2022/23 Champions League: Qualification dates, draws & schedule
The road to the 2022/23 Champions League has started with some of the earliest qualifying matches being scheduled.
A large number of Europe's elite clubs have qualified already through league position, though a fair few teams can still book their spot in next season's competition by winning qualifiers throughout the summer.
Here are all the dates you need in the build-up to the 2022/23 Champions League.
2022/23 Champions League qualification dates
- 14 June: First qualifying round draw
- 15 June: Second qualifying round draw
- 21 June: Preliminary round semi-finals
- 24 June: Preliminary round final
- 5/6 July: First qualifying round first legs
- 12/13 July: First qualifying round second legs
- 18 July: Third qualifying round draw
- 19/20 July: Second qualifying round first legs
- 26/27 July: Second qualifying round second legs
- 2 August: Play-off round draw
- 2/3 August: Third qualifying round first legs
- 9 August: Third qualifying round second legs
- 16/17 August: Play-off round first legs
- 23/24 August: Play-off round second legs
Preliminary round semi-finals
- Levadia Tallinn 1-6 Vikingur Reykjavik - 21 June
- La Fiorita 1-2 Inter Club d'Escaldes - 21 June
Preliminary round final
- Inter Club d'Escaldes 0-1 Víkingur
Reykjavik - 24 June
First qualifying round
5 July
- Pyunik vs CFR Cluj
- Malmoe FF vs Vikingur Reykjavik
- Ludogorets Razgrad vs Sutjeska
- Ballkani vs Zalgiris Vilnius
- The New Saints vs Linfield
- Lech Poznan vs Qarabag FK
- Shamrock Rovers vs Hibernians
- Shkupi vs Lincoln Red Imps FC
6 July
- Tobol Kostanay vs Ferencvaros
- HJK vs RFS
- Bodo/Glimt vs Klaksvik
- F91 Dudelange vs KF Tirana
- Zrinjski Mostar vs FC Sheriff
- Maribor vs Shakhtyor Soligorsk
- Slovan Bratislava vs Dinamo Batumi
12 July
- RFS vs HJK
- Zalgiris Vilnius vs Ballkani
- Qarabag FK vs Lech Poznan
- Lincoln Red Imps FC vs Shkupi
- Hibernians vs Shamrock Rovers
- Klaksvik vs Bodo/Glimt
- KF Tirana vs F91 Dudelange
- Linfield vs The New Saints
- Sutjeska vs Ludogorets Razgrad
- Vikingur Reykjavik vs Malmo FF
13 July
- FC Sheriff vs Zrinjski Mostar
- Dinamo Batumi vs Slovan Bratislava
- Shakhtyor Soligorsk vs Maribor
- Ferencvaros vs Tobol Kostanay
- CFR Cluj vs Pyunik
Second qualifying round
Champions Path
20 July
- Maccabi Haifa vs Olympiacos
27 July
- Olympiacos vs Maccabi Haifa
Qualified teams with fixtures to be determined: Dinamo Zagreb, Zurich, Viktoria Plzen
League Path
19 July
- FC Midtjylland vs AEK Larnaca
- Dynamo Kyiv vs Fenerbahce
26 July
- AEK Larnaca vs FC Midtjylland
27 July
- Fenerbahce vs Dynamo Kyiv
2022/23 Champions League group stage draw
The draw for the group stage of the 2022/23 Champions League group stage will take place on 25 August in Istanbul.
The 32 competing teams will be drawn into eight groups, with each team seeded into four pots - each of eight teams.
Confirmed 2022/23 Champions League group stage pots
Pot 1 contains the Europa League winners and the champions of UEFA's top seven associations based on their country coefficients.
Teams from the same association cannot be drawn together. Neither can any sides from Ukraine and Belarus, due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
2022/23 Champions League group stage schedule
Once all the teams have been assigned groups, it'll only be a few weeks until the first games of the group stage kick off in September. Most of the action will come in October, with each club playing three times, before the sixth matchday in early November.
- Matchday 1 - 6/7 September
- Matchday 2 - 13/14 September
- Matchday 3 - 4/5 October
- Matchday 4 - 11/12 October
- Matchday 5 - 25/26 October
- Matchday 6 - 1/2 November
2022/23 Champions League knockout stage schedule
Once progression or elimination for all teams has been confirmed by the end of the group stage, draws will be made to determine who faces who in the knockout rounds.
The draw for the last 16 is made on 7 November, with the quarter final, semi final and final paths set out on 17 March.
- Last 16 - 14/15, 21/22 February (first leg), 7/8, 14/15 March
- Quarter finals - 11/12 April (first leg), 18/19 April (second leg)
- Semi finals - 9/10 May (first leg), 16/17 May (second leg)
- Final - 10 June
Who has qualified for the 2022/23 Champions League?
The following teams have qualified for the 2022/23 Champions League.
- Real Madrid
- Eintracht Frankfurt
- Manchester City
- Liverpool
- Chelsea
- Tottenham
- Barcelona
- Atletico Madrid
- Sevilla
- AC Milan
- Inter
- Napoli
- Juventus
- Bayern Munich
- Borussia Dortmund
- Bayer Leverkusen
- RB Leipzig
- Paris Saint-Germain
- Marseille
- Porto
- Sporting CP
- Ajax
- Club Brugge
- Red Bull Salzburg
- Celtic
- Shakhtar Donetsk
The following teams could still qualify for the competition.
Play-off round
- Trabzonspor
- Copenhagen
Third qualifying round
- Apollo Limassol
- Red Star Belgrade
Second qualifying round
- Viktoria Plzen
- Dinamo Zagreb
- Zurich
- Olympiacos
- Maccabi Haifa
First qualifying round
- Bodo/Glimt
- Malmo
- Ludogorets Razgrad
- CFR Cluj
- Qarabag
- Tobol
- Ferencvaros
- Shakhtyor Soligorsk
- Lech Poznan
- Maribor
- Slovan Bratislava
- Zalgiris
- F91 Dudelange
- Zrinjski
- Shamrock Rovers
- Shkupi
- Pyunik
- RFS
- Tirana
- Linfield
- Dinamo Batumi
- HJK
- Sheriff Tiraspol
- Hibernians
- KI
- Ballkani
- Lincoln Red Imps
- Sutjeska Niksic
- The New Saints
- Víkingur
League Path
Second qualifying round
- Dynamo Kyiv
- Midtjylland
- Fenerbahce
- Larnaca
Third qualifying round
- Benfica
- Rangers
- PSV Eindhoven
- Monaco
- Sturm Graz
- Union Saint-Gilloise
Where is the 2022/23 Champions League final?
The final will be held at the Atatürk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul on 10 June 2023.
The stadium previously hosted 2005's classic final between Liverpool and AC Milan, where the Reds came from 3-0 down to win the trophy on penalties.
Istanbul was supposed to be the scene for 2020's showpiece, but the Covid-19 pandemic saw the game postponed and moved to Estadio da Luz in Lisbon. 2021 again saw the final taken from Turkey to Portugal, with Estadio do Dragao hosting Manchester City and Chelsea.