UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE. In a few days, on September 6, the Champions League will make its big comeback, here is the complete schedule of matches.
The little music of the Champions League and the beautiful European evenings are soon back! From September 6, the group stage of the most prestigious of competitions begins. This year, two French clubs will be followed with PSG. In an affordable, but strong group, the Parisians will begin their campaign with a clash against the Italians of the Juventus Torinothe opportunity to see Angel Di Maria again at the Parc des Princes.
For Marseille, it will also be heavy for this very first day with a perilous trip to the lawn of Spurs from Tottenham by a certain Harry Kane or even the captain of the France team Hugo Lloris. Among the other matches of this first day, Manchester City travels to Seville, Naples receives Liverpool or even the Bayern Munich moves to Inter Milan.
- DAY 1
- TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 6
- (6:45 p.m.) Dinamo Zagreb (CRO) – Chelsea (ENG)
- (6:45 p.m.) Borussia Dortmund (GER) – FC Copenhagen (DEN)
- FC Salzburg (AUT) – AC Milan (ITA)
- Celtic Glasgow (SCO) – real Madrid (SP)
- RB Leipzig (GER) – Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR)
- Sevilla FC (ESP) – Manchester City (ENG)
- Paris SG (FRA) – Juventus Turin (ITA)
- Benfica (POR) – Maccabi Haifa (ISR)
- WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 7
- (6:45 p.m.) Ajax Amsterdam (NED)-Glasgow Rangers (SCO)
- (6:45 p.m.) Eintracht Frankfurt (GER) – Sporting Portugal (POR)
- Napoli (ITA) – Liverpool (ENG)
- Atletico Madrid (ESP) – FC Porto (POR)
- Club Brugge (BEL) – Bayer Leverkusen (GER)
- FC Barcelona (ESP) – Viktoria Plzen (CZE)
- Inter Milan (ITA) – Bayern Munich (GER)
- Tottenham (ENG) – Marseille (FRA)
- DAY 2
- TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 13
- (6:45 p.m.) Viktoria Pilsen – Inter Milan
- (6:45 p.m.) Sporting Portugal-Tottenham
- Liverpool – Ajax Amsterdam
- Glasgow Rangers – Napoli
- FC Porto – Club Brugge
- Bayer Leverkusen – Atletico Madrid
- Bayern Munich – FC Barcelona
- Marseille – Eintracht Frankfurt
- WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 14
- (6:45 p.m.) AC Milan – Dinamo Zagreb
- (6:45 p.m.) Shakhtar Donetsk – Celtic Glasgow
- Chelsea – FC Salzburg
- Real Madrid – RB Leipzig (GER)
- Manchester City – Borussia Dortmund
- FC Copenhagen – Sevilla FC
- Juventus – Benfica
- Maccabi Haifa – Paris SG
- DAY 3
- TUESDAY OCTOBER 4
- (6:45 p.m.) Bayern Munich – Viktoria Plzen
- (6:45 p.m.) Marseille – Sporting Portugal
- Liverpool-Glasgow Rangers
- Ajax Amsterdam – Napoli
- FC Porto – Bayer Leverkusen
- Club Brugge – Atletico Madrid
- Inter Milan – FC Barcelona
- Eintracht Frankfurt – Tottenham
- WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 5
- (6:45 p.m.) FC Salzburg – Dinamo Zagreb
- (6:45 p.m.) RB Leipzig v Celtic Glasgow
- Chelsea – AC Milan
- Real Madrid – Shakhtar Donetsk
- Manchester City – FC Copenhagen
- Sevilla FC – Borussia Dortmund
- Juventus – Maccabi Haifa
- Benfica – Paris SG
- DAY 4
- TUESDAY OCTOBER 11
- (6:45 p.m.) FC Copenhagen – Manchester City
- (6:45 p.m.) Maccabi Haifa – Juventus
- Dinamo Zagreb – FC Salzburg
- AC Milan-Chelsea
- Shakhtar Donetsk – Real Madrid
- Celtic Glasgow – RB Leipzig
- Borussia Dortmund – Sevilla FC
- Paris SG – Benfica
- WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 12
- (6:45 p.m.) Napoli – Ajax Amsterdam
- (6:45 p.m.) Atlético Madrid – Club Brugge
- Glasgow Rangers-Liverpool
- Bayer Leverkusen – FC Porto
- FC Barcelona – Inter Milan
- Viktoria Pilsen – Bayern Munich
- Tottenham – Eintracht Frankfurt
- Sporting Portugal – Marseille
- DAY 5
- TUESDAY OCTOBER 25
- (6:45 p.m.) FC Salzburg – Chelsea
- (6:45 p.m.) Sevilla FC – FC Copenhagen
- Dinamo Zagreb – AC Milan
- Celtic Glasgow – Shakhtar Donetsk
- RB Leipzig – Real Madrid
- Borussia Dortmund – Manchester City
- Paris SG – Maccabi Haifa
- Benfica – Juventus
- WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 27
- (6:45 p.m.) Club Brugge – FC Porto
- (6:45 p.m.) Inter Milan – Viktoria Pilsen
- Napoli – Glasgow Rangers
- Ajax Amsterdam-Liverpool
- Atletico Madrid – Bayer Leverkusen
- FC Barcelona – Bayern Munich
- Tottenham – Sporting Portugal
- Eintracht Frankfurt – Marseille
- DAY 6
- TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1
- (6:45 p.m.) FC Porto – Atlético Madrid
- (6:45 p.m.) Bayer Leverkusen – Club Brugge
- Liverpool – Napoli
- Glasgow Rangers – Ajax Amsterdam
- Bayern Munich – Inter Milano
- Viktoria Plzen – FC Barcelona
- Sporting Portugal – Eintracht Frankfurt
- Marseille – Tottenham
- WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 2
- (6:45 p.m.) Real Madrid v Celtic Glasgow
- (6:45 p.m.) Shakhtar Donetsk – RB Leipzig
- Chelsea – Dinamo Zagreb
- AC Milan – FC Salzburg
- Manchester City – Sevilla FC
- FC Copenhagen – Borussia Dortmund
- Juventus – Paris SG
- Maccabi Haifa – Benfica
Here is the complete composition of the 8 groups of the Champions League 2022-2023, according to the draw carried out at UEFA headquarters on August 25, 2022:
- Group A: Ajax Amsterdam, Liverpool, Napoli, Glasgow Rangers
- Group B: Porto, Atletico Madrid, Bayer Leverkusen, Brugge
- Group C: Bayern Munich, Barcelona, Inter Milan, Viktoria Plzen
- Group D: Frankfurt, Tottenham, Sporting Lisbon, OM
- Group E: AC Milan, Chelsea, Salzburg, Zagreb
- Group F: Real Madrid, Leipzig, Donetsk, Celtic Glasgow
- Group G: Manchester City, Sevilla, Borussia Dortmund, FC Copenhagen
- Group H: PSG, Juventus, Benfica Lisbon, Maccabi Haifa
If we do not yet know the details of the matches at the time of writing these lines, we already know the calendar of the different days of this Champions League version 2022-2023. After kicking off on September 6 and 7, UEFA invited football fans to meet on September 13 and 14 for the rest of the competition, before three more days in October and the end of the group stage. in November.
The group stage of the Football Champions League will therefore be played from Tuesday September 6, 2022 to Wednesday November 2, 2022 while the knockout stage will take place from Tuesday February 14, 2023 to Wednesday May 17, 2023. As for the final, it is scheduled for June 10, 2023 at the Atatürk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul. The calendar was then drawn up as follows by UEFA:
Group stage
- Day 1: September 6-7, 2022
- Day 2: September 13-14, 2022
- Day 3: October 4-5, 2022
- Day 4: October 11-12, 2022
- Day 5: October 25-26, 2022
- Day 6: November 1-2, 2022
Final phase
- Round of 16: February 14-15-21-22 and March 7-8-14-15, 2023
- Quarter-finals: 11-12 and 18-19 April 2023
- Semi-finals: May 9-10 and 16-17, 2023
- Final: June 10, 2023
UEFA wanted a reform of the Champions League, the latter was enacted this Tuesday, May 10 for the 2024/2025 season. To put it simply, the group stage will be replaced by a mini championship with 36 teams in total against 32 currently . Each club will face eight different teams (four at home, four away) and will therefore play two more matches than with the current format. Thereafter, the eight best teams of this first phase will be directly qualified for the final phases, and the clubs classified between the 9e and the 24e place will face each other in round-trip matches in play-offs to complete the final table.
Thanks to this reform, France obtains a 3rd direct qualifying place for the group stage of the Champions League since it is currently the 5th European nation. This reform also inflates the number of matches since from 2024, 225 matches will be scheduled instead of the current 125. In the team Wednesday May 11, the president of UEFA Aleksander Ceferin justified this change. “Just because something is working well doesn’t mean you should never change anything again
he explained. Always try to improve. […] Believe me, it’s not made for the big clubs. […] It will be much more interesting. In the current formula, in the group stage, we know which clubs will qualify after two or three matches.”
The TV rights battle continued to rage ahead of this Champions League season. UEFA has awarded the French TV rights for the “Big Ears Cup” to beIN Sports and Canal+, which thus ensure the broadcasting of the Champions League. RMC Sport will co-broadcast with Canal the two best Champions League posters until 2024 and beIN SPORTS will offer all the remaining matches.