UEFA Champions League team guide 2022-23

Domestic league position 2021/22

Appearances in Champions League group stage, inc. 2022


Group A

AJAX
Netherlands 1
Coach: Alfred Schreuder NED 
Key player: Dušan Tadić
18 
Best finish: 4-time winner
Record: W56-D35-L43

LIVERPOOL
England 2
Coach: Jürgen Klopp GER
Key player: Mohamed Salah
15 
Best finish: 6-time winner
Record: W75-D35-L35

NAPOLI
Italy 3
Coach: Luciano Spalletti ITA 
Key player: Victor Osimhen
7 
Best finish: Last 16 2012, 2017, 2020
Record: W18-D11-L13

RANGERS
Scotland 2
Coach: Giovanni van Bronckhorst NED
Key player: James Tavernier
11 
Best finish: Semi-final 1960
Record: W12-D23-L27

Group B 

PORTO
Portugal 1
Coach: Sérgio Conceição POR 
Key player: Otávio
26 
Best finish: Winner 1987, 2004
Record: W87-D49-L68 

ATLETICO MADRID
Spain 3
Coach: Diego Simeone ARG 
Key player: João Felix
13 
Best finish: Final 1974, 2014, 2016
Record: W51-D33-L27 

LEVERKUSEN
Germany 3
Coach: Gerardo Seoane SUI
Key player: Patrik Schick
13 
Best finish: Final 2002
Record: W36-D23-L42

CLUB BRUGGE
Belgium 1
Coach: Carl Hoefkens BEL 
Key player: Noa Lang
10 
Best finish: Final 1978
Record: W11-D15-L28

Group C

BAYERN MUNICH
Germany 1
Coach: Julian Nagelsmann GER 
Key player: Sadio Mané
26 
Best finish: 6-time winner
Record: W158-D56-L58

BARCELONA
Spain 2
Coach: Xavi Hernández ESP
Key player: Robert Lewandowski
27 
Best finish: 5-time winner
Record: W158-D64-L49 

INTERNAZIONALE
Italy 2
Coach: Simone Inzaghi ITA
Key player: Lautaro Martínez
16 
Best finish: Winner 1964, 1965, 2010
Record: W59-D33-L39

VIKTORIA PLZEN
Czech Rep. 1
Coach: Michal Bílek CZE
Key player: Jindrich Staněk
4 
Best finish: Group stage 2012, 2014, 2019
Record: W4-D3-L11

Group D

FRANKFURT
Germany 11*
Coach: Oliver Glasner AUT 
Key player: Mario Götze
1 
Best finish: Final 1960
Record: CL Debut

TOTTENHAM
England 4
Coach: Antonio Conte ITA
Key player: Harry Kane
6 
Best finish: Final 2019
Record: W20-D9-L16 

SPORTING CLUBE
Portugal 2
Coach: Rúben Amorim POR
Key player:
Pedro Gonçalves
10 
Best finish: Quarter-final 1983
Record: W17-D9-L32

MARSEILLE
France 2
Coach: Igor Tudor CRO
Key player: Mattéo Guendouzi
11 
Best finish: Winner 1993
Record: W23-D11-L39

Group E

AC MILAN
Italy 1
Coach: Stefano Pioli ITA
Key player: Fikayo Tomori
19 
Best finish: 7-time winner
Record: W75-D50-L46

CHELSEA
England 3
Coach: Thomas Tuchel GER
Key player: Raheem Sterling
19 
Best finish: Winner 2012, 2021
Record: W96-D51-L40

RB SALZBURG
Austria 1
Coach: Matthias Jaissle GER
Key player: Nicolas Seiwald
5 
Best finish: Last 16 2022
Record: W7-D7-L12

DINAMO ZAGREB
Croatia 1
Coach: Ante Cačic CRO 
Key player: Mislav Oršic
8
Best finish: 7-time group stage
Record: W5-D7-L30

Group F

REAL MADRID
Spain 1
Coach: Carlo Ancelotti ITA 
Key player: Karim Benzema
27 
Best finish: 14-time winner
Record: W174-D54-L64

RB LEIPZIG
Germany 4
Coach: Domenico Tedesco ITA
Key player: Christopher Nkunku
5 
Best finish: Semi-final 2020
Record: W14-D4-L12

SHAKHTAR
Ukraine 1
Coach: Igor Jovićević CRO
Key player: Mykola Matviyenko
17
Best finish: Quarter-final 2011
Record: W35-D23-L48

CELTIC
Scotland 1
Coach: Ange Postecoglou AUS 
Key player: Callum McGregor
11
Best finish: Winner 1967
Record: W18-D10-L38

Group G

MANCHESTER CITY
England 1
Coach: Josep Guardiola ESP 
Key player: Erling Haaland
12 
Best finish: Final 2021
Record: W56-D18-L28

SEVILLA
Spain 4
Coach: Julen Lopetegui ESP 
Key player: Yassine Bounou
8 
Best finish: Quarter-final 1958, 2018
Record: W24-D14-L16

DORTMUND
Germany 2
Coach: Edin Terzić GER
Key player: Jude Bellingham
17 
Best finish: Winner 1997
Record: W65-D27-L46

COPENHAGEN
Denmark 1
Coach: Jess Thorup DEN 
Key player: Pep Biel
5 
Best finish: Last 16 2011
Record: W8-D7-L11

Group H

PARIS ST-GERMAIN
France 1
Coach: Christophe Galtier FRA
Key player: Kylian Mbappé
15
Best finish: Final 2020
Record: W70-D24-L35

JUVENTUS
Italy 4
Coach: Massimiliano Allegri ITA
Key player: Dušan Vlahović
23
Best finish: Winner 1985, 96
Record: W109-D53-L52
 
BENFICA
Portugal 3
Coach: Roger Schmidt GER 
Key player: David Neres
17
Best finish: Winner 1961, 1962
Record: W40-D29-L47

MACCABI HAIFA
Israel 1
Coach: Barak Bakhar ISR
Key player: Ali Mohammed
3 
Best finish: Group stage 2003, 2010
Record: W2-D1-L9


*UEFA Europa League winner 2022

Best finish includes Champions League and its forerunner, European Champions Cup. Appearances and Record in Champions League only


Sources: UEFA, Gracenote
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