The top two teams of each group advanced to the round of 16. In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. LP Winners of play-off round (League Path). Third-placed teams enter Europa League knockout round play-offs Group winners and runners-up advance to round of 16 6 winners of the play-off round (4 from Champions Path, 2 from League Path).This arrangement was different from previous seasons, where the same two teams would play at home on the first and last matchdays.īelow are the participating teams (with their 2021 UEFA club coefficients), grouped by their seeding pot. Each team would not play more than two home matches or two away matches in a row, and would play one home match and one away match on the first and last matchdays (Regulations Article 16.02).
The fixtures were decided after the draw, using a computer draw not shown to public. On each matchday, one set of four groups played their matches on Tuesday, while the other set of four groups played their matches on Wednesday, with the two sets of groups alternating between each matchday. The following pairings were announced by UEFA after the group stage teams were confirmed: Prior to 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. Teams from the same association, and due to political reasons, teams from Ukraine and Russia, cannot be drawn into the same group. Pot 2, 3, and 4 contained the remaining teams, seeded based on their 2021 UEFA club coefficients.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.For the draw, the teams were seeded into four pots, each of eight teams, based on the following principles: The 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four. The draw for the group stage was held on 26 August 2021, 18:00 CEST (19:00 TRT), in Istanbul, Turkey.
Sheriff Tiraspol made their debut appearance in the group stage, becoming the first team from Moldova to play in the Champions League group stage. A total of 32 teams competed in the group stage to decide the 16 places in the knockout phase of the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League. The 2021–22 UEFA Champions League group stage began on 14 September 2021 and ended on 9 December 2021.
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