UEFA Champions League 2020-21: All you need to know!


Who has qualified for the group stage?


The 32 teams that have qualified for the UEFA Champions League group stage consists of 26 automatic qualifiers joined by the six play-off winners.



ESP (4):  Real Madrid, Barcelona, Atlético de Madrid, Sevilla

ENG (4): Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Chelsea

ITA (4): Juventus, Internazionale Milano, Atalanta, Lazio

GER (4): Bayern, Dortmund, RB Leipzig, Borussia Mönchengladbach

FRA (3): Paris Saint-Germain,  Marseille, Rennes

RUS (3): Zenit, Lokomotiv Moskva, Krasnodar

UKR (2): Shakhtar Donetsk, Dynamo Kyiv

POR (1): Porto

BEL (1): Club Brugge

NED (1): Ajax

AUT (1): Salzburg

TUR (1): İstanbul Başakşehir

DEN (1): Midtjylland

GRE (1): Olympiacos

HUN (1): Ferencváros


What has changed?


With 2019/20 only ending on 23 August, the principal change to the 2020/21 calendar is that everything is now a little later. Qualifying, which had been due to begin on 23 June, kicked off on 8 August, with the group stage draw on 1 October and the competition proper getting under way on 20 October. The knockout stages will be unchanged from the original schedule.


The UEFA Executive Committee decided on 24 September that five substitutions will be allowed for the remainder of the season. Consequently, the number of players allowed on the match sheet will be increased to 23.

Full 2020/21 calendar
One leg or two? Fans or no fans?


All qualifying ties were single-leg matches before reverting to home and away fixtures for the play-offs. Games are taking place behind closed doors until further notice.


When will matches take place?


The Champions League anthem
Qualifying


08/08/2020–11/08/2020 Preliminary round
18/08/2020–19/08/2020 First qualifying round
25/08/2020–26/08/2020 Second qualifying round
15/09/2020–16/09/2020 Third qualifying round
22/09/2020–30/09/2020 Play-offs

Group stage


20/10/2020–21/10/2020 Matchday 1
27/10/2020–28/10/2020 Matchday 2
03/11/2020–04/11/2020 Matchday 3
24/11/2020–25/11/2020 Matchday 4
01/12/2020–02/12/2020 Matchday 5
08/12/2020–09/12/2020 Matchday 6

Knockout stages


16/02/2021–17/03/2021 Round of 
06/04/2021–14/04/2021

 Quarter-finals


27/04/2021–05/05/202 Semi-finals


29/05/2021 Final, Atatürk Olympic Stadium, Istanbul



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