For teams finishing in 9th to 16th place, they will enter the knockout round play-offs, where they are seeded and face unseeded teams from 17th to 24th in a two-legged encounter.

The group stage at the UEFA Champions League officially came to a close on Wednesday and the standings are now final. Liverpool, Barcelona, Arsenal,

There is going to be a blockbuster Champions League knockout playoff round tie between Manchester City and Bayern Munich or Real Madrid. Here's why.

British clubs Manchester City and Celtic have the same two possible opponents in the UEFA Champions League knockout phase play-offs after finishing 22nd and 21st. The Scottish giants and the Premier League champions will face either face 15-time winners Real Madrid or German icons Bayern Munich after they finished 11th and 12th.

Knockout phase places are up for grabs as the inaugural league phase of the UEFA Champions League reaches a dramatic conclusion. UEFA.com takes a look at the key storylines from every fixture as the final league phase table is decided. All matches kick off at 21:00 CET.

With the Champions League's revamped 'league' stage over, attention turns to the play-off round, which takes place in two weeks

The UEFA Champions League's first-ever league phase comes to a close on Wednesday when 18 games will kick off at the same time as the push for knockout berths approaches a frenetic finish. A series of dramatic events on Matchday 8 would be a fitting finale for the league phase,

And so we come to the final week of the Champions League’s new league phase. Never before has European football known 36 teams jostling for position in its biggest competition and by tomorrow, it will be time to part with 12 of them once and for all.

The Champions League’s inaugural league phase has drawn to a close following a thrilling matchday eight in Europe.It was an action-packed final round of fixtures in the league phase with goals