2021–22 UEFA Champions League group stage

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The 2021–22 UEFA Champions League group stage began on 14 September 2021 and ended on 9 December 2021.[1] A total of 32 teams competed in the group stage to decide the 16 places in the knockout phase of the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League.[2]

Sheriff Tiraspol made their debut appearance in the group stage, becoming the first team from Moldova to play in the Champions League group stage.

Draw

The draw for the group stage was held on 26 August 2021, 18:00 CEST (19:00 TRT), in Istanbul, Turkey.[3][4] The 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four. For the draw, the teams were seeded into four pots, each of eight teams, based on the following principles:

  • Pot 1 contained the Champions League and Europa League title holders, and the champions of the top six associations based on their 2020 UEFA country coefficients.[5]
  • Pot 2, 3, and 4 contained the remaining teams, seeded based on their 2021 UEFA club coefficients.[6]

Teams from the same association, and due to political reasons, teams from Ukraine and Russia, cannot be drawn into the same group. Prior to the draw, UEFA formed pairings of teams from the same association (one pairing for associations with two or three teams, two pairings for associations with four or five teams) based on television audiences, where one team was drawn into Groups A–D and another team was drawn into Groups E–H, so that the two teams would play on different days. The following pairings were announced by UEFA after the group stage teams were confirmed:[7]

On each matchday, one set of four groups played their matches on Tuesday, while the other set of four groups played their matches on Wednesday, with the two sets of groups alternating between each matchday. The fixtures were decided after the draw, using a computer draw not shown to public. Each team would not play more than two home matches or two away matches in a row, and would play one home match and one away match on the first and last matchdays (Regulations Article 16.02).[2] This arrangement was different from previous seasons, where the same two teams would play at home on the first and last matchdays.

Teams

Below were the participating teams (with their 2021 UEFA club coefficients),[6] grouped by their seeding pot.[7] They included:

Key to colours
Group winners and runners-up advanced to round of 16
Third-placed teams entered Europa League knockout round play-offs
Pot 1 (by association rank)
Assoc. Team Coeff.
TH England Chelsea 98.000
EL Spain Villarreal 63.000
1 Spain Atlético Madrid 115.000
2 England Manchester City 125.000
3 Germany Bayern Munich 134.000
4 Italy Inter Milan 53.000
5 France Lille 14.000
6 Portugal Sporting CP 45.500
Pot 2
Team Coeff.
Spain Real Madrid 127.000
Spain Barcelona 122.000
Juventus
 120.000
England Manchester United 113.000
France Paris Saint-Germain 113.000
England Liverpool 101.000
Spain Sevilla 98.000
Germany Borussia Dortmund 90.000
Pot 3
Team Notes Coeff.
Portugal Porto 87.000
Netherlands Ajax 82.500
Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk [LP] 79.000
Germany RB Leipzig 66.000
Austria Red Bull Salzburg [CP] 59.000
Portugal Benfica [LP] 58.000
Atalanta
 50.500
Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg 50.000
Pot 4
Team Notes Coeff.
Turkey Beşiktaş 49.000
Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 47.000
Belgium Club Brugge 35.500
Switzerland Young Boys [CP] 35.000
Milan
 31.000
Sweden Malmö FF [CP] 18.500
Germany VfL Wolfsburg 14.714
Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol [CP] 14.500

Notes

  1. TH Champions League title holders, automatically placed into Pot 1 as top seed.
  2. EL Europa League title holders, automatically placed into Pot 1 as second top seed.
  3. CP Winners of play-off round (Champions Path).
  4. LP Winners of play-off round (League Path).

Format

In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The top two teams of each group advanced to the round of 16. The third-placed teams were transferred to the Europa League knockout round play-offs, while the fourth-placed teams were eliminated from European competitions for the season.

Tiebreakers

Teams were ranked according to

points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams were tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (see Article 17 Equality of points – group stage, Regulations of the UEFA Champions League):[2]

  1. Points in head-to-head matches among the tied teams;
  2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among the tied teams;
  3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among the tied teams;
  4. If more than two teams were tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams were still tied, all head-to-head criteria above were reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
  5. Goal difference in all group matches;
  6. Goals scored in all group matches;
  7. Away goals scored in all group matches;
  8. Wins in all group matches;
  9. Away wins in all group matches;
  10. Disciplinary points (direct red card = 3 points; double yellow card = 3 points; single yellow card = 1 point);
  11. UEFA club coefficient.

Due to the abolition of the away goals rule, head-to-head away goals were no longer applied as a tiebreaker starting from this season. However, total away goals were still applied as a tiebreaker.[8]

Groups

The fixtures were announced on 27 August 2021, the day after the draw.[9] The matches were played on 14–15 September 28–29, September 19–20, October 2–3, November 23–24, November, and 7–8 December 2021. The scheduled kick-off times were 18:45 (two matches on each day) and 21:00 (remaining six matches) CET/CEST.

Times were CET/CEST,[note 1] as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MCI PAR RBL BRU
1 England Manchester City 6 4 0 2 18 10 +8 12 Advance to knockout phase — 2–1 6–3 4–1
2 France Paris Saint-Germain 6 3 2 1 13 8 +5 11 2–0 — 3–2 4–1
3 Germany RB Leipzig 6 2 1 3 15 14 +1 7 Transfer to Europa League 2–1 2–2 — 1–2
4 Belgium Club Brugge 6 1 1 4 6 20 −14 4 1–5 1–1 0–5 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Manchester City England6–3Germany RB Leipzig
 Report
Attendance: 38,062[10]
Club Brugge Belgium1–1France Paris Saint-Germain
 Report
Attendance: 27,546[10]
RB Leipzig Germany1–2Belgium Club Brugge
 Report
Attendance: 23,500[11]
Paris Saint-Germain France2–0England Manchester City
 Report
Attendance: 37,350[11]
Club Brugge Belgium1–5England Manchester City
 Report
Attendance: 24,915[12]
Paris Saint-Germain France3–2Germany RB Leipzig
 Report
Attendance: 47,359[12]
Referee: Marco Guida (Italy)
RB Leipzig Germany2–2France Paris Saint-Germain
 Report
Attendance: 39,794[13]
Manchester City England4–1Belgium Club Brugge
 Report
Attendance: 50,228[13]
Manchester City England2–1France Paris Saint-Germain
 Report
Attendance: 52,030[14]
Club Brugge Belgium0–5Germany RB Leipzig
Report
Attendance: 24,072[14]
Referee: Davide Massa (Italy)
RB Leipzig Germany2–1England Manchester City
 Report
Attendance: 0[15][note 2]
Paris Saint-Germain France4–1Belgium Club Brugge
 Report
Attendance: 47,492[15]

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification LIV ATM POR
MIL
1 England Liverpool 6 6 0 0 17 6 +11 18 Advance to knockout phase — 2–0 2–0 3–2
2 Spain Atlético Madrid 6 2 1 3 7 8 −1 7 2–3 — 0–0 0–1
3 Portugal Porto 6 1 2 3 4 11 −7 5 Transfer to Europa League 1–5 1–3 — 1–0
4
Milan
 6 1 1 4 6 9 −3 4 1–2 1–2 1–1 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Milan
 Report
Attendance: 51,445[10]
Atlético Madrid Spain0–0Portugal Porto
Report
Attendance: 40,098[10]
Milan Italy
1–2Spain Atlético Madrid
 Report
Attendance: 35,374[11]
Porto Portugal1–5England Liverpool
 Report
Attendance: 23,520[11]
Atlético Madrid Spain2–3England Liverpool
 Report
Attendance: 60,725[12]
Milan
 Report
Attendance: 32,130[12]
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
Milan Italy
1–1Portugal Porto
 Report
Attendance: 39,675[13]
Liverpool England2–0Spain Atlético Madrid
 Report
Attendance: 51,347[13]
Liverpool England2–0Portugal Porto
 Report
Attendance: 52,209[14]
Milan
Report
Attendance: 61,019[14]
Porto Portugal1–3Spain Atlético Madrid
 Report
Attendance: 38,830[15]
Milan Italy
1–2England Liverpool
 Report
Attendance: 56,237[15]

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification AJX SPO DOR BES
1 Netherlands Ajax 6 6 0 0 20 5 +15 18 Advance to knockout phase — 4–2 4–0 2–0
2 Portugal Sporting CP 6 3 0 3 14 12 +2 9[a] 1–5 — 3–1 4–0
3 Germany Borussia Dortmund 6 3 0 3 10 11 −1 9[a] Transfer to Europa League 1–3 1–0 — 5–0
4 Turkey Beşiktaş 6 0 0 6 3 19 −16 0 1–2 1–4 1–2 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Tied on head-to-head points. Head-to-head goal difference: Sporting CP +1, Borussia Dortmund −1.
Beşiktaş Turkey1–2Germany Borussia Dortmund
  • Montero
    90+4'
 Report
Vodafone Park, Istanbul
Attendance: 22,445[10]
)
Ajax Netherlands2–0Turkey Beşiktaş
 Report
Attendance: 52,628[11]
Borussia Dortmund Germany1–0Portugal Sporting CP
 Report
Attendance: 25,000[11]
Beşiktaş Turkey1–4Portugal Sporting CP
 Report
Vodafone Park, Istanbul
Attendance: 22,936[12]
)
Borussia Dortmund Germany1–3Netherlands Ajax
 Report
Attendance: 54,820[13]
Sporting CP Portugal4–0Turkey Beşiktaş
 Report
Attendance: 40,835[13]
Beşiktaş Turkey1–2Netherlands Ajax
 Report
Vodafone Park, Istanbul
Attendance: 11,712[14]
)
Ajax Netherlands4–2Portugal Sporting CP
 Report
Attendance: 0[15][note 2]
Referee: Davide Massa (Italy)
Borussia Dortmund Germany5–0Turkey Beşiktaş
 Report
Attendance: 15,000[15]

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification RMA INT SHE SHK
1 Spain Real Madrid 6 5 0 1 14 3 +11 15 Advance to knockout phase — 2–0 1–2 2–1
2 Italy Inter Milan 6 3 1 2 8 5 +3 10 0–1 — 3–1 2–0
3 Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol 6 2 1 3 7 11 −4 7 Transfer to Europa League 0–3 1–3 — 2–0
4 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk 6 0 2 4 2 12 −10 2 0–5 0–0 1–1 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Sheriff Tiraspol Moldova2–0Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
 Report
Sheriff Stadium, Tiraspol
Attendance: 5,205[10]
)
Shakhtar Donetsk Ukraine0–0Italy Inter Milan
Report
Attendance: 26,170[11]
Real Madrid Spain1–2Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol
 Report
Attendance: 24,522[11]
Shakhtar Donetsk Ukraine0–5Spain Real Madrid
Report
Attendance: 34,037[12]
Inter Milan Italy3–1Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol
 Report
Attendance: 43,305[12]
Real Madrid Spain2–1Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
 Report
Attendance: 38,105[13]
Sheriff Tiraspol Moldova1–3Italy Inter Milan
 Report
Sheriff Stadium, Tiraspol
Attendance: 5,930[13]
)
Sheriff Tiraspol Moldova0–3Spain Real Madrid
Report
Sheriff Stadium, Tiraspol
Attendance: 5,932[14]
)
Real Madrid Spain2–0Italy Inter Milan
 Report
Attendance: 46,887[15]
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

Group E

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BAY BEN BAR DKV
1 Germany Bayern Munich 6 6 0 0 22 3 +19 18 Advance to knockout phase — 5–2 3–0 5–0
2 Portugal Benfica 6 2 2 2 7 9 −2 8 0–4 — 3–0 2–0
3 Spain Barcelona 6 2 1 3 2 9 −7 7 Transfer to Europa League 0–3 0–0 — 1–0
4 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 6 0 1 5 1 11 −10 1 1–2 0–0 0–1 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Barcelona Spain0–3Germany Bayern Munich
Report
Attendance: 39,737[16]
Dynamo Kyiv Ukraine0–0Portugal Benfica
Report
Attendance: 21,657[16]
Benfica Portugal3–0Spain Barcelona
 Report
Attendance: 29,454[17]
Bayern Munich Germany5–0Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
 Report
Attendance: 25,000[17]
Referee: Marco Guida (Italy)
Barcelona Spain1–0Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
 Report
Attendance: 45,968[18]
Benfica Portugal0–4Germany Bayern Munich
Report
Attendance: 55,201[18]
Bayern Munich Germany5–2Portugal Benfica
 Report
Attendance: 50,000[19]
Dynamo Kyiv Ukraine0–1Spain Barcelona
Report
Attendance: 31,378[19]
Dynamo Kyiv Ukraine1–2Germany Bayern Munich
 Report
Attendance: 28,732[20]
Barcelona Spain0–0Portugal Benfica
Report
Attendance: 49,572[20]
Bayern Munich Germany3–0Spain Barcelona
 Report
Attendance: 0[21][note 2]
Benfica Portugal2–0Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
 Report
Attendance: 36,591[21]

Group F

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MUN VIL
ATA
 YB
1 England Manchester United 6 3 2 1 11 8 +3 11 Advance to knockout phase — 2–1 3–2 1–1
2 Spain Villarreal 6 3 1 2 12 9 +3 10 0–2 — 2–2 2–0
3
Atalanta
 6 1 3 2 12 13 −1 6 Transfer to Europa League 2–2 2–3 — 1–0
4 Switzerland Young Boys 6 1 2 3 7 12 −5 5 2–1 1–4 3–3 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Young Boys Switzerland2–1England Manchester United
 Report
Attendance: 31,120[16]
Atalanta
 Report
Attendance: 12,916[22]
Atalanta Italy
1–0Switzerland Young Boys
 Report
Attendance: 8,536[17]
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
Manchester United England2–1Spain Villarreal
 Report
Attendance: 73,130[17]
Atalanta
 Report
Attendance: 72,279[18]
Young Boys Switzerland1–4Spain Villarreal
 Report
Attendance: 27,398[18]
Atalanta Italy
2–2England Manchester United
 Report
Attendance: 14,443[19]
Villarreal Spain2–0Switzerland Young Boys
 Report
Attendance: 14,890[23]
Villarreal Spain0–2England Manchester United
Report
Attendance: 20,875[20]
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
Atalanta
 Report
Attendance: 31,120[20]
Manchester United England1–1Switzerland Young Boys
 Report
Attendance: 73,156[21]
Atalanta Italy
2–3Spain Villarreal
 Report
Attendance: 11,690[21]

Group G

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification LOSC SAL SEV WOL
1 France Lille 6 3 2 1 7 4 +3 11 Advance to knockout phase — 1–0 0–0 0–0
2 Austria Red Bull Salzburg 6 3 1 2 8 6 +2 10 2–1 — 1–0 3–1
3 Spain Sevilla 6 1 3 2 5 5 0 6 Transfer to Europa League 1–2 1–1 — 2–0
4 Germany VfL Wolfsburg 6 1 2 3 5 10 −5 5 1–3 2–1 1–1 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Sevilla Spain1–1Austria Red Bull Salzburg
 Report
Attendance: 18,373[16]
Lille France0–0Germany VfL Wolfsburg
Report
Attendance: 34,314[16]
Red Bull Salzburg Austria2–1France Lille
 Report
Stadion Wals-Siezenheim, Salzburg
Attendance: 24,207[17]
)
Red Bull Salzburg Austria3–1Germany VfL Wolfsburg
 Report
Stadion Wals-Siezenheim, Salzburg
Attendance: 29,520[18]
)
VfL Wolfsburg Germany2–1Austria Red Bull Salzburg
 Report
Attendance: 16,112[19]
Sevilla Spain1–2France Lille
 Report
Attendance: 29,369[19]
Sevilla Spain2–0Germany VfL Wolfsburg
 Report
Attendance: 28,663[20]
Lille France1–0Austria Red Bull Salzburg
 Report
Attendance: 33,573[20]
VfL Wolfsburg Germany1–3France Lille
 Report
Attendance: 6,544[21]
Red Bull Salzburg Austria1–0Spain Sevilla
 Report
Stadion Wals-Siezenheim, Salzburg
Attendance: 0[21][note 2]
)

Group H

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
JUV
 CHE ZEN MAL
1
Juventus
 6 5 0 1 10 6 +4 15 Advance to knockout phase — 1–0 4–2 1–0
2 England Chelsea 6 4 1 1 13 4 +9 13 4–0 — 1–0 4–0
3 Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg 6 1 2 3 10 10 0 5 Transfer to Europa League 0–1 3–3 — 4–0
4 Sweden Malmö FF 6 0 1 5 1 14 −13 1 0–3 0–1 1–1 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Chelsea England1–0Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg
 Report
Attendance: 39,252[16]
Juventus
Report
Attendance: 5,832[16]
Zenit Saint Petersburg Russia4–0Sweden Malmö FF
 Report
Attendance: 15,339[17]
Juventus Italy
1–0England Chelsea
 Report
Attendance: 19,934[17]
Juventus
Report
Attendance: 18,717[18]
Chelsea England4–0Sweden Malmö FF
 Report
Attendance: 39,095[18]
Malmö FF Sweden0–1England Chelsea
Report
Attendance: 19,551[19]
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
Juventus Italy
4–2Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg
 Report
Attendance: 20,053[19]
Juventus
 Report
Attendance: 39,513[20]
Malmö FF Sweden1–1Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg
 Report
Attendance: 15,520[20]
Zenit Saint Petersburg Russia3–3England Chelsea
 Report
Attendance: 29,349[21]
Juventus Italy
1–0Sweden Malmö FF
 Report
Attendance: 17,501[21]

Notes

  1. ^ CEST (UTC+2) for dates up to 30 October 2021 (matchdays 1–3), and CET (UTC+1) for dates thereafter (matchdays 4–6).
  2. ^ a b c d Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, the match was played behind closed doors.
  3. ^
    war conditions in Eastern Ukraine
    .
  4. ^ The Atalanta v Villarreal match, originally scheduled on 8 December 2021, 21:00 CET, was postponed to the following day, 19:00 CET, due to adverse weather conditions.[24]

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