2023–24 UEFA Champions League knockout phase

Europe premier club football tournament

The 2023–24 UEFA Champions League knockout phase began on 13 February with the round of 16 and will end on 1 June 2024 with the final at Wembley Stadium in London, England, to decide the champions of the 2023–24 UEFA Champions League.[1] A total of 16 teams compete in the knockout phase.[2]

Times are CET/CEST,[note 1] as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Qualified teams

The knockout phase involves the 16 teams which qualified as winners and runners-up of each of the eight groups in the group stage.

Group Winners
(seeded in round of 16 draw) 		Runners-up
(unseeded in round of 16 draw)
A Germany Bayern Munich Denmark Copenhagen
B England Arsenal Netherlands PSV Eindhoven
C Spain Real Madrid Italy Napoli
D Spain Real Sociedad Italy Inter Milan
E Spain Atlético Madrid Italy Lazio
F Germany Borussia Dortmund France Paris Saint-Germain
G England Manchester City Germany RB Leipzig
H Spain Barcelona Portugal Porto

Format

Each tie in the knockout phase, apart from the final, is played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that scores more goals on aggregate over the two legs advances to the next round. If the aggregate score is level, then 30 minutes of extra time is played (the away goals rule is not applied). If the score is still level at the end of extra time, the winners are decided by a penalty shoot-out. In the final, which is played as a single match, if the score is level at the end of normal time, extra time is played, followed by a penalty shoot-out if the score is still level.[2]

The mechanism of the draws for each round is as follows:

  • In the draw for the round of 16, the eight group winners were seeded, and the eight group runners-up were unseeded. The seeded teams were drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. Teams from the same group or the same association could not be drawn against each other.
  • In the draws for the quarter-finals and semi-finals, there are no seedings, and teams from the same group or the same association can be drawn against each other. As the draws for the quarter-finals and semi-finals are held together before the quarter-finals are played, the identity of the quarter-final winners is not known at the time of the semi-final draw. A draw is also held to determine which semi-final winner is designated as the "home" team for the final (for administrative purposes as it is played at a neutral venue).

For the quarter-finals and semi-finals, teams from the same city, were not scheduled to play at home on the same day or consecutive days, due to logistics and crowd control.[3][4] To avoid such scheduling conflict, if the two teams were drawn to play at home for the same leg, the order of legs of the tie involving the team which was not titleholders of Champions League or Europa League (or lower-tier, if both were continental titleholders), or the team with the lower domestic ranking in the qualifying season (if neither team were continental title holder) was reversed from the original draw.[5][6]

Schedule

The schedule is as follows (all draws are held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland).[1]

Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Round of 16 18 December 2023, 12:00 13–14 & 20–21 February 2024 5–6 & 12–13 March 2024
Quarter-finals 15 March 2024, 12:00 9–10 April 2024 16–17 April 2024
Semi-finals 30 April – 1 May 2024 7–8 May 2024
Final 1 June 2024 at Wembley Stadium, London

Bracket

 
Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
                      
 
 
 
 
Italy Inter Milan112 (2)
 
 
 
Spain Atlético Madrid (p)022 (3)
 
Spain Atlético Madrid
 
 
 
Germany Borussia Dortmund
 
Netherlands PSV Eindhoven101
 
 
 
Germany Borussia Dortmund123
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
France Paris Saint-Germain224
 
 
 
Spain Real Sociedad011
 
France Paris Saint-Germain
 
 
 
Spain Barcelona
 
Italy Napoli112
 
1 June – London
 
Spain Barcelona134
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Portugal Porto101 (2)
 
 
 
England Arsenal (p)011 (4)
 
England Arsenal
 
 
 
Germany Bayern Munich
 
Italy Lazio101
 
 
 
Germany Bayern Munich033
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Germany RB Leipzig011
 
 
 
Spain Real Madrid112
 
Spain Real Madrid
 
 
 
England Manchester City
 
Denmark Copenhagen112
 
 
England Manchester City336
 

Round of 16

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 18 December 2023, 12:00 CET.[1]

Summary

The first legs were played on 13, 14, 20 and 21 February, and the second legs were played on 5, 6, 12 and 13 March 2024.

The Arsenal-Porto penalty shootout was the first penalty shootout since the final of the 2015-2016 season between Real Madrid and Atlético de Madrid, almost 8 years later.[7]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Porto Portugal 1–1 (2–4 p) England Arsenal 1–0 0–1 (a.e.t.)
Napoli Italy 2–4 Spain Barcelona 1–1 1–3
Paris Saint-Germain France 4–1 Spain Real Sociedad 2–0 2–1
Inter Milan Italy 2–2 (2–3 p) Spain Atlético Madrid 1–0 1–2 (a.e.t.)
PSV Eindhoven Netherlands 1–3 Germany Borussia Dortmund 1–1 0–2
Lazio Italy 1–3 Germany Bayern Munich 1–0 0–3
Copenhagen Denmark 2–6 England Manchester City 1–3 1–3
RB Leipzig Germany 1–2 Spain Real Madrid 0–1 1–1

Matches

Porto Portugal1–0England Arsenal
 Report
Arsenal England1–0 (a.e.t.)Portugal Porto
Report
Penalties
4–2
Attendance: 60,257[9]

1–1 on aggregate. Arsenal won 4–2 on penalties.

Napoli Italy1–1Spain Barcelona
 Report
Barcelona Spain3–1Italy Napoli
Report

Barcelona won 4–2 on aggregate.

Paris Saint-Germain France2–0Spain Real Sociedad
Report
Attendance: 46,435[13]
Referee: Marco Guida (Italy)
Real Sociedad Spain1–2France Paris Saint-Germain
 Report
Attendance: 39,336[14]
Referee: Michael Oliver (England)

Paris Saint-Germain won 4–1 on aggregate.

Inter Milan Italy1–0Spain Atlético Madrid
Report
Attendance: 73,709[15]
Referee: István Kovács (Romania)
Atlético Madrid Spain2–1 (a.e.t.)Italy Inter Milan
 Report
Penalties
 3–2

2–2 on aggregate. Atlético Madrid won 3–2 on penalties.

PSV Eindhoven Netherlands1–1Germany Borussia Dortmund
 Report
Attendance: 34,950[17]
Referee: Srđan Jovanović (Serbia)
Borussia Dortmund Germany2–0Netherlands PSV Eindhoven
 Report
Attendance: 81,365[18]

Borussia Dortmund won 3–1 on aggregate.

Lazio Italy1–0Germany Bayern Munich
 Report
Attendance: 57,470[19]
Bayern Munich Germany3–0Italy Lazio
 Report
Attendance: 75,000[20]

Bayern Munich won 3–1 on aggregate.

Copenhagen Denmark1–3England Manchester City
Report
Manchester City England3–1Denmark Copenhagen
 Report

Manchester City won 6–2 on aggregate.

RB Leipzig Germany0–1Spain Real Madrid
Report
Red Bull Arena, Leipzig
Attendance: 45,028[23]
Real Madrid Spain1–1Germany RB Leipzig
Report
Attendance: 76,126[24]
Referee: Davide Massa (Italy)

Real Madrid won 2–1 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 15 March 2024, 12:00 CET.[1]

Summary

The first legs will be played on 9 and 10 April, and the second legs will be played on 16 and 17 April 2024.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Arsenal England 1 Germany Bayern Munich 9 Apr 17 Apr
Atlético Madrid Spain 2 Germany Borussia Dortmund 10 Apr 16 Apr
Real Madrid Spain 3 England Manchester City 9 Apr 17 Apr
Paris Saint-Germain France 4 Spain Barcelona 10 Apr 16 Apr

Matches

Arsenal EnglandvGermany Bayern Munich
Report
Bayern Munich GermanyvEngland Arsenal
Report
Atlético Madrid SpainvGermany Borussia Dortmund
Report
Borussia Dortmund GermanyvSpain Atlético Madrid
Report
Real Madrid SpainvEngland Manchester City
Report
Manchester City EnglandvSpain Real Madrid
Report
Paris Saint-Germain FrancevSpain Barcelona
Report
Barcelona SpainvFrance Paris Saint-Germain
Report

Semi-finals

The draw for the semi-finals was held on 15 March 2024, 12:00 CET, after the quarter-final draw.[1]

Summary

The first legs will be played on 30 April and 1 May, and the second legs will be played on 7 and 8 May 2024.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Winners of quarter-final 2 1 Winners of quarter-final 4 30 Apr/1 May 7/8 May
Winners of quarter-final 1 2 Winners of quarter-final 3 30 Apr/1 May 7/8 May

Matches

Winners of quarter-final 2vWinners of quarter-final 4
Winners of quarter-final 4vWinners of quarter-final 2
Winners of quarter-final 1vWinners of quarter-final 3
Winners of quarter-final 3vWinners of quarter-final 1

Final

The final will be played on 1 June 2024 at Wembley Stadium in London. A draw was held on 15 March 2024, after the quarter-final and semi-final draws, to determine the "home" team for administrative purposes.[1]

Winners of semi-final 1 v Winners of semi-final 2

Notes

  1. ^ CET (UTC+1) for dates up to 13 March 2024 (round of 16), and CEST (UTC+2) for dates thereafter (quarter-finals, semi-finals and final).
  2. ^ a b Barcelona play their home matches at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys, in Barcelona, instead of their regular stadium, Camp Nou, in Barcelona, which is being renovated.[11]

References

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  2. ^ a b "Regulations of the UEFA Champions League, 2023/24 Season". Nyon: UEFA. 2024. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
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  19. ^ "Lazio vs. Bayern Munich" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 14 February 2024. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
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  21. ^ "Copenhagen vs. Manchester City" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 13 February 2024. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
  22. ^ "Manchester City vs. Copenhagen" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 6 March 2024. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
  23. ^ "RB Leipzig vs. Real Madrid" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 13 February 2024. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
  24. ^ "Real Madrid vs. RB Leipzig" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 6 March 2024. Retrieved 6 March 2024.

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