Rangers are set to take on Eintracht Frankfurt in the 2022 Europa League final on Wednesday night but fans are already looking ahead to the Champions League.
The 2022–23 UEFA Champions League will be the 68th season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA.
It will also be the 31st season since UEFA changed its name from the European Champion Clubs' Cup.
Here's what we know so far about the upcoming Champions League and the 2023 final.
When is the 2022/2023 UEFA Champions League?
The qualifying rounds begin on June 21 and run until August 24, 2022.
The draw for the preliminary round is due to be held on June 7, 2022 with the two semi-finals taking place on June 21, 2022 and the final following on June 24, 2022.
The draw for the first round qualifiers takes place on June 14, 2022 which will see a total of 30 teams playing.
The seeding of the teams will be based on their 2022 UEFA club coefficients.
The second qualifiers draw will be held on June 15, 2022.
A total of 24 teams will play before being split into two groups: the League and Champions Path.
The third qualifying round draw will take place on July 18, 2022.
The play-off round draw will follow on August 1, 2022 with the group stage draw taking place later that month on August 25, 2022.
This draw will see the teams seeded into four pots (each with the eight teams).
When is the 2023 UEFA Champions League final?
🏟️ Following the relocation of the 2021 #UCL final from Istanbul to Porto, Istanbul will now stage the final in 2023. The next four finals will be: 🇷🇺 2022: Saint Petersburg, Russia 🇹🇷 2023: Istanbul, Turkey 🏴 2024: London, England 🇩🇪 2025: Munich, Germany pic.twitter.com/hmiuJargPR
— UEFA (@UEFA) July 16, 2021
The 2023 UEFA Champions League final will be held at the Atatürk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul, Turkey on June 10, 2023.
It was originally scheduled to take place at Wembley Stadium in London but it was relocated following the postponement and changes to the 2020 final due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
In response to the pandemic, the subsequent finals were pushed back a year.
The 2021 final which was to be held in Istanbul had to be relocated due to the pandemic, so it will now host the 2023 final.
The 2023 winners will earn the right to play against the winners of the 2022–23 UEFA Europa League in the 2023 UEFA Super Cup.
