2020–21 UEFA Champions League

2020–21 UEFA Champions League

The Estádio do Dragão in Porto hosted the final.
Tournament details
Dates	Qualifying: 8 August 2020 – 30 September 2020 Competition proper: 20 October 2020 – 29 May 2021
Teams	Competition proper: 32 Total: 79 (from 54 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Chelsea (2nd title)
Runners-up	Manchester City
Tournament statistics
Matches played	125
Goals scored	366 (2.93 per match)
Attendance	180,049 (1,440 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Erling Haaland (Borussia Dortmund) 10 goals
Best player(s)	Goalkeeper: Édouard Mendy (Chelsea)[1] Defender: Rúben Dias (Manchester City)[2] Midfielder: N'Golo Kanté (Chelsea)[3] Forward: Erling Haaland (Borussia Dortmund)[4]
← 2019–20 2021–22 → (Note: All statistics do not include qualifying play-offs)

The 2020–21 UEFA Champions League was the 66th season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 29th season since it was renamed from the European Champion Clubs' Cup to the UEFA Champions League.

Chelsea defeated Manchester City 1–0 in the final, which was played at the Estádio do Dragão in Porto, Portugal, for their second European Cup title. The Atatürk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul, Turkey, was originally appointed to host the 2020 UEFA Champions League Final, but it was moved due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe to the Estádio da Luz in Lisbon.^[5] Istanbul was again appointed to host the final of the 2021 edition, but was eventually moved to Estádio do Dragão after Turkey was placed on the United Kingdom's red list for tourists and hosting it in England was ruled out.^[6]

Bayern Munich were the defending champions, but they were eliminated in the quarter-finals by Paris Saint-Germain, whom they had beaten in the previous year's final. As the winners of the 2020–21 UEFA Champions League, Chelsea played against Villarreal, the winners of the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League, in the 2021 UEFA Super Cup. They were also the European entry for the 2021 FIFA Club World Cup. Since they had already qualified to the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League group stage through their league performance, the berth originally reserved for the Champions League title holders has been transferred to the Champions of the 2020–21 Süper Lig, Beşiktaş, the 11th ranked association according to the next season access-list.

The 2020–21 season was the last season of UEFA European club competitions to feature the away goals rule.^[7]

A total of 79 teams from 54 of the 55 UEFA member associations participate in the 2020–21 UEFA Champions League (the exception being Liechtenstein, which does not organise a domestic league). The association ranking based on the UEFA country coefficients is used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:^[8]

• Associations 1–4 each have four teams qualify.
• Associations 5–6 each have three teams qualify.
• Associations 7–15 each have two teams qualify.
• Associations 16–55 (except Liechtenstein) each have one team qualify.
• The winners of the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League and 2019–20 UEFA Europa League are each given an additional entry if they do not qualify for the 2020–21 UEFA Champions League through their domestic leagues. However, the Champions League and Europa League title holders have qualified through their domestic leagues, meaning the two additional entries are not necessary for this season.

For the 2020–21 UEFA Champions League, the associations are allocated places according to their 2019 UEFA country coefficients, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 2014–15 to 2018–19.^[9]

Apart from the allocation based on the country coefficients, associations may have additional teams participating in the Champions League, as noted below:

• (UCL) – Additional berth for UEFA Champions League title holders
• (UEL) – Additional berth for UEFA Europa League title holders

Association ranking for 2020–21 UEFA Champions League

Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes 1  Spain 103.569 4 2  England 85.462 3  Italy 74.725 4  Germany 71.927 5  France 58.498 3 6  Russia 50.549 7  Portugal 48.232 2 8  Belgium 39.900 9  Ukraine 38.900 10  Turkey 34.600 11  Netherlands 32.433 12  Austria 31.250 13  Czech Republic 28.675 14  Greece 27.600 15  Croatia 27.375 16  Denmark 27.025 1 17  Switzerland 26.900 18  Cyprus 24.925 19  Serbia 22.250

Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes 20  Scotland 22.125 1 21  Belarus 21.875 22  Sweden 20.900 23  Norway 20.200 24  Kazakhstan 19.250 25  Poland 19.250 26  Azerbaijan 19.000 27  Israel 18.625 28  Bulgaria 17.500 29  Romania 15.950 30  Slovakia 15.625 31  Slovenia 15.000 32  Liechtenstein 13.500 0 33  Hungary 10.500 1 34  North Macedonia 8.000 35  Moldova 7.750 36  Albania 7.500 37  Republic of Ireland 7.450 38  Finland 7.275

Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes 39  Iceland 7.250 1 40  Bosnia and Herzegovina 7.125 41  Lithuania 6.750 42  Latvia 5.625 43  Luxembourg 5.500 44  Armenia 5.250 45  Malta 5.125 46  Estonia 5.000 47  Georgia 4.750 48  Wales 4.125 49  Montenegro 4.125 50  Faroe Islands 4.000 51  Gibraltar 4.000 52  Northern Ireland 3.875 53  Kosovo 2.500 54  Andorra 1.831 55  San Marino 0.666

The following is the access list for this season.^[10]

Changes were made to the default access list since the Champions League title holders, Bayern Munich, and the Europa League title holders, Sevilla, which were guaranteed berths in the Champions League group stage, already qualified for the Champions League group stage via their domestic leagues. However, as a result of schedule delays to both the 2019–20 and 2020–21 European seasons due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020–21 European season started before the conclusion of the 2019–20 European season. Therefore, the changes to the access list that should be made based on the Champions League and Europa League title holders could not be certain until matches of the earlier qualifying rounds had been played and/or their draws had been made. UEFA used "adaptive re-balancing" to change the access list once the berths for the Champions League and Europa League title holders were determined, and rounds which had already been drawn or played by the time the title holders were determined would not be impacted (Regulations Article 3.04).^[8] The following changes were made:

• At the time when the draws for the first qualifying round and second qualifying round (Champions Path) were held on 9 and 10 August 2020, it was not certain whether the Champions League title holder berth would be vacated as one of the eight quarter-finalists of the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League, Lyon, did not qualify for the 2020–21 UEFA Champions League group stage via their domestic league. Therefore, these draws proceeded as normal per the default access list, and the matches drawn, which were played on 18–19 and 25–26 August 2020, were not changed even though after the semi-finals of the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League, which were played on 18–19 August 2020, it was confirmed both finalists, Bayern Munich and Paris Saint-Germain, already qualified for the 2020–21 UEFA Champions League group stage via their domestic leagues, meaning the Champions League title holder berth would be vacated. As a result, "adaptive re-balancing" started from the third qualifying round (Champions Path), whose draw was held on 31 August 2020, and the following changes to the access list were made:
  • The champions of association 11 (Netherlands), Ajax, entered the group stage instead of the play-off round (Champions Path).
  • The champions of associations 13 and 14 (Czech Republic and Greece), Slavia Prague and Olympiacos, entered the play-off round (Champions Path) instead of the third qualifying round (Champions Path).
• At the time when the draw for the second qualifying round (League Path) was held on 10 August 2020, it was not certain whether the Europa League title holder berth would be vacated as four of the quarter-finalists of the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Bayer Leverkusen, Copenhagen and Basel, did not qualify for the 2020–21 UEFA Champions League group stage via their domestic leagues. Therefore, this draw proceeded as normal per the default access list, and the matches drawn, which were played on 25–26 August 2020, were not changed even though after the quarter-finals of the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League, which were played on 10–11 August 2020, it was confirmed all four semi-finalists, Sevilla, Manchester United, Internazionale and Shakhtar Donetsk, already qualified for the 2020–21 UEFA Champions League group stage via their domestic leagues, meaning the Europa League title holder berth would be vacated. As a result, "adaptive re-balancing" started from the third qualifying round (League Path), whose draw was held on 31 August 2020, and the following changes to the access list were made:
  • The third-placed team of association 5 (France), Rennes, entered the group stage instead of the third qualifying round (League Path).
  • The third-placed team of association 6 (Russia), Krasnodar, entered the play-off round (League Path) instead of the third qualifying round (League Path).

In early April 2020, UEFA announced that due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, the deadline for entering the tournament had been postponed until further notice.^[11] UEFA also sent a letter to all member associations that domestic leagues must be completed in full without ending prematurely in order to qualify for European competitions.^[12] After meeting with the 55 UEFA associations on 21 April 2020, UEFA strongly recommended them to finish domestic top league and cup competitions, although in some special cases where it is not possible, UEFA would develop guidelines concerning participation in its club competitions in case of a cancelled league or cup.^[13][14] After the UEFA Executive Committee meeting on 23 April 2020, UEFA announced that if a domestic competition is prematurely terminated for legitimate reasons in accordance with conditions related to public health or economic problems, the national associations concerned are required to select their participating teams for the 2020–21 UEFA club competitions based on sporting merit in the 2019–20 domestic competitions, and UEFA reserves the right to refuse their admission if UEFA deems the termination of the competitions not legitimate, or the selection procedure not objective, transparent and non-discriminatory, or the team is perceived by the public as qualifying unfairly. A suspended domestic competition may also be restarted with a different format from the original one in a manner which would still facilitate qualification on sporting merit.^[15][16] All leagues should communicate to UEFA by 25 May 2020 whether they intend to restart their competitions,^[17] but this deadline was later extended. On 17 June 2020, UEFA announced that associations must enter their teams by 3 August 2020.^[5]

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:

• TH: Champions League title holders
• EL: Europa League title holders
• 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, etc.: League positions of the previous season
• Abd-: League positions of abandoned season due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe as determined by the national association; all teams are subject to approval by UEFA as per the guidelines for entry to European competitions in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[18]

The second qualifying round, third qualifying round and play-off round are divided into Champions Path (CH) and League Path (LP).

Qualified teams for 2020–21 UEFA Champions League

Entry round		Teams
GS		Bayern Munich (1st)TH	Manchester United (3rd)	RB Leipzig (3rd)	Porto (1st)
		Sevilla (4th)EL	Chelsea (4th)	Borussia Mönchengladbach (4th)	Club Brugge (Abd-1st)[Note BEL]
		Real Madrid (1st)	Juventus (1st)	Paris Saint-Germain (Abd-1st)[Note FRA]	Shakhtar Donetsk (1st)
		Barcelona (2nd)	Inter Milan (2nd)	Marseille (Abd-2nd)[Note FRA]	İstanbul Başakşehir (1st)
		Atlético Madrid (3rd)	Atalanta (3rd)	Rennes (Abd-3rd)[Note FRA]	Ajax (Abd-1st)[Note NED]
		Liverpool (1st)	Lazio (4th)	Zenit Saint Petersburg (1st)
		Manchester City (2nd)[Note ENG]	Borussia Dortmund (2nd)	Lokomotiv Moscow (2nd)
PO	CH	Red Bull Salzburg (1st)	Slavia Prague (1st)	Olympiacos (1st)
	LP	Krasnodar (3rd)
Q3	LP	Benfica (2nd)	Gent (Abd-2nd)[Note BEL]	Dynamo Kyiv (2nd)
Q2	CH	Dinamo Zagreb (1st)	Midtjylland (1st)	Young Boys (1st)
	LP	Beşiktaş (3rd)[Note TUR]	Rapid Wien (2nd)	PAOK (2nd)
		AZ (Abd-2nd)[Note NED]	Viktoria Plzeň (2nd)	Lokomotiva (2nd)
Q1		Omonia (Abd-1st)[Note CYP]	Maccabi Tel Aviv (1st)	Dundalk (1st)	Flora (1st)
		Red Star Belgrade (1st)	Ludogorets Razgrad (1st)	KuPS (1st)	Dinamo Tbilisi (1st)
		Celtic (Abd-1st)[Note SCO]	CFR Cluj (1st)	KR (1st)	Connah's Quay Nomads (Abd-1st)[Note WAL]
		Dynamo Brest (1st)	Slovan Bratislava (1st)	Sarajevo (Abd-1st)[Note BIH]	Budućnost Podgorica (Abd-1st)[Note MNE]
		Djurgårdens IF (1st)	Celje (1st)	Sūduva (1st)	KÍ (1st)
		Molde (1st)	Ferencváros (1st)	Riga (1st)	Europa (Abd-1st)[Note GIB]
		Astana (1st)	Sileks (Abd-2nd)[Note MKD]	Fola Esch (Abd-1st)[Note LUX]
		Legia Warsaw (1st)	Sheriff Tiraspol (1st)	Ararat-Armenia (1st)
		Qarabağ (Abd-1st)[Note AZE]	Tirana (1st)	Floriana (Abd-1st)[Note MLT]
PR		Linfield (Abd-1st)[Note NIR]	Drita (1st)	Inter Club d'Escaldes (1st)	Tre Fiori (Abd-1st)[Note SMR]

Notes

The schedule of the competition was as follows (all draws were held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland unless otherwise stated).^[40] The tournament would originally have started in June 2020, but had been delayed to August due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.^[41] The new schedule was announced by the UEFA Executive Committee on 17 June 2020.^[42] All qualifying matches, excluding the play-off round, were played as single leg matches, hosted by one of the teams decided by draw (except the preliminary round which was played at neutral venue).^[5][43]

The group stage draw was originally to be held at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center in Athens, Greece, but UEFA announced on 9 September 2020 that it would be relocated to Nyon,^[44] but it was eventually held at nearby Geneva.

The original schedule of the competition, as planned before the pandemic, was as follows (all draws were to be held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, unless stated otherwise).

The major revision to schedule of the competition, as planned before relocation the final from Istanbul, was as follows (all draws were to be held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, unless stated otherwise).

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, the following special rules were applicable to the competition:^[45][46]

• If there were travel restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic that prevented the away team from entering the home team's country or returning to their own country, the match could be played at a neutral country or the away team's country that allowed the match to take place.
• If a team refused to play or was considered responsible for a match not taking place, they were considered to have forfeited the match. If both teams refused to play or were considered responsible for a match not taking place, both teams were disqualified.
• If a team had players and/or officials tested positive for SARS-2 coronavirus preventing them from playing the match before the deadline set by UEFA, they were considered to have forfeited the match.

On 24 September 2020, UEFA announced that five substitutions would be permitted from the group stage onward, with a sixth allowed in extra time. However, each team was only given three opportunities to make substitutions during matches, with a fourth opportunity in extra time, excluding substitutions made at half-time, before the start of extra time and at half-time in extra time. Consequently, a maximum of twelve players could be listed on the substitute bench.^[47]

All qualifying matches were played behind closed doors.^[43] Following the partial return of fans at the 2020 UEFA Super Cup, UEFA announced on 1 October 2020 that matches from the group stage onward could be played at 30% capacity if allowed by the local authorities.^[48]

The final was originally scheduled to be played at the Krestovsky Stadium in Saint Petersburg, Russia. However, due to the postponement and relocation of the 2020 final to Lisbon as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, the final hosts were shifted back a year, with the Atatürk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul, Turkey instead planning to host the 2021 final.^[5] However, on 13 May 2021 UEFA announced that the final would be relocated to Porto in order to allow fans to attend the match.^[6]

The draw for the preliminary round was held on 17 July 2020, 12:00 CEST.^[49] The semi-finals were played on 8 August at the Colovray Stadium in Nyon, Switzerland.^[50] The final was due to be played at the same venue on 11 August but the match was cancelled due to Drita players being put into quarantine after two players had tested positive for SARS-2 coronavirus, and Linfield were awarded a technical 3–0 win.

The losers of both semi-final and final rounds entered the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round.

Semi-final round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Tre Fiori	0–2	Linfield
Drita	2–1	Inter Club d'Escaldes

Final round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Drita	0–3 (awd.)[A]	Linfield

The draw for the first qualifying round was held on 9 August 2020, 12:00 CEST.^[52] The matches were played on 18 and 19 August 2020. The match between KÍ and Slovan Bratislava was cancelled due to Slovan Bratislava players being put into quarantine after one player had tested positive for SARS-2 coronavirus, and KÍ were awarded a technical 3–0 win.

The losers entered the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Ferencváros	2–0	Djurgårdens IF
Celtic	6–0	KR
Legia Warsaw	1–0	Linfield
Sheriff Tiraspol	2–0	Fola Esch
Connah's Quay Nomads	0–2	Sarajevo
Red Star Belgrade	5–0	Europa
Budućnost Podgorica	1–3	Ludogorets Razgrad
Ararat-Armenia	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Omonia
Floriana	0–2	CFR Cluj
Maccabi Tel Aviv	2–0	Riga
Qarabağ	4–0	Sileks
Dinamo Tbilisi	0–2	Tirana
Dynamo Brest	6–3	Astana
Molde	5–0	KuPS
Flora	1–1 (a.e.t.) (2–4 p)	Sūduva
Celje	3–0	Dundalk
KÍ	3–0 (awd.)[A]	Slovan Bratislava

The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 10 August 2020, 12:00 CEST.^[54] The matches were played on 25 and 26 August 2020.

From the ten losers of Champions Path, two teams, Tirana and Ludogorets Razgrad, determined by a draw held on 31 August 2020 after the Europa League second qualifying round draw,^[55] entered the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League play-off round (Champions Path), while the other eight teams entered the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League third qualifying round (Champions Path). The losers of League Path entered the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League third qualifying round (Main Path).

Champions Path

Team 1	Score	Team 2
CFR Cluj	2–2 (a.e.t.) (5–6 p)	Dinamo Zagreb
Young Boys	3–1	KÍ
Celtic	1–2	Ferencváros
Sūduva	0–3	Maccabi Tel Aviv
Legia Warsaw	0–2 (a.e.t.)	Omonia
Celje	1–2	Molde
Ludogorets Razgrad	0–1	Midtjylland
Dynamo Brest	2–1	Sarajevo
Qarabağ	2–1	Sheriff Tiraspol
Tirana	0–1	Red Star Belgrade

League Path

Team 1	Score	Team 2
AZ	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Viktoria Plzeň
PAOK	3–1	Beşiktaş
Lokomotiva	0–1	Rapid Wien

The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 31 August 2020, 12:00 CEST.^[56] The matches were played on 15 and 16 September 2020.

The losers of Champions Path entered the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League play-off round (Champions Path). The losers of League Path entered the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League group stage.

Champions Path

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Ferencváros	2–1	Dinamo Zagreb
Qarabağ	0–0 (a.e.t.) (5–6 p)	Molde
Omonia	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p)	Red Star Belgrade
Midtjylland	3–0	Young Boys
Maccabi Tel Aviv	1–0	Dynamo Brest

League Path

Team 1	Score	Team 2
PAOK	2–1	Benfica
Dynamo Kyiv	2–0	AZ
Gent	2–1	Rapid Wien

The draw for the play-off round was held on 1 September 2020, 12:00 CEST.^[57] The first legs were played on 22 and 23 September, and the second legs were played on 29 and 30 September 2020.

The losers of both Champions Path and League Path entered the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League group stage.

Champions Path

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Slavia Prague	1–4	Midtjylland	0–0	1–4
Maccabi Tel Aviv	2–5	Red Bull Salzburg	1–2	1–3
Olympiacos	2–0	Omonia	2–0	0–0
Molde	3–3 (a)	Ferencváros	3–3	0–0

League Path

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Krasnodar	4–2	PAOK	2–1	2–1
Gent	1–5	Dynamo Kyiv	1–2	0–3

Salzburg

Brugge

Midtjylland

Chelsea

Liverpool

Manchester

Marseille

PSG

Rennes

Dortmund

M'gladbach

Bayern

Leipzig

Olympiacos

Ferencváros

Atalanta

Inter

Juventus

Lazio

Ajax

Porto

Lokomotiv

Zenit

Krasnodar

Barcelona

Madrid

Sevilla

Başakşehir

Shakhtar

Dynamo

Madrid teams
Atlético Madrid
Real Madrid

Manchester teams
Manchester City
Manchester United

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Location of teams of the 2020–21 UEFA Champions League group stage.
Brown: Group A; Red: Group B; Orange: Group C; Yellow: Group D;
Green: Group E; Blue: Group F; Purple: Group G; Pink: Group H.

A total of 32 teams played in the group stage, from fifteen countries: 26 teams which entered in this stage, and the six winners of the play-off round (four from Champions Path, two from League Path).

The draw for the group stage was held on 1 October 2020, 17:00 CEST, at the RTS Studios in Geneva, Switzerland.^[58] The 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four, with the restriction that teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other. For the draw, the teams were seeded into four pots based on the following principles (introduced starting 2015–16 season):^[59][60]

• Pot 1 contained the Champions League and Europa League title holders, and the champions of the top six associations based on their 2019 UEFA country coefficients.^[9] As the Champions League title holder, Bayern Munich, were also their national champions, the champions of the association ranked seventh, Porto, was also seeded in pot 1.
• Pot 2, 3 and 4 contained the remaining teams, seeded based on their 2020 UEFA club coefficients.^[61]

In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners and runners-up advanced to the round of 16, while the third-placed teams entered the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League round of 32. The matchdays were 20–21 October, 27–28 October, 3–4 November, 24–25 November, 1–2 December and 8–9 December 2020.

The youth teams of the clubs that qualified for the group stage were also set to participate in the 2020–21 UEFA Youth League, along with the youth domestic champions of the top 32 associations, in a single-leg knockout tournament. However, that tournament was later cancelled as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.^[62]

İstanbul Başakşehir, Krasnodar, Midtjylland and Rennes made their debut appearances in the group stage. With İstanbul Başakşehir's appearance in the group stage, Istanbul became the first city to be represented in the group stage by four different teams (having been previously represented by Beşiktaş, Fenerbahçe and Galatasaray). This season became the first in the history of the Champions League in which three Russian clubs played in the group stage.^[63]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BAY	ATM	SAL	LMO
1	Bayern Munich	6	5	1	0	18	5	+13	16	Advance to knockout phase		—	4–0	3–1	2–0
2	Atlético Madrid	6	2	3	1	7	8	−1	9			1–1	—	3–2	0–0
3	Red Bull Salzburg	6	1	1	4	10	17	−7	4	Transfer to Europa League		2–6	0–2	—	2–2
4	Lokomotiv Moscow	6	0	3	3	5	10	−5	3			1–2	1–1	1–3	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		RMA	BMG	SHK	INT
1	Real Madrid	6	3	1	2	11	9	+2	10	Advance to knockout phase		—	2–0	2–3	3–2
2	Borussia Mönchengladbach	6	2	2	2	16	9	+7	8[a]			2–2	—	4–0	2–3
3	Shakhtar Donetsk	6	2	2	2	5	12	−7	8[a]	Transfer to Europa League		2–0	0–6	—	0–0
4	Inter Milan	6	1	3	2	7	9	−2	6			0–2	2–2	0–0	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		MCI	POR	OLY	MAR
1	Manchester City	6	5	1	0	13	1	+12	16	Advance to knockout phase		—	3–1	3–0	3–0
2	Porto	6	4	1	1	10	3	+7	13			0–0	—	2–0	3–0
3	Olympiacos	6	1	0	5	2	10	−8	3[a]	Transfer to Europa League		0–1	0–2	—	1–0
4	Marseille	6	1	0	5	2	13	−11	3[a]			0–3	0–2	2–1	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		LIV	ATA	AJX	MID
1	Liverpool	6	4	1	1	10	3	+7	13	Advance to knockout phase		—	0–2	1–0	2–0
2	Atalanta	6	3	2	1	10	8	+2	11			0–5	—	2–2	1–1
3	Ajax	6	2	1	3	7	7	0	7	Transfer to Europa League		0–1	0–1	—	3–1
4	Midtjylland	6	0	2	4	4	13	−9	2			1–1	0–4	1–2	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		CHE	SEV	KRA	REN
1	Chelsea	6	4	2	0	14	2	+12	14	Advance to knockout phase		—	0–0	1–1	3–0
2	Sevilla	6	4	1	1	9	8	+1	13			0–4	—	3–2	1–0
3	Krasnodar	6	1	2	3	6	11	−5	5	Transfer to Europa League		0–4	1–2	—	1–0
4	Rennes	6	0	1	5	3	11	−8	1			1–2	1–3	1–1	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		DOR	LAZ	BRU	ZEN
1	Borussia Dortmund	6	4	1	1	12	5	+7	13	Advance to knockout phase		—	1–1	3–0	2–0
2	Lazio	6	2	4	0	11	7	+4	10			3–1	—	2–2	3–1
3	Club Brugge	6	2	2	2	8	10	−2	8	Transfer to Europa League		0–3	1–1	—	3–0
4	Zenit Saint Petersburg	6	0	1	5	4	13	−9	1			1–2	1–1	1–2	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		JUV	BAR	DKV	FER
1	Juventus	6	5	0	1	14	4	+10	15[a]	Advance to knockout phase		—	0–2	3–0	2–1
2	Barcelona	6	5	0	1	16	5	+11	15[a]			0–3	—	2–1	5–1
3	Dynamo Kyiv	6	1	1	4	4	13	−9	4	Transfer to Europa League		0–2	0–4	—	1–0
4	Ferencváros	6	0	1	5	5	17	−12	1			1–4	0–3	2–2	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		PAR	RBL	MUN	IBS
1	Paris Saint-Germain	6	4	0	2	13	6	+7	12[a]	Advance to knockout phase		—	1–0	1–2	5–1
2	RB Leipzig	6	4	0	2	11	12	−1	12[a]			2–1	—	3–2	2–0
3	Manchester United	6	3	0	3	15	10	+5	9	Transfer to Europa League		1–3	5–0	—	4–1
4	İstanbul Başakşehir	6	1	0	5	7	18	−11	3			0–2	3–4	2–1	—

In the knockout phase, teams played against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis, except for the one-match final. The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follows:

• In the draw for the round of 16, the eight group winners were seeded, and the eight group runners-up were unseeded. The seeded teams were drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. Teams from the same group or the same association could not be drawn against each other.
• In the draws for the quarter-finals onwards, there were no seedings, and teams from the same group or the same association could be drawn against each other. As the draws for the quarter-finals and semi-finals were held together before the quarter-finals were played, the identity of the quarter-final winners was not known at the time of the semi-final draw. A draw was also held to determine which semi-final winner was designated as the "home" team for the final (for administrative purposes as it was played at a neutral venue).

	Round of 16						Quarter-finals						Semi-finals						Final (29 May – Porto)
	Lazio	1	1	2
	Bayern Munich	4	2	6
							Bayern Munich	2	1	3
							Paris Saint-Germain (a)	3	0	3
	Barcelona	1	1	2
	Paris Saint-Germain	4	1	5
													Paris Saint-Germain	1	0	1
													Manchester City	2	2	4
	Borussia Mönchengladbach	0	0	0
	Manchester City	2	2	4
							Manchester City	2	2	4
							Borussia Dortmund	1	1	2
	Sevilla	2	2	4
	Borussia Dortmund	3	2	5
																			Manchester City	0
																			Chelsea	1
	Atalanta	0	1	1
	Real Madrid	1	3	4
							Real Madrid	3	0	3
							Liverpool	1	0	1
	RB Leipzig	0	0	0
	Liverpool	2	2	4
													Real Madrid	1	0	1
													Chelsea	1	2	3
	Porto (a.e.t.; a)	2	2	4
	Juventus	1	3	4
							Porto	0	1	1
							Chelsea	2	0	2
	Atlético Madrid	0	0	0
	Chelsea	1	2	3

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 14 December 2020, 12:00 CET.^[64] The first legs were played on 16, 17, 23 and 24 February, and the second legs were played on 9, 10, 16 and 17 March 2021.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Borussia Mönchengladbach	0–4	Manchester City	0–2	0–2
Lazio	2–6	Bayern Munich	1–4	1–2
Atlético Madrid	0–3	Chelsea	0–1	0–2
RB Leipzig	0–4	Liverpool	0–2	0–2
Porto	4–4 (a)	Juventus	2–1	2–3 (a.e.t.)
Barcelona	2–5	Paris Saint-Germain	1–4	1–1
Sevilla	4–5	Borussia Dortmund	2–3	2–2
Atalanta	1–4	Real Madrid	0–1	1–3

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 19 March 2021, 12:00 CET.^[65] The first legs were played on 6 and 7 April, and the second legs were played on 13 and 14 April 2021.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Manchester City	4–2	Borussia Dortmund	2–1	2–1
Porto	1–2	Chelsea	0–2	1–0
Bayern Munich	3–3 (a)	Paris Saint-Germain	2–3	1–0
Real Madrid	3–1	Liverpool	3–1	0–0

The draw for the semi-finals was held on 19 March 2021, 12:00 CET, after the quarter-final draw.^[65] The first legs were played on 27 and 28 April, and the second legs were played on 4 and 5 May 2021.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Paris Saint-Germain	1–4	Manchester City	1–2	0–2
Real Madrid	1–3	Chelsea	1–1	0–2

The final was played on 29 May 2021 at the Estádio do Dragão in Porto. A draw was held on 19 March 2021, after the quarter-final and semi-final draws, to determine the "home" team for administrative purposes.^[65]

29 May 2021 (2021-05-29)

20:00 WEST

Manchester City	0–1	Chelsea
	Report	Havertz 42'

Estádio do Dragão, Porto

Attendance: 14,110^[66]

Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)

Statistics exclude qualifying rounds and play-off round.

Rank[67]	Player	Team	Goals	Minutes played
1	Erling Haaland	Borussia Dortmund	10	705
2	Kylian Mbappé	Paris Saint-Germain	8	900
3	Olivier Giroud	Chelsea	6	257
	Youssef En-Nesyri	Sevilla		386
	Marcus Rashford	Manchester United		416
	Álvaro Morata	Juventus		597
	Neymar	Paris Saint-Germain		746
	Mohamed Salah	Liverpool		781
	Karim Benzema	Real Madrid		842
10	Ciro Immobile	Lazio	5	417
	Robert Lewandowski	Bayern Munich		514
	Lionel Messi	Barcelona		540
	Alassane Pléa	Borussia Mönchengladbach
	Sérgio Oliveira	Porto		740

Rank[68]	Player	Team	Assists	Minutes played
1	Juan Cuadrado	Juventus	6	551
2	Joshua Kimmich	Bayern Munich	4	617
	Kevin De Bruyne	Manchester City		669
	Ángel Di María	Paris Saint-Germain		697
5	Jadon Sancho	Borussia Dortmund	3	386
	Alassane Pléa	Borussia Mönchengladbach		540
	Dušan Tadić	Ajax
	Kingsley Coman	Bayern Munich		549
	Angeliño	RB Leipzig		627
	Thomas Müller	Bayern Munich		632
	Neymar	Paris Saint-Germain		746
	Kai Havertz	Chelsea		788
	Kylian Mbappé	Paris Saint-Germain		900
	Luka Modrić	Real Madrid		911
	Phil Foden	Manchester City		1066

The UEFA technical study group selected the following 23 players as the squad of the tournament.^[69]

Pos.	Player	Team
GK	Thibaut Courtois	Real Madrid
	Ederson	Manchester City
	Édouard Mendy	Chelsea
DF	César Azpilicueta	Chelsea
	Rúben Dias	Manchester City
	Marquinhos	Paris Saint-Germain
	Antonio Rüdiger	Chelsea
	Ben Chilwell	Chelsea
	David Alaba	Bayern Munich
MF	Jorginho	Chelsea
	Mason Mount	Chelsea
	N'Golo Kanté	Chelsea
	Kevin De Bruyne	Manchester City
	İlkay Gündoğan	Manchester City
	Luka Modrić	Real Madrid
	Sérgio Oliveira	Porto
	Phil Foden	Manchester City
FW	Erling Haaland	Borussia Dortmund
	Kylian Mbappé	Paris Saint-Germain
	Robert Lewandowski	Bayern Munich
	Karim Benzema	Real Madrid
	Neymar	Paris Saint-Germain
	Lionel Messi	Barcelona

Votes were cast for players of the season by coaches of the 32 teams in the group stage, together with 55 journalists selected by the European Sports Media (ESM) group, representing each of UEFA's member associations. The coaches were not allowed to vote for players from their own teams. Jury members selected their top three players, with the first receiving five points, the second three and the third one. The shortlist of the top three players was announced on 13 August 2021.^[70] The award winners were announced and presented during the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League group stage draw in Turkey on 26 August 2021.

Goalkeeper of the season [edit] Rank Player Team(s) Points Shortlist of top three 1 Édouard Mendy[1] Chelsea 286 2 Ederson Manchester City 154 3 Thibaut Courtois Real Madrid 96 Players ranked 4–10 4 Keylor Navas Paris Saint-Germain 50 5 Manuel Neuer Bayern Munich 36 6 Jan Oblak Atlético Madrid 35 7 Gianluigi Donnarumma Milan 20 8 Marc-André ter Stegen Barcelona 13 9 Alisson Liverpool 4 Agustín Marchesín Porto

Defender of the season [edit] Rank Player Team(s) Points Shortlist of top three 1 Rúben Dias[2] Manchester City 217 2 César Azpilicueta Chelsea 115 3 Antonio Rüdiger Chelsea 78[A] Players ranked 4–10 4 Marquinhos Paris Saint-Germain 78[A] 5 Thiago Silva Chelsea 59 6 Kyle Walker Manchester City 35 7 Giorgio Chiellini Juventus 18 8 John Stones Manchester City 15 9 David Alaba Bayern Munich 14 Leonardo Bonucci Juventus

^ a b Rüdiger finished third above Marquinhos after receiving a higher number of five-point votes Midfielder of the season [edit] Rank Player Team(s) Points Shortlist of top three 1 N'Golo Kanté[3] Chelsea 263 2 Kevin De Bruyne Manchester City 197 3 Jorginho Chelsea 149 Players ranked 4–10 4 İlkay Gündoğan Manchester City 15 Mason Mount Chelsea 6 Frenkie de Jong Barcelona 9 Luka Modrić Real Madrid 8 Pedri Barcelona 6 9 Kai Havertz Chelsea 5 Georginio Wijnaldum Liverpool

Forward of the season [edit] Rank Player Team(s) Points Shortlist of top three 1 Erling Haaland[4] Borussia Dortmund 202 2 Kylian Mbappé Paris Saint-Germain 154 3 Robert Lewandowski Bayern Munich 104 Players ranked 4–10 4 Lionel Messi Barcelona 76 5 Karim Benzema Real Madrid 70 6 Neymar Paris Saint-Germain 23 7 Kai Havertz Chelsea 16 Raheem Sterling Manchester City 9 Romelu Lukaku Inter Milan 6 Mason Mount Chelsea

• 2020–21 UEFA Europa League
• 2021 UEFA Super Cup
• 2020–21 UEFA Women's Champions League
• 2020–21 UEFA Youth League
• 2020–21 UEFA Futsal Champions League