2020–21 UEFA Champions League

 

Champions League 2020-21

The 2020–21 UEFA Champions League was the 66th season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 29th season since it was renamed from the European Champion Clubs' Cup to the UEFA Champions League.

Tournament details
Dates	Qualifying: 8 August 2020 – 30 September 2020 Competition proper: 20 October 2020 – 29 May 2021
Teams	Competition proper: 32 Total: 79 (from 54 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Chelsea (2nd title)
Runners-up	Manchester City
Tournament statistics
Matches played	125
Goals scored	366 (2.93 per match)
Attendance	180,049 (1,440 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Erling Haaland (10 goals)
Best player(s)	Goalkeeper:  Édouard Mendy (Chelsea)[1] Defender:  Rúben Dias (Manchester City)[2] Midfielder:  N'Golo Kanté (Chelsea)[3] Forward:  Erling Haaland (Borussia Dortmund)[4]
← 2019–20 2021–22 → (Note: All statistics do not include qualifying play-offs)

Chelsea defeated Manchester City 1–0 in the final, which was played at the Estádio do Dragão in Porto, Portugal. The Atatürk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul, Turkey, was originally appointed to host the 2020 UEFA Champions League Final, but it was moved due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe to the Estádio da Luz in Lisbon.[5] Istanbul was again appointed to host the final of the 2021 edition, but was eventually moved to Estádio do Dragão after Turkey was placed on the United Kingdom's red list for tourists and hosting it in England was ruled out.[6]

Bayern Munich were the defending champions, but were eliminated in the quarter-finals by Paris Saint-Germain, whom they had beaten in the previous year's final. As the winners of the 2020–21 UEFA Champions League, Chelsea played against Villarreal, the winners of the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League, in the 2021 UEFA Super Cup. They will also be the European entry for the 2021 FIFA Club World Cup. Since they had already qualified to the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League group stage through their league performance, the berth originally reserved for the Champions League title holders has been transferred to the Champions of the 2020–21 Süper Lig, Beşiktaş, the 11th ranked association according to the next season access-list.

The 2020–21 season was the last season of UEFA European competitions to feature the away goals rule

Bracket 

	Round of 16							Quarter-finals							Semi-finals							Final (29 May – Porto)
	Lazio		1	1	2
	Bayern Munich		4	2	6
								Bayern Munich		2	1	3
								Paris Saint-Germain (a)		3	0	3
	Barcelona		1	1	2
	Paris Saint-Germain		4	1	5
															Paris Saint-Germain		1	0	1
															Manchester City		2	2	4
	Borussia Mönchengladbach		0	0	0
	Manchester City		2	2	4
								Manchester City		2	2	4
								Borussia Dortmund		1	1	2
	Sevilla		2	2	4
	Borussia Dortmund		3	2	5
																						Manchester City		0
																						Chelsea		1
	Atalanta		0	1	1
	Real Madrid		1	3	4
								Real Madrid		3	0	3
								Liverpool		1	0	1
	RB Leipzig		0	0	0
	Liverpool		2	2	4
															Real Madrid		1	0	1
															Chelsea		1	2	3
	Porto (a.e.t.; a)		2	2	4
	Juventus		1	3	4
								Porto		0	1	1
								Chelsea		2	0	2
	Atlético Madrid		0	0	0
	Chelsea		1	2	3