2014–15 UEFA Champions League group stage
The 2014–15 UEFA Champions League group stage was played from 16 September to 10 December 2014. A total of 32 teams competed in the group stage to decide the 16 places in the knockout phase of the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League.[1]
Draw
The draw was held on 28 August 2014, 17:45
The fixtures were decided after the draw. On each matchday, four groups played their matches on Tuesday, while the other four groups played their matches on Wednesday, with the two sets of groups (A–D, E–H) alternating between each matchday. There were other restrictions: for example, teams from the same city (e.g., Real Madrid and Atlético Madrid, Chelsea and Arsenal, Benfica and Sporting CP) in general did not play at home on the same matchday (UEFA tried to avoid teams from the same city playing at home on the same day or on consecutive days), and Russian teams did not play at home on the last matchday due to cold weather.
On 17 July 2014, the UEFA Emergency Panel ruled that Ukrainian and Russian clubs would not be drawn against each other "until further notice" due to the political unrest between the countries.[3] Therefore, Ukrainian club Shakhtar Donetsk (Pot 2) and Russian club CSKA Moscow (Pot 3) could not be drawn into the same group despite being in different pots.
Teams
Below were the 32 teams which qualified for the group stage (with their 2014
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Group winners and runners-up advanced to the round of 16 |
Third-placed teams entered the Europa League round of 32 |
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- Notes
- TH Title holders, automatically placed at the top position of seeding list.
- CR Winners of the play-off round (Champions Route).
- LR Winners of the play-off round (League Route).
Format
In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners and runners-up advanced to the round of 16, while the third-placed teams entered the Europa League round of 32.[1]
Tiebreakers
The teams were ranked according to
- higher number of points obtained in the group matches played among the teams in question;
- superior goal difference from the group matches played among the teams in question;
- higher number of goals scored in the group matches played among the teams in question;
- higher number of goals scored away from home in the group matches played among the teams in question;
- If, after applying criteria 1 to 4 to several teams, two or more teams still have an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 4 are reapplied exclusively to the matches between the teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria 6 to 8 apply;
- superior goal difference from all group matches played;
- higher number of goals scored from all group matches played;
- higher number of coefficient pointsaccumulated by the club in question, as well as its association, over the previous five seasons.
Groups
The matchdays were 16–17 September, 30 September – 1 October, 21–22 October, 4–5 November, 25–26 November, and 9–10 December 2014.[7] The match kickoff times were 20:45 CEST/CET, except for matches in Russia and one match in Belarus which were 18:00 CEST/CET.
Times are CET/CEST,[note 1] as listed by UEFA (local times are in parentheses).
Group A
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Atlético Madrid | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 3 | +11 | 13 | Advance to knockout phase |
2 | Juventus | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 10 | |
3 | Olympiacos | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 13 | −3 | 9 | Transfer to Europa League |
4 | Malmö FF | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 15 | −11 | 3 |
Olympiacos | 3–2 | Atlético Madrid |
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Mitroglou 73' |
Report | Mandžukić 38' Griezmann 86' |
Malmö FF | 2–0 | Olympiacos |
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Rosenberg 42', 82' | Report |
Atlético Madrid | 1–0 | Juventus |
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Turan 75' | Report |
Olympiacos | 1–0 | Juventus |
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Kasami 36' | Report |
Malmö FF | 0–2 | Atlético Madrid |
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Report | Koke 30' García 78' |
Juventus | 3–2 | Olympiacos |
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66' | Report | Botía 24' N'Dinga 61' |
Atlético Madrid | 4–0 | Olympiacos |
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García 9' Mandžukić 38', 62', 65' |
Report |
Malmö FF | 0–2 | Juventus |
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Report | Llorente 49' Tevez 88' |
Olympiacos | 4–2 | Malmö FF |
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90' | Report | Kroon 59' Rosenberg 81' |
Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Real Madrid | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | +14 | 18 | Advance to knockout phase |
2 | Basel | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 7 | |
3 | Liverpool | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 5 | Transfer to Europa League |
4 | Ludogorets Razgrad | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 14 | −9 | 4 |
Ludogorets Razgrad | 1–0 | Basel |
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Minev 90+2' | Report |
- Notes
- ^ Ludogorets Arena, Razgrad.
Group C
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Monaco | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase |
2 | Bayer Leverkusen | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 10 | |
3 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 7 | Transfer to Europa League |
4 | Benfica | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 5 |
Monaco | 1–0 | Bayer Leverkusen |
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Moutinho 61' | Report |
Benfica | 0–2 | Zenit Saint Petersburg |
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Report | Hulk 5' Witsel 22' |
Bayer Leverkusen | 3–1 | Benfica |
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Kießling 25' Son Heung-min 34' Çalhanoğlu 64' (pen.) |
Report | Salvio 62' |
Zenit Saint Petersburg | 1–2 | Bayer Leverkusen |
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Rondón 89' |
Report | Son Heung-min 68', 73' |
Zenit Saint Petersburg | 1–0 | Benfica |
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Danny 79' | Report |
Bayer Leverkusen | 0–1 | Monaco |
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Report | Ocampos 72' |
Monaco | 2–0 | Zenit Saint Petersburg |
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Abdennour 63' Fabinho 89' |
Report |
Group D
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Borussia Dortmund | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 13 | Advance to knockout phase |
2 | Arsenal | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 8 | +7 | 13 | |
3 | Anderlecht | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 6 | Transfer to Europa League |
4 | Galatasaray | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 19 | −15 | 1 |
Galatasaray | 1–1 | Anderlecht |
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Yılmaz 90+1' | Report | Praet 52' |
Borussia Dortmund | 2–0 | Arsenal |
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Immobile 45' Aubameyang 48' |
Report |
Anderlecht | 0–3 | Borussia Dortmund |
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Report | Immobile 3' Ramos 69', 79' |
Anderlecht | 1–2 | Arsenal |
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Najar 71' | Report | Gibbs 89' Podolski 90+1' |
Galatasaray | 0–4 | Borussia Dortmund |
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Report | Aubameyang 6', 18' Reus 41' Ramos 83' |
Arsenal | 3–3 | Anderlecht |
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Arteta 25' (pen.) Sánchez 29' Oxlade-Chamberlain 58' |
Report | Mitrović 90' |
Borussia Dortmund | 4–1 | Galatasaray |
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Reus 39' Papastathopoulos 56' Immobile 74' Kaya 85' (o.g.) |
Report | Balta 70' |
Anderlecht | 2–0 | Galatasaray |
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Mbemba 44', 86' | Report |
Arsenal | 2–0 | Borussia Dortmund |
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Sanogo 2' Sánchez 57' |
Report |
Galatasaray | 1–4 | Arsenal |
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Sneijder 88' | Report | Podolski 3', 90+2' Ramsey 11', 29' |
Borussia Dortmund | 1–1 | Anderlecht |
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Immobile 58' | Report | Mitrović 84' |
Group E
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Bayern Munich | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 4 | +12 | 15 | Advance to knockout phase |
2 | Manchester City | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 8 | |
3 | Roma
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6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 14 | −6 | 5 | Transfer to Europa League |
4 | CSKA Moscow | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | −7 | 5 |
5–1 | CSKA Moscow | |
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) | Report | Musa 82' |
Bayern Munich | 1–0 | Manchester City |
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Boateng 90' | Report |
CSKA Moscow | 0–1 | Bayern Munich |
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Report | Müller 22' (pen.) |
CSKA Moscow | 2–2 | Manchester City |
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Doumbia 65' Natcho 86' (pen.) |
Report | Agüero 29' Milner 38' |
1–7 | Bayern Munich | |
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Gervinho 66' | Report | Robben 9', 30' Götze 23' Lewandowski 25' Müller 36' (pen.) Ribéry 78' Shaqiri 80' |
Manchester City | 1–2 | CSKA Moscow |
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Touré 8' | Report | Doumbia 2', 34' |
Roma | ||
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V. Berezutski 90+3' | Report | Totti 43' |
Manchester City | 3–2 | Bayern Munich |
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Agüero 22' (pen.), 85', 90+1' | Report | Alonso 40' Lewandowski 45' |
0–2 | Manchester City | |
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Report | Nasri 60' Zabaleta 86' |
Bayern Munich | 3–0 | CSKA Moscow |
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Müller 18' (pen.) Rode 84' Götze 90' |
Report |
- Notes
Group F
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Barcelona | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 5 | +10 | 15 | Advance to knockout phase |
2 | Paris Saint-Germain | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 13 | |
3 | Ajax | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 5 | Transfer to Europa League |
4 | APOEL | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 12 | −11 | 1 |
Ajax | 1–1 | Paris Saint-Germain |
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Schöne 74' | Report | Cavani 14' |
Paris Saint-Germain | 3–2 | Barcelona |
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David Luiz 10' Verratti 26' Matuidi 54' |
Report | Messi 12' Neymar 56' |
APOEL | 0–1 | Paris Saint-Germain |
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Report | Cavani 87' |
Paris Saint-Germain | 1–0 | APOEL |
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Cavani 1' | Report |
Ajax | 0–2 | Barcelona |
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Report | Messi 36', 76' |
Paris Saint-Germain | 3–1 | Ajax |
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Cavani 33', 83' Ibrahimović 78' |
Report | Klaassen 67' |
Barcelona | 3–1 | Paris Saint-Germain |
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Messi 19' Neymar 42' Suárez 77' |
Report | Ibrahimović 15' |
Ajax | 4–0 | APOEL |
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Schöne 45+1' (pen.), 50' Klaassen 53' Milik 74' |
Report |
Group G
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Chelsea | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 3 | +14 | 14 | Advance to knockout phase |
2 | Schalke 04 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 14 | −5 | 8 | |
3 | Sporting CP | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 7 | Transfer to Europa League |
4 | Maribor | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | −9 | 3 |
Chelsea | 1–1 | Schalke 04 |
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Fàbregas 11' | Report | Huntelaar 62' |
Maribor | 1–1 | Sporting CP |
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Zahović 90+2' | Report | Nani 80' |
Sporting CP | 0–1 | Chelsea |
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Report | Matić 34' |
Schalke 04 | 1–1 | Maribor |
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Huntelaar 56' | Report | Bohar 37' |
Schalke 04 | 4–3 | Sporting CP |
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Obasi 34' Huntelaar 51' Höwedes 60' Choupo-Moting 90+3' (pen.) |
Report | Nani 16' Adrien 64' (pen.), 78' |
Sporting CP | 4–2 | Schalke 04 |
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90+1' | Report | Slimani 17' (o.g.) Aogo 88' |
Schalke 04 | 0–5 | Chelsea |
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Report | Terry 2' Willian 29' Kirchhoff 44' (o.g.) Drogba 76' Ramires 78' |
Chelsea | 3–1 | Sporting CP |
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Mikel 56' |
Report | Silva 50' |
Maribor | 0–1 | Schalke 04 |
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Report | Meyer 62' |
Group H
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Porto | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 4 | +12 | 14 | Advance to knockout phase |
2 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 4 | +11 | 9 | |
3 | Athletic Bilbao | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 7 | Transfer to Europa League |
4 | BATE Borisov | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 24 | −22 | 3 |
Porto | 6–0 | BATE Borisov |
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76' | Report |
Shakhtar Donetsk | 2–2 | Porto |
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Alex Teixeira 52' Luiz Adriano 85' |
Report | Martínez 89' (pen.), 90+4' |
BATE Borisov | 2–1 | Athletic Bilbao |
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41' | Report | Aduriz 45' |
BATE Borisov | 0–7 | Shakhtar Donetsk |
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Report | Alex Teixeira 11' Luiz Adriano 28' (pen.), 36', 40', 44', 82' (pen.) Douglas Costa 35' |
Porto | 2–1 | Athletic Bilbao |
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Herrera 45' Quaresma 75' |
Report | Guillermo 58' |
Shakhtar Donetsk | 5–0 | BATE Borisov |
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Srna 19' Alex Teixeira 48' Luiz Adriano 58' (pen.), 83', 90+3' |
Report |
Athletic Bilbao | 0–2 | Porto |
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Report | Martínez 56' Brahimi 73' |
Porto | 1–1 | Shakhtar Donetsk |
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Aboubakar 87' | Report | Stepanenko 50' |
Athletic Bilbao | 2–0 | BATE Borisov |
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San José 47' Susaeta 88' |
Report |
- Notes
- ^ war conditions in Eastern Ukraine.
Notes
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