2013–14 UEFA Champions League
 The Estádio da Luz will host the final. | |
| Tournament details | |
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| Dates | 2 July – 28 August 2013 (qualifying) 17 September 2013 – 24 May 2014 (competition proper) |
| Teams | 32 (group stage) 76 (total) (from 52 associations) |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 110 |
| Goals scored | 322 (2.93 per match) |
| Attendance | 4,777,871 (43,435 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  Cristiano Ronaldo (13 goals) |
← 2012–13 2014–15 → | |
The 2013–14 UEFA Champions League is the 59th season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 22nd season since it was renamed from the European Champion Clubs' Cup to the UEFA Champions League.
The 2014 UEFA Champions League Final will be played at the Estádio da Luz in Lisbon, Portugal.[1] Bayern Munich are the defending champions.
For the first time, the clubs who qualified for the group stage also qualified for the newly formed 2013–14 UEFA Youth League, a competition available to players aged 19 or under.
Association team allocation
A total of 76 teams from 52 of the 54 UEFA member associations participate in the 2013–14 UEFA Champions League (the exceptions being Liechtenstein, which do not organise a domestic league, and Gibraltar, which should start participating in the 2014–15 season after being admitted as a UEFA member in May 2013).[2][3] The association ranking based on the UEFA country coefficients is used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:[4]
- Associations 1–3 each have four teams qualify.
- Associations 4–6 each have three teams qualify.
- Associations 7–15 each have two teams qualify.
- Associations 16–53 (except Liechtenstein) each have one team qualify.
The winners of the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League are given an additional entry as title holders if they do not qualify for the 2013–14 UEFA Champions League through their domestic league (because of the restriction that no association can have more than four teams playing in the Champions League, if the title holders are from the top three associations and finish outside the top four in their domestic league, the title holders' entry comes at the expense of the fourth-placed team of their association). However, this additional entry is not necessary for this season since the title holders qualified for the tournament through their domestic league.
Association ranking
For the 2013–14 UEFA Champions League, the associations are allocated places according to their 2012 UEFA country coefficients, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 2007–08 to 2011–12.[5][6]
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Distribution
Since the title holders (Bayern Munich) qualified for the Champions League group stage through their domestic league, the group stage spot reserved for the title holders is vacated, and the following changes to the default allocation system are made:[7][8]
- The champions of association 13 (Denmark) are promoted from the third qualifying round to the group stage.
- The champions of association 16 (Cyprus) are promoted from the second qualifying round to the third qualifying round.
- The champions of associations 48 (Northern Ireland) and 49 (Luxembourg) are promoted from the first qualifying round to the second qualifying round.
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| First qualifying round (4 teams) |
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| Second qualifying round (34 teams) |
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| Third qualifying round | Champions (20 teams) |
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| Non-champions (10 teams) |
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| Play-off round | Champions (10 teams) |
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| Non-champions (10 teams) |
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| Group stage (32 teams) |
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| Knockout phase (16 teams) |
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Teams
League positions of the previous season shown in parentheses (TH: Title holders).[9][10]
- Notes
- ^ Turkey (TUR): On 25 June 2013, Fenerbahçe were banned by UEFA from the 2013–14 UEFA club competitions because of the 2011 Turkish sports corruption scandal.[11][12] They appealed the ban to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, and on 18 July 2013 it was ruled that the ban should be temporarily lifted and they should be included in the qualifying round draws of the Champions League, until the final decision to be made before the end of August 2013.[13][14][15] Fenerbahçe competed in the Champions League qualifying rounds and lost in the play-off round. On 28 August 2013, the Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld UEFA's ban, meaning Fenerbahçe were banned from the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League.[16][17]
- ^ Ukraine (UKR): On 14 August 2013, Metalist Kharkiv were disqualified from the 2013–14 UEFA club competitions because of previous match-fixing.[18] UEFA decided to replace Metalist Kharkiv in the Champions League play-off round with PAOK, who were eliminated by Metalist Kharkiv in the third qualifying round.[19] Metalist Kharkiv made two urgent requests to the Court of Arbitration for Sport for temporary reinstatement until a final decision is reached, but both requests were rejected.[20][21][22][23][24][25] On 28 August 2013, the Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld UEFA's ban.[16][17]
Round and draw dates
All draws held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, unless stated otherwise.[7]
| Phase | Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
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| Qualifying | First qualifying round | 24 June 2013 | 2–3 July 2013 | 9–10 July 2013 |
| Second qualifying round | 16–17 July 2013 | 23–24 July 2013 | ||
| Third qualifying round | 19 July 2013 | 30–31 July 2013 | 6–7 August 2013 | |
| Play-off | Play-off round | 9 August 2013 | 20–21 August 2013 | 27–28 August 2013 |
| Group stage | Matchday 1 | 29 August 2013 (Monaco) |
17–18 September 2013 | |
| Matchday 2 | 1–2 October 2013 | |||
| Matchday 3 | 22–23 October 2013 | |||
| Matchday 4 | 5–6 November 2013 | |||
| Matchday 5 | 26–27 November 2013 | |||
| Matchday 6 | 10–11 December 2013 | |||
| Knockout phase | Round of 16 | 16 December 2013 | 18–19 & 25–26 February 2014 | 11–12 & 18–19 March 2014 |
| Quarter-finals | 21 March 2014 | 1–2 April 2014 | 8–9 April 2014 | |
| Semi-finals | 11 April 2014 | 22–23 April 2014 | 29–30 April 2014 | |
| Final | 24 May 2014 at Estádio da Luz, Lisbon | |||
Qualifying rounds
In the qualifying rounds and the play-off round, teams were divided into seeded and unseeded teams based on their 2013 UEFA club coefficients,[26][27][28] and then drawn into two-legged home-and-away ties. Teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other.
First qualifying round
The draws for the first and second qualifying rounds were held on 24 June 2013.[29] The first legs were played on 2 July, and the second legs were played on 9 July 2013.
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Shirak 
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3–1 |  Tre Penne
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3–0 | 0–1 |
Lusitanos 
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3–7 |  EB/Streymur
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2–2 | 1–5 |
Second qualifying round
The first legs were played on 16 and 17 July, and the second legs were played on 23 and 24 July 2013.
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Neftchi Baku 
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0–1 |  Skënderbeu Korçë
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0–0 | 0–1 (a.e.t.) |
Steaua București 
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5–1 |  Vardar
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3–0 | 2–1 |
Viktoria Plzeň 
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6–4 |  Željezničar
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4–3 | 2–1 |
Sheriff Tiraspol 
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6–1 |  Sutjeska Nikšić
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1–1 | 5–0 |
Birkirkara 
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0–2 |  Maribor
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0–0 | 0–2 |
Sligo Rovers 
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0–3 |  Molde
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0–1 | 0–2 |
Elfsborg 
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11–1 |  Daugava Daugavpils
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7–1 | 4–0 |
HJK 
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1–2 |  Nõmme Kalju
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0–0 | 1–2 |
Ekranas 
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1–3 |  FH
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0–1 | 1–2 |
The New Saints 
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1–4 |  Legia Warsaw
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1–3 | 0–1 |
Cliftonville 
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0–5[A] |  Celtic
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0–3 | 0–2 |
Fola Esch 
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0–6[A] |  Dinamo Zagreb
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0–5 | 0–1 |
Győr 
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1–4 |  Maccabi Tel Aviv
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0–2 | 1–2 |
BATE Borisov 
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0–2 |  Shakhter Karagandy
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0–1 | 0–1 |
| Shirak
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1–1 (a) |  Partizan
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1–1 | 0–0 |
Slovan Bratislava 
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2–4 |  Ludogorets Razgrad
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2–1 | 0–3 |
Dinamo Tbilisi 
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9–2 | EB/Streymur
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6–1 | 3–1 |
- Notes
Third qualifying round
The third qualifying round was split into two separate sections: one for champions and one for non-champions. The losing teams in both sections entered the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League play-off round.
The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 19 July 2013.[30] The first legs were played on 30 and 31 July, and the second legs were played on 6 and 7 August 2013.
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | |
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| Champions Route | |||||
Basel 
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4–3 | Maccabi Tel Aviv
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1–0 | 3–3 | |
| Molde
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1–1 (a) | Legia Warsaw
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1–1 | 0–0 | |
| Ludogorets Razgrad
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3–1 | Partizan
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2–1 | 1–0 | |
| Dinamo Tbilisi
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1–3 | Steaua București
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0–2 | 1–1 | |
APOEL 
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1–1 (a) | Maribor
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1–1 | 0–0 | |
| Celtic
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1–0 | Elfsborg
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1–0 | 0–0 | |
| Shakhter Karagandy
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5–3 | Skënderbeu Korçë
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3–0 | 2–3 | |
Austria Wien 
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1–0 | FH
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1–0 | 0–0 | |
| Nõmme Kalju
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2–10 | Viktoria Plzeň
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0–4 | 2–6 | |
| Dinamo Zagreb
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4–0 | Sheriff Tiraspol
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1–0 | 3–0 | |
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Nordsjælland 
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0–6 |  Zenit Saint Petersburg
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0–1 | 0–5 | |
| Red Bull Salzburg
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2–4 |  Fenerbahçe
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1–1 | 1–3 | |
PAOK 
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1–3 |  Metalist Kharkiv
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0–2 | 1–1 | |
PSV Eindhoven 
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5–0 |  Zulte Waregem
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2–0 | 3–0 | |
Lyon 
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2–0 | Grasshopper
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1–0 | 1–0 | |
Play-off round
The play-off round was split into two separate sections: one for champions and one for non-champions. The losing teams in both sections entered the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League group stage.
The draw for the play-off round was held on 9 August 2013.[31] The first legs were played on 20 and 21 August, and the second legs were played on 27 and 28 August 2013.
On 14 August 2013, Metalist Kharkiv were disqualified from the 2013–14 UEFA club competitions because of previous match-fixing.[18] UEFA decided to replace Metalist Kharkiv in the Champions League play-off round with PAOK, who were eliminated by Metalist Kharkiv in the third qualifying round.[19]
Red Bull Salzburg lodged a protest after being defeated by Fenerbahçe in the third qualifying round, but it was rejected by UEFA and the Court of Arbitration for Sport.[32]
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | |
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| Dinamo Zagreb
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3–4 | Austria Wien
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0–2 | 3–2 | |
| Ludogorets Razgrad
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2–6 | Basel
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2–4 | 0–2 | |
| Viktoria Plzeň
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4–1 | Maribor
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3–1 | 1–0 | |
| Shakhter Karagandy
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2–3 | Celtic
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2–0 | 0–3 | |
| Steaua București
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3–3 (a) | Legia Warsaw
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1–1 | 2–2 | |
| League Route | |||||
| Lyon
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0–4 |  Real Sociedad
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0–2 | 0–2 | |
Schalke 04 
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4–3 | PAOK
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1–1 | 3–2 | |
| Paços de Ferreira
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3–8 | Zenit Saint Petersburg
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1–4 | 2–4 | |
| PSV Eindhoven
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1–4 |  Milan
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1–1 | 0–3 | |
| Fenerbahçe
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0–5 |  Arsenal
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0–3 | 0–2 | |
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 in Monaco on 29 August 2013.[33] The 32 teams were allocated into four pots based on their 2013 UEFA club coefficients,[26][27][28] with the title holders, Bayern Munich, being placed in Pot 1 automatically. They were drawn into eight groups of four, with the restriction that teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other.
In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The matchdays were 17–18 September, 1–2 October, 22–23 October, 5–6 November, 26–27 November, and 10–11 December 2013. The group winners and runners-up advanced to the round of 16, while the third-placed teams entered the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League round of 32.
A total of 18 national associations were represented in the group stage. Austria Wien made their debut appearance in the group stage.[34]
Teams that qualify for the group stage also participate in the newly formed 2013–14 UEFA Youth League, a competition available to players aged 19 or under.
| Key to colours in group tables |
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| Group winners and runners-up advanced to the round of 16 |
| Third-placed teams entered the Europa League round of 32 |
See the detailed group stage page for tiebreakers if two or more teams are equal on points.
Group A
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| Bayer Leverkusen | — | 0–5 | 2–1 | 4–0 |
| Manchester United | 4–2 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Real Sociedad | 0–1 | 0–0 | — | 0–2 |
| Shakhtar Donetsk | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | — |
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Group B
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| Copenhagen | — | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| Galatasaray | 3–1 | — | 1–0 | 1–6 |
| Juventus | 3–1 | 2–2 | — | 2–2 |
| Real Madrid | 4–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | — |
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Group C
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| Anderlecht | — | 2–3 | 0–3 | 0–5 |
| Benfica | 2–0 | — | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Olympiacos | 3–1 | 1–0 | — | 1–4 |
| Paris Saint-Germain | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | — |
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Group D
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| BAY | CSK | MC | PLZ | |
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| Bayern Munich | — | 3–0 | 2–3 | 5–0 |
| CSKA Moscow | 1–3 | — | 1–2 | 3–2 |
| Manchester City | 1–3 | 5–2 | — | 4–2 |
| Viktoria Plzeň | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | — |
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Group E
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| BAS | CHE | SCH | STE | |
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| Basel | — | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| Chelsea | 1–2 | — | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| Schalke 04 | 2–0 | 0–3 | — | 3–0 |
| Steaua București | 1–1 | 0–4 | 0–0 | — |
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Group F
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| Arsenal | — | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| Borussia Dortmund | 0–1 | — | 3–0 | 3–1 |
| Marseille | 1–2 | 1–2 | — | 1–2 |
| Napoli | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | — |
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Group G
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| ATL | AUS | POR | ZEN | |
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| Atlético Madrid | — | 4–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 |
| Austria Wien | 0–3 | — | 0–1 | 4–1 |
| Porto | 1–2 | 1–1 | — | 0–1 |
| Zenit Saint Petersburg | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | — |
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Group H
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| Ajax | — | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Barcelona | 4–0 | — | 6–1 | 3–1 |
| Celtic | 2–1 | 0–1 | — | 0–3 |
| Milan | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | — |
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Knockout phase
In the knockout phase, teams will play 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 is as follows:
- In the draw for the round of 16, the eight group winners will be seeded, and the eight group runners-up will be unseeded. The seeded teams will be 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 will be no seedings, and teams from the same group or the same association can be drawn against each other.
Round of 16
The draw for the round of 16 was held on 16 December 2013.[35] The first legs were played on 18, 19, 25 and 26 February, and the second legs will be played on 11, 12, 18 and 19 March 2014.
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Manchester City
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1–4 | Barcelona
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0–2 | 1–2 |
| Olympiacos
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0-2* | Manchester United
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2–0 | 19 Mar |
| Milan
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1–5 | Atlético Madrid
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0–1 | 1–4 |
| Bayer Leverkusen
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1–6 | Paris Saint-Germain
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0–4 | 1–2 |
| Galatasaray
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1–3 | Chelsea
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1–1 | 0–2 |
| Schalke 04
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2–9 | Real Madrid
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1–6 | 1–3 |
| Zenit Saint Petersburg
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2-4* | Borussia Dortmund
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2–4 | 19 Mar |
| Arsenal
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1–3 | Bayern Munich
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0–2 | 1–1 |
- Second leg yet to be played
Quarter-finals
The draw for the quarter-finals will be held on 21 March 2014. The first legs will be played on 1 and 2 April, and the second legs will be played on 8 and 9 April 2014.
Semi-finals
The draw for the semi-finals and final (to determine the "home" team for administrative purposes) will be held on 11 April 2014. The first legs will be played on 22 and 23 April, and the second legs will be played on 29 and 30 April 2014.
Final
The final will be played on 24 May 2014 at the Estádio da Luz in Lisbon, Portugal.
Statistics
Statistics exclude qualifying rounds and play-off round.
Note: Players and teams in bold are still active in the competition.
Top goalscorers
Source:[36] |
Top assists
Source:[36] |
See also
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External links
- UEFA Champions League (official website)