18 December 2022, the group stage commenced in the first week of September 2022 and concluded in the first week of November 2022 to make way for the World Cup. The draws for the qualifying round were held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. The group stage draw took place in Istanbul, Turkey. Qualifying rounds First qualifying round Second qualifying round Third qualifying round Play-off round Group stage The draw for the group stage was held on 26 August 2022. 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 their 2022 UEFA club coefficients (CC). Teams from the same association and, for political reasons, teams from Serbia and Kosovo could not be drawn into the same group. All teams besides AZ, Basel, CFR Cluj, Gent, Partizan, Slavia Prague and Slovan Bratislava, who competed in last season's group stage, made their debut appearances in the group stage. Ballkani, Djurgårdens IF, Dnipro-1, Pyunik, RFS, Silkeborg, Slovácko, Vaduz and Žalgiris made their debut appearances in a UEFA competition group stage. Ballkani, Vaduz and Žalgiris were the first teams from Kosovo, Liechtenstein and Lithuania, respectively, to play in a UEFA competition group stage. A total of 28 national associations were represented in the group stage. Group A Group B Group C Group D Group E Group F Group G Group H Knockout phase In the knockout phase, teams play against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis, except for the one-match final. Knockout round play-offs Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final Statistics Statistics exclude qualifying rounds and play-off round. Tables updated as of 23 February 2023. Top goalscorers Top assists See also 2022–23 UEFA Champions League 2022–23 UEFA Europa League 2022–23 UEFA Women's Champions League 2022–23 UEFA Youth League References External links 3 2022-23 Current association football seasons Sports events affected by the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine