Uefa Euro Champions

2018–19 UEFA Champions League
The Estadio Metropolitano in Madrid hosted the final
Tournament details
DatesQualifying:
26 June – 29 August 2018
Competition proper:
18 September 2018 – 1 June 2019
TeamsCompetition proper: 32
Total: 79 (from 54 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsLiverpool (6th title)
Runners-upTottenham Hotspur
Tournament statistics
Matches played125
Goals scored366 (2.93 per match)
Attendance6,163,044 (49,304 per match)
Top scorer(s)Lionel Messi (12 goals)
Best player(s)
  • Goalkeeper:
    Alisson[1]
  • Defender:
    Virgil van Dijk[2]
  • Midfielder:
    Frenkie de Jong[3]
  • Forward:
    Lionel Messi[4]
2019–20 →

The 2018–19 UEFA Champions League was the 64th season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 27th season since it was renamed from the European Champion Clubs' Cup to the UEFA Champions League.

The final was played at the Estadio Metropolitano in Madrid, Spain, between Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool. It was the second all-English final after the 2008 final, which was contested between Manchester United and Chelsea in Moscow.[5] Liverpool defeated Tottenham 2–0 and earned the right to play against Chelsea, the winners of the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League, in the 2019 UEFA Super Cup which they also won; they also qualified for the 2019 FIFA Club World Cup in Qatar. They automatically qualified for the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League group stage. As Liverpool had already qualified for the group stage by clinching the second place at domestic league, the berth reserved for the English runner-up was given to the champions of the 2018–19 Austrian Bundesliga – the 11th-ranked association according to next season's access list.[6]

For the first time, the video assistant referee (VAR) system was used in the competition from the round of 16 onward.[7]

Real Madrid were the defending champions, having won each of the last three titles as well as four out of the last five. They were eliminated by Ajax in the round of 16.[8][9]

  • 2Association team allocation
  • 5Qualifying rounds
  • 7Group stage
  • 8Knockout phase
  • 9Statistics
    • 9.4Players of the season

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Format changes[edit]

On 9 December 2016, UEFA confirmed the reforming plan for the UEFA Champions League for the 2018–2021 cycle, which was announced on 26 August 2016.[10][11] As per the new regulations, the previous season's UEFA Europa League winners will qualify automatically for the UEFA Champions League group stage (previously they would qualify for the play-off round, but would be promoted to the group stage only if the Champions League title holder berth was vacated, although this promotion to the group stage had been made in all three seasons since it was established from 2015–16). Meanwhile, the top four teams from the leagues of the four top-ranked national associations in the UEFA country coefficients list will qualify automatically for the group stage as well.[10] Only six teams will qualify for the group stage via the qualification rounds, down from ten in the previous season.[12]

Association team allocation[edit]

79 teams from 54 of the 55 UEFA member associations participate in the 2018–19 UEFA Champions League (the exception being Liechtenstein, which does not organise a domestic league). The association ranking based on the UEFA country coefficients is used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:[12][13]

Uefa Euro Champions List

  • Associations 1–4 each have four teams qualify.
  • Associations 5–6 each have three teams qualify.
  • Associations 7–15 each have two teams qualify.
  • Associations 16–55 (except Liechtenstein) each have one team qualify.
  • The winners of the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League and 2017–18 UEFA Europa League are each given an additional entry if they do not qualify for the 2018–19 UEFA Champions League through their domestic league.
    • The winners of the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League, Real Madrid, have qualified through their domestic league, meaning the additional entry for the Champions League title holders is not necessary.
    • The winners of the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League, Atlético Madrid, have qualified through their domestic league, meaning the additional entry for the Europa League title holders is not necessary.

Association ranking[edit]

For the 2018–19 UEFA Champions League, the associations are allocated places according to their 2017 UEFA country coefficients, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 2012–13 to 2016–17.[14]

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

  • (UCL) – Additional berth for the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League winners
  • (UEL) – Additional berth for the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League winners
Association ranking for 2018–19 UEFA Champions League
RankAssociationCoeff.Teams
1Spain104.9984
2Germany79.498
3England75.962
4Italy73.332
5France56.6653
6Russia50.532
7Portugal49.3322
8Ukraine42.633
9Belgium42.400
10Turkey39.200
1133.175
12Switzerland32.075
13Netherlands31.063
14Greece27.900
15Austria25.350
16Croatia25.2501
17Romania24.350
18Denmark24.000
19Belarus19.875
RankAssociationCoeff.Teams
20Poland19.7501
21Sweden19.725
22Israel19.375
23Scotland18.925
24Cyprus18.550
25Norway18.325
26Azerbaijan17.750
27Bulgaria15.875
28Serbia15.375
29Kazakhstan15.250
30Slovenia13.125
31Slovakia11.750
3211.0000
33Hungary9.5001
34Moldova9.500
35Iceland8.375
36Finland7.650
37Albania6.625
RankAssociationCoeff.Teams
38Republic of Ireland6.5751
396.500
40Georgia6.375
41Latvia6.125
42Macedonia5.625
43Estonia5.250
44Montenegro5.250
45Armenia5.125
46Luxembourg4.875
47Northern Ireland4.500
48Lithuania4.125
49Malta4.000
50Wales3.875
51Faroe Islands3.500
52Gibraltar2.500
53Andorra1.165
54San Marino0.333
55Kosovo0.000

Distribution[edit]

In the default access list, the Champions League title holders qualify for the group stage.[15][12] However, since Real Madrid already qualified for the group stage via their domestic league (as third place of the 2017–18 La Liga), the following changes to the access list were made:[16]

  • The champions of association 11 (Czech Republic) entered the group stage instead of the play-off round.
  • The champions of association 13 (Netherlands) entered the play-off round instead of the third qualifying round.
  • The champions of association 15 (Austria) entered the third qualifying round instead of the second qualifying round.
  • The champions of associations 18 and 19 (Denmark and Belarus) entered the second qualifying round instead of the first qualifying round.

In addition, the Europa League title holders qualify for the group stage.[15] However, since Atlético Madrid, the Europa League champions, already qualified for the group stage via their domestic league (as second place of the 2017–18 La Liga), the following changes to the access list were made:[16]

  • The third-placed team of association 5 (France) entered the group stage instead of the third qualifying round.
  • The runners-up of association 10 and 11 (Turkey and Czech Republic) entered the third qualifying round instead of the second qualifying round.
Access list for 2018–19 UEFA Champions League
Teams entering in this roundTeams 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)
  • 1 winner from the preliminary round
Second qualifying roundChampions Path
(20 teams)
  • 4 champions from associations 16–19
  • 16 winners from the first qualifying round
League Path
(4 teams)
  • 4 runners-up from associations 12–15
Third qualifying roundChampions Path
(12 teams)
  • 2 champions from associations 14–15
  • 10 winners from the second qualifying round (Champions Path)
League Path
(8 teams)
  • 5 runners-up from associations 7–11
  • 1 third-placed team from association 6
  • 2 winners from the second qualifying round (League Path)
Play-off roundChampions 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)
  • 11 champions from associations 1–11
  • 6 runners-up from associations 1–6
  • 5 third-placed teams from associations 1–5
  • 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[edit]

League positions of the previous season shown in parentheses (TH: Champions League title holders; EL: Europa League title holders).[17]

Qualified teams for 2018–19 UEFA Champions League (by entry round)
Group stage
Real MadridTH(3rd)Borussia Dortmund(4th)Roma(3rd)Porto(1st)
Atlético MadridEL(2nd)Manchester City(1st)Inter Milan(4th)Shakhtar Donetsk(1st)
Barcelona(1st)Manchester United(2nd)Paris Saint-Germain(1st)Club Brugge(1st)
Valencia(4th)Tottenham Hotspur(3rd)Monaco(2nd)[Note FRA]Galatasaray(1st)
Bayern Munich(1st)Liverpool(4th)Lyon(3rd)Viktoria Plzeň(1st)
Schalke 04(2nd)Juventus(1st)Lokomotiv Moscow(1st)
1899 Hoffenheim(3rd)Napoli(2nd)CSKA Moscow(2nd)
Play-off round
Champions PathLeague Path
Young Boys(1st)PSV Eindhoven(1st)
Third qualifying round
Champions PathLeague Path
AEK Athens(1st)Red Bull Salzburg(1st)Spartak Moscow(3rd)Standard Liège(2nd)
Benfica(2nd)Fenerbahçe(2nd)
Dynamo Kyiv(2nd)Slavia Prague(2nd)
Second qualifying round
Champions PathLeague Path
Dinamo Zagreb(1st)Midtjylland(1st)Basel(2nd)PAOK(2nd)
CFR Cluj(1st)BATE Borisov(1st)Ajax(2nd)Sturm Graz(2nd)
First qualifying round
Legia Warsaw(1st)Red Star Belgrade(1st)Kukësi(2nd)[Note ALB]Alashkert(1st)
Malmö FF(1st)Astana(1st)Cork City(1st)F91 Dudelange(1st)
Hapoel Be'er Sheva(1st)Olimpija Ljubljana(1st)Zrinjski Mostar(1st)Crusaders(1st)
Celtic(1st)Spartak Trnava(1st)Torpedo Kutaisi(1st)Sūduva Marijampolė(1st)
APOEL(1st)Vidi(1st)Spartaks Jūrmala(1st)Valletta(1st)
Rosenborg(1st)Sheriff Tiraspol(1st)Shkëndija(1st)The New Saints(1st)
Qarabağ(1st)Valur(1st)Flora Tallinn(1st)Víkingur Gøta(1st)
Ludogorets Razgrad(1st)HJK(1st)Sutjeska Nikšić(1st)
Preliminary round
Lincoln Red Imps(1st)FC Santa Coloma(1st)La Fiorita(1st)Drita(1st)
Notes
  1. ^Albania (ALB): In March 2018, Skënderbeu were handed a 10-year ban from UEFA club competitions over match fixing.[18] Since they finished as champions of the 2017–18 Albanian Superliga, the runners-up of the league, Kukësi, entered the 2018–19 UEFA Champions League instead of the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League.
  2. ^France (FRA):Monaco are a club based in Monaco (which is not a UEFA member), but participate in the Champions League through one of the berths for France (any coefficient points they earn count towards France's total).

Round and draw dates[edit]

The schedule of the competition is as follows (all draws are held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, unless stated otherwise).[19]

Schedule for 2018–19 UEFA Champions League
PhaseRoundDraw dateFirst legSecond leg
QualifyingPreliminary round12 June 201826 June 2018 (semi-final round)29 June 2018 (final round)
First qualifying round19 June 201810–11 July 201817–18 July 2018
Second qualifying round24–25 July 201831 July – 1 August 2018
Third qualifying round23 July 20187–8 August 201814 August 2018
Play-offPlay-off round6 August 201821–22 August 201828–29 August 2018
Group stageMatchday 130 August 2018
(Monaco)
18–19 September 2018
Matchday 22–3 October 2018
Matchday 323–24 October 2018
Matchday 46–7 November 2018
Matchday 527–28 November 2018
Matchday 611–12 December 2018
Knockout phaseRound of 1617 December 201812–13 & 19–20 February 20195–6 & 12–13 March 2019
Quarter-finals15 March 20199–10 April 201916–17 April 2019
Semi-finals30 April – 1 May 20197–8 May 2019
Final1 June 2019 at Wanda Metropolitano, Madrid

From this season, there will be staggered kick-off times in the group stage at 18:55 CET and 21:00 CET. Kick-off times starting from the knock-out phase will be 21:00 CET.[15]

Preliminary round[edit]

In the preliminary round, teams were divided into seeded and unseeded teams based on their 2018 UEFA club coefficients,[20] and then drawn into one-legged semi-final and final ties. The draw for the preliminary round was held on 12 June 2018.[21] The semi-final round was played on 26 June, and the final round was played on 29 June 2018, both at the Victoria Stadium in Gibraltar.[22] The losers of both semi-final and final rounds entered the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round.

Uefa Euro Champions List

Team 1 Score Team 2
Semi-final round
FC Santa Coloma0–2 (a.e.t.)Drita
La Fiorita0–2Lincoln Red Imps
Team 1 Score Team 2
Final round
Lincoln Red Imps1–4 (a.e.t.)Drita

Drita's win on 26 June 2018 was the first time that a team representing Kosovo had won a game in any UEFA competition.

Qualifying rounds[edit]

In the qualifying and play-off rounds, teams are divided into seeded and unseeded teams based on their 2018 UEFA club coefficients,[20] and then drawn into two-legged home-and-away ties.

First qualifying round[edit]

The draw for the first qualifying round was held on 19 June 2018.[23] The first legs were played on 10 and 11 July, and the second legs were played on 17 and 18 July 2018. The losers entered the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round, except one team were drawn to receive a bye to the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League third qualifying round.

Team 1Agg.Team 21st leg2nd leg
Torpedo Kutaisi2–4Sheriff Tiraspol2–10–3
Shkëndija5–4The New Saints5–00–4
Sūduva Marijampolė3–2APOEL3–10–1
Olimpija Ljubljana0–1Qarabağ0–10–0
F91 Dudelange2–3Vidi1–11–2
Drita0–5Malmö FF0–30–2
Víkingur Gøta2–5[A]HJK1–21–3
Ludogorets Razgrad9–0Crusaders7–02–0
Cork City0–4[B]Legia Warsaw0–10–3
Valur2–3Rosenborg1–01–3
Kukësi1–1 (a)Valletta0–01–1
Flora Tallinn2–7Hapoel Be'er Sheva1–41–3
Spartaks Jūrmala0–2Red Star Belgrade0–00–2
Alashkert0–6Celtic0–30–3
Spartak Trnava2–1Zrinjski Mostar1–01–1
Astana3–0Sutjeska Nikšić1–02–0

Notes

  1. ^Order of legs reversed after original draw.
  2. ^Losers drawn to receive a bye to the Europa League third qualifying round.

Second qualifying round[edit]

The second qualifying round is split into two separate sections: Champions Path (for league champions) and League Path (for league non-champions). The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 19 June 2018.[23] The first legs were played on 24 and 25 July, and the second legs were played on 31 July and 1 August 2018. The losers from both Champions Path and League Path entered the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League third qualifying round.

Team 1Agg.Team 21st leg2nd leg
Champions Path
Astana2–1Midtjylland2–10–0
Ludogorets Razgrad0–1Vidi0–00–1
Kukësi0–3Qarabağ0–00–3
CFR Cluj1–2Malmö FF0–11–1
Dinamo Zagreb7–2Hapoel Be'er Sheva5–02–2
Red Star Belgrade5–0Sūduva Marijampolė3–02–0
BATE Borisov2–1HJK0–02–1
Shkëndija1–0Sheriff Tiraspol1–00–0
Legia Warsaw1–2Spartak Trnava0–21–0
Celtic3–1Rosenborg3–10–0
Team 1Agg.Team 21st leg2nd leg
League Path
PAOK5–1Basel2–13–0
Ajax5–1Sturm Graz2–03–1

Third qualifying round[edit]

The third qualifying round is split into two separate sections: Champions Path (for league champions) and League Path (for league non-champions). The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 23 July 2018.[24] The first legs were played on 7 and 8 August, and the second legs were played on 14 August 2018. The losers from Champions Path enter the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League play-off round, while the losers from League Path enter the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League group stage.

Team 1Agg.Team 21st leg2nd leg
Champions Path
Celtic2–3AEK Athens1–11–2
Red Bull Salzburg4–0Shkëndija3–01–0
Red Star Belgrade3–2Spartak Trnava1–12–1 (a.e.t.)
Qarabağ1–2BATE Borisov0–11–1
Astana0–3Dinamo Zagreb0–20–1
Malmö FF1–1 (a)Vidi1–10–0
Team 1Agg.Team 21st leg2nd leg
League Path
Standard Liège2–5Ajax2–20–3
Benfica2–1Fenerbahçe1–01–1
Slavia Prague1–3Dynamo Kyiv1–10–2
PAOK3–2Spartak Moscow3–20–0

Play-off round[edit]

The play-off round was split into two separate sections: Champions Path (for league champions) and League Path (for league non-champions). The draw for the play-off round was held on 6 August 2018.[25] The first legs were played on 21 and 22 August, and the second legs were played on 28 and 29 August. The losers from both Champions Path and League Path entered the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League group stage.

Team 1Agg.Team 21st leg2nd leg
Champions Path
Red Star Belgrade2–2 (a)Red Bull Salzburg0–02–2
BATE Borisov2–6PSV Eindhoven2–30–3
Young Boys3–2Dinamo Zagreb1–12–1
Vidi2–3AEK Athens1–21–1
Team 1Agg.Team 21st leg2nd leg
League Path
Benfica5–2PAOK1–14–1
Ajax3–1Dynamo Kyiv3–10–0

Group stage[edit]

Madrid teams
Atlético Madrid
Real Madrid

Manchester teams
Manchester City
Manchester United

Moscow teams
CSKA Moscow
Lokomotiv Moscow
Location of teams of the 2018–19 UEFA Champions League group stage.
Brown: Group A; Red: Group B; Orange: Group C; Yellow: Group D;
Green: Group E; Blue: Group F; Purple: Group G; Pink: Group H.

The draw for the group stage was held on 30 August 2018 at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco.[26] 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 this season):[13]

  • Pot 1 contained the Champions League and Europa League title holders, and the champions of the top six associations based on their 2017 UEFA country coefficients. If either or both title holders were one of the champions of the top six associations, the champions of the next highest ranked association(s) are also seeded into Pot 1.
  • Pot 2, 3 and 4 contained the remaining teams, seeded based on their 2018 UEFA club coefficients.[20]

In each group, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners and runners-up advance to the round of 16, while the third-placed teams enter the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League round of 32. The matchdays are 18–19 September, 2–3 October, 23–24 October, 6–7 November, 27–28 November, and 11–12 December 2018.

The youth teams of the clubs that qualify for the group stage also participate in the 2018–19 UEFA Youth League on the same matchdays, where they compete in the UEFA Champions League Path (the youth domestic champions of the top 32 associations compete in a separate Domestic Champions Path until the play-offs).

A total of 15 national associations are represented in the group stage. 1899 Hoffenheim, Red Star Belgrade (1991 European champions) and Young Boys will make their debut appearances in the group stage (although Red Star Belgrade have appeared in the European Cup group stage).

Tiebreakers

Teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Articles 17.01):[13]

  1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  4. Away goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  5. If more than two teams were tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams were still tied, all head-to-head criteria above was reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
  6. Goal difference in all group matches;
  7. Goals scored in all group matches;
  8. Away goals scored in all group matches;
  9. Wins in all group matches;
  10. Away wins in all group matches;
  11. Disciplinary points (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
  12. UEFA club coefficient.

Group A[edit]

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualificationDORATMBRUMON
1Borussia Dortmund6411102+813[a]Advance to knockout phase4–00–03–0
2Atlético Madrid641196+313[a]2–03–12–0
3Club Brugge613265+16Transfer to Europa League0–10–01–1
4Monaco6015214−1210–21–20–4
Source: UEFA
Notes:
  1. ^ abHead-to-head goal difference: Borussia Dortmund +2, Atlético Madrid –2.

Group B[edit]

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualificationBARTOTINTPSV
1Barcelona6420145+914Advance to knockout phase1–12–04–0
2Tottenham Hotspur6222910−18[a]2–41–02–1
3Inter Milan622267−18[a]Transfer to Europa League1–12–11–1
4PSV Eindhoven6024613−721–22–21–2
Source: UEFA
Notes:
  1. ^ abHead-to-head away goals: Tottenham Hotspur 1, Inter Milan 0.

Group C[edit]

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualificationPARLIVNAPZVE
1Paris Saint-Germain6321179+811Advance to knockout phase2–12–26–1
2Liverpool630397+29[a]3–21–04–0
3Napoli623175+29[a]Transfer to Europa League1–11–03–1
4Red Star Belgrade6114517−1241–42–00–0
Source: UEFA
Notes:
  1. ^ abGoals in all group matches: Liverpool 9, Napoli 7.

Group D[edit]

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualificationPORSCHGALLOM
1Porto6510156+916Advance to knockout phase3–11–04–1
2Schalke 04632164+2111–12–01–0
3Galatasaray611458−34Transfer to Europa League2–30–03–0
4Lokomotiv Moscow6105412−831–30–12–0
Source: UEFA

Group E[edit]

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualificationBAYAJXBENAEK
1Bayern Munich6420155+1014Advance to knockout phase1–15–12–0
2Ajax6330115+6123–31–03–0
3Benfica6213611−57Transfer to Europa League0–21–11–0
4AEK Athens6006213−1100–20–22–3
Source: UEFA

Group F[edit]

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualificationMCLYOSHKHOF
1Manchester City6411166+1013Advance to knockout phase1–26–02–1
2Lyon61501211+182–22–22–2
3Shakhtar Donetsk6132816−86Transfer to Europa League0–31–12–2
41899 Hoffenheim60331114−331–23–32–3
Source: UEFA

Group G[edit]

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualificationRMAROMPLZCSKA
1Real Madrid6402125+712Advance to knockout phase3–02–10–3
2Roma6303118+390–25–03–0
3Viktoria Plzeň6213716−97[a]Transfer to Europa League0–52–12–2
4CSKA Moscow621389−17[a]1–01–21–2
Source: UEFA
Notes:
  1. ^ abHead-to-head points: Viktoria Plzeň 4, CSKA Moscow 1.

Group H[edit]

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualificationJUVMUVALYB
1Juventus640294+512Advance to knockout phase1–21–03–0
2Manchester United631274+3100–10–01–0
3Valencia62226608Transfer to Europa League0–22–13–1
4Young Boys6114412−842–10–31–1
Source: UEFA

Knockout phase[edit]

In the knockout phase, teams play 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 is as follows:

  • In the draw for the round of 16, the eight group winners are seeded, and the eight group runners-up are unseeded. The seeded teams are drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. Teams from the same group or the same association cannot be drawn against each other.
  • In the draws for the quarter-finals and semi-finals, there are no seedings, and teams from the same group or the same association can be drawn against each other. As the draws for the quarter-finals and semi-finals are held together before the quarter-finals are played, the identity of the quarter-final winners is not known at the time of the semi-final draw. A draw is also held to determine which semi-final winner is designated as the 'home' team for the final (for administrative purposes as it is played at a neutral venue).

Bracket[edit]

Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal (1 June – Madrid)
Tottenham Hotspur314
Borussia Dortmund000
Tottenham Hotspur (a)134
Manchester City044
Schalke 04202
Manchester City3710
Tottenham Hotspur (a)033
Ajax123
Ajax145
Real Madrid213
Ajax123
Juventus112
Atlético Madrid202
Juventus033
Tottenham Hotspur0
Liverpool2
Manchester United (a)033
Paris Saint-Germain213
Manchester United000
Barcelona134
Lyon011
Barcelona055
Barcelona303
Liverpool044
Liverpool033
Bayern Munich011
Liverpool246
Porto011
Roma213
Porto (a.e.t.)134

Round of 16[edit]

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 17 December 2018.[27] The first legs were played on 12, 13, 19 and 20 February, and the second legs were played on 5, 6, 12 and 13 March 2019.

Team 1Agg.Team 21st leg2nd leg
Schalke 042–10Manchester City2–30–7
Atlético Madrid2–3Juventus2–00–3
Manchester United3–3 (a)Paris Saint-Germain0–23–1
Tottenham Hotspur4–0Borussia Dortmund3–01–0
Lyon1–5Barcelona0–01–5
Roma3–4Porto2–11–3 (a.e.t.)
Ajax5–3Real Madrid1–24–1
Liverpool3–1Bayern Munich0–03–1

Quarter-finals[edit]

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 15 March 2019.[28] The first legs were played on 9 and 10 April, and the second legs were played on 16 and 17 April 2019.

Team 1Agg.Team 21st leg2nd leg
Ajax3–2Juventus1–12–1
Liverpool6–1Porto2–04–1
Tottenham Hotspur4–4 (a)Manchester City1–03–4
Manchester United0–4[A]Barcelona0–10–3

Notes

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  1. ^Order of legs reversed after original draw, in order to avoid a scheduling conflict with the Manchester City v Tottenham Hotspur match in the same city.

Semi-finals[edit]

The draw for the semi-finals was held on 15 March 2019 (after the quarter-final draw).[28] The first legs were played on 30 April and 1 May, and the second legs were played on 7 and 8 May 2019.

Team 1Agg.Team 21st leg2nd leg
Tottenham Hotspur3–3 (a)Ajax0–13–2
Barcelona3–4Liverpool3–00–4
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Final[edit]

The final was played on 1 June 2019 at the Wanda Metropolitano in Madrid. The 'home' team (for administrative purposes) was determined by an additional draw held after the quarter-final and semi-final draws.[28]

Tottenham Hotspur0–2Liverpool
Report
  • Salah2' (pen.)
  • Origi87'
Attendance: 63,272[29]

Statistics[edit]

Statistics exclude qualifying rounds and play-off round.

Top goalscorers[edit]

RankPlayerTeamGoalsMinutes played
1Lionel MessiBarcelona12837
2Robert LewandowskiBayern Munich8714
3Sergio AgüeroManchester City6510
Cristiano RonaldoJuventus749
Moussa MaregaPorto840
Dušan TadićAjax1080
4Andrej Kramarić1899 Hoffenheim5481
Paulo DybalaJuventus518
NeymarParis Saint-Germain532
Edin DžekoRoma570
Lucas MouraTottenham Hotspur725
Harry KaneTottenham Hotspur778
Raheem SterlingManchester City871
Mohamed SalahLiverpool1058

European Championship Winners

Source:[30]

Top assists[edit]

RankPlayerTeamAssistsMinutes played
1Leroy SanéManchester City5395
Luis SuárezBarcelona900
Jordi AlbaBarcelona990
Dušan TadićAjax1080
5Kevin De BruyneManchester City4247
Riyad MahrezManchester City388
Carlos SolerValencia390
Edin DžekoRoma570
Kylian MbappéParis Saint-Germain701
Trent Alexander-ArnoldLiverpool921

Squad of the season[edit]

On 2 June 2019, the UEFA technical study group selected the following 20 players as the squad of the tournament.[31]

Pos.PlayerTeam
GKMarc-André ter StegenBarcelona
AlissonLiverpool
DFTrent Alexander-Arnold Liverpool
Virgil van DijkLiverpool
Andrew RobertsonLiverpool
Matthijs de LigtAjax
Jan VertonghenTottenham Hotspur
MFKevin De BruyneManchester City
Moussa SissokoTottenham Hotspur
Hakim ZiyechAjax
Frenkie de JongAjax
Tanguy NdombeleLyon
Georginio WijnaldumLiverpool
David NeresAjax
Raheem SterlingManchester City
FWLucas MouraTottenham Hotspur
Dušan TadićAjax
Lionel MessiBarcelona
Cristiano RonaldoJuventus
Sadio ManéLiverpool

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Players of the season[edit]

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 was announced on 8 August 2019.[32] The award winners were announced and presented during the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League group stage draw in Monaco on 29 August 2019.

Goalkeeper of the season[edit]

RankPlayerTeamPoints
Shortlist of top three
1Alisson[1]Liverpool334
2Marc-André ter StegenBarcelona136
3Hugo LlorisTottenham Hotspur105
Players ranked 4–10
4Jan OblakAtlético Madrid36
5André OnanaAjax28
6EdersonManchester City20
7Samir HandanovićInter Milan3
8David de GeaManchester United2
Wojciech SzczęsnyJuventus

Defender of the season[edit]

RankPlayerTeamPoints
Shortlist of top three
1Virgil van Dijk[2]Liverpool349
2Matthijs de LigtAjax205
3Trent Alexander-ArnoldLiverpool29
Players ranked 4–10
4Andrew RobertsonLiverpool16
5Gerard PiquéBarcelona14
6Jan VertonghenTottenham Hotspur12
7Giorgio ChielliniJuventus8
8Toby AlderweireldTottenham Hotspur5
Kalidou KoulibalyNapoli
Sergio RamosReal Madrid

Midfielder of the season[edit]

RankPlayerTeamPoints
Shortlist of top three
1Frenkie de Jong[3]Ajax222
2Christian EriksenTottenham Hotspur60
3Jordan HendersonLiverpool59
Players ranked 4–10
4Bernardo SilvaManchester City52
5Georginio WijnaldumLiverpool48
6Moussa SissokoTottenham Hotspur22
7Raheem SterlingManchester City21
8Dušan TadićAjax20
Hakim ZiyechAjax
10Sergio BusquetsBarcelona19
Donny van de BeekAjax

Forward of the season[edit]

RankPlayerTeamPoints
Shortlist of top three
1Lionel Messi[3]Barcelona285
2Sadio ManéLiverpool109
3Cristiano RonaldoJuventus91
Players ranked 4–10
4Mohamed SalahLiverpool83
5Dušan TadićAjax35
6Raheem SterlingManchester City15
7Robert LewandowskiBayern Munich10
8Roberto FirminoLiverpool9
Harry KaneTottenham Hotspur
10Leroy SanéManchester City6

See also[edit]

Uefa Euro Champions

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