2018–19 UEFA Champions League

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2018–19 UEFA Champions League
The Wanda Metropolitano in Madrid will host 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)
Tournament statistics
Matches played32
Goals scored94 (2.94 per match)
Attendance1,436,519 (44,891 per match)
Top scorer(s)Argentina Lionel Messi (5 goals)
All statistics correct as of 3 October 2018.

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.

The final was played at the Wanda Metropolitano in Madrid, Spain.[1] The final was played between two English clubs, Liverpool and Tottenham. Liverpool beat Tottenham 2–0 with goals from Mohamed Salah and Divock Origi. This brought Liverpool to there 6th European Champion Clubs' Cup / UEFA Champions League. Liverpool have won the most European Champion Clubs' Cup and UEFA Champions League than any other British Club.[2]

Teams[change | change source]

League positions of the previous season shown in parentheses (TH: Champions League title holders; EL: Europa League title holders).[3][4][5]

Group stage
Spain Barcelona (1st) Germany Borussia Dortmund (4th) Italy Roma (3rd) Portugal Porto (1st)
Spain Atlético Madrid (2nd)EL England Manchester City (1st) Italy Internazionale (4th) Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk (1st)
Spain Real Madrid (3rd) England Manchester United (2nd) France Paris Saint-Germain (1st) Belgium Club Brugge (1st)
Spain Valencia (4th) England Tottenham Hotspur (3rd) France Monaco (2nd)[Note FRA] Turkey Galatasaray (1st)
Germany Bayern Munich (1st) England Liverpool (4th) France Lyon (3rd) Czech Republic Viktoria Plzeň (1st)
Germany Schalke 04 (2nd) Italy Juventus (1st) Russia Lokomotiv Moscow (1st)
Germany 1899 Hoffenheim (3rd) Italy Napoli (2nd) Russia CSKA Moscow (2nd)
Play-off round
Champions Path League Path
Switzerland Young Boys (1st) Netherlands PSV Eindhoven (1st)
Third qualifying round
Champions Path League Path
Greece AEK Athens (1st) Austria Red Bull Salzburg (1st) Russia Spartak Moscow (3rd) Belgium Standard Liège (2nd)
Portugal Benfica (2nd) Turkey Fenerbahçe (2nd)
Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv (2nd) Czech Republic (2nd)
Second qualifying round
Champions Path League Path
Romania CFR Cluj (1st) Denmark Midtjylland (1st) Switzerland Basel (2nd) Greece PAOK (2nd)
Croatia Dinamo Zagreb (1st) Belarus BATE Borisov (1st) Netherlands Ajax (2nd) Austria Sturm Graz (2nd)
First qualifying round
Poland Legia Warsaw (1st) Serbia Red Star Belgrade (1st) Albania Kukësi (2nd)[Note ALB] Armenia Alashkert (1st)
Sweden Malmö FF (1st) Kazakhstan Astana (1st) Republic of Ireland Cork City (1st) Luxembourg F91 Dudelange (1st)
Israel Hapoel Be'er Sheva (1st) Slovenia (1st) Bosnia and Herzegovina Zrinjski Mostar (1st) Northern Ireland Crusaders (1st)
Scotland Celtic (1st) Slovakia Spartak Trnava (1st) Georgia (country) Torpedo Kutaisi (1st) Lithuania Sūduva Marijampolė (1st)
Cyprus APOEL (1st) Hungary (1st) Latvia Spartaks Jūrmala (1st) Malta Valletta (1st)
Norway Rosenborg (1st) Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol (1st) Republic of Macedonia Shkëndija (1st) Wales The New Saints (1st)
Azerbaijan Qarabağ (1st) Iceland Valur (1st) Estonia Flora Tallinn (1st) Faroe Islands Víkingur Gøta (1st)
Bulgaria Ludogorets Razgrad (1st) Finland HJK (1st) Montenegro Sutjeska Nikšić (1st)
Preliminary round
Gibraltar Lincoln Red Imps (1st) Andorra FC Santa Coloma (1st) San Marino (1st) Kosovo Drita (1st)
Notes
  1. ^ Albania (ALB): In March 2018, Skënderbeu Korçë was handed a 10-year ban from UEFA club competitions over match fixing.[6] Since they finished as champions of the 2017–18 Albanian Superliga, Kukësi, the runners-up of the league, will enter the 2018–19 UEFA Champions League instead of the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League.
  2. ^ France (FRA): Monaco is a club based in Monaco (which is not a UEFA member), but participates in the Champions League through one of the berths for France (any coefficient points they earn count towards France's total).

Round and draw dates[change | change source]

The schedule of the competition is as follows (all draws are held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, unless stated otherwise).[7]

Stage Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Preliminary Preliminary round 12 June 2018 26 June 2018 (semi-final round) 29 June 2018 (final round)
Qualifying First qualifying round 19 June 2018 10–11 July 2018 17–18 July 2018
Second qualifying round 24–25 July 2018 31 July – 1 August 2018
Third qualifying round 23 July 2018 7–8 August 2018 14 August 2018
Play-off Play-off round 6 August 2018 21–22 August 2018 28–29 August 2018
Group stage Matchday 1 30 August 2018
(Monaco) 		18–19 September 2018
Matchday 2 2–3 October 2018
Matchday 3 23–24 October 2018
Matchday 4 6–7 November 2018
Matchday 5 27–28 November 2018
Matchday 6 11–12 December 2018
Knockout phase Round of 16 17 December 2018 12–13 & 19–20 February 2019 5–6 & 12–13 March 2019
Quarter-finals 15 March 2019 9–10 April 2019 16–17 April 2019
Semi-finals 19 April 2019 30 April – 1 May 2019 7–8 May 2019
Final 1 June 2019 at Wanda Metropolitano, Madrid

From this season, there will be staggered kick-off times – 18:55 CET and 21:00 CET.[3]

Group stage[change | change source]

See the main article: 2018–19 UEFA Champions League group stage

The draw for the group stage will be held on 30 August 2018 at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco. The 32 teams are drawn into eight groups of four, with the restriction that teams from the same association cannot be drawn against each other. For the draw, the teams are seeded into four pots based on the following principles (introduced starting this season):[8]

  • Pot 1 contains 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 are 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 contain the remaining teams, seeded based on their 2018 UEFA club coefficients.

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

A total of 32 teams play in the group stage: 26 teams which enter in this stage, and the six winners of the play-off round (four from Champions Path, two from League Path).

Group A[change | change source]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification DOR ATM BRU MON
1 Germany Borussia Dortmund 6 4 1 1 10 2 +8 13[a] Advance to knockout phase — 4–0 0–0 3–0
2 Spain Atlético Madrid 6 4 1 1 9 6 +3 13[a] 2–0 — 3–1 2–0
3 Belgium Club Brugge 6 1 3 2 6 5 +1 6 Transfer to Europa League 0–1 0–0 — 1–1
4 France Monaco 6 0 1 5 2 14 −12 1 0–2 1–2 0–4 —
Source: UEFA
Notes:
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Head-to-head goal difference: Borussia Dortmund +2, Atlético Madrid –2.

Group B[change | change source]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BAR TOT INT PSV
1 Spain Barcelona 6 4 2 0 14 5 +9 14 Advance to knockout phase — 1–1 2–0 4–0
2 England Tottenham Hotspur 6 2 2 2 9 10 −1 8[a] 2–4 — 1–0 2–1
3 Italy Inter Milan 6 2 2 2 6 7 −1 8[a] Transfer to Europa League 1–1 2–1 — 1–1
4 Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 6 0 2 4 6 13 −7 2 1–2 2–2 1–2 —
Source: UEFA
Notes:
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Head-to-head away goals: Tottenham Hotspur 1, Inter Milan 0.

Group C[change | change source]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification PAR LIV NAP ZVE
1 France Paris Saint-Germain 6 3 2 1 17 9 +8 11 Advance to knockout phase — 2–1 2–2 6–1
2 England Liverpool 6 3 0 3 9 7 +2 9[a] 3–2 — 1–0 4–0
3 Italy Napoli 6 2 3 1 7 5 +2 9[a] Transfer to Europa League 1–1 1–0 — 3–1
4 Serbia Red Star Belgrade 6 1 1 4 5 17 −12 4 1–4 2–0 0–0 —
Source: UEFA
Notes:
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Goals in all group matches: Liverpool 9, Napoli 7.

Group D[change | change source]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification POR SCH GAL LOM
1 Portugal Porto 6 5 1 0 15 6 +9 16 Advance to knockout phase — 3–1 1–0 4–1
2 Germany Schalke 04 6 3 2 1 6 4 +2 11 1–1 — 2–0 1–0
3 Turkey Galatasaray 6 1 1 4 5 8 −3 4 Transfer to Europa League 2–3 0–0 — 3–0
4 Russia Lokomotiv Moscow 6 1 0 5 4 12 −8 3 1–3 0–1 2–0 —
Source: UEFA

Group E[change | change source]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BAY AJX BEN AEK
1 Germany Bayern Munich 6 4 2 0 15 5 +10 14 Advance to knockout phase — 1–1 5–1 2–0
2 Netherlands Ajax 6 3 3 0 11 5 +6 12 3–3 — 1–0 3–0
3 Portugal Benfica 6 2 1 3 6 11 −5 7 Transfer to Europa League 0–2 1–1 — 1–0
4 Greece AEK Athens 6 0 0 6 2 13 −11 0 0–2 0–2 2–3 —
Source: UEFA

Group F[change | change source]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MC LYO SHK HOF
1 England Manchester City 6 4 1 1 16 6 +10 13 Advance to knockout phase — 1–2 6–0 2–1
2 France Lyon 6 1 5 0 12 11 +1 8 2–2 — 2–2 2–2
3 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk 6 1 3 2 8 16 −8 6 Transfer to Europa League 0–3 1–1 — 2–2
4 Germany 1899 Hoffenheim 6 0 3 3 11 14 −3 3 1–2 3–3 2–3 —
Source: UEFA

Group G[change | change source]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification RMA ROM PLZ CSKA
1 Spain Real Madrid 6 4 0 2 12 5 +7 12 Advance to knockout phase — 3–0 2–1 0–3
2 Italy Roma 6 3 0 3 11 8 +3 9 0–2 — 5–0 3–0
3 Czech Republic Viktoria Plzeň 6 2 1 3 7 16 −9 7[a] Transfer to Europa League 0–5 2–1 — 2–2
4 Russia CSKA Moscow 6 2 1 3 8 9 −1 7[a] 1–0 1–2 1–2 —
Source: UEFA
Notes:
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Head-to-head points: Viktoria Plzeň 4, CSKA Moscow 1.

Group H[change | change source]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification JUV MU VAL YB
1 Italy Juventus 6 4 0 2 9 4 +5 12 Advance to knockout phase — 1–2 1–0 3–0
2 England Manchester United 6 3 1 2 7 4 +3 10 0–1 — 0–0 1–0
3 Spain Valencia 6 2 2 2 6 6 0 8 Transfer to Europa League 0–2 2–1 — 3–1
4 Switzerland Young Boys 6 1 1 4 4 12 −8 4 2–1 0–3 1–1 —
Source: UEFA

Knockout stage[change | change source]

In the knockout stage, teams 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 are seeded, and the eight group runners-up are unseeded. The seeded teams are 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 are no seedings, and teams from the same group or the same association can be drawn against each other.

Round of 16[change | change source]

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

Quarter-finals[change | change source]

The draw for the quarter-finals will be held on 15 March 2019. The first legs will be played on 9 and 10 April, and the second legs will be played on 16 and 17 April 2019.

Semi-finals[change | change source]

The draw for the semi-finals will be held on 19 April 2019. The first legs will be played on 30 April and 1 May, and the second legs will be played on 7 and 8 May 2019.

Final[change | change source]

See the main article: 2019 UEFA Champions League Final

The final will be played on 1 June 2019 at the Wanda Metropolitano in Madrid. The "home" team (for administrative purposes) will be determined by an additional draw held after the semi-final draw.

References[change | change source]

  1. ↑ "Madrid's Estadio Metropolitano to host 2019 Champions League final". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 20 September 2017. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  2. ↑ Taylor, Daniel (June 2019). "Liverpool win Champions League final after Salah and Origi sink Tottenham". The Observer.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Champions League and Europa League changes next season". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 27 February 2018. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  4. ↑ Kassies, Bert (4 March 2018). "Qualification for European Cup Football 2018/2019". kassiesA. Archived from the original on 14 June 2018. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
  5. ↑ Football seeding (17 May 2018). "Access list for 2018-19".
  6. ↑ "Albania's Skenderbeu handed 10-year ban over match-fixing in worst ever UEFA punishment". Tirana Times. 29 March 2018.
  7. ↑ "2018/19 Champions League match and draw calendar". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 9 January 2018. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  8. ↑ "2018/19 UEFA Champions League regulations" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 10 May 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2018.

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