UEFA Champions League Table Summary

 

UEFA Champions League Table Summary

Basics

• Teams: The group stage features 32 teams from top European leagues.
• Groups: These teams are divided into eight groups containing four teams each (Groups A-H).
• Round-Robin Format: Each team plays every other team in its group twice (once home and once away), resulting in a total of six matches per team.

How Points Determine the Group Table

• Points System: Teams get points based on their match results:

  • Win: 3 points
  • Draw: 1 point
  • Loss: 0 points

• Ranking: Teams within each group are ordered from highest to lowest points.

Tiebreakers

If two or more teams are tied on points, the following tiebreakers are used to determine their ranking:

1. Head-to-Head Results: The results from direct matches between the tied teams take priority. The team with the better record (more points, better goal difference) in head-to-head matches ranks higher.
2. Goal Difference: The overall difference between goals scored and goals allowed in all group matches.
3. Goals Scored: The total number of goals scored in all group matches.
4. Away Goals Scored: The total number of goals scored away from home in all group matches.
5. Wins: The number of matches won in all group matches.
6. Away Wins: The number of matches won away from home in all group matches.
7. Disciplinary Points: A system of deductions for yellow and red cards (fair play points).
8. UEFA Club Coefficient: A ranking based on a team's performance in European competitions over the past five years.

Qualification for the Knockout Stage

• Top Two: The top two teams from each group advance to the Round of 16 (the knockout stage of the tournament).
• Europa League: The third-placed team in each group moves on to the knockout phase of the UEFA Europa League.

Where to Find UEFA Champions League Tables

You can find updated UEFA Champions League group tables on:

• UEFA Official Website: https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/