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The 2018–19 UEFA Champions League was the 64th season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 27th season since it was renamed from the European Champion Clubs' Cup to the UEFA Champions League. For the first time, the video assistant referee (VAR) system was used in the competition from the round of 16 onward.[5]

2018–19 UEFA Champions League
The Metropolitano Stadium in Madrid hosted the final
Tournament details
DatesQualifying:
26 June – 29 August 2018
Competition proper:
18 September 2018 – 1 June 2019
TeamsCompetition proper: 32
Total: 79 (from 54 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsEngland Liverpool (6th title)
Runners-upEngland Tottenham Hotspur
Tournament statistics
Matches played125
Goals scored366 (2.93 per match)
Attendance6,163,044 (49,304 per match)
Top scorer(s)Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
12 goals
Best player(s)

The final was played at the Metropolitano Stadium in Madrid, Spain, between Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool, in the second all-English final after Manchester United beat Chelsea in 2008.[6] Liverpool won the match 2–0 to claim their sixth European Cup – becoming the third ever team to do so, behind Real Madrid in 1966, and Milan in 2003. The win gave Liverpool automatic qualification for the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League group stage and the right to play in the 2019 UEFA Super Cup and the 2019 FIFA Club World Cup, the latter two of which they won. As Chelsea and Arsenal also reached the 2019 UEFA Europa League final, this was the first season to have multiple finals of major European club competitions featuring teams from a single nation.[7][8]

Real Madrid, who had won four of the last five titles, including each of the last three, were eliminated by Ajax in the round of 16.[9] Although Ajax was eliminated in the semi-finals, they had played more matches than any other team in the tournament due to entering in the second qualifying round.

Format changes

On 9 December 2016, UEFA confirmed the reforming plan for the UEFA Champions League for the 2018–2021 cycle, which was announced on 26 August 2016.[10][11] As per the new regulations, the previous season's UEFA Europa League winners will qualify automatically for the UEFA Champions League group stage (previously they would qualify for the play-off round, but would be promoted to the group stage only if the Champions League title holder berth was vacated, although this promotion to the group stage had been made in all three seasons since it was established from 2015–2016). Meanwhile, the top four teams from the leagues of the four top-ranked national associations in the UEFA country coefficients list will qualify automatically for the group stage as well.[10] Only six teams will qualify for the group stage via the qualification rounds, down from ten in the previous season.[12]

This was also the first year to feature a preliminary round, in which the representatives of the four bottom-ranked national associations in the UEFA country coefficients contested single-legged semi-finals and a final to determine the final team to enter the first qualifying round.

Association team allocation

79 teams from 54 of the 55 UEFA member associations participated in the 2018–19 UEFA Champions League (the exception being Liechtenstein, which did not organise a domestic league). The association ranking based on the UEFA country coefficients was used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:[12][13]

  • Associations 1–4 each had four teams qualify.
  • Associations 5–6 each had three teams qualify.
  • Associations 7–15 each had two teams qualify.
  • Associations 16–55 (except Liechtenstein) each had one team qualify.
  • The winners of the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League and 2017–18 UEFA Europa League were each given an additional entry if they did not qualify for the 2018–19 UEFA Champions League through their domestic league.

Association ranking

For the 2018–19 UEFA Champions League, the associations were allocated places according to their 2017 UEFA country coefficients, which took into account their performance in European competitions from 2012–13 to 2016–17.[14]

Apart from the allocation based on the country coefficients, associations could have additional teams participating in the Champions League, as noted below:

  • (UCL) – Additional berth for the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League winners
  • (UEL) – Additional berth for the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League winners
Association ranking for 2018–19 UEFA Champions League
RankAssociationCoeff.Teams
1  Spain104.9984
2  Germany79.498
3  England75.962
4  Italy73.332
5  France56.6653
6  Russia50.532
7  Portugal49.3322
8  Ukraine42.633
9  Belgium42.400
10  Turkey39.200
11  Czech Republic33.175
12  Switzerland32.075
13  Netherlands31.063
14  Greece27.900
15  Austria25.350
16  Croatia25.2501
17  Romania24.350
18  Denmark24.000
19  Belarus19.875
RankAssociationCoeff.Teams
20  Poland19.7501
21  Sweden19.725
22  Israel19.375
23  Scotland18.925
24  Cyprus18.550
25  Norway18.325
26  Azerbaijan17.750
27  Bulgaria15.875
28  Serbia15.375
29  Kazakhstan15.250
30  Slovenia13.125
31  Slovakia11.750
32  Liechtenstein11.0000
33  Hungary9.5001
34  Moldova9.500
35  Iceland8.375
36  Finland7.650
37  Albania6.625
RankAssociationCoeff.Teams
38  Republic of Ireland6.5751
39  Bosnia and Herzegovina6.500
40  Georgia6.375
41  Latvia6.125
42  Macedonia5.625
43  Estonia5.250
44  Montenegro5.250
45  Armenia5.125
46  Luxembourg4.875
47  Northern Ireland4.500
48  Lithuania4.125
49  Malta4.000
50  Wales3.875
51  Faroe Islands3.500
52  Gibraltar2.500
53  Andorra1.165
54  San Marino0.333
55  Kosovo0.000

Distribution

In the default access list, the Champions League title holders qualified for the group stage.[15][12] However, since Real Madrid already qualified for the group stage via their domestic league (as third place of the 2017–18 La Liga), the following changes to the access list were made:[16]

  • The champions of association 11 (Czech Republic) entered the group stage instead of the play-off round.
  • The champions of association 13 (Netherlands) entered the play-off round instead of the third qualifying round.
  • The champions of association 15 (Austria) entered the third qualifying round instead of the second qualifying round.
  • The champions of associations 18 (Denmark) and 19 (Belarus) entered the second qualifying round instead of the first qualifying round.

In addition, the Europa League title holders qualified for the group stage.[15] However, since Atlético Madrid, the Europa League champions, already qualified for the group stage via their domestic league (as second place of the 2017–18 La Liga), the following changes to the access list were made:[16]

  • The third-placed team of association 5 (France) entered the group stage instead of the third qualifying round.
  • The runners-up of association 10 (Turkey) and 11 (Czech Republic) entered the third qualifying round instead of the second qualifying round.
Access list for 2018–19 UEFA Champions League
Teams entering in this roundTeams advancing from previous round
Preliminary round
(4 teams)
  • 4 champions from associations 52–55
First qualifying round
(32 teams)
  • 31 champions from associations 20–51 (except Liechtenstein)
  • 1 winner from the preliminary round
Second qualifying roundChampions Path
(20 teams)
  • 4 champions from associations 16–19
  • 16 winners from the first qualifying round
League Path
(4 teams)
  • 4 runners-up from associations 12–15
Third qualifying roundChampions Path
(12 teams)
  • 2 champions from associations 14–15
  • 10 winners from the second qualifying round (Champions Path)
League Path
(8 teams)
  • 5 runners-up from associations 7–11
  • 1 third-placed team from association 6
  • 2 winners from the second qualifying round (League Path)
Play-off roundChampions Path
(8 teams)
  • 2 champions from associations 12–13
  • 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)
  • 11 champions from associations 1–11
  • 6 runners-up from associations 1–6
  • 5 third-placed teams from associations 1–5
  • 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

Teams

League positions of the previous season shown in parentheses (TH: Champions League title holders; EL: Europa League title holders).[17]

Qualified teams for 2018–19 UEFA Champions League (by entry round)
Group stage
Real MadridTH (3rd) Borussia Dortmund (4th) Roma (3rd) Porto (1st)
Atlético MadridEL (2nd) Manchester City (1st) Inter Milan (4th) Shakhtar Donetsk (1st)
Barcelona (1st) Manchester United (2nd) Paris Saint-Germain (1st) Club Brugge (1st)
Valencia (4th) Tottenham Hotspur (3rd) Monaco (2nd)[Note FRA] Galatasaray (1st)
Bayern Munich (1st) Liverpool (4th) Lyon (3rd) Viktoria Plzeň (1st)
Schalke 04 (2nd) Juventus (1st) Lokomotiv Moscow (1st)
1899 Hoffenheim (3rd) Napoli (2nd) CSKA Moscow (2nd)
Play-off round
Champions PathLeague Path
Young Boys (1st) PSV Eindhoven (1st)
Third qualifying round
Champions PathLeague Path
AEK Athens (1st) Red Bull Salzburg (1st) Spartak Moscow (3rd) Standard Liège (2nd)
Benfica (2nd) Fenerbahçe (2nd)
Dynamo Kyiv (2nd) Slavia Prague (2nd)
Second qualifying round
Champions PathLeague Path
Dinamo Zagreb (1st) Midtjylland (1st) Basel (2nd) PAOK (2nd)
CFR Cluj (1st) BATE Borisov (1st) Ajax (2nd) Sturm Graz (2nd)
First qualifying round
Legia Warsaw (1st) Red Star Belgrade (1st) Kukësi (2nd)[Note ALB] Alashkert (1st)
Malmö FF (1st) Astana (1st) Cork City (1st) F91 Dudelange (1st)
Hapoel Be'er Sheva (1st) Olimpija Ljubljana (1st) Zrinjski Mostar (1st) Crusaders (1st)
Celtic (1st) Spartak Trnava (1st) Torpedo Kutaisi (1st) Sūduva Marijampolė (1st)
APOEL (1st) Vidi (1st) Spartaks Jūrmala (1st) Valletta (1st)
Rosenborg (1st) Sheriff Tiraspol (1st) Shkëndija (1st) The New Saints (1st)
Qarabağ (1st) Valur (1st) Flora Tallinn (1st) Víkingur Gøta (1st)
Ludogorets Razgrad (1st) HJK (1st) Sutjeska Nikšić (1st)
Preliminary round
Lincoln Red Imps (1st) FC Santa Coloma (1st) La Fiorita (1st) Drita (1st)
Notes

Round and draw dates

The schedule of the competition was as follows (all draws were held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, unless stated otherwise).[20]

Schedule for 2018–19 UEFA Champions League
PhaseRoundDraw dateFirst legSecond leg
QualifyingPreliminary round12 June 201826 June 2018 (semi-final round)29 June 2018 (final round)
First qualifying round19 June 201810–11 July 201817–18 July 2018
Second qualifying round24–25 July 201831 July – 1 August 2018
Third qualifying round23 July 20187–8 August 201814 August 2018
Play-offPlay-off round6 August 201821–22 August 201828–29 August 2018
Group stageMatchday 130 August 2018
(Monaco)		18–19 September 2018
Matchday 22–3 October 2018
Matchday 323–24 October 2018
Matchday 46–7 November 2018
Matchday 527–28 November 2018
Matchday 611–12 December 2018
Knockout phaseRound of 1617 December 201812–13 & 19–20 February 20195–6 & 12–13 March 2019
Quarter-finals15 March 20199–10 April 201916–17 April 2019
Semi-finals30 April – 1 May 20197–8 May 2019
Final1 June 2019 at Metropolitano Stadium, Madrid

From this season, there were staggered kick-off times in the group stage at 18:55 CET and 21:00 CET. Kick-off times starting from the knock-out phase were 21:00 CET.[15]

Qualifying rounds

In the qualifying and play-off rounds, teams were divided into seeded and unseeded teams based on their 2018 UEFA club coefficients,[21] and then drawn into two-legged home-and-away ties.

Preliminary round

In the preliminary round, teams were divided into seeded and unseeded teams based on their 2018 UEFA club coefficients,[21] and then drawn into one-legged semi-final and final ties. The draw for the preliminary round was held on 12 June 2018.[22] The semi-final round was played on 26 June, and the final round was played on 29 June 2018, both at the Victoria Stadium in Gibraltar.[23] The losers of both semi-final and final rounds entered the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round.

Team 1 Score Team 2
Semi-final round
FC Santa Coloma 0–2 (a.e.t.) Drita
La Fiorita 0–2 Lincoln Red Imps
Team 1 Score Team 2
Final round
Lincoln Red Imps 1–4 (a.e.t.) Drita

Drita's win on 26 June 2018 was the first time that a team representing Kosovo had won a game in any UEFA competition.

First qualifying round

The draw for the first qualifying round was held on 19 June 2018.[24] The first legs were played on 10 and 11 July, and the second legs were played on 17 and 18 July 2018. The losers entered the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round, except one team were drawn to receive a bye to the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League third qualifying round.

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Torpedo Kutaisi 2–4 Sheriff Tiraspol2–10–3
Shkëndija 5–4 The New Saints5–00–4
Sūduva Marijampolė 3–2 APOEL3–10–1
Olimpija Ljubljana 0–1 Qarabağ0–10–0
F91 Dudelange 2–3 Vidi1–11–2
Drita 0–5 Malmö FF0–30–2
Víkingur Gøta 2–5[A] HJK1–21–3
Ludogorets Razgrad 9–0 Crusaders7–02–0
Cork City 0–4[B] Legia Warsaw0–10–3
Valur 2–3 Rosenborg1–01–3
Kukësi 1–1 (a) Valletta0–01–1
Flora Tallinn 2–7 Hapoel Be'er Sheva1–41–3
Spartaks Jūrmala 0–2 Red Star Belgrade0–00–2
Alashkert 0–6 Celtic0–30–3
Spartak Trnava 2–1 Zrinjski Mostar1–01–1
Astana 3–0 Sutjeska Nikšić1–02–0

Notes

Second qualifying round

The second qualifying round was split into two separate sections: Champions Path (for league champions) and League Path (for league non-champions). The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 19 June 2018.[24] The first legs were played on 24 and 25 July, and the second legs were played on 31 July and 1 August 2018. The losers from both Champions Path and League Path entered the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League third qualifying round.

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Champions Path
Astana 2–1 Midtjylland2–10–0
Ludogorets Razgrad 0–1 Vidi0–00–1
Kukësi 0–3 Qarabağ0–00–3
CFR Cluj 1–2 Malmö FF0–11–1
Dinamo Zagreb 7–2 Hapoel Be'er Sheva5–02–2
Red Star Belgrade 5–0 Sūduva Marijampolė3–02–0
BATE Borisov 2–1 HJK0–02–1
Shkëndija 1–0 Sheriff Tiraspol1–00–0
Legia Warsaw 1–2 Spartak Trnava0–21–0
Celtic 3–1 Rosenborg3–10–0
Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
League Path
PAOK 5–1 Basel2–13–0
Ajax 5–1 Sturm Graz2–03–1

Third qualifying round

The third qualifying round was split into two separate sections: Champions Path (for league champions) and League Path (for league non-champions). The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 23 July 2018.[25] The first legs were played on 7 and 8 August, and the second legs were played on 14 August 2018. The losers from Champions Path entered the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League play-off round, while the losers from League Path entered the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League group stage.

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Champions Path
Celtic 2–3 AEK Athens1–11–2
Red Bull Salzburg 4–0 Shkëndija3–01–0
Red Star Belgrade 3–2 Spartak Trnava1–12–1 (a.e.t.)
Qarabağ 1–2 BATE Borisov0–11–1
Astana 0–3 Dinamo Zagreb0–20–1
Malmö FF 1–1 (a) Vidi1–10–0
Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
League Path
Standard Liège 2–5 Ajax2–20–3
Benfica 2–1 Fenerbahçe1–01–1
Slavia Prague 1–3 Dynamo Kyiv1–10–2
PAOK 3–2 Spartak Moscow3–20–0

Play-off round

The play-off round was split into two separate sections: Champions Path (for league champions) and League Path (for league non-champions). The draw for the play-off round was held on 6 August 2018.[26] The first legs were played on 21 and 22 August, and the second legs were played on 28 and 29 August. The losers from both Champions Path and League Path entered the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League group stage.

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Champions Path
Red Star Belgrade 2–2 (a) Red Bull Salzburg0–02–2
BATE Borisov 2–6 PSV Eindhoven2–30–3
Young Boys 3–2 Dinamo Zagreb1–12–1
Vidi 2–3 AEK Athens1–21–1
Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
League Path
Benfica 5–2 PAOK1–14–1
Ajax 3–1 Dynamo Kyiv3–10–0

Group stage

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Location of teams of the 2018–19 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 30 August 2018 at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco.[27] The 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four, with the restriction that teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other. For the draw, the teams were seeded into four pots based on the following principles (introduced starting this season):[13]

  • Pot 1 contained the Champions League and Europa League title holders, and the champions of the top six associations based on their 2017 UEFA country coefficients. If either or both title holders were one of the champions of the top six associations, the champions of the next highest ranked association(s) are also seeded into Pot 1.
  • Pot 2, 3 and 4 contained the remaining teams, seeded based on their 2018 UEFA club coefficients.[21]

In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners and runners-up advanced to the round of 16, while the third-placed teams entered the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League round of 32. The matchdays were 18–19 September, 2–3 October, 23–24 October, 6–7 November, 27–28 November, and 11–12 December 2018.

The youth teams of the clubs that qualified for the group stage also participated in the 2018–19 UEFA Youth League on the same matchdays, where they competed in the UEFA Champions League Path (the youth domestic champions of the top 32 associations competed in a separate Domestic Champions Path until the play-offs).

A total of fifteen national associations were represented in the group stage. 1899 Hoffenheim, Red Star Belgrade (1991 European champions) and Young Boys made their debut appearances in the group stage (although Red Star Belgrade had appeared in the European Cup group stage).

Group A

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification DOR ATM BRU MON
1 Borussia Dortmund6411102+813[a]Advance to knockout phase—4–00–03–0
2 Atlético Madrid641196+313[a]2–0—3–12–0
3 Club Brugge613265+16Transfer to Europa League0–10–0—1–1
4 Monaco6015214−1210–21–20–4—
Source: UEFA
Notes:

Group B

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification BAR TOT INT PSV
1 Barcelona6420145+914Advance to knockout phase—1–12–04–0
2 Tottenham Hotspur6222910−18[a]2–4—1–02–1
3 Inter Milan622267−18[a]Transfer to Europa League1–12–1—1–1
4 PSV Eindhoven6024613−721–22–21–2—
Source: UEFA
Notes:

Group C

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification PAR LIV NAP ZVE
1 Paris Saint-Germain6321179+811Advance to knockout phase—2–12–26–1
2 Liverpool630397+29[a]3–2—1–04–0
3 Napoli623175+29[a]Transfer to Europa League1–11–0—3–1
4 Red Star Belgrade6114517−1241–42–00–0—
Source: UEFA
Notes:

Group D

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification POR SCH GAL LOM
1 Porto6510156+916Advance to knockout phase—3–11–04–1
2 Schalke 04632164+2111–1—2–01–0
3 Galatasaray611458−34Transfer to Europa League2–30–0—3–0
4 Lokomotiv Moscow6105412−831–30–12–0—
Source: UEFA

Group E

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification BAY AJX BEN AEK
1 Bayern Munich6420155+1014Advance to knockout phase—1–15–12–0
2 Ajax6330115+6123–3—1–03–0
3 Benfica6213611−57Transfer to Europa League0–21–1—1–0
4 AEK Athens6006213−1100–20–22–3—
Source: UEFA

Group F

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification MC LYO SHK HOF
1 Manchester City6411166+1013Advance to knockout phase—1–26–02–1
2 Lyon61501211+182–2—2–22–2
3 Shakhtar Donetsk6132816−86Transfer to Europa League0–31–1—2–2
4 1899 Hoffenheim60331114−331–23–32–3—
Source: UEFA

Group G

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification RMA ROM PLZ CSKA
1 Real Madrid6402125+712Advance to knockout phase—3–02–10–3
2 Roma6303118+390–2—5–03–0
3 Viktoria Plzeň6213716−97[a]Transfer to Europa League0–52–1—2–2
4 CSKA Moscow621389−17[a]1–01–21–2—
Source: UEFA
Notes:

Group H

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification JUV MU VAL YB
1 Juventus640294+512Advance to knockout phase—1–21–03–0
2 Manchester United631274+3100–1—0–01–0
3 Valencia62226608Transfer to Europa League0–22–1—3–1
4 Young Boys6114412−842–10–31–1—
Source: UEFA

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

Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
              
Tottenham Hotspur314
Borussia Dortmund000
Tottenham Hotspur (a)134
Manchester City044
Schalke 04202
Manchester City3710
Tottenham Hotspur (a)033
Ajax123
Ajax145
Real Madrid213
Ajax123
Juventus112
Atlético Madrid202
Juventus033
Tottenham Hotspur0
Liverpool2
Manchester United (a)033
Paris Saint-Germain213
Manchester United000
Barcelona134
Lyon011
Barcelona055
Barcelona303
Liverpool044
Liverpool033
Bayern Munich011
Liverpool246
Porto011
Roma213
Porto (a.e.t.)134

Round of 16

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 17 December 2018.[28] The first legs were played on 12, 13, 19 and 20 February, and the second legs were played on 5, 6, 12 and 13 March 2019.

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Schalke 04 2–10 Manchester City2–30–7
Atlético Madrid 2–3 Juventus2–00–3
(a) Manchester United 3–3 Paris Saint-Germain0–23–1
Tottenham Hotspur 4–0 Borussia Dortmund3–01–0
Lyon 1–5 Barcelona0–01–5
Roma 3–4 Porto2–11–3 (a.e.t.)
Ajax 5–3 Real Madrid1–24–1
Liverpool 3–1 Bayern Munich0–03–1

Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 15 March 2019.[29] The first legs were played on 9 and 10 April, and the second legs were played on 16 and 17 April 2019.

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Ajax 3–2 Juventus1–12–1
Liverpool 6–1 Porto2–04–1
(a) Tottenham Hotspur 4–4 Manchester City1–03–4
Manchester United 0–4[A] Barcelona0–10–3

Notes

Semi-finals

The draw for the semi-finals was held on 15 March 2019 (after the quarter-final draw).[29] The first legs were played on 30 April and 1 May, and the second legs were played on 7 and 8 May 2019.

Liverpool staged an improbable 4–0 comeback win against Barcelona in a return leg fixture at Anfield, having lost the first leg to the Spanish side 3–0 at the Camp Nou. Meanwhile, Ajax were winning 3–0 on aggregate by the 54th minute of the second leg against Tottenham Hotspur, yet Spurs made a similarly dramatic comeback; with Ajax seconds away from the final, Lucas Moura completed his hat-trick in the 96th minute to seal the tie on the away goals rule. Both semifinals are considered among the greatest Champions League comebacks of all time.[30]

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
(a) Tottenham Hotspur 3–3 Ajax0–13–2
Barcelona 3–4 Liverpool3–00–4

Final

The final was played on 1 June 2019 at the Metropolitano Stadium in Madrid. The "home" team (for administrative purposes) was determined by an additional draw held after the quarter-final and semi-final draws.[29]

Tottenham Hotspur 0–2 Liverpool
Report
Attendance: 63,272[31]

Statistics

Statistics exclude qualifying rounds and play-off round.

Top goalscorers

Rank[32]PlayerTeamGoalsMinutes played
1 Lionel Messi Barcelona12837
2 Robert Lewandowski Bayern Munich8714
3 Sergio Agüero Manchester City6510
Cristiano Ronaldo Juventus749
Moussa Marega Porto840
Dušan Tadić Ajax1080
7 Andrej Kramarić 1899 Hoffenheim5481
Paulo Dybala Juventus518
Neymar Paris Saint-Germain532
Edin Džeko Roma570
Lucas Moura Tottenham Hotspur725
Harry Kane Tottenham Hotspur778
Raheem Sterling Manchester City871
Mohamed Salah Liverpool1058

Top assists

RankPlayerTeamAssistsMinutes played
1 Leroy Sané Manchester City5395
Luis Suárez Barcelona900
Jordi Alba Barcelona990
Dušan Tadić Ajax1080
5 Kevin De Bruyne Manchester City4247
Riyad Mahrez Manchester City388
Carlos Soler Valencia390
Edin Džeko Roma570
Kylian Mbappé Paris Saint-Germain701
Trent Alexander-Arnold Liverpool921

Squad of the season

On 2 June 2019, the UEFA technical study group selected the following 20 players as the squad of the tournament.[33]

Pos.PlayerTeam
GK Alisson Liverpool
Marc-André ter Stegen Barcelona
DF Trent Alexander-Arnold Liverpool
Virgil van Dijk Liverpool
Andrew Robertson Liverpool
Matthijs de Ligt Ajax
Jan Vertonghen Tottenham Hotspur
MF Kevin De Bruyne Manchester City
Moussa Sissoko Tottenham Hotspur
Hakim Ziyech Ajax
Frenkie de Jong Ajax
Tanguy Ndombele Lyon
Georginio Wijnaldum Liverpool
David Neres Ajax
Raheem Sterling Manchester City
FW Lucas Moura Tottenham Hotspur
Dušan Tadić Ajax
Lionel Messi Barcelona
Cristiano Ronaldo Juventus
Sadio Mané Liverpool

Players of the season

Votes were cast for players of the season by coaches of the 32 teams in the group stage, together with 55 journalists selected by the European Sports Media (ESM) group, representing each of UEFA's member associations. The coaches were not allowed to vote for players from their own teams. Jury members selected their top three players, with the first receiving five points, the second three and the third one. The shortlist of the top three players was announced on 8 August 2019.[34] The award winners were announced and presented during the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League group stage draw in Monaco on 29 August 2019.

See also

References

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