UEFA Champions League 2019-20 BATTLE RESUMES

The UEFA Champions League, Europe’s premier club football competition, restarts with 12 teams still in contention to lift the trophy. After the remaining Last 16 ties are completed on home turf, a straight “Final Eight” knock-out tournament will decide the 2020 champions in Lisbon, Portugal


National Rivalry
Since 1956, teams from Spain, Italy and England account for 67% of titles, and 21 of 27 winners since first Champions League final in 1993.
Real Madrid have hoisted trophy most often, winning 13 titles

Spain 18
England 13
Italy 12
Germany 7
Netherlands 6
Other: POR (4), FRA, ROM, SCO, YUG (1) 8


DOUBLE CHANCE
Final 12 teams feature four newly crowned domestic league champions – Bayern Munich, Real Madrid, Juventus, PSG


Season Review
Sep: Italian team Atalanta make tournament debut, qualifying for knock-out stage despite losing first three matches
Dec: Bayern win all six group stage matches – only seventh team to do so – scoring 24 goals
Mar: 2019 winners Liverpool eliminated in Last 16 by Atletico Madrid 
Jul: Manchester City win appeal against two-year ban from Champions League for breaches of Financial Fair Play regulations


Teams

Manchester City 
Domestic league position 2019/20: England 2

Chelsea
England 4

Leipzig
Germany 3

Bayern Munich 
Germany 1

Paris St-Germain 
France 1

Real Madrid
Spain 1

Atletico Madrid
Spain 3

Barcelona
Spain 2

Lyon
France 7

Napoli
Italy 7*

Juventus
Italy 1

Atalanta
Italy 3*

*League position Jul 27


SHOOTING BOOTS: Bayern striker Robert Lewandowski (left) restarts campaign as tournament top scorer

Robert Lewandowski 	Bayern 		11
Erling Haaland 		Dortmund 	10
Serge Gnabry		Bayern		6
Dries Mertens		Napoli 		6 
Harry Kane		Tottenham 	6

Team eliminated from tournament


GROUP STAGE: Top two teams from each group advanced to knockout stage

A		W D L GD Pts
1 PSG		5 1 0 15 16
2 Real Madrid 	3 2 1 6  11
3 Club Brugge 	0 3 3 -8  3
4 Galatasaray 	0 2 4 -13 2

B		W D L GD Pts
1 Bayern 	6 0 0 19 18 
2 Tottenham 	3 1 2 4  10
3 Olympiacos 	1 1 4 -6  4
4 Red Star 	1 0 5 -17 3

C		W D L GD Pts
1 Man City 	4 2 0 12 14
2 Atalanta 	2 1 3 -4 7
3 Shakhtar 	1 3 2 -5 6
4 Zagreb	1 2 3 -3 5

D		W D L GD Pts
1 Juventus	5 1 0 8  16 
2 Atletico 	3 1 2 3  10 
3 Leverkusen 	2 0 4 -4  6 
4 Lokomotiv 	1 0 5 -7  3

E		W D L GD Pts
1 Liverpool 	4 1 1 5  13
2 Napoli	3 3 0 7  12
3 Salzburg 	2 1 3 3   7
4 Genk 		0 1 5 -15 1

F 		W D L GD Pts
1 Barcelona 	4 2 0 5  14
2 Dortmund	3 1 2 0  10
3 Inter 	2 1 3 1  7
4 Slavia Prague 0 2 4 -6 2

G		W D L GD Pts
1 Leipzig 	3 2 1 2  11
2 Lyon 		2 2 2 1  8
3 Benfica 	2 1 3 -1 7
4 Zenit 	2 1 3 -2 7

H		W D L GD Pts
1 Valencia 	3 2 1 2  11
2 Chelsea	3 2 1 2  11
3 Ajax 		3 1 2 6  10
Lille		0 1 5 -10 1
   

ROUND OF 16: Results  				1st leg 2nd leg			Aggregate
1 Paris St-Germain bt 	Borussia Dortmund 	1-2	2-0			3-2  
3 Atalanta		Valencia 		4-1	4-3			8-4  
4 Atletico Madrid	Liverpool 		1-0	3-2 (After extra time)	4-2  
7 Leipzig		Tottenham Hotspur 	1-0	3-0			4-0
     
ROUND OF 16: Matches to be completed 		1st leg	2nd leg 	Aggregate
2 Manchester City 	- Real Madrid 		2-1 	Aug 7
5 Bayern Munich 	- Chelsea 		3-0 	Aug 8
6 Juventus		- Olympique Lyon	0-1 	Aug 7
8 Barcelona		- Napoli		1-1	Aug 8


Final Eight Tournament
All ties single-leg fixtures. Matches go into extra-time if scores are level after 90 minutes. Matches remaining level decided on penalties

Quarter-finals								Quarter-finals
Aug 15									Aug 13
Winner match 2 								Leipzig
Winner match 6								Atletico Madrid 
		Semi-final	FINAL				Semi-final	
		Aug 19		Aug 23 Estádio da Luz, Lisbon	Aug 18
Aug 14									Aug 12
Winner match 8 								Atalanta
Winner match 5								Paris St-Germain
 

Built for Euro 2004 and now home of Benfica.
Hosted all-Spanish Champions League final between Real Madrid and Atletico in 2014


Source: UEFA
Pictures: Getty Images
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