2017–18 UEFA Champions League

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2017–18 UEFA Champions League
Kyiv NSC Olimpiyskyi 5.jpg
The NSC Olimpiyskiy Stadium in Kyiv hosted the final
Tournament details
DatesQualifying:
27 June – 23 August 2017
Competition proper:
12 September 2017 – 26 May 2018
TeamsCompetition proper: 32
Total: 79 (from 54 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsSpain Real Madrid (13th title)
Runners-upEngland Liverpool
Tournament statistics
Matches played125
Goals scored401 (3.21 per match)
Attendance5,821,673 (46,573 per match)
Top scorer(s)Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo (15 goals)
Best player(s)
  • Goalkeeper:
    Costa Rica Keylor Navas (Real Madrid)[1]
  • Defender:
    Spain Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid)[2]
  • Midfielder:
    Croatia Luka Modrić (Real Madrid)[3]
  • Forward:
    Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)[4]

The 2017–18 UEFA Champions League was the 63rd season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 26th season since it was renamed from the European Champion Clubs' Cup to the UEFA Champions League.

The final was played between Real Madrid and Liverpool at the NSC Olimpiyskiy Stadium in Kyiv, Ukraine.[5] Real Madrid, the defending champions, beat Liverpool 3–1 to win a record-extending 13th title, their third title in a row and fourth in five seasons.

As winners, Real Madrid qualified as the UEFA representative for the 2018 FIFA Club World Cup in the United Arab Emirates, and also earned the right to play against the winners of the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League, Atlético Madrid, in the 2018 UEFA Super Cup, winning the former and losing the latter. Moreover, they would also have been automatically qualified for the 2018–19 UEFA Champions League group stage,[6] but since they had already qualified through their league performance, the berth reserved was given to the champions of the 2017–18 Czech First League, the 11th-ranked association according to the 2018–19 access list.[7]

Association team allocation[]

79 teams from 54 of the 55 UEFA member associations participated (the exception being Liechtenstein, which did not organise a domestic league).[8] The association ranking based on the UEFA country coefficients was used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:[9]

  • Associations 1–3 each had four teams qualify.
  • Associations 4–6 each had three teams qualify.
  • Associations 7–15 each had two teams qualify.
  • Associations 16–55 (except Liechtenstein) each had one team qualify.
  • The winners of the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League and 2016–17 UEFA Europa League were each given an additional entry if they did not qualify for the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League through their domestic league. Because a maximum of five teams from one association could enter the Champions League, if both the Champions League title holders and the Europa League title holders were from the same top three ranked association and finished outside the top four of their domestic league, the fourth-placed team of their association was moved to the Europa League.[10] For this season:
    • The winners of the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League, Real Madrid, qualified through their domestic league, meaning the additional entry for the Champions League title holders was not necessary.
    • The winners of the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League, Manchester United, did not qualify through their domestic league, meaning the additional entry for the Europa League title holders was necessary.

Kosovo, who became a UEFA member on 3 May 2016, made their debut in the UEFA Champions League.[11][12]

Association ranking[]

For the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League, the associations were allocated places according to their 2016 UEFA country coefficients, which took into account their performance in European competitions from 2011–12 to 2015–16.[13][14]

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

  • (UEL) – Additional berth for UEFA Europa League title holders
Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes
1 Spain Spain 105.713 4
2 Germany Germany 80.177
3 England England 76.284 +1 (UEL)
4 Italy Italy 70.439 3
5 Portugal Portugal 53.082
6 France France 52.749
7 Russia Russia 51.082 2
8 Ukraine Ukraine 44.883
9 Belgium Belgium 40.000
10 Netherlands Netherlands 35.563
11 Turkey Turkey 34.600
12 Switzerland Switzerland 33.775
13 Czech Republic Czech Republic 32.925
14 Greece Greece 29.700
15 Romania Romania 25.383
16 Austria Austria 25.100 1
17 Croatia Croatia 23.875
18 Poland Poland 22.500
19 Cyprus Cyprus 22.175
Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes
20 Belarus Belarus 20.000 1
21 Sweden Sweden 19.875
22 Norway Norway 19.250
23 Israel Israel 18.625
24 Denmark Denmark 18.600
25 Scotland Scotland 17.300
26 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan 14.875
27 Serbia Serbia 14.625
28 Kazakhstan Kazakhstan 14.125
29 Bulgaria Bulgaria 13.125
30 Slovenia Slovenia 13.125
31 Slovakia Slovakia 12.000
32 Liechtenstein Liechtenstein 10.500 0
33 Hungary Hungary 9.875 1
34 Moldova Moldova 9.125
35 Iceland Iceland 8.750
36 Georgia (country) Georgia 8.125
37 Finland Finland 7.400
Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes
38 Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina 7.125 1
39 Albania Albania 6.625
40 North Macedonia Macedonia 6.000
41 Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland 5.450
42 Latvia Latvia 5.375
43 Luxembourg Luxembourg 5.250
44 Montenegro Montenegro 4.875
45 Lithuania Lithuania 4.625
46 Northern Ireland Northern Ireland 4.500
47 Estonia Estonia 4.250
48 Armenia Armenia 4.125
49 Faroe Islands Faroe Islands 3.625
50 Malta Malta 3.583
51 Wales Wales 3.500
52 Gibraltar Gibraltar 1.000
53 Andorra Andorra 0.999
54 San Marino San Marino 0.333
55 Kosovo Kosovo 0.000

Distribution[]

In the default access list, the Champions League title holders entered the group stage.[12] However, since Real Madrid already qualified for the group stage (as the champions of the 2016–17 La Liga), the Champions League title holders berth in the group stage was given to the Europa League title holders, Manchester United.[15][16][17][18]

Teams entering in this round Teams advancing from previous round
First qualifying round
(10 teams)
  • 10 champions from associations 46–55
Second qualifying round
(34 teams)
  • 29 champions from associations 16–45 (except Liechtenstein)
  • 5 winners from the first qualifying round
Third qualifying round Champions Route
(20 teams)
  • 3 champions from associations 13–15
  • 17 winners from the second qualifying round
League Route
(10 teams)
  • 9 runners-up from associations 7–15
  • 1 third-placed team from association 6
Play-off round Champions Route
(10 teams)
  • 10 winners from the third qualifying round (Champions Route)
League Route
(10 teams)
  • 2 third-placed teams from associations 4–5
  • 3 fourth-placed teams from associations 1–3
  • 5 winners from the third qualifying round (League Route)
Group stage
(32 teams)
  • 12 champions from associations 1–12
  • 6 runners-up from associations 1–6
  • 3 third-placed teams from associations 1–3
  • Europa League title holders
  • 5 winners from the play-off round (Champions Route)
  • 5 winners from the play-off round (League Route)
Knockout phase
(16 teams)
  • 8 group winners from the group stage
  • 8 group runners-up from the group stage

Teams[]

League positions of the previous season shown in parentheses (TH: Champions League title holders; EL: Europa League title holders).[19][20]

Group stage
Spain Real MadridTH (1st) England Chelsea (1st) Portugal Porto (2nd) Netherlands Feyenoord (1st)
Spain Barcelona (2nd) England Tottenham Hotspur (2nd) France Monaco (1st)[Note FRA] Turkey Beşiktaş (1st)
Spain Atlético Madrid (3rd) England Manchester City (3rd) France Paris Saint-Germain (2nd) Switzerland Basel (1st)
Germany Bayern Munich (1st) Italy Juventus (1st) Russia Spartak Moscow (1st) England Manchester United (EL)
Germany RB Leipzig (2nd) Italy Roma (2nd) Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk (1st)
Germany Borussia Dortmund (3rd) Portugal Benfica (1st) Belgium Anderlecht (1st)
Play-off round
Champions Route League Route
Spain Sevilla (4th) England Liverpool (4th) Portugal Sporting CP (3rd)
Germany 1899 Hoffenheim (4th) Italy Napoli (3rd)
Third qualifying round
Champions Route League Route
Czech Republic Slavia Prague (1st) France Nice (3rd) Netherlands Ajax (2nd) Greece AEK Athens (2nd)
Greece Olympiacos (1st) Russia CSKA Moscow (2nd) Turkey İstanbul Başakşehir (2nd) Romania FCSB (2nd)
Romania Viitorul Constanța (1st) Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv (2nd) Switzerland Young Boys (2nd)
Belgium Club Brugge (2nd) Czech Republic Viktoria Plzeň (2nd)
Second qualifying round
Austria Red Bull Salzburg (1st) Denmark Copenhagen (1st) Hungary Honvéd (1st) Republic of Ireland Dundalk (1st)
Croatia Rijeka (1st) Scotland Celtic (1st) Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol (1st) Latvia Spartaks Jūrmala (1st)
Poland Legia Warsaw (1st) Azerbaijan Qarabağ (1st) Iceland FH (1st) Luxembourg F91 Dudelange (1st)
Cyprus APOEL (1st) Serbia Partizan (1st) Georgia (country) Samtredia (1st) Montenegro Budućnost Podgorica (1st)
Belarus BATE Borisov (1st) Kazakhstan Astana (1st) Finland IFK Mariehamn (1st) Lithuania Žalgiris Vilnius (1st)
Sweden Malmö FF (1st) Bulgaria Ludogorets Razgrad (1st) Bosnia and Herzegovina Zrinjski Mostar (1st)
Norway Rosenborg (1st) Slovenia Maribor (1st) Albania Kukësi (1st)
Israel Hapoel Be'er Sheva (1st) Slovakia Žilina (1st) North Macedonia Vardar (1st)
First qualifying round
Northern Ireland Linfield (1st) Faroe Islands Víkingur Gøta (1st) Gibraltar Europa FC (1st) Kosovo Trepça'89 (1st)
Estonia FCI Tallinn (1st) Malta Hibernians (1st) Andorra FC Santa Coloma (1st)
Armenia Alashkert (1st) Wales The New Saints (1st) San Marino La Fiorita (1st)
Notes
  1. ^
    France (FRA): AS Monaco are a club based in Monaco (which is not a UEFA member), but participated in the Champions League through one of the berths for France (any coefficient points they earned counted towards France's total).

Round and draw dates[]

The schedule of the competition was as follows (all draws were held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, unless stated otherwise).[12][21][22]

Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Qualifying First qualifying round 19 June 2017 27–28 June 2017 4–5 July 2017
Second qualifying round 11–12 July 2017 18–19 July 2017
Third qualifying round 14 July 2017 25–26 July 2017 1–2 August 2017
Play-off Play-off round 4 August 2017 15–16 August 2017 22–23 August 2017
Group stage Matchday 1 24 August 2017
(Monaco) 		12–13 September 2017
Matchday 2 26–27 September 2017
Matchday 3 17–18 October 2017
Matchday 4 31 October – 1 November 2017
Matchday 5 21–22 November 2017
Matchday 6 5–6 December 2017
Knockout phase Round of 16 11 December 2017 13–14 & 20–21 February 2018 6–7 & 13–14 March 2018
Quarter-finals 16 March 2018 3–4 April 2018 10–11 April 2018
Semi-finals 13 April 2018 24–25 April 2018 1–2 May 2018
Final 26 May 2018 at NSC Olimpiyskiy Stadium, Kyiv

Qualifying rounds[]

Main article: 2017–18 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase

In the qualifying rounds and the play-off round, teams were divided into seeded and unseeded teams based on their 2017 UEFA club coefficients,[23][24][25] and then drawn into two-legged home-and-away ties. Teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other.

First qualifying round[]

The draw for the first qualifying round was held on 19 June 2017, 12:00 CEST.[26] The first legs were played on 27 and 28 June, and the second legs were played on 4 July 2017.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Víkingur Gøta Faroe Islands 6–2 Kosovo Trepça'89 2–1 4–1
Hibernians Malta 3–0 Estonia FCI Tallinn 2–0 1–0
Alashkert Armenia 2–1 Andorra FC Santa Coloma 1–0 1–1
The New Saints Wales 4–3 Gibraltar Europa 1–2 3–1 (a.e.t.)
Linfield Northern Ireland 1–0 San Marino La Fiorita 1–0 0–0

Second qualifying round[]

The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 19 June 2017, 12:00 CEST (after the completion of the first qualifying round draw).[26] The first legs were played on 11, 12 and 14 July, and the second legs were played on 18 and 19 July 2017.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
APOEL Cyprus 2–0 Luxembourg F91 Dudelange 1–0 1–0
Žalgiris Vilnius Lithuania 3–5 Bulgaria Ludogorets Razgrad 2–1 1–4
Qarabağ Azerbaijan 6–0 Georgia (country) Samtredia 5–0 1–0
Partizan Serbia 2–0 Montenegro Budućnost Podgorica 2–0 0–0
Hibernians Malta 0–6 Austria Red Bull Salzburg 0–3 0–3
Sheriff Tiraspol Moldova 2–2 (a) Albania Kukësi 1–0 1–2
Spartaks Jūrmala Latvia 1–2[A] Kazakhstan Astana 0–1 1–1
BATE Borisov Belarus 4–2 Armenia Alashkert 1–1 3–1
Žilina Slovakia 3–4 Denmark Copenhagen 1–3 2–1
Hapoel Be'er Sheva Israel 5–3 Hungary Honvéd 2–1 3–2
Rijeka Croatia 7–1 Wales The New Saints 2–0 5–1
Malmö FF Sweden 2–4 North Macedonia Vardar 1–1 1–3
Zrinjski Mostar Bosnia and Herzegovina 2–3 Slovenia Maribor 1–2 1–1
Dundalk Republic of Ireland 2–3 Norway Rosenborg 1–1 1–2 (a.e.t.)
FH Iceland 3–1 Faroe Islands Víkingur Gøta 1–1 2–0
Linfield Northern Ireland 0–6 Scotland Celtic 0–2 0–4
IFK Mariehamn Finland 0–9 Poland Legia Warsaw 0–3 0–6
Notes
  1. ^
    Order of legs reversed after original draw.

Third qualifying round[]

The third qualifying round was split into two separate sections: Champions Route (for league champions) and League Route (for league non-champions). The losing teams in both sections entered the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League play-off round.

The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 14 July 2017, 12:00 CEST.[27] The first legs were played on 25 and 26 July, and the second legs were played on 1 and 2 August 2017.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Champions Route
Slavia Prague Czech Republic 2–2 (a) Belarus BATE Borisov 1–0 1–2
Astana Kazakhstan 3–2 Poland Legia Warsaw 3–1 0–1
Maribor Slovenia 2–0 Iceland FH 1–0 1–0
Vardar North Macedonia 2–4[B] Denmark Copenhagen 1–0 1–4
Celtic Scotland 1–0 Norway Rosenborg 0–0 1–0
Hapoel Be'er Sheva Israel 3–3 (a) Bulgaria Ludogorets Razgrad 2–0 1–3
Viitorul Constanța Romania 1–4 Cyprus APOEL 1–0 0–4 (a.e.t.)
Red Bull Salzburg Austria 1–1 (a) Croatia Rijeka 1–1 0–0
Qarabağ Azerbaijan 2–1 Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol 0–0 2–1
Partizan Serbia 3–5 Greece Olympiacos 1–3 2–2
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
League Route
FCSB Romania 6–3 Czech Republic Viktoria Plzeň 2–2 4–1
Nice France 3–3 (a) Netherlands Ajax 1–1 2–2
Dynamo Kyiv Ukraine 3–3 (a) Switzerland Young Boys 3–1 0–2
AEK Athens Greece 0–3 Russia CSKA Moscow 0–2 0–1
Club Brugge Belgium 3–5 Turkey İstanbul Başakşehir 3–3 0–2
Notes
  1. ^
    Order of legs reversed after original draw.

Play-off round[]

Main article: 2017–18 UEFA Champions League play-off round

The play-off round was split into two separate sections: Champions Route (for league champions) and League Route (for league non-champions). The losing teams in both sections entered the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League group stage.

The draw for the play-off round was held on 4 August 2017, 12:00 CEST.[28] The first legs were played on 15 and 16 August, and the second legs were played on 22 and 23 August 2017.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Champions Route
Qarabağ Azerbaijan 2–2 (a) Denmark Copenhagen 1–0 1–2
APOEL Cyprus 2–0 Czech Republic Slavia Prague 2–0 0–0
Olympiacos Greece 3–1 Croatia Rijeka 2–1 1–0
Celtic Scotland 8–4 Kazakhstan Astana 5–0 3–4
Hapoel Be'er Sheva Israel 2–2 (a) Slovenia Maribor 2–1 0–1
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
League Route
İstanbul Başakşehir Turkey 3–4 Spain Sevilla 1–2 2–2
Young Boys Switzerland 0–3 Russia CSKA Moscow 0–1 0–2
Napoli Italy 4–0 France Nice 2–0 2–0
1899 Hoffenheim Germany 3–6 England Liverpool 1–2 2–4
Sporting CP Portugal 5–1 Romania FCSB 0–0 5–1

Group stage[]

Main article: 2017–18 UEFA Champions League group stage
2017–18 UEFA Champions League is located in Europe
Qarabağ
Anderlecht
Anderlecht
APOEL
APOEL
London
London
Manchester
Manchester
Liverpool
Liverpool
Monaco
Monaco
PSG
PSG
Bayern
Bayern
Dortmund
Dortmund
Leipzig
Olympiacos
Olympiacos
Juventus
Juventus
Napoli
Napoli
Roma
Roma
Feyenoord
Feyenoord
Lisbon
Lisbon
Porto
Porto
Moscow
Moscow
Celtic
Celtic
Maribor
Maribor
Madrid
Madrid
Barcelona
Barcelona
Sevilla
Sevilla
Basel
Basel
Beşiktaş
Shakhtar
Shakhtar
Lisbon teams Benfica Sporting CP London teams Chelsea Tottenham Hotspur Madrid teams Atlético Madrid Real Madrid Manchester teams Manchester City Manchester United Moscow teams CSKA Moscow Spartak Moscow
Lisbon teams
Brown pog.svg Benfica
Yellow pog.svg Sporting CP

London teams
Orange pog.svg Chelsea
Pink pog.svg Tottenham Hotspur

Madrid teams
Orange pog.svg Atlético Madrid
Pink pog.svg Real Madrid

Manchester teams
Blue pog.svg Manchester City
Brown pog.svg Manchester United

Moscow teams
Brown pog.svg CSKA Moscow
Green pog.svg Spartak Moscow
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Location of teams of the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League group stage.
Brown pog.svg Brown: Group A; Red pog.svg Red: Group B; Orange pog.svg Orange: Group C; Yellow pog.svg Yellow: Group D;
Green pog.svg Green: Group E; Blue pog.svg Blue: Group F; Purple pog.svg Purple: Group G; Pink pog.svg Pink: Group H.

The draw for the group stage was held on 24 August 2017, 18:00 CEST, at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco.[29] The 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four, with the restriction that teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other. For the draw, the teams were seeded into four pots based on the following principles (introduced starting 2015–16 season):[30][31]

  • Pot 1 contained the title holders and the champions of the top seven associations based on their 2016 UEFA country coefficients.[13][14] As the title holders, Real Madrid, were one of the champions of the top seven associations, the champions of the association ranked eighth (Ukraine's Shakhtar Donetsk) were also seeded into Pot 1 (regulations Article 13.05).[9]
  • Pot 2, 3 and 4 contained the remaining teams, seeded based on their 2017 UEFA club coefficients.[23][24][25]

In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners and runners-up advanced to the round of 16, while the third-placed teams entered the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League round of 32. The matchdays were 12–13 September, 26–27 September, 17–18 October, 31 October – 1 November, 21–22 November, and 5–6 December 2017.

The youth teams of the clubs that qualified for the group stage also participated in the 2017–18 UEFA Youth League on the same matchdays, where they competed in the UEFA Champions League Path (the youth domestic champions of the top 32 associations competed in a separate Domestic Champions Path until the play-offs).

Seventeen national associations were represented in the group stage. Qarabağ and RB Leipzig made their debut appearances in the group stage. Qarabağ were the first team from Azerbaijan to play in the Champions League group stage.[32] For the first time since the 1997–98 edition, England's Arsenal did not qualify for the group stage.

Group A[]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MU BSL CSKA BEN
1 England Manchester United 6 5 0 1 12 3 +9 15 Advance to knockout phase — 3–0 2–1 2–0
2 Switzerland Basel 6 4 0 2 11 5 +6 12 1–0 — 1–2 5–0
3 Russia CSKA Moscow 6 3 0 3 8 10 −2 9 Transfer to Europa League 1–4 0–2 — 2–0
4 Portugal Benfica 6 0 0 6 1 14 −13 0 0–1 0–2 1–2 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group B[]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification PAR BAY CEL AND
1 France Paris Saint-Germain 6 5 0 1 25 4 +21 15[a] Advance to knockout phase — 3–0 7–1 5–0
2 Germany Bayern Munich 6 5 0 1 13 6 +7 15[a] 3–1 — 3–0 3–0
3 Scotland Celtic 6 1 0 5 5 18 −13 3[b] Transfer to Europa League 0–5 1–2 — 0–1
4 Belgium Anderlecht 6 1 0 5 2 17 −15 3[b] 0–4 1–2 0–3 —
Source: UEFA
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head results: Paris Saint-Germain 3–0 Bayern Munich, Bayern Munich 3–1 Paris Saint-Germain.
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head results: Anderlecht 0–3 Celtic, Celtic 0–1 Anderlecht.

Group C[]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ROM CHL ATL QRB
1 Italy Roma 6 3 2 1 9 6 +3 11[a] Advance to knockout phase — 3–0 0–0 1–0
2 England Chelsea 6 3 2 1 16 8 +8 11[a] 3–3 — 1–1 6–0
3 Spain Atlético Madrid 6 1 4 1 5 4 +1 7 Transfer to Europa League 2–0 1–2 — 1–1
4 Azerbaijan Qarabağ 6 0 2 4 2 14 −12 2 1–2 0–4 0–0 —
Source: UEFA
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head results: Chelsea 3–3 Roma, Roma 3–0 Chelsea.

Group D[]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BAR JUV SPO OLY
1 Spain Barcelona 6 4 2 0 9 1 +8 14 Advance to knockout phase — 3–0 2–0 3–1
2 Italy Juventus 6 3 2 1 7 5 +2 11 0–0 — 2–1 2–0
3 Portugal Sporting CP 6 2 1 3 8 9 −1 7 Transfer to Europa League 0–1 1–1 — 3–1
4 Greece Olympiacos 6 0 1 5 4 13 −9 1 0–0 0–2 2–3 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group E[]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification LIV SEV SPM MRB
1 England Liverpool 6 3 3 0 23 6 +17 12 Advance to knockout phase — 2–2 7–0 3–0
2 Spain Sevilla 6 2 3 1 12 12 0 9 3–3 — 2–1 3–0
3 Russia Spartak Moscow 6 1 3 2 9 13 −4 6 Transfer to Europa League 1–1 5–1 — 1–1
4 Slovenia Maribor 6 0 3 3 3 16 −13 3 0–7 1–1 1–1 —
Source: UEFA

Group F[]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MC SHK NAP FEY
1 England Manchester City 6 5 0 1 14 5 +9 15 Advance to knockout phase — 2–0 2–1 1–0
2 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk 6 4 0 2 9 9 0 12 2–1 — 2–1 3–1
3 Italy Napoli 6 2 0 4 11 11 0 6 Transfer to Europa League 2–4 3–0 — 3–1
4 Netherlands Feyenoord 6 1 0 5 5 14 −9 3 0–4 1–2 2–1 —
Source: UEFA

Group G[]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BES POR RBL MON
1 Turkey Beşiktaş 6 4 2 0 11 5 +6 14 Advance to knockout phase — 1–1 2–0 1–1
2 Portugal Porto 6 3 1 2 15 10 +5 10 1–3 — 3–1 5–2
3 Germany RB Leipzig 6 2 1 3 10 11 −1 7 Transfer to Europa League 1–2 3–2 — 1–1
4 France Monaco 6 0 2 4 6 16 −10 2 1–2 0–3 1–4 —
Source: UEFA

Group H[]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification TOT RM DOR APO
1 England Tottenham Hotspur 6 5 1 0 15 4 +11 16 Advance to knockout phase — 3–1 3–1 3–0
2 Spain Real Madrid 6 4 1 1 17 7 +10 13 1–1 — 3–2 3–0
3 Germany Borussia Dortmund 6 0 2 4 7 13 −6 2[a] Transfer to Europa League 1–2 1–3 — 1–1
4 Cyprus APOEL 6 0 2 4 2 17 −15 2[a] 0–3 0–6 1–1 —
Source: UEFA
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head results: APOEL 1–1 Borussia Dortmund, Borussia Dortmund 1–1 APOEL (tied on head-to-head results, ranked on total goal difference).

Knockout phase[]

Main article: 2017–18 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.

Bracket[]

Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final (26 May – Kyiv)
              
Spain Sevilla 0 2 2
England Manchester United 0 1 1
Spain Sevilla 1 0 1
Germany Bayern Munich 2 0 2
Germany Bayern Munich 5 3 8
Turkey Beşiktaş 0 1 1
Germany Bayern Munich 1 2 3
Spain Real Madrid 2 2 4
Italy Juventus 2 2 4
England Tottenham Hotspur 2 1 3
Italy Juventus 0 3 3
Spain Real Madrid 3 1 4
Spain Real Madrid 3 2 5
France Paris Saint-Germain 1 1 2
Spain Real Madrid 3
England Liverpool 1
Portugal Porto 0 0 0
England Liverpool 5 0 5
England Liverpool 3 2 5
England Manchester City 0 1 1
Switzerland Basel 0 2 2
England Manchester City 4 1 5
England Liverpool 5 2 7
Italy Roma 2 4 6
England Chelsea 1 0 1
Spain Barcelona 1 3 4
Spain Barcelona 4 0 4
Italy Roma (a) 1 3 4
Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk 2 0 2
Italy Roma (a) 1 1 2

Round of 16[]

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 11 December 2017, 12:00 CET.[33] The first legs were played on 13, 14, 20 and 21 February, and the second legs were played on 6, 7, 13 and 14 March 2018.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Juventus Italy 4–3 England Tottenham Hotspur 2–2 2–1
Basel Switzerland 2–5 England Manchester City 0–4 2–1
Porto Portugal 0–5 England Liverpool 0–5 0–0
Sevilla Spain 2–1 England Manchester United 0–0 2–1
Real Madrid Spain 5–2 France Paris Saint-Germain 3–1 2–1
Shakhtar Donetsk Ukraine 2–2 (a) Italy Roma 2–1 0–1
Chelsea England 1–4 Spain Barcelona 1–1 0–3
Bayern Munich Germany 8–1 Turkey Beşiktaş 5–0 3–1

Quarter-finals[]

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 16 March 2018, 12:00 CET.[34][35] The first legs were played on 3 and 4 April, and the second legs were played on 10 and 11 April 2018.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Barcelona Spain 4–4 (a) Italy Roma 4–1 0–3
Sevilla Spain 1–2 Germany Bayern Munich 1–2 0–0
Juventus Italy 3–4 Spain Real Madrid 0–3 3–1
Liverpool England 5–1 England Manchester City 3–0 2–1

Semi-finals[]

The draw for the semi-finals was held on 13 April 2018, 13:00 CEST.[36] The first legs were played on 24 and 25 April, and the second legs were played on 1 and 2 May 2018.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Bayern Munich Germany 3–4 Spain Real Madrid 1–2 2–2
Liverpool England 7–6 Italy Roma 5–2 2–4

Final[]

Main article: 2018 UEFA Champions League Final

The final was played at the NSC Olimpiyskiy Stadium in Kyiv on 26 May 2018. The "home" team (for administrative purposes) was determined by an additional draw held after the semi-final draw.[36]

Real Madrid Spain3–1England Liverpool
  • Benzema 51'
  • Bale 63', 83'
 Report
NSC Olimpiyskiy Stadium, Kyiv
Attendance: 61,561[37]
Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)

Statistics[]

Statistics exclude qualifying rounds and play-off round.

Top goalscorers[]

Rank[38] Player Team Goals Minutes played
1 Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo Spain Real Madrid 15 1170
2 Egypt Mohamed Salah England Liverpool 10 930
Senegal Sadio Mané England Liverpool 940
Brazil Roberto Firmino England Liverpool 1056
5 France Wissam Ben Yedder Spain Sevilla 8 651
Bosnia and Herzegovina Edin Džeko Italy Roma 1078
7 England Harry Kane England Tottenham Hotspur 7 597
Uruguay Edinson Cavani France Paris Saint-Germain 680
9 Brazil Neymar France Paris Saint-Germain 6 630
Argentina Lionel Messi Spain Barcelona 783

Top assists[]

Rank[38] Player Team Assists Minutes played
1 England James Milner England Liverpool 9[40] 874
2 Brazil Roberto Firmino England Liverpool 8 1056
3 Uruguay Luis Suárez Spain Barcelona 5 884
4 Belgium Eden Hazard England Chelsea 4 611
Brazil Neymar France Paris Saint-Germain 630
Belgium Kevin De Bruyne England Manchester City 667
Egypt Mohamed Salah England Liverpool 930
8 16 players 3 N/A

Squad of the season[]

The UEFA technical study group selected the following 18 players as the squad of the tournament.[41]

Pos. Player Team
GK Costa Rica Keylor Navas Spain Real Madrid
Brazil Alisson Italy Roma
DF Germany Joshua Kimmich Germany Bayern Munich
Spain Sergio Ramos Spain Real Madrid
Brazil Marcelo Spain Real Madrid
Italy Giorgio Chiellini Italy Juventus
Netherlands Virgil van Dijk England Liverpool
France Raphaël Varane Spain Real Madrid
MF Belgium Kevin De Bruyne England Manchester City
Brazil Casemiro Spain Real Madrid
Croatia Luka Modrić Spain Real Madrid
Germany Toni Kroos Spain Real Madrid
Colombia James Rodríguez Germany Bayern Munich
FW Bosnia and Herzegovina Edin Džeko Italy Roma
Brazil Roberto Firmino England Liverpool
Argentina Lionel Messi Spain Barcelona
Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo Spain Real Madrid
Egypt Mohamed Salah England Liverpool

Players of the season[]

Main articles: UEFA Club Football Awards and UEFA Men's Player of the Year Award

Votes were cast for players of the season by coaches of the 32 teams in the group stage, together with 55 journalists selected by the European Sports Media (ESM) group, representing each of UEFA's member associations. The coaches were not allowed to vote for players from their own teams. Jury members selected their top three players, with the first receiving five points, the second three and the third one. The shortlist of the top three players were announced on 9 August 2018.[42] The award winners were announced and presented during the 2018–19 UEFA Champions League group stage draw in Monaco on 30 August 2018.

See also[]

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