UEFA Champions League 2018/19

This article describes the men's UEFA Champions League 2018/19 , for women's competition see UEFA Women's Champions League 2018/19 .

UEFA Champions League 2018/19
Cup winners	Liverpool FC (6th title)
final	June 1, 2019
Final stadium	Wanda Metropolitano , Madrid
Teams	32 (79 with qualifying rounds)
Games	125
Gates	364  (ø 2.91 per game)
spectator	6,100,142  (ø 48,801 per game)
Top scorer	Lionel Messi (12)
yellow cards	485  (ø 3.88 per game)
Yellow and red cards	15  (ø 0.12 per game)
Red cards	6  (ø 0.05 per game)
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The Wanda Metropolitano , Atlético's home stadium in Madrid , hosted the final.

The UEFA Champions League 2018/19 was 27 . Season of the most important European competition for club teams in football under this name and the 64 . all in all. 79 clubs from 54 national associations of UEFA took part in the competition. As before, Liechtenstein did not provide a representative because the local football association does not hold its own championship. This season, for the first time, all defeated teams in the Champions League qualification will continue to play in the qualification or group stage of the UEFA Europa League . In addition, the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) was used for the first time from the round of 16 . The defending champion was Real Madrid .

The season began for the first time with a qualifying round on June 29, 2018 and ended with the final on June 1, 2019 at the Wanda Metropolitano in the Spanish capital, Madrid , which Liverpool FC beat Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 .

Liverpool FC as the winner qualifies for the 2019 UEFA Super Cup and the 2019 FIFA Club World Cup .

Events

The draws and game rounds took place on the following dates:

phase	round	draw	First leg	Return leg
qualification	Preliminary round semi-finals	June 12, 2018	June 26, 2018
	Preliminary round final		June 29, 2018
	1st qualifying round	19th June 2018	10/11 July 2018	17./18. July 2018
	2nd qualifying round		24./25. July 2018	July 31/1. August 2018
	3rd qualifying round	23rd July 2018	7th / 8th August 2018	August 14, 2018
Play-off	Play-off games	August 6, 2018	21./22. August 2018	28/29 August 2018
Group stage	1st matchday	August 30, 2018 ( Monaco )	18./19. September 2018
	2nd matchday		2nd / 3rd October 2018
	3rd matchday		23/24 October 2018
	4th matchday		6./7. November 2018
	5th matchday		27./28. November 2018
	6th matchday		11./12. December 2018
Knockout round	Round of 16	17th December 2018	12-20 February 2019	5th - 13th March 2019
	Quarter finals	15th March 2019	9/10 April 2019	16./17. April 2019
	Semifinals		April 30/1. May 2019	7th / 8th May 2019
	final		June 1, 2019 at the Estadio Metropolitano , Madrid

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 rating 2016/2017. If the defending champions of the previous year who qualified for the Champions League have already qualified via the national competitions, there will be subsequent postponements in the published access list.

The teams with the higher club coefficient of the 2017/18 UEFA five-year ranking are seeded. If the club coefficient is the same, the order is determined by the rating points achieved by the teams in the previous season or in 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.

Preliminary round

The draw for the preliminary round took place on June 12, 2018. The semi-finals on June 26 and the final on June 29, 2018 were played at the Victoria Stadium in Gibraltar. The three losers switched to the second qualifying round (Champions Path) of the 2018/19 UEFA Europa League , the winner to the first qualifying round of the 2018/19 UEFA Champions League.

Semifinals

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

	Result
FC Santa Coloma	0: 2 a.d.	KF Drita
SP La Fiorita	0: 2	Lincoln Red Imps FC

final

	Result
Lincoln Red Imps FC	1: 4 a.d.	KF Drita

1st qualifying round

32 teams take part in the first qualifying round. Losing teams compete in the second qualifying round Champions path of the 2018/19 UEFA Europa League , the winners in the second qualifying round (Champions path) of the UEFA Champions League 2018/19.

Draw: June 19, 2018 in Nyon
First legs: July 10 and 11, 2018 Second
legs: July 17 and 18, 2018

The following pairings were drawn for the first qualifying round:

	total		First leg	Return leg
Torpedo Kutaisi	2: 4	Sheriff Tiraspol	2: 1	0: 3
KF Shkëndija	5: 4	The New Saints FC	5-0	0: 4
Sūduva Marijampolė	3: 2	APOEL Nicosia	3: 1	0: 1
NK Olimpija Ljubljana	0: 1	Qarabağ Agdam	0: 1	0-0
F91 Dudelange	2: 3	MOL Fehérvár FC	1: 1	1: 2
KF Drita	0: 5	Malmö FF	0: 3	0: 2
Víkingur Gøta	2: 5	HJK Helsinki	1: 2	1: 3
Ludogorez Razgrad	9-0	Crusaders FC	7-0	2-0
Cork City	0: 4	Legia Warsaw	0: 1	0: 3
Valur Reykjavík	2: 3	Rosenborg Trondheim	1-0	1: 3
FK Kukësi	( a ) 1: 1(a)	Valletta FC	0-0	1: 1
FC Flora Tallinn	2: 7	Hapoel Beer Sheva	1: 4	1: 3
FK Spartaks Jūrmala	0: 2	FK Red Star Belgrade	0-0	0: 2
FC Alaschkert Martuni	0: 6	Celtic Glasgow	0: 3	0: 3
Spartak Trnava	2: 1	HŠK Zrinjski Mostar	1-0	1: 1
FK Astana	3-0	FK Sutjeska Nikšić	1-0	2-0

2nd qualifying round

From the second qualifying round onwards, there are two separate lottery pots: national champions are only drawn against other national champions, whereas clubs that place second are drawn only against other second-placed teams. Losing teams move to the third qualifying round of the 2018/19 UEFA Europa League .

Draw: June 19, 2018 in Nyon
First legs: July 24 and 25, 2018 Second
legs: July 31 and August 1, 2018

The following pairings were drawn for the second qualifying round:

Champions way

	total		First leg	Return leg
FK Astana	2: 1	FC Midtjylland	2: 1	0-0
Ludogorez Razgrad	0: 1	MOL Fehérvár FC	0-0	0: 1
FK Kukësi	0: 3	Qarabağ Agdam	0-0	0: 3
CFR Cluj	1: 2	Malmö FF	0: 1	1: 1
Dinamo Zagreb	7: 2	Hapoel Beer Sheva	5-0	2: 2
FK Red Star Belgrade	5-0	Sūduva Marijampolė	3-0	2-0
BATE Baryssau	2: 1	HJK Helsinki	0-0	2: 1
KF Shkëndija	1-0	Sheriff Tiraspol	1-0	0-0
Legia Warsaw	1: 2	Spartak Trnava	0: 2	1-0
Celtic Glasgow	3: 1	Rosenborg Trondheim	3: 1	0-0

Placement route

	total		First leg	Return leg
PAOK Thessaloniki	5: 1	FC Basel	2: 1	3-0
Ajax Amsterdam	5: 1	SK Sturm Graz	2-0	3: 1

3rd qualifying round

Draw: July 23, 2018 in Nyon
First legs: August 7 and 8, 2018 Second
legs: August 14, 2018

Champions way

Losing teams will compete in the 2018/19 UEFA Europa League play-offs and the winners in the 2018/19 UEFA Champions League play-offs.

The following pairings were drawn for the champions path of the third qualifying round:

	total		First leg	Return leg
Celtic Glasgow	2: 3	AEK Athens	1: 1	1: 2
FC Salzburg	4-0	KF Shkëndija	3-0	1-0
FK Red Star Belgrade	3: 2	Spartak Trnava	1: 1	2: 1 a.d.
Qarabağ Agdam	1: 2	BATE Baryssau	0: 1	1: 1
FK Astana	0: 3	Dinamo Zagreb	0: 2	0: 1
Malmö FF	(a)1: 1 ( a )	MOL Fehérvár FC	1: 1	0-0

Placement route

Losing teams compete in the group stage of the 2018/19 UEFA Europa League , the winners in the play-offs of the 2018/19 UEFA Champions League:

The following pairings were drawn for the placement path of the third qualifying round:

	total		First leg	Return leg
Standard Liege	2: 5	Ajax Amsterdam	2: 2	0: 3
Benfica Lisbon	2: 1	Fenerbahçe Istanbul	1-0	1: 1
Slavia Prague	1: 3	Dynamo Kiev	1: 1	0: 2
PAOK Thessaloniki	3: 2	Spartak Moscow	3: 2	0-0

Play-offs

Draw: August 6, 2018 in Nyon
First legs: August 21 and 22, 2018 Second
legs: August 28 and 29, 2018

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 play in the 2018/19 UEFA Europa League group stage and the winners in the 2018/19 UEFA Champions League group stage.

Champions way

The following pairings were drawn for the champions path of the play-offs:

	total		First leg	Return leg
FK Red Star Belgrade	( a ) 2: 2(a)	FC Salzburg	0-0	2: 2
BATE Baryssau	2: 6	PSV Eindhoven	2: 3	0: 3
BSC Young Boys	3: 2	Dinamo Zagreb	1: 1	2: 1
MOL Fehérvár FC	2: 3	AEK Athens	1: 2	1: 1

Placement route

The following pairings were drawn for the placement path of the play-offs:

	total		First leg	Return leg
Benfica Lisbon	5: 2	PAOK Thessaloniki	1: 1	4: 1
Ajax Amsterdam	3: 1	Dynamo Kiev	3: 1	0-0

Group stage

The defending champions of the UEFA Champions League and 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, all other teams were drawn by the other three according to their club coefficient Lottery pots.

The draw took place in Monaco on August 30, 2018.

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.	Borussia Dortmund	6th	4th	1	1	010: 200	+8	13
2.	Atlético Madrid	6th	4th	1	1	009: 600	+3	13
3.	Club Bruges	6th	1	3	2	006: 500	+1	06th
4th	AS Monaco	6th	0	1	5	002:140	−12	01

18th September 2018
Club Bruges	0: 1	Borussia Dortmund	Jan Breydel Stadium
AS Monaco	1: 2	Atlético Madrid	Stade Louis II
3rd October 2018
Atlético Madrid	3: 1	Club Bruges	Wanda Metropolitano
Borussia Dortmund	3-0	AS Monaco	Westfalenstadion
October 24, 2018
Club Bruges	1: 1	AS Monaco	Jan Breydel Stadium
Borussia Dortmund	4-0	Atlético Madrid	Westfalenstadion
November 6, 2018
AS Monaco	0: 4	Club Bruges	Stade Louis II
Atlético Madrid	2-0	Borussia Dortmund	Wanda Metropolitano
November 28, 2018
Atlético Madrid	2-0	AS Monaco	Wanda Metropolitano
Borussia Dortmund	0-0	Club Bruges	Westfalenstadion
December 11, 2018
Club Bruges	0-0	Atlético Madrid	Jan Breydel Stadium
AS Monaco	0: 2	Borussia Dortmund	Stade Louis II

Group B

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	FC Barcelona	6th	4th	2	0	014: 500	+9	14th
2.	Tottenham Hotspur	6th	2	2	2	009:100	−1	08th
3.	Inter Milan	6th	2	2	2	006: 700	−1	08th
4th	PSV Eindhoven	6th	0	2	4th	006:130	−7	02

18th September 2018
FC Barcelona	4-0	PSV Eindhoven	Camp Nou
Inter Milan	2: 1	Tottenham Hotspur	Giuseppe Meazza Stadium
3rd October 2018
Tottenham Hotspur	2: 4	FC Barcelona	Wembley Stadium
PSV Eindhoven	1: 2	Inter Milan	PSV stadium
October 24, 2018
PSV Eindhoven	2: 2	Tottenham Hotspur	PSV stadium
FC Barcelona	2-0	Inter Milan	Camp Nou
November 6, 2018
Tottenham Hotspur	2: 1	PSV Eindhoven	Wembley Stadium
Inter Milan	1: 1	FC Barcelona	Giuseppe Meazza Stadium
November 28, 2018
PSV Eindhoven	1: 2	FC Barcelona	PSV stadium
Tottenham Hotspur	1-0	Inter Milan	Wembley Stadium
December 11, 2018
FC Barcelona	1: 1	Tottenham Hotspur	Camp Nou
Inter Milan	1: 1	PSV Eindhoven	Giuseppe Meazza Stadium

Group C

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Paris Saint-Germain	6th	3	2	1	017: 900	+8	11
2.	Liverpool FC	6th	3	0	3	009: 700	+2	09
3.	SSC Naples	6th	2	3	1	007: 500	+2	09
4th	FK Red Star Belgrade	6th	1	1	4th	005:170	−12	04th

18th September 2018
Liverpool FC	3: 2	Paris Saint-Germain	Anfield
FK Red Star Belgrade	0-0	SSC Naples	Rajko Mitic Stadium
3rd October 2018
Paris Saint-Germain	6: 1	FK Red Star Belgrade	Parc des Princes
SSC Naples	1-0	Liverpool FC	San Paolo Stadium
October 24, 2018
Paris Saint-Germain	2: 2	SSC Naples	Parc des Princes
Liverpool FC	4-0	FK Red Star Belgrade	Anfield
November 6, 2018
FK Red Star Belgrade	2-0	Liverpool FC	Rajko Mitic Stadium
SSC Naples	1: 1	Paris Saint-Germain	San Paolo Stadium
November 28, 2018
Paris Saint-Germain	2: 1	Liverpool FC	Parc des Princes
SSC Naples	3: 1	FK Red Star Belgrade	San Paolo Stadium
December 11, 2018
Liverpool FC	1-0	SSC Naples	Anfield
FK Red Star Belgrade	1: 4	Paris Saint-Germain	Rajko Mitic Stadium

Group D

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	FC Porto	6th	5	1	0	015: 600	+9	16
2.	FC Schalke 04	6th	3	2	1	006: 400	+2	11
3.	Galatasaray Istanbul	6th	1	1	4th	005: 800	−3	04th
4th	Moscow locomotive	6th	1	0	5	004:120	−8	03

18th September 2018
FC Schalke 04	1: 1	FC Porto	Arena AufSchalke
Galatasaray Istanbul	3-0	Moscow locomotive	Türk Telekom Stadyumu
3rd October 2018
Moscow locomotive	0: 1	FC Schalke 04	RŽD arena
FC Porto	1-0	Galatasaray Istanbul	Estádio do Dragão
October 24, 2018
Moscow locomotive	1: 3	FC Porto	RŽD arena
Galatasaray Istanbul	0-0	FC Schalke 04	Türk Telekom Stadyumu
November 6, 2018
FC Porto	4: 1	Moscow locomotive	Estádio do Dragão
FC Schalke 04	2-0	Galatasaray Istanbul	Arena AufSchalke
November 28, 2018
Moscow locomotive	2-0	Galatasaray Istanbul	RŽD arena
FC Porto	3: 1	FC Schalke 04	Estádio do Dragão
December 11, 2018
FC Schalke 04	1-0	Moscow locomotive	Arena AufSchalke
Galatasaray Istanbul	2: 3	FC Porto	Türk Telekom Stadyumu

Group E

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	FC Bayern Munich	6th	4th	2	0	015: 500	+10	14th
2.	Ajax Amsterdam	6th	3	3	0	011: 500	+6	12
3.	Benfica Lisbon	6th	2	1	3	006:110	−5	07th
4th	AEK Athens	6th	0	0	6th	002:130	−11	00

19th September 2018
Ajax Amsterdam	3-0	AEK Athens	Johan Cruyff Arena
Benfica Lisbon	0: 2	FC Bayern Munich	Estádio da Luz
October 2, 2018
FC Bayern Munich	1: 1	Ajax Amsterdam	Allianz Arena
AEK Athens	2: 3	Benfica Lisbon	Athens Olympic Stadium
23 October 2018
AEK Athens	0: 2	FC Bayern Munich	Athens Olympic Stadium
Ajax Amsterdam	1-0	Benfica Lisbon	Johan Cruyff Arena
7th November 2018
FC Bayern Munich	2-0	AEK Athens	Allianz Arena
Benfica Lisbon	1: 1	Ajax Amsterdam	Estádio da Luz
November 27, 2018
AEK Athens	0: 2	Ajax Amsterdam	Athens Olympic Stadium
FC Bayern Munich	5: 1	Benfica Lisbon	Allianz Arena
December 12, 2018
Benfica Lisbon	1-0	AEK Athens	Estádio da Luz
Ajax Amsterdam	3: 3	FC Bayern Munich	Johan Cruyff Arena

Group F.

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Manchester City	6th	4th	1	1	016: 600	+10	13
2.	Olympique Lyon	6th	1	5	0	012:110	+1	08th
3.	Shakhtar Donetsk	6th	1	3	2	008:160	−8	06th
4th	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim	6th	0	3	3	011:140	−3	03

19th September 2018
Shakhtar Donetsk	2: 2	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim	Metalist Stadium (in Kharkiv )
Manchester City	1: 2	Olympique Lyon	Etihad Stadium
October 2, 2018
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim	1: 2	Manchester City	Rhein-Neckar-Arena
Olympique Lyon	2: 2	Shakhtar Donetsk	Parc Olympique Lyonnais
23 October 2018
Shakhtar Donetsk	0: 3	Manchester City	Metalist Stadium (in Kharkiv)
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim	3: 3	Olympique Lyon	Rhein-Neckar-Arena
7th November 2018
Manchester City	6-0	Shakhtar Donetsk	Etihad Stadium
Olympique Lyon	2: 2	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim	Parc Olympique Lyonnais
November 27, 2018
Olympique Lyon	2: 2	Manchester City	Parc Olympique Lyonnais
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim	2: 3	Shakhtar Donetsk	Rhein-Neckar-Arena
December 12, 2018
Manchester City	2: 1	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim	Etihad Stadium
Shakhtar Donetsk	1: 1	Olympique Lyon	Kiev Olympic Stadium (in Kiev )

Group G

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	real Madrid	6th	4th	0	2	012: 500	+7	12
2.	AS Roma	6th	3	0	3	011: 800	+3	09
3.	Viktoria Plzen	6th	2	1	3	007:160	−9	07th
4th	CSKA Moscow	6th	2	1	3	008: 900	−1	07th

19th September 2018
real Madrid	3-0	AS Roma	Estadio Santiago Bernabéu
Viktoria Plzen	2: 2	CSKA Moscow	Stadium města Plzně
October 2, 2018
AS Roma	5-0	Viktoria Plzen	Olympic Stadium Rome
CSKA Moscow	1-0	real Madrid	Luzhniki Olympic Stadium
23 October 2018
real Madrid	2: 1	Viktoria Plzen	Estadio Santiago Bernabéu
AS Roma	3-0	CSKA Moscow	Olympic Stadium Rome
7th November 2018
CSKA Moscow	1: 2	AS Roma	Luzhniki Olympic Stadium
Viktoria Plzen	0: 5	real Madrid	Stadium města Plzně
November 27, 2018
CSKA Moscow	1: 2	Viktoria Plzen	Luzhniki Olympic Stadium
AS Roma	0: 2	real Madrid	Olympic Stadium Rome
December 12, 2018
real Madrid	0: 3	CSKA Moscow	Estadio Santiago Bernabéu
Viktoria Plzen	2: 1	AS Roma	Stadium města Plzně

Group H.

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Juventus Turin	6th	4th	0	2	009: 400	+5	12
2.	Manchester United	6th	3	1	2	007: 400	+3	10
3.	Valencia CF	6th	2	2	2	006: 600	± 0	08th
4th	BSC Young Boys	6th	1	1	4th	004:120	−8	04th

19th September 2018
Valencia CF	0: 2	Juventus Turin	Estadio Mestalla
BSC Young Boys	0: 3	Manchester United	Stade de Suisse
October 2, 2018
Juventus Turin	3-0	BSC Young Boys	Juventus Stadium
Manchester United	0-0	Valencia CF	Old Trafford
23 October 2018
BSC Young Boys	1: 1	Valencia CF	Stade de Suisse
Manchester United	0: 1	Juventus Turin	Old Trafford
7th November 2018
Valencia CF	3: 1	BSC Young Boys	Estadio Mestalla
Juventus Turin	1: 2	Manchester United	Juventus Stadium
November 27, 2018
Juventus Turin	1-0	Valencia CF	Juventus Stadium
Manchester United	1-0	BSC Young Boys	Old Trafford
December 12, 2018
Valencia CF	2: 1	Manchester United	Estadio Mestalla
BSC Young Boys	2: 1	Juventus Turin	Stade de Suisse

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 17, 2018 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 12, 13, 19 and 20, 2019, the second legs on March 5, 6, 12 and 13, 2019.

Second in the group	total	Group winners	First leg	Return leg
Manchester United	( a ) 3: 3(a)	Paris Saint-Germain	0: 2	3: 1
AS Roma	3: 4	FC Porto	2: 1	1: 3 a.d.
Tottenham Hotspur	4-0	Borussia Dortmund	3-0	1-0
Ajax Amsterdam	5: 3	real Madrid	1: 2	4: 1
Olympique Lyon	1: 5	FC Barcelona	0-0	1: 5
Liverpool FC	3: 1	FC Bayern Munich	0-0	3: 1
FC Schalke 04	02:10	Manchester City	2: 3	0: 7
Atlético Madrid	2: 3	Juventus Turin	2-0	0: 3

Quarter finals

The draw for the quarter-finals took place on March 15, 2019 in Nyon without restrictions. There were no seeded clubs, and clubs from one association could also meet. The first to be drawn always received home rights in the first leg. As Manchester United and Manchester City could not play in Manchester on the same evening or two consecutive evenings, according to local authorities, Manchester United had to play the first leg at home, contrary to the draw. The first legs took place on April 9 and 10, the second legs on April 16 and 17, 2019. For the first time since 2006 , no German team made it into the last eight.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Ajax Amsterdam	3: 2	Juventus Turin	1: 1	2: 1
Liverpool FC	6: 1	FC Porto	2-0	4: 1
Tottenham Hotspur	( a ) 4: 4(a)	Manchester City	1-0	3: 4
Manchester United	0: 4	FC Barcelona	0: 1	0: 3

Semifinals

The semi-finals were drawn on March 15, 2019 (with the quarter-finals) in Nyon. The first legs took place on April 30 and May 1, the second legs on May 7 and 8, 2019. Tottenham Hotspur made it into a Champions League semi-final for the first time, Ajax Amsterdam for the first time since 1997 . While Liverpool FC repeated the semi-finals from the previous year , FC Barcelona moved into the round of the last four for the first time since 2015 , when the title was finally won.

Both semifinals were characterized by chases to catch up: FC Barcelona won the first leg at Camp Nou 3-0, but Liverpool FC made it into the final for the second time in a row after a 4-0 win at Anfield . It was the fourth time in Champions League history that a team was able to make up a 3-goal deficit from the first leg - for the first time in a semi-final.

Ajax Amsterdam won the first leg at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium 1-0 and led in the second leg in the Johan Cruyff Arena at halftime 2-0 before Lucas Moura turned the game around with a flawless hat trick and Spurs late in stoppage time for the first time shot into a Champions League final.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Tottenham Hotspur	( a ) 3: 3(a)	Ajax Amsterdam	0: 1	3: 2
FC Barcelona	3: 4	Liverpool FC	3-0	0: 4

final

→ Main article : 2019 UEFA Champions League Final

The final took place on June 1, 2019 at the Wanda Metropolitano in Madrid . With the quarter-finals it was drawn that the winner of the first semi-final had officially home rights. It was the second all-English final after the 2008 final between Manchester United and Chelsea .

Tottenham Hotspur		Liverpool FC		Lineup
	June 1, 2019 in Madrid ( Wanda Metropolitano ) Result: 0: 2 (0: 1) Spectators: 63,272 Referee: Damir Skomina ( Slovenia )   Match report
	Hugo Lloris - Danny Rose , Toby Alderweireld , Jan Vertonghen , Kieran Trippier - Harry Winks (66th Lucas Moura ), Christian Eriksen , Moussa Sissoko (74th Eric Dier ) - Heung-Min Son , Harry Kane , Dele Alli (82nd Fernando Llorente ) Coach: Mauricio Pochettino ( Argentina )	Alisson - Andrew Robertson , Joel Matip , Virgil van Dijk , Trent Alexander-Arnold - Fabinho , Georginio Wijnaldum (62nd James Milner ), Jordan Henderson - Sadio Mané (90th Joe Gomez ), Roberto Firmino (56th Divock Origi ), Mohamed Salah Trainer: Jürgen Klopp ( Germany )
		0: 1 Salah (2nd, hand penalty) 0: 2 Origi (87.)
	Player of the Match: Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool FC)

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 according to the number of goals, if the same number of hits, these players are sorted according to the number of assists and then according to the time they played.

rank	player	club	Gates
01	Lionel Messi	FC Barcelona	12
02	Robert Lewandowski	FC Bayern Munich	8th
03	Dušan Tadić	Ajax Amsterdam	6th
	Cristiano Ronaldo	Juventus Turin	6th
	Moussa Marega	FC Porto	6th
	Sergio Aguero	Manchester City	6th
07th	Edin Džeko	AS Roma	5
	Raheem Sterling	Manchester City	5
	Andrej Kramarić	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim	5
	Neymar	Paris Saint-Germain	5
	Harry Kane	Tottenham Hotspur	5
	Paulo Dybala	Juventus Turin	5
	Lucas Moura	Tottenham Hotspur	5
	Mohamed Salah	Liverpool FC	5

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Players used Liverpool FC

Liverpool FC

Goal: Alisson (13 / -) Defense: Virgil van Dijk (12/2); Andrew Robertson (12 / -); Trent Alexander-Arnold (11 / -); Joe Gomez (9 / -); Joel Matip (8 / -); Dejan Lovren (3 / -); Alberto Moreno (1 / -) Midfield: James Milner (12/2); Georginio Wijnaldum (12/2); Fabinho (11 / -); Jordan Henderson (11 / -); Naby Keïta (6/1); Xherdan Shaqiri (4 / -); Adam Lallana (3 / -) Forward: Sadio Mané (13/4); Mohamed Salah (12/5); Roberto Firmino (12/4); Divock Origi (8/3); Daniel Sturridge (7/1) Trainer: Jürgen Klopp

Prize money

Each club participating in the 2018/19 UEFA Champions League from the group stage onwards received EUR 15.25 million as a starting bonus. Victory prizes increase the title holder's income to up to 82.45 million euros.

Prize money

Starting bonus per club	15.25 million euros
Group stage per win / per draw	Max. 16.2 million euros 2.7 million euros / 0.9 million euros
Entry into the last sixteen	9.5 million euros
Entry into the quarter-finals	10.5 million euros
Entry into the semi-finals	12.0 million euros
Entry into the final	15.0 million euros
Victory bonus in the final	4.0 million euros
Σ max. 82.45 million euros

Every club can increase its income via the coefficient ranking list. The worst-placed club receives 1.108 million euros. For each rank there is an amount of 1.108 million euros, whereby the best placed club receives an additional 35.46 million euros. In addition to this prize money, there is further income and a. from the sale of tickets, marketing of radio and TV rights, perimeter advertising and merchandising.

Web links

• Official website of the UEFA Champions League
• UEFA ten-year club coefficient

Individual evidence

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2. ↑ Champions League final 2019 in Madrid on kicker.de , September 20, 2017. Accessed August 31, 2018.
3. ↑ Champions League 2018/19: game and draw dates. In: UEFA . Retrieved May 12, 2018 . 
4. ↑ Access list for the Champions League and Europa League 2018/19. In: UEFA . February 27, 2018, accessed May 26, 2018 . 
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6. ↑ ^{a b} from UEFA , the FC Red Bull Salzburg as FC Salzburg listed.
7. ↑ Liverpool v Porto, City v Tottenham , de.uefa.com, March 15, 2019, accessed March 15, 2019.
8. ↑ 0: 3 or more and further: Liverpool is making history , kicker.de, May 7, 2019, accessed on May 8, 2019.
9. ↑ 90 + 6! Lucas Moura kills Ajax with his third goal , kicker.de, May 8, 2019, May 8, 2019.
10. ↑ List of goalscorers. In: uefa.com. UEFA , accessed March 13, 2019 . 
11. ↑ Distribution of Champions League revenues 2018/19. In: uefa.com. UEFA , accessed October 25, 2018 .