Champions League schedule 2023-2024: Dates, bracket, matchdays for UEFA club tournament

Kyle Bonn

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Champions League schedule 2023-2024: Dates, bracket, matchdays for UEFA club tournament image

Manchester City are looking to defend their European title as the 2023/24 Champions League group stages have been confirmed in Monaco.

Pep Guardiola sealed a first-ever Champions League title for City in the final weeks of last season and the Spanish coach will be determined to reach the 2024 final at Wembley.

City are one of four Premier League teams included in the 2023/24 Champions League with Newcastle returning to the competition for the first time in two decades.

The Magpies have been placed in a demanding Group F, up against Paris Saint-Germain, Borussia Dortmund and AC Milan.

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UEFA Champions League schedule 2023-2024

This season's edition of the UEFA Champions League returns with a familiar format, as it has for the last number of years.

As usual, the tournament started out with qualifying and playoff rounds, which filter teams into the 32-team group stage. Only the top two finishers in each group advance to the Round of 16, which kicks off in February of 2024. Two-leg, aggregate-goal knockout rounds are played the rest of the way through to the single game final that will be held on June 1, 2024 at Wembley Stadium in England.

Stage	Draw	First leg	Second leg
Playoff Round	Aug. 7, 2023	Aug. 22 & 23, 2023	Aug. 29 & 30, 2023
Group Stage	Aug. 31, 2023	Sept. 19 & 20, 2023
		Oct. 3 & 4, 2023
		Oct. 24 & 25, 2023
		Nov. 7 & 8, 2023
		Nov. 28 & 29, 2023
		Dec. 12 & 13, 2023
Round of 16	Dec. 18, 2023	Feb. 13-21, 2024	Mar. 5-13, 2024
Quarterfinals	Mar. 15, 2024	Apr. 9 & 10, 2024	Apr. 16 & 17, 2024
Semifinals		Apr. 30 & May 1, 2024	May 7 & 8, 2024
Final		June 1, 2024

No away goals tiebreaker

As has been the case since the 2021/22 tournament, away goals will not factor into the aggregate scoreline for Champions League knockout rounds, and any level aggregate scoreline will trigger extra-time and penalties. That change nullified the away goals tiebreaker which had been in place since 1965.

UEFA Champions League group stage schedule

Group A standings

Pos	Team	Pts	W-L-D	GD
1.	Bayern Munich	0	0-0-0	0
2.	FC Copenhagen	0	0-0-0	0
3.	FC Copenhagen	0	0-0-0	0
4.	Galatasaray	0	0-0-0	0

Group A schedule

Date	Time (ET)	Fixture
Sept. 19/20	TBD	TBD
Sept. 19/20	TBD	TBD

Group B

Pos	Team	Pts	W-L-D	GD
1.	Sevilla	0	0-0-0	0
2.	Arsenal	0	0-0-0	0
3.	PSV Eindhoven	0	0-0-0	0
4.	Lens	0	0-0-0	0

Group B schedule

Date	Time (ET)	Fixture
Sept. 19/20	TBD	TBD
Sept. 19/20	TBD	TBD

Group C

Pos	Team	Pts	W-L-D	GD
1.	Napoli	0	0-0-0	0
2.	Real Madrid	0	0-0-0	0
3.	Sporting Braga	0	0-0-0	0
4.	Union Berlin	0	0-0-0	0

Group C schedule

Date	Time (ET)	Fixture
Sept. 19/20	TBD	TBD
Sept. 19/20	TBD	TBD

Group D

Pos	Team	Pts	W-L-D	GD
1.	Benfica	0	0-0-0	0
2.	Inter Milan	0	0-0-0	0
3.	RB Salzburg	0	0-0-0	0
4.	Real Sociedad	0	0-0-0	0

Group D schedule

Date	Time (ET)	Fixture
Sept. 19/20	TBD	TBD
Sept. 19/20	TBD	TBD

Group E

Pos	Team	Pts	W-L-D	GD
1.	Feyenoord	0	0-0-0	0
2.	Atletico Madrid	0	0-0-0	0
3.	Lazio	0	0-0-0	0
4.	Celtic	0	0-0-0	0

Group E schedule

Date	Time (ET)	Fixture
Sept. 19/20	TBD	TBD
Sept. 19/20	TBD	TBD

Group F

Pos	Team	Pts	W-L-D	GD
1.	Paris Saint-Germain	0	0-0-0	0
2.	Borussia Dortmund	0	0-0-0	0
3.	AC Milan	0	0-0-0	0
4.	Newcastle United	0	0-0-0	0

Group F schedule

Date	Time (ET)	Fixture
Sept. 19/20	TBD	TBD
Sept. 19/20	TBD	TBD

Group G

Pos	Team	Pts	W-L-D	GD
1.	Manchester City	0	0-0-0	0
2.	RB Leipzig	0	0-0-0	0
3.	Red Star Belgrade	0	0-0-0	0
4.	Young Boys	0	0-0-0	0

Group G schedule

Date	Time (ET)	Fixture
Sept. 19/20	TBD	TBD
Sept. 19/20	TBD	TBD

Group H

Pos	Team	Pts	W-L-D	GD
1.	Barcelona	0	0-0-0	0
2.	Porto	0	0-0-0	0
3.	Shakhtar Donetsk	0	0-0-0	0
4.	Royal Antwerp	0	0-0-0	0

Group H schedule

Date	Time (ET)	Fixture
Sept. 19/20	TBD	TBD
Sept. 19/20	TBD	TBD

UEFA Champions League knockout round schedule, matches

Sixteen clubs that finish first or second in the group stage will advance to the knockout round. They will be seeded by group stage finish, with seeded teams drawn against unseeded teams for the Round of 16.

Then, the quarterfinal draw will set the rest of the bracket through to the final at Wembley Stadium.

Round of 16

Fixture	Date — First Leg	Date — Second Leg
Group Winner vs. Group Runner-Up	Feb. 13/14, 2024	Mar. 5/6, 2024
Group Winner vs. Group Runner-Up	Feb. 13/14, 2024	Mar. 5/6, 2024
Group Winner vs. Group Runner-Up	Feb. 13/14, 2024	Mar. 5/6, 2024
Group Winner vs. Group Runner-Up	Feb. 13/14, 2024	Mar. 5/6, 2024
Group Winner vs. Group Runner-Up	Feb. 20/21, 2024	Mar. 12/13, 2024
Group Winner vs. Group Runner-Up	Feb. 20/21, 2024	Mar. 12/13, 2024
Group Winner vs. Group Runner-Up	Feb. 20/21, 2024	Mar. 12/13, 2024
Group Winner vs. Group Runner-Up	Feb. 20/21, 2024	Mar. 12/13, 2024

Quarterfinals

Fixture	Date — First Leg	Date — Second Leg
TBD vs. TBD	Apr. 9/10, 2024	Apr. 16/17, 2024
TBD vs. TBD	Apr. 9/10, 2024	Apr. 16/17, 2024
TBD vs. TBD	Apr. 9/10, 2024	Apr. 16/17, 2024
TBD vs. TBD	Apr. 9/10, 2024	Apr. 16/17, 2024

Semifinals

Fixture	Date — First Leg	Date — Second Leg
TBD vs. TBD	Apr. 30/May 1, 2024	May 7/8, 2024
TBD vs. TBD	Apr. 30/May 1, 2024	May 7/8, 2024

Final

Date	Time (ET)	Fixture
June 1, 2024	3:00 p.m.	TBD vs. TBD

UEFA Champions League clubs by country

Here are the 32 teams to contest the 2023/24 group stage, and which country they hail from.

They include defending champions Manchester City, Europa League champions Sevilla, 24 league qualifiers, and six playoff round qualifiers.

No. of Teams	Country	Qualified Teams
5	Spain	Real Madrid, Barcelona, Atletico Madrid, Real Sociedad, Sevilla
4	England	Man City, Arsenal, Man United, Newcastle
4	Italy	Napoli, Lazio, Inter Milan, AC Milan
4	Germany	Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund, RB Leipzig, Union Berlin
3	Portugal	Benfica, Porto, Braga
2	France	PSG, Lens
2	Netherlands	Feyenoord, PSV Eindhoven
1	Austria	Red Bull Salzburg
1	Scotland	Celtic
1	Serbia	Red Star Belgrade
1	Switzerland	BSC Young Boys
1	Turkey	Galatasaray
1	Ukraine	Shakhtar Donetsk
1	Denmark	FC Copenhagen
1	Belgium	Royal Antwerp

Kyle Bonn

Kyle Bonn is a Syracuse University broadcast journalism graduate with over a decade of experience covering soccer globally. Kyle specializes in soccer tactics and betting, with a degree in data analytics. Kyle also does TV broadcasts for Wake Forest soccer, and has had previous stops with NBC Soccer and IMG College. When not covering the game, he has long enjoyed loyalty to the New York Giants, Yankees, and Fulham. Kyle enjoys playing racquetball and video games when not watching or covering sports.