2021–22 UEFA Champions League#Quarter Finals

A total of 80 teams from 54 of the 55 UEFA member associations participated in the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League (the exception being Liechtenstein,{{Cref2|Note LIE}} which did not organise a domestic league). The association ranking based on the UEFA association coefficients was used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:{{cite web |year=2021 |title=Regulations of the UEFA Champions League, 2021/22 Season |url=https://kassiesa.net/uefa/files/2021-22-uefa-cl-rules.pdf |access-date=30 April 2021 |website=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations}}

• Associations 1–4 each had four teams qualify.
• Associations 5–6 each had three teams qualify.
• Associations 7–15 each had two teams qualify.
• Associations 16–55 (except Liechtenstein){{Cref2|Note LIE}} each had one team qualify.
• The winners of the 2020–21 UEFA Champions League and 2020–21 UEFA Europa League were each given an additional entry if they did not qualify for the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League through their own domestic league. (As Chelsea, the Champions League title holders, did qualify through their own domestic league this season, the additional entry for the Champions League title holders was re-allocated.)

For the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League, the associations were allocated places according to their 2020 UEFA association coefficients, which took into account their performance in European competitions from 2015–16 to 2019–20.{{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/nationalassociations/uefarankings/country/#/yr/2020 |title=Association coefficients 2019/20 |website=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |year=2020 |access-date=24 August 2020 |archive-date=4 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191204125228/https://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/uefarankings/country/#/yr/2020 |url-status=live }}

Apart from the allocation based on the association coefficients, associations could have additional teams participating in the Champions League, as noted below:

• {{small|(UEL)}} – Additional berth for UEFA Europa League title holders

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The following is the access list for this season.{{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/uefaorg/General/02/58/61/42/2586142_DOWNLOAD.pdf |title=Access list 2021–24 |website=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |access-date=16 February 2020 |archive-date=4 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181204074949/https://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/uefaorg/General/02/58/61/42/2586142_DOWNLOAD.pdf |url-status=live }} As the Champions League title holders, Chelsea, which were guaranteed a berth in the Champions League group stage, already qualified via their domestic league (as fourth place in the 2020-21 Premier League), the following changes to the access list were made:

• The champions of association 11 (Turkey) enter the group stage instead of the play-off round (Champions Path).
• The champions of association 13 (Denmark) enter the play-off round instead of the third qualifying round (Champions Path).
• The champions of association 15 (Czech Republic) enter the third qualifying round instead of the second qualifying round (Champions Path).
• The champions of associations 18 (Greece) and 19 (Serbia) enter the second qualifying round instead of the first qualifying round (Champions Path).

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:

• TH: Champions League title holders
• EL: Europa League title holders
• 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, etc.: League positions of the previous season
• Abd-: League positions of abandoned season due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe as determined by the national association; all teams were subject to approval by UEFA as per the guidelines for entry to European competitions in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/uefaorg/General/02/64/17/45/2641745_DOWNLOAD.pdf|title=Guidelines on eligibility principles for 2020/21 UEFA Club Competitions – COVID 19|website=UEFA|publisher=Union of European Football Associations|date=23 April 2020|access-date=1 November 2020|archive-date=25 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125043259/https://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/uefaorg/General/02/64/17/45/2641745_DOWNLOAD.pdf|url-status=live}}

The second qualifying round, third qualifying round and play-off round were divided into Champions Path (CH) and League Path (LP).

Notes

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{{Cnote2|Note ISL|Iceland (ISL): The 2020 Úrvalsdeild was abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Iceland. The top team of the league at the time of the abandonment based on the average number of points per matches played for each team, Valur (who were declared champions), were selected to play in the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League by the Football Association of Iceland.{{cite web|url=https://www.ksi.is/um-ksi/frettir/frettasafn/frett/2020/10/30/Keppni-haett/|title=Keppni hætt|publisher=Knattspyrnusamband Íslands|date=30 October 2020|access-date=1 November 2020|archive-date=7 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201107234151/https://www.ksi.is/um-ksi/frettir/frettasafn/frett/2020/10/30/Keppni-haett/|url-status=live}}}}

{{Cnote2|Note LIE|Liechtenstein (LIE): The seven teams affiliated with the Liechtenstein Football Association (LFV) all played in the Swiss football league system. The only competition organised by the LFV was the Liechtenstein Football Cup – the winners of which qualified for the UEFA Europa Conference League.}}

{{Cnote2|Note MLT|Malta (MLT): The 2020–21 Maltese Premier League was abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Malta. The top team of the league at the time of the abandonment, Hamrun Spartans, were declared champions but were subsequently banned from competing in European competitions for a match fixing case dating back to 2013. As a result, the second-placed team, Hibernians, were selected to play in the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League by the Malta Football Association.{{cite web|url=https://mfa.com.mt/en/news/news/4768/sports-ban-forces-termination-of-domestic-competitions.htm|title=Sports ban forces termination of domestic competitions|publisher=Malta Football Association|date=9 April 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://sportsdesk.com.mt/2021/06/09/uefa-board-turns-down-hamrun-spartans-appeal-to-compete-in-2021-22-champions-league/|title=UEFA board turns down Ħamrun Spartans' appeal to compete in 2021-22 Champions League |publisher=Times of Malta |work=Sportsdesk.com.mt |date=9 June 2021 |access-date=9 June 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2021-06-09/football/Hamrun-Spartans-set-to-be-excluded-from-Champions-League-by-UEFA-over-past-match-fixing-case-6736234175|title=Hamrun Spartans to be excluded from Champions League by UEFA over past match fixing case|publisher=Malta Independent|date=9 June 2021}}}}

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All matches were played on Tuesdays and Wednesdays apart from the preliminary round final, which was played on a Friday, and the final, which was played on a Saturday. The third qualifying round second legs were only played on a Tuesday due to the 2021 UEFA Super Cup on the following Wednesday. Scheduled kick-off times starting from the play-off round were 18:45 (instead of 18:55 previously) and 21:00 CEST/CET.{{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/news-media/news/0255-0e99f578e557-a64ea0ed91c9-1000--format-change-for-2020-21-uefa-nations-league/ |title=Format change for 2020/21 UEFA Nations League |website=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |date=24 September 2019 |access-date=17 February 2020 |archive-date=26 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190926223650/https://www.uefa.com/insideuefa/about-uefa/news/newsid=2625412.html |url-status=live }}

All draws were held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, except the group stage draw, which took place in Istanbul, Turkey, on 26 August 2021.{{cite news |url=https://www.uefa.com/news-media/news/026b-12c542441355-1c2040c5e54b-1000/ |title=Venues appointed for club competition finals |website=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |date=16 July 2021 |access-date=16 July 2021}}

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The draw for the group stage was held in Istanbul, Turkey, on 26 August 2021.{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/draws/2022/2001308/ |title=UEFA Champions League group stage draw |website=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |date=26 August 2021 |access-date=}} The 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four. For the draw, the teams were seeded into four pots, each of eight teams, based on the following principles:

• Pot 1 contained the Champions League and Europa League title holders, and the champions of the top six associations based on their 2020 UEFA country coefficients.
• Pot 2, 3 and 4 contained the remaining teams, seeded based on their 2021 UEFA club coefficients.{{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/nationalassociations/uefarankings/club/#/yr/2021 |title=Club coefficients 2020/21 |website=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations }}

Teams from the same association, and due to political reasons, teams from Ukraine and Russia, could not be drawn into the same group. Before the draw, UEFA formed pairings of teams from the same association (one pairing for associations with two or three teams, two pairings for associations with four or five teams) based on television audiences, where one team was drawn into Groups A–D and another team was drawn into Groups E–H, so that the two teams would play on different days.{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/026c-1317064936b6-87d706b186bc-1000--group-stage-draw-pots-confirmed/|title=Champions League group stage draw pots confirmed|publisher=UEFA|date=26 August 2021}}

The matches were played on 14–15 September, 28–29 September, 19–20 October, 2–3 November, 23–24 November, and 7–9 December 2021. The top two teams of each group advanced to the round of 16. The third-placed teams were transferred to the Europa League knockout round play-offs, while the fourth-placed teams were eliminated from European competitions for the season.

Sheriff Tiraspol made their debut appearance in the group stage. They were the first team from Moldova to play in the Champions League group stage.

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In the knockout phase, teams played against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis, except for the one-match final.{{#lst:2021–22 UEFA Champions League knockout phase|Format}}

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Statistics exclude qualifying rounds and play-off round.

File:Karim Benzema wearing Real Madrid home kit 2021-2022.jpg finished the tournament as the top scorer with 15 goals, and was named the inaugural Champions League Player of the Season.]]

===Team of the season===

The UEFA technical study group selected the following players as the team of the tournament.{{cite news|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/0275-154650014aef-02a394f30379-1000--2021-22-uefa-champions-league-team-of-the-season/|title=2021/22 UEFA Champions League Team of the Season|website=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |date=31 May 2022 |access-date=31 May 2022}}

File:Vinicius Jr 2021.jpg was named the inaugural Champions League Young Player of the Season.]]

• {{flagicon|FRA}} Karim Benzema ({{fbaicon|ESP}} Real Madrid){{cite news|date=31 May 2022|title=Karim Benzema named 2021/22 UEFA Champions League Player of the Season|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/0275-15465014cfaf-b4d5f6398256-1000--karim-benzema-named-2021-22-uefa-champions-league-player-of-the/|access-date=31 May 2022|website=UEFA|publisher=Union of European Football Associations}}

• {{flagicon|BRA}} Vinícius Júnior ({{fbaicon|ESP}} Real Madrid){{cite news|date=31 May 2022|title=Vinícius Júnior named 2021/22 UEFA Champions League Young Player of the Season|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/0275-1546501dd977-8e9d95ac3c37-1000--vinicius-junior-named-2021-22-uefa-champions-league-young-playe/|access-date=31 May 2022|website=UEFA|publisher=Union of European Football Associations}}

{{main|European Super League}}

On 18 April 2021, UEFA, the Football Association, the Premier League, the Italian Football Federation, Serie A, the Royal Spanish Football Federation and La Liga learned of plans from several English, Italian and Spanish clubs to create the European Super League.{{cite news |last=Panja |first=Tariq |date=18 April 2021 |title=Top European Soccer Teams Agree to Join Breakaway League |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/18/sports/soccer/super-league-united-liverpool-juventus-madrid.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211228/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/18/sports/soccer/super-league-united-liverpool-juventus-madrid.html |archive-date=2021-12-28 |url-access=limited |access-date=18 April 2021 |issn=0362-4331}}{{cbignore}} UEFA and the national associations announced that if such a league were to be established, its participants would be banned from playing in international and domestic competitions.{{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/news-media/news/0268-12121411400e-7897186e699a-1000--statement-by-uefa-english-fa-rfef-figc-premier-league-laliga-le/ |title=Statement by UEFA, the English Football Association, the Premier League, the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), LaLiga, the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) and Lega Serie A |publisher=UEFA |date=18 April 2021 |access-date=18 April 2021 |archive-date=18 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418160006/https://www.uefa.com/insideuefa/mediaservices/mediareleases/news/0268-12121411400e-7897186e699a-1000--statement-by-uefa-english-fa-rfef-figc-premier-league-laliga-le/ |url-status=live }} Later that same day, English clubs (Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur), Italian clubs (Inter Milan, Juventus and Milan) and Spanish clubs (Atlético Madrid, Barcelona and Real Madrid) announced the establishment of the Super League, putting them at risk of being banned.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/56794673 |title=European Super League: Uefa and Premier League condemn 12 major clubs signing up to breakaway plans |agency=BBC Sport|publisher=BBC|date=18 April 2021 |access-date=18 April 2021 |archive-date=18 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418162207/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/56794673 |url-status=live }}

On 20 April 2021, Arsenal,{{cite press release|title= An open letter to our fans |url=https://www.arsenal.com/news/open-letter-our-fans|date=20 April 2021|access-date=20 April 2021|publisher=Arsenal F.C.}} Liverpool,{{cite press release|title=Liverpool Football Club statement|date=20 April 2021|url=https://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/first-team/431956-liverpool-football-club-statement-20-april-2021|access-date=20 April 2021|publisher=Liverpool F.C.}} Manchester City,{{cite press release|last=Pollard|first=Rob|title= Club statement|url=https://www.mancity.com/news/mens/club-statement-super-league-withdraw-63754546|access-date=20 April 2021|publisher=Manchester City F.C.|date=20 April 2021}} Manchester United{{cite press release|title=Manchester United withdraw from European Super League|date=20 April 2021|url=https://www.manutd.com/en/news/detail/official-statement-on-man-utd-withdrawal-from-european-super-league|access-date=20 April 2021|publisher=Manchester United F.C.}} and Tottenham Hotspur{{cite press release|title=Club statement|url=https://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/news/2021/april/club-statement-20-april/|date=20 April 2021|access-date=20 April 2021|publisher=Tottenham Hotspur F.C.}} withdrew after the Football Association threatened to ban participating clubs from domestic football,{{cite news |last1=Hytner |first1=David |last2=Hunter |first2=Andy |last3=Jackson |first3=Jamie |date=20 April 2021 |title=All Premier League clubs quit Super League after FA ban warning |work=The Guardian |location=London |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/apr/20/chelsea-and-manchester-city-quit-super-league-after-fa-ban-warning |url-status=live |access-date=20 April 2021 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210420213648/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/apr/20/chelsea-and-manchester-city-quit-super-league-after-fa-ban-warning |archive-date=20 April 2021}} whilst Chelsea withdrew some hours later.{{cite press release|title=Club statement|url=https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/2021/04/20/club-statement?cardIndex=0-0|date=21 April 2021|access-date=21 April 2021|publisher=Chelsea F.C.}} This led to the project's collapse,{{cite news|last1=Panja|first1=Tariq|last2=Smith|first2=Rory|date=22 April 2021|title=How the Super League Fell Apart|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/22/sports/soccer/super-league-soccer.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211228/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/22/sports/soccer/super-league-soccer.html |archive-date=2021-12-28 |url-access=limited|access-date=21 May 2021|issn=0362-4331}}{{cbignore}} as Atlético Madrid, Inter Milan and AC Milan followed the English clubs by withdrawing.{{cite news|date=21 April 2021|title=European Super League in tatters as Atletico, Inter & AC Milan follow English clubs in quitting|agency=Euronews|url=https://www.euronews.com/2021/04/20/manchester-city-withdraw-from-european-super-league-plans|access-date=22 June 2021}} The Super League suspended its operations,{{cite web|date=21 April 2021|title=Super League suspended: Why English clubs pulled out, and what's next for them and UEFA|url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/blog-marcottis-musings/story/4365465/super-league-suspended-why-english-clubs-pulled-outwhats-next-for-them-and-uefa|access-date=22 June 2021|website=ESPN}} with the case to be taken by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) to establish whether UEFA and FIFA have the exclusive right to organise competitions.{{cite news|last=Dunham|first=Matt|date=20 June 2021|url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/football-super-league-is-not-dead-just-resting-gbrp00dpv|title=Football Super League is 'not dead, just resting'|work=The Times|access-date=21 June 2021}}

On 7 June 2021, the Swiss Federal Department of Justice and Police notified UEFA and FIFA of the Spanish precautionary measure – which had earlier issued an injunction against UEFA and FIFA and referred a cuestión preliminar (English: preliminary question) to the CJEU on whether UEFA and FIFA have violated articles 101 and 102 of the TFEU{{cite web|title=Super League-UEFA, the clash arrives at the EU Court of Justice|url=https://www.italy24news.com/business/50688.html|date=13 May 2021|website=Italy24 News Sport|access-date=22 June 2021|archive-date=18 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210518170459/https://www.italy24news.com/business/50688.html|url-status=dead}} – ruling that neither governing body could not execute sanctions against Super League clubs.{{cite news|date=7 June 2021|title=UEFA y FIFA no pueden tomar represalias contra los clubes de la Superliga|publisher=Cadena Ser|url=https://www.cadenaser.com/programa/2021/06/07/carrusel_deportivo/1623019964_535881.amp.html|access-date=7 June 2021|language=es|archive-date=7 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210607010747/https://cadenaser.com/programa/2021/06/07/carrusel_deportivo/1623019964_535881.amp.html|url-status=dead}} On 15 June 2021, it was officially confirmed that the remaining three clubs (Barcelona, Juventus and Real Madrid) – which did not sign the Commitment Declaration of the sanctioned other nine clubs{{cite news |title=Nine of European Super League rebel clubs commit to UEFA competitions |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/may/07/nine-of-european-super-league-rebel-clubs-commit-to-uefa-competitions |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210508101508/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/may/07/nine-of-european-super-league-rebel-clubs-commit-to-uefa-competitions |date=7 May 2021 |archive-date=8 May 2021 |last=MacInnes |first=Paul |work=The Guardian |access-date=22 June 2021 |url-status=live }} and filed a new motion to scrap the agreement UEFA signed with those nine clubs – were admitted to the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League, pending the disciplinary proceedings UEFA opened against them but which were suspended after the Swiss notification.{{cite news|title=Real Madrid, Barcelona, Juventus admitted to Champions League next season|url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/uefa-champions-league/story/4410038/real-madridbarcelonajuventus-admitted-to-champions-league-next-season|agency=Reuters|website=ESPN|date=15 June 2021|access-date=22 June 2021}}

• 2021–22 UEFA Europa League
• 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League
• 2022 UEFA Super Cup
• 2021–22 UEFA Women's Champions League
• 2021–22 UEFA Youth League
• 2021–22 UEFA Futsal Champions League

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