The UEFA Champions Cupthe most prestigious football tournament in Europe, had its 2022 final only a few weeks ago with the definition between Real Madrid and Liverpool in Paris, but Its 2022-2023 edition has already started: about 50 clubs from all over the continent participate in previous phaseaiming to reach one of the six available spots in the group stage.
At least the champion of each confederation that makes up UEFA has the right to participate in the competitionwhich for some leagues has four direct places in the group stage while for the weaker ones it only grants one place in a qualifying round in the four stages before the group stage.
Which teams are participating in the qualifying phase of the UEFA Champions League 2022-2023?
- Qualifying Round: Víkingur Reykjavík (Iceland), FCI Levadia (Estonia), Inter Club d’Escaldes (Andorra), La Fiorita (San Marino).
- First round: Bodo/Glimt (Norway), Malmö FF (Sweden), Lech Poznan (Poland), Pyunik (Armenia), KI (Faroe Islands), Ballkani (Kosovo), CFR Cluj (Romania), Ludogorets (Bulgaria), Qarabag (Azerbaijan) ) ), Shamrock Rovers (Ireland), RFS (Latvia), Lincoln Red Imps (Gibraltar), Sutjeska (Montenegro), The New Saints (Wales), Tirana (Albania), Linfield (Northern Ireland), HJK (Finland), Sheriff Tiraspol (Moldova), Dinamo Batumi (Georgia), Hibernians (Malta).
- Second round: Victoria Pilsen (Czech Republic), Olympiakos (Greece), Dynamo Kyiv (Ukraine), Midland (Denmark), Fenerbahce (Turkey), AEK Larnaca (Cyprus), Maccabi Haifa (Israel), Dinamo Zagreb (Croatia), Zurich (Switzerland).
- Third round: Benfica (Portugal), Monaco (France), Apollon Limassol (Cyprus), Red Star (Serbia), PSV (Netherlands), Union Saint-Gilloise (Belgium), Sturm Graz (Austria), Rangers (Scotland).
- Playoffs: Copenhagen (Denmark), Trabzonspor (Turkey).
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UEFA Champions League 2022-2023 previous stages matches and results
The team in first place is local to the first leg. In bold, the ads. Routes correspond to Spain (-1 to Canary Islands, -5 to Argentina, -6 to Eastern United States, -7 to CDMX).
| Series | Equipment | Transition | Hug | Global |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Preliminary phase 1 | ||||
| A’1 | Vikingur Reykjavik vs. FCI Levadeia | 6-1 | -* | 6-1 |
| A’2 | Inter Club d’Escaldes vs. the fluorite | 2-1 | -* | 2-1 |
| preliminary phase 2 | ||||
| B1 | Vikingur Reykjavik vs. Inter Club d’Escaldes | 1-0 | -* | 1-0 |
| Phase 1 | ||||
| C1 | Punic vs. CFR Cluj | 0-0 | July 13 – 8:30 p.m. | – |
| C2 | Maribor vs. Shakhtar Soligorsk | July 6 – 8:15 p.m. | July 13 – 7:00 p.m. | – |
| C3 | Ludogorets vs. Sujeska | 2-0 | July 12 – 9:00 p.m. | – |
| C4 | F91 Dudelange vs. tyrant | July 6 – 7:30 p.m. | July 12 – 8:00 p.m. | – |
| C5 | Tobol vs. Ferentsvaros | July 6 – 4:00 p.m. | July 13 – 20:00 | – |
| C6 | Malmo FF vs. Vikingur Reykjavik | 3-2 | July 12 – 9:30 p.m | – |
| C7 | Ballkani vs. Zalgiris | 1-1 | July 12 – 18:00 | – |
| C8 | HJK vs. RFS | July 6 – 6:00 p.m | July 12 – 5:30 p.m | – |
| C9 | Bodo/Glimt vs. CF | July 6 – 6:00 p.m | July 12 – 8:00 p.m. | – |
| C10 | The New Saints vs. Linfield | 1-0 | July 13 – 20:45 | – |
| C11 | Shamrock Rovers vs. Hibernians | 3-0 | July 12 – 8:00 p.m. | – |
| C12 | Lech Poznan vs. Qarabag | 1-0 | July 12 – 18:00 | – |
| C13 | Shkupi vs. Lincoln Red Imps | 3-0 | July 12 – 18:00 | – |
| C14 | Zrinjski vs. Sheriff of Tiraspol | July 6 – 8:00 p.m. | July 12 – 7:00 p.m. | – |
| C15 | Slovakian Bratislava vs. Dinamo Batumi | July 6 – 8:30 p.m. | July 13 – 7:00 p.m. | – |
| Phase 2 | ||||
| D1 | Midtjylland vs. AEK Larnaca | July 19 – 7:45 p.m | July 26 – 5:30 p.m | – |
| D2 | Dynamo Kyiv vs. Fenerbahce | July 19 – 8:00 p.m. | July 27 – 7:00 p.m. | – |
| Q1 | Winner C5 vs. Winner C15 | |||
| E2 | Dinamo Zagreb vs. Winner C13 | July 19 – 9:00 p.m | ||
| E3 | Winner C12 vs. Zurich | July 27 – 7:00 p.m. | ||
| Q4 | Winner C8 vs. Victoria Pilsen | July 26 – 7:00 p.m. | ||
| Q5 | Winner C10 vs. C9 winner | |||
| Q6 | Winner C7 vs. Winner C6 | |||
| Q7 | Winner C3 vs. C11 winner | |||
| Q8 | Winner C2 vs. Winner C14 | |||
| Q9 | Maccabi Haifa vs. Olympiakos | July 20 – 7:00 p.m. | July 27 – 21.00 | |
| Q10 | Winner C1 vs. Winner C4 | |||
* The qualifying phase was played at home in Iceland, a single match.
The 3rd phase will be drawn on July 18.
