2017–18 UEFA Champions League

2017–18 UEFA Champions League
Tournament details
Dates	Qualifying:; 27 June – 23 August 2017; Competition proper:; 12 September 2017 – 26 May 2018
Teams	Competition proper: 32; Total: 79 (from 54 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Real Madrid (13th title)
Runners-up	Liverpool
Tournament statistics
Matches played	125
Goals scored	401 (3.21 per match)
Attendance	5,821,673 (46,573 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Cristiano Ronaldo (15 goals)
	← 2016–17 2018–19 → All statistics correct as of 2 May 2018.

The 2017–18 UEFA Champions League was the 63rd season of Europe's top club football tournament run by UEFA. It is the 26th season since it was renamed from the European Champion Clubs' Cup to the UEFA Champions League.

Group stage[change | change source]

Group A[change | change source]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	MU	BSL	CSKA	BEN
1	Manchester United	6	5	1	12	3	+9	15	Advance to knockout phase	—	3–0	2–1	2–0
2	Basel	6	4	2	11	5	+6	12	Advance to knockout phase	1–0	—	1–2	5–0
3	CSKA Moscow	6	3	3	8	10	−2	9	Transfer to Europa League	1–4	0–2	—	2–0
4	Benfica	6	0	6	1	14	−13	0		0–1	0–2	1–2	—

Source: UEFA

Group B[change | change source]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	PAR	BAY	CEL	AND
1	Paris Saint-Germain	6	5	1	25	4	+21	15^[a]	Advance to knockout phase	—	3–0	7–1	5–0
2	Bayern Munich	6	5	1	13	6	+7	15^[a]	Advance to knockout phase	3–1	—	3–0	3–0
3	Celtic	6	1	5	5	18	−13	3^[b]	Transfer to Europa League	0–5	1–2	—	0–1
4	Anderlecht	6	1	5	2	17	−15	3^[b]		0–4	1–2	0–3	—

Source: UEFA
Notes:

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Head-to-head results: Paris Saint-Germain 3–0 Bayern Munich, Bayern Munich 3–1 Paris Saint-Germain.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Head-to-head results: Anderlecht 0–3 Celtic, Celtic 0–1 Anderlecht.

Group C[change | change source]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	ROM	CHL	ATL	QRB
1	Roma	6	3	2	1	9	6	+3	11^[a]	Advance to knockout phase	—	3–0	0–0	1–0
2	Chelsea	6	3	2	1	16	8	+8	11^[a]	Advance to knockout phase	3–3	—	1–1	6–0
3	Atlético Madrid	6	1	4	1	5	4	+1	7	Transfer to Europa League	2–0	1–2	—	1–1
4	Qarabağ	6	0	2	4	2	14	−12	2		1–2	0–4	0–0	—

Source: UEFA
Notes:

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Head-to-head results: Chelsea 3–3 Roma, Roma 3–0 Chelsea.

Group D[change | change source]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	BAR	JUV	SPO	OLY
1	Barcelona	6	4	2	0	9	1	+8	14	Advance to knockout phase	—	3–0	2–0	3–1
2	Juventus	6	3	2	1	7	5	+2	11	Advance to knockout phase	0–0	—	2–1	2–0
3	Sporting CP	6	2	1	3	8	9	−1	7	Transfer to Europa League	0–1	1–1	—	3–1
4	Olympiacos	6	0	1	5	4	13	−9	1		0–0	0–2	2–3	—

Source: UEFA

Group E[change | change source]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	LIV	SEV	SPM	MRB
1	Liverpool	6	3	3	0	23	6	+17	12	Advance to knockout phase	—	2–2	7–0	3–0
2	Sevilla	6	2	3	1	12	12	0	9	Advance to knockout phase	3–3	—	2–1	3–0
3	Spartak Moscow	6	1	3	2	9	13	−4	6	Transfer to Europa League	1–1	5–1	—	1–1
4	Maribor	6	0	3	3	3	16	−13	3		0–7	1–1	1–1	—

Source: UEFA

Group F[change | change source]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	MC	SHK	NAP	FEY
1	Manchester City	6	5	1	14	5	+9	15	Advance to knockout phase	—	2–0	2–1	1–0
2	Shakhtar Donetsk	6	4	2	9	9	0	12	Advance to knockout phase	2–1	—	2–1	3–1
3	Napoli	6	2	4	11	11	0	6	Transfer to Europa League	2–4	3–0	—	3–1
4	Feyenoord	6	1	5	5	14	−9	3		0–4	1–2	2–1	—

Source: UEFA

Group G[change | change source]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	BES	POR	RBL	MON
1	Beşiktaş	6	4	2	0	11	5	+6	14	Advance to knockout phase	—	1–1	2–0	1–1
2	Porto	6	3	1	2	15	10	+5	10	Advance to knockout phase	1–3	—	3–1	5–2
3	RB Leipzig	6	2	1	3	10	11	−1	7	Transfer to Europa League	1–2	3–2	—	1–1
4	Monaco	6	0	2	4	6	16	−10	2		1–2	0–3	1–4	—

Source: UEFA

Group H[change | change source]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	TOT	RM	DOR	APO
1	Tottenham Hotspur	6	5	1	0	15	4	+11	16	Advance to knockout phase	—	3–1	3–1	3–0
2	Real Madrid	6	4	1	1	17	7	+10	13	Advance to knockout phase	1–1	—	3–2	3–0
3	Borussia Dortmund	6	0	2	4	7	13	−6	2^[a]	Transfer to Europa League	1–2	1–3	—	1–1
4	APOEL	6	0	2	4	2	17	−15	2^[a]		0–3	0–6	1–1	—

Source: UEFA
Notes:

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Head-to-head results: APOEL 1–1 Borussia Dortmund, Borussia Dortmund 1–1 APOEL (tied on head-to-head results, ranked on total goal difference).

Knockout stage[change | change source]

Qualified teams[change | change source]

Group	Winners (seeded in round of 16 draw)	Runners-up (unseeded in round of 16 draw)
A	Manchester United	Basel
B	Paris Saint-Germain	Bayern Munich
C	Roma	Chelsea
D	Barcelona	Juventus
E	Liverpool	Sevilla
F	Manchester City	Shakhtar Donetsk
G	Beşiktaş	Porto
H	Tottenham Hotspur	Real Madrid

Round of 16[change | change source]

The first legs were played on 13, 14, 20 and 21 February, and the second legs were played on 6, 7, 13 and 14 March 2018.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	Juventus	4–3	Tottenham Hotspur	2–2	2–1
Basel	2–5	Manchester City	0–4	2–1
Porto	0–5	Liverpool	0–5	0–0
Sevilla	2–1	Manchester United	0–0	2–1
Real Madrid	5–2	Paris Saint-Germain	3–1	2–1
Shakhtar Donetsk	2–2 (a)	Roma	2–1	0–1
Chelsea	1–4	Barcelona	1–1	0–3
Bayern Munich	8–1	Beşiktaş	5–0	3–1

Quarter-finals[change | change source]

The first legs were played on 3 and 4 April, and the second legs were played on 10 and 11 April 2018.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	Barcelona	4–4 (a)	Roma	4–1	0–3
Sevilla	1–2	Bayern Munich	1–2	0–0
Juventus	3–4	Real Madrid	0–3	3–1
Liverpool	5–1	Manchester City	3–0	2–1

Semi-finals[change | change source]

The first legs were played on 24 and 25 April, and the second legs were played on 1 and 2 May 2018.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	Bayern Munich	3–4	Real Madrid	1–2	2–2
Liverpool	7–6	Roma	5–2	2–4

Final[change | change source]

The final was played at the NSC Olimpiyskiy Stadium in Kyiv on 26 May 2018. The "home" team (for administrative purposes) was determined by an additional draw held after the semi-final draw.

26 May 2018

21:45 EEST

Real Madrid	3–1	Liverpool
Benzema 51' Bale 64', 83'	Report	Mané 55'

NSC Olimpiyskiy Stadium, Kyiv

Attendance: 61,561^[1]

Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)

Statistics[change | change source]

Statistics exclude qualifying rounds and play-off round.

Top goalscorers[change | change source]

Rank	Player	Team	Goals	Minutes played
1	Cristiano Ronaldo	Real Madrid	15	1170
2	Mohamed Salah	Liverpool	10	930
	Sadio Mané	Liverpool		940
	Roberto Firmino	Liverpool		1056
5	Wissam Ben Yedder	Sevilla	8	651
5	Edin Džeko	Roma	8	1078
7	Harry Kane	Tottenham Hotspur	7	597
7	Edinson Cavani	Paris Saint-Germain	7	680
9	Neymar	Paris Saint-Germain	6	630
9	Lionel Messi	Barcelona	6	783

Source:^[2]

Top assists[change | change source]

Rank	Player	Team	Assists	Minutes played
1	James Milner	Liverpool	9^[4]	874
2	Roberto Firmino	Liverpool	8	1056
3	Luis Suárez	Barcelona	5	884
4	Eden Hazard	Chelsea	4	611
	Neymar	Paris Saint-Germain		630
	Kevin De Bruyne	Manchester City		667
	Mohamed Salah	Liverpool		930
8	16 players		3	—

Source:^[5]

Squad of the Season[change | change source]

The UEFA technical study group selected the following 18 players as the squad of the tournament.^[6]

Pos.	Player	Team
GK	Keylor Navas	Real Madrid
GK	Alisson	Roma
DF	Joshua Kimmich	Bayern Munich
	Sergio Ramos	Real Madrid
	Marcelo	Real Madrid
	Giorgio Chiellini	Juventus
	Virgil van Dijk	Liverpool
	Raphaël Varane	Real Madrid
MF	Kevin De Bruyne	Manchester City
	Casemiro	Real Madrid
	Luka Modrić	Real Madrid
	Toni Kroos	Real Madrid
	James Rodríguez	Bayern Munich
FW	Edin Džeko	Roma
	Roberto Firmino	Liverpool
	Lionel Messi	Barcelona
	Cristiano Ronaldo	Real Madrid
	Mohamed Salah	Liverpool

References[change | change source]

↑ "Full Time Report Final – Real Madrid v Liverpool" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 26 May 2018. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
↑ "Statistics — Tournament phase — Players — Goals". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
↑ "Milner beats Champions League assists record". UEFA. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
↑ This total beats the record for the most assists in the Champions League.^[3]
↑ "Statistics — Tournament phase — Players — Goals (Assists)". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
↑ "UEFA Champions League Squad of the Season". UEFA.com. 27 May 2018.

Other websites[change | change source]

UEFA Champions League (official website)

[table_hth_PAR0.17901525189123-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Head-to-head results: Paris Saint-Germain 3–0 Bayern Munich, Bayern Munich 3–1 Paris Saint-Germain.

[table_hth_CEL0.17901525189123-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Head-to-head results: Anderlecht 0–3 Celtic, Celtic 0–1 Anderlecht.

[table_hth_ROM0.65653318430136-3] 1.0 ^1.1 Head-to-head results: Chelsea 3–3 Roma, Roma 3–0 Chelsea.

[table_hth_DOR0.77772843501425-4] 1.0 ^1.1 Head-to-head results: APOEL 1–1 Borussia Dortmund, Borussia Dortmund 1–1 APOEL (tied on head-to-head results, ranked on total goal difference).

[full_time-5] "Full Time Report Final – Real Madrid v Liverpool" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 26 May 2018. Retrieved 26 May 2018.

[6] "Statistics — Tournament phase — Players — Goals". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 2 May 2018.

[7] "Milner beats Champions League assists record". UEFA. Retrieved 24 April 2018.

[8] This total beats the record for the most assists in the Champions League.^[3]

[9] "Statistics — Tournament phase — Players — Goals (Assists)". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 2 May 2018.

[10] "UEFA Champions League Squad of the Season". UEFA.com. 27 May 2018.

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