2013–14 UEFA Champions League
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| Dates | 2 July – 28 August 2013 (qualifying) 17 September 2013 – 24 May 2014 (competition proper) |
| Teams | 32 (group stage) 76 (total) (from 52 associations) |
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The 2013–14 UEFA Champions League will be the 59th season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 22nd season since it was renamed from the European Champion Clubs' Cup to the UEFA Champions League.
The 2014 UEFA Champions League Final will be played at the Estádio da Luz in Lisbon, Portugal.[1]Bayern Munich are the defending champions.
For the first time, the teams who qualify for the group stage will also qualify for the newly formed 2013–14 UEFA Youth League, a competition available to players aged 19 or under.
Association team allocation
A total of 76 teams from 52 of the 54 UEFA member associations participate in the 2013–14 UEFA Champions League (the exceptions being Liechtenstein, which do not organise a domestic league, and Gibraltar, which should start participating in the 2014–15 season after being admitted as a UEFA member in May 2013).[2][3] The association ranking based on the UEFA country coefficients is used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:[4]
- Associations 1–3 each have four teams qualify.
- Associations 4–6 each have three teams qualify.
- Associations 7–15 each have two teams qualify.
- Associations 16–53 (except Liechtenstein) each have one team qualify.
The winners of the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League are given an additional entry as title holders if they do not qualify for the 2013–14 UEFA Champions League through their domestic league (because of the restriction that no association can have more than four teams playing in the Champions League, if the title holders are from the top three associations and finish outside the top four in their domestic league, the title holders' entry comes at the expense of the fourth-placed team of their association). However, this additional entry is not necessary for this season since the title holders qualified for the tournament through their domestic league.
Association ranking
For the 2013–14 UEFA Champions League, the associations are allocated places according to their 2012 UEFA country coefficients, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 2007–08 to 2011–12.[5][6]
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Distribution
Since the title holders (Bayern Munich) qualified for the Champions League group stage through their domestic league, the group stage spot reserved for the title holders is vacated, and the following changes to the default allocation system are made:[7][8]
- The champions of association 13 (Denmark) are promoted from the third qualifying round to the group stage.
- The champions of association 16 (Cyprus) are promoted from the second qualifying round to the third qualifying round.
- The champions of associations 48 (Northern Ireland) and 49 (Luxembourg) are promoted from the first qualifying round to the second qualifying round.
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| First qualifying round (4 teams) |
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| Second qualifying round (34 teams) |
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| Third qualifying round | Champions (20 teams) |
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| Non-champions (10 teams) |
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| Play-off round | Champions (10 teams) |
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| Non-champions (10 teams) |
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| Group stage (32 teams) |
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| Knockout phase (16 teams) |
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Teams
League positions of the previous season shown in parentheses (TH: Title holders).[9]
| NOTE: The following list of qualified teams is provisional, subject to final confirmation by UEFA in June 2013 (i.e., each club needs to obtain a UEFA license to compete). |
Round and draw dates
All draws held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland unless stated otherwise.[7]
| Phase | Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
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| Qualifying | First qualifying round | 24 June 2013 | 2–3 July 2013 | 9–10 July 2013 |
| Second qualifying round | 16–17 July 2013 | 23–24 July 2013 | ||
| Third qualifying round | 19 July 2013 | 30–31 July 2013 | 6–7 August 2013 | |
| Play-off | Play-off round | 9 August 2013 | 20–21 August 2013 | 27–28 August 2013 |
| Group stage | Matchday 1 | 29 August 2013 (Monaco) |
17–18 September 2013 | |
| Matchday 2 | 1–2 October 2013 | |||
| Matchday 3 | 22–23 October 2013 | |||
| Matchday 4 | 5–6 November 2013 | |||
| Matchday 5 | 26–27 November 2013 | |||
| Matchday 6 | 10–11 December 2013 | |||
| Knockout phase | Round of 16 | 13 December 2013 | 18–19 & 25–26 February 2014 | 11–12 & 18–19 March 2014 |
| Quarter-finals | 21 March 2014 | 1–2 April 2014 | 8–9 April 2014 | |
| Semi-finals | 11 April 2014 | 22–23 April 2014 | 29–30 April 2014 | |
| Final | 24 May 2014 at Estádio da Luz, Lisbon | |||
Qualifying rounds
In the qualifying rounds and the play-off round, teams will be divided into seeded and unseeded teams based on their 2013 UEFA club coefficients,[10][11][12] and then drawn into two-legged home-and-away ties. Teams from the same association cannot be drawn against each other.
First qualifying round
4 teams enter in the first qualifying round.
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Second qualifying round
34 teams play in the second qualifying round: 32 teams which enter in this round, and the 2 winners from the first qualifying round.
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Third qualifying round
The third qualifying round will be split into two separate sections: one for champions and one for non-champions. The losing teams in both sections will enter the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League play-off round.
Champions
20 teams play in the third qualifying round for champions: 3 teams which enter in this round, and the 17 winners from the second qualifying round.
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Non-champions
10 teams enter in the third qualifying round for non-champions.
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Play-off round
The play-off round will be split into two separate sections: one for champions and one for non-champions. The losing teams in both sections will enter the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League group stage.
Champions
The 10 winners from the third qualifying round for champions play in the play-off round for champions.
Non-champions
10 teams play in the play-off round for non-champions: 5 teams which enter in this round, and the 5 winners from the third qualifying round for non-champions.
- Qualified teams
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Group stage
32 teams will play in the group stage: 22 teams which enter in this stage, the 10 winners from the play-off round (5 champions and 5 non-champions).
- Qualified teams
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The 32 teams will be allocated into four pots based on their 2013 UEFA club coefficients,[10][11][12] with the title holders being placed in Pot 1 automatically. They will be drawn into eight groups of four, with the restriction that teams from the same association cannot be drawn against each other.
In each group, teams will play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners and runners-up will advance to the round of 16, while the third-placed teams will enter the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League round of 32.
Teams that qualify for the group stage will also participate in the newly formed 2013–14 UEFA Youth League, a competition available to players aged 19 or under.
Knockout phase
In the knockout phase, teams will play against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis, except for the one-match final. The mechanism of the draws for each round is as follows:
- In the draw for the round of 16, the eight group winners will be seeded, and the eight group runners-up will be unseeded. The seeded teams will be drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. Teams from the same group or the same association cannot be drawn against each other.
- In the draws for the quarter-finals onwards, there will be no seedings, and teams from the same group or the same association can be drawn against each other.
See also
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- ^ "Lisbon to stage 2014 UEFA Champions League final". UEFA.com. 20 March 2012.
- ^ "Gibraltar set to be new kids on the Rock as Uefa votes on its future". The Guardian. 23 May 2013.
- ^ "UEFA Welcome Gibraltar To Europe’s Football Family As 54th Member". insidefutbol.com. 24 May 2013.
- ^ "Regulations of the UEFA Champions League 2013/14" (PDF). Nyon: UEFA. March 2013. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
- ^ "Country coefficients 2011/12". UEFA.com.
- ^ "UEFA Country Ranking 2012". Bert Kassies.
- ^ a b "2013/14 UEFA Champions League access list". UEFA.com.
- ^ "Access list 2013/2014". Bert Kassies.
- ^ "Qualification for European Cup Football 2013/2014". Bert Kassies.
- ^ a b "Club coefficients 2012/13". UEFA.com.
- ^ a b "UEFA Team Ranking 2013". Bert Kassies.
- ^ a b "Seeding in the Champions League 2013/2014". Bert Kassies.
External links
- UEFA Champions League (official website)
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