Champions League
Champions League: The teams that qualified for the knockout stages
Tottenham Hotspur and Eintracht Frankfurt have taken their Champions League knockout round tally to 14 after a thrilling Group 4 final. Leverkusen and Sporting continue to play in the Europa League, Atletico and Marseille are from Europe.
Tottenham Hotspur and Eintracht got two ‘tickets’ for the last 16 of the Champions League on Tuesday after the remaining groups were decided from matchday 5 onwards.
In an exciting final, the two teams beat Marseille and Sporting and secured their place in the last 16 of the tournament.
In addition, the Portuguese continue to play in the play-offs for the round of 16 of the Europa League, as does Leverkusen, who have taken over 3rd place from Atletico in Group 2. The Madrid players were prematurely eliminated from Europe along with Marseille after finishing 4th in their group.
In Group 1, a clean win saw Napoli sit first and second ahead of Liverpool (a 2-0 win wasn’t enough for the English), while a matching clean win in Group 2 provided the surprise, with Porto in the thick of the draw November 7th and Bruges to the underdogs.
What will happen next?
The draw for the round of 16 will take place at the UEFA offices in Nyon on Monday 7 November at 13.00. The winners of the eight groups will be drawn with the runners-up. Teams that were together in the same group cannot be drawn again, nor can countries from the same confederation.
The first matches will take place on February 14, 15, 21 and 22, with the second on March 7, 8, 14 and 15 at the venues of the eight group winners.
The draw for the quarterfinals, semifinals and final will take place on March 17th.
The teams of the round of 16
- group winner: Napoli (1st group), Porto (2nd), Bayern (3rd), Tottenham (4th), Chelsea (5th), Manchester City (7th)
- second group: Liverpool (1st), Brugge (2nd), Inter (3rd), Eintracht (4th), Dortmund (7th)
- Not clear: Real (6th), Paris (8th), Benfica (8th)
The playoff teams for the round of 16 of the Europa League
- Ajax (1st), Leverkusen (2nd), Barcelona (3rd), Sporting (4th), Sevilla (7th)
Banned teams
- Rangers (1st), Atletico (2nd), Pilsen (3rd), Marseille (4th), Celtic (6th), Copenhagen (7th)
The KO schedule
- Round of 16 draw: November 7, 13:00
- First Quarterfinals: 14, 15, 21, 22 February
- Second Quarterfinals: March 7th, 8th, 14th, 15th
- Quarter-finals, semi-finals, final draw: March 17, 13:00
- First Quarterfinals: April 11, 12
- Second Quarterfinals: April 18, 19
- First semi-final: May 9, 10
- Second semi-final: May 16, 17
- final: June 10, 22:00, “Atatürk”, Istanbul
Source: Sport 24
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Champions League
The most watched match of the 7th round of the Champions League was the match in Madrid
The match between Real and Monaco in Madrid, which resulted in a 6:1 victory for the top teams, became the most watched match of the 7th round of the Champions League.
There were 73,599 fans registered at the match.
The match between Inter and Arsenal in Milan attracted slightly fewer spectators (72,649 spectators).
The third largest crowd in the stadium was the match between Bayern and Union Saint-Gilloise (66,000 fans).
Participation in Champions League 7th round matches (January 20-21)
- 73,599: Real Madrid – Monaco
- 72,649: Inter – Arsenal
- 66,000: Bayern – Union Saint-Gilloise
- 65 631: Marseille – Liverpool
- 52,713: Tottenham – Borussia Dortmund
- 52.076: Newcastle – PSV
- 51 428: Sports – PSG
- 48 443: Galatasaray – Atletico
- 41,626: Juventus – Benfica
- 35 022: Copenhagen – Naples
- 32.400: Olympiakos – Bayer Leverkusen
- 30 774: Chelsea – Paphos
- 27 820: Karabakh – Eintracht
- 21.462: Atalanta – Athletic
- 19242: Slavia – Barcelona
- 14023: Villarreal – Ajax
- 11 324: Kairat – Bruges
- 8016: Bude Glimt – Manchester City
🏟️ Participation | 🔵UCL MD7 (20-21 January):
73,599 🇪🇸 Real Madrid – 🇫🇷 Monaco
72,649 🇮🇹 Inter – 🏴glikiArsenal
66,000 🇩🇪 Bayern – 🇧🇪 Union SG
65 631 🇫🇷 Marseille -🏴glider
52,713 🏴glitterspur Tottenham – 🇩🇪 B. Dortmund
Newcastle – 🇳🇱 PSV
51,428 🇵🇹 Sporting Lisbon – 🇫🇷 PSG
48,443 🇹🇷…— Football Meets Data (@fmeetsdata) January 23, 2026
Source: Sport UA
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Official sources UEFA The symbol team of the week was determined according to the results of the next matches in the Champions League.
Here is the list of the best players: Keeper: Konstantinos Tsolakis (Olympiacos). defenders: Pedro Porro (Tottenham), Jostein Gundersen (Bodo-Glimt), Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), Alvin Jafarguliyev (Qarabag). midfielders: Kefren Thuram-Julien (Juventus), Fermin Lopez (Barcelona), Robert Navarro (Athletic). Forward: Giuliano Simeone (Atletico Madrid), Vinicius Junior (Real Madrid), Luis Suarez (Sporting).
Let us remind you that the decisive match of the current Champions League will be played at the Puskas Arena in Budapest. The final match will be held on May 30, 2026.
Source: Sport UA
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The match of the seventh round took place on Wednesday, January 21. Champions League, Bayern Munich and Belgian Association Saint-Gilloise met. The German club defeated its opponent with a score of 2-0.
The main hero of the match was England’s striker Harry Kane By scoring a double goal, he increased the number of goals he scored in the Champions League to 47.
One goal separates the 32-year-old footballer from Ukrainian Football Federation President Andriy Shevchenko, famous Swede Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Liverpool winger Mohamed Salah, who each have 48 goals.
If Kane scores four goals this season, he will be able to pass the legendary Frenchman Thierry Henry and rise to tenth place.
Champions League top scorers (excluding qualifications)
- Cristiano Ronaldo-140 goals
- Lionel Messi-129
- Robert Lewandowski – 106
- Karim Benzema – 90
- Raul – 71
- Kylian Mbappe-66
- Thomas Müller – 57
- Ruud van Nistelrooy – 56
- Erling Netherlands – 55
- Thierry Henry-50
- Andrey Shevchenko – 48
- Zlatan Ibrahimovic – 48
- Mohammed Salah – 48
- Harry Kane-47
- Filippo Inzaghi – 46
Harry Kane has scored 47 goals in the Champions League, one more than Filippo Inzaghi (46) and one less than Zlatan Ibrahimović, Andriy Shevchenko and Mo Salah (48). pic.twitter.com/27V8O3IZha
— Football Tweet ⚽ (@Footballtweet) January 21, 2026
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