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 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. Additionally, they would 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] This edition of the Champions League was particularly influenced by controversial refereeing decisions, such as two clear penalties not given to AS Roma in the semifinal. These controversies were among the reasons that pushed UEFA to introduce VAR in the competition starting from the 2018-19 UEFA Champions League.[8]
79 teams from 54 of the 55 UEFA member associations participated (the exception being Liechtenstein, which did not organise a domestic league).[9] The association ranking based on the UEFA country coefficients was used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:[10]
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.[11] 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.[12][13]
Association rankingedit
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.[14][15]
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
In the default access list, the Champions League title holders entered the group stage.[13] 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.[16][17][18][19] and the following changes to the default allocation system are made:
The third-placed teams of associations 4 (Italy) and 5 (Portugal) are promoted from the third qualifying round to the play-off round.
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)
Europa League title holders
12 champions from associations 1–12
6 runners-up from associations 1–6
3 third-placed teams from associations 1–3
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
Teamsedit
League positions of the previous season qualified via league position shown in parentheses. Manchester United qualified as Europa League title holders. (TH: Champions League title holders; EL: Europa League title holders).[20][21]
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 datesedit
The schedule of the competition was as follows (all draws were held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, unless stated otherwise).[13][22][23]
In the qualifying rounds and the play-off round, teams were divided into seeded and unseeded teams based on their 2017 UEFA club coefficients,[24][25][26] and then drawn into two-legged home-and-away ties. Teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other.
First qualifying roundedit
The draw for the first qualifying round was held on 19 June 2017, 12:00 CEST.[27] The first legs were played on 27 and 28 June, and the second legs were played on 4 July 2017.
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).[27] The first legs were played on 11, 12 and 14 July, and the second legs were played on 18 and 19 July 2017.
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.[28] The first legs were played on 25 and 26 July, and the second legs were played on 1 and 2 August 2017.
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.[29] The first legs were played on 15 and 16 August, and the second legs were played on 22 and 23 August 2017.
Location of teams of the 2017–18 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 24 August 2017, 18:00 CEST, at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco.[30] 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):[31][32]
Pot 1 contained the title holders and the champions of the top seven associations based on their 2016 UEFA country coefficients.[14][15] 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).[10]
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.[33] For the first time since the 1997–98 edition, England's Arsenal did not qualify for the 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):[10]
Away goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
Goal difference in all group matches;
Goals scored in all group matches;
Away goals scored in all group matches;
Wins in all group matches;
Away wins in all group matches;
Disciplinary points (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
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.
The draw for the round of 16 was held on 11 December 2017, 12:00 CET.[34] 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.
The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 16 March 2018, 12:00 CET.
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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 2017 18 UEFA Champions LeagueThe NSC Olimpiyskiy Stadium in Kyiv hosted the finalTournament detailsDatesQualifying 27 June 23 August 2017Competition proper 12 September 2017 26 May 2018TeamsCompetition proper 32Total 79 from 54 associations Final positionsChampionsReal Madrid 13th title Runners upLiverpoolTournament statisticsMatches played125Goals scored401 3 21 per match Attendance5 821 673 46 573 per match Top scorer s Cristiano Ronaldo Real Madrid 15 goalsBest player s Goalkeeper Keylor Navas Real Madrid 1 Defender Sergio Ramos Real Madrid 2 Midfielder Luka Modric Real Madrid 3 Forward Cristiano Ronaldo Real Madrid 4 2016 172018 19 The final was played between Real Madrid and Liverpool at the NSC Olimpiyskiy Stadium in Kyiv Ukraine 5 Real Madrid 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 Atletico Madrid in the 2018 UEFA Super Cup winning the former Additionally they would 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 This edition of the Champions League was particularly influenced by controversial refereeing decisions such as two clear penalties not given to AS Roma in the semifinal These controversies were among the reasons that pushed UEFA to introduce VAR in the competition starting from the 2018 19 UEFA Champions League 8 Contents 1 Association team allocation 1 1 Association ranking 1 2 Distribution 1 3 Teams 2 Round and draw dates 3 Qualifying rounds 3 1 First qualifying round 3 2 Second qualifying round 3 3 Third qualifying round 4 Play off round 5 Group stage 5 1 Group A 5 2 Group B 5 3 Group C 5 4 Group D 5 5 Group E 5 6 Group F 5 7 Group G 5 8 Group H 6 Knockout phase 6 1 Bracket 6 2 Round of 16 6 3 Quarter finals 6 4 Semi finals 6 5 Final 7 Statistics 7 1 Top goalscorers 7 2 Squad of the season 7 3 Players of the season 7 3 1 Goalkeeper of the season 7 3 2 Defender of the season 7 3 3 Midfielder of the season 7 3 4 Forward of the season 8 See also 9 References 10 External linksAssociation team allocation edit79 teams from 54 of the 55 UEFA member associations participated the exception being Liechtenstein which did not organise a domestic league 9 The association ranking based on the UEFA country coefficients was used to determine the number of participating teams for each association 10 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 11 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 12 13 Association ranking edit 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 14 15 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 nbsp Spain 105 713 4 2 nbsp Germany 80 177 3 nbsp England 76 284 1 UEL 4 nbsp Italy 70 439 3 5 nbsp Portugal 53 082 6 nbsp France 52 749 7 nbsp Russia 51 082 2 8 nbsp Ukraine 44 883 9 nbsp Belgium 40 000 10 nbsp Netherlands 35 563 11 nbsp Turkey 34 600 12 nbsp Switzerland 33 775 13 nbsp Czech Republic 32 925 14 nbsp Greece 29 700 15 nbsp Romania 25 383 16 nbsp Austria 25 100 1 17 nbsp Croatia 23 875 18 nbsp Poland 22 500 19 nbsp Cyprus 22 175 Rank Association Coeff Teams Notes 20 nbsp Belarus 20 000 1 21 nbsp Sweden 19 875 22 nbsp Norway 19 250 23 nbsp Israel 18 625 24 nbsp Denmark 18 600 25 nbsp Scotland 17 300 26 nbsp Azerbaijan 14 875 27 nbsp Serbia 14 625 28 nbsp Kazakhstan 14 125 29 nbsp Bulgaria 13 125 30 nbsp Slovenia 13 125 31 nbsp Slovakia 12 000 32 nbsp Liechtenstein 10 500 0 33 nbsp Hungary 9 875 1 34 nbsp Moldova 9 125 35 nbsp Iceland 8 750 36 nbsp Georgia 8 125 37 nbsp Finland 7 400 Rank Association Coeff Teams Notes 38 nbsp Bosnia and Herzegovina 7 125 1 39 nbsp Albania 6 625 40 nbsp Macedonia 6 000 41 nbsp Republic of Ireland 5 450 42 nbsp Latvia 5 375 43 nbsp Luxembourg 5 250 44 nbsp Montenegro 4 875 45 nbsp Lithuania 4 625 46 nbsp Northern Ireland 4 500 47 nbsp Estonia 4 250 48 nbsp Armenia 4 125 49 nbsp Faroe Islands 3 625 50 nbsp Malta 3 583 51 nbsp Wales 3 500 52 nbsp Gibraltar 1 000 53 nbsp Andorra 0 999 54 nbsp San Marino 0 333 55 nbsp Kosovo 0 000 Distribution edit In the default access list the Champions League title holders entered the group stage 13 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 16 17 18 19 and the following changes to the default allocation system are made The third placed teams of associations 4 Italy and 5 Portugal are promoted from the third qualifying round to the play off round 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 Europa League title holders 12 champions from associations 1 12 6 runners up from associations 1 6 3 third placed teams from associations 1 3 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 edit League positions of the previous season qualified via league position shown in parentheses Manchester United qualified as Europa League title holders TH Champions League title holders EL Europa League title holders 20 21 Group stage nbsp Real MadridTH 1st nbsp Borussia Dortmund 3rd nbsp Benfica 1st nbsp Anderlecht 1st nbsp Manchester United EL nbsp Chelsea 1st nbsp Porto 2nd nbsp Feyenoord 1st nbsp Barcelona 2nd nbsp Tottenham Hotspur 2nd nbsp Monaco 1st Note FRA nbsp Besiktas 1st nbsp Atletico Madrid 3rd nbsp Manchester City 3rd nbsp Paris Saint Germain 2nd nbsp Basel 1st nbsp Bayern Munich 1st nbsp Juventus 1st nbsp Spartak Moscow 1st nbsp RB Leipzig 2nd nbsp Roma 2nd nbsp Shakhtar Donetsk 1st Play off round Champions Route League Route nbsp Sevilla 4th nbsp Liverpool 4th nbsp Sporting CP 3rd nbsp 1899 Hoffenheim 4th nbsp Napoli 3rd Third qualifying round Champions Route League Route nbsp Slavia Prague 1st nbsp Nice 3rd nbsp Ajax 2nd nbsp AEK Athens 2nd nbsp Olympiacos 1st nbsp CSKA Moscow 2nd nbsp Istanbul Basaksehir 2nd nbsp FCSB 2nd nbsp Viitorul Constanța 1st nbsp Dynamo Kyiv 2nd nbsp Young Boys 2nd nbsp Club Brugge 2nd nbsp Viktoria Plzen 2nd Second qualifying round nbsp Red Bull Salzburg 1st nbsp Copenhagen 1st nbsp Honved 1st nbsp Dundalk 1st nbsp Rijeka 1st nbsp Celtic 1st nbsp Sheriff Tiraspol 1st nbsp Spartaks Jurmala 1st nbsp Legia Warsaw 1st nbsp Qarabag 1st nbsp FH 1st nbsp F91 Dudelange 1st nbsp APOEL 1st nbsp Partizan 1st nbsp Samtredia 1st nbsp Buducnost Podgorica 1st nbsp BATE Borisov 1st nbsp Astana 1st nbsp IFK Mariehamn 1st nbsp Zalgiris Vilnius 1st nbsp Malmo FF 1st nbsp Ludogorets Razgrad 1st nbsp Zrinjski Mostar 1st nbsp Rosenborg 1st nbsp Maribor 1st nbsp Kukesi 1st nbsp Hapoel Be er Sheva 1st nbsp Zilina 1st nbsp Vardar 1st First qualifying round nbsp Linfield 1st nbsp Vikingur Gota 1st nbsp Europa FC 1st nbsp Trepca 89 1st nbsp FCI Tallinn 1st nbsp Hibernians 1st nbsp FC Santa Coloma 1st nbsp Alashkert 1st nbsp The New Saints 1st nbsp La Fiorita 1st Notes 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 editThe schedule of the competition was as follows all draws were held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon Switzerland unless stated otherwise 13 22 23 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 amp 20 21 February 2018 6 7 amp 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 KyivQualifying rounds editMain 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 24 25 26 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 edit The draw for the first qualifying round was held on 19 June 2017 12 00 CEST 27 The first legs were played on 27 and 28 June and the second legs were played on 4 July 2017 Team 1 Agg Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg Vikingur Gota nbsp 6 2 nbsp Trepca 89 2 1 4 1 Hibernians nbsp 3 0 nbsp FCI Tallinn 2 0 1 0 Alashkert nbsp 2 1 nbsp FC Santa Coloma 1 0 1 1 The New Saints nbsp 4 3 nbsp Europa 1 2 3 1 a e t Linfield nbsp 1 0 nbsp La Fiorita 1 0 0 0 Second qualifying round edit 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 27 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 Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg APOEL nbsp 2 0 nbsp F91 Dudelange 1 0 1 0 Zalgiris Vilnius nbsp 3 5 nbsp Ludogorets Razgrad 2 1 1 4 Qarabag nbsp 6 0 nbsp Samtredia 5 0 1 0 Partizan nbsp 2 0 nbsp Buducnost Podgorica 2 0 0 0 Hibernians nbsp 0 6 nbsp Red Bull Salzburg 0 3 0 3 Sheriff Tiraspol nbsp 2 2 a nbsp Kukesi 1 0 1 2 Spartaks Jurmala nbsp 1 2 A nbsp Astana 0 1 1 1 BATE Borisov nbsp 4 2 nbsp Alashkert 1 1 3 1 Zilina nbsp 3 4 nbsp Copenhagen 1 3 2 1 Hapoel Be er Sheva nbsp 5 3 nbsp Honved 2 1 3 2 Rijeka nbsp 7 1 nbsp The New Saints 2 0 5 1 Malmo FF nbsp 2 4 nbsp Vardar 1 1 1 3 Zrinjski Mostar nbsp 2 3 nbsp Maribor 1 2 1 1 Dundalk nbsp 2 3 nbsp Rosenborg 1 1 1 2 a e t FH nbsp 3 1 nbsp Vikingur Gota 1 1 2 0 Linfield nbsp 0 6 nbsp Celtic 0 2 0 4 IFK Mariehamn nbsp 0 9 nbsp Legia Warsaw 0 3 0 6 Notes Order of legs reversed after original draw Third qualifying round edit 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 28 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 Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd legChampions Route Slavia Prague nbsp 2 2 a nbsp BATE Borisov 1 0 1 2 Astana nbsp 3 2 nbsp Legia Warsaw 3 1 0 1 Maribor nbsp 2 0 nbsp FH 1 0 1 0 Vardar nbsp 2 4 B nbsp Copenhagen 1 0 1 4 Celtic nbsp 1 0 nbsp Rosenborg 0 0 1 0 Hapoel Be er Sheva nbsp 3 3 a nbsp Ludogorets Razgrad 2 0 1 3 Viitorul Constanța nbsp 1 4 nbsp APOEL 1 0 0 4 a e t Red Bull Salzburg nbsp 1 1 a nbsp Rijeka 1 1 0 0 Qarabag nbsp 2 1 nbsp Sheriff Tiraspol 0 0 2 1 Partizan nbsp 3 5 nbsp Olympiacos 1 3 2 2 Team 1 Agg Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd legLeague Route FCSB nbsp 6 3 nbsp Viktoria Plzen 2 2 4 1 Nice nbsp 3 3 a nbsp Ajax 1 1 2 2 Dynamo Kyiv nbsp 3 3 a nbsp Young Boys 3 1 0 2 AEK Athens nbsp 0 3 nbsp CSKA Moscow 0 2 0 1 Club Brugge nbsp 3 5 nbsp Istanbul Basaksehir 3 3 0 2 Notes Order of legs reversed after original draw Play off round editMain 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 29 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 Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd legChampions Route Qarabag nbsp 2 2 a nbsp Copenhagen 1 0 1 2 APOEL nbsp 2 0 nbsp Slavia Prague 2 0 0 0 Olympiacos nbsp 3 1 nbsp Rijeka 2 1 1 0 Celtic nbsp 8 4 nbsp Astana 5 0 3 4 Hapoel Be er Sheva nbsp 2 2 a nbsp Maribor 2 1 0 1 Team 1 Agg Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd legLeague Route Istanbul Basaksehir nbsp 3 4 nbsp Sevilla 1 2 2 2 Young Boys nbsp 0 3 nbsp CSKA Moscow 0 1 0 2 Napoli nbsp 4 0 nbsp Nice 2 0 2 0 1899 Hoffenheim nbsp 3 6 nbsp Liverpool 1 2 2 4 Sporting CP nbsp 5 1 nbsp FCSB 0 0 5 1Group stage editMain article 2017 18 UEFA Champions League group stage nbsp nbsp Qarabag nbsp Anderlecht nbsp APOEL nbsp London nbsp Manchester nbsp Liverpool nbsp Monaco nbsp PSG nbsp Bayern nbsp Dortmund nbsp Leipzig nbsp Olympiacos nbsp Juventus nbsp Napoli nbsp Roma nbsp Feyenoord nbsp Lisbon nbsp Porto nbsp Moscow nbsp Celtic nbsp Maribor nbsp Madrid nbsp Barcelona nbsp Sevilla nbsp Basel nbsp Besiktas nbsp Shakhtar nbsp Lisbon teams nbsp Benfica nbsp Sporting CP London teams nbsp Chelsea nbsp Tottenham Hotspur Madrid teams nbsp Atletico Madrid nbsp Real Madrid Manchester teams nbsp Manchester City nbsp Manchester United Moscow teams nbsp CSKA Moscow nbsp Spartak Moscowclass notpageimage Location of teams of the 2017 18 UEFA Champions League group stage nbsp Brown Group A nbsp Red Group B nbsp Orange Group C nbsp Yellow Group D nbsp Green Group E nbsp Blue Group F nbsp Purple Group G nbsp Pink Group H The draw for the group stage was held on 24 August 2017 18 00 CEST at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco 30 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 31 32 Pot 1 contained the title holders and the champions of the top seven associations based on their 2016 UEFA country coefficients 14 15 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 10 Pot 2 3 and 4 contained the remaining teams seeded based on their 2017 UEFA club coefficients 24 25 26 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 Qarabag and RB Leipzig made their debut appearances in the group stage Qarabag were the first team from Azerbaijan to play in the Champions League group stage 33 For the first time since the 1997 98 edition England s Arsenal did not qualify for the 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 10 Points in head to head matches among tied teams Goal difference in head to head matches among tied teams Away goals scored in head to head matches among tied teams If more than two teams are tied and after applying all head to head criteria above a subset of teams are still tied all head to head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams Goal difference in all group matches Goals scored in all group matches Away goals scored in all group matches Wins in all group matches Away wins in all group matches Disciplinary points red card 3 points yellow card 1 point expulsion for two yellow cards in one match 3 points UEFA club coefficient Group A edit Pos Teamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MU BSL CSKA BEN 1 nbsp Manchester United 6 5 0 1 12 3 9 15 Advance to knockout phase 3 0 2 1 2 0 2 nbsp Basel 6 4 0 2 11 5 6 12 1 0 1 2 5 0 3 nbsp CSKA Moscow 6 3 0 3 8 10 2 9 Transfer to Europa League 1 4 0 2 2 0 4 nbsp Benfica 6 0 0 6 1 14 13 0 0 1 0 2 1 2 Source UEFA Group B edit Pos Teamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification PAR BAY CEL AND 1 nbsp Paris Saint Germain 6 5 0 1 25 4 21 15 a Advance to knockout phase 3 0 7 1 5 0 2 nbsp Bayern Munich 6 5 0 1 13 6 7 15 a 3 1 3 0 3 0 3 nbsp Celtic 6 1 0 5 5 18 13 3 b Transfer to Europa League 0 5 1 2 0 1 4 nbsp Anderlecht 6 1 0 5 2 17 15 3 b 0 4 1 2 0 3 Source UEFANotes a b Head to head results Paris Saint Germain 3 0 Bayern Munich Bayern Munich 3 1 Paris Saint Germain a b Head to head results Anderlecht 0 3 Celtic Celtic 0 1 Anderlecht Group C edit Pos Teamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ROM CHL ATL QRB 1 nbsp Roma 6 3 2 1 9 6 3 11 a Advance to knockout phase 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 nbsp Chelsea 6 3 2 1 16 8 8 11 a 3 3 1 1 6 0 3 nbsp Atletico Madrid 6 1 4 1 5 4 1 7 Transfer to Europa League 2 0 1 2 1 1 4 nbsp Qarabag 6 0 2 4 2 14 12 2 1 2 0 4 0 0 Source UEFANotes a b Head to head results Chelsea 3 3 Roma Roma 3 0 Chelsea Group D edit Pos Teamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BAR JUV SPO OLY 1 nbsp Barcelona 6 4 2 0 9 1 8 14 Advance to knockout phase 3 0 2 0 3 1 2 nbsp Juventus 6 3 2 1 7 5 2 11 0 0 2 1 2 0 3 nbsp Sporting CP 6 2 1 3 8 9 1 7 Transfer to Europa League 0 1 1 1 3 1 4 nbsp Olympiacos 6 0 1 5 4 13 9 1 0 0 0 2 2 3 Source UEFARules for classification Group stage tiebreakers Group E edit Pos Teamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification LIV SEV SPM MRB 1 nbsp Liverpool 6 3 3 0 23 6 17 12 Advance to knockout phase 2 2 7 0 3 0 2 nbsp Sevilla 6 2 3 1 12 12 0 9 3 3 2 1 3 0 3 nbsp Spartak Moscow 6 1 3 2 9 13 4 6 Transfer to Europa League 1 1 5 1 1 1 4 nbsp Maribor 6 0 3 3 3 16 13 3 0 7 1 1 1 1 Source UEFA Group F edit Pos Teamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MC SHK NAP FEY 1 nbsp Manchester City 6 5 0 1 14 5 9 15 Advance to knockout phase 2 0 2 1 1 0 2 nbsp Shakhtar Donetsk 6 4 0 2 9 9 0 12 2 1 2 1 3 1 3 nbsp Napoli 6 2 0 4 11 11 0 6 Transfer to Europa League 2 4 3 0 3 1 4 nbsp Feyenoord 6 1 0 5 5 14 9 3 0 4 1 2 2 1 Source UEFA Group G edit Pos Teamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BES POR RBL MON 1 nbsp Besiktas 6 4 2 0 11 5 6 14 Advance to knockout phase 1 1 2 0 1 1 2 nbsp Porto 6 3 1 2 15 10 5 10 1 3 3 1 5 2 3 nbsp RB Leipzig 6 2 1 3 10 11 1 7 Transfer to Europa League 1 2 3 2 1 1 4 nbsp Monaco 6 0 2 4 6 16 10 2 1 2 0 3 1 4 Source UEFA Group H edit Pos Teamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification TOT RM DOR APO 1 nbsp Tottenham Hotspur 6 5 1 0 15 4 11 16 Advance to knockout phase 3 1 3 1 3 0 2 nbsp Real Madrid 6 4 1 1 17 7 10 13 1 1 3 2 3 0 3 nbsp Borussia Dortmund 6 0 2 4 7 13 6 2 a Transfer to Europa League 1 2 1 3 1 1 4 nbsp APOEL 6 0 2 4 2 17 15 2 a 0 3 0 6 1 1 Source UEFANotes 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 editMain 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 edit Round of 16Quarter finalsSemi finalsFinal nbsp Sevilla022 nbsp Manchester United011 nbsp Sevilla101 nbsp Bayern Munich202 nbsp Bayern Munich538 nbsp Besiktas011 nbsp Bayern Munich123 nbsp Real Madrid224 nbsp Juventus224 nbsp Tottenham Hotspur213 nbsp Juventus033 nbsp Real Madrid314 nbsp Real Madrid325 nbsp Paris Saint Germain112 nbsp Real Madrid3 nbsp Liverpool1 nbsp Porto000 nbsp Liverpool505 nbsp Liverpool325 nbsp Manchester City011 nbsp Basel022 nbsp Manchester City415 nbsp Liverpool527 nbsp Roma246 nbsp Chelsea101 nbsp Barcelona134 nbsp Barcelona404 nbsp Roma a 134 nbsp Shakhtar Donetsk202 nbsp Roma a 112 Round of 16 edit The draw for the round of 16 was held on 11 December 2017 12 00 CET 34 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 Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg Juventus nbsp 4 3 nbsp Tottenham Hotspur 2 2 2 1 Basel nbsp 2 5 nbsp Manchester City 0 4 2 1 Porto nbsp 0 5 nbsp Liverpool 0 5 0 0 Sevilla nbsp 2 1 nbsp Manchester United 0 0 2 1 Real Madrid nbsp 5 2 nbsp Paris Saint Germain 3 1 2 1 Shakhtar Donetsk nbsp 2 2 a nbsp Roma 2 1 0 1 Chelsea nbsp 1 4 nbsp Barcelona 1 1 0 3 Bayern Munich nbsp 8 1 nbsp Besiktas 5 0 3 1 Quarter finals edit The draw for the quarter finals was held on 16 March 2018 12 00 CET sup, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
