The 2022/23 UEFA Champions League group stage will end earlier than usual to host the FIFA World Cup.

The last day of the phase will take place on November 1 and 2, twenty days before the start of the World Cup in Qatar.

Typically, the last games of the group stage are played in early December and then the competition takes a winter break of two and a half months.

This season’s break will last a month and a half longer, with action set to resume in mid-February 2023 in the Round of 16.

The final will take place at the Atatürk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul. The venue hosted the 2005 decider when Liverpool recovered from 3-0 to beat AC Milan in the ‘Miracle of Istanbul’.

Here is the complete program

Champions League qualifying matches
Preliminary round semi-finals: June 21, 2022
Preliminary round final: June 24, 2022
First qualifying round: 5/6 & 12/13 July 2022
Second qualifying round: 19/20 & 26/27 July 2022
Third qualifying round: 2/3 & 9 August 2022
Play-offs: 16/17 & 23/24 August 2022

Champions League group stage
Day 1: September 6/7, 2022
2nd day: 13/14 September 2022
Matchday 3: October 4/5, 2022
Matchday 4: 11/12 October 2022
Matchday 5: October 25/26, 2022
Matchday 6: 1/2 November 2022

Champions League knockout stages
Round of 16: 14/15/21/22 February & 7/8/14/15 March 2023
Quarter-finals: 11/12 & 18/19 April 2023
Semi-finals: 9/10 & 16/17 May 2023
Final: June 10, 2023

2022/23 Champions League draws
Preliminary round: June 7, 2022
First qualifying round: 14 June 2022
Second qualifying round: 15 June 2022
Third qualifying round: 18 July 2022
Play-off round: August 2, 2022
Group stage: 25 August 2022
Round of 16: November 7, 2022
Quarter-finals and semi-finals: March 17, 2022

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