4 winners from the third qualifying round (League Path).6 winners from the third qualifying round (Champions Path).2 winners from the second qualifying round (League Path).10 winners from the second qualifying round (Champions Path).16 winners from the first qualifying round.31 champions from associations 20–51 (except Liechtenstein).Access list for 2019–20 UEFA Champions League The following is the access list for this season. (UEL) – Additional berth for UEFA Europa League title holdersĪssociation ranking for 2019–20 UEFA Champions League Rank.(UCL) – Additional berth for UEFA Champions League title holders.Īpart from the allocation based on the country coefficients, associations could have additional teams participating in the Champions League, as noted below: However, both qualified through their domestic leagues, meaning the additional entries were not necessary.įor the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League, the associations were allocated places according to their 2018 UEFA country coefficients, which took into account their performance in European competitions from 2013–14 to 2017–18. The winners of the 2018–19 UEFA Champions League and 2018–19 UEFA Europa League were each given an additional entry if they did not qualify for the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League through their domestic leagues.Associations 16–55 (except Liechtenstein) each had one team qualify.Associations 7–15 each had two teams qualify.Associations 5–6 each had three teams qualify.Associations 1–4 each had four teams qualify.The association ranking based on the UEFA country coefficients was used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:
Liverpool were the defending champions, but were eliminated in the round of 16 by Atlético Madrid.Ī total of 79 teams from 54 of the 55 UEFA member associations participated in the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League (the exception being Liechtenstein, which did not organise a domestic league).
In keeping with its introduction the campaign prior, the video assistant referee (VAR) system was in use from the play-off round onwards. The quarter-finals onwards were played as single-match knockout ties at neutral venues in Lisbon, Portugal (Estádio da Luz and Estádio José Alvalade) behind closed doors from 12 to 23 August. Since they had already qualified for the 2020–21 UEFA Champions League group stage through their league performance, the berth originally reserved for the Champions League title holders was given to the team that was top of the 2019–20 Eredivisie ( Ajax), the 11th-ranked association according to next season's access list, when it was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic.ĭue to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the tournament was suspended in mid-March 2020 and resumed in August. They would go on to win both competitions. As winners, they earned the right to play against Sevilla, the winners of the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League, in the 2020 UEFA Super Cup, and also qualified for the 2020 FIFA Club World Cup in Qatar. In addition, the Germans secured their second continental treble, becoming only the second European club to do so, and became the first team to claim any European competition with a 100% winning record. The 2019–20 UEFA Champions League was the 65th season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 28th season since it was renamed from the European Champion Clubs' Cup to the UEFA Champions League.īayern Munich defeated Paris Saint-Germain in the final, played at the Estádio da Luz in Lisbon, Portugal, 1–0 and became the first European Cup winners to win all their matches during the tournament.
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