The last day of the UEFA Champions League league phase was dramatic. All 18 teams played simultaneously, where the top teams fought for a place in the last eight in the standings. While several big clubs made it to the list, Real Madrid were stunned by Benfica 4-2 as the Whites got dumped into the qualifying playoffs by their former coach, Jose Mourinho.
List of teams qualified in UCL last 16, playoffs and eliminated
The 15-time UCL champions, who were third in the 36-team standings, fell to ninth, which was one place below advancing directly in the round of 16, despite a brace from Kylian Mbappe. Astonishingly, Benfica advanced to the knockout phase in 24th place following a goal difference when their goalkeeper Anatoliy Trubin scored a header in the eighth minute of the stoppage time.
Alvaro Arbeloa’s side will be joined by defending champions Paris Saint-Germain, falling into 11th place in the standings. Inter Milan will also be playing the qualifying playoffs. Meanwhile, Sporting CP has surprisingly joined Liverpool, Tottenham Hotspur, FC Barcelona, Chelsea, and Manchester City in the top eight. While the last day of the UCL league phase has concluded, a look at the teams that ended in the last eight amd the teams playing in the playoffs.
List of teams qualified in Round of 16
- Arsenal
- Bayern Munich
- Liverpool
- Tittenham Hotspur
- FC Barcelona
- Cheslea
- Sporting CP
- Manchester City
List of teams qualified in playoffs
The 16 teams involved were confirmed following the conclusion of the league phase. A look at seeded and unseeded clubs in the playoffs.
Seeded teams
- Real Madrid
- Paris Saint-Germain
- Newcastle United
- Juventus
- Atletico Madrid
- Inter Milan
- Atalanta
- Bayer Leverkusen
Unseeded teams
- Borussia Dortmund
- Olympiacos
- Club Brugge
- Galatasaray
- Monaco
- Qarabağ
- Bodø/Glimt
- Benfica
Teams that are eliminated
- Marseille
- Pafos
- Union Saint-Gilloise
- PSV Eindhoven
- Athletic Bilbao
- Napoli
- FC Copenhagen
- Ajax
- Eintracht Frankfurt
- Slavia Prague
- Villarreal
- Kairat