2023–24 UEFA Champions League
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The 2023–24 UEFA Champions League was the 69th season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 32nd season since it was renamed from the European Champion Clubs' Cup to the UEFA Champions League.
Tournament details | |
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Dates | Qualifying: 27 June – 30 August 2023 Competition proper: 19 September 2023 – 1 June 2024 |
Teams | Competition proper: 32 Total: 78 (from 53 associations) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Real Madrid (15th title) |
Runners-up | Borussia Dortmund |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 125 |
Goals scored | 375 (3 per match) |
Attendance | 6,511,191 (52,090 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Harry Kane (Bayern Munich) Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint-Germain) 8 goals each |
Best player(s) | Vinícius Júnior (Real Madrid)[1] |
Best young player | Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid)[2] |
← 2022–23 2024–25 → |
Real Madrid defeated Borussia Dortmund 2–0 in the final, which was played at the Wembley Stadium in London, England,[3] for a record-extending 15th European Cup title, and their sixth in eleven years.[4] As winners, Real Madrid earned the right to play against Atalanta, the winners of the 2023–24 UEFA Europa League, in the 2024 UEFA Super Cup. They also qualified for the final of the brand-new 2024 FIFA Intercontinental Cup and the expanded 2025 FIFA Club World Cup in the United States.
This was the final season with the current format of 32 teams participating in the group stage, following UEFA's announcement of a new expanded format to be introduced for the following edition.[5]
Manchester City were the defending champions, but were eliminated by eventual winners Real Madrid in the quarter-finals.