The 2023–24 UEFA Champions League knockout phase will begin on 13 February with the round of 16 and end on 1 June 2024 with the final at the Wembley Stadium in London, England, to decide the champions of the 2023–24 UEFA Champions League.[1] A total of 16 teams will compete in the knockout phase.[2]

Times are CET/CEST,[note 1] as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Qualified teams

The knockout phase involves the 16 teams which qualified as winners and runners-up of each of the eight groups in the group stage.

Group Winners
(seeded in round of 16 draw)		 Runners-up
(unseeded in round of 16 draw)
A Germany Bayern Munich Denmark Copenhagen
B England Arsenal Netherlands PSV Eindhoven
C Spain Real Madrid Italy Napoli
D Spain Real Sociedad Italy Inter Milan
E Spain Atlético Madrid Italy Lazio
F Germany Borussia Dortmund France Paris Saint-Germain
G England Manchester City Germany RB Leipzig
H Spain Barcelona Portugal Porto

Format

Each tie in the knockout phase, apart from the final, is played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that scores more goals on aggregate over the two legs advances to the next round. If the aggregate score is level, then 30 minutes of extra time is played (the away goals rule is not applied). If the score is still level at the end of extra time, the winners are decided by a penalty shoot-out. In the final, which is played as a single match, if the score is level at the end of normal time, extra time is played, followed by a penalty shoot-out if the score is still level.[2] The mechanism of the draws for each round is as follows:

  • In the draw for the round of 16, the eight group winners were seeded, and the eight group runners-up were unseeded. The seeded teams were drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. Teams from the same group or the same association could not be drawn against each other.
  • In the draws for the quarter-finals and semi-finals, there are no seedings, and teams from the same group or the same association can be drawn against each other. As the draws for the quarter-finals and semi-finals are held together before the quarter-finals are played, the identity of the quarter-final winners is not known at the time of the semi-final draw. A draw is also held to determine which semi-final winner is designated as the "home" team for the final (for administrative purposes as it is played at a neutral venue).

For the quarter-finals and semi-finals, teams from the same city, were not scheduled to play at home on the same day or consecutive days, due to logistics and crowd control.[3][4] To avoid such scheduling conflict, if the two teams were drawn to play at home for the same leg, the order of legs of the tie involving the team which was not titleholders of Champions League or Europa League (or lower-tier, if both were continental titleholders), or the team with the lower domestic ranking in the qualifying season (if neither team were continental title holder) was reversed from the original draw.[5][6]

Schedule

The schedule is as follows (all draws are held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland).[1]

Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Round of 16 18 December 2023, 12:00 13–14 & 20–21 February 2024 5–6 & 12–13 March 2024
Quarter-finals 15 March 2024, 12:00 9–10 April 2024 16–17 April 2024
Semi-finals 30 April – 1 May 2024 7–8 May 2024
Final 1 June 2024 at Wembley Stadium, London

Round of 16

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 18 December 2023, 12:00 CET.[1]

Summary

The first legs will be played on 13, 14, 20 and 21 February, and the second legs will be played on 5, 6, 12 and 13 March 2024.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Porto Portugal 1 England Arsenal 21 Feb 12 Mar
Napoli Italy 2 Spain Barcelona 21 Feb 12 Mar
Paris Saint-Germain France 3 Spain Real Sociedad 14 Feb 5 Mar
Inter Milan Italy 4 Spain Atlético Madrid 20 Feb 13 Mar
PSV Eindhoven Netherlands 5 Germany Borussia Dortmund 20 Feb 13 Mar
Lazio Italy 6 Germany Bayern Munich 14 Feb 5 Mar
Copenhagen Denmark 7 England Manchester City 13 Feb 6 Mar
RB Leipzig Germany 8 Spain Real Madrid 13 Feb 6 Mar

Matches

Porto PortugalvEngland Arsenal
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Arsenal EnglandvPortugal Porto
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Napoli ItalyvSpain Barcelona
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Paris Saint-Germain FrancevSpain Real Sociedad
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Real Sociedad SpainvFrance Paris Saint-Germain
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Inter Milan ItalyvSpain Atlético Madrid
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Atlético Madrid SpainvItaly Inter Milan
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PSV Eindhoven NetherlandsvGermany Borussia Dortmund
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Borussia Dortmund GermanyvNetherlands PSV Eindhoven
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Lazio ItalyvGermany Bayern Munich
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Bayern Munich GermanyvItaly Lazio
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Copenhagen DenmarkvEngland Manchester City
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Manchester City EnglandvDenmark Copenhagen
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RB Leipzig GermanyvSpain Real Madrid
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Real Madrid SpainvGermany RB Leipzig
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Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals will be held on 15 March 2024, 12:00 CET.[1] The first legs will be played on 9 and 10 April, and the second legs will be played on 16 and 17 April 2024.

Semi-finals

The draw for the semi-finals will be held on 15 March 2024, 12:00 CET.[1] The first legs will be played on 30 April and 1 May, and the second legs will be played on 7 and 8 May 2024.

Final

The final will be played on 1 June 2024 at the Wembley Stadium in London. A draw will be held on 15 March 2024, after the quarter-final and semi-final draws, to determine the "home" team for administrative purposes.[1]

TBD v TBD

Notes

  1. ↑ CET (UTC+1) for dates up to 13 March 2024 (round of 16), and CEST (UTC+2) for dates thereafter (quarter-finals, semi-finals and final).
  2. ↑ Barcelona will play their home matches at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys, in Barcelona, instead of their regular stadium, Camp Nou, in Barcelona, which is being renovated.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "2023/24 UEFA Champions League: Matches, final, key dates". UEFA. 1 November 2022. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
  2. 1 2 "Regulations of the UEFA Champions League, 2023/24 Season". Nyon: UEFA. 2024. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
  3. ↑ "Why Manchester United's UEFA Champions League home leg vs Barcelona has been reversed". Manchester Evening News. 15 March 2019. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  4. ↑ "Italian Media Detail Scenario If Inter Milan & AC MIlan Both Drawn To Play Champions League Quarterfinal Leg At San Siro In Same Week". Yardbarker. 15 March 2023. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  5. ↑ "Champions League quarter-final and semi-final draws: all you need to know". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 13 March 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  6. ↑ "Champions League quarter-final draw: Real Madrid vs Chelsea, Man City vs Bayern". UEFA.com. 17 March 2023. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  7. ↑ "Agreement on the transformation of Espai Barça and work on new Camp Nou to begin in June". FC Barcelona. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
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