Third Round Udinese - Bayer Leverkusen 0-1 2-1 Arsenal - Nantes 3-0 3-3 Rangers - Borussia Dortmund 2-0 0-2 1-3p Parma - Sturm Graz 2-1 3-3 Olympiakos - Juventus 1-3 2-1 Spartak Moskva - Leeds United 2-1 0-1 Bologna - Galatasaray 1-1 1-2 Fourth Round Borussia Dortmund - Galatasaray 0-2 0-0 Arsenal - Deportivo La Coruńa 5-1 1-2 Quarterfinals Arsenal - Werder Bremen 2-0 4-2 RCD Mallorca - Galatasaray 1-4 1-2 Semifinals Galatasaray - Leeds United 2-0 2-2 Arsenal - Lens 1-0 2-1 Final Galatasaray - Arsenal 0-0 4-1p
Third Round Bayer Leverkusen - AEK Athinai 4-4 0-2 Shakhtar Donetsk - Celta Vigo 0-0 0-1 Olympiakos - Liverpool 2-2 0-2 Rangers - Kaiserslautern 1-0 0-3 Roma - Hamburger SV 1-0 3-0 CD Alavés - Rosenborg 1-1 3-1 PSV (Eindhoven) - PAOK Thessaloniki 3-0 1-0 Club Brugge - Barcelona 0-2 1-1 Fourth Round AEK Athinai - Barcelona 0-1 0-5 PSV (Eindhoven) - Parma 2-1 2-3 Quarterfinals Kaiserslautern - PSV (Eindhoven) 1-0 1-0 Barcelona - Celta Vigo 2-1 2-3 Semifinals Barcelona - Liverpool 0-0 0-1
Third Round
Hapoel Tel-Aviv - Lokomotiv Moskva 2-1 1-0
FC Křbenhavn - Borussia Dortmund 0-1 0-1
Slovan Liberec - RCD Mallorca 3-1 2-1
PAOK Thessaloniki - PSV (Eindhoven) 3-2 1-4
Valencia - Celtic 1-0 0-1 5-4p
Club Brugge - Olympique Lyonnais 4-1 0-3
Fiorentina - Lille OSC 0-1 0-2
Feyenoord - Freiburg 1-0 2-2
Fourth Round
Lille OSC - Borussia Dortmund 1-1 0-0
PSV (Eindhoven) - Leeds United 0-0 1-0
Olympique Lyonnais - Slovan Liberec 1-1 1-4
Rangers - Feyenoord 1-1 2-3
Quarterfinals
PSV (Eindhoven) - Feyenoord 1-1 1-1 4-5p
Slovan Liberec - Borussia Dortmund 0-0 0-4
NB: Slovan Liberec eliminated 2 Champions League Rejects in consecutive rounds before
losing against their third such opponents in the quarterfinals.
Semifinals
Internazionale - Feyenoord 0-1 2-2
Borussia Dortmund - Milan 4-0 1-3
Final
Feyenoord - Borussia Dortmund 3-2
Third Round Real Betis - AJ Auxerre 1-0 0-2 Vitesse Arnhem - Liverpool 0-1 0-1 AEK Athinai - Maccabi Haifa 4-0 4-1 Denizlispor - Olympique Lyonnais 0-0 1-0 Besiktas - Dynamo Kyiv 3-1 0-0 FC Porto - RC Lens 3-0 0-1 Club Brugge - VfB Stuttgart 1-2 0-1 Fourth Round Málaga - AEK Athinai 0-0 1-0 AJ Auxerre - Liverpool 0-1 0-2 Quarterfinals Celtic - Liverpool 1-1 2-0
Third Round Celtic - FK Teplice 3-0 0-1 FC Sochaux - Internazionale 2-2 0-0 Perugia - PSV (Eindhoven) 0-0 1-3 Galatasaray - Villarreal 2-2 0-3 AJ Auxerre - Panathinaikos 0-0 1-0 Olympique Marseille - Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 1-0 0-0 Valencia - Besiktas 3-2 2-0 Club Brugge - Debreceni VSC 1-0 0-0 Fourth Round Celtic - FC Barcelona 1-0 0-0 Benfica - Internazionale 0-0 3-4 AJ Auxerre - PSV (Eindhoven) 1-1 0-3 Liverpool - Olympique Marseille 1-1 1-2 Bordeaux - Club Brugge 3-1 1-0 Quarterfinals Olympique Marseille - Internazionale 1-0 1-0 Celtic - Villarreal 1-1 0-2 PSV (Eindhoven) - Newcastle United 1-1 1-2 Semifinals Newcastle United - Olympique Marseille 0-0 0-2 Final Valencia - Olympique Marseille 2-0
Third Round Olympiakos - FC Sochaux 1-0 1-0 Dynamo Kyiv - Villarreal 0-0 0-2 Ajax - AJ Auxerre 1-0 1-3 Fenerbahçe SK - Real Zaragoza 0-1 1-2 Panathinaikos - Sevilla 1-0 0-2 Shakhtar Donetsk - Schalke 04 1-1 1-0 Valencia - Steaua Bucuresti 2-0 0-2 3-4p CSKA Moskva - Benfica 2-0 1-1 Fourth Round Olympiakos - Newcastle United 1-3 0-4 Shakhtar Donetsk - AZ Alkmaar 1-3 1-2 Partizan Beograd - CSKA Moskva 1-1 0-2 Quarterfinals CSKA Moskva - AJ Auxerre 4-0 0-2 Semifinals Parma - CSKA Moskva 0-0 0-3 Final Sporting CP Lisboa - CSKA Moskva 1-3
Third Round
Club Brugge - Roma 1-2 1-2
FC Thun - Hamburger SV 1-0 0-2
Udinese - Lens 3-0 0-1
Lille OSC - Shakhtar Donetsk 3-2 0-0
Schalke 04 - RCD Espanyol 2-1 3-0
Rosenborg - Zenit Sankt-Peterburg 0-2 1-2
Real Betis - AZ Alkmaar 2-0 1-2
Artmedia Bratislava - Levski Sofia 0-1 0-2
Fourth Round
Udinese - Levski Sofia 0-0 1-2
Lille OSC - Sevilla 1-0 0-2
Palermo - Schalke 04 1-0 0-3
Steaua Bucuresti - Real Betis 0-0 3-0
Quarterfinals
Levski Sofia - Schalke 04 1-3 1-1
NB: Levski Sofia eliminated 2 Champions League Rejects in consecutive rounds before
losing against their third such opponents in the quarterfinals.
Semifinals
Schalke 04 - Sevilla 0-0 0-1
Third Round Werder Bremen - Ajax 3-0 1-3 Spartak Moskva - Celta Vigo 1-1 1-2 Bordeaux - Osasuna Pamplona 0-0 0-1 Shakhtar Donetsk - AS Nancy 1-1 1-0 Steaua Bucuresti - Sevilla 0-2 0-1 Benfica - Dinamo Bucuresti 1-0 2-1 CSKA Moskva - Maccabi Haifa 0-0 0-1 AEK Athinai - Paris Saint-Germain 0-2 0-2 Fourth Round Celta Vigo - Werder Bremen 0-1 0-2 Sevilla - Shakhtar Donetsk 2-2 3-2 Paris Saint-Germain - Benfica 2-1 1-3 Quarterfinals AZ Alkmaar - Werder Bremen 0-0 1-4 RCD Espanyol - Benfica 3-2 0-0 Semifinals RCD Espanyol - Werder Bremen 3-0 2-1
Third Round Olympique Marseille - Spartak Moskva 3-0 0-2 Rosenborg BK - Fiorentina 0-1 1-2 Werder Bremen - SC Braga 3-0 1-0 Benfica - Nürnberg 1-0 2-2 Rangers - Panathinaikos 0-0 1-1 Sporting CP Lisboa - FC Basel 2-0 3-0 PSV (Eindhoven) - Helsingborgs IF 2-0 2-1 Slavia Praha - Tottenham Hotspur 1-2 1-1 Fourth Round Olympique Marseille - Zenit Sankt-Peterburg 3-1 0-2 Rangers - Werder Bremen 2-0 0-1 Benfica - Getafe 1-2 0-1 Bolton Wanderers - Sporting CP Lisboa 1-1 0-1 Tottenham Hotspur - PSV (Eindhoven) 0-1 1-0 5-6p Quarterfinals Fiorentina - PSV (Eindhoven) 1-1 2-0 Rangers - Sporting CP Lisboa 0-0 2-0 Semifinals Rangers - Fiorentina 0-0 0-0 4-2p Final Rangers - Zenit Sankt-Peterburg 0-2
Third Round Bordeaux - Galatasaray 0-0 3-4 Werder Bremen - Milan 1-1 2-2 Shakhtar Donetsk - Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 1-1 Olympique Marseille - FC Twente Enschede 0-1 1-0 7-6p AaB Aalborg - Deportivo La Coruńa 3-0 3-1 Fiorentina - Ajax 0-1 1-1 Dynamo Kyiv - Valencia 1-1 2-2 Zenit Sankt-Peterburg - VfB Stuttgart 2-1 2-1 Fourth Round Olympique Marseille - Ajax 2-1 2-2 Werder Bremen - Saint-Etienne 1-0 2-2 CSKA Moskva - Shakhtar Donetsk 1-0 0-2 Manchester City - AaB Aalborg 2-0 0-2 4-3p Dynamo Kyiv - Metalist Kharkiv 1-0 2-3 Udinese - Zenit Sankt-Peterburg 2-0 0-1 Quarterfinals Paris Saint-Germain - Dynamo Kyiv 0-0 0-3 Shakhtar Donetsk - Olympique Marseille 2-0 2-1 Werder Bremen - Udinese 3-1 3-3 Semifinals Dynamo Kyiv - Shakhtar Donetsk 1-1 1-2 Werder Bremen - Hamburger SV 0-1 3-2 Final Shakhtar Donetsk - Werder Bremen 2-1 NB: Shakhtar Donetsk eliminated 3 (other) Champions League Rejects in consecutive rounds.
Third Round
Ajax - Juventus 1-2 0-0
Villarreal - Wolfsburg 2-2 1-4
FC Křbenhavn - Olympique Marseille 1-3 1-3
Atlético Madrid - Galatasaray 1-1 2-1
Liverpool - Unirea Urziceni 1-0 3-1
Rubin Kazan - Hapoel Tel-Aviv 3-0 0-0
Standard Ličge - Red Bull Salzburg 3-2 0-0
Fourth Round
Juventus - Fulham 3-1 1-4
Rubin Kazan - Wolfsburg 1-1 1-2
Atlético Madrid - Sporting CP Lisboa 0-0 2-2
Benfica - Olympique Marseille 1-1 2-1
Lille - Liverpool 1-0 0-3
Panathinaikos - Standard Ličge 1-3 0-1
Quarterfinals
Valencia - Atlético Madrid 2-2 0-0
Fulham - Wolfsburg 2-1 1-0
Benfica - Liverpool 2-1 1-4
Hamburger SV - Standard Ličge 2-1 3-1
Semifinals
Atlético Madrid - Liverpool 1-0 1-2
Final
Atlético Madrid - Fulham 2-1
NB: Fulham eliminated 2 Champions League Rejects in consecutive rounds before
losing against their third such opponents in the final.
Third Round Rubin Kazan - Twente Enschede 0-2 2-2 Benfica - VfB Stuttgart 2-1 2-0 Rangers - Sporting CP Lisboa 1-1 2-2 FC Basel - Spartak Moskva 2-3 1-1 RSC Anderlecht - Ajax 0-3 0-2 Lech Poznan - SC Braga 1-0 0-2 Fourth Round Twente Enschede - Zenit Sankt-Peterburg 3-0 0-2 Benfica - Paris Saint-Germain 2-1 1-1 PSV (Eindhoven) - Rangers 0-0 1-0 SC Braga - Liverpool 1-0 0-0 Ajax - Spartak Moskva 0-1 0-3 Quarterfinals Benfica - PSV (Eindhoven) 4-1 2-2 Dynamo Kyiv - SC Braga 1-1 0-0 FC Porto - Spartak Moskva 5-1 5-2 Villarreal - Twente Enschede 5-1 3-1 Semifinals Benfica - SC Braga 2-1 0-1 Final FC Porto - SC Braga 1-0
Third Round FC Porto - Manchester City 1-2 0-4 Trabzonspor - PSV (Eindhoven) 1-2 1-4 Ajax - Manchester United 0-2 2-1 Stoke City - Valencia 0-1 0-1 Rubin Kazan - Olympiakos 0-1 0-1 Viktoria Plzen - Schalke 04 1-1 1-3 Fourth Round Manchester United - Athletic Bilbao 2-3 1-2 Sporting CP Lisboa - Manchester City 1-0 2-3 Valencia - PSV (Eindhoven) 4-2 1-1 Metalist Kharkiv - Olympiakos 0-1 2-1 Quarterfinals AZ Alkmaar - Valencia 2-1 0-4 Semifinals Atlético Madrid - Valencia 4-2 1-0
Third Round Dynamo Kyiv - Bordeaux 1-1 0-1 Levante - Olympiakos 3-0 1-0 Zenit Sankt-Peterburg - Liverpool 2-0 1-3 Ajax - Steaua Bucuresti 2-0 0-2 2-4p Sparta Praha - Chelsea 0-1 1-1 BATE Barysau - Fenerbahçe 0-0 0-1 Bayer Leverkusen - Benfica 0-1 1-2 Internazionale - CFR Cluj 2-0 3-0 Fourth Round FC Basel - Zenit Sankt-Peterburg 2-0 0-1 Benfica - Bordeaux 1-0 3-2 Steaua Bucuresti - Chelsea 1-0 1-3 Quarterfinals Benfica - Newcastle United 3-1 1-1 Chelsea - Rubin Kazan 3-1 2-3 Semifinals FC Basel - Chelsea 1-2 1-3 Fenerbahçe - Benfica 1-0 1-3 Final Chelsea - Benfica 2-1
Third Round Ajax - Red Bull Salzburg 0-3 1-3 Maccabi Tel-Aviv - FC Basel 0-0 0-3 PAOK (Thessaloniki) - Benfica 0-1 0-3 Juventus - Trabzonspor 2-0 2-0 Swansea City - Napoli 0-0 1-3 FC Porto - Eintracht Frankfurt 2-2 3-3 Viktoria Plzen - Shakhtar Donetsk 1-1 2-1 Fourth Round FC Basel - Red Bull Salzburg 0-0 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur - Benfica 1-3 2-2 Juventus - Fiorentina 1-1 1-0 FC Porto - Napoli 1-0 2-2 Olympique Lyon - Viktoria Plzen 4-1 1-2 Quarterfinals FC Basel - Valencia 3-0 0-5 AZ (Alkmaar) - Benfica 0-1 0-2 Olympique Lyon - Juventus 0-1 1-2 FC Porto - Sevilla 1-0 1-4 Semifinals Benfica - Juventus 2-1 0-0 Final Sevilla - Benfica 0-0 4-2p
Third Round Roma - Feyenoord 1-1 2-1 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk - Olympiakos 2-0 2-2 PSV (Eindhoven) - Zenit Sankt-Peterburg 0-1 0-3 Torino - Athletic Bilbao 2-2 3-2 VfL Wolfsburg - Sporting CP Lisboa 2-0 0-0 Ajax - Legia Warszawa 1-0 3-0 RSC Anderlecht - Dinamo Moskva 0-0 1-3 Liverpool - Besiktas 1-0 0-1 4-5p Fourth Round Fiorentina - Roma 1-1 3-0 Zenit Sankt-Peterburg - Torino 2-0 0-1 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk - Ajax 1-0 1-2 Quarterfinals Sevilla - Zenit Sankt-Peterburg 2-1 2-2
Third Round Shakhtar Donetsk - Schalke 04 0-0 3-0 FC Midtjylland - Manchester United 2-1 1-5 Galatasaray - Lazio (Roma) 1-1 1-3 Sevilla - Molde FK 3-0 0-1 Sporting CP (Lisboa) - Bayer Leverkusen 0-1 1-3 RSC Anderlecht - Olympiakos 1-0 2-1 aet Borussia Dortmund - FC Porto 2-0 1-0 Valencia - SK Rapid Wien 6-0 4-0 Fourth Round Shakhtar Donetsk - RSC Anderlecht 3-1 1-0 Liverpool - Manchester United 2-0 1-1 FC Basel - Sevilla 0-0 0-3 Villarreal CF - Bayer Leverkusen 2-0 0-0 Athletic Bilbao - Valencia 1-0 1-2 Quarterfinals SC Braga - Shakhtar Donetsk 1-2 0-4 Athletic Bilbao - Sevilla 1-2 2-1 4-5p Semifinals Shakhtar Donetsk - Sevilla 2-2 1-3 Final Liverpool - Sevilla 1-3
Third Round AA Gent - Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 2-2 AZ (Alkmaar) - Olympique Lyon 1-4 1-7 Borussia M'gladbach - Fiorentina 0-1 4-2 FK Rostov - Sparta Praha 4-0 1-1 Ludogorets Razgrad - FC Křbenhavn 1-2 0-0 Hapoel Beer-Sheva - Besiktas 1-3 1-2 Legia Warszawa - Ajax 0-0 0-1 Fourth Round FC Křbenhavn - Ajax 2-1 0-2 FK Rostov - Manchester United 1-1 0-1 Olympiakos - Besiktas 1-1 1-4 Olympique Lyon - Roma 4-2 1-2 Schalke 04 - Borussia M'gladbach 1-1 2-2 Quarterfinals Olympique Lyon - Besiktas 2-1 1-2 7-6p Semifinals Ajax - Olympique Lyon 4-1 1-3 NB: Ajax eliminated 3 Champions League Rejects.
Third Round Crvena zvezda - CSKA Moskva 0-0 0-1 FK Astana - Sporting CP (Lisboa) 1-3 3-3 Celtic - Zenit Sankt Peterburg 1-0 0-3 FC Křbenhavn - Atlético Madrid 1-4 0-1 Borussia Dortmund - Atalanta (Bergamo) 3-2 1-1 Spartak Moskva - Athletic Bilbao 1-3 2-1 SSC Napoli - RB Leipzig 1-3 2-0 Fourth Round CSKA Moskva - Olympique Lyonnais 0-1 3-2 Sporting CP (Lisboa) - Viktoria Plzen 2-0 1-2 aet Atlético Madrid - Lokomotiv Moskva 3-0 5-1 Borussia Dortmund - Red Bull Salzburg 1-2 0-0 RB Leipzig - Zenit Sankt Peterburg 2-1 1-1 Quarterfinals RB Leipzig - Olympique Marseille 1-0 2-5 Arsenal - CSKA Moskva 4-1 2-2 Atlético Madrid - Sporting CP (Lisboa) 2-0 0-1 Semifinals Arsenal - Atlético Madrid 1-1 0-1 Final Olympique Marseille - Atlético Madrid 0-3
Third Round Galatasaray - Benfica 1-2 0-0 Rapid Wien - Internazionale 0-1 0-4 Celtic - Valencia 0-2 0-1 Club Brugge - RB Salzburg 2-1 0-4 FC Zürich - Napoli 1-3 0-2 Shakhtar Donetsk - Eintracht Frankfurt 2-2 1-4 Viktoria Plzen - Dinamo Zagreb 2-1 0-3 Fourth Round Dinamo Zagreb - Benfica 1-0 0-3 aet Eintracht Frankfurt - Internazionale 0-0 1-0 Napoli - RB Salzburg 3-0 1-3 Valencia - FK Krasnodar 2-1 1-1 Quarterfinals Benfica - Eintracht Frankfurt 4-2 0-2 Arsenal - Napoli 2-0 1-0 Villarreal - Valencia 1-3 0-2 Semifinals Arsenal - Valencia 3-1 4-2 NB: Eintracht Frankfurt eliminated 3 Champions League Rejects in consecutive rounds.
Third Round Club Brugge - Manchester United 1-1 0-5 Getafe - Ajax 2-0 1-2 Ludogorets Razgrad - Internazionale 0-2 1-2 Shakhtar Donetsk - Benfica 2-1 3-3 Bayer Leverkusen - FC Porto 2-1 3-1 Olympiakos - Arsenal 0-1 2-1 aet Eintracht Frankfurt - RB Salzburg 4-1 2-2 Fourth Round Olympiakos - Wolv. Wanderers 1-1 0-1 Rangers - Bayer Leverkusen 1-3 0-1 VfL Wolfsburg - Shakhtar Donetsk 1-2 0-3 Internazionale - Getafe 2-0 Quarterfinals Internazionale - Bayer Leverkusen 2-1 Shakhtar Donetsk - FC Basel 4-1 Semifinals Internazionale - Shakhtar Donetsk 5-0 Final Sevilla - Internazionale 3-2
Third Round RB Salzburg - Villarreal 0-2 1-2 Maccabi Tel-Aviv - Shakhtar Donetsk 0-2 0-1 Olympiakos - PSV Eindhoven 4-2 1-2 Lille OSC - Ajax 1-2 1-2 FK Krasnodar - Dinamo Zagreb 2-3 0-1 Dinamo Kyiv - Club Brugge 1-1 1-0 Real Sociedad - Manchester United 0-4 0-0 Fourth Round Roma - Shakhtar Donetsk 3-0 2-1 Olympiakos - Arsenal 1-3 1-0 Ajax - Young Boys Bern 3-0 2-0 Dinamo Kyiv - Villarreal 0-2 0-2 Manchester United - Milan 1-1 1-0 Quarterfinals Ajax - Roma 1-2 1-1 Granada - Manchester United 0-2 0-2 Semifinals Manchester United - Roma 6-2 2-3 Final Villarreal - Manchester United 1-1 11-10p
Third Round Sevilla - Dinamo Zagreb 3-1 0-1 Atalanta - Olympiakos 2-1 3-0 RB Leipzig - Real Sociedad 2-2 3-1 Barcelona - Napoli 1-1 4-2 Zenit Sankt-Peterburg - Real Betis Sevilla 2-3 0-0 Borussia Dortmund - Rangers 2-4 2-2 Sheriff Tiraspol - SC Braga 2-0 0-2 2-3p FC Porto - Lazio 2-1 2-2 Fourth Round FC Porto - Olympique Lyonnais 0-1 1-1 Atalanta - Bayer Leverkusen 3-2 1-0 Sevilla - West Ham United 1-0 0-2 aet Barcelona - Galatasaray 0-0 2-1 RB Leipzig - Spartak Moskva awd awd Quarterfinals RB Leipzig - Atalanta 1-1 2-0 Eintracht Frankfurt - Barcelona 1-1 3-2 Semifinals RB Leipzig - Rangers 1-0 1-3
Third Round Ajax - Union Berlin 0-0 1-3 Barcelona - Manchester United 2-2 1-2 Red Bull Salzburg - Roma 1-0 0-2 Shakhtar Donetsk - Stade Rennais 2-1 1-2 5-4p Bayer Leverkusen - Monaco 2-3 3-2 5-3p Juventus - Nantes 1-1 3-0 Sevilla - PSV (Eindhoven) 3-0 0-2 Sporting CP Lisboa - Midtjylland (Herning) 1-1 4-0 Fourth Round Bayer Leverkusen - Ferencváros 2-0 2-0 Sporting CP Lisboa - Arsenal 2-2 1-1 5-3p Juventus - SC Freiburg 1-0 2-0 Sevilla - Fenerbahçe (Istanbul) 2-0 0-1 Shakhtar Donetsk - Feyenoord 1-1 1-7 Quarterfinals Bayer Leverkusen - Union Saint-Gilloise 1-1 4-1 Juventus - Sporting CP Lisboa 1-0 1-1 Manchester United - Sevilla 2-2 0-3 Semifinals Roma - Bayer Leverkusen 1-0 0-0 Juventus - Sevilla 1-1 1-2 aet Final Sevilla - Roma 1-1 4-1p
In each of the 24 seasons since 1999/00, 8 clubs eliminated from the Champions League
entered the UEFA Cup (c.q. Europa League) in round 3 (round of 32), representing exactly
one quarter (25 %) of the entrants. They have collected 9 wins (38 %), and 19 final
appearances (40 %); four finals (those in 2000, 2002, 2009 and 2013) featured two clubs
rejected from the Champions League.
NB: all statistics below up to and including the 2022/23 season.
Stages Reached By Season
Win Fin SF QF Rd4 Rd3
1999/00 1 2 2 2 3 8
2000/01 1 2 2 8
2001/02 1 2 2 3 5 8
2002/03 1 3 8
2003/04 1 1 4 5 8
2004/05 1 1 1 1 3 8
2005/06 1 1 4 8
2006/07 1 2 3 8
2007/08 1 1 3 6 8
2008/09 1 2 3 4 6 8
2009/10 1 1 2 4 7 8
2010/11 1 2 4 6 8
2011/12 1 1 4 8
2012/13 1 2 2 2 3 8
2013/14 1 2 4 6 8
2014/15 1 3 8
2015/16 1 1 2 2 5 8
2016/17 1 2 5 8
2017/18 1 1 1 4 5 8
2018/19 1 3 4 8
2019/20 1 2 3 4 8
2020/21 1 1 2 5 8
2021/22 1 3 5 8
2022/23 1 1 3 4 5 8
Total 9 19 34 62 107 192
NB: at each stage (bar the final), more than half of the Champions League entrants progressed.
Stages Reached By Club (quarterfinals or better)
Win Fin SF QF
Benfica 2 3 5
PSV (Eindhoven) 4
Shakhtar Donetsk 1 1 3 3
Sporting (Lisboa) 3
Atlético Madrid 2 2 2 2
Sevilla 2 2 2 2
CSKA Moskva 1 1 1 2
Werder Bremen 1 2 2
Internazionale 1 1 2
Olympique Marseille 1 1 2
Juventus 2 2
Valencia 2 2
Barcelona 1 2
Bayer Leverkusen 1 2
Liverpool 1 2
RB Leipzig 1 2
Chelsea 1 1 1 1
Feyenoord 1 1 1 1
Galatasaray 1 1 1 1
Arsenal 1 1 1
Borussia Dortmund 1 1 1
Braga 1 1 1
Manchester United 1 1 1
Rangers 1 1 1
Dynamo Kyiv 1 1
Olympique Lyon 1 1
Schalke 04 1 1
Ajax 1
Atalanta 1
Basel 1
Besiktas 1
Celtic 1
Napoli 1
Porto 1
Spartak Moskva 1
Standard Ličge 1
FC Twente 1
VfL Wolfsburg 1
Zenit Sankt-Peterburg 1
Total 9 19 34 62
NB: PSV qualified on 4 occasions for the third round of the UEFA Cup in this way; in each of
those seasons they reached the quarterfinals but they never progressed further.
In contrast, Olympiakos qualified as third team in a Champions League group on 9 occasions
but never reached the quarterfinals.
Atlético Madrid twice entered the UEFA Cup (Europa League) after finishing third in their
Champions League group and won the tournament on both occasions; Chelsea and Feyenoord
also have a perfect record (one such entry converted into winning the tournament).
See also the overview of most frequent entries.
Stages Reached By Country (quarterfinals or better)
Win Fin SF QF (clubs)
Portugal 3 4 10 ( 4)
Germany 2 6 9 ( 6)
Spain 4 4 7 8 ( 4)
Netherlands 1 1 1 7 ( 4)
Italy 1 3 6 ( 4)
England 1 3 4 5 ( 4)
Ukraine 1 1 4 4 ( 2)
Russia 1 1 1 4 ( 3)
France 1 2 3 ( 2)
Turkey 1 1 1 2 ( 2)
Scotland 1 1 2 ( 2)
Belgium 1 ( 1)
Switzerland 1 ( 1)
Total 9 19 34 62 (39)
Most Frequent Entries By Club
Below we list all thirty-one clubs to have moved from the Champions League group stage to the
UEFA Cup on three or more occasions, together with the rounds reached (round 3 signifying
immediate elimination):
Win Fin SF QF Rd4 Rd3
10 Shakhtar Donetsk 1 2 4 3
9 Ajax 1 2 6
Olympiakos 4 5
7 Benfica 2 1 2 1 1
6 Club Brugge 1 5
5 Bayer Leverkusen 1 1 1 2
Dynamo Kyiv 1 1 3
4 Galatasaray 1 3
Olympique Marseille 1 1 2
Borussia Dortmund 1 2 1
Rangers 1 1 2
Valencia 2 1 1
PSV (Eindhoven) 4
Sporting (Lisboa) 3 1
Zenit Sankt-Peterburg 1 2 1
Porto 1 1 2
Spartak Moskva 1 3
3 Sevilla 2 1
CSKA Moskva 1 1 1
Werder Bremen 1 1 1
Internazionale 1 1 1
Manchester United 1 2
Juventus 2 1
Barcelona 1 1 1
Liverpool 1 1 1
Olympique Lyon 1 1 1
Napoli 1 1 1
Celtic 1 2
Viktoria Plzen 1 2
Rosenborg BK 3
RB Salzburg 3
Most Frequent Entries By Country
Below we list all thirteen countries to have had representative clubs moved from the
Champions League group stage to the UEFA Cup on five or more occasions, together with
the rounds reached (round 3 signifying immediate elimination):
Win Fin SF QF Rd4 Rd3
18 Germany 2 4 3 5 4
16 Russia 1 3 4 8
16 Portugal 3 1 6 2 4
15 Spain 4 3 1 3 4
15 Ukraine 1 3 5 6
15 Netherlands 1 6 2 6
13 Italy 1 2 3 5 2
13 France 1 1 1 6 4
13 Greece 5 8
10 England 1 2 1 1 3 2
8 Turkey 1 1 6
8 Belgium 1 1 6
7 Scotland 1 1 1 4
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Authors: Roberto Di Maggio and Karel Stokkermans
Last updated: 15 Jun 2023
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