Teams that will qualify directly for the Champions League Round of 16

With the conclusion of the 8th matches in the Champions League group stage tonight, the first 8 teams to qualify directly for the Round of 16 have been determined.

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Teams that will qualify directly for the Champions League Round of 16

Following the conclusion of the league phase, Liverpool, Barcelona, Arsenal, Inter, Atletico Madrid, Bayer Leverkusen, Lille, and Aston Villa, who finished in the top 8, have advanced directly to the Round of 16.

Atalanta, Borussia Dortmund, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, Milan, PSV, Paris Saint-Germain, Benfica, Monaco, Brest, Feyenoord, Juventus, Celtic, Manchester City, Sporting Lisbon, and Club Brugge, who finished between 9th and 24th in the standings, have secured their spots in the play-off stage. The 16 teams that will face each other in the play-off round will compete in a two-legged knockout format to earn their tickets to the Round of 16.

The draw for the Champions League play-off round will be held today.

LIVERPOOL AT THE TOP

The team that finished the league in first place after the eight-week marathon was the English side Liverpool.

Having won all their matches in the previous 7 weeks, Liverpool lost their unbeaten record in the final week after a 3-2 defeat to Dutch side PSV, but still managed to finish the league in first place with 21 points.

On the other hand, 3 of the teams that advanced directly to the Round of 16 are from the English Premier League. In addition to leaders Liverpool, 3rd-placed Arsenal and 8th-placed Aston Villa were the English teams that continued their journey without needing the play-off stage.

HIGHEST SCORING TEAM IS BARCELONA

Spanish side Barcelona became the highest-scoring team in the UEFA Champions League.

The Catalans managed to score 28 goals against their opponents over the 8-week period while conceding 13 goals.

Italian side Inter, meanwhile, conceded only 1 goal during the league phase.

THOSE ELIMINATED HAVE BEEN DETERMINED

Teams finishing between 25th and 36th in the league have bid farewell to the UEFA Champions League.

Dinamo Zagreb, Stuttgart, Shakhtar Donetsk, Bologna, Red Star Belgrade, Sturm Graz, Sparta Prague, Leipzig, Girona, and Salzburg, despite earning points during the 8-week marathon, did not earn the right to compete in the next round.

Swiss side Young Boys, who eliminated Galatasaray in the UEFA Champions League qualifiers, finished the league in last place without earning any points, while Slovakia's Slovan Bratislava also bid farewell to Europe without any points.

The results of the matches played in the final week of the Champions League are as follows:

Sporting (Portugal)-Bologna (Italy): 1-1

PSV (Netherlands)-Liverpool (England): 3-2

Young Boys (Switzerland)-Red Star Belgrade (Serbia): 0-1

Stuttgart (Germany)-Paris Saint-Germain (France): 1-4

Sturm Graz (Austria)-Leipzig (Germany): 1-0

Manchester City (England)-Club Brugge (Belgium): 3-1

Bayern Munich (Germany)-Slovan Bratislava (Slovakia): 3-1

Inter (Italy)-Monaco (France): 3-0

Borussia Dortmund (Germany)-Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukraine): 3-1

Barcelona (Spain)-Atalanta (Italy): 2-2

Bayer Leverkusen (Germany)-Sparta Prague (Czechia): 2-0