2007–08 UEFA Champions League group stage

The 2007–08 UEFA Champions League group stage matches took place between 18 September and 12 December 2007.

Seeding and draw

Seeding was determined by the UEFA coefficients.[1] The 32 teams were allocated into four pots based on their UEFA club coefficients at the beginning of the season, with the title holders being placed in Pot 1 automatically. They were drawn into eight groups of four containing one team from each of the four seeding pots, with the restriction that teams from the same national association could not be drawn against each other. Clubs from the same association were paired up to split the matchdays between Tuesday and Wednesday. For the nations with three or four clubs in the group stage, the following clubs were paired (so that the clubs from the same pair would play on different days): Milan and Internazionale, Roma and Lazio, Barcelona and Real Madrid, Valencia and Sevilla, Arsenal and Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester United, Benfica and Sporting CP, Werder Bremen and Stuttgart. Additionally, winner of the qualifier between Sevilla and AEK Athens was paired with Olympiacos.[2]

Key to colours in group tables
Group winners and runners-up advanced to the round of 16
Third-placed teams entered the UEFA Cup round of 32
Pot 1
Team Coeff
Italy Milan[TH] 133.808
Spain Barcelona 119.374
England Liverpool 112.618
Italy Internazionale 107.808
England Arsenal 104.618
Spain Real Madrid 104.374
England Chelsea 99.618
England Manchester United 99.618
Pot 2
Team Coeff
Spain Valencia 99.374
France Lyon 95.706
Portugal Porto 89.107
Spain Sevilla / Greece AEK Athens[1] 87.374
Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 81.995
Italy Roma 78.808
Portugal Benfica 67.107
Germany Werder Bremen 63.640
Pot 3
Team Coeff
Scotland Celtic 62.064
Germany Schalke 04 60.640
Germany Stuttgart 58.640
Romania Steaua București 55.255
Russia CSKA Moscow 53.920
Portugal Sporting CP 52.107
Italy Lazio 51.808
France Marseille 51.706
Pot 4
Team Coeff
Scotland Rangers 47.064
Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk 44.726
Turkey Beşiktaş 43.791
Greece Olympiacos 42.415
Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 38.726
Turkey Fenerbahçe 36.791
Czech Republic Slavia Prague 32.851
Norway Rosenborg 31.509
Notes
  1. TH Title holders (automatically placed at the top position of seeding list)
  2. Due to the death of Antonio Puerta, the second leg of Sevilla's third qualifying round tie against AEK Athens was postponed until 3 September, while the draw was held on 30 August. Due to the seeding criteria, both clubs were included in the draw interchangeably and their seeding was determined by the higher of the two teams' coefficients (Sevilla: 87.374, AEK Athens: 36.415). Eventually, Sevilla qualified for the group stage with a 6–1 win on aggregate against AEK Athens.

Tie-breaking criteria

Based on paragraph 6.05 in the UEFA regulations for the current season, if two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings:

  1. higher number of points obtained in the group matches played among the teams in question;
  2. superior goal difference from the group matches played among the teams in question;
  3. higher number of goals scored away from home in the group matches played among the teams in question;
  4. superior goal difference from all group matches played;
  5. higher number of goals scored in all group matches played;
  6. higher number of coefficient points accumulated by the club in question, as well as its association, over the previous five seasons.

Groups

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
1 Portugal Porto 6 3 2 1 8 7 +1 11 Advance to knockout stage
2 England Liverpool 6 3 1 2 18 5 +13 10
3 France Marseille 6 2 1 3 6 9 −3 7 Transfer to UEFA Cup
4 Turkey Beşiktaş 6 2 0 4 4 15 −11 6
Source: RSSSF
Marseille France2–0Turkey Beşiktaş
Rodriguez 76'
Cissé 90+1'		 Report MatchCentre
Attendance: 35,676
Porto Portugal1–1England Liverpool
L. González 8' (pen.) Report MatchCentre Kuyt 17'
Attendance: 41,208
Liverpool England0–1France Marseille
Report MatchCentre Valbuena 77'
Attendance: 41,355
Beşiktaş Turkey0–1Portugal Porto
Report MatchCentre Quaresma 90+2'
Beşiktaş Turkey2–1England Liverpool
Hyypiä 13' (o.g.)
Bobô 82'		 Report MatchCentre Gerrard 85'
Marseille France1–1Portugal Porto
Niang 70' Report MatchCentre L. González 79' (pen.)
Liverpool England8–0Turkey Beşiktaş
Crouch 19', 89'
Benayoun 32', 53', 56'
Gerrard 69'
Babel 79', 81'		 Report MatchCentre
Attendance: 41,143
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
Porto Portugal2–1France Marseille
Sektioui 27'
López 78'		 Report MatchCentre Niang 47'
Attendance: 42,217
Beşiktaş Turkey2–1France Marseille
Tello 27'
Bobô 88'		 Report MatchCentre Taiwo 65'
Liverpool England4–1Portugal Porto
Torres 19', 78'
Gerrard 84' (pen.)
Crouch 87'		 Report MatchCentre López 33'
Attendance: 41,095
Marseille France0–4England Liverpool
Report MatchCentre Gerrard 4'
Torres 11'
Kuyt 48'
Babel 90+1'
Attendance: 53,097
Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)
Porto Portugal2–0Turkey Beşiktaş
L. González 44'
Quaresma 62'		 Report MatchCentre
Attendance: 39,608

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 England Chelsea 6 3 3 0 9 2 +7 12 Advance to knockout stage
2 Germany Schalke 04 6 2 2 2 5 4 +1 8
3 Norway Rosenborg 6 2 1 3 6 10 −4 7 Transfer to UEFA Cup
4 Spain Valencia 6 1 2 3 2 6 −4 5
Source: RSSSF
Chelsea England1–1Norway Rosenborg
Shevchenko 53' Report MatchCentre Koppinen 24'
Stamford Bridge, London
Attendance: 24,973
Schalke 04 Germany0–1Spain Valencia
Report MatchCentre Villa 63'
Valencia Spain1–2England Chelsea
Villa 9' Report MatchCentre J. Cole 21'
Drogba 71'
Attendance: 34,935
Rosenborg Norway0–2Germany Schalke 04
Report MatchCentre Jones 62'
Kurányi 89'
Rosenborg Norway2–0Spain Valencia
Koné 53'
Riseth 61'		 Report MatchCentre
Attendance: 21,119
Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland)
Chelsea England2–0Germany Schalke 04
Malouda 4'
Drogba 47'		 Report MatchCentre
Stamford Bridge, London
Attendance: 40,910
Valencia Spain0–2Norway Rosenborg
Report MatchCentre Iversen 31', 58'
Attendance: 29,725
Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel)
Schalke 04 Germany0–0England Chelsea
Report MatchCentre
Rosenborg Norway0–4England Chelsea
Report MatchCentre Drogba 8', 20'
Alex 40'
J. Cole 73'
Valencia Spain0–0Germany Schalke 04
Report MatchCentre
Chelsea England0–0Spain Valencia
Report MatchCentre
Stamford Bridge, London
Attendance: 41,139
Schalke 04 Germany3–1Norway Rosenborg
Asamoah 12'
Rafinha 19'
Kurányi 36'		 Report MatchCentre Koné 23'
Attendance: 53,951
Referee: Mike Riley (England)

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Spain Real Madrid 6 3 2 1 13 9 +4 11 Advance to knockout stage
2 Greece Olympiacos 6 3 2 1 11 7 +4 11
3 Germany Werder Bremen 6 2 0 4 8 13 −5 6 Transfer to UEFA Cup
4 Italy Lazio 6 1 2 3 8 11 −3 5
Source: RSSSF
Real Madrid Spain2–1Germany Werder Bremen
Raúl 16'
Van Nistelrooy 74'		 Report MatchCentre Sanogo 17'
Olympiacos Greece1–1Italy Lazio
Galletti 55' Report MatchCentre Zauri 77'
Werder Bremen Germany1–3Greece Olympiacos
Almeida 32' Report MatchCentre Stoltidis 72'
Patsatzoglou 82'
Kovačević 87'
Attendance: 37,500
Lazio Italy2–2Spain Real Madrid
Pandev 32', 75' Report MatchCentre Van Nistelrooy 8', 61'
Attendance: 52,400
Werder Bremen Germany2–1Italy Lazio
Sanogo 28'
Almeida 54'		 Report MatchCentre Manfredini 82'
Attendance: 36,587
Real Madrid Spain4–2Greece Olympiacos
Raúl 2'
Robinho 68', 83'
Balboa 90'		 Report MatchCentre Galletti 8'
Júlio César 47'
Lazio Italy2–1Germany Werder Bremen
Rocchi 57', 68' Report MatchCentre Diego 86' (pen.)
Attendance: 28,236
Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)
Olympiacos Greece0–0Spain Real Madrid
Report MatchCentre
Werder Bremen Germany3–2Spain Real Madrid
Rosenberg 4'
Sanogo 40'
Hunt 58'		 Report MatchCentre Robinho 14'
Van Nistelrooy 72'
Attendance: 36,350
Lazio Italy1–2Greece Olympiacos
Pandev 30' Report MatchCentre Galletti 35'
Kovačević 64'
Attendance: 39,996
Referee: Howard Webb (England)
Real Madrid Spain3–1Italy Lazio
Baptista 13'
Raúl 16'
Robinho 36'		 Report MatchCentre Pandev 81'
Olympiacos Greece3–0Germany Werder Bremen
Stoltidis 12', 74'
Kovačević 70'		 Report MatchCentre
Attendance: 30,297

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Italy Milan 6 4 1 1 12 5 +7 13 Advance to knockout stage
2 Scotland Celtic 6 3 0 3 5 6 −1 9
3 Portugal Benfica 6 2 1 3 5 6 −1 7 Transfer to UEFA Cup
4 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk 6 2 0 4 6 11 −5 6
Source: RSSSF
Milan Italy2–1Portugal Benfica
Pirlo 9'
Inzaghi 24'		 Report MatchCentre Nuno Gomes 90+2'
Attendance: 38,358
Referee: Mike Riley (England)
Shakhtar Donetsk Ukraine2–0Scotland Celtic
Brandão 5'
Lucarelli 8'		 Report MatchCentre
Celtic Scotland2–1Italy Milan
McManus 62'
McDonald 90'		 Report MatchCentre Kaká 68' (pen.)
Attendance: 58,642
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
Benfica Portugal0–1Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
Report MatchCentre Jádson 42'
Attendance: 34,647
Milan Italy4–1Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
Gilardino 6', 14'
Seedorf 62', 69'		 Report MatchCentre Lucarelli 51'
Attendance: 36,850
Benfica Portugal1–0Scotland Celtic
Cardozo 87' Report MatchCentre
Attendance: 38,512
Shakhtar Donetsk Ukraine0–3Italy Milan
Report MatchCentre Inzaghi 66', 90+3'
Kaká 72'
Attendance: 25,700
Celtic Scotland1–0Portugal Benfica
McGeady 45' Report MatchCentre
Attendance: 58,691
Benfica Portugal1–1Italy Milan
M. Pereira 20' Report MatchCentre Pirlo 15'
Attendance: 46,034
Celtic Scotland2–1Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
Jarošík 45'
Donati 90+2'		 Report MatchCentre Brandão 4'
Attendance: 59,396
Milan Italy1–0Scotland Celtic
Inzaghi 70' Report MatchCentre
Attendance: 38,409
Shakhtar Donetsk Ukraine1–2Portugal Benfica
Lucarelli 30' (pen.) Report MatchCentre Cardozo 6', 22'
Attendance: 24,200

Group E

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Spain Barcelona 6 4 2 0 12 3 +9 14 Advance to knockout stage
2 France Lyon 6 3 1 2 11 10 +1 10
3 Scotland Rangers 6 2 1 3 7 9 −2 7 Transfer to UEFA Cup
4 Germany Stuttgart 6 1 0 5 7 15 −8 3
Source: RSSSF
Rangers Scotland2–1Germany Stuttgart
Adam 62'
Darcheville 75' (pen.)		 Report MatchCentre Gómez 56'
Attendance: 49,795
Barcelona Spain3–0France Lyon
Clerc 22' (o.g.)
Messi 82'
Henry 90+1'		 Report MatchCentre
Attendance: 78,689
Stuttgart Germany0–2Spain Barcelona
Report MatchCentre Puyol 58'
Messi 66'
Lyon France0–3Scotland Rangers
Report MatchCentre McCulloch 23'
Cousin 48'
Beasley 53'
Attendance: 38,076
Rangers Scotland0–0Spain Barcelona
Report MatchCentre
Attendance: 49,957
Stuttgart Germany0–2France Lyon
Report MatchCentre Santos 55'
Benzema 79'
Lyon France4–2Germany Stuttgart
Ben Arfa 5', 37'
Källström 15'
Juninho 90'		 Report MatchCentre Gómez 16', 56'
Attendance: 38,215
Barcelona Spain2–0Scotland Rangers
Henry 6'
Messi 43'		 Report MatchCentre
Attendance: 82,887
Stuttgart Germany3–2Scotland Rangers
Cacau 45'
Pardo 62'
Marica 85'		 Report MatchCentre Adam 27'
Ferguson 70'
Lyon France2–2Spain Barcelona
Juninho 7', 80' (pen.) Report MatchCentre Iniesta 3'
Messi 58' (pen.)
Attendance: 36,500
Rangers Scotland0–3France Lyon
Report MatchCentre Govou 16'
Benzema 85', 88'
Attendance: 50,260
Barcelona Spain3–1Germany Stuttgart
Dos Santos 36'
Eto'o 57'
Ronaldinho 67'		 Report MatchCentre Da Silva 3'
Attendance: 52,761

Group F

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 England Manchester United 6 5 1 0 13 4 +9 16 Advance to knockout stage
2 Italy Roma 6 3 2 1 11 6 +5 11
3 Portugal Sporting CP 6 2 1 3 9 8 +1 7 Transfer to UEFA Cup
4 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 6 0 0 6 4 19 −15 0
Source: RSSSF
Sporting CP Portugal0–1England Manchester United
Report MatchCentre Ronaldo 62'
Roma Italy2–0Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
Perrotta 9'
Totti 70'		 Report MatchCentre
Attendance: 35,508
Manchester United England1–0Italy Roma
Rooney 70' Report MatchCentre
Dynamo Kyiv Ukraine1–2Portugal Sporting CP
Vashchuk 28' Report MatchCentre Tonel 14'
Polga 38'
Attendance: 37,600
Roma Italy2–1Portugal Sporting CP
Juan 15'
Vučinić 69'		 Report MatchCentre Liédson 18'
Attendance: 26,893
Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)
Dynamo Kyiv Ukraine2–4England Manchester United
Rincón 33'
Bangoura 79'		 Report MatchCentre Ferdinand 10'
Rooney 18'
Ronaldo 41', 68' (pen.)
Attendance: 42,000
Sporting CP Portugal2–2Italy Roma
Liédson 23', 65' Report MatchCentre Cassetti 4'
Polga 89' (o.g.)
Manchester United England4–0Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
Piqué 31'
Tevez 37'
Rooney 76'
Ronaldo 88'		 Report MatchCentre
Attendance: 75,017
Dynamo Kyiv Ukraine1–4Italy Roma
Bangoura 62' Report MatchCentre Panucci 4'
Giuly 32'
Vučinić 36', 77'
Attendance: 19,700
Manchester United England2–1Portugal Sporting CP
Tevez 61'
Ronaldo 90+2'		 Report MatchCentre Abel 22'
Attendance: 74,162
Roma Italy1–1England Manchester United
Mancini 71' Report MatchCentre Piqué 34'
Attendance: 29,490
Sporting CP Portugal3–0Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
Polga 35' (pen.)
Moutinho 67'
Liédson 89'		 Report MatchCentre

Group G

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Italy Internazionale 6 5 0 1 12 4 +8 15 Advance to knockout stage
2 Turkey Fenerbahçe 6 3 2 1 8 6 +2 11
3 Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 6 2 1 3 3 6 −3 7 Transfer to UEFA Cup
4 Russia CSKA Moscow 6 0 1 5 7 14 −7 1
Source: RSSSF
Fenerbahçe Turkey1–0Italy Internazionale
Deivid 43' Report MatchCentre
PSV Eindhoven Netherlands2–1Russia CSKA Moscow
Lazović 60'
Perez 80'		 Report MatchCentre Vágner Love 89'
Attendance: 30,000
CSKA Moscow Russia2–2Turkey Fenerbahçe
Krasić 48'
Vágner Love 53' (pen.)		 Report MatchCentre Alex 9'
Deivid 86'
Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow
Attendance: 25,000
Internazionale Italy2–0Netherlands PSV Eindhoven
Ibrahimović 15' (pen.), 31' Report MatchCentre
Attendance: 23,882
PSV Eindhoven Netherlands0–0Turkey Fenerbahçe
Report MatchCentre
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Howard Webb (England)
CSKA Moscow Russia1–2Italy Internazionale
Jô 32' Report MatchCentre Crespo 52'
Samuel 80'
Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow
Attendance: 24,000
Referee: Mike Riley (England)
Fenerbahçe Turkey2–0Netherlands PSV Eindhoven
Marcellis 28' (o.g.)
Semih 30'		 Report MatchCentre
Internazionale Italy4–2Russia CSKA Moscow
Ibrahimović 32', 75'
Cambiasso 34', 67'		 Report MatchCentre Jô 22'
Vágner Love 31'
Attendance: 17,495
CSKA Moscow Russia0–1Netherlands PSV Eindhoven
Report MatchCentre Farfán 39'
Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow
Attendance: 12,418
Internazionale Italy3–0Turkey Fenerbahçe
Cruz 55'
Ibrahimović 66'
Jiménez 90+2'		 Report MatchCentre
Attendance: 24,736
PSV Eindhoven Netherlands0–1Italy Internazionale
Report MatchCentre Cruz 64'
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
Fenerbahçe Turkey3–1Russia CSKA Moscow
Alex 32'
Boral 45+1', 90'		 Report MatchCentre Edu 30' (o.g.)

Group H

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Spain Sevilla 6 5 0 1 14 7 +7 15 Advance to knockout stage
2 England Arsenal 6 4 1 1 14 4 +10 13
3 Czech Republic Slavia Prague 6 1 2 3 5 16 −11 5 Transfer to UEFA Cup
4 Romania Steaua București 6 0 1 5 4 10 −6 1
Source: RSSSF
Arsenal England3–0Spain Sevilla
Fàbregas 28'
Van Persie 59'
Eduardo 90'		 Report MatchCentre
Attendance: 59,992
Slavia Prague Czech Republic2–1Romania Steaua București
Šenkeřík 14'
Belaid 63'		 Report MatchCentre Goian 33'
Steaua București Romania0–1England Arsenal
Report MatchCentre Van Persie 76'
Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest
Attendance: 12,807
Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)
Sevilla Spain4–2Czech Republic Slavia Prague
Kanouté 9'
Luís Fabiano 27'
Escudé 58'
Koné 69'		 Report MatchCentre Pudil 19'
Kalivoda 90'
Sevilla Spain2–1Romania Steaua București
Kanouté 5'
Luís Fabiano 18'		 Report MatchCentre Petre 64'
Arsenal England7–0Czech Republic Slavia Prague
Fàbregas 5', 58'
Hubáček 24' (o.g.)
Walcott 41', 55'
Hleb 51'
Bendtner 89'		 Report MatchCentre
Attendance: 59,621
Steaua București Romania0–2Spain Sevilla
Report MatchCentre Renato 25', 65'
Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest
Attendance: 7,984
Slavia Prague Czech Republic0–0England Arsenal
Report MatchCentre
Sevilla Spain3–1England Arsenal
Keita 24'
Luís Fabiano 34'
Kanouté 89' (pen.)		 Report MatchCentre Eduardo 11'
Steaua București Romania1–1Czech Republic Slavia Prague
Badea 12' Report MatchCentre Šenkeřík 78'
Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest
Attendance: 8,287
Arsenal England2–1Romania Steaua București
Diaby 8'
Bendtner 42'		 Report MatchCentre Zaharia 68'
Attendance: 59,786
Slavia Prague Czech Republic0–3Spain Sevilla
Report MatchCentre Luís Fabiano 66'
Kanouté 69'
Dani Alves 87'

Notes

  1. ^ CET (UTC+1) for matches from 6 November 2007, and CEST (UTC+2) for matches to 24 October 2007.

References

  1. ^ "Club coefficients 2007". UEFA.com.
  2. ^ "Excitement builds as draw nears". UEFA. 30 August 2007. Archived from the original on 8 July 2012. Retrieved 5 September 2007.
  3. ^ Olympiacos ordered to play match behind closed doors after crowd trouble against Shakhtar Donetsk in the previous Champions League campaign on 5 December 2006.
  • "Result of the draw" (PDF). UEFA. 30 August 2007. Retrieved 31 August 2007.
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