2022–23 UEFA Champions League: Difference between revisions
68th season of the UEFA club football tournament
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| Dates | Qualifying: 21 June – 24 August 2022 Competition proper: 6 September 2022 – 10 June 2023 |
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| Teams | Competition proper: 32 Total: 78 (from 53 associations) |
| Matches played | 116 |
| Goals scored | 350 (3.02 per match) |
| Attendance | 5,613,330 (48,391 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Erling Haaland (Manchester City) 11 goals |
International football competition
The 2022–23 UEFA Champions League is the 68th season of Europe’s premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 31st season since it was renamed from the European Champion Clubs’ Cup to the UEFA Champions League.
The final will be played at the Atatürk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul, Turkey. The stadium was originally appointed to host the 2020 UEFA Champions League final, but both this and the 2021 final, which had been subsequently re-allocated to the Atatürk, were moved due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The winner of the 2022–23 UEFA Champions League will automatically qualify for the 2023–24 UEFA Champions League group stage, also earn the right to play against the winner of the 2022–23 UEFA Europa League in the 2023 UEFA Super Cup, as well as earning the right to play in the 2023 FIFA Club World Cup in Saudi Arabia.
Real Madrid are the defending champions, having won a record-extending fourteenth title in the previous edition.
Association team allocation[edit]
A total of 78 teams from 53 of the 55 UEFA member associations participate in the 2022–23 UEFA Champions League (the exceptions being Russia, who are banned from participating due to 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, and Liechtenstein,[Note LIE] which does not organise a domestic league). The association ranking based on the UEFA association coefficients is used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:[1]
Association ranking[edit]
For the 2022–23 UEFA Champions League, the associations are allocated places according to their 2021 UEFA association coefficients, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 2016–17 to 2020–21.[2]
Apart from the allocation based on the association coefficients, associations may have additional teams participating in the Champions League, as noted below:
- (UEL) – Additional berth for UEFA Europa League title holders
Distribution[edit]
The following is the access list for this season.[3]
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| Preliminary round (4 teams) |
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| First qualifying round (30 teams) |
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| Second qualifying round (24 teams) |
Champions Path (20 teams) |
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| League Path (4 teams) |
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| Third qualifying round (20 teams) |
Champions Path (12 teams) |
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| League Path (8 teams) |
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| Play-off round (12 teams) |
Champions Path (8 teams) |
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| League Path (4 teams) |
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| Group stage (32 teams) |
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| Knockout phase (16 teams) |
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Due to the suspension of Russia for the 2022–23 European season, the following changes to the access list have been made:[4]
- The champions of association 11 (Scotland) enter the group stage instead of the play-off round (Champions Path).
- The champions of association 13 (Turkey) enter the play-off round instead of the third qualifying round (Champions Path).
- The champions of association 15 (Cyprus) enter the third qualifying round instead of the second qualifying round (Champions Path).
- The champions of associations 18 (Croatia) and 19 (Switzerland) enter the second qualifying round instead of the first qualifying round (Champions Path).
- The runners-up of associations 10 (Austria) and 11 (Scotland) enter the third qualifying round instead of the second qualifying round (League Path).
Since the Champions League title holders (Real Madrid) have qualified…
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