2019–20 UEFA Champions League
The 2019–20 UEFA Champions League is the 65th season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 28th season since it was renamed from the European Champion Clubs' Cup to the UEFA Champions League.
 The Estádio da Luz in Lisbon will host the final | |
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| Dates | Qualifying: 25 June – 28 August 2019 Competition proper: 17 September 2019 – 23 August 2020 |
| Teams | Competition proper: 32 Total: 79 (from 54 associations) |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 116 |
| Goals scored | 379 (3.27 per match) |
| Attendance | 4,758,398 (41,021 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  (14 goals) |
The final will be played at the Estádio da Luz in Lisbon, Portugal. The winners of the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League will earn the right to play against the winners of the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League in the 2020 UEFA Super Cup; they will also qualify for the 2020 FIFA Club World Cup in Qatar. They will also automatically qualify for the 2020–21 UEFA Champions League group stage, and if they have already qualified through their league performance, the reserved berth will be given to the team that was top of the 2019–20 Eredivisie, Ajax, when it was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The quarter-finals onwards were played as single-match knockout ties at neutral venues in Lisbon, Portugal (Estádio da Luz and Estádio José Alvalade) from 12 to 23 August due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.[1]
In keeping with its introduction the campaign prior, the video assistant referee (VAR) system was in use from the play-off round onwards.[2]
Liverpool were the defending champions, but they – along with the previous season's other finalists, Tottenham Hotspur – were eliminated in the round of 16, following defeats to Atlético Madrid and RB Leipzig respectively.
Association team allocation
A total of 79 teams from 54 of the 55 UEFA member associations participate in the 2019–20 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:[3]
- 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 2018–19 UEFA Champions League and 2018–19 UEFA Europa League are each given an additional entry if they do not qualify for the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League through their domestic leagues. However, both have qualified through their domestic leagues, meaning the additional entries are not necessary.
Association ranking
For the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League, the associations are allocated places according to their 2018 UEFA country coefficients, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 2013–14 to 2017–18.[4]
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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Distribution
The following is the access list for this season.[5]
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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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| 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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| Group stage (32 teams) |
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| Knockout phase (16 teams) |
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Changes are made to the default access list, if the Champions League and/or Europa League title holders qualify for the tournament via their domestic leagues. In any case where a spot in the Champions League is vacated, teams of the highest-ranked associations in earlier rounds of the appropriate path are promoted accordingly.
- In the default access list, the Champions League title holders qualify for the group stage. However, since the Champions League title holders (Liverpool) have qualified via their domestic league (as second place in the 2018–19 Premier League), the following changes to the access list were made:
- The champions of association 11 (Austria) entered the group stage instead of the play-off round.
- The champions of association 13 (Czech Republic) entered the play-off round instead of the third qualifying round.
- The champions of association 15 (Greece) entered the third qualifying round instead of the second qualifying round.
- The champions of associations 18 and 19 (Israel and Cyprus) entered the second qualifying round instead of the first qualifying round.
- In the default access list, the Europa League title holders qualify for the group stage. However, since the Europa League title holders (Chelsea) qualified for the group stage via their domestic league (as third place in the 2018–19 Premier League), the following changes to the access list were made:
- The third-placed team of association 5 (France) entered the group stage instead of the third qualifying round.
- The runners-up of associations 10 and 11 (Turkey and Austria) entered the third qualifying round instead of the second qualifying round.
Teams
League positions of the previous season shown in parentheses (TH: Champions League title holders; EL: Europa League title holders).[5]
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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]
The competition was suspended on 17 March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.[7] A working group was set up by UEFA to decide the calendar of the remainder of the season.[8] On 17 June 2020, UEFA announced the revised schedule for the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final of the competition, to be played in single-leg matches.[1]
| Phase | Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
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| Qualifying | Preliminary round | 11 June 2019 | 25 June 2019 (semi-final round) | 28 June 2019 (final round) |
| First qualifying round | 18 June 2019 | 9–10 July 2019 | 16–17 July 2019 | |
| Second qualifying round | 19 June 2019 | 23–24 July 2019 | 30–31 July 2019 | |
| Third qualifying round | 22 July 2019 | 6–7 August 2019 | 13 August 2019 | |
| Play-off | Play-off round | 5 August 2019 | 20–21 August 2019 | 27–28 August 2019 |
| Group stage | Matchday 1 | 29 August 2019 (Monaco) |
17–18 September 2019 | |
| Matchday 2 | 1–2 October 2019 | |||
| Matchday 3 | 22–23 October 2019 | |||
| Matchday 4 | 5–6 November 2019 | |||
| Matchday 5 | 26–27 November 2019 | |||
| Matchday 6 | 10–11 December 2019 | |||
| Knockout phase | Round of 16 | 16 December 2019 | 18–19 & 25–26 February 2020 | 10–11 March & 7–8 August 2020[lower-alpha 1] |
| Quarter-finals | 10 July 2020[lower-alpha 2] | 12–15 August 2020[lower-alpha 3] | ||
| Semi-finals | 18–19 August 2020[lower-alpha 4] | |||
| Final | 23 August 2020 at Estádio da Luz, Lisbon[lower-alpha 5] | |||
- Second week of matches originally scheduled for 17–18 March 2020
- Quarter-final, semi-final and final draws originally scheduled for 20 March 2020
- Quarter-final first legs originally scheduled for 7–8 April, and second legs 14–15 April 2020
- Semi-final first legs originally scheduled for 28–29 April, and second legs 5–6 May 2020
- Final originally scheduled for 30 May 2020
Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic
The round of 16 ties were to be played across four weeks, with the first legs being played across two weeks in February and the second legs across two weeks in March. Because of this, the first leg ties were unaffected by the pandemic, but the second leg ties were affected in different ways. All of the four matches in the first week of fixtures went ahead but due to the increased severity of the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain and France, Valencia's and PSG's home games were played behind closed doors.[9][10] On 15 March, UEFA announced a halt to the competition meaning that the remaining second leg games would be postponed indefinitely.[11][7] A taskforce was convened to reschedule the rest of the season.[8] On 23 March, it was announced that the Atatürk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul, Turkey would no longer host the competition final, originally scheduled for 30 May, but would host the 2021 final instead.[12]
On 17 June, it was announced that the Champions League would return on 7 August and conclude on 23 August,[1] with the rest of the tournament to be held in Portugal, with the exception of the four unplayed round of 16 second legs, which will be played at their original venues.[13] The last 8 of the competition would be played as a mini-tournament style with remaining fixtures to be played as single legged ties. All remaining ties of the competition will be played behind closed doors due to the remaining presence of the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.[14]
Final tournament venues
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| Estádio da Luz (final venue) |
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| Capacity: 64,642 | Capacity: 50,095 | |
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Preliminary round
In the preliminary round, teams were divided into seeded and unseeded teams based on their 2019 UEFA club coefficients,[15] and then drawn into one-legged semi-final and final ties. The losers of both semi-final and final rounds entered the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round. The draw for the preliminary round was held on 11 June 2019, 12:00 CEST, to determine the matchups of the semi-finals and the administrative "home" team of each semi-final and final.[16] The semi-final round was played on 25 June, and the final round on 28 June 2019, both at the Fadil Vokrri Stadium in Pristina, Kosovo.
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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| Feronikeli |
1–0 | |
| Tre Penne |
0–1 | |
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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| Feronikeli |
2–1 | |
Qualifying rounds
In the qualifying rounds and the play-off round, teams were divided into seeded and unseeded teams based on their 2019 UEFA club coefficients,[15] and then drawn into two-legged home-and-away ties.
First qualifying round
The losers entered the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round, except one team who was drawn to receive a bye to the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League third qualifying round. The draw for the first qualifying round was held on 18 June 2019, 14:30 CEST.[17] The first legs were played on 9 and 10 July, and the second legs on 16 and 17 July 2019.
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Nõmme Kalju |
2–2 (a) | |
0–1 | 2–1 |
| Sūduva |
1–2 | |
0–0 | 1–2 |
| Ararat-Armenia |
3–4 | |
2–1 | 1–3 |
| Astana |
2–3 | |
1–0 | 1–3 |
| Ferencváros |
5–3[upper-alpha 1] | |
2–1 | 3–2 |
| Partizani |
0–2 | |
0–0 | 0–2 |
| Slovan Bratislava |
2–2 (2–3 p) | |
1–1 | 1–1 (a.e.t.) |
| Sarajevo |
2–5[upper-alpha 2][upper-alpha 3] | |
1–3 | 1–2 |
| Sheriff Tiraspol |
3–4 | |
0–3 | 3–1 |
| F91 Dudelange |
3–3 (a) | |
2–2 | 1–1 |
| Linfield |
0–6 | |
0–2 | 0–4 |
| Valur |
0–5 | |
0–3 | 0–2 |
| Dundalk |
0–0 (5–4 p) | |
0–0 | 0–0 (a.e.t.) |
| The New Saints |
3–2 | |
2–2 | 1–0 |
| HJK |
5–2 | |
3–0 | 2–2 |
| BATE Borisov |
3–2 | |
1–1 | 2–1 |
Notes
- Following a mistake with the original draw not following the correct procedure, UEFA performed a re-draw to establish the home team for each leg in the Ferencváros-Ludogorets Razgrad tie. As a result, the order of legs was reversed. The error did not affect any other tie.[18]
- Order of legs reversed after original draw.
- Losers drawn to receive a bye to the Europa League third qualifying round.
Second qualifying round
The second qualifying round was split into two separate sections: Champions Path (for league champions) and League Path (for league non-champions). The losers from both Champions Path and League Path entered the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League third qualifying round. The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 19 June 2019, 12:00 CEST.[19] The first legs were played on 23 and 24 July, and the second legs on 30 and 31 July 2019.
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| CFR Cluj |
3–2 | |
1–0 | 2–2 |
| BATE Borisov |
2–3 | |
2–1 | 0–2 |
| The New Saints |
0–3 | |
0–2 | 0–1 |
| Ferencváros |
4–2 | |
3–1 | 1–1 |
| Dundalk |
1–4 | |
1–1 | 0–3 |
| Saburtalo Tbilisi |
0–5 | |
0–2 | 0–3 |
| Celtic |
7–0 | |
5–0 | 2–0 |
| Red Star Belgrade |
3–2 | |
2–0 | 1–2 |
| Sutjeska Nikšić |
0–4 | |
0–1 | 0–3 |
| Maribor |
4–4 (a) | |
2–1 | 2–3 (a.e.t.) |
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Viktoria Plzeň |
0–4 | |
0–0 | 0–4 |
| PSV Eindhoven |
4–4 (a) | |
3–2 | 1–2 |
Third qualifying round
The third qualifying round was split into two separate sections: Champions Path (for league champions) and League Path (for league non-champions). The losers from the Champions Path entered the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League play-off round, while the losers from the League Path entered the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League group stage. The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 22 July 2019, 12:00 CEST.[20] The first legs were played on 6 and 7 August, and the second legs on 13 August 2019.
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| CFR Cluj |
5–4 | |
1–1 | 4–3 |
| APOEL |
3–2 | |
1–2 | 2–0 |
| PAOK |
4–5 | |
2–2 | 2–3 |
| Dinamo Zagreb |
5–1 | |
1–1 | 4–0 |
| Red Star Belgrade |
2–2 (7–6 p) | |
1–1 | 1–1 (a.e.t.) |
| Maribor |
2–6 | |
1–3 | 1–3 |
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| İstanbul Başakşehir |
0–3 | |
0–1 | 0–2 |
| Krasnodar |
3–3 (a) | |
0–1 | 3–2 |
| Club Brugge |
4–3 | |
1–0 | 3–3 |
| Basel |
2–5 | |
1–2 | 1–3 |
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 losers from both Champions Path and League Path entered the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League group stage. From this stage, the video assistant referee will be used. The draw for the play-off round was held on 5 August 2019, 12:00 CEST.[21] The first legs were played on 20 and 21 August, and the second legs on 27 and 28 August 2019.
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Dinamo Zagreb |
3–1 | |
2–0 | 1–1 |
| CFR Cluj |
0–2 | |
0–1 | 0–1 |
| Young Boys |
3–3 (a) | |
2–2 | 1–1 |
| APOEL |
0–2 | |
0–0 | 0–2 |
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| LASK |
1–3 | |
0–1 | 1–2 |
| Olympiacos |
6–1 | |
4–0 | 2–1 |
Group stage
The draw for the group stage was held on 29 August 2019, 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:[23][24]
- Pot 1 contains the Champions League and Europa League title holders, and the champions of the top six associations based on their 2018 UEFA country coefficients. If one 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 contain the remaining teams, seeded based on their 2019 UEFA club coefficients.[15]
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 2019–20 UEFA Europa League round of 32. The matchdays are 17–18 September, 1–2 October, 22–23 October, 5–6 November, 26–27 November, and 10–11 December 2019.
The youth teams of the clubs that qualify for the group stage also participate in the 2019–20 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 16 national associations are represented in the group stage. Atalanta made their debut appearance in the group stage.
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Teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Articles 17.01):[3]
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Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | PAR | RM | BRU | GAL | |
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6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 2 | +15 | 16 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 3–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | |
| 2 | |
6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | +6 | 11 | 2–2 | — | 2–2 | 6–0 | ||
| 3 | |
6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | −8 | 3 | Transfer to Europa League | 0–5 | 1–3 | — | 0–0 | |
| 4 | |
6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 14 | −13 | 2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | — |
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | BAY | TOT | OLY | RSB | |
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| 1 | |
6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 5 | +19 | 18 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | |
| 2 | |
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 14 | +4 | 10 | 2–7 | — | 4–2 | 5–0 | ||
| 3 | |
6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | −6 | 4 | Transfer to Europa League | 2–3 | 2–2 | — | 1–0 | |
| 4 | |
6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 20 | −17 | 3 | 0–6 | 0–4 | 3–1 | — |
Group C
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MC | ATA | SHK | DZG | |
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| 1 | |
6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 4 | +12 | 14 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 5–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | |
| 2 | |
6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | −4 | 7 | 1–1 | — | 1–2 | 2–0 | ||
| 3 | |
6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 13 | −5 | 6 | Transfer to Europa League | 0–3 | 0–3 | — | 2–2 | |
| 4 | |
6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | −3 | 5 | 1–4 | 4–0 | 3–3 | — |
Group D
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | JUV | ATL | LEV | LOM | |
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| 1 | |
6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 16 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | |
| 2 | |
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 10 | 2–2 | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | ||
| 3 | |
6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 6 | Transfer to Europa League | 0–2 | 2–1 | — | 1–2 | |
| 4 | |
6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 11 | −7 | 3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | — |
Group E
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | LIV | NAP | SAL | GNK | |
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| 1 | |
6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 8 | +5 | 13 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 1–1 | 4–3 | 2–1 | |
| 2 | |
6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 12 | 2–0 | — | 1–1 | 4–0 | ||
| 3 | |
6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 13 | +3 | 7 | Transfer to Europa League | 0–2 | 2–3 | — | 6–2 | |
| 4 | |
6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 20 | −15 | 1 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 1–4 | — |
Group F
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | BAR | DOR | INT | SLP | |
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6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 14 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | |
| 2 | |
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 0–0 | — | 3–2 | 2–1 | ||
| 3 | |
6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 7 | Transfer to Europa League | 1–2 | 2–0 | — | 1–1 | |
| 4 | |
6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 | — |
Group G
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | RBL | LYO | BEN | ZEN | |
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| 1 | |
6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | |
| 2 | |
6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 8 | 2–2 | — | 3–1 | 1–1 | ||
| 3 | |
6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 7[lower-alpha 1] | Transfer to Europa League | 1–2 | 2–1 | — | 3–0 | |
| 4 | |
6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 7[lower-alpha 1] | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | — |
Notes:
- Tied on head-to-head points (3). Head-to-head goal difference: Benfica +1, Zenit Saint Petersburg −1.
Group H
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | VAL | CHL | AJX | LIL | |
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| 1 | |
6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 11[lower-alpha 1] | Advance to knockout phase | — | 2–2 | 0–3 | 4–1 | |
| 2 | |
6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 11[lower-alpha 1] | 0–1 | — | 4–4 | 2–1 | ||
| 3 | |
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 10 | Transfer to Europa League | 0–1 | 0–1 | — | 3–0 | |
| 4 | |
6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 14 | −10 | 1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | — |
Notes:
- Head-to-head points: Valencia 4, Chelsea 1.
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 and semi-finals, there are no seedings, and teams from the same group or the same association can be drawn against each other. As the draws for the quarter-finals and semi-finals are held together before the quarter-finals are played, the identity of the quarter-final winners is not known at the time of the semi-final draw. A draw is also held to determine which semi-final winner is designated as the "home" team for the final (for administrative purposes as it is played at a neutral venue).
For the quarter-finals and semi-finals, teams from the same city are not scheduled to play at home on the same day or on consecutive days, due to logistics and crowd control.[25] To avoid such scheduling conflict, if the two teams are drawn to play at home for the same leg, the order of legs of the tie involving the team with the lower domestic ranking in the qualifying season is reversed from the original draw.[26]
On 17 June 2020, UEFA announced that due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, the final stages of the competition would feature a format change. The quarter-finals, semi-finals and final would be played in a single-leg format from 12 to 23 August 2020 at the Estádio da Luz and Estádio José Alvalade in Lisbon, Portugal. The matches will tentatively be played behind closed doors, though spectators could be allowed subject to a review of the situation and the decisions of the national and local government.
Following the competition restart in August 2020, a maximum of five substitutions will be allowed, with a sixth allowed in extra time. However, each team will only be given three opportunities to make substitutions, with a fourth opportunity in extra time, excluding substitutions made at half-time, before the start of extra time and at half-time in extra time. This follows a proposal from FIFA and approval by IFAB to lessen the impact of fixture congestion.[27]
Bracket
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Round of 16
The draw for the round of 16 was held on 16 December 2019, 12:00 CET.[28] The first legs were played as scheduled on 18, 19, 25 and 26 February, as were the first set of second legs on 10 and 11 March 2020. Due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, the second set of second leg matches were postponed by UEFA on 13 March 2020.[11] On 17 June 2020, UEFA announced that the second legs would be played on 7–8 August 2020, with the venue to be decided between the home team's stadium and a neutral stadium in Portugal (at the Estádio do Dragão in Porto and the Estádio D. Afonso Henriques in Guimarães).[29] On 9 July 2020, UEFA announced that the remaining second legs would be held at the venues originally proposed.[30]
The first leg of the Atalanta v Valencia tie was retrospectively blamed by local civic and medical authorities for contributing to the extremely high concentration of coronavirus cases in Atalanta's home city of Bergamo. Several fans and players of Valencia also had positive diagnoses after returning from the game.[31][32][33] The second leg of the Atlético Madrid v Liverpool tie was similarly blamed for the sharp increase in coronavirus-related deaths in North West England.[34]
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Borussia Dortmund |
2–3 | |
2–1 | 0–2 |
| Real Madrid |
2–4 | |
1–2 | 1–2 |
| Atalanta |
8–4 | |
4–1 | 4–3 |
| Atlético Madrid |
4–2 | |
1–0 | 3–2 (a.e.t.) |
| Chelsea |
1–7 | |
0–3 | 1–4 |
| Lyon |
2–2 (a) | |
1–0 | 1–2 |
| Tottenham Hotspur |
0–4 | |
0–1 | 0–3 |
| Napoli |
2–4 | |
1–1 | 1–3 |
Quarter-finals
The draw for the quarter-finals took place on 10 July 2020.[11][35] The matches were played from 12 to 15 August 2020.
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Manchester City |
1–3 | |
| RB Leipzig |
2–1 | |
| Barcelona |
2–8 | |
| Atalanta |
1–2 | |
Semi-finals
The draw for the semi-finals took place on 10 July 2020 (after the quarter-final draw). The matches will be played on 18 and 19 August 2020.
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Lyon |
19 Aug (SF1) | |
| RB Leipzig |
18 Aug (SF2) | |
Final
The final is scheduled to be played at the Estádio da Luz in Lisbon. The "home" team (for administrative purposes) was determined by an additional draw held after the quarter-final and semi-final draws.[35]
Statistics
Statistics exclude qualifying rounds and play-off round.
There have been 379 goals scored in 116 matches, for an average of 3.27 goals per match.[36]
- As of 15 August 2020
Top goalscorers
| Rank | Player | Team | Goals | Minutes played |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | |
|
14 | 707 |
| 2 | |
|
10 | 554 |
| 3 | |
|
7 | 624 |
| 4 | |
|
6 | 450 |
|
|
536 | ||
|
|
586 | ||
 |
|
590 | ||
|
|
599 | ||
| 9 |  |
|
5 | 365 |
|
|
476 | ||
 |
|
480 | ||
|
|
516 | ||
|
|
521 | ||
 |
|
567 | ||
|
|
643 |
Notes
- Erling Haaland played for Red Bull Salzburg in the group stage and for Borussia Dortmund in the knockout stage, after his transfer during the January transfer window.[37]
Source:[38]
Top assists
| Rank | Player | Team | Assists | Minutes played |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | |
|
5 | 476 |
 |
|
499 | ||
|
|
625 | ||
|
|
707 | ||
| 5 | |
|
4 | 329 |
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|
533 | ||
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|
572 | ||
|
|
584 | ||
|
|
629 | ||
| 10 | |
|
3 | 267 |
|
|
311 | ||
|
|
338 | ||
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|
404 | ||
|
|
405 | ||
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|
415 | ||
|
|
478 | ||
|
|
506 | ||
|
|
509 | ||
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|
517 | ||
|
|
529 | ||
|
|
540 | ||
|
|
567 | ||
|
|
590 | ||
|
|
599 | ||
|
|
661 | ||
|
|
717 | ||
|
|
720 |
Notes
- Takumi Minamino played for Red Bull Salzburg in the group stage and for Liverpool in the knockout stage, after his transfer during the January transfer window.[37]
Source:[39]
See also
Notes
- The remainder of the competition, held in August 2020, is being played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.[14]
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