2023–24 UEFA Champions League

2023–24 UEFA Champions League
	Wembley Stadium in London will host the final.
Tournament details
Dates	Qualifying:; 27 June – 30 August 2023; Competition proper:; 19 September 2023 – 1 June 2024
Teams	Competition proper: 32; Total: 78 (from 53 associations)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	48 (3 per match)
Attendance	768,124 (48,008 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Julián Álvarez (Manchester City); Casemiro (Manchester United); Galeno (Porto); João Félix (Barcelona); 2 goals each
	← 2022–23 2024–25 → All statistics correct as of 20 September 2023.

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.

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[change | change source]

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 round		Teams
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 round	CH	Antwerp (1st)	Young Boys (1st)

Third qualifying round	CH	AEK Athens (1st)	Sparta Prague (1st)
	LP	Marseille (3rd)	Braga (3rd)	PSV Eindhoven (2nd)	Sturm Graz (2nd)
	LP	Rangers (2nd)	TSC (2nd)

Second qualifying round	CH	Molde (1st)	Copenhagen (1st)	Dinamo Zagreb (1st)	Galatasaray (1st)
	CH	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)	KÍ (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[change | change source]

Group A[change | change source]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	BAY	CPH	GAL	MUN
1	Bayern Munich	1	1	0	0	4	3	+1	3	Advance to knockout phase	—	29 Nov	8 Nov	4–3
2	Copenhagen	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	1^[a]	Advance to knockout phase	3 Oct	—	12 Dec	8 Nov
3	Galatasaray	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	1^[a]	Transfer to Europa League	24 Oct	2–2	—	29 Nov
4	Manchester United	1	0	0	1	3	4	−1	0		12 Dec	24 Oct	3 Oct	—

Updated to match(es) played on 20 September 2023. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Overall away goals scored: Copenhagen 2, Galatasaray 0.

Group B[change | change source]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	ARS	LEN	SEV	PSV
1	Arsenal	1	1	0	0	4	0	+4	3	Advance to knockout phase	—	29 Nov	8 Nov	4–0
2	Lens	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1^[a]	Advance to knockout phase	3 Oct	—	12 Dec	24 Oct
3	Sevilla	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1^[a]	Transfer to Europa League	24 Oct	1–1	—	29 Nov
4	PSV Eindhoven	1	0	0	1	0	4	−4	0		12 Dec	8 Nov	29 Nov	—

Updated to match(es) played on 20 September 2023. Source: UEFA
Notes:

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Overall away goals scored: Lens 1, Sevilla 0.

Group C[change | change source]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	NAP	RMA	BRA	UBE
1	Napoli	1	1	0	2	1	+1	3	Advance to knockout phase	—	3 Oct	13 Dec	8 Nov
2	Real Madrid	1	1	0	1	0	+1	3	Advance to knockout phase	29 Nov	—	8 Nov	1–0
3	Braga	1	0	1	1	2	−1	0	Transfer to Europa League	1–2	24 Oct	—	29 Nov
4	Union Berlin	1	0	1	0	1	−1	0		24 Oct	12 Dec	3 Oct	—

Updated to match(es) played on 20 September 2023. Source: UEFA

Group D[change | change source]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	SAL	INT	RSO	BEN
1	Red Bull Salzburg	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	3	Advance to knockout phase	—	8 Nov	3 Oct	12 Dec
2	Inter Milan	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1^[a]	Advance to knockout phase	24 Oct	—	12 Dec	3 Oct
3	Real Sociedad	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1^[a]	Transfer to Europa League	29 Nov	1–1	—	8 Nov
4	Benfica	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	0		0–2	29 Nov	24 Oct	—

Updated to match(es) played on 20 September 2023. Source: UEFA
Notes:

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Overall away goals scored: Inter Milan 1, Real Sociedad 0.

Group E[change | change source]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	FEY	ATM	LAZ	CEL
1	Feyenoord	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	3	Advance to knockout phase	—	28 Nov	25 Oct	2–0
2	Atlético Madrid	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1^[a]	Advance to knockout phase	4 Oct	—	13 Dec	7 Nov
3	Lazio	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1^[a]	Transfer to Europa League	7 Nov	1–1	—	28 Nov
4	Celtic	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	0		13 Dec	25 Oct	4 Oct	—

Updated to match(es) played on 19 September 2023. Source: UEFA
Notes:

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Overall away goals scored: Atlético Madrid 1, Lazio 0.

Group F[change | change source]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	PAR	NEW	MIL	DOR
1	Paris Saint-Germain	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	3	Advance to knockout phase	—	28 Nov	25 Oct	2–0
2	Newcastle United	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1^[a]	Advance to knockout phase	4 Oct	—	13 Dec	25 Oct
3	Milan	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1^[a]	Transfer to Europa League	7 Nov	0–0	—	28 Nov
4	Borussia Dortmund	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	0		13 Dec	7 Nov	4 Oct	—

Updated to match(es) played on 19 September 2023. Source: UEFA
Notes:

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Disciplinary points: Newcastle United 1, Milan 4.

Group G[change | change source]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	RBL	MCI	ZVE	YB
1	RB Leipzig	1	1	0	3	1	+2	3^[a]	Advance to knockout phase	—	4 Oct	25 Oct	13 Dec
2	Manchester City	1	1	0	3	1	+2	3^[a]	Advance to knockout phase	28 Nov	—	3–1	7 Nov
3	Red Star Belgrade	1	0	1	1	3	−2	0^[b]	Transfer to Europa League	7 Nov	13 Dec	—	4 Oct
4	Young Boys	1	0	1	1	3	−2	0^[b]		1–3	25 Oct	28 Nov	—

Updated to match(es) played on 19 September 2023. Source: UEFA
Notes:

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Overall away goals scored: RB Leipzig 3, Manchester City 0.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Overall away goals scored: Red Star Belgrade 1, Young Boys 0.

Group H[change | change source]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	BAR	POR	SHK	ANT
1	Barcelona	1	1	0	5	0	+5	3	Advance to knockout phase	—	28 Nov	25 Oct	5–0
2	Porto	1	1	0	3	1	+2	3	Advance to knockout phase	4 Oct	—	13 Dec	7 Nov
3	Shakhtar Donetsk	1	0	1	1	3	−2	0	Transfer to Europa League	7 Nov	1–3	—	28 Nov
4	Antwerp	1	0	1	0	5	−5	0		13 Dec	25 Oct	4 Oct	—

Updated to match(es) played on 19 September 2023. Source: UEFA

Final[change | change source]

1 June 2024

21:00 CEST

TBD	v	TBD

Wembley Stadium, London

References[change | change source]

↑ "Champions League final hosts for 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024". UEFA. 24 September 2019. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
↑ "UEFA approves final format and access list for its club competitions as of the 2024/25 season". UEFA.com. 10 May 2022. Retrieved 21 April 2023.

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[table_hth_CPH0.76998555882368-3] 1.0 ^1.1 Overall away goals scored: Copenhagen 2, Galatasaray 0.

[table_hth_LEN0.19902776889458-4] 1.0 ^1.1 Overall away goals scored: Lens 1, Sevilla 0.

[table_hth_INT0.966121749471-5] 1.0 ^1.1 Overall away goals scored: Inter Milan 1, Real Sociedad 0.

[table_hth_ATM0.044799829854071-6] 1.0 ^1.1 Overall away goals scored: Atlético Madrid 1, Lazio 0.

[table_hth_NEW0.22064065198444-7] 1.0 ^1.1 Disciplinary points: Newcastle United 1, Milan 4.

[table_hth_RBL0.73703696287099-8] 1.0 ^1.1 Overall away goals scored: RB Leipzig 3, Manchester City 0.

[table_hth_ZVE0.73703696287099-9] 2.0 ^2.1 Overall away goals scored: Red Star Belgrade 1, Young Boys 0.

[1] "Champions League final hosts for 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024". UEFA. 24 September 2019. Retrieved 27 July 2022.

[2] "UEFA approves final format and access list for its club competitions as of the 2024/25 season". UEFA.com. 10 May 2022. Retrieved 21 April 2023.

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