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2017–18 UEFA Champions League
File:Kyiv NSC Olimpiyskyi 6.jpg
The NSC Olimpiyskiy Stadium in Kiev will host the final.
Tournament details
DatesQualifying:
27 June – 23 August 2017
Competition proper:
12 September 2017 – 26 May 2018
TeamsCompetition proper: 32
Total: 79 (from 54 associations)
Tournament statistics
Matches played112
Goals scored353 (3.15 per match)
Attendance5,021,416 (44,834 per match)
Top scorer(s)Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo (12 goals)
All statistics correct as of 14 March 2018.

The 2017–18 UEFA Champions League is the 63rd season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 26th season since it was renamed from the European Champion Clubs' Cup to the UEFA Champions League.

The final will be played at the NSC Olimpiyskiy Stadium in Kiev, Ukraine.[1]

The winners of the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League will qualify as the UEFA representative at the 2018 FIFA Club World Cup in the United Arab Emirates, and also earn the right to play against the winners of the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League in the 2018 UEFA Super Cup.

Real Madrid are the defending champions, having won the title in 2015–16 and 2016–17.

Association team allocation

A total of 79 teams from 54 of the 55 UEFA member associations participate in the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League (the exception being Liechtenstein, which does not organise a domestic league).[2] The association ranking based on the UEFA country coefficients is used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:[3]

  • Associations 1–3 each have four teams qualify.
  • Associations 4–6 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 2016–17 UEFA Champions League and 2016–17 UEFA Europa League are each given an additional entry if they do not qualify for the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League through their domestic league. Because a maximum of five teams from one association can enter the Champions League, if both the Champions League title holders and the Europa League title holders are from the same top three ranked association and finish outside the top four of their domestic league, the fourth-placed team of their association will be moved to the Europa League.[4] For this season:

Kosovo, who became a UEFA member on 3 May 2016, made their debut in the UEFA Champions League.[5][6]

Association ranking

For the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League, the associations are allocated places according to their 2016 UEFA country coefficients, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 2011–12 to 2015–16.[7][8]

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

  • (UEL) – Additional berth for UEFA Europa League title holders
Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes
1 Spain Spain 105.713 4
2 Germany Germany 80.177
3 England England 76.284 +1 (UEL)
4 Italy Italy 70.439 3
5 Portugal Portugal 53.082
6 France France 52.749
7 Russia Russia 51.082 2
8 Ukraine Ukraine 44.883
9 Belgium Belgium 40.000
10 Netherlands Netherlands 35.563
11 Turkey Turkey 34.600
12 Switzerland Switzerland 33.775
13 Czech Republic Czech Republic 32.925
14 Greece Greece 29.700
15 Romania Romania 25.383
16 Austria Austria 25.100 1
17 Croatia Croatia 23.875
18 Poland Poland 22.500
19 Cyprus Cyprus 22.175
Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes
20 Belarus Belarus 20.000 1
21 Sweden Sweden 19.875
22 Norway Norway 19.250
23 Israel Israel 18.625
24 Denmark Denmark 18.600
25 Scotland Scotland 17.300
26 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan 14.875
27 Serbia Serbia 14.625
28 Kazakhstan Kazakhstan 14.125
29 Bulgaria Bulgaria 13.125
30 Slovenia Slovenia 13.125
31 Slovakia Slovakia 12.000
32 Liechtenstein Liechtenstein 10.500 0
33 Hungary Hungary 9.875 1
34 Moldova Moldova 9.125
35 Iceland Iceland 8.750
36 Georgia (country) Georgia 8.125
37 Finland Finland 7.400
Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes
38 Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina 7.125 1
39 Albania Albania 6.625
40 North Macedonia Macedonia 6.000
41 Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland 5.450
42 Latvia Latvia 5.375
43 Luxembourg Luxembourg 5.250
44 Montenegro Montenegro 4.875
45 Lithuania Lithuania 4.625
46 Northern Ireland Northern Ireland 4.500
47 Estonia Estonia 4.250
48 Armenia Armenia 4.125
49 Faroe Islands Faroe Islands 3.625
50 Malta Malta 3.583
51 Wales Wales 3.500
52 Gibraltar Gibraltar 1.000
53 Andorra Andorra 0.999
54 San Marino San Marino 0.333
55 Kosovo Kosovo 0.000

Distribution

In the default access list, the Champions League title holders enter the group stage.[6] However, since Real Madrid already qualified for the group stage (as the champions of the 2016–17 La Liga), the Champions League title holders berth in the group stage is given to the Europa League title holders, Manchester United.[9][10][11]

Teams entering in this round Teams advancing from previous round
First qualifying round
(10 teams)
  • 10 champions from associations 46–55
Second qualifying round
(34 teams)
  • 29 champions from associations 16–45 (except Liechtenstein)
  • 5 winners from the first qualifying round
Third qualifying round Champions Route
(20 teams)
  • 3 champions from associations 13–15
  • 17 winners from the second qualifying round
League Route
(10 teams)
  • 9 runners-up from associations 7–15
  • 1 third-placed team from association 6
Play-off round Champions Route
(10 teams)
  • 10 winners from the third qualifying round (Champions Route)
League Route
(10 teams)
  • 2 third-placed teams from associations 4–5
  • 3 fourth-placed teams from associations 1–3
  • 5 winners from the third qualifying round (League Route)
Group stage
(32 teams)
  • 12 champions from associations 1–12
  • 6 runners-up from associations 1–6
  • 3 third-placed teams from associations 1–3
  • Europa League title holders
  • 5 winners from the play-off round (Champions Route)
  • 5 winners from the play-off round (League Route)
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).[12][13]

Group stage
Spain Real MadridTH (1st) England Chelsea (1st) Portugal Porto (2nd) Netherlands Feyenoord (1st)
Spain Barcelona (2nd) England Tottenham Hotspur (2nd) France Monaco (1st)[Note FRA] Turkey Beşiktaş (1st)
Spain Atlético Madrid (3rd) England Manchester City (3rd) France Paris Saint-Germain (2nd) Switzerland Basel (1st)
Germany Bayern Munich (1st) Italy Juventus (1st) Russia Spartak Moscow (1st) England Manchester United (EL)
Germany RB Leipzig (2nd) Italy Roma (2nd) Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk (1st)
Germany Borussia Dortmund (3rd) Portugal Benfica (1st) Belgium Anderlecht (1st)
Play-off round
Champions Route League Route
Spain Sevilla (4th) England Liverpool (4th) Portugal Sporting CP (3rd)
Germany 1899 Hoffenheim (4th) Italy Napoli (3rd)
Third qualifying round
Champions Route League Route
Czech Republic Slavia Prague (1st) France Nice (3rd) Netherlands Ajax (2nd) Greece AEK Athens (2nd)
Greece Olympiacos (1st) Russia CSKA Moscow (2nd) Turkey İstanbul Başakşehir (2nd) Romania FCSB (2nd)
Romania Viitorul Constanța (1st) Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv (2nd) Switzerland Young Boys (2nd)
Belgium Club Brugge (2nd) Czech Republic Viktoria Plzeň (2nd)
Second qualifying round
Austria Red Bull Salzburg (1st) Denmark Copenhagen (1st) Hungary Honvéd (1st) Republic of Ireland Dundalk (1st)
Croatia Rijeka (1st) Scotland Celtic (1st) Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol (1st) Latvia Spartaks Jūrmala (1st)
Poland Legia Warsaw (1st) Azerbaijan Qarabağ (1st) Iceland FH (1st) Luxembourg F91 Dudelange (1st)
Cyprus APOEL (1st) Serbia Partizan (1st) Georgia (country) Samtredia (1st) Montenegro Budućnost Podgorica (1st)
Belarus BATE Borisov (1st) Kazakhstan Astana (1st) Finland IFK Mariehamn (1st) Lithuania Žalgiris Vilnius (1st)
Sweden Malmö FF (1st) Bulgaria Ludogorets Razgrad (1st) Bosnia and Herzegovina Zrinjski Mostar (1st)
Norway Rosenborg (1st) Slovenia Maribor (1st) Albania Kukësi (1st)
Israel Hapoel Be'er Sheva (1st) Slovakia Žilina (1st) North Macedonia Vardar (1st)
First qualifying round
Northern Ireland Linfield (1st) Faroe Islands Víkingur Gøta (1st) Gibraltar Europa FC (1st) Kosovo Trepça'89 (1st)
Estonia FCI Tallinn (1st) Malta Hibernians (1st) Andorra FC Santa Coloma (1st)
Armenia Alashkert (1st) Wales The New Saints (1st) San Marino La Fiorita (1st)
Notes
  1. ^
    France (FRA): AS 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

The schedule of the competition is as follows (all draws are held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, unless stated otherwise).[6][14][15]

Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Qualifying First qualifying round 19 June 2017 27–28 June 2017 4–5 July 2017
Second qualifying round 11–12 July 2017 18–19 July 2017
Third qualifying round 14 July 2017 25–26 July 2017 1–2 August 2017
Play-off Play-off round 4 August 2017 15–16 August 2017 22–23 August 2017
Group stage Matchday 1 24 August 2017
(Monaco) 		12–13 September 2017
Matchday 2 26–27 September 2017
Matchday 3 17–18 October 2017
Matchday 4 31 October – 1 November 2017
Matchday 5 21–22 November 2017
Matchday 6 5–6 December 2017
Knockout phase Round of 16 11 December 2017 13–14 & 20–21 February 2018 6–7 & 13–14 March 2018
Quarter-finals 16 March 2018 3–4 April 2018 10–11 April 2018
Semi-finals 13 April 2018 24–25 April 2018 1–2 May 2018
Final 26 May 2018 at NSC Olimpiyskiy Stadium, Kiev

Qualifying rounds

Main article: 2017–18 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase

In the qualifying rounds and the play-off round, teams are divided into seeded and unseeded teams based on their 2017 UEFA club coefficients,[16][17][18] and then drawn into two-legged home-and-away ties. Teams from the same association cannot be drawn against each other.

First qualifying round

The draw for the first qualifying round was held on 19 June 2017, 12:00 CEST.[19]


Second qualifying round

The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 19 June 2017, 12:00 CEST (after the completion of the first qualifying round draw).[19]


Third qualifying round

The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 14 July 2017, 12:00 CEST.[20]

The third qualifying round was split into two separate sections: Champions Route (for league champions) and League Route (for league non-champions). The losing teams in both sections entered the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League play-off round.


Play-off round

Main article: 2017–18 UEFA Champions League play-off round

The draw for the play-off round was held on 4 August 2017, 12:00 CEST.[21]

The play-off round was split into two separate sections: Champions Route (for league champions) and League Route (for league non-champions). The losing teams in both sections entered the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League group stage.


Group stage

Main article: 2017–18 UEFA Champions League group stage
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Location of teams of the 2017–18 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 24 August 2017, 18:00 CEST, at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco.[22] The 32 teams were 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 were seeded into four pots based on the following principles (introduced starting 2015–16 season):[23][24]

  • Pot 1 contained the title holders and the champions of the top seven associations based on their 2016 UEFA country coefficients.[7][8] As the title holders, Real Madrid, are one of the champions of the top seven associations, the champions of the association ranked eighth are also seeded into Pot 1 (regulations Article 13.05).[3]

In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners and runners-up advanced to the round of 16, while the third-placed teams entered the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League round of 32. The matchdays were 12–13 September, 26–27 September, 17–18 October, 31 October – 1 November, 21–22 November, and 5–6 December 2017.

The youth teams of the clubs that qualify for the group stage also participated in the 2017–18 UEFA Youth League on the same matchdays, where they competed 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 17 national associations were represented in the group stage. Qarabağ and RB Leipzig made their debut appearances in the group stage. Qarabağ were the first team from Azerbaijan to play in the Champions League group stage.[25]

Group A

Template:2017–18 UEFA Champions League Group A table

Group B

Template:2017–18 UEFA Champions League Group B table

Group C

Template:2017–18 UEFA Champions League Group C table

Group D

Template:2017–18 UEFA Champions League Group D table

Group E

Template:2017–18 UEFA Champions League Group E table

Group F

Template:2017–18 UEFA Champions League Group F table

Group G

Template:2017–18 UEFA Champions League Group G table

Group H

Template:2017–18 UEFA Champions League Group H table

Knockout phase

Main article: 2017–18 UEFA Champions League 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 was held on 11 December 2017, 12:00 CET.[26]

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 11 December 2017, 12:00 CET.[26] The first legs were played on 13, 14, 20 and 21 February, and the second legs were played on 6, 7, 13 and 14 March 2018.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Juventus Italy 4–3 England Tottenham Hotspur 2–2 2–1
Basel Switzerland 2–5 England Manchester City 0–4 2–1
Porto Portugal 0–5 England Liverpool 0–5 0–0
Sevilla Spain 2–1 England Manchester United 0–0 2–1
Real Madrid Spain 5–2 France Paris Saint-Germain 3–1 2–1
Shakhtar Donetsk Ukraine 2–2 (a) Italy Roma 2–1 0–1
Chelsea England 1–4 Spain Barcelona 1–1 0–3
Bayern Munich Germany 8–1 Turkey Beşiktaş 5–0 3–1

Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 16 March 2018, 12:00 CET.[27][28]

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 16 March 2018, 12:00 CET.[27][29] The first legs were played on 3 and 4 April, and the second legs were played on 10 and 11 April 2018.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Barcelona Spain 4–4 (a) Italy Roma 4–1 0–3
Sevilla Spain 1–2 Germany Bayern Munich 1–2 0–0
Juventus Italy 3–4 Spain Real Madrid 0–3 3–1
Liverpool England 5–1 England Manchester City 3–0 2–1

Semi-finals

The draw for the semi-finals will be held on 13 April 2018, 12:00 CEST.[30]

The first legs will be played on 24 and 25 April, and the second legs will be played on 1 and 2 May 2018.

Final

Main article: 2018 UEFA Champions League Final

The 2018 UEFA Champions League Final will be played at the NSC Olimpiyskiy Stadium in Kiev on 26 May 2018. The "home" team for the final (for administrative purposes) will be determined by an additional draw held after the semi-final draw.[30]

Real Madrid Spain3–1England Liverpool
  • Benzema 51'
  • Bale 63', 83'
 Report
Attendance: 61,561[31]

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 14 March 2018[32]
Rank Player Team Goals Minutes played
1 Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo Spain Real Madrid 12 720
2 France Wissam Ben Yedder Spain Sevilla 8 506
3 England Harry Kane England Tottenham Hotspur 7 597
Brazil Roberto Firmino England Liverpool 637
Uruguay Edinson Cavani France Paris Saint-Germain 680
6 Senegal Sadio Mané England Liverpool 6 497
Egypt Mohamed Salah England Liverpool 593
Argentina Lionel Messi Spain Barcelona 603
Brazil Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior France Paris Saint-Germain 630
10 Brazil Philippe Coutinho England Liverpool 5 347
Cameroon Vincent Aboubakar Portugal Porto 495
Poland Robert Lewandowski Germany Bayern Munich 608
Argentina Gonzalo Higuaín Italy Juventus 650
Belgium Romelu Lukaku England Manchester United 704

Top assists

As of 14 March 2018[33]
Rank Player Team Assists Minutes played
1 England James Milner England Liverpool 7 431
2 Belgium Kevin De Bruyne England Manchester City 4 487
Belgium Eden Hazard England Chelsea 611
Brazil Neymar France Paris Saint-Germain 630
Brazil Roberto Firmino England Liverpool 637
Uruguay Luis Suárez Spain Barcelona 704
7 14 players 3 —

See also

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  2. ^ "Football Federation of Kosovo joins UEFA". UEFA. 3 May 2016.
  3. ^ a b "Regulations of the UEFA Champions League 2017/18 Season" (PDF). UEFA.com. 4 April 2017.
  4. ^ "How the Europa League winners will enter the Champions League". UEFA.com. 27 February 2015.
  5. ^ "Timeline for UEFA Presidential elections decided". UEFA. 18 May 2016.
  6. ^ a b c "Preliminary Access List 2017/18" (PDF). Bert Kassies. RFEF.
  7. ^ a b "Country coefficients 2015/16". UEFA.com.
  8. ^ a b "UEFA Country Ranking 2016". Bert Kassies. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
  9. ^ "UEFA Access List 2015/18 with explanations" (PDF). Bert Kassies.
  10. ^ "Access list 2017/2018". Bert Kassies.
  11. ^ "Europa League win earns Manchester United a Champions League spot". UEFA.com. 24 May 2017.
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  13. ^ "Who is in this season's UEFA Champions League?". UEFA.com. 13 July 2017.
  14. ^ "UEFA European Football Calendar 2017/2018". Bert Kassies.
  15. ^ "2017/18 Champions League match and draw calendar". UEFA.com. 11 January 2017.
  16. ^ a b "Club coefficients 2016/17". UEFA.com.
  17. ^ a b "UEFA Team Ranking 2017". Bert Kassies.
  18. ^ a b "Seeding in the Champions League 2017/2018". Bert Kassies.
  19. ^ a b "First and second qualifying rounds draw". UEFA.com.
  20. ^ "Third qualifying round draw". UEFA.com.
  21. ^ "Play-off round draw". UEFA.com.
  22. ^ "Group stage draw". UEFA.com.
  23. ^ "Champions League: Domestic title winners to receive top-seed status". BBC Sport. 9 October 2014.
  24. ^ "Champions' bonus for group stage draw". UEFA.com. 24 April 2015.
  25. ^ "Champions League group stage number crunching". UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 24 August 2017.
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  27. ^ a b "Quarter-final draw". UEFA.com.
  28. ^ "UEFA Champions League quarter-final draw". UEFA.com.
  29. ^ "UEFA Champions League quarter-final draw". UEFA.com.
  30. ^ a b "Semi-final and final draws". UEFA.com.
  31. ^ "Full Time Report Final – Real Madrid v Liverpool" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 26 May 2018. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
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  33. ^ "Statistics — Tournament phase — Players — Goals (Assists)". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
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