UEFA Champions League team guide 2021-22

Domestic league position 2020/21

Appearances in Champions League group stage, inc. 2021

Group A

MANCHESTER CITY
England 1
Coach: Pep Guardiola ESP 
Captain: Fernandinho
11 Best finish: Final 2021
Record: W49-D16-L25

PARIS ST-GERMAIN
France 2
Coach: Mauricio Pochettino ARG 
Captain: Marquinhos
14 Best finish: Final 2020
Record: W66-D22-L33

RB LEIPZIG
Germany 2
Coach: Jesse Marsch USA 
Captain: Peter Gulacsi
4 Best finish: Semi-final 2020
Record: W12-D3-L9

CLUB BRUGGE
Belgium 1
Coach: Philippe Clement BEL 
Captain: Ruud Vormer
9 Best finish: Final 1978
Record: W10-D14-L24

Group B 

ATLETICO MADRID
Spain 1
Coach: Diego Simeone ARG 
Captain: Koke
12 Best finish: Final 1974, 2014, 2016
Record: W48-D30-L23 

LIVERPOOL
England 3
Coach: Jürgen Klopp GER 
Captain: Jordan Henderson
14 Best finish: 6-time winner
Record: W65-D34-L33

PORTO
Portugal 2
Coach: Sérgio Conceição POR 
Captain: Pepe
25 Best finish: Winner 1987, 2004
W86-D47-L65 

AC MILAN
Italy 2
Coach Stefano Pioli ITA 
Captain: Alessio Romagnoli
18 Best finish: 7-time winner
Record: W74-D49-L42

Group C 

SPORTING CLUBE
Portugal 1
Coach: Rúben Amorim POR 
Captain: Sebastián Coates
9 Best finish: Quarter-final 1983
Record: W14-D8-L28 

DORTMUND
Germany 3
Coach: Marco Rose GER 
Captain: Marco Reus
16 Best finish: Winner 1997
Record: W62-D27-L43

AJAX
Netherlands 1
Coach: Erik ten Hag NED 
Captain: Dusan Tadic
17 Best finish: 4-time winner
Record: W50-D34-L42 

BESIKTAS
Turkey 1
Coach Sergen Yalcin TUR 
Captain: Atiba Hutchinson
8 Best finish: Quarter-final 1987
Record: W13-D9-L22

Group D 

INTERNAZIONALE
Italy 1
Coach: Simone Inzaghi ITA 
Captain: Samir Handanović
15 Best finish: Winner 1964, 1965, 2010
Record: W55-D32-L36

REAL MADRID
Spain 2
Coach: Carlo Ancelotti ITA 
Captain: Marcelo
26 Best finish: 13-time winner
Record: W165-D54-L60

SHAKHTAR
Ukraine 2
Coach: Roberto De Zerbi ITA 
Captain: Andriy Pyatov
16 Best finish: Quarter-final 2011
Record: W35-D21-L44

SHERIFF TIRASPOL
Moldova 1
Coach: Yuriy Vernydub UKR 
Captain: Frank Castanteda
1 Tournament debut
Record: W0-D0-L0

Group E 

BAYERN MUNICH
Germany 1
Coach: Julian Nagelsmann GER 
Captain: Manuel Neuer
25 Best finish: 6-time winner
Record: W151-D54-L57

BARCELONA
Spain 3
Coach: Ronald Koeman NED 
Captain: Sergio Busquets
26 Best finish: 5-time winner
Record: W156-D63-L46

BENFICA
Portugal 3
Coach Jorge Jesus POR 
Captain: André Almeida
16 Best finish: Winner 1961, 1962
Record: W37-D25-L44 

DYNAMO KYIV
Ukraine 1
Coach: Mircea Lucescu ROM 
Captain: Serhiy Sydorchuk
18 Best finish: Semi-final 1977, 87, 99
Record: W30-D28-L57 

Group F 

VILLARREAL
Spain 7
Coach Unai Emery ESP 
Captain: Mario Gaspar 
4 Best finish: Semi-final 2006
Record: W6-D12-L10 

MANCHESTER UTD
England 2
Coach: Ole Gunnar Solskjær NOR
Captain: Harry Maguire
24 Best finish: Winner 1968, 1999, 2008
Record: W121-D56-L53

ATALANTA
Italy 3
Coach: Gian Piero Gasperini ITA 
Capt: Rafael Tolói
3 Best finish: Quarter-final 2020
Record: W7-D3-L7

YOUNG BOYS
Switzerland 1
Coach: David Wagner USA 
Captain: Fabian Lustenberger
2 Best finish: Semi-final 1959
Record: W1-D1-L4

Group G 

LOSC LILLE
France 1
Coach: Jocelyn Gourvennec FRA 
Captain: José Fonte
7 Best finish: Last 16 2007
Record: W6-D13-L19

SEVILLA
Spain 4
Coach: Julen Lopetegui ESP 
Captain: Jesus Navas
7 Best finish: Quarter-final 1958
Record: W23-D11-L14

FC SALZBURG
Austria 1
Coach: Matthias Jaissle GER 
Captain: Andreas Ulmer
4 Best finish: Group stage 1995, 2020, 202
Record: W4-D5-L9

WOLFSBURG
Germany 4
Coach: Mark van Bommel NED 
Captain: Koen Casteels
3 Best finish: Quarter-final 2016
Record: W9-D1-L6 

Group H 

CHELSEA
England 4
Coach: Thomas Tuchel GER 
Captain: César Azpilicueta
18 Best finish: Winner 2012, 2021
Record: W89-D50-L38

JUVENTUS
Italy 4
Coach: Massimiliano Allegri ITA
Capt: Giorgio Chiellini
22 Best finish: Winner 1985, 1996
Record: W104-D52-L50

ZENIT
Russia 1
Coach: Sergei Semak RUS 
Captain: Dejan Lovren
9 Best finish: Last 16 2012, 2014, 2016
Record: W17-D12-L25

MALMO
Sweden 1
Coach: Jon Dahl Tomasson DEN 
Captain: Anders Christiansen
3 Best finish: Final 1979
Record: Record: W2-D0-L10


Best finish includes Champions League and its forerunner, European Champions Cup. Appearances and Record in Champions League only. Team coaches and captains subject to change during season


Sources: UEFA, Gracenote  
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