67th season of the club football tournament

2021–22 UEFA Champions LeagueFina-l2017.jpg The Krestovsky Stadium in Saint Petersburg will host the finalTournament detailsDatesQualifying:
22 June – 25 August 2021
Competition proper:
14 September 2021 – 28 May 2022TeamsCompetition proper: 32
Total: 80 (from 54 associations)Tournament statisticsMatches played96Goals scored297 (3.09 per match)Attendance2,987,595 (31,121 per match)Top scorer(s)Ivory CoastSébastien Haller
(10 goals)2020–21 2022–23 →

All statistics correct as of 9 December 2021. International football competition
The 2021–22 UEFA Champions League is the 67th season of Europe ‘s premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 30th season since it was renamed from the european Champion Clubs ‘ Cup to the UEFA Champions League. The final will be played at the Krestovsky Stadium in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It was originally scheduled to be played at the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany. [ 1 ] however, due to the postponement and move of the 2020 concluding, the concluding hosts were shifted back a class, with Saint Petersburg alternatively hosting the 2022 final. [ 2 ] The winners of the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League will mechanically qualify for the 2022–23 UEFA Champions League group stage, and besides earn the right to play against the winners of the 2021–22 UEFA Europa League in the 2022 UEFA Super Cup. This season is the first since 1998–99 ( the last season when the UEFA Cup Winners ‘ Cup was played ) where three major european club competitions ( UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, and the newly created UEFA Europa Conference League ) are organised by UEFA. No changes are made to the format of the Champions League, but teams that are eliminated from the preliminary round and first qualifying cycle of the Champions League are now transferred to the Europa Conference League alternatively of the Europa League. [ 3 ] Chelsea are the defend champions. On 24 June 2021, UEFA approved the proposal to abolish the aside goals rule in all UEFA club competitions, which had been used since 1965. consequently, if in a two-legged tie two teams score the same amount of aggregate goals, the achiever of the marry would not be decided by the number of away goals scored by each team but always by 30 minutes of extra fourth dimension, and if the two teams score the lapp sum of goals in excess time, the achiever would be decided by a penalty shoot-out. [ 4 ]

Association team allocation [edit ]

A sum of 80 teams from 54 of the 55 UEFA member associations participate in the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League ( the exception being Liechtenstein, [ Note LIE ] which does not organise a domestic league ). The association ranking based on the UEFA association coefficients is used to determine the number of participating teams for each association : [ 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)[Note LIE] each have one team qualify.
  • The winners of the 2020–21 UEFA Champions League and 2020–21 UEFA Europa League are each given an additional entry if they do not qualify for the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League through their own domestic league. (As Chelsea, the Champions League title holders, did qualify through their own domestic league this season, the additional entry for the Champions League title holders was re-allocated.)

Association ranking [edit ]

For the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League, the associations are allocated places according to their 2020 UEFA association coefficients, which takes into account their performance in european competitions from 2015–16 to 2019–20. [ 6 ] apart from the allotment based on the association coefficients, associations may have extra teams participating in the Champions League, as noted below :

  • ( UEL ) – Additional berth for UEFA Europa League title holders

distribution [edit ]

The trace is the access number for this season. [ 7 ] As the Champions League title holders, Chelsea, which were guaranteed a berth in the Champions League group stage, already qualified via their domestic league ( as fourthly station in the 2020-21 Premier League ), the follow changes to the access list were made :

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

Access list for 2021–22 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)[Note LIE]
  • 1 winner from the preliminary round

Second qualifying round
(26 teams)

Champions Path
(20 teams)

  • 4 champions from associations 16–19
  • 16 winners from the first qualifying round

League Path
(6 teams)

  • 6 runners-up from associations 10–15

Third qualifying round
(20 teams)

Champions Path
(12 teams)

  • 2 champions from associations 14–15
  • 10 winners from the second qualifying round (Champions Path)

League Path
(8 teams)

  • 3 runners-up from associations 7–9
  • 2 third-placed teams from associations 5–6
  • 3 winners from the second qualifying round (League Path)

Play-off round
(12 teams)

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)

  • Europa League title holders
  • 11 champions from associations 1–11
  • 6 runners-up from associations 1–6
  • 4 third-placed teams from associations 1–4
  • 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 [edit ]

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round of golf :

  • TH: Champions League title holders
  • EL: Europa League title holders
  • 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, etc.: League positions of the previous season
  • Abd-: League positions of abandoned season due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe as determined by the national association; all teams are subject to approval by UEFA as per the guidelines for entry to European competitions in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.[8]

The second qualify round, third qualifying round and play-off circle are divided into Champions Path ( CH ) and League Path ( LP ). CC: 2021 UEFA club coefficients. [ 9 ]
Notes

schedule [edit ]

All matches are played on Tuesdays and Wednesdays apart from the preliminary turn final, which was played on a Friday, and the final, which will be played on a Saturday. The third qualifying round second legs were only played on a Tuesday due to the 2021 UEFA Super Cup on the following Wednesday. Scheduled kick-off times starting from the play-off round are 18:45 ( rather of 18:55 previously ) and 21:00 CEST/CET. [ 14 ] All draws are held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, except the group degree draw, which took locate in Istanbul, Turkey, on 26 August 2021. [ 15 ]

Schedule for 2021–22 UEFA Champions League[16]

Phase

Round

Draw date

First leg

Second leg

Qualifying

Preliminary round

8 June 2021

22 June 2021 (semi-finals)

25 June 2021 (final)

First qualifying round

15 June 2021

6–7 July 2021

13–14 July 2021

Second qualifying round

16 June 2021

20–21 July 2021

27–28 July 2021

Third qualifying round

19 July 2021

3–4 August 2021

10 August 2021

Play-offs

2 August 2021

17–18 August 2021

24–25 August 2021

Group stage

Matchday 1

26 August 2021

14–15 September 2021

Matchday 2

28–29 September 2021

Matchday 3

19–20 October 2021

Matchday 4

2–3 November 2021

Matchday 5

23–24 November 2021

Matchday 6

7–8 December 2021

Knockout phase

Round of 16

13 December 2021

15–16 & 22–23 February 2022

8–9 & 15–16 March 2022

Quarter-finals

18 March 2022

5–6 April 2022

12–13 April 2022

Semi-finals

26–27 April 2022

3–4 May 2022

Final

28 May 2022 at Krestovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg

Qualifying rounds [edit ]

preliminary round [edit ]

The puff for the preliminary round was held on 8 June 2021, 12:00 CEST. [ 17 ] The preliminary round matches, which consisted of two semi-finals on 22 June 2021 and the final on 25 June 2021, were originally to be played at Gundadalur, Tórshavn in the Faroe Islands, [ 18 ] but were moved due to restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Faroe Islands. [ 19 ] The matches were rather played in Albania, with the semi-finals at Elbasan Arena, Elbasan and Niko Dovana Stadium, Durrës, and the concluding at Elbasan Arena. [ 20 ] The winner of the preliminary round final examination advanced to the first stipulate attack. The losers of the semi-finals and final were transferred to the Europa Conference League Champions Path second qualifying round of golf .

first qualifying round [edit ]

The draw for the first qualify round was held on 15 June 2021, 12:00 CEST. [ 21 ] The first legs were played on 6 and 7 July, and the moment legs were played on 13 and 14 July 2021. The winners of the ties advanced to the Champions Path second gear qualifying round of golf. The losers were transferred to the Europa Conference League Champions Path second qualifying attack .
Notes

second qualify attack [edit ]

The draw for the second modification round was held on 16 June 2021, 12:00 CEST. [ 22 ] The first legs were played on 20 and 21 July, and the second base legs were played on 27 and 28 July 2021. The winners of the ties advanced to the third qualifying beat of their respective way. The Champions Path losers were transferred to the Europa League Champions Path third qualifying round, while the League Path losers were transferred to the Europa League Main Path third base qualifying round.

third base qualifying round [edit ]

The draw for the third passing round was held on 19 July 2021, 12:00 CEST. [ 23 ] The first legs were played on 3 and 4 August, and the second base legs were played on 10 August 2021. The winners of the ties advanced to the play-off round of their respective path. The Champions Path losers were transferred to the Europa League play-off round, while the League Path losers were transferred to the Europa League group phase .

Play-off polish [edit ]

The draw for the play-off round was held on 2 August 2021, 12:00 CEST. [ 24 ] The first legs were played on 17 and 18 August, and the second legs were played on 24 and 25 August 2021. The winners of the ties advanced to the group stage. The losers were transferred to the Europa League group stage .

Group phase [edit ]

The draw for the group degree was held in Istanbul, Turkey, on 26 August 2021. [ 15 ] [ 25 ] The 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four. For the draw, the teams were seeded into four pots, each of eight teams, based on the be principles :

  • Pot 1 contained the Champions League and Europa League title holders, and the champions of the top six associations based on their 2020 UEFA country coefficients.[6]
  • Pot 2, 3 and 4 contained the remaining teams, seeded based on their 2021 UEFA club coefficients.[9]

Teams from the same association, and due to political reasons, teams from Ukraine and Russia, could not be drawn into the like group. Before the draw, UEFA formed pairings of teams from the lapp association ( one coupling for associations with two or three teams, two pairings for associations with four or five teams ) based on television receiver audiences, where one team was drawn into Groups A–D and another team was drawn into Groups E–H, so that the two teams would play on unlike days. [ 26 ] The matches were played on 14–15 September, 28–29 September, 19–20 October, 2–3 November, 23–24 November, and 7–9 December 2021. The top two teams of each group advanced to the round of 16. The third-placed teams were transferred to the Europa League knockout round play-offs, while the fourth-placed teams were eliminated from european competitions for the season. Sheriff Tiraspol made their debut appearance in the group stage. They were the beginning team from Moldova to play in the Champions League group stage .

Group A [edit ]

Group B [edit ]

Group C [edit ]

  1. a b neck and neck points : Sporting CP 3, Borussia Dortmund 3. tete-a-tete goal differences : Sporting CP +1, Borussia Dortmund −1 .

Group D [edit ]

Group E [edit ]

Group F [edit ]

Group G [edit ]

Group H [edit ]

Knockout phase [edit ]

In the hard 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 string for each circle is as follows :

  • In the draw for the round of 16, the eight group winners were seeded, and the eight group runners-up were unseeded. The seeded teams were drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. Teams from the same group or the same association could not 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).

Round of 16 [edit ]

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 13 December 2021, in the first place at 12:00 CET. [ 27 ] The draw featured multiple irregularities : manchester United were mistakenly included in the draw for Villarreal ‘s opposition ( both were in Group F ), and subsequently were selected ; another ball was then drawn, with Manchester City chosen rather. In the comply tie, Liverpool were mistakenly included in the draw for Atlético Madrid ‘s opponent ( both were in Group B ), while Manchester United were falsely excluded. [ 28 ] Later that day, UEFA voided the original absorb ascribable to a “ technical problem ” with the absorb calculator, and it was wholly remodel at 15:00 CET. [ 29 ] The first leg will be played on 15, 16, 22 and 23 February, and the moment leg will be played on 8, 9, 15 and 16 March 2022 .
The draw for the quarter-finals will be held on 18 March 2022, 12:00 CET. [ 30 ] The first base leg will be played on 5 and 6 April, and the second leg will be played on 12 and 13 April 2022 .
The draw for the semi-finals will be held on 18 March 2022, 12:00 CET, after the quarter-final trace. [ 30 ] The first peg will be played on 26 and 27 April, and the moment peg will be played on 3 and 4 May 2022 .

final examination [edit ]

The concluding will be played on 28 May 2022 at the Krestovsky Stadium in Saint Petersburg. A draw will be held on 18 March 2022, after the quarter-final and semi-final draw, to determine the “ family ” team for administrative purposes. [ 30 ]

Statistics [edit ]

Statistics exclude qualifying rounds and play-off round .

top goalscorers [edit ]

top assists [edit ]

european Super League controversy [edit ]

On 18 April 2021, UEFA, the Football Association, the Premier League, the italian Football Federation, Serie A, the Royal Spanish Football Federation and La Liga learned of plans from several English, italian and spanish clubs to create the european Super League. [ 33 ] UEFA and the national associations announced that if such a league were to be established, its participants would be banned from playing in external and domestic competitions. [ 34 ] Later that same day, english clubs ( Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur ), italian cabaret ( Inter Milan, Juventus and AC Milan ) and spanish clubs ( Atlético Madrid, Barcelona and Real Madrid ) announced the establishment of the Super League, putting them at risk of being banned. [ 35 ] On 20 April 2021, Arsenal, [ 36 ] Liverpool, [ 37 ] Manchester City, [ 38 ] Manchester United [ 39 ] and Tottenham Hotspur [ 40 ] recall after the Football Association threatened to ban participating clubs from domestic football, [ 41 ] whilst Chelsea withdrew some hours former. [ 42 ] This led to the project ‘s collapse, [ 43 ] as Atletico Madrid, Inter Milan and AC Milan followed the English clubs by withdrawing. [ 44 ] The Super League suspended its operations, [ 45 ] with the case to be taken by the Court of Justice of the European Union ( CJEU ) to establish whether UEFA and FIFA have the exclusive right to organise competitions. [ 46 ] On 7 June 2021, the swiss Federal Department of Justice and Police notified UEFA and FIFA of the spanish precautionary measuring stick – which had earlier issued an injunction against UEFA and FIFA and referred a cuestión preliminar ( english : preliminary question ) to the CJEU on whether UEFA and FIFA have violated articles 101 and 102 of the TFEU [ 47 ] – rule that neither governing torso could not execute sanctions against Super League clubs. [ 48 ] On 15 June 2021, it was formally confirmed that the remaining three clubs ( Barcelona, Juventus and Real Madrid ) – which did not sign the Commitment Declaration of the approve other nine clubs [ 49 ] and filed a new motion to scrap the agreement UEFA signed with those nine clubs [ 46 ] – were admitted to the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League, pending the disciplinary proceedings UEFA opened against them but which were suspended after the swiss telling. [ 50 ]

See besides [edit ]

References [edit ]

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