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Revision as of 16:09, 16 May 2021
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| Dates | Qualifying: 22 June – 25 August 2021 Competition proper: 14 September 2021 – 28 May 2022 |
| Teams | Competition proper: 32 Total: 79, 80 or 81 (from 54 associations) |
← 2020–21 2022–23 → | |
The 2021–22 UEFA Champions League will be the 67th season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 30th season since it was renamed from the European Champion Clubs' Cup to the UEFA Champions League.
The final will be played at the Krestovsky Stadium in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It was originally scheduled to be played at the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany.[1] However, due to the postponement and relocation of the 2020 final, the final hosts were shifted back a year, with Saint Petersburg instead hosting the 2022 final.[2] The winners of the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League will automatically qualify for the 2022–23 UEFA Champions League group stage, and also earn the right to play against the winners of the 2021–22 UEFA Europa League in the 2022 UEFA Super Cup.
This season will be the first since 1998–99 (last season when the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was played) where three major European club competitions (UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, and the newly created UEFA Europa Conference League) are organised by UEFA. However, no changes are made to the format of the Champions League, but teams which are eliminated from the preliminary round and first qualifying round of the Champions League are now transferred to the Europa Conference League instead of the Europa League.[3]
Association team allocation
A total of 79, 80 or 81 teams from 54 of the 55 UEFA member associations participate in the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League (the exception being Liechtenstein,[Note LIE] which does not organise a domestic league). The association ranking based on the UEFA association coefficients is used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:[4]
- 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)[Note LIE] each have one team qualify.
- The winners of the 2020–21 UEFA Champions League and 2020–21 UEFA Europa League are each given an additional entry if they do not qualify for the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League through their domestic league.
Association ranking
For the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League, the associations are allocated places according to their 2020 UEFA association coefficients, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 2015–16 to 2019–20.[5]
Apart from the allocation based on the association coefficients, associations may have additional teams participating in the Champions League, as noted below:
- (UCL) – Additional berth for UEFA Champions League title holders
- (UEL) – Additional berth for UEFA Europa League title holders
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Distribution
The following is the default access list.[6]
| Teams entering in this round | Teams advancing from previous round | ||
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| Preliminary round (4 teams) |
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| First qualifying round (34 teams) |
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| Second qualifying round (26 teams) |
Champions Path (20 teams) |
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| League Path (6 teams) |
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| Third qualifying round (20 teams) |
Champions Path (12 teams) |
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| League Path (8 teams) |
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| Play-off round (12 teams) |
Champions Path (8 teams) |
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| League Path (4 teams) |
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| Group stage (32 teams) |
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| Knockout phase (16 teams) |
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Changes will be made to the access list above if the Champions League and/or Europa League title holders qualify for the tournament via their domestic leagues.
- If the Champions League title holders qualify for the group stage via their domestic league, the following changes to the access list will be made:
- The champions of association 11 (Turkey) enter the group stage instead of the play-off round.
- The champions of association 13 (Denmark) enter the play-off round instead of the third qualifying round.
- The champions of association 15 (Czech Republic) enter the third qualifying round instead of the second qualifying round.
- The champions of associations 18 (Greece) and 19 (Serbia) enter the second qualifying round instead of the first qualifying round.
- If the Europa League title holders qualify for the group stage via their domestic league, the following changes to the access list will be made:
- The third-placed team of association 5 (France) enter the group stage instead of the third qualifying round.
- The runners-up of associations 10 (Netherlands) and 11 (Turkey) enter the third qualifying round instead of the second qualifying round.
- If the Champions League and/or Europa League title holders qualify for the qualifying rounds via their domestic league, their spot in the qualifying rounds is vacated, and teams of the highest-ranked associations in earlier rounds will be promoted accordingly.
- An association may have a maximum of five teams in the Champions League. Therefore, if both the Champions League and Europa League title holders come from the same top-four association and finish outside of the top four of their domestic league, the fourth-placed team of the league will not compete in the Champions League and will instead compete in the Europa League.
Teams
NOTE: The following list of qualified teams is provisional, subject to final confirmation by UEFA in June 2021, as each participating team must obtain a UEFA club license. All qualified teams are included in this list as long as they have not been banned by UEFA or have not failed their final appeal with their football association on obtaining a license. |
The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:
- TH: Champions League title holders
- EL: Europa League title holders
- 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, etc.: League positions of the previous season
- Abd-: League positions of abandoned season due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe as determined by the national association; all teams are subject to approval by UEFA as per the guidelines for entry to European competitions in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.[7]
The second qualifying round, third qualifying round and play-off round are divided into Champions Path (CH) and League Path (LP).
CC: 2021 UEFA club coefficients (updated after UEFA Champions/Europa League matches on 6 May 2021, coefficients which may increase marked by ≥).[8]
Notes
- ^ Estonia (EST): The 2020 Meistriliiga was shortened during the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Estonia.
- ^ Finland (FIN): The 2020 Veikkausliiga was shortened during the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Finland.
- ^ Iceland (ISL): The 2020 Úrvalsdeild was abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Iceland. The top team of the league at the time of the abandonment based on the average number of points per matches played for each team, Valur (who were declared champions), were selected to play in the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League by the Football Association of Iceland, entering the first qualifying round.[9]
- ^ Liechtenstein (LIE): The seven teams affiliated with the Liechtenstein Football Association (LFV) all play in the Swiss football league system. The only competition organised by the LFV is the Liechtenstein Football Cup – the winners of which qualify for the UEFA Europa Conference League.
- ^ Malta (MLT): The 2020–21 Maltese Premier League was abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Malta. The top team of the league at the time of the abandonment, Ħamrun Spartans (who were declared champions), were selected to play in the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League by the Malta Football Association, entering the first qualifying round.[10]
Schedule
The schedule of the competition is as follows.[11] All matches are played on Tuesdays and Wednesdays apart from the preliminary round final, which takes place on a Friday, and the final, which takes place on a Saturday. The third qualifying round second legs are only played on a Tuesday due to the 2021 UEFA Super Cup on the following Wednesday. Scheduled kick-off times starting from the play-off round are 18:45 (instead of 18:55 previously) and 21:00 CEST/CET.[12]
All draws, except the group stage draw, start at 12:00 CEST/CET, and are held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. The group stage draw starts at 18:00 CEST, at a venue to be confirmed.
| Phase | Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
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| Qualifying | Preliminary round | 8 June 2021 | 22 June 2021 (semi-finals) | 25 June 2021 (final) |
| First qualifying round | 15 June 2021 | 6–7 July 2021 | 13–14 July 2021 | |
| Second qualifying round | 16 June 2021 | 20–21 July 2021 | 27–28 July 2021 | |
| Third qualifying round | 19 July 2021 | 3–4 August 2021 | 10 August 2021 | |
| Play-offs | 2 August 2021 | 17–18 August 2021 | 24–25 August 2021 | |
| Group stage | Matchday 1 | 26 August 2021 | 14–15 September 2021 | |
| Matchday 2 | 28–29 September 2021 | |||
| Matchday 3 | 19–20 October 2021 | |||
| Matchday 4 | 2–3 November 2021 | |||
| Matchday 5 | 23–24 November 2021 | |||
| Matchday 6 | 7–8 December 2021 | |||
| Knockout phase | Round of 16 | 13 December 2021 | 15–16 & 22–23 February 2022 | 8–9 & 15–16 March 2022 |
| Quarter-finals | 18 March 2022 | 5–6 April 2022 | 12–13 April 2022 | |
| Semi-finals | 26–27 April 2022 | 3–4 May 2022 | ||
| Final | 28 May 2022 at Krestovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg | |||
Preliminary round
The draw for the preliminary round was held on 8 June 2021, 12:00 CEST.[13] The preliminary round matches, which consisted of two semi-finals on 22 June 2021 and the final on 25 June 2021, were originally to be played at Gundadalur, Tórshavn in the Faroe Islands,[14] but were moved due to restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Faroe Islands.[15] The matches were instead played in Albania, with the semi-finals at Elbasan Arena, Elbasan and Niko Dovana Stadium, Durrës, and the final at Elbasan Arena.[16]
The winner of the preliminary round final advanced to the first qualifying round. The losers of the semi-finals and final were transferred to the Europa Conference League Champions Path second qualifying round.
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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Folgore 
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0–2 |  Prishtina
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HB Tórshavn 
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0–1 |  Inter Club d'Escaldes
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| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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| Prishtina
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2–0 | Inter Club d'Escaldes
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Qualifying rounds
First qualifying round
The draw for the first qualifying round was held on 15 June 2021, 12:00 CEST.[17] The first legs were played on 6 and 7 July, and the second legs were played on 13 and 14 July 2021.
The winners of the ties advanced to the Champions Path second qualifying round. The losers were transferred to the Europa Conference League Champions Path second qualifying round.
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Fola Esch 
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2–7 |  Lincoln Red Imps
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2–2 | 0–5 |
Slovan Bratislava 
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3–2[A] |  Shamrock Rovers
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2–0 | 1–2 |
Malmö FF 
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2–1 |  Riga
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1–0 | 1–1 |
Bodø/Glimt 
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2–5 |  Legia Warsaw
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2–3 | 0–2 |
Connah's Quay Nomads 
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2–3 |  Alashkert
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2–2 | 0–1 (a.e.t.) |
HJK 
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7–1 |  Budućnost Podgorica
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3–1 | 4–0 |
CFR Cluj 
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4–3 |  Borac Banja Luka
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3–1 | 1–2 (a.e.t.) |
Shkëndija 
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0–6 |  Mura
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0–1 | 0–5 |
Teuta 
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0–5 |  Sheriff Tiraspol
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0–4 | 0–1 |
Dinamo Tbilisi 
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2–4 |  Neftçi Baku
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1–2 | 1–2 |
Maccabi Haifa 
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1–3 |  Kairat
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1–1 | 0–2 |
Ludogorets Razgrad 
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2–0 |  Shakhtyor Soligorsk
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1–0 | 1–0 |
Ferencváros 
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6–1 | Prishtina
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3–0 | 3–1 |
Žalgiris 
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5–2 |  Linfield
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3–1 | 2–1 |
Flora 
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5–0 |  Hibernians
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2–0 | 3–0 |
Dinamo Zagreb 
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5–2 |  Valur
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3–2 | 2–0 |
Notes
- ^ Losers drawn to receive a bye to the Europa Conference League third qualifying round.
Second qualifying round
The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 16 June 2021, 12:00 CEST.[18] The first legs were played on 20 and 21 July, and the second legs were played on 27 and 28 July 2021.
The winners of the ties advanced to the third qualifying round of their respective path. The Champions Path losers were transferred to the Europa League Champions Path third qualifying round, while the League Path losers were transferred to the Europa League Main Path third qualifying round.
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Dinamo Zagreb
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3–0 |  Omonia
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2–0 | 1–0 |
| Slovan Bratislava
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2–3 |  Young Boys
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0–0 | 2–3 |
| Legia Warsaw
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3–1 | Flora
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2–1 | 1–0 |
| Alashkert
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1–4 | Sheriff Tiraspol
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0–1 | 1–3 |
Olympiacos 
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2–0 | Neftçi Baku
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1–0 | 1–0 |
| Kairat
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2–6 |  Red Star Belgrade
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2–1 | 0–5 |
| Lincoln Red Imps
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1–4 | CFR Cluj
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1–2 | 0–2 |
| Malmö FF
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4–3 | HJK
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2–1 | 2–2 |
| Ferencváros
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5–1 | Žalgiris
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2–0 | 3–1 |
| Mura
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1–3 | Ludogorets Razgrad
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0–0 | 1–3 |
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Rapid Wien 
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2–3 |  Sparta Prague
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2–1 | 0–2 |
Celtic 
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2–3 |  Midtjylland
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1–1 | 1–2 (a.e.t.) |
PSV Eindhoven 
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7–2 |  Galatasaray
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5–1 | 2–1 |
Third qualifying round
The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 19 July 2021, 12:00 CEST.[19] The first legs were played on 3 and 4 August, and the second legs were played on 10 August 2021.
The winners of the ties advanced to the play-off round of their respective path. The Champions Path losers were transferred to the Europa League play-off round, while the League Path losers were transferred to the Europa League group stage.
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Dinamo Zagreb
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2–1 | Legia Warsaw
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1–1 | 1–0 |
| CFR Cluj
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2–4 | Young Boys
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1–1 | 1–3 |
| Olympiacos
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3–3 (1–4 p) | Ludogorets Razgrad
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1–1 | 2–2 (a.e.t.) |
| Red Star Belgrade
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1–2 | Sheriff Tiraspol
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1–1 | 0–1 |
| Malmö FF
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4–2 | Rangers
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2–1 | 2–1 |
| Ferencváros
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2–1 | Slavia Prague
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2–0 | 0–1 |
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| PSV Eindhoven
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4–0 | Midtjylland
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3–0 | 1–0 |
Spartak Moscow 
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0–4 |  Benfica
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0–2 | 0–2 |
Genk 
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2–4 |  Shakhtar Donetsk
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1–2 | 1–2 |
| Sparta Prague
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1–5 |  Monaco
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0–2 | 1–3 |
Play-off round
The draw for the play-off round was held on 2 August 2021, 12:00 CEST.[20] The first legs were played on 17 and 18 August, and the second legs were played on 24 and 25 August 2021.
The winners of the ties advanced to the group stage. The losers were transferred to the Europa League group stage.
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Red Bull Salzburg
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4–2 | Brøndby
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2–1 | 2–1 |
| Young Boys
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6–4 | Ferencváros
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3–2 | 3–2 |
| Malmö FF
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3–2 | Ludogorets Razgrad
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2–0 | 1–2 |
| Sheriff Tiraspol
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3–0 | Dinamo Zagreb
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3–0 | 0–0 |
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Monaco
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2–3 | Shakhtar Donetsk
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0–1 | 2–2 (a.e.t.) |
| Benfica
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2–1 | PSV Eindhoven
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2–1 | 0–0 |
Group stage
2020–21 UEFA Champions League title holders- 2020–21 UEFA Europa League title holders
Bayern Munich CC: 134.000- Manchester City CC: ≥125.000
Inter Milan CC: 53.000
Sporting CP CC: 45.500
Champions of 2020–21 Ligue 1
Real Madrid CC: 127.000 (Pot 1 if qualified as champions of La Liga)- Barcelona CC: 122.000 (Pot 1 if qualified as champions of La Liga)
- Atlético Madrid CC: 115.000 (Pot 1 if qualified as champions of La Liga)
- Manchester United CC: ≥112.000 (Pot 1 if Europa League holders)
Zenit Saint Petersburg CC: 50.000 (Pot 1 if Manchester City are also title holders of Champions League)
- Sevilla CC: 98.000
- Porto CC: 87.000
Ajax CC: 82.500- RB Leipzig CC: 66.000
- Atalanta CC: 50.500
Dynamo Kyiv CC: 47.000- Runners-up or Third place of 2020–21 Premier League
- Third place or Fourth place of 2020–21 Premier League
- Runners-up or Third place of 2020–21 Bundesliga
- Fourth place of 2020–21 Bundesliga
- Runners-up or Third place of 2020–21 Serie A
- Fourth place of 2020–21 Serie A
- Runners-up of 2020–21 Ligue 1
- 4 winners from the play-off round (Champions Path)
- 2 winners from the play-off round (League Path)
Champions of 2020–21 Belgian First Division A
European Super League controversy
On 18 April 2021, UEFA, The Football Association, the Premier League, the Royal Spanish Football Federation, La Liga, the Italian Football Federation and Serie A learned of plans from multiple English, Spanish and Italian clubs to create the European Super League. UEFA and the national associations announced that if such a league were to be established its participants would be banned from playing in international and domestic competitions.[21] Later in the day Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Tottenham Hotspur, Atlético Madrid, Barcelona, Real Madrid, Inter Milan, Milan and Juventus announced the establishment of the Super League, putting them at risk of being banned.[22] On 20 April 2021, Manchester City,[23] Manchester United,[24] Liverpool,[25] Arsenal,[26] and Tottenham Hotspur[27] withdrew, with Chelsea withdrawing a day later. This led to the abolition of the league.[28]
See also
- 2021–22 UEFA Europa League
- 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League
- 2022 UEFA Super Cup
- 2021–22 UEFA Women's Champions League
- 2021–22 UEFA Youth League
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