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Association team allocation
A total of 72 teams from 55 UEFA member associations participated in the 2088–89 UEFA Champions League (the exception being Liechtenstein, which does not organise a domestic league, Andorra and San Marino). Kazakhstan also did not participate this year as none of their clubs were able to obtain UEFA license. The association ranking based on the UEFA country coefficients was used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:
 * Associations 1–4 each have four teams qualify.
 * Associations 5–8 each have three teams qualify.
 * Associations 9–18 each have two teams qualify.
 * Associations 19–55 (except Liechtenstein) each have one team qualify.

Association ranking
Apart from the allocation based on the country coefficients, associations may have additional teams participating in the Champions League, as noted below:

Distribution
Since the title holders (Porto) qualified for the Champions League group stage through their domestic league, and the group stage spot reserved for the title holders is vacated, while no team from Kazakhstan was admitted, the following changes to the default access list are made:
 * The champions of association 10 (Turkey) are promoted from the third qualifying round to the group stage.
 * The champions of association 16 (Austria) are promoted from the second qualifying round to the third qualifying round.
 * The champions of associations 26, 27 and 28 (Romania, Hungary and Cyprus) are promoted from the first qualifying round to the second qualifying round.

Round and draw dates
The schedule of the competition is as follows (all draws are held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, unless stated otherwise).