2023–24 UEFA Champions League

69th season of the UEFA club football tournament

The 2023–24 UEFA Champions League is the 69th season of Europe's main club football competition, organized by UEFA. It's also the 32nd season since it was renamed from the European Champion Clubs' Cup to the UEFA Champions League.

2023–24 UEFA Champions League
Wembley Stadium in London will host the final.
Tournament details
DatesQualifying:
27 June – 30 August 2023
Competition proper:
19 September 2023 – 1 June 2024
TeamsCompetition proper: 32
Total: 78 (from 53 associations)
Tournament statistics
Matches played108
Goals scored322 (2.98 per match)
Attendance5,372,489 (49,745 per match)
Top scorer(s)Erling Haaland (Manchester City)
Harry Kane (Bayern Munich)
Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint-Germain)
6 goals each
All statistics correct as of 6 March 2024.

The final game will be held at Wembley Stadium in London, England.[1] The team that wins this competition will automatically get a spot in the 2024–25 UEFA Champions League and will play against the winners of the 2023–24 UEFA Europa League in the 2024 UEFA Super Cup. They will also take part in the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup in the United States. This is the last season with the current format of 32 teams in the group stage. UEFA has announced that they will change the format for the next season.[2]

Manchester City is the current champion, having won their first-ever title in the previous season.

Teams

The labels in the brackets explain how each team got into the initial rounds:

  • TH: Teams that won the Champions League
  • EL: Teams that won the Europa League
  • 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th: Teams that finished in these positions in the league in the last season

The early rounds are split into two paths: the Champions Path (CH) and the League Path (LP).

Qualified teams for 2023–24 UEFA Champions League
Entry roundTeams
Group stage Manchester City (1st)TH Sevilla (EL) Arsenal (2nd) Manchester United (3rd)
Newcastle United (4th) Barcelona (1st) Real Madrid (2nd) Atlético Madrid (3rd)
Real Sociedad (4th) Napoli (1st) Lazio (2nd) Inter Milan (3rd)
Milan (4th) Bayern Munich (1st) Borussia Dortmund (2nd) RB Leipzig (3rd)
Union Berlin (4th) Paris Saint-Germain (1st) Lens (2nd) Benfica (1st)
Porto (2nd) Feyenoord (1st) Red Bull Salzburg (1st) Celtic (1st)
Red Star Belgrade (1st) Shakhtar Donetsk (1st)
Play-off roundCH Antwerp (1st) Young Boys (1st)
Third qualifying roundCH AEK Athens (1st) Sparta Prague (1st)
LP Marseille (3rd) Braga (3rd) PSV Eindhoven (2nd) Sturm Graz (2nd)
Rangers (2nd) TSC (2nd)
Second qualifying roundCH Molde (1st) Copenhagen (1st) Dinamo Zagreb (1st) Galatasaray (1st)
Aris Limassol (1st)
LP Dnipro-1 (2nd) Genk (2nd) Servette (2nd) Panathinaikos (2nd)
First qualifying round Maccabi Haifa (1st) BK Häcken (1st) Ludogorets Razgrad (1st) Farul Constanța (1st)
Qarabağ (1st) Ferencváros (1st) Raków Częstochowa (1st) Astana (1st)
Slovan Bratislava (1st) Olimpija Ljubljana (1st) BATE Borisov (3rd) Sheriff Tiraspol (1st)
Žalgiris (1st) Zrinjski Mostar (1st) HJK (1st) Swift Hesperange (1st)
Valmiera (1st) Ballkani (1st) Shamrock Rovers (1st) Urartu (1st)
Larne (1st) Partizani (1st) (1st) Flora (1st)
Ħamrun Spartans (1st) Dinamo Tbilisi (1st) Struga (1st) The New Saints (1st)
Lincoln Red Imps (1st)
Preliminary round Breiðablik (1st) Budućnost Podgorica (1st) Atlètic Club d'Escaldes (1st) Tre Penne (1st)


Group stage

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification BAY CPH GAL MUN
1 Bayern Munich6510126+616Advance to knockout phase0–02–14–3
2 Copenhagen622288081–21–04–3
3 Galatasaray61231013−35Transfer to Europa League1–32–23–3
4 Manchester United61141215−340–11–02–3
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification ARS PSV LEN SEV
1 Arsenal6411164+1213Advance to knockout phase4–06–02–0
2 PSV Eindhoven6231810−291–11–02–2
3 Lens6222611−58Transfer to Europa League2–11–12–1
4 Sevilla6024712−521–22–31–1
Source: UEFA

Group C

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification RMA NAP BRA UBE
1 Real Madrid6600167+918Advance to knockout phase4–23–01–0
2 Napoli6312109+1102–32–01–1
3 Braga6114612−64Transfer to Europa League1–21–21–1
4 Union Berlin6024610−422–30–12–3
Source: UEFA

Group D

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification RSO INT BEN SAL
1 Real Sociedad633072+512[a]Advance to knockout phase1–13–10–0
2 Inter Milan633085+312[a]0–01–02–1
3 Benfica6114711−44[b]Transfer to Europa League0–13–30–2
4 Red Bull Salzburg611448−44[b]0–20–11–3
Source: UEFA
Notes:

Group E

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification ATM LAZ FEY CEL
1 Atlético Madrid6420176+1114Advance to knockout phase2–03–26–0
2 Lazio6312770101–11–02–0
3 Feyenoord6204910−16Transfer to Europa League1–33–12–0
4 Celtic6114515−1042–21–22–1
Source: UEFA

Group F

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification DOR PAR MIL NEW
1 Borussia Dortmund632174+311Advance to knockout phase1–10–02–0
2 Paris Saint-Germain622298+18[a]2–03–01–1
3 Milan622258−38[a]Transfer to Europa League1–32–10–0
4 Newcastle United612367−150–14–11–2
Source: UEFA
Notes:

Group G

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification MCI RBL YB ZVE
1 Manchester City6600187+1118Advance to knockout phase3–23–03–1
2 RB Leipzig64021310+3121–32–13–1
3 Young Boys6114713−64Transfer to Europa League1–31–32–0
4 Red Star Belgrade6015715−812–31–22–2
Source: UEFA

Group H

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification BAR POR SHK ANT
1 Barcelona6402126+612[a]Advance to knockout phase2–12–15–0
2 Porto6402158+712[a]0–15–32–0
3 Shakhtar Donetsk63031012−29Transfer to Europa League1–01–31–0
4 Antwerp6105617−1133–21–42–3
Source: UEFA
Notes:

Final

TBD v TBD

References