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UEFA Champions League

76 teams from 52 UEFA member associations participated in the 2013–14 UEFA Champions League. The 2013–14 competition was the 11th season with 16 team knockout stage. England, Spain and Germany have 4 teams. Italy, Portugal and France have 3 teams. Nine countries have 2 teams. The remaining 37 countries are only represented by their champions.

4 Teams 3 Teams 2 Teams Champions only
  England   England
  Germany   Germany
  Spain   Spain
  France   France
  Italy   Italy
  Portugal   Portugal
  Austria   Austria
  Belgium   Belgium
  Denmark   Denmark
  Greece   Greece
  Netherlands   Netherlands
  Russia   Russia
  Switzerland   Switzerland
  Turkey   Turkey
  Ukraine   Ukraine
  Albania   Albania
  Andorra   Andorra
  Armenia   Armenia
  Azerbaijan   Azerbaijan
  Belarus   Belarus
  Bosnia and Herzegovina   Bosnia and Herzegovina
  Bulgaria   Bulgaria
  Croatia   Croatia
  Cyprus   Cyprus
  Czech Republic   Czech Republic
  Estonia   Estonia
  Faroe Islands   Faroe Islands
  Finland   Finland
  Georgia   Georgia
  Hungary   Hungary
  Iceland   Iceland
  Republic of Ireland   Republic of Ireland
  Israel   Israel
  Kazakhstan   Kazakhstan
  Latvia   Latvia
  Lithuania   Lithuania
  Luxembourg   Luxembourg
  Macedonia   Macedonia
  Malta   Malta
  Moldova   Moldova
  Montenegro   Montenegro
  Northern Ireland   Northern Ireland
  Norway   Norway
  Poland   Poland
  Romania   Romania
  San Marino   San Marino
  Scotland   Scotland
  Serbia   Serbia
  Slovakia   Slovakia
  Slovenia   Slovenia
  Sweden   Sweden
  Wales   Wales

Qualifying[]

The 2013-14 competition had 4 qualification rounds to reach the group stage.

1st Qualifying

The 4 lower tier domestic champions played a home and away knockout round.

2nd Qualifying

The 2 winners from 1st Qualifying join 32 additional domestic champions, playing a home and away knockout round.

3rd Qualifying

The 17 winners from 2nd Qualifying join 13 additional teams, playing a home and away knockout round.

Play-offs

The 15 winners from 3rd Qualifying join the remaining 5 teams, playing a home and away knockout round.

New teams Teams in
Champions League
Teams to
Europa League
Round 1 4 teams >>>      4 teams  
Round 2 32 teams >>>
 
     2 winners from Round 1
   32 new teams
   -—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—
   34 teams
 
Round 3 13 teams >>>
 
   17 winners from Round 2
   13 new teams
   -—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—
   30 teams
 
 
 
>>> 15 losing teams
Play-offs 5 teams >>>
 
   15 winners from Round 3
     5 new teams
   -—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—
   20 teams
 
 
 
>>> 10 losing teams
Group Stage 22 teams >>>
 
   10 winners from Play-offs
   22 new teams
   -—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—
   32 teams
 
 
 
>>> 8 third place teams

Group Stage[]

The 10 winners from the Play-offs joined with the 22 automatic qualifying teams to form 8 groups of 4 teams, playing a home and away series.

Country[1] 1st Qualifying 2nd Qualifying 3rd Qualifying Play-offs Group Stage
1   England  
 
 
  Arsenal 4
  Manchester United
  Manchester City 2
  Chelsea 3
  Arsenal 4
2   Spain  
 
 
  Real Sociedad 4
  Barcelona
  Real Madrid 2
  Atlético Madrid 3
  Real Sociedad 4
3   Germany  
 
 
  Schalke 4
  Bayern Munich
  Dortmund 2
  Bayer Leverkusen 3
  Schalke 4
4   Italy  
 
  AC Milan 3
  Juventus
  Napoli 2
  AC Milan 3
5   Portugal  
 
  Paços Ferreira 3
  Porto
  Benfica 2
6   France  
 
  Lyon 3
 
 
  Lyon 3
  PSG
  Marseille 2
7   Russia  
  Zenit 2
 
  Zenit 2
  CSKA Moscow
  Zenit 2
8   Netherlands  
  PSV Eindhoven 2
 
  PSV Eindhoven 2
  Ajax
9   Ukraine  
  Metalist Kharkiv 2
  Shakhtar Donetsk
10   Greece    
  PAOK 2
 
  PAOK 2
  Olympiacos
11   Turkey    
  Fenerbahçe 2
 
  Fenerbahçe 2
  Galatasaray
12   Belgium    
  Zulte Waregem 2
  Anderlecht
13   Denmark    
  Nordsjælland 2
  Copenhagen
14   Switzerland     Basel
  Grasshoppers 2
  Basel   Basel
15   Austria     Austria Wien
  Salzburg 2
  Austria Wien   Austria Wien
16   Cyprus     APOEL
17   Israel     Maccabi Tel Aviv   Maccabi Tel Aviv
18   Scotland     Celtic   Celtic   Celtic   Celtic
19   Czech Republic     Viktoria Plzeň   Viktoria Plzeň   Viktoria Plzeň   Viktoria Plzeň
20   Poland     Legia Warsaw   Legia Warsaw   Legia Warsaw
21   Croatia     Dinamo Zagreb   Dinamo Zagreb   Dinamo Zagreb
22   Romania     Steaua București   Steaua București   Steaua București   Steaua București
23   Belarus     BATE Borisov
24   Sweden     Elfsborg   Elfsborg
25   Slovakia     Slovan Bratislava
26   Norway     Molde   Molde
27   Serbia     Partizan   Partizan
28   Bulgaria     Ludogorets   Ludogorets   Ludogorets
29   Hungary     Győr
30   Finland     HJK Helsinki
31   Georgia     Dinamo Tbilisi   Dinamo Tbilisi
32   Bosnia and Herzegovina     Željezničar
33   Republic of Ireland     Sligo Rovers
34   Slovenia     Maribor   Maribor   Maribor
35   Lithuania     Ekranas
36   Moldova     Sheriff Tiraspol   Sheriff Tiraspol
37   Azerbaijan     Neftçi Baku
38   Latvia     Daugava
39   Macedonia     Vardar
40   Kazakhstan     Shakhter   Shakhter   Shakhter
41   Iceland     FH Hafnarfjördur   FH Hafnarfjördur
42   Montenegro     Sutjeska
43   Liechtenstein     Liechtenstein does not organise a domestic league
44   Albania     Skënderbeu   Skënderbeu
45   Malta     Birkirkara
46   Wales     New Saints
47   Estonia     Kalju   Kalju
48   Northern Ireland     Cliftonville
49   Luxembourg     Fola Esch
50   Armenia     Shirak   Shirak
51   Faroe Islands     EB/Streymur   EB/Streymur
52   Andorra     Lusitans
53   San Marino     Tre Penne
54   Gibraltar  
  1. UEFA country coefficients

1st Qualifying 2nd Qualifying 3rd Qualifying Play-offs Group Stage
   England   Man United G
R
O
U
P
 
A
   Germany   Leverkusen 3
   Ukraine   Shakhtar
   Spain   La Real 4    Spain   La Real 4
   France   Lyon 3    France   Lyon 3
   Switzerland   Grasshoppers 2
   Spain   Real Madrid 2 B
   Turkey   Galatasaray
   Italy   Juventus
   Denmark   Copenhagen
   France   PSG C
   Greece   Olympiacos
   Portugal   Benfica 2
   Belgium   Anderlecht
   Germany   Bayern Munich G
R
O
U
P
 
D
   England   Man City 2
   Finland   HJK Helsinki
   Estonia   Kalju    Estonia   Kalju
   Czech Republic   Viktoria Plzeň    Czech Republic   Viktoria Plzeň    Czech Republic   Viktoria Plzeň    Czech Republic   Viktoria Plzeň
   Bosnia and Herzegovina   Željezničar
   Malta   Birkirkara
   Slovenia   Maribor    Slovenia   Maribor    Slovenia   Maribor
   Cyprus   APOEL
   Russia   CSKA Moscow
   England   Chelsea 3 G
R
O
U
P
 
E
   Germany   Schalke 4    Germany   Schalke 4
   Greece   PAOK 2    Greece   PAOK 2
   Ukraine   Metalist 2
   Hungary   Győr
   Israel   Maccabi Tel Aviv    Israel   Maccabi Tel Aviv
   Switzerland   Basel    Switzerland   Basel    Switzerland   Basel
   Slovakia   Bratislava
   Bulgaria   Ludogorets    Bulgaria   Ludogorets    Bulgaria   Ludogorets
   Serbia   Partizan    Serbia   Partizan
   Armenia   Shirak    Armenia   Shirak
   San Marino   Tre Penne
   Republic of Ireland   Sligo Rovers
   Norway   Molde    Norway   Molde
   Poland   Legia Warsaw    Poland   Legia Warsaw    Poland   Legia Warsaw
   Wales   New Saints
   Macedonia   Vardar
   Romania   Steaua    Romania   Steaua    Romania   Steaua    Romania   Steaua
   Georgia   Dinamo Tbilisi    Georgia   Dinamo Tbilisi
   Faroe Islands   EB/Streymur    Faroe Islands   EB/Streymur
   Andorra   Lusitans
   Germany   Dortmund 2 G
R
O
U
P
 
F
   England   Arsenal 4    England   Arsenal 4
   Turkey   Fenerbahçe 2    Turkey   Fenerbahçe 2
   Austria   Salzburg 2
   Italy   Napoli 2
   France   Marseille 2
   Spain   Atlético Madrid 3 G
R
O
U
P
 
G
   Portugal   P Ferreira 3
   Russia   Zenit 2    Russia   Zenit 2    Russia   Zenit 2
   Denmark   Nordsjælland 2
   Portugal   Porto
   Lithuania   Ekranas
   Iceland   FH    Iceland   FH
   Austria   Austria Wien    Austria   Austria Wien    Austria   Austria Wien
   Luxembourg   Fola Esch
   Croatia   Dinamo Zagreb    Croatia   Dinamo Zagreb    Croatia   Dinamo Zagreb
   Moldova   Sheriff Tiraspol    Moldova   Sheriff Tiraspol
   Montenegro   Sutjeska
   Spain   Barcelona G
R
O
U
P
 
H
   Italy   AC Milan 3    Italy   AC Milan 3
   Netherlands   PSV 2    Netherlands   PSV 2
   Belgium   Zulte 2
   Netherlands   Ajax
   Latvia   Daugava
   Sweden   Elfsborg    Sweden   Elfsborg
   Scotland   Celtic    Scotland   Celtic    Scotland   Celtic    Scotland   Celtic
   Northern Ireland   Cliftonville
   Belarus   BATE Borisov
   Kazakhstan   Shakhter    Kazakhstan   Shakhter    Kazakhstan   Shakhter
   Albania   Skënderbeu    Albania   Skënderbeu
   Azerbaijan   Neftçi Baku


Tables[]

The top 2 in each group advanced to the knockout stage. The third-place finishers in each group entered the UEFA Europa League Round of 32.

Group A Group B Group C Group D
1   England   Manchester United   Spain   Real Madrid   France   Paris Saint-Germain   Germany   Bayern Munich
2   Germany   Bayer Leverkusen   Turkey   Galatasaray   Greece   Olympiacos   England   Manchester City
3   Ukraine   Shakhtar Donetsk   Italy   Juventus   Portugal   Benfica   Czech Republic   Viktoria Plzeň
4   Spain   Real Sociedad   Denmark   Copenhagen   Belgium   Anderlecht   Russia   CSKA Moscow
Group E Group F Group G Group H
1   England   Chelsea   Germany   Borussia Dortmund   Spain   Atlético Madrid   Spain   Barcelona
2   Germany   Schalke   England   Arsenal   Russia   Zenit St Petersburg   Italy   AC Milan
3   Switzerland   Basel   Italy   Napoli   Portugal   Porto   Netherlands   Ajax
4   Romania   Steaua București   France   Marseille   Austria   Austria Wien   Scotland   Celtic

Knockout Stage[]

Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                           
Winner A v Runner-up C            
  England Manchester United
  Greece Olympiacos  
  England Manchester United
Winner D v Runner-up F
    Germany Bayern Munich  
  Germany Bayern Munich
  England Arsenal  
  Germany Bayern Munich
Winner B v Runner-up E
    Spain Real Madrid  
  Spain Real Madrid
  Germany Schalke  
  Spain Real Madrid
Winner F v Runner-up G
    Germany Borussia Dortmund  
  Germany Borussia Dortmund
  Russia Zenit St Petersburg  
  Spain Real Madrid (CHAMPIONS)
Winner C v Runner-up A
    Spain Atlético Madrid
  France Paris Saint-Germain
  Germany Bayer Leverkusen  
  France Paris Saint-Germain
Winner E v Runner-up B
    England Chelsea  
  England Chelsea
  Turkey Galatasaray  
  England Chelsea
Winner G v Runner-up H
    Spain Atlético Madrid  
  Spain Atlético Madrid
  Italy AC Milan  
  Spain Atlético Madrid
Winner H v Runner-up D
    Spain Barcelona  
  Spain Barcelona
  England Manchester City  

Final[]

The final this season was played at Estádio da Luz, Lisbon where in an all-Spanish final Real Madrid defeated Atlético Madrid.


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