2023–24 UEFA Champions League

The 2023–24 UEFA Champions League was the 69th season of Europe's main club football competition, organized by UEFA. It was also the 32nd season since it was renamed from the European Champion Clubs' Cup to the UEFA Champions League.

2023–24 UEFA Champions League

Wembley Stadium in London hosted the final.
Tournament details
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
← 2022–23 2024–25 → All statistics correct as of 17 July 2024.

The final game was held at Wembley Stadium in London, England.^[1] The team that wins this competition will automatically get a spot in the 2024–25 UEFA Champions League and will play against the winners of the 2023–24 UEFA Europa League in the 2024 UEFA Super Cup. They will also take part in the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup in the United States. This is the last season with the current format of 32 teams in the group stage. UEFA has announced that they will change the format for the next season.^[2]

Real Madrid is the current champion, having won their fifteenth title.

Teams

The labels in the brackets explain how each team got into the initial rounds:

• TH: Teams that won the Champions League
• EL: Teams that won the Europa League
• 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th: Teams that finished in these positions in the league in the last season

The early rounds are split into two paths: the Champions Path (CH) and the League Path (LP).

Qualified teams for 2023–24 UEFA Champions League

Entry round		Teams
Group stage		Manchester City (1st)TH	Sevilla (EL)	Arsenal (2nd)	Manchester United (3rd)
		Newcastle United (4th)	Barcelona (1st)	Real Madrid (2nd)	Atlético Madrid (3rd)
		Real Sociedad (4th)	Napoli (1st)	Lazio (2nd)	Inter Milan (3rd)
		Milan (4th)	Bayern Munich (1st)	Borussia Dortmund (2nd)	RB Leipzig (3rd)
		Union Berlin (4th)	Paris Saint-Germain (1st)	Lens (2nd)	Benfica (1st)
		Porto (2nd)	Feyenoord (1st)	Red Bull Salzburg (1st)	Celtic (1st)
		Red Star Belgrade (1st)	Shakhtar Donetsk (1st)
Play-off round	CH	Antwerp (1st)	Young Boys (1st)
Third qualifying round	CH	AEK Athens (1st)	Sparta Prague (1st)
	LP	Marseille (3rd)	Braga (3rd)	PSV Eindhoven (2nd)	Sturm Graz (2nd)
		Rangers (2nd)	TSC (2nd)
Second qualifying round	CH	Molde (1st)	Copenhagen (1st)	Dinamo Zagreb (1st)	Galatasaray (1st)
		Aris Limassol (1st)
	LP	Dnipro-1 (2nd)	Genk (2nd)	Servette (2nd)	Panathinaikos (2nd)
First qualifying round		Maccabi Haifa (1st)	BK Häcken (1st)	Ludogorets Razgrad (1st)	Farul Constanța (1st)
		Qarabağ (1st)	Ferencváros (1st)	Raków Częstochowa (1st)	Astana (1st)
		Slovan Bratislava (1st)	Olimpija Ljubljana (1st)	BATE Borisov (3rd)	Sheriff Tiraspol (1st)
		Žalgiris (1st)	Zrinjski Mostar (1st)	HJK (1st)	Swift Hesperange (1st)
		Valmiera (1st)	Ballkani (1st)	Shamrock Rovers (1st)	Urartu (1st)
		Larne (1st)	Partizani (1st)	KÍ (1st)	Flora (1st)
		Ħamrun Spartans (1st)	Dinamo Tbilisi (1st)	Struga (1st)	The New Saints (1st)
		Lincoln Red Imps (1st)
Preliminary round		Breiðablik (1st)	Budućnost Podgorica (1st)	Atlètic Club d'Escaldes (1st)	Tre Penne (1st)

Group stage

See the main article: 2023–24 UEFA Champions League group stage

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BAY	CPH	GAL	MUN
1	Bayern Munich	6	5	1	0	12	6	+6	16	Advance to knockout phase		—	0–0	2–1	4–3
2	Copenhagen	6	2	2	2	8	8	0	8			1–2	—	1–0	4–3
3	Galatasaray	6	1	2	3	10	13	−3	5	Transfer to Europa League		1–3	2–2	—	3–3
4	Manchester United	6	1	1	4	12	15	−3	4			0–1	1–0	2–3	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ARS	PSV	LEN	SEV
1	Arsenal	6	4	1	1	16	4	+12	13	Advance to knockout phase		—	4–0	6–0	2–0
2	PSV Eindhoven	6	2	3	1	8	10	−2	9			1–1	—	1–0	2–2
3	Lens	6	2	2	2	6	11	−5	8	Transfer to Europa League		2–1	1–1	—	2–1
4	Sevilla	6	0	2	4	7	12	−5	2			1–2	2–3	1–1	—

Source: UEFA

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		RMA	NAP	BRA	UBE
1	Real Madrid	6	6	0	0	16	7	+9	18	Advance to knockout phase		—	4–2	3–0	1–0
2	Napoli	6	3	1	2	10	9	+1	10			2–3	—	2–0	1–1
3	Braga	6	1	1	4	6	12	−6	4	Transfer to Europa League		1–2	1–2	—	1–1
4	Union Berlin	6	0	2	4	6	10	−4	2			2–3	0–1	2–3	—

Source: UEFA

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		RSO	INT	BEN	SAL
1	Real Sociedad	6	3	3	0	7	2	+5	12[a]	Advance to knockout phase		—	1–1	3–1	0–0
2	Inter Milan	6	3	3	0	8	5	+3	12[a]			0–0	—	1–0	2–1
3	Benfica	6	1	1	4	7	11	−4	4[b]	Transfer to Europa League		0–1	3–3	—	0–2
4	Red Bull Salzburg	6	1	1	4	4	8	−4	4[b]			0–2	0–1	1–3	—

Source: UEFA
Notes:

1. Tied on head-to-head points, goal difference, and goals scored. Goal difference in all matches: Real Sociedad +5, Inter Milan +3.
2. Tied on head-to-head points, goal difference, goals scored, and goal difference in all matches. Goals scored in all matches: Benfica 7, Red Bull Salzburg 4.

Group E

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ATM	LAZ	FEY	CEL
1	Atlético Madrid	6	4	2	0	17	6	+11	14	Advance to knockout phase		—	2–0	3–2	6–0
2	Lazio	6	3	1	2	7	7	0	10			1–1	—	1–0	2–0
3	Feyenoord	6	2	0	4	9	10	−1	6	Transfer to Europa League		1–3	3–1	—	2–0
4	Celtic	6	1	1	4	5	15	−10	4			2–2	1–2	2–1	—

Source: UEFA

Group F

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		DOR	PAR	MIL	NEW
1	Borussia Dortmund	6	3	2	1	7	4	+3	11	Advance to knockout phase		—	1–1	0–0	2–0
2	Paris Saint-Germain	6	2	2	2	9	8	+1	8[a]			2–0	—	3–0	1–1
3	Milan	6	2	2	2	5	8	−3	8[a]	Transfer to Europa League		1–3	2–1	—	0–0
4	Newcastle United	6	1	2	3	6	7	−1	5			0–1	4–1	1–2	—

Source: UEFA
Notes:

1. Tied on head-to-head points. Head-to-head goal difference: Paris Saint-Germain +2, Milan −2.

Group G

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		MCI	RBL	YB	ZVE
1	Manchester City	6	6	0	0	18	7	+11	18	Advance to knockout phase		—	3–2	3–0	3–1
2	RB Leipzig	6	4	0	2	13	10	+3	12			1–3	—	2–1	3–1
3	Young Boys	6	1	1	4	7	13	−6	4	Transfer to Europa League		1–3	1–3	—	2–0
4	Red Star Belgrade	6	0	1	5	7	15	−8	1			2–3	1–2	2–2	—

Source: UEFA

Group H

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BAR	POR	SHK	ANT
1	Barcelona	6	4	0	2	12	6	+6	12[a]	Advance to knockout phase		—	2–1	2–1	5–0
2	Porto	6	4	0	2	15	8	+7	12[a]			0–1	—	5–3	2–0
3	Shakhtar Donetsk	6	3	0	3	10	12	−2	9	Transfer to Europa League		1–0	1–3	—	1–0
4	Antwerp	6	1	0	5	6	17	−11	3			3–2	1–4	2–3	—

Source: UEFA
Notes:

1. Head-to-head points: Barcelona 6, Porto 0.

Final

See the main article: 2024 UEFA Champions League final

Borussia Dortmund	0–2	Real Madrid
	Report	Carvajal 74' Vinicius 83'

2023-24 UEFA Champions League

1 June 2024 (2024-06-01)

21:00 CEST

Final

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 86,212

Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)

References

1. "Champions League final hosts for 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024". UEFA. 24 September 2019. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
2. "UEFA approves final format and access list for its club competitions as of the 2024/25 season". UEFA.com. 10 May 2022. Retrieved 21 April 2023.