the Wembley Stadium in London, England.[1] The winner of the 2023–24 UEFA Champions League will automatically qualify for the 2024–25 UEFA Champions League's league stage, and also earn the right to play against the winner of the 2023–24 UEFA Europa League in the 2024 UEFA Super Cup.
This edition will be the final season with the current format of 32 teams participating at the group stage, after UEFA announced that a brand new format would be introduced for the following edition.[2]
Association team allocation
A total of 80 teams from 53 of the 55 UEFA member associations are set to participate in the 2023–24 UEFA Champions League (the exceptions being Liechtenstein,[Note LIE] which does not organise a domestic league and Russia[Note RUS]). The association ranking based on the UEFA association coefficients is used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:[3]
- 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 2022–23 UEFA Champions League and 2022–23 UEFA Europa League are each given an additional entry if they do not qualify for the 2023–24 UEFA Champions League through their domestic league.
Association ranking
For the 2023–24 UEFA Champions League, the associations are allocated places according to their 2022 UEFA association coefficients, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 2017–18 to 2021–22.[4] The team allocation reflects Russia's ongoing suspension from UEFA competitions.
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
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Distribution
The following is the default access list for the 2023–24 season.[5]
| Teams entering in this round | Teams advancing from previous round | ||
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| Preliminary round (4 teams) |
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| First qualifying round (32 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 have been made:
- The champions of association 11 (Serbia) enter the group stage instead of the play-off round (Champions Path).
- The champions of association 13 (Belgium) enter the play-off round instead of the third qualifying round (Champions Path).
- The champions of association 15 (Greece) enter the third qualifying round instead of the second qualifying round (Champions Path).
- The champions of associations 18 (Denmark) and 19 (Croatia) enter the second qualifying round instead of the first qualifying round (Champions Path).
- The runner-up of association 11 (Serbia) 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: League positions of the previous season
The second qualifying round, third qualifying round and play-off round are divided into Champions Path (CH) and League Path (LP).
| Entry round | Teams | ||||
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| Group stage |  (TH)
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(EL)
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 Arsenal (1st/2nd/3rd/4th)
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(2nd)
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(4th)
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 FC Barcelona (1st/2nd/3rd/4th)
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(1st/2nd)
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(3rd/4th)
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 (1st)
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(2nd)
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(4th)
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 (1st)
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(2nd)
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(4th)
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 (1st)
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(2nd)
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(2nd)
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 (1st)[Note SCO]
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 Red Star Belgrade (1st)
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| Play-off round | CH |  (1st)
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 (1st)
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| Third qualifying round | CH |  (1st)[Note SUI]
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 (1st)
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| LP | (3rd)
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(3rd)
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(2nd)
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| (2nd)[Note SCO]
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(2nd)
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| Second qualifying round | CH |  (1st)
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 Molde (1st)
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 (1st)
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 (1st)
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| LP | (2nd)
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(2nd)
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(2nd)[Note SUI]
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(2nd)
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| First qualifying round |  (1st)
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 (1st)
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 (1st)
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 BK Häcken (1st)
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 (1st)
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 (1st)
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 (1st)
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 Astana (1st)
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 (1st)
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 Olimpija Ljubljana (1st)
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 Shakhtyor Soligorsk (1st)
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 (1st)
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 Žalgiris (1st)
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 HJK (1st)
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 (1st)
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 Valmiera (1st)
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 Shamrock Rovers (1st)
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 (1st)
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 Larne (1st)
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 KÍ (1st)
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 Flora (1st)
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 Ħamrun Spartans (1st)
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 Dinamo Tbilisi (1st)
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 (1st)
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 The New Saints (1st)
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 Lincoln Red Imps (1st)
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| Preliminary round |  Breiðablik (1st)
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 (1st)
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 (1st)
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 Tre Penne (1st)
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Notes
- ^ Liechtenstein (LIE): The seven teams affiliated with the Liechtenstein Football Association (LFV) all play in the Swiss football league system. The only competition organised by the LFV is the Liechtenstein Football Cup – the winners of which qualify for the UEFA Europa Conference League.
- ^ 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.[6] The tables reflect Russia's ongoing suspension from UEFA competitions.[7]
- ^ Scotland (SCO): Celtic and Rangers have qualified for the Champions League as they will finish in the top two of the 2022–23 Scottish Premiership.
- ^ Switzerland (SUI): Young Boys have qualified for the Champions League as they will finish in the top two of the 2022–23 Swiss Super League.
Schedule
The schedule of the competition is as follows.[8][9][10] 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 August 2023 | 15 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 | |||
See also
- 2023–24 UEFA Europa League
- 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League
- 2024 UEFA Super Cup
- 2023–24 UEFA Women's Champions League
- 2023–24 UEFA Youth League
References
- ^ "Champions League final hosts for 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024". UEFA. 24 September 2019. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
- ^ "UEFA approves final format and access list for its club competitions as of the 2024/25 season". UEFA.com. 10 May 2022. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
- ^ "Regulations of the UEFA Champions League, 2023/24 Season". Nyon: UEFA. 2023. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
- ^ "Association coefficients 2021/22". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 27 July 2022. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
- ^ "Access list 2021–24" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 December 2018. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
- ^ "Ukraine crisis: Fifa and Uefa suspend all Russian clubs and national teams". BBC.co.uk. British Broadcasting Corporation. 28 February 2022. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
- ^ "UEFA decisions for upcoming competitions relating to the ongoing suspension of Russian national teams and clubs" (Press release). Nyon: UEFA. 2 May 2022. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
- ^ "2023/24 UEFA Champions League: Matches, final, key dates". UEFA. 1 November 2022. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
- ^ "International match calendar and access list for the 2023/24 season". UEFA Circular Letter. No. 65/2022. Union of European Football Associations. 26 September 2022. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
- ^ "2023 European football calendar: Match and draw dates for all UEFA competitions". UEFA. 20 December 2022. Retrieved 1 January 2023.