What:

Football, Champions League, the main tournament, men.


When

: 6 September 2022–10 June 2023.


TV

: C More (Telia).

Layout:

32 teams divided into 8 groups of 4 teams meet each other in 6 group stage rounds during the period 6 September–2 November.

The group winners and runners-up advance to the playoffs, which begin with the round of 16 in February.

The final will be played on June 10 next year.

The groups and teams:


Group A: Ajax, Liverpool, Napoli, Rangers


Group B: Porto, Atlético Madrid, Bayer Leverkusen, Club Brugge


Group C: Bayern Munich, Barcelona, ​​Inter, Viktoria Plzen


Group D: Eintracht Frankfurt, Tottenham, Sporting, Marseille


Group E: Milan, Chelsea, RB Salzburg, Dinamo Zagreb


Group F: Real Madrid, RB Leipzig, Shakhtar Donetsk, Celtic


Group G: Manchester City, Sevilla, Borussia Dortmund, FC Copenhagen


Group H: Paris Saint-Germain, Juventus, Benfica, Maccabi Haifa

Premier round

:


Tuesday: Dinamo Zagreb–Chelsea, Borussia Dortmund–FC Copenhagen (both at 18:45), RB Salzburg–Milan, Celtic–Real Madrid, RB Leipzig–Shakhtar Donetsk, Sevilla–Manchester City, Paris Saint-Germain–Juventus, Benfica– Maccabi Haifa (all 21:00).


Wednesday: Ajax-Rangers, Eintracht Frankfurt-Sporting (both 18.45), Napoli-Liverpool, Atlético Madrid-Porto, Club Brugge-Bayer Leverkusen, Barcelona-Viktoria Plzen, Inter-Bayern Munich, Tottenham-Marseille (all 21.00).

Swedish

national team stars

: Milan's Zlatan Ibrahimovic (coming back after knee surgery), RB Leipzig's Emil Forsberg and Tottenham's Dejan Kulusevski.

This year's final

: This season's final is played at the Atatürk Stadium in Istanbul.

The arena was completed in 2002, has a capacity for roughly 75,000 spectators and was built in connection with Turkey's bid for the 2008 Summer Olympics. Many Liverpool and Milan supporters remember the arena with joy and sadness respectively.

It was here that Liverpool overturned a 0–3 deficit to 3–3 at half time and won on penalties in the 2005 CL final.

Reigning champion:

Real Madrid.

Brazilian winger Vinícius Júnior scored the only goal in the scandal-ridden final against Liverpool.

The 14th title of the Spanish big team and most CL champion team.

Referee Directive

: Tournament organizer Uefa will use a new semi-automated offside technology in this season's men's tournament.

The rain of money

: Each of the 32 clubs in the CL group stage receives the equivalent of approximately SEK 168 million in prize money from Uefa.

The clubs then receive another 30 million for a victory in the group stage and around 10 million for a draw.

Loss gives nothing extra.

Advancement to the round of 16 gives another 103 million to 16 teams.

In the playoffs, the prize money then increases.

"The winner of the Uefa Champions League can expect to receive an additional 4.5 million euros (roughly SEK 48 million)," writes Uefa in an open letter to its members from July 4.