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Association team allocation

A total of 80 teams from 54 of the 55 UEFA member associations participated in the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League (the exception being Liechtenstein,[Note LIE] which did not organise a domestic league). The association ranking based on the UEFA association coefficients was used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:⁷

• Associations 1–4 each had four teams qualify.
• Associations 5–6 each had three teams qualify.
• Associations 7–15 each had two teams qualify.
• Associations 16–55 (except Liechtenstein)[Note LIE] each had one team qualify.
• The winners of the 2020–21 UEFA Champions League and 2020–21 UEFA Europa League were each given an additional entry if they did 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

For the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League, the associations were allocated places according to their 2020 UEFA association coefficients, which took into account their performance in European competitions from 2015–16 to 2019–20.⁸

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

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

Association ranking for 2021–22 UEFA Champions League

Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes 1  Spain 102.283 4 +1 (UEL) 2  England 90.462 3  Germany 74.784 4  Italy 70.653 5  France 59.248 3 6  Portugal 49.449 7  Russia 45.549 2 8  Belgium 37.900 9  Ukraine 36.100 10  Netherlands 35.750 11  Turkey 33.600 12  Austria 32.925 13  Denmark 29.250 14  Scotland 27.875 15  Czech Republic 27.300 16  Cyprus 26.750 1 17  Switzerland 26.400 18  Greece 26.300 19  Serbia 25.500

Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes 20  Croatia 24.875 1 21  Sweden 22.750 22  Norway 21.750 23  Israel 19.625 24  Kazakhstan 19.250 25  Belarus 18.875 26  Azerbaijan 18.750 27  Bulgaria 17.375 28  Romania 16.700 29  Poland 16.625 30  Slovakia 15.875 31  Liechtenstein 13.500 0 [Note LIE] 32  Slovenia 13.000 1 33  Hungary 12.875 34  Luxembourg 8.000 35  Lithuania 7.875 36  Armenia 7.625 37  Latvia 7.625

Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes 38  Albania 7.375 1 39  North Macedonia 7.375 40  Bosnia and Herzegovina 6.875 41  Moldova 6.750 42  Republic of Ireland 6.700 43  Finland 6.500 44  Georgia 5.750 45  Malta 5.750 46  Iceland 5.375 47  Wales 5.000 48  Northern Ireland 4.875 49  Gibraltar 4.750 50  Montenegro 4.375 51  Estonia 4.375 52  Kosovo 4.000 53  Faroe Islands 3.750 54  Andorra 2.831 55  San Marino 0.666

Distribution

The following is the access list for this season.⁹ 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 fourth place in the 2020-21 Premier League), the following changes to the access list were made:

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

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

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

• 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 were subject to approval by UEFA as per the guidelines for entry to European competitions in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.¹⁰

The second qualifying round, third qualifying round and play-off round were divided into Champions Path (CH) and League Path (LP).

Qualified teams for 2021–22 UEFA Champions League

Entry round		Teams
Group stage		Chelsea (4th)TH	Villarreal (EL)	Atlético Madrid (1st)	Real Madrid (2nd)
		Barcelona (3rd)	Sevilla (4th)	Manchester City (1st)	Manchester United (2nd)
		Liverpool (3rd)	Bayern Munich (1st)	RB Leipzig (2nd)	Borussia Dortmund (3rd)
		VfL Wolfsburg (4th)	Inter Milan (1st)	Milan (2nd)	Atalanta (3rd)
		Juventus (4th)	Lille (1st)	Paris Saint-Germain (2nd)	Sporting CP (1st)
		Porto (2nd)	Zenit Saint Petersburg (1st)	Club Brugge (1st)	Dynamo Kyiv (1st)
		Ajax (1st)	Beşiktaş (1st)
Play-off round	CH	Red Bull Salzburg (1st)	Brøndby (1st)
Third qualifying round	CH	Rangers (1st)	Slavia Prague (1st)
	LP	Monaco (3rd)	Benfica (3rd)	Spartak Moscow (2nd)	Genk (2nd)
		Shakhtar Donetsk (2nd)
Second qualifying round	CH	Omonia (1st)	Young Boys (1st)	Olympiacos (1st)	Red Star Belgrade (1st)
	LP	PSV Eindhoven (2nd)	Galatasaray (2nd)	Rapid Wien (2nd)	Midtjylland (2nd)
		Celtic (2nd)	Sparta Prague (2nd)
First qualifying round		Dinamo Zagreb (1st)	Malmö FF (1st)	Bodø/Glimt (1st)	Maccabi Haifa (1st)
		Kairat (1st)	Shakhtyor Soligorsk (1st)	Neftçi (1st)	Ludogorets Razgrad (1st)
		CFR Cluj (1st)	Legia Warsaw (1st)	Slovan Bratislava (1st)	Mura (1st)
		Ferencváros (1st)	Fola Esch (1st)	Žalgiris (1st)	Alashkert (1st)
		Riga (1st)	Teuta (1st)	Shkëndija (1st)	Borac Banja Luka (1st)
		Sheriff Tiraspol (1st)	Shamrock Rovers (1st)	HJK (1st)	Dinamo Tbilisi (1st)
		Hibernians (Abd-2nd)[Note MLT]	Valur (Abd-1st)[Note ISL]	Connah's Quay Nomads (1st)	Linfield (1st)
		Lincoln Red Imps (1st)	Budućnost Podgorica (1st)	Flora (1st)
Preliminary round		Prishtina (1st)	HB (1st)	Inter Club d'Escaldes (1st)	Folgore (1st)

Notes

1. ^ Iceland (ISL): The 2020 Úrvalsdeild was abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Iceland. The top team of the league at the time of the abandonment based on the average number of points per matches played for each team, Valur (who were declared champions), were selected to play in the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League by the Football Association of Iceland.¹¹
2. ^ Liechtenstein (LIE): The seven teams affiliated with the Liechtenstein Football Association (LFV) all played in the Swiss football league system. The only competition organised by the LFV was the Liechtenstein Football Cup – the winners of which qualified for the UEFA Europa Conference League.
3. ^ Malta (MLT): The 2020–21 Maltese Premier League was abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Malta. The top team of the league at the time of the abandonment, Hamrun Spartans, were declared champions but were subsequently banned from competing in European competitions for a match fixing case dating back to 2013. As a result, the second-placed team, Hibernians, were selected to play in the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League by the Malta Football Association.¹²¹³¹⁴

Round and draw dates

All matches were played on Tuesdays and Wednesdays apart from the preliminary round final, which was played on a Friday, and the final, which was 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 were 18:45 (instead of 18:55 previously) and 21:00 CEST/CET.¹⁵

All draws were held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, except the group stage draw, which took place in Istanbul, Turkey, on 26 August 2021.¹⁶

Schedule for 2021–22 UEFA Champions League¹⁷

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	Play-off round	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 Stade de France, Saint-Denis

Qualifying rounds

Main article: 2021–22 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds

Preliminary round

The draw for the preliminary round was held on 8 June 2021, 12:00 CEST.¹⁸ 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,¹⁹ but were moved due to restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Faroe Islands.²⁰ The matches were instead played in Albania, with the semi-finals at Elbasan Arena, Elbasan and Niko Dovana Stadium, Durrës, and the final at Elbasan Arena.²¹

The winner of the preliminary round final advanced to the first qualifying round. The losers of the semi-finals and final were transferred to the Europa Conference League Champions Path second qualifying round.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Semi-final round
Folgore	0–2	Prishtina
HB	0–1	Inter Club d'Escaldes
Final round
Prishtina	2–0	Inter Club d'Escaldes

First qualifying round

The draw for the first qualifying round was held on 15 June 2021, 12:00 CEST.²² The first legs were played on 6 and 7 July, and the second legs were played on 13 and 14 July 2021.

The winners of the ties advanced to the Champions Path second qualifying round. The losers were transferred to the Europa Conference League Champions Path second qualifying round.

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Fola Esch	2–7	Lincoln Red Imps	2–2	0–5
Slovan Bratislava	3–223	Shamrock Rovers	2–0	1–2
Malmö FF	2–1	Riga	1–0	1–1
Bodø/Glimt	2–5	Legia Warsaw	2–3	0–2
Connah's Quay Nomads	2–3	Alashkert	2–2	0–1 (a.e.t.)
HJK	7–1	Budućnost Podgorica	3–1	4–0
CFR Cluj	4–3	Borac Banja Luka	3–1	1–2 (a.e.t.)
Shkëndija	0–6	Mura	0–1	0–5
Teuta	0–5	Sheriff Tiraspol	0–4	0–1
Dinamo Tbilisi	2–4	Neftçi	1–2	1–2
Maccabi Haifa	1–3	Kairat	1–1	0–2
Ludogorets Razgrad	2–0	Shakhtyor Soligorsk	1–0	1–0
Ferencváros	6–1	Prishtina	3–0	3–1
Žalgiris	5–2	Linfield	3–1	2–1
Flora	5–0	Hibernians	2–0	3–0
Dinamo Zagreb	5–2	Valur	3–2	2–0

Notes:

Second qualifying round

The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 16 June 2021, 12:00 CEST.²⁴ The first legs were played on 20 and 21 July, and the second legs were played on 27 and 28 July 2021.

The winners of the ties advanced to the third qualifying round of their respective path. 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 qualifying round.

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Champions Path
Dinamo Zagreb	3–0	Omonia	2–0	1–0
Slovan Bratislava	2–3	Young Boys	0–0	2–3
Legia Warsaw	3–1	Flora	2–1	1–0
Alashkert	1–4	Sheriff Tiraspol	0–1	1–3
Olympiacos	2–0	Neftçi	1–0	1–0
Kairat	2–6	Red Star Belgrade	2–1	0–5
Lincoln Red Imps	1–4	CFR Cluj	1–2	0–2
Malmö FF	4–3	HJK	2–1	2–2
Ferencváros	5–1	Žalgiris	2–0	3–1
Mura	1–3	Ludogorets Razgrad	0–0	1–3
League Path
Rapid Wien	2–3	Sparta Prague	2–1	0–2
Celtic	2–3	Midtjylland	1–1	1–2 (a.e.t.)
PSV Eindhoven	7–2	Galatasaray	5–1	2–1

Third qualifying round

The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 19 July 2021, 12:00 CEST.²⁵ The first legs were played on 3 and 4 August, and the second 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 stage.

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Champions Path
Dinamo Zagreb	2–1	Legia Warsaw	1–1	1–0
CFR Cluj	2–4	Young Boys	1–1	1–3
Olympiacos	3–3 (1–4 p)	Ludogorets Razgrad	1–1	2–2 (a.e.t.)
Red Star Belgrade	1–2	Sheriff Tiraspol	1–1	0–1
Malmö FF	4–2	Rangers	2–1	2–1
Ferencváros	2–1	Slavia Prague	2–0	0–1
League Path
PSV Eindhoven	4–0	Midtjylland	3–0	1–0
Spartak Moscow	0–4	Benfica	0–2	0–2
Genk	2–4	Shakhtar Donetsk	1–2	1–2
Sparta Prague	1–5	Monaco	0–2	1–3

Play-off round

Main article: 2021–22 UEFA Champions League play-off round

The draw for the play-off round was held on 2 August 2021, 12:00 CEST.²⁶ 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.

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Champions Path
Red Bull Salzburg	4–2	Brøndby	2–1	2–1
Young Boys	6–4	Ferencváros	3–2	3–2
Malmö FF	3–2	Ludogorets Razgrad	2–0	1–2
Sheriff Tiraspol	3–0	Dinamo Zagreb	3–0	0–0
League Path
Monaco	2–3	Shakhtar Donetsk	0–1	2–2 (a.e.t.)
Benfica	2–1	PSV Eindhoven	2–1	0–0

Group stage

Main article: 2021–22 UEFA Champions League group stage

The draw for the group stage was held in Istanbul, Turkey, on 26 August 2021.²⁷²⁸ 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 following 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.²⁹
• Pot 2, 3 and 4 contained the remaining teams, seeded based on their 2021 UEFA club coefficients.³⁰

Teams from the same association, and due to political reasons, teams from Ukraine and Russia, could not be drawn into the same group. Before the draw, UEFA formed pairings of teams from the same association (one pairing for associations with two or three teams, two pairings for associations with four or five teams) based on television 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 different days.³¹

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 first team from Moldova to play in the Champions League group stage.

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		MCI	PAR	RBL	BRU
1	Manchester City	6	4	0	2	18	10	+8	12	Advance to knockout phase		—	2–1	6–3	4–1
2	Paris Saint-Germain	6	3	2	1	13	8	+5	11			2–0	—	3–2	4–1
3	RB Leipzig	6	2	1	3	15	14	+1	7	Transfer to Europa League		2–1	2–2	—	1–2
4	Club Brugge	6	1	1	4	6	20	−14	4			1–5	1–1	0–5	—

Source: UEFA

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		LIV	ATM	POR	MIL
1	Liverpool	6	6	0	0	17	6	+11	18	Advance to knockout phase		—	2–0	2–0	3–2
2	Atlético Madrid	6	2	1	3	7	8	−1	7			2–3	—	0–0	0–1
3	Porto	6	1	2	3	4	11	−7	5	Transfer to Europa League		1–5	1–3	—	1–0
4	Milan	6	1	1	4	6	9	−3	4			1–2	1–2	1–1	—

Source: UEFA

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		AJX	SPO	DOR	BES
1	Ajax	6	6	0	0	20	5	+15	18	Advance to knockout phase		—	4–2	4–0	2–0
2	Sporting CP	6	3	0	3	14	12	+2	932			1–5	—	3–1	4–0
3	Borussia Dortmund	6	3	0	3	10	11	−1	933	Transfer to Europa League		1–3	1–0	—	5–0
4	Beşiktaş	6	0	0	6	3	19	−16	0			1–2	1–4	1–2	—

Source: UEFANotes:

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		RMA	INT	SHE	SHK
1	Real Madrid	6	5	0	1	14	3	+11	15	Advance to knockout phase		—	2–0	1–2	2–1
2	Inter Milan	6	3	1	2	8	5	+3	10			0–1	—	3–1	2–0
3	Sheriff Tiraspol	6	2	1	3	7	11	−4	7	Transfer to Europa League		0–3	1–3	—	2–0
4	Shakhtar Donetsk	6	0	2	4	2	12	−10	2			0–5	0–0	1–1	—

Source: UEFA

Group E

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BAY	BEN	BAR	DKV
1	Bayern Munich	6	6	0	0	22	3	+19	18	Advance to knockout phase		—	5–2	3–0	5–0
2	Benfica	6	2	2	2	7	9	−2	8			0–4	—	3–0	2–0
3	Barcelona	6	2	1	3	2	9	−7	7	Transfer to Europa League		0–3	0–0	—	1–0
4	Dynamo Kyiv	6	0	1	5	1	11	−10	1			1–2	0–0	0–1	—

Source: UEFA

Group F

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		MUN	VIL	ATA	YB
1	Manchester United	6	3	2	1	11	8	+3	11	Advance to knockout phase		—	2–1	3–2	1–1
2	Villarreal	6	3	1	2	12	9	+3	10			0–2	—	2–2	2–0
3	Atalanta	6	1	3	2	12	13	−1	6	Transfer to Europa League		2–2	2–3	—	1–0
4	Young Boys	6	1	2	3	7	12	−5	5			2–1	1–4	3–3	—

Source: UEFA

Group G

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		LIL	SAL	SEV	WOL
1	Lille	6	3	2	1	7	4	+3	11	Advance to knockout phase		—	1–0	0–0	0–0
2	Red Bull Salzburg	6	3	1	2	8	6	+2	10			2–1	—	1–0	3–1
3	Sevilla	6	1	3	2	5	5	0	6	Transfer to Europa League		1–2	1–1	—	2–0
4	VfL Wolfsburg	6	1	2	3	5	10	−5	5			1–3	2–1	1–1	—

Source: UEFA

Group H

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		JUV	CHE	ZEN	MAL
1	Juventus	6	5	0	1	10	6	+4	15	Advance to knockout phase		—	1–0	4–2	1–0
2	Chelsea	6	4	1	1	13	4	+9	13			4–0	—	1–0	4–0
3	Zenit Saint Petersburg	6	1	2	3	10	10	0	5	Transfer to Europa League		0–1	3–3	—	4–0
4	Malmö FF	6	0	1	5	1	14	−13	1			0–3	0–1	1–1	—

Source: UEFA

Knockout phase

Main article: 2021–22 UEFA Champions League knockout phase

In the knockout phase, teams played 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 was 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 onwards, there were no seedings, and teams from the same group or the same association could be drawn against each other. As the draws for the quarter-finals onwards were held together before the quarter-finals were played, the identity of the quarter-final winners was not known at the time of the semi-final draw. A draw was also held to determine which semi-final winner was designated as the "home" team for the final (for administrative purposes as it was played at a neutral venue).

Bracket

	Round of 16							Quarter-finals							Semi-finals							Final
	Benfica		2	1	3
	Ajax		2	0	2
								Benfica		1	3	4
								Liverpool		3	3	6
	Inter Milan		0	1	1
	Liverpool		2	0	2
															Liverpool		2	3	5
															Villarreal		0	2	2
	Villarreal		1	3	4
	Juventus		1	0	1
								Villarreal		1	1	2
								Bayern Munich		0	1	1
	Red Bull Salzburg		1	1	2
																						28 May – Saint-Denis
	Bayern Munich		1	7	8
																						Liverpool		0
																						Real Madrid		1
	Sporting CP		0	0	0
	Manchester City		5	0	5
								Manchester City		1	0	1
								Atlético Madrid		0	0	0
	Atlético Madrid		1	1	2
	Manchester United		1	0	1
															Manchester City		4	1	5
															Real Madrid (a.e.t.)		3	3	6
	Chelsea		2	2	4
	Lille		0	1	1
								Chelsea		1	3	4
								Real Madrid (a.e.t.)		3	2	5
	Paris Saint-Germain		1	1	2
	Real Madrid		0	3	3

Round of 16

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 13 December 2021, originally at 12:00 CET.³⁴ The draw featured multiple irregularities: Manchester United were mistakenly included in the draw for Villarreal's opponent (both were in Group F), and subsequently were selected; another ball was then drawn, with Manchester City chosen instead. In the following tie, Liverpool were mistakenly included in the draw for Atlético Madrid's opponent (both were in Group B), while Manchester United were incorrectly excluded.³⁵ Later that day, UEFA voided the original draw due to a "technical problem" with the draw computer, and it was entirely redone at 15:00 CET.³⁶ The first legs were played on 15, 16, 22 and 23 February, and the second legs were played on 8, 9, 15 and 16 March 2022.

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Red Bull Salzburg	2–8	Bayern Munich	1–1	1–7
Sporting CP	0–5	Manchester City	0–5	0–0
Benfica	3–2	Ajax	2–2	1–0
Chelsea	4–1	Lille	2–0	2–1
Atlético Madrid	2–1	Manchester United	1–1	1–0
Villarreal	4–1	Juventus	1–1	3–0
Inter Milan	1–2	Liverpool	0–2	1–0
Paris Saint-Germain	2–3	Real Madrid	1–0	1–3

Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 18 March 2022, 12:00 CET.³⁷ The first legs were played on 5 and 6 April, and the second legs were played on 12 and 13 April 2022.

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Chelsea	4–5	Real Madrid	1–3	3–2 (a.e.t.)
Manchester City	1–0	Atlético Madrid	1–0	0–0
Villarreal	2–1	Bayern Munich	1–0	1–1
Benfica	4–6	Liverpool	1–3	3–3

Semi-finals

The draw for the semi-finals was held on 18 March 2022, 12:00 CET, after the quarter-final draw.³⁸ The first legs were played on 26 and 27 April, and the second legs were played on 3 and 4 May 2022.

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Manchester City	5–6	Real Madrid	4–3	1–3 (a.e.t.)
Liverpool	5–2	Villarreal	2–0	3–2

Final

Main article: 2022 UEFA Champions League final

The final was played on 28 May 2022 at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis. A draw was held on 18 March 2022, after the quarter-final and semi-final draws, to determine the "home" team for administrative purposes.³⁹

28 May 2022 (2022-05-28)21:36 UTC+2⁴⁰

Liverpool	0–1	Real Madrid
	Report	Vinícius 59'

Stade de France, Saint-DenisAttendance: 75,000⁴¹Referee: Clément Turpin (France)

Statistics

Statistics exclude qualifying rounds and play-off round.

Top goalscorers

Rank42	Player	Team	Goals	Minutes played
1	Karim Benzema	Real Madrid	15	1106
2	Robert Lewandowski	Bayern Munich	13	876
3	Sébastien Haller	Ajax	11	668
4	Mohamed Salah	Liverpool	8	1008
5	Christopher Nkunku	RB Leipzig	7	531
	Riyad Mahrez	Manchester City		986
7	Cristiano Ronaldo	Manchester United	6	611
	Darwin Núñez	Benfica		613
	Kylian Mbappé	Paris Saint-Germain		673
	Leroy Sané	Bayern Munich		798
	Arnaut Danjuma	Villarreal		906

Team of the season

The UEFA technical study group selected the following players as the team of the tournament.⁴³

Pos.	Player	Team
GK	Thibaut Courtois	Real Madrid
DF	Trent Alexander-Arnold	Liverpool
	Antonio Rüdiger	Chelsea
	Virgil van Dijk	Liverpool
	Andrew Robertson	Liverpool
MF	Kevin De Bruyne	Manchester City
	Fabinho	Liverpool
	Luka Modrić	Real Madrid
FW	Kylian Mbappé	Paris Saint-Germain
	Karim Benzema	Real Madrid
	Vinícius Júnior	Real Madrid

Player of the Season

• Karim Benzema ( Real Madrid)⁴⁴

Young Player of the Season

• Vinícius Júnior ( Real Madrid)⁴⁵

European Super League controversy

Main article: European Super League

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.⁴⁶ UEFA and the national associations announced that if such a league were to be established, its participants would be banned from playing in international and domestic competitions.⁴⁷ Later that same day, English clubs (Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur), Italian clubs (Inter Milan, Juventus and Milan) and Spanish clubs (Atlético Madrid, Barcelona and Real Madrid) announced the establishment of the Super League, putting them at risk of being banned.⁴⁸

On 20 April 2021, Arsenal,⁴⁹ Liverpool,⁵⁰ Manchester City,⁵¹ Manchester United⁵² and Tottenham Hotspur⁵³ withdrew after the Football Association threatened to ban participating clubs from domestic football,⁵⁴ whilst Chelsea withdrew some hours later.⁵⁵ This led to the project's collapse,⁵⁶ as Atlético Madrid, Inter Milan and AC Milan followed the English clubs by withdrawing.⁵⁷ The Super League suspended its operations,⁵⁸ 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.⁵⁹

On 7 June 2021, the Swiss Federal Department of Justice and Police notified UEFA and FIFA of the Spanish precautionary measure – 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 TFEU⁶⁰ – ruling that neither governing body could not execute sanctions against Super League clubs.⁶¹ On 15 June 2021, it was officially confirmed that the remaining three clubs (Barcelona, Juventus and Real Madrid) – which did not sign the Commitment Declaration of the sanctioned other nine clubs⁶² and filed a new motion to scrap the agreement UEFA signed with those nine clubs⁶³ – were admitted to the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League, pending the disciplinary proceedings UEFA opened against them but which were suspended after the Swiss notification.⁶⁴

See also

• 2021–22 UEFA Europa League
• 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League
• 2022 UEFA Super Cup
• 2021–22 UEFA Women's Champions League
• 2021–22 UEFA Youth League
• 2021–22 UEFA Futsal Champions League

Notes

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to 2021-2022 UEFA Champions League.

• Official website
• Official Technical Report

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