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In the default access list, the Champions League title holders qualify for the group stage.<ref name="uefa1819">{{cite news |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/newsid=2499801.html |title=Champions League and Europa League changes next season |website=UEFA.com |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |date=27 February 2018 |access-date=27 February 2018}}</ref><ref name="access list">{{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/competitions/General/02/49/98/51/2499851_DOWNLOAD.pdf |title=Access list for the 2018/19 UEFA club competitions |website=UEFA.com |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |format=PDF |date=27 February 2018 |access-date=28 February 2018}}</ref> However, since [[Real Madrid C.F.|Real Madrid]] already qualified for the group stage via their domestic league (as top four of the [[2017–18 La Liga]], the following changes to the access list will be made:<ref name="access list"/> |
In the default access list, the Champions League title holders qualify for the group stage.<ref name="uefa1819">{{cite news |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/newsid=2499801.html |title=Champions League and Europa League changes next season |website=UEFA.com |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |date=27 February 2018 |access-date=27 February 2018}}</ref><ref name="access list">{{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/competitions/General/02/49/98/51/2499851_DOWNLOAD.pdf |title=Access list for the 2018/19 UEFA club competitions |website=UEFA.com |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |format=PDF |date=27 February 2018 |access-date=28 February 2018}}</ref> However, since [[Real Madrid C.F.|Real Madrid]] already qualified for the group stage via their domestic league (as top four of the [[2017–18 La Liga]]), the following changes to the access list will be made:<ref name="access list"/> |
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Revision as of 21:33, 26 May 2018
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Dates | Qualifying: 26 June – 29 August 2018 Competition proper: 18 September 2018 – 1 June 2019 |
Teams | Competition proper: 32 Total: 79 (from 54 associations) |
The 2018–19 UEFA Champions League will be 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.
Real Madrid are the defending champions, having won the title 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.[2][3] As per the new regulations, the previous season's UEFA Europa League winners will qualify automatically for the UEFA Champions League group stage. 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.[2] Only six teams will qualify for the group stage via the qualification rounds, down from ten in the previous season.[4]
Association team allocation
A total of 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:[4][5]
- 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.
- The winners of the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League, Real Madrid, have qualified through their domestic leagues, meaning the additional entry for the Champions League title holders is not necessary.
- The winners of the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League, Atlético Madrid, have qualified through their domestic league, meaning the additional entry for the Europa League title holders is not necessary.
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.[6]
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 UEFA Champions League title holders
- (UEL) – Additional berth for UEFA Europa League title holders
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In the default access list, the Champions League title holders qualify for the group stage.[7][4] However, since Real Madrid already qualified for the group stage via their domestic league (as top four of the 2017–18 La Liga), the following changes to the access list will be made:[4]
- The champions of association 11 (Czech Republic) will enter the group stage instead of the play-off round.
- The champions of association 13 (Netherlands) will enter the play-off round instead of the third qualifying round.
- The champions of association 15 (Austria) will enter the third qualifying round instead of the second qualifying round.
- The champions of associations 18 and 19 (Denmark and Belarus) will enter the second qualifying round instead of the first qualifying round.[8]
In addition, the Europa League title holders qualify for the group stage.[7] However, since Atlético Madrid, the Europa League champions, already qualified for the group stage via their domestic league (as second/third place of the 2017–18 La Liga), the following changes to the access list will be made:[4]
- The third-placed team of association 5 (France) will enter the group stage instead of the third qualifying round.
- The runners-up of association 10 and 11 (Turkey and Czech Republic) will enter the third qualifying round instead of the second qualifying round.
Note: The exact access list will be confirmed by UEFA prior to the tournament.
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Preliminary round (4 teams) |
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First qualifying round (32 teams) |
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Second qualifying round | Champions Path (20 teams) |
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League Path (4 teams) |
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Third qualifying round | Champions Path (12 teams) |
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League Path (8 teams) |
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Play-off round | 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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Teams
NOTE: The following list of qualified teams is provisional, subject to final confirmation by UEFA in June 2018, as each participating team must obtain a UEFA club license. All qualified teams are included in this list as long as they have not been banned by UEFA or have not failed their final appeal with their football association on obtaining a license. |
League positions of the previous season shown in parentheses (TH: Champions League title holders; EL: Europa League title holders).[7][9][10]
- Notes
- ^ Albania (ALB): In March 2018, Skënderbeu Korçë 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, Kukësi, the runners-up of the league, will enter the 2018–19 UEFA Champions League instead of the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League.
- ^ France (FRA): 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).[12]
Phase | Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
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Preliminary | Preliminary round | 12 June 2018 | 26 June 2018 (semi-final round) | 29 June 2018 (final round) |
Qualifying | 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 | 19 April 2019 | 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 – 18:55 CET and 21:00 CET.[7]
Preliminary round
Note: All qualified teams below are listed with their 2018 UEFA club coefficients (CC).[13] A new club coefficient system will be used for seeding starting from the 2018–19 season, which is calculated by the maximum of either the club points in the previous five years or 20% of the association points over the same period (instead of the sum of the two values). In cases where the club coefficients are to be determined (teams from their associations are still active in 2017–18 UEFA club competitions), the latest club coefficients are listed.
In the preliminary round, teams are drawn into one-legged semi-final and final ties. The draw for the preliminary round will be held on 12 June 2018. The semi-final round will be played on 26 June, and the final round will be played on 29 June 2018, both at the Victoria Stadium in Gibraltar.[14] The losers of both semi-final and final rounds enter the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round.
A total of four teams are expected to play in the preliminary round.
Seeded
- FC Santa Coloma CC: 2.750
- Lincoln Red Imps CC: 2.750
Unseeded
- La Fiorita CC: 1.750
- Drita CC: 0.000
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 will be held on 19 June 2018. The first legs will be played on 10 and 11 July, and the second legs will be played on 17 and 18 July 2018. The losers enter the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round.
A total of 32 teams are expected to play in the first qualifying round: 31 teams which enter in this round, and the winner of the preliminary round.
Seeded
- Ludogorets Razgrad CC: 37.000
- Celtic CC: 31.000
- APOEL CC: 27.000
- Legia Warsaw CC: 24.500
- Astana CC: 21.750
- Qarabağ CC: 20.500
- Sheriff Tiraspol CC: 14.750
- Malmö FF CC: 14.000
- Red Star Belgrade CC: 10.750
- Hapoel Be'er Sheva CC: 10.000
- Rosenborg CC: 9.000
- HJK CC: 8.000
- The New Saints CC: 5.000
- Kukësi CC: 4.250
Unseeded
- F91 Dudelange CC: 3.500
- Spartak Trnava CC: 3.500
- Valletta CC: 3.250
- Víkingur Gøta CC: 3.000
- Crusaders CC: 3.000
- Alashkert CC: 2.500
- Sutjeska Nikšić CC: 2.500
- Sūduva Marijampolė CC: 2.000
- Spartaks Jūrmala CC: 1.750
- Cork City CC: 1.750
- Valur CC: 1.650
- Flora Tallinn CC: 1.250
- Torpedo Kutaisi CC: 1.000
TBD
- Champions of 2017–18 Slovenian PrvaLiga
- Champions of 2017–18 Nemzeti Bajnokság I
- Zrinjski Mostar CC: 3.750
- Shkëndija CC: 3.500
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 will be held on 19 June 2018 (after the completion of the first qualifying round draw). The first legs will be played on 24 and 25 July, and the second legs will be played on 31 July and 1 August 2018. The losers from both Champions Path and League Path enter the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League third qualifying round.
A total of 24 teams are expected to play in the second qualifying round:
Champions Path
Four teams which enter in this round, and the 16 winners of the first qualifying round.
Seeded
- Winners of match involving Ludogorets Razgrad CC: 37.000
- Winners of match involving Celtic CC: 31.000
- Winners of match involving APOEL CC: 27.000
- Winners of match involving Legia Warsaw CC: 24.500
- Winners of match involving Astana CC: 21.750
- Winners of match involving Qarabağ CC: 20.500
- BATE Borisov CC: 20.500
- Dinamo Zagreb CC: 17.500
- Winners of match involving Sheriff Tiraspol CC: 14.750
Unseeded
- Midtjylland CC: 11.500
- Winners of match involving Red Star Belgrade CC: 10.750
- Winners of match involving Hapoel Be'er Sheva CC: 10.000
- Winners of match involving Rosenborg CC: 9.000
- Winners of match involving HJK CC: 8.000
- Winners of match involving The New Saints CC: 5.000
- Winners of match involving Kukësi CC: 4.250
- CFR Cluj CC: 4.090
TBD
- Winners of match involving Malmö FF CC: 14.000
League Path
Four teams which enter in this round.
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 will be held on 23 July 2018. The first legs will be played on 7 and 8 August, and the second legs will be 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.
A total of 20 teams are expected to play in the third qualifying round:
Champions Path
Two teams which enter in this round, and the 10 Champions Path winners of the second qualifying round.
League Path
Six teams which enter in this round, and the two League Path winners of the second qualifying round.
Seeded
- Benfica CC: 80.000
- Winners of match involving Basel CC: 71.000
- Dynamo Kyiv CC: 62.000
- Winners of match involving Ajax CC: 53.500
Unseeded
- Fenerbahçe CC: 23.500
- Spartak Moscow CC: 13.500
- Standard Liège CC: 12.500
- Slavia Prague CC: 7.500
Play-off round
The play-off round is split into two separate sections: Champions Path (for league champions) and League Path (for league non-champions). The draw for the play-off round will be held on 6 August 2018. The first legs will be played on 21 and 22 August, and the second legs will be played on 28 and 29 August 2018. The losers from both Champions Path and League Path enter the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League group stage.
A total of twelve teams play in the play-off round:
Champions Path
Two teams which enter in this round, and the six Champions Path winners of the third qualifying round.
League Path
The four League Path winners of the third qualifying round.
Seeded
- Winners of match involving Benfica CC: 80.000
Group stage
The draw for the group stage will be held on 30 August 2018 at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco. The 32 teams are 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 are seeded into four pots based on the following principles (introduced starting this season):[5]
- Pot 1 contains 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 are 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 contain the remaining teams, seeded based on their 2018 UEFA club coefficients.
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 32 teams play in the group stage: 26 teams which enter in this stage, and the six winners of the play-off round (four from Champions Path, two from League Path).
- Real Madrid CC: 162.000 (Pot 1)
- Atlético Madrid CC: 140.000 (Pot 1)
- Bayern Munich CC: 135.000 (Pot 1)
- Barcelona CC: 132.000 (Pot 1)
- Juventus CC: 126.000 (Pot 1)
- Paris Saint-Germain CC: 109.000 (Pot 1)
- Manchester City CC: 100.000 (Pot 1)
- Lokomotiv Moscow CC: 22.500 (Pot 1)
- Borussia Dortmund CC: 89.000 (Pot 2)
- Porto CC: 86.000 (Pot 2)
- Manchester United CC: 82.000 (Pot 2)
- Shakhtar Donetsk CC: 81.000 (Pot 2)
- Napoli CC: 78.000 (Pot 2)
- Tottenham Hotspur CC: 67.000 (Pot 2)
- Roma CC: 64.000
- Liverpool CC: 62.000
- Schalke 04 CC: 62.000 (Pot 3)
- Lyon CC: 59.500 (Pot 3)
- Monaco CC: 57.000 (Pot 3)
- CSKA Moscow CC: 45.000 (Pot 3)
- Valencia CC: 36.000
- Viktoria Plzeň CC: 33.000
- Club Brugge CC: 29.500
- Galatasaray CC: 29.500
- Internazionale CC: 16.000 (Pot 4)
- 1899 Hoffenheim CC: 14.285 (Pot 4)
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. 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. 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 19 April 2019. 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 semi-final draw.
See also
- 2018–19 UEFA Europa League
- 2019 UEFA Super Cup
- 2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League
- 2018–19 UEFA Youth League
References
- ^ "Madrid's Estadio Metropolitano to host 2019 Champions League final". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 20 September 2017. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
- ^ a b "Evolution of UEFA club competitions for 2018–21 cycle". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 26 August 2016. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
- ^ "Lyon to host 2018 UEFA Europa League final". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 9 December 2016. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
- ^ a b c d e "Access list for the 2018/19 UEFA club competitions" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 27 February 2018. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
- ^ a b "2018/19 UEFA Champions League regulations" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 10 May 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
- ^ "Country coefficients 2016/17". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 6 June 2017. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
- ^ a b c d "Champions League and Europa League changes next season". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 27 February 2018. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
- ^ Football seeding
- ^ Kassies, Bert (4 March 2018). "Qualification for European Cup Football 2018/2019". kassiesA. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
- ^ Football seeding (17 May 2018). "Access list for 2018-19".
- ^ "Albania's Skenderbeu handed 10-year ban over match-fixing in worst ever UEFA punishment". Tirana Times. 29 March 2018.
- ^ "2018/19 Champions League match and draw calendar". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 9 January 2018. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
- ^ a b "Club coefficients". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 23 February 2018. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
- ^ "1st ever Champions League Preliminary Round competition to be held in Gibraltar". Gibraltar Football Association. 26 April 2018.
External links
- UEFA Champions League (official website)