2022/23 Champions League: Qualification dates, draws & schedule
The road to the 2022/23 Champions League started last summer 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 select few teams can still book their spot in next season's competition by winning play-off fixtures.
As we progress through to the later stages of the tournament, massive clubs from around Europe continue to eye success on the continent.
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
Champions League play-off round results
Champions Path
- 16/08/2022 - Bodo/Glimt 1-0 Dinamo Zagreb
- 16/08/2022 - Copenhagen 2-1 Trabzonspor
- 17/08/2022 - Qarabag 0-0 Viktoria Plzen
- 17/08/2022 - Maccabi Haifa 3-2 Red Star Belgrade
- 24/08/2022 - Dinamo Zagreb 4-1 (AET) Bodo/Glimt
- 23/08/2022 - Viktoria Plzen 2-1 Qarabag
- 23/08/2022 - Red Star Belgrade 2-2 Maccabi Haifa
- 24/08/2022 - Trabzonspor 0-0 Copenhagen
League Path
- 16/08/2022 - Rangers 2-2 PSV Eindhoven (20:00)
- 17/08/2022 - Dynamo Kyiv 0-2 Benfica (20:00)
- 23/08/2022 - Benfica 3-0 Dynamo Kyiv (20:00)
- 24/08/2022 - PSV Eindhoven 0-1 Rangers (20:00)
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
2022/23 Champions League last 16
- 14/02/2023 - AC Milan 1-0 Tottenham - 20:00
- 14/02/2023 - Paris Saint-Germain 0-1 Bayern Munich - 20:00
- 15/02/2023 - Club Brugge 0-2 Benfica - 20:00
- 15/02/2023 - Borussia Dortmund 1-0 Chelsea - 20:00
- 21/02/2023 - Liverpool vs Real Madrid - 20:00
- 21/02/2023 - Eintracht Frankfurt vs Napoli - 20:00
- 22/02/2023 - Inter vs Porto - 20:00
- 22/02/2023 - RB Leipzig vs Manchester City - 20:00
- 07/03/2023 - Benfica vs Club Brugge - 20:00
- 07/03/2023 - Chelsea vs Borussia Dortmund - 20:00
- 08/03/2023 - Bayern Munich vs Paris Saint-Germain - 20:00
- 08/03/2023 - Tottenham vs AC Milan - 20:00
- 14/03/2023 - Manchester City vs RB Leipzig - 20:00
- 14/03/2023 - Porto vs Inter - 20:00
- 15/03/2023 - Real Madrid vs Liverpool - 20:00
- 15/03/2023 - Napoli vs Eintracht Frankfurt - 20:00
Who qualified for the 2022/23 Champions League?
The following teams 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
- Viktoria Plzen
- Dinamo Zagreb
- Maccabi Haifa
- Copenhagen
- Rangers
- Benfica
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.