The 2013–14 UEFA Champions League was the 59th season of Europe's premier club
football
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tournament organised by
UEFA
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, and the 22nd season since it was renamed from the European Champion Clubs' Cup to the
UEFA Champions League
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.
The
final
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was played between
Real Madrid
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and
Atlético Madrid at the
Estádio da Luz in
Lisbon
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, Portugal, marking it the fifth final to feature two teams from the same association (after the finals of
2000
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,
2003
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In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War.
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,
2008
2008 was designated as:
*International Year of Languages
*International Year of Planet Earth
*International Year of the Potato
*International Year of Sanitation
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, and
2013
2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years).
2013 was designated as:
*International Year of Water Cooperation
*International Year of Quinoa
Events
January
* January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...
) and the first time in tournament history that both finalists were
from the same city. Real Madrid, who eliminated the title holders,
Bayern Munich, in the
semi-finals
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, won in extra time, giving them a record-extending 10th title in the competition. Real equalized late in the second half through
Sergio Ramos and then pulled away during extra time to win 4–1.
For the first time, the clubs who qualified for the group stage also qualified for the newly formed
2013–14 UEFA Youth League, a competition available to players aged 19 or under.
Association team allocation
A total of 76 teams from 52 of the 54
UEFA
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member associations participated in the 2013–14 UEFA Champions League (the exceptions being
Liechtenstein
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, which do not organise a domestic league, and
Gibraltar
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, which started participating in the 2014–15 season after being admitted as a UEFA member in May 2013). The association ranking based on the
UEFA country coefficients was used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:
*Associations 1–3 each have four teams qualify.
*Associations 4–6 each have three teams qualify.
*Associations 7–15 each have two teams qualify.
*Associations 16–53 (except Liechtenstein) each have one team qualify.
The winners of the
2012–13 UEFA Champions League were given an additional entry as title holders if they would not qualify for the 2013–14 UEFA Champions League through their domestic league (because of the restriction that no association can have more than four teams playing in the Champions League, if the title holders are from the top three associations and finish outside the top four in their domestic league, the title holders' entry comes at the expense of the fourth-placed team of their association). However, this additional entry was not necessary for this season since the title holders qualified for the tournament through their domestic league.
Association ranking
For the 2013–14 UEFA Champions League, the associations were allocated places according to their 2012
UEFA country coefficients, which took into account their performance in European competitions from 2007–08 to 2011–12.
Distribution
Since the title holders (
Bayern Munich) qualified for the Champions League group stage through their domestic league, the group stage spot reserved for the title holders is vacated, and the following changes to the default allocation system are made:
*The champions of association 13 (Denmark) are promoted from the third qualifying round to the group stage.
*The champions of association 16 (Cyprus) are promoted from the second qualifying round to the third qualifying round.
*The champions of associations 48 (Northern Ireland) and 49 (Luxembourg) are promoted from the first qualifying round to the second qualifying round.
Teams
League positions of the previous season shown in parentheses (TH: Title holders).
;Notes
Round and draw dates
The schedule of the competition was as follows (all draws held at UEFA headquarters in
Nyon, Switzerland, unless stated otherwise).
Qualifying rounds
In the qualifying rounds and the play-off round, teams were divided into seeded and unseeded teams based on their 2013
UEFA club coefficients,
and then drawn into
two-legged home-and-away ties. Teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other.
First qualifying round
The draws for the first and second qualifying rounds were held on 24 June 2013. The first legs were played on 2 July, and the second legs were played on 9 July 2013.
Second qualifying round
The first legs were played on 16 and 17 July, and the second legs were played on 23 and 24 July 2013.
Third qualifying round
The third qualifying round was split into two separate sections: one for champions and one for non-champions. The losing teams in both sections entered the
2013–14 UEFA Europa League play-off round.
Play-off round
The play-off round was split into two separate sections: one for champions and one for non-champions. The losing teams in both sections entered the
2013–14 UEFA Europa League group stage.
The draw for the play-off round was held on 9 August 2013. The first legs were played on 20 and 21 August, and the second legs were played on 27 and 28 August 2013.
On 14 August 2013,
Metalist Kharkiv were disqualified from the 2013–14 UEFA club competitions because of previous match-fixing.
UEFA decided to replace Metalist Kharkiv in the Champions League play-off round with
PAOK
PAOK (, Πανθεσσαλονίκειος Αθλητικός Όμιλος Κωνσταντινοπολιτών, ''Panthessalonikeios Athlitikós Ómilos Constantinopoliton'', ''Pan-Thessalonian Athletic Club of Constantinopolitans''), commonly ...
, who were eliminated by Metalist Kharkiv in the third qualifying round.
Red Bull Salzburg lodged a protest after being defeated by
Fenerbahçe in the third qualifying round, but it was rejected by UEFA and the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
Group stage
The draw for the group stage was held in
Monaco
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on 29 August 2013. The 32 teams were allocated into four pots based on their 2013
UEFA club coefficients,
with the title holders,
Bayern Munich, being placed in Pot 1 automatically. They were drawn into eight groups of four, with the restriction that teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other.
In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a
round-robin format. The matchdays were 17–18 September, 1–2 October, 22–23 October, 5–6 November, 26–27 November, and 10–11 December 2013. The group winners and runners-up advanced to the
round of 16, while the third-placed teams entered the
2013–14 UEFA Europa League round of 32.
A total of 18 national associations were represented in the group stage.
Austria Wien made their debut appearance in the group stage.
Teams that qualify for the group stage also participate in the newly formed
2013–14 UEFA Youth League, a competition available to players aged 19 or under.
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
Knockout phase
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.
Bracket
Round of 16
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Statistics
Statistics exclude qualifying rounds and play-off round.
Top goalscorers
Squad of the Season
The UEFA technical study group selected the following 18 players as the squad of the tournament:
See also
*
2013–14 UEFA Europa League
*
2013–14 UEFA Youth League
*
2014 UEFA Super Cup
*
2014 FIFA Club World Cup
*
2013–14 UEFA Women's Champions League
References
External links
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