Who will line up in the UEFA Champions League this season?
There are 26 teams that have qualified automatically for the 2022/23 group stage, with the remaining six places decided in qualifying – four via the champions path and two via the league path.
*This list is subject to final confirmation by UEFA.
2022/23 Champions League group stage as it stands
FR: Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Tottenham
ESP: Atlético, Barcelona, Real Madrid, Sevilla
ITA: Inter, Juventus, Milan, Napoli
ALL: Bayern, Dortmund, Frankfurt, Leipzig, Leverkusen
ENG: Marseilles, Paris
ORP: Porto, Sporting CP
NDE: Ajax
BEAUTIFUL: Club Brugge
TUE: Salzburg
SCO: Celtic
UK: Shakhtar Donetsk
The six UEFA Champions League play-off winners will complete the group stage roster; four will go through the champion path and two through the league path.
Do we know the draws?
Pot 1 contains the Champions League and Europa League title holders, as well as the champions of the top six associations based on their 2021 UEFA national coefficients.
Saucepan 1
real Madrid
Frankfurt
Manchester City
Milano
bavaria
Paris
Port
Ajax
For the group stage draw, pots 2, 3 and 4 will be based on the UEFA club coefficients of the final qualifiers.
When are the games and draws for this season?
Group stage
Day 1: September 6-7, 2022
Day 2: September 13-14, 2022
Matchday 3: October 4-5, 2022
Matchday 4: October 11-12, 2022
Matchday 5: October 25-26, 2022
Matchday 6: November 1-2, 2022
Champions League draw dates
Group stage: 25 August 2022
Round of 16: November 7, 2022
Quarter-finals and semi-finals: March 17, 2022
Knockout stage
Round of 16: 14/15/21/22 February & 7/8/14/15 March 2023
Quarter-finals: 11-12 and 18-19 April 2023
Semi-finals: May 9-10 & 16-17, 2023
Final: June 10, 2023