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	108
Goals scored	322 (2.98 per match)
Attendance	5,372,489 (49,745 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Erling Haaland (Manchester City); Harry Kane (Bayern Munich); Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint-Germain); 6 goals each
	← 2022–23 2024–25 → All statistics correct as of 6 March 2024.

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

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

Group A change

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	BAY	CPH	GAL	MUN
1	Bayern Munich	6	5	1	0	12	6	+6	16	Advance to knockout phase	—	0–0	2–1	4–3
2	Copenhagen	6	2	2	2	8	8	0	8	Advance to knockout phase	1–2	—	1–0	4–3
3	Galatasaray	6	1	2	3	10	13	−3	5	Transfer to Europa League	1–3	2–2	—	3–3
4	Manchester United	6	1	1	4	12	15	−3	4		0–1	1–0	2–3	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group B change

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	ARS	PSV	LEN	SEV
1	Arsenal	6	4	1	1	16	4	+12	13	Advance to knockout phase	—	4–0	6–0	2–0
2	PSV Eindhoven	6	2	3	1	8	10	−2	9	Advance to knockout phase	1–1	—	1–0	2–2
3	Lens	6	2	2	2	6	11	−5	8	Transfer to Europa League	2–1	1–1	—	2–1
4	Sevilla	6	0	2	4	7	12	−5	2		1–2	2–3	1–1	—

Source: UEFA

Group C change

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	RMA	NAP	BRA	UBE
1	Real Madrid	6	6	0	0	16	7	+9	18	Advance to knockout phase	—	4–2	3–0	1–0
2	Napoli	6	3	1	2	10	9	+1	10	Advance to knockout phase	2–3	—	2–0	1–1
3	Braga	6	1	1	4	6	12	−6	4	Transfer to Europa League	1–2	1–2	—	1–1
4	Union Berlin	6	0	2	4	6	10	−4	2		2–3	0–1	2–3	—

Source: UEFA

Group D change

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	RSO	INT	BEN	SAL
1	Real Sociedad	6	3	3	0	7	2	+5	12^[a]	Advance to knockout phase	—	1–1	3–1	0–0
2	Inter Milan	6	3	3	0	8	5	+3	12^[a]	Advance to knockout phase	0–0	—	1–0	2–1
3	Benfica	6	1	1	4	7	11	−4	4^[b]	Transfer to Europa League	0–1	3–3	—	0–2
4	Red Bull Salzburg	6	1	1	4	4	8	−4	4^[b]		0–2	0–1	1–3	—

Source: UEFA
Notes:

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Tied on head-to-head points, goal difference, and goals scored. Goal difference in all matches: Real Sociedad +5, Inter Milan +3.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Tied on head-to-head points, goal difference, goals scored, and goal difference in all matches. Goals scored in all matches: Benfica 7, Red Bull Salzburg 4.

Group E change

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	ATM	LAZ	FEY	CEL
1	Atlético Madrid	6	4	2	0	17	6	+11	14	Advance to knockout phase	—	2–0	3–2	6–0
2	Lazio	6	3	1	2	7	7	0	10	Advance to knockout phase	1–1	—	1–0	2–0
3	Feyenoord	6	2	0	4	9	10	−1	6	Transfer to Europa League	1–3	3–1	—	2–0
4	Celtic	6	1	1	4	5	15	−10	4		2–2	1–2	2–1	—

Source: UEFA

Group F change

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	DOR	PAR	MIL	NEW
1	Borussia Dortmund	6	3	2	1	7	4	+3	11	Advance to knockout phase	—	1–1	0–0	2–0
2	Paris Saint-Germain	6	2	2	2	9	8	+1	8^[a]	Advance to knockout phase	2–0	—	3–0	1–1
3	Milan	6	2	2	2	5	8	−3	8^[a]	Transfer to Europa League	1–3	2–1	—	0–0
4	Newcastle United	6	1	2	3	6	7	−1	5		0–1	4–1	1–2	—

Source: UEFA
Notes:

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Tied on head-to-head points. Head-to-head goal difference: Paris Saint-Germain +2, Milan −2.

Group G change

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	MCI	RBL	YB	ZVE
1	Manchester City	6	6	0	0	18	7	+11	18	Advance to knockout phase	—	3–2	3–0	3–1
2	RB Leipzig	6	4	0	2	13	10	+3	12	Advance to knockout phase	1–3	—	2–1	3–1
3	Young Boys	6	1	1	4	7	13	−6	4	Transfer to Europa League	1–3	1–3	—	2–0
4	Red Star Belgrade	6	0	1	5	7	15	−8	1		2–3	1–2	2–2	—

Source: UEFA

Group H change

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	BAR	POR	SHK	ANT
1	Barcelona	6	4	2	12	6	+6	12^[a]	Advance to knockout phase	—	2–1	2–1	5–0
2	Porto	6	4	2	15	8	+7	12^[a]	Advance to knockout phase	0–1	—	5–3	2–0
3	Shakhtar Donetsk	6	3	3	10	12	−2	9	Transfer to Europa League	1–0	1–3	—	1–0
4	Antwerp	6	1	5	6	17	−11	3		3–2	1–4	2–3	—

Source: UEFA
Notes:

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Head-to-head points: Barcelona 6, Porto 0.

Final change

1 June 2024

21:00 CEST

TBD	v	TBD

Wembley Stadium, London

References change

↑ "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_RSO0.24705736769692-3] 1.0 ^1.1 Tied on head-to-head points, goal difference, and goals scored. Goal difference in all matches: Real Sociedad +5, Inter Milan +3.

[table_hth_BEN0.24705736769692-4] 2.0 ^2.1 Tied on head-to-head points, goal difference, goals scored, and goal difference in all matches. Goals scored in all matches: Benfica 7, Red Bull Salzburg 4.

[table_hth_PAR0.30623206883028-5] 1.0 ^1.1 Tied on head-to-head points. Head-to-head goal difference: Paris Saint-Germain +2, Milan −2.

[table_hth_BAR0.26459358784584-6] 1.0 ^1.1 Head-to-head points: Barcelona 6, Porto 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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Tournament details
Wembley Stadium in London will host the final.
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	108
Goals scored	322 (2.98 per match)
Attendance	5,372,489 (49,745 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Erling Haaland (Manchester City) Harry Kane (Bayern Munich) Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint-Germain) 6 goals each
← 2022–23 2024–25 → All statistics correct as of 6 March 2024.