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2017–18 UEFA Champions League

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2017–18 UEFA Champions League
Tournament details
DatesQualifying:
27 June – 23 August 2017
Competition proper:
12 September 2017 – 26 May 2018
TeamsCompetition proper: 32
Total: 79 (from 54 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsSpain Real Madrid (13th title)
Runners-upEngland Liverpool
Tournament statistics
Matches played125
Goals scored401 (3.21 per match)
Attendance5,821,673 (46,573 per match)
Top scorer(s)Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo (15 goals)
All statistics correct as of 2 May 2018.

The 2017–18 UEFA Champions League was the 63rd season of Europe's top club football tournament run by UEFA. It is the 26th season since it was renamed from the European Champion Clubs' Cup to the UEFA Champions League.

Group stage

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MU BSL CSKA BEN
1 England Manchester United 6 5 0 1 12 3 +9 15 Advance to knockout phase 3–0 2–1 2–0
2 Switzerland Basel 6 4 0 2 11 5 +6 12 1–0 1–2 5–0
3 Russia CSKA Moscow 6 3 0 3 8 10 −2 9 Transfer to Europa League 1–4 0–2 2–0
4 Portugal Benfica 6 0 0 6 1 14 −13 0 0–1 0–2 1–2
Source: UEFA
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification PAR BAY CEL AND
1 France Paris Saint-Germain 6 5 0 1 25 4 +21 15[a] Advance to knockout phase 3–0 7–1 5–0
2 Germany Bayern Munich 6 5 0 1 13 6 +7 15[a] 3–1 3–0 3–0
3 Scotland Celtic 6 1 0 5 5 18 −13 3[b] Transfer to Europa League 0–5 1–2 0–1
4 Belgium Anderlecht 6 1 0 5 2 17 −15 3[b] 0–4 1–2 0–3
Source: UEFA
Notes:
  1. 1.0 1.1 Head-to-head results: Paris Saint-Germain 3–0 Bayern Munich, Bayern Munich 3–1 Paris Saint-Germain.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Head-to-head results: Anderlecht 0–3 Celtic, Celtic 0–1 Anderlecht.
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ROM CHL ATL QRB
1 Italy Roma 6 3 2 1 9 6 +3 11[a] Advance to knockout phase 3–0 0–0 1–0
2 England Chelsea 6 3 2 1 16 8 +8 11[a] 3–3 1–1 6–0
3 Spain Atlético Madrid 6 1 4 1 5 4 +1 7 Transfer to Europa League 2–0 1–2 1–1
4 Azerbaijan Qarabağ 6 0 2 4 2 14 −12 2 1–2 0–4 0–0
Source: UEFA
Notes:
  1. 1.0 1.1 Head-to-head results: Chelsea 3–3 Roma, Roma 3–0 Chelsea.
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BAR JUV SPO OLY
1 Spain Barcelona 6 4 2 0 9 1 +8 14 Advance to knockout phase 3–0 2–0 3–1
2 Italy Juventus 6 3 2 1 7 5 +2 11 0–0 2–1 2–0
3 Portugal Sporting CP 6 2 1 3 8 9 −1 7 Transfer to Europa League 0–1 1–1 3–1
4 Greece Olympiacos 6 0 1 5 4 13 −9 1 0–0 0–2 2–3
Source: UEFA
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification LIV SEV SPM MRB
1 England Liverpool 6 3 3 0 23 6 +17 12 Advance to knockout phase 2–2 7–0 3–0
2 Spain Sevilla 6 2 3 1 12 12 0 9 3–3 2–1 3–0
3 Russia Spartak Moscow 6 1 3 2 9 13 −4 6 Transfer to Europa League 1–1 5–1 1–1
4 Slovenia Maribor 6 0 3 3 3 16 −13 3 0–7 1–1 1–1
Source: UEFA
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MC SHK NAP FEY
1 England Manchester City 6 5 0 1 14 5 +9 15 Advance to knockout phase 2–0 2–1 1–0
2 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk 6 4 0 2 9 9 0 12 2–1 2–1 3–1
3 Italy Napoli 6 2 0 4 11 11 0 6 Transfer to Europa League 2–4 3–0 3–1
4 Netherlands Feyenoord 6 1 0 5 5 14 −9 3 0–4 1–2 2–1
Source: UEFA
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BES POR RBL MON
1 Turkey Beşiktaş 6 4 2 0 11 5 +6 14 Advance to knockout phase 1–1 2–0 1–1
2 Portugal Porto 6 3 1 2 15 10 +5 10 1–3 3–1 5–2
3 Germany RB Leipzig 6 2 1 3 10 11 −1 7 Transfer to Europa League 1–2 3–2 1–1
4 France Monaco 6 0 2 4 6 16 −10 2 1–2 0–3 1–4
Source: UEFA
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification TOT RM DOR APO
1 England Tottenham Hotspur 6 5 1 0 15 4 +11 16 Advance to knockout phase 3–1 3–1 3–0
2 Spain Real Madrid 6 4 1 1 17 7 +10 13 1–1 3–2 3–0
3 Germany Borussia Dortmund 6 0 2 4 7 13 −6 2[a] Transfer to Europa League 1–2 1–3 1–1
4 Cyprus APOEL 6 0 2 4 2 17 −15 2[a] 0–3 0–6 1–1
Source: UEFA
Notes:
  1. 1.0 1.1 Head-to-head results: APOEL 1–1 Borussia Dortmund, Borussia Dortmund 1–1 APOEL (tied on head-to-head results, ranked on total goal difference).

Knockout stage

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Qualified teams

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Group Winners
(seeded in round of 16 draw)
Runners-up
(unseeded in round of 16 draw)
A England Manchester United Switzerland Basel
B France Paris Saint-Germain Germany Bayern Munich
C Italy Roma England Chelsea
D Spain Barcelona Italy Juventus
E England Liverpool Spain Sevilla
F England Manchester City Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
G Turkey Beşiktaş Portugal Porto
H England Tottenham Hotspur Spain Real Madrid

Round of 16

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The first legs were played on 13, 14, 20 and 21 February, and the second legs were played on 6, 7, 13 and 14 March 2018.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg Juventus Italy 4–3 England Tottenham Hotspur 2–2 2–1
Basel Switzerland 2–5 England Manchester City 0–4 2–1
Porto Portugal 0–5 England Liverpool 0–5 0–0
Sevilla Spain 2–1 England Manchester United 0–0 2–1
Real Madrid Spain 5–2 France Paris Saint-Germain 3–1 2–1
Shakhtar Donetsk Ukraine 2–2 (a) Italy Roma 2–1 0–1
Chelsea England 1–4 Spain Barcelona 1–1 0–3
Bayern Munich Germany 8–1 Turkey Beşiktaş 5–0 3–1

Quarter-finals

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The first legs were played on 3 and 4 April, and the second legs were played on 10 and 11 April 2018.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg Barcelona Spain 4–4 (a) Italy Roma 4–1 0–3
Sevilla Spain 1–2 Germany Bayern Munich 1–2 0–0
Juventus Italy 3–4 Spain Real Madrid 0–3 3–1
Liverpool England 5–1 England Manchester City 3–0 2–1

Semi-finals

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The first legs were played on 24 and 25 April, and the second legs were played on 1 and 2 May 2018.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg Bayern Munich Germany 3–4 Spain Real Madrid 1–2 2–2
Liverpool England 7–6 Italy Roma 5–2 2–4

The final was played at the NSC Olimpiyskiy Stadium in Kiev on 26 May 2018. The "home" team (for administrative purposes) was determined by an additional draw held after the semi-final draw.

Real Madrid Spain3–1England Liverpool
Benzema Goal 51' Bale Goal 64'83' Report Mané Goal 55'


Statistics

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Statistics exclude qualifying rounds and play-off round.

Top goalscorers

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Rank Player Team Goals Minutes played
1 Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo Spain Real Madrid 15 1170
2 Egypt Mohamed Salah England Liverpool 10 930
Senegal Sadio Mané England Liverpool 940
Brazil Roberto Firmino England Liverpool 1056
5 France Wissam Ben Yedder Spain Sevilla 8 651
Bosnia and Herzegovina Edin Džeko Italy Roma 1078
7 England Harry Kane England Tottenham Hotspur 7 597
Uruguay Edinson Cavani France Paris Saint-Germain 680
9 Brazil Neymar France Paris Saint-Germain 6 630
Argentina Lionel Messi Spain Barcelona 783

Source:[2]

Top assists

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Rank Player Team Assists Minutes played
1 England James Milner England Liverpool 9[4] 874
2 Brazil Roberto Firmino England Liverpool 8 1056
3 Uruguay Luis Suárez Spain Barcelona 5 884
4 Belgium Eden Hazard England Chelsea 4 611
Brazil Neymar France Paris Saint-Germain 630
Belgium Kevin De Bruyne England Manchester City 667
Egypt Mohamed Salah England Liverpool 930
8 16 players 3

Source:[5]

Squad of the Season

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The UEFA technical study group selected the following 18 players as the squad of the tournament.[6]

Pos. Player Team
GK Costa Rica Keylor Navas Spain Real Madrid
Brazil Alisson Italy Roma
DF Germany Joshua Kimmich Germany Bayern Munich
Spain Sergio Ramos Spain Real Madrid
Brazil Marcelo Spain Real Madrid
Italy Giorgio Chiellini Italy Juventus
Netherlands Virgil van Dijk England Liverpool
France Raphaël Varane Spain Real Madrid
MF Belgium Kevin De Bruyne England Manchester City
Brazil Casemiro Spain Real Madrid
Croatia Luka Modrić Spain Real Madrid
Germany Toni Kroos Spain Real Madrid
Colombia James Rodríguez Germany Bayern Munich
FW Bosnia and Herzegovina Edin Džeko Italy Roma
Brazil Roberto Firmino England Liverpool
Argentina Lionel Messi Spain Barcelona
Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo Spain Real Madrid
Egypt Mohamed Salah England Liverpool

References

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  1. "Full Time Report Final – Real Madrid v Liverpool" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 26 May 2018. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
  2. "Statistics — Tournament phase — Players — Goals". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
  3. "Milner beats Champions League assists record". UEFA. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
  4. This total beats the record for the most assists in the Champions League.[3]
  5. "Statistics — Tournament phase — Players — Goals (Assists)". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
  6. "UEFA Champions League Squad of the Season". UEFA.com. 27 May 2018.

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