UEFA Champions League 2020/21

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UEFA Champions League 2020/21
UEFA Champions League logo
Cup winners EnglandEngland Chelsea FC (2nd title)
Beginning August 8, 2020
final May 29, 2021
Final stadium Estádio do Dragão , Porto
Teams 32 (79 with qualifying rounds)
Games 125
Gates 366  (ø 2.93 per game)
spectator 162,477  (ø 1,300 per game)
Top scorer NorwayNorway Erling Haaland (10)
Yellow card.svg yellow cards 493  (ø 3.94 per game)
Yellow-red card.svg Yellow and red cards 14  (ø 0.11 per game)
Red card.svg Red cards 7  (ø 0.06 per game)
← UEFA Champions League 2019/20
The Estádio do Dragão hosted the final

The UEFA Champions League 2020/21 was 29 . Playing time of the most important European competition for club teams in football under this name and the 66 . a total of. 79 clubs from 54 national associations of UEFA took part in the competition. As before, Liechtenstein did not provide a representative, as the local football association does not hold its own championship. The season began with the qualifying round on August 8, 2020 and ended with the final on May 29, 2021. The defending champion was Bayern Munich , while Chelsea won the Champions League title for the second time since 2012 in the final in Porto.

The final was to take place in Saint Petersburg in the Gazprom Arena , which UEFA uses as the Saint Petersburg Stadium because of the sponsor's name. Due to the postponement of the final of the preseason due to the COVID-19 pandemic , the next final locations will be postponed by one year each. Istanbul, originally planned for 2020, was planned with the Ataturk Olympic Stadium as the venue for the 2020/21 final . Demands of the British government , the UEFA could not enter, meant that the instead Dragao in Portugal Porto determined as Endspielort was.

The winner will qualify for the 2021 UEFA Super Cup and the 2021 FIFA Club World Cup .

Events

After postponing the start of the competition, UEFA planned the following dates:

phase round draw First leg Return leg
qualification Preliminary round semi-finals 17th July 2020 August 8, 2020
Preliminary round final August 11, 2020
1st qualifying round August 9, 2020 18./19. August 2020
2nd qualifying round August 10, 2020 25./26. August 2020
3rd qualifying round August 31, 2020 15./16. September 2020
Play-off Play-off games September 1, 2020 22./23. September 2020 29./30. September 2020
Group stage 1st matchday October 1, 2020 (Nyon) 20./21. October 2020
2nd matchday 27./28. October 2020
3rd matchday 3rd / 4th November 2020
4th matchday 24./25. November 2020
5th matchday 1./2. December 2020
6th matchday 8/9 December 2020
Knockout round Round of 16 December 14, 2020 16.-24. February 2021 9-17 March 2021
Quarter finals March 19, 2021 6./7. April 2021 13./14. April 2021
Semifinals 27./28. April 2021 4th / 5th May 2021
final May 29, 2021 in the Ataturk Olympic Stadium , Istanbul

qualification

The division into the individual qualifying rounds is based on the UEFA access list. The order of the associations is determined by the association coefficients of the UEFA five-year ranking 2018/2019. Since last year's defending champions qualified for the Champions League have already qualified via national competitions, there will be subsequent postponements in the published access list.

The teams with the higher club coefficient of the UEFA five-year ranking 2019/20 are seeded. If the club coefficients are the same, the order is determined by the evaluation points achieved by the teams in the previous season or the following years. If the previous round has not yet been completed at the time of the draw for the respective qualifying round, the higher value of the two teams in the respective outstanding pairings will be used for the seeding list.

All matches up to and including the 3rd qualifying round will be decided in one game. With the exception of the preliminary round, which was played in the form of a tournament in Nyon, the home right will be drawn by lots. The play-offs are played regularly with home and return legs.

Due to the postponements of the 2019/20 season and the 2020/21 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020/21 season will begin before the end of the 2019/20 season. Therefore, the changes to the access list that should be made based on which teams are the Champions League and Europa League defending champions are unsafe after previous qualifying round games have been played and / or their draws have been made. How the changes will be implemented in this case has yet to be decided by UEFA.

Preliminary round

The preliminary round was to take place in a small elimination tournament from August 8 to August 11, 2020 at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon . Ultimately, however, only the two semi-finals were played on August 8, while the final of the preliminary round was not played due to positive COVID-19 tests.

The three losers moved to the second qualifying round (Champions Path) of the 2020/21 UEFA Europa League , the winner to the first qualifying round of the 2020/21 UEFA Champions League. Since the draw took place before the end of two leagues, the respective country coefficient 2018/2019 was used for the setting instead of the club coefficients.

Semifinals

The following pairings were drawn for the semi-finals of the pre-qualification:

Result
SP Tre Fiori San MarinoSan Marino 0: 2 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Linfield FC
KF Drita KosovoKosovo 2: 1 AndorraAndorra Inter Club d'Escaldes

final

Result
KF Drita KosovoKosovo 10: 3 1
( without a fight ) 		Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland  Linfield FC
1Two KF Drita players tested positive for COVID-19 in advance , which is why the team was quarantined and the game was canceled. The UEFA rated the game 3-0 for Linfield FC.

1st qualifying round

34 teams took part in the first qualifying round. Losing teams moved to the second qualifying round (Champions path) of the 2020/21 UEFA Europa League , the winners to the second qualifying round (Champions path) of the 2020/21 UEFA Champions League.

Draw: August 9, 2020 in Nyon.
Game dates: August 18 and 19, 2020

The following pairings were drawn for the first qualifying round:

Result
Ferencváros Budapest HungaryHungary 2-0 SwedenSweden Djurgårdens IF
Celtic Glasgow ScotlandScotland 6-0 IcelandIceland KR Reykjavík
Legia Warsaw PolandPoland 1-0 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Linfield FC
Sheriff Tiraspol Moldova RepublicRepublic of Moldova 2-0 LuxembourgLuxembourg CS Fola Esch
Connah's Quay Nomads WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg 0: 2 Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina FK Sarajevo
FK Red Star Belgrade SerbiaSerbia 5-0 GibraltarGibraltar Europe FC
FK Budućnost Podgorica MontenegroMontenegro 1: 3 BulgariaBulgaria Ludogorez Razgrad
Ararat-Armenia FC ArmeniaArmenia 0: 1 a.d. Cyprus RepublicRepublic of cyprus Omonia Nicosia
FC Floriana MaltaMalta 0: 2 RomaniaRomania CFR Cluj
Maccabi Tel Aviv IsraelIsrael 2-0 LatviaLatvia Riga FC
Qarabağ Agdam AzerbaijanAzerbaijan 4-0 North MacedoniaNorth Macedonia Sileks Kratovo
Dinamo Tbilisi GeorgiaGeorgia 0: 2 AlbaniaAlbania KF Tirana
FK Dinamo Brest BelarusBelarus 6: 3 KazakhstanKazakhstan FK Astana
Molde FK NorwayNorway 5-0 FinlandFinland Kuopion PS
FC Flora Tallinn EstoniaEstonia 1: 1 n.V.
(2: 4 p.e.) 		LithuaniaLithuania Sūduva Marijampolė
NK Celje SloveniaSlovenia 13: 0 1 IrelandIreland Dundalk FC
KÍ Klaksvík FaroeseFaroe Islands 23: 0 2
(without a fight) 		SlovakiaSlovakia ŠK Slovan Bratislava
1Due to COVID-19-related travel restrictions between Ireland and Slovenia , the game took place in the Szusza Ferenc Stadium in Budapest .
2The game, which had already been postponed to August 21 due to cases of COVID-19 in the team and support staff of ŠK Slovan Bratislava, was canceled again. The UEFA rated the game 3-0 for Klaksvík.

2nd qualifying round

From the second qualifying round onwards there were two separate pots: national champions were drawn only against other national champions, while “pursuers”, i.e. clubs placed second or third, were drawn only against other “pursuers”.

Draw: August 10, 2020 in Nyon
Dates: August 25 and 26, 2020

Champions way

20 teams took part in the champions path of the 2nd qualifying round. Losing teams moved to the third qualifying round (Champions path) of the 2020/21 UEFA Europa League , the winners to the third qualifying round (Champions path) of the 2020/21 UEFA Champions League.

The following pairings were drawn for the second qualifying round:

Result
CFR Cluj RomaniaRomania 2: 2 n.V.
(5: 6 p.e.) 		CroatiaCroatia Dinamo Zagreb
BSC Young Boys SwitzerlandSwitzerland 3: 1 FaroeseFaroe Islands KÍ Klaksvík
Celtic Glasgow ScotlandScotland 1: 2 HungaryHungary Ferencváros Budapest
Sūduva Marijampolė LithuaniaLithuania 0: 3 IsraelIsrael Maccabi Tel Aviv
Legia Warsaw PolandPoland 0: 2 a.d. Cyprus RepublicRepublic of cyprus Omonia Nicosia
NK Celje SloveniaSlovenia 1: 2 NorwayNorway Molde FK
Ludogorez Razgrad BulgariaBulgaria 0: 1 DenmarkDenmark FC Midtjylland
FK Dinamo Brest BelarusBelarus 2: 1 Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina FK Sarajevo
Qarabağ Agdam AzerbaijanAzerbaijan 2: 1 Moldova RepublicRepublic of Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol
KF Tirana AlbaniaAlbania 0: 1 SerbiaSerbia FK Red Star Belgrade

Placement route

Six teams took part in the second qualifying round placement route. Losing teams moved to the third qualifying round (cup winners and pursuers path) of the 2020/21 UEFA Europa League , the winners to the third qualifying round (placement path) of the 2020/21 UEFA Champions League.

The following pairings were drawn for the second qualifying round:

Result
AZ Alkmaar NetherlandsNetherlands 3: 1 a.d. Czech RepublicCzech Republic Viktoria Pilsen
PAOK Thessaloniki GreeceGreece 3: 1 TurkeyTurkey Beşiktaş Istanbul
Lokomotiva Zagreb CroatiaCroatia 0: 1 AustriaAustria SK Rapid Vienna

3rd qualifying round

Draw: August 31, 2020 in Nyon
Dates: September 15 and 16, 2020

Champions way

Ten teams took part in the Champions Way of the 3rd qualifying round. Losing teams switched to the play-offs (champions path) of the 2020/21 UEFA Europa League , the winners to the play-offs (champions path) of the 2020/21 UEFA Champions League.

The following pairings were drawn for the third qualifying round:

Result
Ferencváros Budapest HungaryHungary 2: 1 CroatiaCroatia Dinamo Zagreb
Qarabağ Agdam AzerbaijanAzerbaijan 0: 0 n.v.
(5: 6 in good condition) 		NorwayNorway Molde FK
Omonia Nicosia Cyprus RepublicRepublic of cyprus 1: 1 n.V.
(4: 2 in.E.) 		SerbiaSerbia Red Star Belgrade
FC Midtjylland DenmarkDenmark 3-0 SwitzerlandSwitzerland BSC Young Boys
Maccabi Tel Aviv IsraelIsrael 1-0 BelarusBelarus FK Dinamo Brest

Placement route

Six teams took part in the third qualifying round placement route. Losing teams moved to the group stage of the 2020/21 UEFA Europa League , the winners to the play-offs (placement path) of the 2020/21 UEFA Champions League.

The following pairings were drawn for the third qualifying round:

Result
PAOK Thessaloniki GreeceGreece 2: 1 PortugalPortugal Benfica Lisbon
Dynamo Kiev UkraineUkraine 2-0 NetherlandsNetherlands AZ Alkmaar
KAA Gent BelgiumBelgium 2: 1 AustriaAustria SK Rapid Vienna

Play-offs

Draw: September 1, 2020 in Nyon
First legs: September 22 and 23, 2020 Second
legs: September 29 and 30, 2020

The fourth and final qualifying round is called “play-offs” for the purpose of better marketing opportunities. From this round onwards, all games will be marketed centrally by UEFA in order to generate greater media attention and thus increased advertising income. Losing teams will compete in the 2020/21 UEFA Europa League group stage . Teams from Russia and Ukraine were not allowed to meet.

The following pairings were drawn for the play-offs:

Champions way

total First leg Return leg
Slavia Prague Czech RepublicCzech Republic 1: 4 DenmarkDenmark FC Midtjylland 0-0 1: 4
Maccabi Tel Aviv IsraelIsrael 2: 5 AustriaAustria FC Salzburg 1: 2 1: 3
Olympiacos Piraeus GreeceGreece 2-0 Cyprus RepublicRepublic of cyprus Omonia Nicosia 2-0 0-0
Molde FK NorwayNorway (a)3: 3 ( a ) HungaryHungary Ferencváros Budapest 3: 3 0-0

Placement route

total First leg Return leg
FK Krasnodar RussiaRussia 4: 2 GreeceGreece PAOK Thessaloniki 2: 1 2: 1
KAA Gent BelgiumBelgium 1: 5 UkraineUkraine Dynamo Kiev 1: 2 0: 3

Group stage

The defending champions of the UEFA Champions League and the winners of the UEFA Europa League as well as the champions of the leagues from 1st to 6th place in the UEFA five-year ranking were drawn from pot 1, regardless of their club coefficient, and formed the respective group head. Since FC Bayern Munich was twice qualified for pot 1 both as defending champion and as Germany's national champion, FC Porto moved up from 7th place as champions of the league in the first lottery pot. All other teams were allocated to pots 2 to 4 in descending order according to their club coefficient and drawn. The lottery procedure is not based solely on chance, rather the solution is intervened with the help of a computer: The groups are divided into two group halves “red” (groups A – D) and “blue” (groups E – H). Not only are several representatives of a nation not drawn into the same group, they are also evenly distributed between the group halves, since one half plays alternately on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, and representatives of a nation should play on different days if possible.

The draw took place in Nyon on October 1st, 2020 .

32 teams from 15 national associations took part in the group stage. 26 teams qualified directly, plus six clubs (four via the champions path and two via the placement path) from the qualifying rounds.

The group winners and runners-up qualified for the round of 16, while the thirds in the group continued to play in the round of 32 of the UEFA Europa League . If two or more teams were tied after the group matches, the placement was determined by the following criteria:

  1. Number of points in direct comparison
  2. Goal difference in direct comparison
  3. Number of goals in direct comparison
  4. Number of away goals in direct comparison
  5. If, after applying criteria 1-4, two or more teams still occupy the same place in the table, criteria 1-4 are reapplied for these teams. If this does not result in a definitive placement, criteria 6–12 will be applied.
  6. Goal difference from all group matches
  7. higher number of goals scored
  8. higher number of away goals scored
  9. higher number of wins
  10. higher number of away wins
  11. lower number of minus points through yellow and red cards (yellow card 1 minus point, red card 3 minus points, yellow-red card 3 minus points)
  12. Club coefficients

Group A

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. GermanyGermany FC Bayern Munich  6th  5  1  0 018: 500 +13 16
 2. SpainSpain Atlético Madrid  6th  2  3  1 007: 800  −1 09
 3. AustriaAustria FC Salzburg  6th  1  1  4th 010:170  −7 04th
 4th RussiaRussia Moscow locomotive  6th  0  3  3 005:100  −5 03
October 21, 2020
FC Salzburg 2: 2 Moscow locomotive Salzburg Arena
FC Bayern Munich 4-0 Atlético Madrid Munich Stadium
October 27, 2020
Moscow locomotive 1: 2 FC Bayern Munich Lokomotiv Stadium
Atlético Madrid 3: 2 FC Salzburg Metropolitano
3rd November 2020
Moscow locomotive 1: 1 Atlético Madrid Lokomotiv Stadium
FC Salzburg 2: 6 FC Bayern Munich Salzburg Arena
November 25, 2020
FC Bayern Munich 3: 1 FC Salzburg Munich Stadium
Atlético Madrid 0-0 Moscow locomotive Metropolitano
1st December 2020
Moscow locomotive 1: 3 FC Salzburg Lokomotiv Stadium
Atlético Madrid 1: 1 FC Bayern Munich Metropolitano
December 9, 2020
FC Bayern Munich 2-0 Moscow locomotive Munich Stadium
FC Salzburg 0: 2 Atlético Madrid Salzburg Arena

Group B

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. SpainSpain real Madrid  6th  3  1  2 011: 900  +2 10
 2. GermanyGermany Borussia Monchengladbach  6th  2  2  2 016: 900  +7 08th
 3. UkraineUkraine Shakhtar Donetsk  6th  2  2  2 005:120  −7 08th
 4th ItalyItaly Inter Milan  6th  1  3  2 007: 900  −2 06th
October 21, 2020
real Madrid 2: 3 Shakhtar Donetsk Alfredo Di Stefano
Inter Milan 2: 2 Borussia Monchengladbach San Siro
October 27, 2020
Shakhtar Donetsk 0-0 Inter Milan NSK Olimpijskyj
Borussia Monchengladbach 2: 2 real Madrid Borussia Park
3rd November 2020
Shakhtar Donetsk 0: 6 Borussia Monchengladbach NSK Olimpijskyj
real Madrid 3: 2 Inter Milan Alfredo Di Stefano
November 25, 2020
Borussia Monchengladbach 4-0 Shakhtar Donetsk Borussia Park
Inter Milan 0: 2 real Madrid San Siro
1st December 2020
Shakhtar Donetsk 2-0 real Madrid NSK Olimpijskyj
Borussia Monchengladbach 2: 3 Inter Milan Borussia Park
December 9, 2020
real Madrid 2-0 Borussia Monchengladbach Alfredo Di Stefano
Inter Milan 0-0 Shakhtar Donetsk San Siro

Group C

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. EnglandEngland Manchester city  6th  5  1  0 013: 100 +12 16
 2. PortugalPortugal FC Porto  6th  4th  1  1 010: 300  +7 13
 3. GreeceGreece Olympiacos Piraeus  6th  1  0  5 002:100  −8 03
 4th FranceFrance Olympique Marseille  6th  1  0  5 002:130 −11 03
October 21, 2020
Manchester city 3: 1 FC Porto City of Manchester Stadium
Olympiacos Piraeus 1-0 Olympique Marseille Karaiskakis Stadium
October 27, 2020
FC Porto 2-0 Olympiacos Piraeus Estádio do Dragão
Olympique Marseille 0: 3 Manchester city Stade Velodrome
3rd November 2020
FC Porto 3-0 Olympique Marseille Estádio do Dragão
Manchester city 3-0 Olympiacos Piraeus City of Manchester Stadium
November 25, 2020
Olympiacos Piraeus 0: 1 Manchester city Karaiskakis Stadium
Olympique Marseille 0: 2 FC Porto Stade Velodrome
1st December 2020
FC Porto 0-0 Manchester city Estádio do Dragão
Olympique Marseille 2: 1 Olympiacos Piraeus Stade Velodrome
December 9, 2020
Manchester city 3-0 Olympique Marseille City of Manchester Stadium
Olympiacos Piraeus 0: 2 FC Porto Karaiskakis Stadium

Group D

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. EnglandEngland Liverpool FC  6th  4th  1  1 010: 300  +7 13
 2. ItalyItaly Atalanta Bergamo  6th  3  2  1 010: 800  +2 11
 3. NetherlandsNetherlands Ajax Amsterdam  6th  2  1  3 007: 700  ± 0 07th
 4th DenmarkDenmark FC Midtjylland  6th  0  2  4th 004:130  −9 02
October 21, 2020
Ajax Amsterdam 0: 1 Liverpool FC Johan Cruyff Arena
FC Midtjylland 0: 4 Atalanta Bergamo Herning Stadium
October 27, 2020
Liverpool FC 2-0 FC Midtjylland Anfield
Atalanta Bergamo 2: 2 Ajax Amsterdam Stadio Comunale
3rd November 2020
Atalanta Bergamo 0: 5 Liverpool FC Stadio Comunale
FC Midtjylland 1: 2 Ajax Amsterdam Herning Stadium
November 25, 2020
Liverpool FC 0: 2 Atalanta Bergamo Anfield
Ajax Amsterdam 3: 1 FC Midtjylland Johan Cruyff Arena
1st December 2020
Liverpool FC 1-0 Ajax Amsterdam Anfield
Atalanta Bergamo 1: 1 FC Midtjylland Stadio Comunale
December 9, 2020
Ajax Amsterdam 0: 1 Atalanta Bergamo Johan Cruyff Arena
FC Midtjylland 1: 1 Liverpool FC Herning Stadium

Group E

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. EnglandEngland Chelsea FC  6th  4th  2  0 014: 200 +12 14th
 2. SpainSpain Sevilla FC  6th  4th  1  1 009: 800  +1 13
 3. RussiaRussia FK Krasnodar  6th  1  2  3 006:110  −5 05
 4th FranceFrance Rennes stadium  6th  0  1  5 003:110  −8 01
20th October 2020
Chelsea FC 0-0 Sevilla FC Stamford Bridge
Rennes stadium 1: 1 FK Krasnodar Roazhon Park
October 28, 2020
FK Krasnodar 0: 4 Chelsea FC Krasnodar Stadium
Sevilla FC 1-0 Rennes stadium Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán
4th November 2020
Sevilla FC 3: 2 FK Krasnodar Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán
Chelsea FC 3-0 Rennes stadium Stamford Bridge
November 24, 2020
FK Krasnodar 1: 2 Sevilla FC Krasnodar Stadium
Rennes stadium 1: 2 Chelsea FC Roazhon Park
December 2, 2020
FK Krasnodar 1-0 Rennes stadium Krasnodar Stadium
Sevilla FC 0: 4 Chelsea FC Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán
December 8, 2020
Chelsea FC 1: 1 FK Krasnodar Stamford Bridge
Rennes stadium 1: 3 Sevilla FC Roazhon Park

Group F.

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. GermanyGermany Borussia Dortmund  6th  4th  1  1 012: 500  +7 13
 2. ItalyItaly Lazio Rome  6th  2  4th  0 011: 700  +4 10
 3. BelgiumBelgium Club Bruges  6th  2  2  2 008:100  −2 08th
 4th RussiaRussia Zenit St. Petersburg  6th  0  1  5 004:130  −9 01
20th October 2020
Zenit St. Petersburg 1: 2 Club Bruges Krestovsky Stadium
Lazio Rome 3: 1 Borussia Dortmund Stadio Olimpico
October 28, 2020
Borussia Dortmund 2-0 Zenit St. Petersburg Westfalenstadion
Club Bruges 1: 1 Lazio Rome Jan Breydel Stadium
4th November 2020
Zenit St. Petersburg 1: 1 Lazio Rome Krestovsky Stadium
Club Bruges 0: 3 Borussia Dortmund Jan Breydel Stadium
November 24, 2020
Borussia Dortmund 3-0 Club Bruges Westfalenstadion
Lazio Rome 3: 1 Zenit St. Petersburg Stadio Olimpico
December 2, 2020
Borussia Dortmund 1: 1 Lazio Rome Westfalenstadion
Club Bruges 3-0 Zenit St. Petersburg Jan Breydel Stadium
December 8, 2020
Zenit St. Petersburg 1: 2 Borussia Dortmund Krestovsky Stadium
Lazio Rome 2: 2 Club Bruges Stadio Olimpico

Group G

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. ItalyItaly Juventus Turin  6th  5  0  1 014: 400 +10 15th
 2. SpainSpain FC Barcelona  6th  5  0  1 016: 500 +11 15th
 3. UkraineUkraine Dynamo Kiev  6th  1  1  4th 004:130  −9 04th
 4th HungaryHungary Ferencváros Budapest  6th  0  1  5 005:170 −12 01
20th October 2020
Dynamo Kiev 0: 2 Juventus Turin NSK Olimpijskyj
FC Barcelona 5: 1 Ferencváros Budapest Camp Nou
October 28, 2020
Juventus Turin 0: 2 FC Barcelona Juventus Stadium
Ferencváros Budapest 2: 2 Dynamo Kiev Fradi Stadium
4th November 2020
FC Barcelona 2: 1 Dynamo Kiev Camp Nou
Ferencváros Budapest 1: 4 Juventus Turin Puskás Aréna
November 24, 2020
Juventus Turin 2: 1 Ferencváros Budapest Juventus Stadium
Dynamo Kiev 0: 4 FC Barcelona NSK Olimpijskyj
December 2, 2020
Juventus Turin 3-0 Dynamo Kiev Juventus Stadium
Ferencváros Budapest 0: 3 FC Barcelona Puskás Aréna
December 8, 2020
FC Barcelona 0: 3 Juventus Turin Camp Nou
Dynamo Kiev 1-0 Ferencváros Budapest NSK Olimpijskyj

Group H.

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. FranceFrance Paris Saint-Germain  6th  4th  0  2 013: 600  +7 12th
 2. GermanyGermany RB Leipzig  6th  4th  0  2 011:120  −1 12th
 3. EnglandEngland Manchester United  6th  3  0  3 015:100  +5 09
 4th TurkeyTurkey Istanbul Başakşehir FK  6th  1  0  5 007:180 −11 03
20th October 2020
Paris Saint-Germain 1: 2 Manchester United Parc des Princes
RB Leipzig 2-0 Istanbul Başakşehir FK RB Arena
October 28, 2020
Istanbul Başakşehir FK 0: 2 Paris St. Germain Fatih Terim Stadı
Manchester United 5-0 RB Leipzig Old Trafford
4th November 2020
Istanbul Başakşehir FK 2: 1 Manchester United Fatih Terim Stadı
RB Leipzig 2: 1 Paris St. Germain RB Arena
November 24, 2020
Paris St. Germain 1-0 RB Leipzig Parc des Princes
Manchester United 4: 1 Istanbul Başakşehir FK Old Trafford
December 2, 2020
Istanbul Başakşehir FK 3: 4 RB Leipzig Fatih Terim Stadı
Manchester United 1: 3 Paris St. Germain Old Trafford
8/9 December 2020 1
RB Leipzig 3: 2 Manchester United RB Arena
Paris St. Germain 15: 1 1 Istanbul Başakşehir FK Parc des Princes
1In the game scheduled for December 8, in the 14th minute, when the score was 0-0, there were verbal arguments between the Istanbul Başakşehir FK supervisory staff and the referee team, as the fourth official Sebastian Coltescu made remarks to the Istanbul substitutes' bench Parts of that same Istanbul bank were perceived as racist . Then both teams left the field. The game was ultimately canceled, making it the first game in the history of the Champions League that was canceled due to an allegation of racism. The game was continued on December 9th for the remaining playing time of 76 minutes with a new team of referees.

Knockout phase

Round of 16

For the round of 16, eight pairings each of a group runner-up and a group winner were drawn on December 14, 2020 in Nyon, with the group winners playing the first leg away from home. Teams from a national association and previous opponents in the group stage were not allowed to be drawn against each other.

The first legs took place on February 16, 17, 23 and 24, 2021, the second legs on March 9, 10, and March 16 and 17, 2021.

Four German and Spanish teams, three English and Italian teams as well as one French and one Portuguese team qualified for the round of 16 (the last time there were four German participants in the round of 16 was in the 2014/15 season ).

Runners-up total Group winners First leg Return leg
FC Barcelona SpainSpain 2: 5 FranceFrance Paris Saint-Germain 1: 4 1: 1
RB Leipzig GermanyGermany 0: 4 EnglandEngland Liverpool FC 10: 2 1 30: 2 3
FC Porto PortugalPortugal ( a ) 4: 4(a) ItalyItaly Juventus Turin 2: 1 2: 3 a.d.
Sevilla FC SpainSpain 4: 5 GermanyGermany Borussia Dortmund 2: 3 2: 2
Atlético Madrid SpainSpain 0: 3 EnglandEngland Chelsea FC 20: 1 2 0: 2
Lazio Rome ItalyItaly 2: 6 GermanyGermany FC Bayern Munich 1: 4 1: 2
Atalanta Bergamo ItalyItaly 1: 4 SpainSpain real Madrid 0: 1 1: 3
Borussia Monchengladbach GermanyGermany 0: 4 EnglandEngland Manchester city 10: 2 1 30: 2 3
1Relocated to the Puskás Aréna in Budapest due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the rapidly spreading virus mutation B.1.1.7 and the subsequent entry ban .
2Relocated to the Arena Națională in Bucharest due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the rapidly spreading virus mutation B.1.1.7 and the subsequent entry ban .
3Relocated to the Puskás Aréna in Budapest to avoid quarantine after returning from Great Britain .

Quarter finals

The draw for the quarter-finals took place on March 19, 2021 at 12 noon in Nyon without restrictions. There were no seeded clubs, and clubs from one association could meet. The first to be drawn always received home rights in the first leg. The first legs took place on April 6 and 7, the second legs on April 13 and 14, 2021.

total First leg Return leg
Manchester city EnglandEngland 4: 2 GermanyGermany Borussia Dortmund 2: 1 2: 1
FC Porto PortugalPortugal 1: 2 EnglandEngland Chelsea FC 10: 2 1 11: 0 1
FC Bayern Munich GermanyGermany (a)3: 3 ( a ) FranceFrance Paris Saint-Germain 2: 3 1-0
real Madrid SpainSpain 3: 1 EnglandEngland Liverpool FC 23: 1 2 0-0
1Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and entry bans issued then the games found Estadio Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan in Sevilla held
2The game took place at the Estadio Alfredo Di Stéfano .

Semifinals

The semi-finals were drawn on March 19, 2021 (with the quarter-finals) in Nyon. The first legs took place on April 27 and 28, the second legs on May 4 and 5, 2021.

total First leg Return leg
Paris Saint-Germain FranceFrance 1: 4 EnglandEngland Manchester city 1: 2 0: 2
real Madrid SpainSpain 1: 3 EnglandEngland Chelsea FC 1: 1 0: 2

final

The final took place on May 29, 2021 at the Estádio do Dragão in Porto .

Manchester city Chelsea FC Lineup
Manchester city
May 29, 2021 in Porto ( Estádio do Dragão )
Result: 0: 1 (0: 1)
Spectators: 14,110
Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz ( Spain ) SpainSpain 
Match report
Chelsea FC
Line-up between Manchester City and Chelsea
Ederson - Kyle Walker , John Stones , Rúben Dias , Oleksandr Sintschenko - Bernardo Silva (64th Fernandinho ), İlkay Gündoğan , Phil Foden - Kevin De Bruyne (60th Gabriel Jesus ) - Riyad Mahrez , Raheem Sterling (77th Sergio Agüero ) head coach : Pep Guardiola(C)Captain of the crew
SpainSpain  		Édouard Mendy - Reece James , César Azpilicueta , Thiago Silva (39th Andreas Christensen ), Antonio Rüdiger , Ben Chilwell - Jorginho , N'Golo Kanté - Kai Havertz , Timo Werner (66th Christian Pulisic ), Mason Mount (80th Mateo Kovačić ) Head coach: Thomas Tuchel(C)Captain of the crew
GermanyGermany 
goal 0: 1 Havertz (42nd)
yellow cards Gündoğan (34.), Jesus (88.) yellow cards Rudiger (57.)
Player of the Match: N'Golo Kanté

Best goal scorers

Below are the top scorers of the Champions League season (excluding the qualifying rounds). The sorting is carried out in the same way as the UEFA goalscorer list by number of goals; if the number of hits is the same, these players are sorted alphabetically.

rank player club Gates
1 NorwayNorway Erling Haaland Borussia Dortmund 100
2 FranceFrance Kylian Mbappé Paris Saint-Germain 8th
3 FranceFrance Karim Benzema real Madrid 6th
MoroccoMorocco Youssef en-Nesyri Sevilla FC 6th
FranceFrance Olivier Giroud Chelsea FC 6th
SpainSpain Álvaro Morata Juventus Turin 6th
BrazilBrazil Neymar Paris Saint-Germain 6th
EnglandEngland Marcus Rashford Manchester United 6th
EgyptEgypt Mohamed Salah Liverpool FC 6th
10 ItalyItaly Ciro Immobile Lazio Rome 5
PolandPoland Robert Lewandowski FC Bayern Munich 5
ArgentinaArgentina Lionel Messi FC Barcelona 5
PortugalPortugal Sérgio Oliveira FC Porto 5
FranceFrance Alassane Pléa Borussia Monchengladbach 5
15th GermanyGermany Mërgim Berisha FC Salzburg 4th
CameroonCameroon Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting FC Bayern Munich 4th
PortugalPortugal Cristiano Ronaldo Juventus Turin 4th
ItalyItaly Federico Chiesa Juventus Turin 4th
PortugalPortugal Bruno Fernandes Manchester United 4th
PortugalPortugal Diogo iota Liverpool FC 4th
BelgiumBelgium Romelu Lukaku Inter Milan 4th
AlgeriaAlgeria Riyad Mahrez Manchester city 4th
SpainSpain Ferrán Torres Manchester city 4th
GermanyGermany Timo Werner Chelsea FC 4th

particularities

  • For the first time in the club's history, Manchester City reached the final of the tournament.
  • Thomas Tuchel is the first coach to have reached the Champions League final with two different clubs in consecutive seasons.

Players used Chelsea FC

Chelsea FC
Chelsea FC

literature

Individual evidence

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