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Champions League 2023/2024: Format, Teams, and Schedule

Manchester City became champion of the Champions League 2022/2023 by defeating by the slightest difference the Inter Milano. For the following season, the team Pep Guardiola He will seek to revalidate his title. However, you will come across clubs that have stepped up for glory.

For the Champions League 2023/2024they will be present again Newcastle, Lens, Lazio y Real society. In addition, he will make his debut FC Union Berlin.

How will the Champions League be played in this new season? How will the preliminary rounds and the group stage be played? What teams will participate? Find out all the details below.

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How will the 2023/2024 Champions League be played?

The Champions League will have a preliminary round, three qualifying rounds, a playoff and the well-known Group Phase.

preliminary round

The preliminary round It is a kind of mini-tournament where four teams participate. These are divided into two keys. The winners of each series will play the final. The champion will advance to the first qualifying round.

The semifinal of the semifinal round will be played on June 27 and the final on June 30.

First qualifying round

The first qualifying round is played by 30 teams: the 29 champions of the associations located between 22nd and 51st in the UEFA ranking (except Liechtenstein) and the remainder is the winner of the preliminary round.

The qualifiers of this phase will be played in the week of July 11 (first leg) and July 18 (return).

Second qualifying round

This stage of classification Champions League It is divided in two: champions path y league route.

Twenty teams participate in the champions route: the five champions of the associations located between seventeenth and twenty-first place in the UEFA ranking and the fifteen winners of the first qualifying round. And four teams participate in the league route: the four runners-up from the associations located between position twelve and fifteen of the UEFA positions.

The double-legged qualifiers will take place on July 25/26 and August 1/2.

Third qualifying round

Like the second round, this phase is also divided into champions path y league route.

Twelve teams will play in the champions route: the two champions of the associations located between fifteenth and sixteenth place in the UEFA ranking and the ten winners of the second round of the champions route. And on the league route will be present the four runners-up from the UEFA associations from seven to eleven (excluding Russia), the two teams that came in third place in the associations located in position five and six in the UEFA ranking and the two winners of the second round of the league route.

The double-legged qualifiers will take place on August 8/9 (first leg) and August 15 (second leg).

Playoffs

The playoff round defines the last six classified to the group stage of the Champions League. Here, the champions of the thirteenth and fourteenth UEFA associations, the six winners of the third round champions path and the four winners of the third round league path participate.

The playoff games -a double leg- will be played between August 22/23 (first leg) and August 29/30 (second leg).

Group stage

The group stage is the highest instance of the Champions League. In this round, 32 teams participate: the champion of the Europa League from the previous season, the eleven champions of the associations ranked one to twelve in UEFA, the six runners-up from the associations ranked between one and six in UEFA, the four teams ranked third in the associations ranked one to the four of UEFA and the four teams located in fourth place from position one to four of UEFA. In addition, the four winners of the round of playoff of the champion route and the two winners of the round of playoff of the league route.

The group stage matches will be played between September 2023 and December 2023.

Which teams will play the Champions League 2023/2024?

The Champions League 2023/2024 It will be disputed by 74 teams in total, which will begin their participation progressively, according to their qualifying phase. The teams that will play this season are the following:

preliminary round

Breioblik (Iceland) Buducnost (Montenegro) Athletic Club d’Escaldes (Andorra) Tre Penne (San Marino)

First qualifying round

Maccabi Haifa (Israel) Hacken (Sweden)Ludogorest (Bulgaria)Farul Constanta (Romania)Qarabag (Azerbaijan)Ferencvaros (Hungary)Rakow Czestochowa (Poland)Astana (Kazakhstan) Slovan Bratislava (Eslovaquia) Olimpija Ljubljana (Slovenia)BATE Borisov (Belarus)Sheriff Tiraspol (Moldova)Zalgiris (Lithuania)Zrinjski Mostar (Bosnia and Herzegovina)HJK (Finland)Swift Hesperang (Luxembourg)Valmiera (Latvia)Balkani (Kosovo)Shamrock Rovers (Ireland)Urartu (Armenia)Lame (Northern Ireland)Partizan Tirana (Albania). )Kí (Faroe Islands)Flora (Estonia)Hamrum Spartans (Malta)Dynamo Tbilisi (Georgia)Struga (Northern Macedonia)The New Saints (Wales)Lincoln Red Imps (Gibraltar)

Second qualifying round

Mold (Norway)Copenhagen (Denmark)Dinamo Zagreb (Croatia)Galatasaray (Turkey) Aris Limassol (Cyprus) Dnipro (Ukraine) Genk (Belgium) Servette (Switzerland) Panathinaikos (Greece)

Third qualifying round

AEK Athens (Greece)Sparta Prague (Czech Republic)Olympic Marseille (Francia)Sporting Braga (Portugal)PSV (Netherlands)Sturm Graz (Austria)Rangers (Scotland)TSC (Serbia)

Group stage

Champions League 2023/2024: schedule, matches and results

preliminary round

Semifinal 1:

Athletic Escaldes 0-3 Buducnost Podgorica

Semifinal 2:

Tres Penne 1-7 Breidblik

Final

Future Podgorica 0-3 Breidblik*

*Qualify to the first qualifying round

First qualifying round

First legs – July 11

10:00 Urartu vs. Zrinjski

10:30 Lincoln Reds Imps vs. Qarabag

11:00 Zalgiri vs. Struga

13:00 Olimpija Ljubijana vs. Valmeira

13:00 Rakow vs. Flora

13:00 Hamrun vs. Maccabi Haifa

13:45 Balkan vs. Ludogorets

13:45 Who vs. Ferencvaros

13:45 Parisians vs. beat

First legs – July 12

9:00 Astana vs. Dinamo Tiflis

11:00 AM HJK vs. Larne

12:00 Hacken vs. TNS

12:30 Farul Constanza vs. Sheriff

13:30 Slovan Bratislava vs. Swift

Return matches – July 18

10:00 Struga vs. Zalgiri

12:00 Flora vs. Rakow

12:00 Sheriff vs. Raful Constanza

12:00 Maccabi Haifa vs. Hamrun

13:00 TNS vs. Hacken

13:00 Zrinjski vs. Urartu

13:00 BATE vs. Partisan

Return matches – July 19

10:00 Valmeira vs. Olimpija Ljubijana

11:00 Ferencvaros vs. Who

11:00 Qarabag vs. Lincoln Reds Imps

11:00 Dinamo Tiflis vs. Astana

13:00 Ludogorets vs. BALKANS

13:00 Swift vs. Slavic Bratislava

13:30 Larne vs. HKK

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