32 teams can play in champions league.
how many teams can play in champions league?
32 teams
in its present format, the champions league begins in late june with a preliminary round, three qualifying rounds and a play-off round, all played over two legs. the six surviving teams enter the group stage, joining 26 teams qualified in advance. the 32 teams are drawn into eight groups of four teams and play each other in a double round-robin system. the eight group winners and eight runners-up proceed to the knockout phase that culminates with the final match in late may or early june. the winner of the champions league qualifies for the following year's champions league, the uefa super cup and the fifa club world cup.
uefa champions league
al-shorta and al-zawraa were the teams to qualify to the afc champions league, but no teams were admitted to the arab champions league after iraq withdrew from the tournament following uafa's decision to only let them have one participant in al-talaba.





























section::::name changes.





























bullet::::- al-difaa al-jawi renamed to al-estiqlal.





























section::::group stage.





























"note: as many teams had played different numbers of games to each other, the group standings were determined by points per game in order to decide which teams qualified for the play-off round or potentially for the arab champions league."





























section::::play-off round.





























section::::play-off round.:second legs.
2003–04 iraqi premier league