The UEFA Champions League 2022-23 was the 68th season of Europe’s premier club football tournament organized by UEFA, and the 31st season since it was renamed from the European Champion Clubs Cup to the UEFA Champions League.
The final was played at the Atatürk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul, Turkey date 10 June 2023.
Champions: 
Manchester City (1st title)
Runner- Up: 
Inter Milan
Top Scorer: 
Erling Haaland (
Manchester City)
Best Player : 
Rodri ( Manchester City)
Best Young Player : 
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (
Napoli)
UEFA Champions League 2022-23 Play-off round
The draw for the play-off round was held on 2 August 2022. The first legs were played on 16 and 17 August, and the second legs were played on 23 and 24 August 2022.
The winners of the ties advanced to the group stage. The losers were transferred to the Europa League group stage.
Champions Path
| Team 1 | Aggregate | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Qarabağ  | 1–2 |  Viktoria Plzeň | 0–0 | 1–2 |
| Bodø/Glimt | 2–4 |  Dinamo Zagreb | 1–0 | 1–4 (a.e.t.) |
Maccabi Haifa  | 5–4 |  Red Star Belgrade | 3–2 | 2–2 |
Copenhagen  | 2–1 |  Trabzonspor | 2–1 | 0–0 |
League Path
| Team 1 | Aggregate | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Dynamo Kyiv  | 0–5 |  Benfica | 0–2 | 0–3 |
Rangers  | 3–2 |  PSV Eindhoven | 2–2 | 1–0 |
UEFA Champions League 2022-23 Group Standings
Group A
| Position | Team | Played | Win | Draw | Loss | GF | GA | GD | Points | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. (Qualified) | Napoli | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 6 | +14 | 15 | Advance to Knockout Phase |
| 2. (Qualified) | Liverpool | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 6 | +11 | 15 | Advance to Knockout Phase |
| 3. |  Ajax | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 16 | -5 | 6 | Transfer to Europa League |
| 4. | Rangers | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 22 | -20 | 0 |
Note: Tied on head-to-head points. Head-to-head goal difference: Napoli +1, Liverpool −1.
Group B
| Position | Team | Played | Win | Draw | Loss | GF | GA | GD | Points | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. (Qualified) | Porto | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 12 | Advance to Knockout Phase |
| 2. (Qualified) |  Club Brugge | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 11 | Advance to Knockout Phase |
| 3. |  Bayer Leverkusen | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -4 | 5 | Transfer to Europa League |
| 4. |  Atlético Madrid | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -4 | 5 |
Note: Head-to-head points: Bayer Leverkusen 4, Atlético Madrid 1.
Group C
| Position | Team | Played | Win | Draw | Loss | GF | GA | GD | Points | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. (Qualified) | Bayern Munich | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2 | +16 | 18 | Advance to Knockout Phase |
| 2. (Qualified) | Inter Milan | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 10 | Advance to Knockout Phase |
| 3. | Barcelona | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 7 | Transfer to Europa League |
| 4. | Viktoria Plzeň | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 24 | -19 | 0 |
Group D
| Position | Team | Played | Win | Draw | Loss | GF | GA | GD | Points | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. (Qualified) | Tottenham Hotspur | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 8 | +2 | 11 | Advance to Knockout Phase |
| 2. (Qualified) | Eintracht Frankfurt | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 7 | -1 | 10 | Advance to Knockout Phase |
| 3. | Sporting CP | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 8 | -1 | 7 | Transfer to Europa League |
| 4. |  Marseille | 6 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 6 |
Group E
| Position | Team | Played | Win | Draw | Loss | GF | GA | GD | Points | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. (Qualified) | Chelsea | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 13 | Advance to Knockout Phase |
| 2. (Qualified) | AC Milan | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 10 | Advance to Knockout Phase |
| 3. |  Red Bull Salzburg | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -4 | 6 | Transfer to Europa League |
| 4. |  Dinamo Zagreb | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -7 | 4 |
Group F
| Position | Team | Played | Win | Draw | Loss | GF | GA | GD | Points | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. (Qualified) | Real Madrid | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 6 | +9 | 13 | Advance to Knockout Phase |
| 2. (Qualified) | RB Leipzig | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 9 | +4 | 12 | Advance to Knockout Phase |
| 3. | Shakhtar Donetsk | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -2 | 6 | Transfer to Europa League |
| 4. | Celtic | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 15 | -11 | 2 |
Group G
| Position | Team | Played | Win | Draw | Loss | GF | GA | GD | Points | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. (Qualified) | Manchester City | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 2 | +12 | 14 | Advance to Knockout Phase |
| 2. (Qualified) | Borussia Dortmund | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 9 | Advance to Knockout Phase |
| 3. | Sevilla | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -6 | 5 | Transfer to Europa League |
| 4. | Copenhagen | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | -11 | 3 |
Group H
| Position | Team | Played | Win | Draw | Loss | GF | GA | GD | Points | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. (Qualified) | Benfica | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 7 | +9 | 14 | Advance to Knockout Phase |
| 2. (Qualified) | PSG | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 7 | +9 | 14 | Advance to Knockout Phase |
| 3. | Juventus | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 13 | -4 | 3 | Transfer to Europa League |
| 4. | Maccabi Haifa | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 21 | -14 | 3 |
Note: Tied on head-to-head results, overall goal difference and overall goals scored. Overall away goals scored: Benfica 9, Paris Saint-Germain 6.
Tied on head-to-head results. Overall goal difference is used as the tiebreaker.
UEFA Champions League 2022-23 Knockout phase
In the knockout phase, teams played 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 was 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 cannot be drawn against each other.
UEFA Champions League 2022-23 Round of 16 Matches
The draw for the round of 16 was held on 7 November 2022, 12:00 CET. The first legs were played on 14, 15, 21 and 22 February, and the second legs were played on 7, 8, 14 and 15 March 2023.
| Team 1 | Aggregate | Team 2 | 1st Leg | 2nd Leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RB Leipzig | 1–8 | Manchester City | 1–1 | 0–7 |
| Club Brugge | 1–7 | Benfica | 0–2 | 1–5 |
| Liverpool | 2–6 | Real Madrid | 2–5 | 0–1 |
| AC Milan | 1–0 | Tottenham Hotspur | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Eintracht Frankfurt | 0–5 | Napoli | 0–2 | 0–3 |
| Borussia Dortmund | 1–2 | Chelsea | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| Inter Milan | 1–0 | Porto | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| PSG | 0–3 | Bayern Munich | 0–1 | 0–2 |
UEFA Champions League 2022-23 Quarter Final Matches
The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 17 March 2023, 12:00 CET. The first legs were played on 11 and 12 April, and the second legs were played on 18 and 19 April 2023.
| Team 1 | Aggregate | Team 2 | 1st Leg | 2nd Leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Real Madrid | 4–0 | Chelsea | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| Benfica | 3–5 | Inter Milan | 0–2 | 3–3 |
| Manchester City | 4–1 | Bayern Munich | 3–0 | 1–1 |
| AC Milan | 2–1 | Napoli | 1–0 | 1–1 |
UEFA Champions League 2022-23 Semi Finals
The draw for the semi-finals was held on 17 March 2023, 12:00 CET, after the quarter-final draw. The first legs were played on 9 and 10 May, and the second legs were played on 16 and 17 May 2023.
| Team 1 | Aggregate | Team 2 | 1st Leg | 2nd Leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AC Milan | 0–3 | Inter Milan | 0–2 | 0–1 |
| Real Madrid | 1–5 | Manchester City | 1–1 | 0–4 |
UEFA Champions League 2022-23 Final Match
The final was played on 10 June 2023 at the Atatürk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul. A draw was held on 17 March 2023, after the quarter-final and semi-final draws, to determine the “home” team for administrative purposes.
10 June 2023 22:00, Atatürk Olympic Stadium, Istanbul
| Manchester City |
1–0 | Inter Milan |
Rodri  68′ |
UEFA Champions League 2022-23 Top Goal Scorer List
| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Erling Haaland | Manchester City | 12 |
| 2. |  Mohamed Salah | Liverpool | 8 |
| 3. | Kylian Mbappé | PSG | 7 |
| 4. |  Vinícius Júnior | Real Madrid | 7 |
| 5. | João Mário | Benfica | 6 |
| 6 |  Victor Osimhen | Napoli | 5 |
| 7. |  Robert Lewandowski | Barcelona | 5 |
| 8. |  Mehdi Taremi | Porto | 5 |
| 9. | Rodrygo | Real Madrid | 5 |
| 10. | Rafa Silva | Benfica | 5 |
| 11. | Olivier Giroud | AC Milan | 5 |
UEFA Champions League 2022-23 Most Assist Provider List
| Rank | Player | Team | Assist |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Kevin De Bruyne | Manchester City | 7 |
| 2. | Vinícius Júnior | Real Madrid | 6 |
| 3. | João Cancelo | Manchester City Bayern Munich | 5 |
| 4. | Federico Dimarco | Inter Milan | 5 |
| 5. | Diogo Jota | Liverpool | 4 |
| 6 | Leon Goretzka | Bayern Munich | 4 |
| 7. |  Lionel Messi | PSG | 4 |
| 8. | Khvicha Kvaratskhelia | Napoli | 4 |
| 9. | Álex Grimaldo | Benfica | 4 |
| 10. | Rafael Leão | AC Milan | 4 |
UEFA Champions League 2022-23 Team of the Season
The UEFA technical study group selected the following players as the team of the tournament.
| Position | Player | Team |
|---|---|---|
| Goalkeeper | Thibaut Courtois | Real Madrid |
| Defender | Kyle Walker | Manchester City |
| Defender | Rúben Dias | Manchester City |
| Defender | Alessandro Bastoni | Inter Milan |
| Defender | Federico Dimarco | Inter Milan |
| Midfielder | John Stones | Manchester City |
| Midfielder | Kevin De Bruyne | Manchester City |
| Midfielder | Rodri | Manchester City |
| Forward | Bernardo Silva | Manchester City |
| Forward | Erling Haaland | Manchester City |
| Forward | Vinícius Júnior | Real Madrid |
UEFA Champions League 2022-23 Association team allocation
A total of 78 teams from 53 of the 55 UEFA member associations participated in the 2022–23 UEFA Champions League (the exceptions being Russia, who were banned from participating due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and Liechtenstein, which did not organize a domestic league). The association ranking based on the UEFA association coefficients was used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:
- Associations 1–4 each had four teams qualify.
- Associations 5–6 each had three teams qualify.
- Associations 7–15 (except Russia) each had two teams qualify.
- Associations 16–55 (except Liechtenstein)[Note LIE] each had one team qualify.
- The winners of the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League and 2021–22 UEFA Europa League were each given an additional entry if they did not qualify for the 2022–23 UEFA Champions League through their domestic league.
UEFA Champions League 2022-23 Teams
The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:
- Champions League title holders
- Europa League title holders
- 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, etc.: League positions of the previous season
- Abd-: League positions of abandoned season as determined by the national association; all teams were subject to approval by UEFA
The second qualifying round, third qualifying round and play-off round were divided into Champions Path (CH) and League Path (LP).
UEFA Champions League 2022-23 Qualifying Rounds
Preliminary round
A total of four teams played in the preliminary round. Seeding of teams was based on their 2022 UEFA club coefficients, with two seeded teams and two unseeded teams in the semi-finals. The matches took place at Víkingsvöllur in Reykjavík, Iceland so the first team drawn in each tie in the semi-finals, and also the final (between the two winners of the semi-finals, whose identity was not known at the time of draw), would be the “home” team for administrative purposes. The winner of the preliminary round final advanced to the first qualifying round. The losers of the semi-finals and final were transferred to the Europa Conference League Champions Path second qualifying round.
First qualifying round
The draw for the first qualifying round was held on 14 June 2022. The first legs were played on 5 and 6 July, and the second legs were played on 12 and 13 July 2022.
The winners of the ties advanced to the Champions Path second qualifying round. The losers were transferred to the Europa Conference League Champions Path second qualifying round.
Second qualifying round
The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 15 June 2022. The first legs were played on 19 and 20 July, and the second legs were played on 26 and 27 July 2022.
The winners of the ties advanced to the third qualifying round of their respective path. The Champions Path losers were transferred to the Europa League Champions Path third qualifying round, while the League Path losers were transferred to the Europa League Main Path third qualifying round.
Third qualifying round
The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 18 July 2022. The first legs were played on 2 and 3 August, and the second legs were played on 9 August 2022.
The winners of the ties advanced to the play-off round of their respective path. The Champions Path losers were transferred to the Europa League play-off round, while the League Path losers were transferred to the Europa League group stage.
UEFA Champions League 2022-23 Summary
The final was played at the Atatürk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul, Turkey, on 10 June 2023. The stadium was originally appointed to host the 2020 UEFA Champions League final, but both this and the 2021 editions, which had been subsequently re-allocated to the Atatürk, were moved due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2023 final was contested by English club Manchester City and Italian club Inter Milan, with the former winning 1–0 via a second-half goal by Rodri, who was named man of the match by UEFA. For Manchester City, this was their first-ever European Cup, and first European trophy since 1970. Having earlier won the Premier league and FA Cup titles, they achieved a unique continental treble. As winners, Manchester City earned the right to play against Sevilla, the winners of the 2022–23 UEFA Europa League, in the 2023 UEFA Super Cup, as well as qualifying for both the 2023 and 2025 FIFA Club World Cups in Saudi Arabia and the United States, respectively.
Real Madrid were the defending champions, having won a record-extending fourteenth European Cup title in the previous edition, but they were eliminated by eventual champions Manchester City in the semi-finals.
