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The 2023/24 UEFA Champions League last 16 has provided plenty of thrills and spills since the turn of the year, with teams beginning to book their places in the quarter-finals.
While the likes of Arsenal, Barcelona and Napoli still have second-legs to contest to seal their spots in the last eight, continental giants like Bayern Munich, Paris Saint-Germain, Manchester City and Real Madrid have already secured safe passage and are eyeing up their next opponents.
But when will those games take place? Here’s when the 2023/24 UEFA Champions League quarter-finals are scheduled to kick off.
The first legs of the 2023/24 UEFA Champions League quarter-finals are due to be played on Tuesday 9 and Wednesday 10 April. The return fixtures will then take place on Tuesday 16 and Wednesday 17 April.
All eight games will kick-off at 20:00 GMT.
The draw for the 2023/24 UEFA Champions League quarter-finals will be held on Friday 15 March at UEFA’s headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. It will begin at 11:00 GMT and be available to watch on UEFA’s official website.
The semi-final draw will also take place, outlaying the paths to the final for all remaining teams.
The first four teams to secure safe passage through to the Champions League quarter-finals were Bayern Munich, Paris Saint-Germain, Manchester City and Real Madrid.
The German giants had to do it the hard way after a dismal defeat in Rome against Lazio, winning the second leg 3-0, while PSG saw out a comfortable 4-1 aggregate success by winning both matches against Real Sociedad. The next night, City scored three goals in a Champions League game for the eighth successive time this season to beat Copenhagen 6-2 on aggregate, while Madrid had a much closer tie against RB Leipzig.
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Team |
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Bayern Munich |
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Paris Saint-Germain |
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Manchester City |
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Real Madrid |
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Date / Kick-off Time (GMT) |
Fixture |
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13/02/24 – 20:00 |
Copenhagen 1-3 Manchester City |
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13/02/24 – 20:00 |
RB Leipzig 0-1 Real Madrid |
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14/02/24 – 20:00 |
Lazio 1-0 Bayern Munich |
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14/02/24 – 20:00 |
Paris Saint-Germain 2-0 Real Sociedad |
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20/02/24 – 20:00 |
Inter 1-0 Atletico Madrid |
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20/02/24 – 20:00 |
PSV Eindhoven 1-1 Borussia Dortmund |
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21/02/24 – 20:00 |
Porto 1-0 Arsenal |
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21/02/24 – 20:00 |
Napoli 1-1 Barcelona |
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05/03/24 – 20:00 |
Bayern Munich 3-0 Lazio |
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05/03/24 – 20:00 |
Real Sociedad 1-2 Paris Saint-Germain |
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06/03/24 – 20:00 |
Manchester City 3-1 Copenhagen |
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06/03/24 – 20:00 |
Real Madrid 1-1 RB Leipzig |
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12/03/24 – 20:00 |
Arsenal vs Porto |
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12/03/24 – 20:00 |
Barcelona vs Napoli |
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13/03/24 – 20:00 |
Atletico Madrid vs Inter |
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13/03/24 – 20:00 |
Borussia Dortmund vs PSV Eindhoven |
After securing a treble in 2022/23, Manchester City have been heavily backed by fans to win the Champions League for the second season on the trot. Given how they’ve performed since the turn of 2024, the Cityzens looked primed to at least reach the semi-finals.
Real Madrid can’t be discounted, either. The La Liga champions in waiting just need to keep some of their key stars fit – Jude Bellingham and Antonio Rudiger are two key performers who have been sidelined in recent months – to give themselves the best chance of success.
Arsenal’s incredible run to start the year means Mikel Arteta’s Gunners must be considered, despite losing the first leg of their last-16 tie with Porto, while Italian giants and last season’s runners-up Inter – who have only lost two games all term – will be there or thereabouts.
The 2023/24 UEFA Champions League final will be held at Wembley, England’s national stadium, on Saturday 1 June 2024.
This season’s showpiece will see Wembley host the match for a record eighth time and the third in the Champions League era after 2011 and 2013.
