2018–19 UEFA Champions League

2018–19 UEFA Champions League
The Wanda Metropolitano in Madrid will host the final
Tournament details
Dates Qualifying:
26 June – 29 August 2018
Competition proper:
18 September 2018 – 1 June 2019
Teams Competition proper: 32
Total: 79 (from 54 associations)
Tournament statistics
Matches played 32
Goals scored 94 (2.94 per match)
Attendance 1,436,519 (44,891 per match)
Top scorer(s) Argentina Lionel Messi (5 goals)

The 2018–19 UEFA Champions League is 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 will be played at the Wanda Metropolitano in Madrid, Spain.[1] The winners of the 2018–19 UEFA Champions League will earn the right to play against the winners of the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League in the 2019 UEFA Super Cup. They will also automatically qualify for the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League group stage, and if they have already qualified through their league performance, the berth reserved will be given to the champions of the 2018–19 Austrian Bundesliga, the 11th-ranked association according to next season's access list.[2]

Real Madrid are the defending champions, having won the title for three successive seasons in 2015–16, 2016–17 and 2017–18.

Format changes

On 9 December 2016, UEFA confirmed the reforming plan for the UEFA Champions League for the 2018–2021 cycle, which was announced on 26 August 2016.[3][4] As per the new regulations, the previous season's UEFA Europa League winners will qualify automatically for the UEFA Champions League group stage (previously they would qualify for the play-off round, but would be promoted to the group stage only if the Champions League title holder berth was vacated, although this promotion to the group stage had been made in all three seasons since it was established from 2015–16). Meanwhile, the top four teams from the leagues of the four top-ranked national associations in the UEFA country coefficients list will qualify automatically for the group stage as well.[3] Only six teams will qualify for the group stage via the qualification rounds, down from ten in the previous season.[5]

Association team allocation

79 teams from 54 of the 55 UEFA member associations participate in the 2018–19 UEFA Champions League (the exception being Liechtenstein, which does not organise a domestic league). The association ranking based on the UEFA country coefficients is used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:[5][6]

  • Associations 1–4 each have four teams qualify.
  • Associations 5–6 each have three teams qualify.
  • Associations 7–15 each have two teams qualify.
  • Associations 16–55 (except Liechtenstein) each have one team qualify.
  • The winners of the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League and 2017–18 UEFA Europa League are each given an additional entry if they do not qualify for the 2018–19 UEFA Champions League through their domestic league.

Association ranking

For the 2018–19 UEFA Champions League, the associations are allocated places according to their 2017 UEFA country coefficients, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 2012–13 to 2016–17.[7]

Apart from the allocation based on the country coefficients, associations may have additional teams participating in the Champions League, as noted below:

  • (UCL) – Additional berth for the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League winners
  • (UEL) – Additional berth for the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League winners
Association ranking for 2018–19 UEFA Champions League
Rank Association Coeff. Teams
1 Spain Spain 104.998 4
2 Germany Germany 79.498
3 England England 75.962
4 Italy Italy 73.332
5 France France 56.665 3
6 Russia Russia 50.532
7 Portugal Portugal 49.332 2
8 Ukraine Ukraine 42.633
9 Belgium Belgium 42.400
10 Turkey Turkey 39.200
11 Czech Republic Czech Republic 33.175
12 Switzerland Switzerland 32.075
13 Netherlands Netherlands 31.063
14 Greece Greece 27.900
15 Austria Austria 25.350
16 Croatia Croatia 25.250 1
17 Romania Romania 24.350
18 Denmark Denmark 24.000
19 Belarus Belarus 19.875
Rank Association Coeff. Teams
20 Poland Poland 19.750 1
21 Sweden Sweden 19.725
22 Israel Israel 19.375
23 Scotland Scotland 18.925
24 Cyprus Cyprus 18.550
25 Norway Norway 18.325
26 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan 17.750
27 Bulgaria Bulgaria 15.875
28 Serbia Serbia 15.375
29 Kazakhstan Kazakhstan 15.250
30 Slovenia Slovenia 13.125
31 Slovakia Slovakia 11.750
32 Liechtenstein Liechtenstein 11.000 0
33 Hungary Hungary 9.500 1
34 Moldova Moldova 9.500
35 Iceland Iceland 8.375
36 Finland Finland 7.650
37 Albania Albania 6.625
Rank Association Coeff. Teams
38 Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland 6.575 1
39 Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina 6.500
40 Georgia (country) Georgia 6.375
41 Latvia Latvia 6.125
42 Republic of Macedonia Macedonia 5.625
43 Estonia Estonia 5.250
44 Montenegro Montenegro 5.250
45 Armenia Armenia 5.125
46 Luxembourg Luxembourg 4.875
47 Northern Ireland Northern Ireland 4.500
48 Lithuania Lithuania 4.125
49 Malta Malta 4.000
50 Wales Wales 3.875
51 Faroe Islands Faroe Islands 3.500
52 Gibraltar Gibraltar 2.500
53 Andorra Andorra 1.165
54 San Marino San Marino 0.333
55 Kosovo Kosovo 0.000

Distribution

In the default access list, the Champions League title holders qualify for the group stage.[8][5] However, since Real Madrid already qualified for the group stage via their domestic league (as third place of the 2017–18 La Liga), the following changes to the access list were made:[9]

  • The champions of association 11 (Czech Republic) entered the group stage instead of the play-off round.
  • The champions of association 13 (Netherlands) entered the play-off round instead of the third qualifying round.
  • The champions of association 15 (Austria) entered the third qualifying round instead of the second qualifying round.
  • The champions of associations 18 and 19 (Denmark and Belarus) entered the second qualifying round instead of the first qualifying round.

In addition, the Europa League title holders qualify for the group stage.[8] However, since Atlético Madrid, the Europa League champions, already qualified for the group stage via their domestic league (as second place of the 2017–18 La Liga), the following changes to the access list were made:[9]

  • The third-placed team of association 5 (France) entered the group stage instead of the third qualifying round.
  • The runners-up of association 10 and 11 (Turkey and Czech Republic) entered the third qualifying round instead of the second qualifying round.
Access list for 2018–19 UEFA Champions League
Teams entering in this round Teams advancing from previous round
Preliminary round
(4 teams)
  • 4 champions from associations 52–55
First qualifying round
(32 teams)
  • 31 champions from associations 20–51 (except Liechtenstein)
  • 1 winner from the preliminary round
Second qualifying round Champions Path
(20 teams)
  • 4 champions from associations 16–19
  • 16 winners from the first qualifying round
League Path
(4 teams)
  • 4 runners-up from associations 12–15
Third qualifying round Champions Path
(12 teams)
  • 2 champions from associations 14–15
  • 10 winners from the second qualifying round (Champions Path)
League Path
(8 teams)
  • 5 runners-up from associations 7–11
  • 1 third-placed team from association 6
  • 2 winners from the second qualifying round (League Path)
Play-off round Champions Path
(8 teams)
  • 2 champions from associations 12–13
  • 6 winners from the third qualifying round (Champions Path)
League Path
(4 teams)
  • 4 winners from the third qualifying round (League Path)
Group stage
(32 teams)
  • 11 champions from associations 1–11
  • 6 runners-up from associations 1–6
  • 5 third-placed teams from associations 1–5
  • 4 fourth-placed teams from associations 1–4
  • 4 winners from the play-off round (Champions Path)
  • 2 winners from the play-off round (League Path)
Knockout phase
(16 teams)
  • 8 group winners from the group stage
  • 8 group runners-up from the group stage

Teams

League positions of the previous season shown in parentheses (TH: Champions League title holders; EL: Europa League title holders).[10]

Qualified teams for 2018–19 UEFA Champions League (by entry round) Group stage
Spain Real MadridTH (3rd) Germany Borussia Dortmund (4th) Italy Roma (3rd) Portugal Porto (1st)
Spain Atlético MadridEL (2nd) England Manchester City (1st) Italy Internazionale (4th) Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk (1st)
Spain Barcelona (1st) 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 Slavia Prague (2nd)
Second qualifying round
Champions Path League Path
Croatia Dinamo Zagreb (1st) Denmark Midtjylland (1st) Switzerland Basel (2nd) Greece PAOK (2nd)
Romania CFR Cluj (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 Olimpija Ljubljana (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 MOL Vidi (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 La Fiorita (1st) Kosovo Drita (1st)
Notes
  1. ^ Albania (ALB): In March 2018, Skënderbeu was handed a 10-year ban from UEFA club competitions over match fixing.[11] Since they finished as champions of the 2017–18 Albanian Superliga, the runners-up of the league, Kukësi, entered the 2018–19 UEFA Champions League instead of the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League.
  2. ^ France (FRA): Monaco are a club based in Monaco (which is not a UEFA member), but participate 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

The schedule of the competition is as follows (all draws are held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, unless stated otherwise).[12]

Schedule for 2018–19 UEFA Champions League
Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Qualifying Preliminary round 12 June 2018 26 June 2018 (semi-final round) 29 June 2018 (final round)
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 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 in the group stage at 18:55 CET and 21:00 CET. Kick-off times starting from the knock-out phase will be 21:00 CET.[8]

Preliminary round

In the preliminary round, teams were divided into seeded and unseeded teams based on their 2018 UEFA club coefficients,[13] and then drawn into one-legged semi-final and final ties. The draw for the preliminary round was held on 12 June 2018.[14] The semi-final round was played on 26 June, and the final round was played on 29 June 2018, both at the Victoria Stadium in Gibraltar.[15] The losers of both semi-final and final rounds entered the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Semi-final round
FC Santa Coloma Andorra 0–2 (a.e.t.) Kosovo Drita
La Fiorita San Marino 0–2 Gibraltar Lincoln Red Imps
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Final round
Lincoln Red Imps Gibraltar 1–4 (a.e.t.) Kosovo Drita

Drita's win on 26 June 2018 was the first time that a team representing Kosovo had won a game in any UEFA competition.

Qualifying rounds

In the qualifying and play-off rounds, teams are divided into seeded and unseeded teams based on their 2018 UEFA club coefficients,[13] and then drawn into two-legged home-and-away ties.

First qualifying round

The draw for the first qualifying round was held on 19 June 2018.[16] The first legs were played on 10 and 11 July, and the second legs were played on 17 and 18 July 2018. The losers entered the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round, except for the losers of the Cork City/Legia Warsaw tie who were randomly drawn to receive a bye to the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League third qualifying round.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Torpedo Kutaisi Georgia (country) 2–4 Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol 2–1 0–3
Shkëndija Republic of Macedonia 5–4 Wales The New Saints 5–0 0–4
Sūduva Marijampolė Lithuania 3–2 Cyprus APOEL 3–1 0–1
Olimpija Ljubljana Slovenia 0–1 Azerbaijan Qarabağ 0–1 0–0
F91 Dudelange Luxembourg 2–3 Hungary MOL Vidi 1–1 1–2
Drita Kosovo 0–5 Sweden Malmö FF 0–3 0–2
Víkingur Gøta Faroe Islands 2–5[A] Finland HJK 1–2 1–3
Ludogorets Razgrad Bulgaria 9–0 Northern Ireland Crusaders 7–0 2–0
Cork City Republic of Ireland 0–4 Poland Legia Warsaw 0–1 0–3
Valur Iceland 2–3 Norway Rosenborg 1–0 1–3
Kukësi Albania 1–1 (a) Malta Valletta 0–0 1–1
Flora Tallinn Estonia 2–7 Israel Hapoel Be'er Sheva 1–4 1–3
Spartaks Jūrmala Latvia 0–2 Serbia Red Star Belgrade 0–0 0–2
Alashkert Armenia 0–6 Scotland Celtic 0–3 0–3
Spartak Trnava Slovakia 2–1 Bosnia and Herzegovina Zrinjski Mostar 1–0 1–1
Astana Kazakhstan 3–0 Montenegro Sutjeska Nikšić 1–0 2–0
Notes
  1. ^ Order of legs reversed after original draw.

Second qualifying round

The second qualifying round is split into two separate sections: Champions Path (for league champions) and League Path (for league non-champions). The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 19 June 2018.[16] The first legs were played on 24 and 25 July, and the second legs were played on 31 July and 1 August 2018. The losers from both Champions Path and League Path entered the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League third qualifying round.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Champions Path
Astana Kazakhstan 2–1 Denmark Midtjylland 2–1 0–0
Ludogorets Razgrad Bulgaria 0–1 Hungary MOL Vidi 0–0 0–1
Kukësi Albania 0–3 Azerbaijan Qarabağ 0–0 0–3
CFR Cluj Romania 1–2 Sweden Malmö FF 0–1 1–1
Dinamo Zagreb Croatia 7–2 Israel Hapoel Be'er Sheva 5–0 2–2
Red Star Belgrade Serbia 5–0 Lithuania Sūduva Marijampolė 3–0 2–0
BATE Borisov Belarus 2–1 Finland HJK 0–0 2–1
Shkëndija Republic of Macedonia 1–0 Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol 1–0 0–0
Legia Warsaw Poland 1–2 Slovakia Spartak Trnava 0–2 1–0
Celtic Scotland 3–1 Norway Rosenborg 3–1 0–0
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
League Path
PAOK Greece 5–1 Switzerland Basel 2–1 3–0
Ajax Netherlands 5–1 Austria Sturm Graz 2–0 3–1

Third qualifying round

The third qualifying round is split into two separate sections: Champions Path (for league champions) and League Path (for league non-champions). The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 23 July 2018.[17] The first legs were played on 7 and 8 August, and the second legs were played on 14 August 2018. The losers from Champions Path enter the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League play-off round, while the losers from League Path enter the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League group stage.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Champions Path
Celtic Scotland 2–3 Greece AEK Athens 1–1 1–2
Red Bull Salzburg Austria 4–0 Republic of Macedonia Shkëndija 3–0 1–0
Red Star Belgrade Serbia 3–2 Slovakia Spartak Trnava 1–1 2–1 (a.e.t.)
Qarabağ Azerbaijan 1–2 Belarus BATE Borisov 0–1 1–1
Astana Kazakhstan 0–3 Croatia Dinamo Zagreb 0–2 0–1
Malmö FF Sweden 1–1 (a) Hungary MOL Vidi 1–1 0–0
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
League Path
Standard Liège Belgium 2–5 Netherlands Ajax 2–2 0–3
Benfica Portugal 2–1 Turkey Fenerbahçe 1–0 1–1
Slavia Prague Czech Republic 1–3 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 1–1 0–2
PAOK Greece 3–2 Russia Spartak Moscow 3–2 0–0

Play-off round

The play-off round was split into two separate sections: Champions Path (for league champions) and League Path (for league non-champions). The draw for the play-off round was held on 6 August 2018.[18] The first legs were played on 21 and 22 August, and the second legs were played on 28 and 29 August. The losers from both Champions Path and League Path entered the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League group stage.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Champions Path
Red Star Belgrade Serbia 2–2 (a) Austria Red Bull Salzburg 0–0 2–2
BATE Borisov Belarus 2–6 Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 2–3 0–3
Young Boys Switzerland 3–2 Croatia Dinamo Zagreb 1–1 2–1
MOL Vidi Hungary 2–3 Greece AEK Athens 1–2 1–1
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
League Path
Benfica Portugal 5–2 Greece PAOK 1–1 4–1
Ajax Netherlands 3–1 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 3–1 0–0

Group stage

Location of teams of the 2018–19 UEFA Champions League group stage.
Brown: Group A; Red: Group B; Orange: Group C; Yellow: Group D;
Green: Group E; Blue: Group F; Purple: Group G; Pink: Group H.

The draw for the group stage was held on 30 August 2018 at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco.[19] The 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four, with the restriction that teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other. For the draw, the teams were seeded into four pots based on the following principles (introduced starting this season):[6]

  • Pot 1 contained 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 were 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 contained the remaining teams, seeded based on their 2018 UEFA club coefficients.[13]

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.

The youth teams of the clubs that qualify for the group stage also participate in the 2018–19 UEFA Youth League on the same matchdays, where they compete in the UEFA Champions League Path (the youth domestic champions of the top 32 associations compete in a separate Domestic Champions Path until the play-offs).

A total of 15 national associations are represented in the group stage. 1899 Hoffenheim, Red Star Belgrade (1991 European champions) and Young Boys will make their debut appearances in the group stage (although Red Star Belgrade have appeared in the European Cup group stage).

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification DOR ATL BRU MON
1 Germany Borussia Dortmund 2 2 0 0 4 0 +4 6 Advance to knockout phase — 24 Oct 28 Nov 3–0
2 Spain Atlético Madrid 2 2 0 0 5 2 +3 6 6 Nov — 3–1 28 Nov
3 Belgium Club Brugge 2 0 0 2 1 4 −3 0 Transfer to Europa League 0–1 11 Dec — 24 Oct
4 France Monaco 2 0 0 2 1 5 −4 0 11 Dec 1–2 6 Nov —
Updated to match(es) played on 3 October 2018. Source: UEFA

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BAR INT TOT PSV
1 Spain Barcelona 2 2 0 0 8 2 +6 6 Advance to knockout phase — 24 Oct 11 Dec 4–0
2 Italy Internazionale 2 2 0 0 4 2 +2 6 6 Nov — 2–1 11 Dec
3 England Tottenham Hotspur 2 0 0 2 3 6 −3 0 Transfer to Europa League 2–4 28 Nov — 6 Nov
4 Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 2 0 0 2 1 6 −5 0 28 Nov 1–2 24 Oct —
Updated to match(es) played on 3 October 2018. Source: UEFA

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification NAP LIV PAR ZVE
1 Italy Napoli 2 1 1 0 1 0 +1 4 Advance to knockout phase — 1–0 6 Nov 28 Nov
2 England Liverpool 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 3[lower-alpha 1] 11 Dec — 3–2 24 Oct
3 France Paris Saint-Germain 2 1 0 1 8 4 +4 3[lower-alpha 1] Transfer to Europa League 24 Oct 28 Nov — 6–1
4 Serbia Red Star Belgrade 2 0 1 1 1 6 −5 1 0–0 6 Nov 11 Dec —
Updated to match(es) played on 3 October 2018. Source: UEFA
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Head-to-head points: Liverpool 3, Paris Saint-Germain 0.

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification POR SCH GAL LOM
1 Portugal Porto 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1 4[lower-alpha 1] Advance to knockout phase — 28 Nov 1–0 6 Nov
2 Germany Schalke 04 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1 4[lower-alpha 1] 1–1 — 6 Nov 11 Dec
3 Turkey Galatasaray 2 1 0 1 3 1 +2 3 Transfer to Europa League 11 Dec 24 Oct — 3–0
4 Russia Lokomotiv Moscow 2 0 0 2 0 4 −4 0 24 Oct 0–1 28 Nov —
Updated to match(es) played on 3 October 2018. Source: UEFA
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Head-to-head away goals: Porto 1, Schalke 04 0.

Group E

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification AJX BAY BEN AEK
1 Netherlands Ajax 2 1 1 0 4 1 +3 4[lower-alpha 1] Advance to knockout phase — 12 Dec 23 Oct 3–0
2 Germany Bayern Munich 2 1 1 0 3 1 +2 4[lower-alpha 1] 1–1 — 27 Nov 7 Nov
3 Portugal Benfica 2 1 0 1 3 4 −1 3 Transfer to Europa League 7 Nov 0–2 — 12 Dec
4 Greece AEK Athens 2 0 0 2 2 6 −4 0 27 Nov 23 Oct 2–3 —
Updated to match(es) played on 2 October 2018. Source: UEFA
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Head-to-head away goals: Ajax 1, Bayern Munich 0.

Group F

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification LYO MC SHK HOF
1 France Lyon 2 1 1 0 4 3 +1 4 Advance to knockout phase — 27 Nov 2–2 7 Nov
2 England Manchester City 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 3 1–2 — 7 Nov 12 Dec
3 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk 2 0 2 0 4 4 0 2 Transfer to Europa League 12 Dec 23 Oct — 2–2
4 Germany 1899 Hoffenheim 2 0 1 1 3 4 −1 1 23 Oct 1–2 27 Nov —
Updated to match(es) played on 2 October 2018. Source: UEFA

Group G

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification CSKA RM ROM PLZ
1 Russia CSKA Moscow 2 1 1 0 3 2 +1 4 Advance to knockout phase — 1–0 7 Nov 27 Nov
2 Spain Real Madrid 2 1 0 1 3 1 +2 3[lower-alpha 1] 12 Dec — 3–0 23 Oct
3 Italy Roma 2 1 0 1 5 3 +2 3[lower-alpha 1] Transfer to Europa League 23 Oct 27 Nov — 5–0
4 Czech Republic Viktoria Plzeň 2 0 1 1 2 7 −5 1 2–2 7 Nov 12 Dec —
Updated to match(es) played on 2 October 2018. Source: UEFA
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Head-to-head points: Real Madrid 3, Roma 0.

Group H

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification JUV MU VAL YB
1 Italy Juventus 2 2 0 0 5 0 +5 6 Advance to knockout phase — 7 Nov 27 Nov 3–0
2 England Manchester United 2 1 1 0 3 0 +3 4 23 Oct — 0–0 27 Nov
3 Spain Valencia 2 0 1 1 0 2 −2 1 Transfer to Europa League 0–2 12 Dec — 7 Nov
4 Switzerland Young Boys 2 0 0 2 0 6 −6 0 12 Dec 0–3 23 Oct —
Updated to match(es) played on 2 October 2018. Source: UEFA

Knockout phase

In the knockout phase, 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

The draw for the round of 16 will be held on 17 December 2018.[20] 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

The draw for the quarter-finals will be held on 15 March 2019.[21] 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

The draw for the semi-finals will be held on 15 March 2019.[22] 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

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 quarter-final and semi-final draws.[22]

Statistics

Statistics exclude qualifying rounds and play-off round.

Note: Players and teams in bold are still active in the competition.

Top goalscorers

As of 3 October 2018[23]
Rank Player Team Goals Minutes played
1 Argentina Lionel Messi Spain Barcelona 5 180
2 Argentina Paulo Dybala Italy Juventus 3 90
Brazil Neymar France Paris Saint-Germain 172
Bosnia and Herzegovina Edin Džeko Italy Roma 180
5 Bosnia and Herzegovina Miralem Pjanić Italy Juventus 2 136
Czech Republic Michael Krmenčík Czech Republic Viktoria Plzeň 152
France Paul Pogba England Manchester United 165
France Kylian Mbappé France Paris Saint-Germain 166
Brazil Júnior Moraes Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk 173
France Antoine Griezmann Spain Atlético Madrid 180
Argentina Mauro Icardi Italy Internazionale 180
Belgium Viktor Klonaridis Greece AEK Athens 180
Argentina Nicolás Tagliafico Netherlands Ajax 180
Croatia Nikola Vlašić Russia CSKA Moscow 180

See also

References

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  17. ↑ "UEFA Champions League third qualifying round draw". UEFA.com.
  18. ↑ "UEFA Champions League play-off draw". UEFA.com.
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  20. ↑ "UEFA Champions League round of 16 draw". UEFA.com.
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  22. 1 2 "UEFA Champions League semi-final draw". UEFA.com.
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