As the domestic seasons come to a close across Europe, and the final of the prestigious UEFA Champions League to be played on 24th May, its time for a peek into the draw pot for the 2014-15 UEFA Champions League. What makes the next season special is that all the clubs will have to comply with the UEFA Financial Fair Play (FFP) regulations to participate in the tournament. Another first: A team from Gibraltar would be taking part, as the Gibraltar Football Association is now the 54th UEFA member.
Stage/Round | Match Dates |
First qualifying round, first leg | 01-02/July/14 |
First qualifying round, second leg | 08-09/July/14 |
Second qualifying round, first leg | 15-16/July/14 |
Second qualifying round, second leg | 22-23/July/14 |
Third qualifying round, first leg | 29-30/July/14 |
Third qualifying round, second leg | 05-06/Aug/14 |
Play-off round, first leg | 19-20/Aug/14 |
Play-off round, second leg | 26-27/Aug/14 |
Group stage, Match-day one | 16-17/Sept/14 |
Group stage, Match-day two | 30/Sept-01/Oct/14 |
Group stage, Match-day three | 21-22/Oct/14 |
Group stage, Match-day four | 04-05/Nov/14 |
Group stage, Match-day five | 25-26/Nov/14 |
Group stage, Match-day six | 09-10/Dec/14 |
Round of 16, first leg | 17-18/Feb/15 or 24-25/Feb/15 |
Round of 16, second leg | 10-11/Mar/15 or 17-18/Mar/15 |
Quarter-finals, first leg | 14-15/Apr/15 |
Quarter-finals, second leg | 21-22/Apr/15 |
Semi-finals, first leg | 05-06/May/15 |
Semi-finals, second leg | 12-13/May/15 |
Final (Olympiastadion, Berlin) | 06/June/15 |
Group Stage | Play-off Round | Third Qualifying Round | Second Qualifying Round | First Qualifying Round |
Atlético Madrid | Athletic Bilbao | Cyprus League Champion(TBD) | Sparta Prague | Levadia Tallinn |
Bayern Munich | Bayer Leverkusen | Lille | Serbian League Champions(TBD) | HB |
Sporting CP | Porto | Be?ikta? | HJK | FC Santa Coloma |
Galatasaray | Arsenal | Cyprus League Runners-up(TBD) | Montenegro League Champions(TBD) | Banants |
Barcelona | Napoli | AaB | Steaua Bucure?ti | San Marino League Champions(TBD) |
Borussia Dortmund | Draw Date: 8 August 2014 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | Slovan Bratislava | Lincoln Red Imps |
Paris Saint-Germain | Standard Liège | Zrinjski Mostar | ||
Anderlecht | Copenhagen | Rabotni?ki | ||
Real Madrid | Red Bull Salzburg | Maccabi Tel Aviv | ||
Schalke 04 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | Strømsgodset | ||
Monaco | Panathinaikos | Sheriff Tiraspol | ||
Olympiacos | Feyenoord | Skënderbeu Korçë | ||
Manchester City | Grasshoppers | BATE Borisov | ||
Juventus | Draw Dates: (third qualifying) 18 July 2014 (first and second qualifying) 23 June 2014 Note: AEL Limassol and APOEL will end up as Champions/Runners-up in Cyprus Football League | Ludogorets Razgrad | ||
Shakhtar Donetsk | St Patrick's Athletic | |||
Basel | Valletta | |||
Liverpool | Poland League Champions(TBD) | |||
Roma | Hungary League Champions(TBD) | |||
CSKA Moscow | Žalgiris Vilnius | |||
Chelsea | F91 Dudelange | |||
Benfica | Dinamo Zagreb | |||
Ajax | Maribor | |||
Draw Date: 28 August 2014 Note: Fenerbahçe the Turkish League Champions were banned by UEFA. | Aktobe | |||
Cliftonville | ||||
Malmö FF | ||||
Dinamo Tbilisi | ||||
Ventspils | ||||
The New Saints | ||||
Celtic | ||||
Qaraba? | ||||
KR |