The
2013–14 UEFA Champions League is the 59th season of Europe's Premier Club Football Tournament organised by UEFA and the 22nd season since it was renamed from the European Champion Clubs' Cup to theUEFA Champions League
The 2014 UEFA Champions League Final will be played at the Estadio da Luz,Lisbon,Portugal on May 24,2014
Bayern Munich are the Defending Champions
Participating Teams
A total of 76 teams from 52 of the 54 UEFA Member Associations participate in the 2013–14 UEFA Champions League
The association ranking based on the UEFA Country Coefficients is used to determine the number of participating teams for each association -
- Associations 1–3 each have four teams qualify.
- Associations 4–6 each have three teams qualify.
- Associations 7–15 each have two teams qualify.
- Associations 16–53 (except Liechtenstein) each have one team qualify
The winners of the 2012-13 UEFA Champions League
are given an additional entry as title holders if they do not qualify
for the 2013–14 UEFA Champions League through their domestic league.However,this additional entry is not necessary for this season since the
title holders qualified for the tournament through their domestic
league.
Round and Draw Dates
| Phase |
Round |
Draw date |
First leg |
Second leg |
|---|
| Qualifying |
First qualifying round |
24 June 2013 |
2–3 July 2013 |
9–10 July 2013 |
| Second qualifying round |
16–17 July 2013 |
23–24 July 2013 |
| Third qualifying round |
19 July 2013 |
30–31 July 2013 |
6–7 August 2013 |
| Play-off |
Play-off round |
9 August 2013 |
20–21 August 2013 |
27–28 August 2013 |
| Group stage |
Match day 1 |
29 August 2013
(Monaco) |
17–18 September 2013 |
| Match day 2 |
1–2 October 2013 |
| Match day 3 |
22–23 October 2013 |
| Match day 4 |
5–6 November 2013 |
| Match day 5 |
26–27 November 2013 |
| Match day 6 |
10–11 December 2013 |
| Knockout phase |
Round of 16 |
13 December 2013 |
18–19 & 25–26 February 2014 |
11–12 & 18–19 March 2014 |
| Quarter-finals |
21 March 2014 |
1–2 April 2014 |
8–9 April 2014 |
| Semi-finals |
11 April 2014 |
22–23 April 2014 |
29–30 April 2014 |
| Final |
24 May 2014 at Estadio da Luz,Lisbon |
In the qualifying rounds and the play-off round, teams were divided into seeded and unseeded teams based on their 2013 UEFA Club Coefficients and then drawn into two-legged Home and Away Ties
Group Stage
The draw for the group stage was held in Monaco on August 29,2013
The 32 teams were allocated into four pots based on their 2013 UEFA Club Coefficients, with the title holders,Bayern Munich, being placed in Pot 1 automatically
The 32 Teams were drawn into 8 Groups of 4 Teams each with the restriction that teams
from the same association could not be drawn against each other
In each group, teams will play against each other home-and-away in a Round Robin Format
The group winners and runners-up will advance to the Round of 16,while the third-placed teams will enter the 2013-14 UEFA Europa League Round of 32
Group A
| Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
|---|
 Manchester United |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
 Shakhtar Donetsk |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
 Bayer Leverkusen |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
 Real Sociedad |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Group B
| Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
|---|
| Real Madrid |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
 Juventus |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
 Galatasaray |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
 Copenhagen |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Group C
| Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
|---|
 Benfica |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
 Paris Saint Germain |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
 Olympiacos |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
 Anderlecht |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Group D
| Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
|---|
| Bayern Munich |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
 CSKA Moscow |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Manchester City |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
 Viktoria Plzen |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Group E
| Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
|---|
| Chelsea |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Schalke 04 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
 Basel |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
 Steaua Bucuresti |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Group F
| Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
|---|
| Arsenal |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Marseille |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Borussia Dortmund |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Napoli |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Group G
| Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
|---|
| Porto |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Atletico Madrid |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Zenit Saint Petersburg |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
 Austria Wien |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Group H
| Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
|---|
| FC Barcelona |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| AC Milan |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
 Ajax |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
 Celtic |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
FK Austria Wein(Group G)are the only debutants in the 2013-14 UEFA Champions League Group Stage
Knock-Out Stage
In the knock-out stage, teams will play against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis
Round of 16
The draw for the round of 16 will be held on 13 December 2013. The first
legs will be played on 18, 19, 25 and 26 February, and the second legs
will be played on 11, 12, 18 and 19 March 2014
QF's
The draw for the quarter-finals will be held on 21 March 2014. The first
legs will be played on 1 and 2 April, and the second legs will be
played on 8 and 9 April 2014
SF's
The draw for the semi-finals and final (to determine the "home" team for
administrative purposes) will be held on 11 April 2014. The first legs
will be played on 22 and 23 April, and the second legs will be played on
29 and 30 April 2014
Final
The final will be played on 24 May 2014 at the Estadio da Luz,Lisbon,Portugal
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