2021–22 UEFA Champions League knockout phase

2021–22 UEFA Champions League knockout phase

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The 2021–22 UEFA Champions League knockout phase began on 15 February with the round of 16 and ended on 28 May 2022 with the final at the Krestovsky Stadium in Saint Petersburg, Russia, to decide the champions of the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League. A total of 16 teams competed in the knockout phase.

Times are CET/CEST, CET for dates up to 26 March 2021 (round of 16), and CEST (UTC+2) for dates thereafter (quarter-finals, semi-finals and final).

Round and draw dates

The schedule is as follows (all draws are held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland).

Round	Draw date	First leg	Second leg
Round of 16	13 December 2021, 15:00	15–16 & 22–23 February 2022	8–9 & 15–16 March 2022
Quarter-finals	18 March 2022, 12:00	5–6 April 2022	12–13 April 2022
Semi-finals		26–27 April 2022	3–4 May 2022
Final		28 May 2022 at Krestovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg

Format

Each tie in the knockout phase, apart from the final, is played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that scores more goals on aggregate over the two legs advances to the next round. If the aggregate score is level, then 30 minutes of extra time is played (the away goals rule is not applied). If the score is still level at the end of extra time, the winners are decided by a penalty shoot-out. In the final, which is played as a single match, if the score is level at the end of normal time, extra time is played, followed by a penalty shoot-out if the score is still level.

The mechanism of the draws for each round is 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 and semi-finals, there are no seedings, and teams from the same group or the same association can be drawn against each other. As the draws for the quarter-finals and semi-finals are held together before the quarter-finals are played, the identity of the quarter-final winners is not known at the time of the semi-final draw. A draw is also held to determine which semi-final winner is designated as the "home" team for the final (for administrative purposes as it is played at a neutral venue).

For the quarter-finals and semi-finals, teams from the same city are not scheduled to play at home on the same day or on consecutive days, due to logistics and crowd control. To avoid such scheduling conflict, if the two teams are drawn to play at home for the same leg, the order of legs of the tie involving the team with the lower domestic ranking in the qualifying season is reversed from the original draw.

Qualified teams

The knockout phase involves the 16 teams which qualify as winners and runners-up of each of the eight groups in the group stage.

Group	Winners (seeded in round of 16 draw)	Runners-up (unseeded in round of 16 draw)
A	Manchester City	Paris Saint-Germain
B	Liverpool	Atlético Madrid
C	Ajax	Sporting CP
D	Real Madrid	Inter Milan
E	Bayern Munich	Benfica
F	Manchester United	Villarreal
G	Lille	Red Bull Salzburg
H	Juventus	Chelsea

Bracket

	Round of 16						Quarter-finals						Semi-finals						Final
	Benfica	2	1	3
	Ajax	2	0	2
							Benfica	1	3	4
							Liverpool	3	3	6
	Inter Milan	0	1	1
	Liverpool	2	0	2
													Liverpool	2	3	5
													Villarreal	0	2	2
	Villarreal	1	3	4
	Juventus	1	0	1
							Villarreal	1	1	2
							Bayern Munich	0	1	1
	Red Bull Salzburg	1	1	2
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	Bayern Munich	1	7	8
																			Liverpool			0
																			Real Madrid			1
	Sporting CP	0	0	0
	Manchester City	5	0	5
							Manchester City	1	0	1
							Atlético Madrid	0	0	0
	Atlético Madrid	1	1	2
	Manchester United	1	0	1
													Manchester City	4	1	5
													Real Madrid (a.e.t.)	3	3	6
	Chelsea	2	2	4
	Lille	0	1	1
							Chelsea	1	3	4
							Real Madrid (a.e.t.)	3	2	5
	Paris Saint-Germain	1	1	2
	Real Madrid	0	3	3

Round of 16

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 13 December 2021, originally at 12:00 CET.

Summary

The first legs were played on 15, 16, 22 and 23 February, and the second legs were played on 8, 9, 15 and 16 March 2022.

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Red Bull Salzburg	2–8	Bayern Munich	1–1	1–7
Sporting CP	0–5	Manchester City	0–5	0–0
Benfica	3–2	Ajax	2–2	1–0
Chelsea	4–1	Lille	2–0	2–1
Atlético Madrid	2–1	Manchester United	1–1	1–0
Villarreal	4–1	Juventus	1–1	3–0
Inter Milan	1–2	Liverpool	0–2	1–0
Paris Saint-Germain	2–3	Real Madrid	1–0	1–3

Matches

16 February 2022 (2022-02-16) 21:00	Red Bull Salzburg	1–1	Bayern Munich	Stadion Wals-Siezenheim, Salzburg Attendance: 29,520 Referee: Michael Oliver (England)
	Adamu  21'	Report	Coman  90'

8 March 2022 (2022-03-08) 21:00	Bayern Munich	7–1	Red Bull Salzburg	Allianz Arena, Munich Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Clément Turpin (France)
	Lewandowski  12' (pen.), 21' (pen.), 23' Gnabry  31' Müller  54', 83' Sané  85'	Report	Kjærgaard  70'

Bayern Munich won 8–2 on aggregate.

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15 February 2022 (2022-02-15) 21:00 (20:00 WET)	Sporting CP	0–5	Manchester City	Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon Attendance: 48,129 Referee: Srđan Jovanović (Serbia)
		Report	Mahrez  7' Bernardo Silva  17', 44' Foden  32' Sterling  58'

9 March 2022 (2022-03-09) 21:00 (20:00 GMT)	Manchester City	0–0	Sporting CP	City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester Attendance: 51,213 Referee: Halil Umut Meler (Turkey)
		Report

Manchester City won 5–0 on aggregate.

23 February 2022 (2022-02-23) 21:00 (20:00 WET)	Benfica	2–2	Ajax	Estádio da Luz, Lisbon Attendance: 54,760 Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)
	Haller  26' (o.g.) Yaremchuk  72'	Report	Tadić  18' Haller  29'

15 March 2022 (2022-03-15) 21:00	Ajax	0–1	Benfica	Johan Cruyff Arena, Amsterdam Attendance: 54,066 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain)
		Report	Núñez  77'

Benfica won 3–2 on aggregate.

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22 February 2022 (2022-02-22) 21:00 (20:00 GMT)	Chelsea	2–0	Lille	Stamford Bridge, London Attendance: 38,832 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano (Spain)
	Havertz  8' Pulisic  63'	Report

16 March 2022 (2022-03-16) 21:00	Lille	1–2	Chelsea	Stade Pierre-Mauroy, [Vlleneuve-d'Ascq Attendance: 49,048 Referee: Davide Massa (Italy)
	Yılmaz  38' (pen.)	Report	Pulisic  45+3' Azpilicueta  71'

Chelsea won 4–1 on aggregate.

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23 February 2022 (2022-02-23) 21:00	Atlético Madrid	1–1	Manchester United	Metropolitano Stadium, Madrid Attendance: 63,273 Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)
	Félix  7'	Report	Elanga  80'

15 March 2022 (2022-03-15) 21:00 (20:00 GMT)	Manchester United	0–1	Atlético Madrid	Old Trafford, Manchester Attendance: 73,008 Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)
		Report	Lodi  41'

Atlético Madrid won 2–1 on aggregate.

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22 February 2022 (2022-02-22) 21:00	Villarreal	1–1	Juventus	Estadio de la Cerámica, Villarreal Attendance: 17,686 Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)
	Parejo  66'	Report	Vlahović  1'

16 March 2022 (2022-03-16) 21:00	Juventus	0–3	Villarreal	Juventus Stadium, Turin Attendance: 30,385 Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)
		Report	Gerard  78' (pen.) Torres  85' Danjuma  90+2' (pen.)

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16 February 2022 (2022-02-16) 21:00	Inter Milan	0–2	Liverpool	San Siro, Milan Attendance: 37,918 Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)
		Report	Firmino  75' Salah  83'

8 March 2022 (2022-03-08) 21:00 (20:00 GMT)	Liverpool	0–1	Inter Milan	Anfield, Liverpool Attendance: 51,747 Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)
		Report	Martínez  62'

Liverpool won 2–1 on aggregate.

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15 February 2022 (2022-02-15) 21:00	Paris Saint-Germain	1–0	Real Madrid	Parc des Princes, Paris Attendance: 47,443 Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy)
	Mbappé  90+4'	Report

9 March 2022 (2022-03-09) 21:00	Real Madrid	3–1	Paris Saint-Germain	Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid Attendance: 59,895 Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)
	Benzema  61', 76', 78'	Report	Mbappé  39'

Real Madrid won 3–2 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 18 March 2022, 12:00 CET.

Summary

The first legs are being played on 5 and 6 April, and the second legs will be played on 12 and 13 April 2022.

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Chelsea	5–4	Real Madrid	1–3	2–3
Manchester City	1–0	Atlético Madrid	1–0	0–0
Villarreal	2–1	Bayern Munich	1–0	1–1
Benfica	4–6	Liverpool	1–3	3–3

Matches

6 April 2022 (2022-04-06) 21:00 (20:00 BST)	Chelsea	1-3	Real Madrid	Stamford Bridge, London Attendance: 38,689 Referee: Clément Turpin (France)
	Havertz  40'	Report	Benzema  21', 24', 46'

12 April 2022 (2022-04-12) 21:00	Real Madrid	2–3 (a.e.t.)	Chelsea	Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid Attendance: 59,839 Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)
	Rodrygo  80' Benzema  96'	Report	Mount  15' Rüdiger  51' Timo Werner  75'

Real Madrid won 5–4 on aggregate.

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5 April 2022 (2022-04-05) 21:00 (20:00 BST)	Manchester City	1–0	Atlético Madrid	City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester Attendance: 52,018 Referee: István Kovács (Romania)
	De Bruyne  70'	Report

13 April 2022 (2022-04-13) 21:00	Atlético Madrid	0–0	Manchester City	Metropolitano Stadium, Madrid Attendance: 65,675 Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)
	Felipe  90+1'	Report

Manchester City won 1–0 on aggregate.

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6 April 2022 (2022-04-06) 21:00	Villarreal	1–0	Bayern Munich	Estadio de la Cerámica, Villarreal Attendance: 21,626 Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)
	Danjuma  8'	Report

12 April 2022 (2022-04-12) 21:00	Bayern Munich	1–1	Villarreal	Allianz Arena, Munich Attendance: 70,000 Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)
	Lewandowski  52'	Report	Chukwueze  88'

Villarreal won 2–1 on aggregate.

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5 April 2022 (2022-04-05) 21:00 (20:00 WEST)	Benfica	1–3	Liverpool	Estádio da Luz, Lisbon Attendance: 59,633 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano (Spain)
	Núñez  49'	Report	Konaté  17' Mané  34' Díaz  87'

13 April 2022 (2022-04-13) 21:00 (20:00 BST)	Liverpool	3–3	Benfica	Anfield, Liverpool Attendance: 51,373 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük (Netherlands)
	Konaté  21' Firmino  55', 65'	Report	Matias Ramos  32' Yaremchuk  73' Núñez  81'

Liverpool won 6–4 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

The draw for the semi-finals was held on 18 March 2022, 12:00 CET, after the quarter-final draw.

Summary

The first legs were played on 26 and 27 April, and the second legs were played on 3 and 4 May 2022.

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Manchester City	5–6	Real Madrid	4–3	1–3
Liverpool	5–2	Villarreal	2–0	3–2

Matches

26 April 2022 (2022-04-26) 21:00 (20:00 BST)	Manchester City	4–3	Real Madrid	City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester Attendance: 52,217 Referee: István Kovács (Romania)
	De Bruyne  2' Gabriel Jesus  11' Foden  53' Silva  74'	Report	Benzema  33', 82' (pen.) Vinícius  55'

4 May 2022 (2022-05-04) 21:00	Real Madrid	3–1	Manchester City	Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid Attendance: 61,416 Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy)
	Rodrygo  90', 90+1' Benzema  95' (Pen)	Report	Mahrez  73'

Real Madrid won 6–5 on aggregate.

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27 April 2022 (2022-04-27) 21:00 (20:00 BST)	Liverpool	2–0	Villarreal	Anfield, Liverpool Attendance: 51,586 Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)
	Estupiñán  53' (o.g.) Mané  55'	Report

3 May 2022 (2022-05-03) 21:00	Villarreal	2–3	Liverpool	Estadio de la Cerámica, Villarreal Attendance: 21,872 Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)
	Dia  3' Coquelin  41' Capoue  86'	Report	Fabinho  62' Díaz  67' Mané  74'

Liverpool won 5–2 on aggregate.

Final

Main article: 2022 UEFA Champions League Final

The final was played on 28 May 2022 at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis. A draw was held on 18 March 2022, after the quarter-final and semi-final draws, to determine the "home" team for administrative purposes.

28 May 2022 (2022-05-28) 21:00 CET	Liverpool	0–1	Real Madrid	Stade de France, Saint-Denis Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Clément Turpin (France)
		Report	Vinícius  59'

Man of the Match: Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid) Assistant referees: Nicolas Danos (France) Cyril Gringore (France) Fourth official: Benoît Bastien (France) Video assistant referee: Jérôme Brisard (France) Assistant video assistant referees: Willy Delajod (France) Massimiliano Irrati (Italy) Filippo Meli (Italy)

Match rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary Penalty shoot-out if scores still level Twelve named substitutes Maximum of five substitutions, with a sixth allowed in extra time

External links

• UEFA Champions League (official website)