2017–18 UEFA Champions League group stage

The 2017–18 UEFA Champions League group stage began on 12 September and ended on 6 December 2017.[1] A total of 32 teams competed in the group stage to decide the 16 places in the knockout phase of the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League.[2]

Draw

The draw for the group stage was held on 24 August 2017, 18:00 CEST, at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco.[3]

The 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four, with the restriction that teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other. For the draw, the teams were seeded into four pots based on the following principles:

  • Pot 1 contained the title holders and the champions of the top seven associations based on their 2016 UEFA country coefficients.[4] If the title holders were one of the champions of the top seven associations, the champions of the association ranked eighth were also seeded into Pot 1.
  • Pot 2, 3 and 4 contained the remaining teams, seeded based on their 2017 UEFA club coefficients.[5]

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.[6]

Moreover, the draw was controlled for teams from the same association in order to split the teams evenly into the two sets of four groups (A–D, E–H) for maximum television coverage. 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, with the following match sequence (Regulations Article 16.02):[2]

Note: Positions for scheduling did not use the seeding pots, e.g., Team 1 was not necessarily the team from Pot 1 in the draw.

Matchday Matches
Matchday 1 2 v 3, 4 v 1
Matchday 2 1 v 2, 3 v 4
Matchday 3 3 v 1, 2 v 4
Matchday Matches
Matchday 4 1 v 3, 4 v 2
Matchday 5 3 v 2, 1 v 4
Matchday 6 2 v 1, 4 v 3

There were certain scheduling restrictions: for example, teams from the same city (e.g., Real Madrid and Atlético Madrid) in general were not scheduled to play at home on the same matchday (to avoid teams from the same city playing at home on the same day or on consecutive days, due to logistics and crowd control), and teams in certain countries (e.g., Russia and Azerbaijan) were not scheduled to play at home on the last matchday (due to cold weather and simultaneous kick-off times).

Teams

Below were the participating teams (with their 2017 UEFA club coefficients),[5] grouped by their seeding pot. They included 22 teams which entered in this stage, and the 10 winners of the play-off round (5 in Champions Route, 5 in League Route).

Key to colours
Group winners and runners-up advance to the round of 16
Third-placed teams enter the Europa League round of 32
Pot 1 (by association rank)[7]
Assoc. Team Coeff.[5]
1 Spain Real Madrid[TH] 176.999
2 Germany Bayern Munich 154.899
3 England Chelsea 106.192
4 Italy Juventus 140.666
5 Portugal Benfica 111.866
6 France Monaco 62.333
7 Russia Spartak Moscow 18.606
8 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk 87.526
Pot 2
Team Coeff.[5]
Spain Barcelona 151.999
Spain Atlético Madrid 142.999
France Paris Saint-Germain 126.333
Germany Borussia Dortmund 124.899
Spain Sevilla[LR] 112.999
England Manchester City 100.192
Portugal Porto 98.866
England Manchester United 95.192
Pot 3
Team Coeff.[5]
Italy Napoli[LR] 88.666
England Tottenham Hotspur 77.192
Switzerland Basel 74.415
Greece Olympiacos[CR] 64.580
Belgium Anderlecht 58.480
England Liverpool[LR] 56.192
Italy Roma 53.666
Turkey Beşiktaş 45.840
Pot 4
Team Coeff.[5]
Scotland Celtic[CR] 42.785
Russia CSKA Moscow[LR] 39.606
Portugal Sporting CP[LR] 36.866
Cyprus APOEL[CR] 26.210
Netherlands Feyenoord 23.212
Slovenia Maribor[CR] 21.125
Azerbaijan Qarabağ[CR] 18.050
Germany RB Leipzig 15.899
Notes
  1. TH Title holders, automatically placed at the top position of seeding list.
  2. CR Winners of the play-off round (Champions Route).
  3. 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.

Tiebreakers

Teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Articles 17.01):[2]

  1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  6. Away goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  7. If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
  8. Goal difference in all group matches;
  9. Goals scored in all group matches;
  10. Away goals scored in all group matches;
  11. Wins in all group matches;
  12. Away wins in all group matches;
  13. Disciplinary points (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
  14. UEFA club coefficient.

Groups

The matchdays were 12–13 September, 26–27 September, 17–18 October, 31 October – 1 November, 21–22 November, and 5–6 December 2017.[1] The match kickoff times were 20:45 CEST/CET in general, except for certain matches for geographical reasons.[8]

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 England Manchester United 6 5 0 1 12 3 +9 15 Advance to knockout phase
2 Switzerland Basel 6 4 0 2 11 5 +6 12
3 Russia CSKA Moscow 6 3 0 3 8 10 −2 9 Transfer to Europa League
4 Portugal Benfica 6 0 0 6 1 14 −13 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Benfica Portugal1–2Russia CSKA Moscow
Report
Manchester United England3–0Switzerland Basel
 Report
Attendance: 73,854[9]
Referee: Ruddy Buquet (France)
Basel Switzerland5–0Portugal Benfica
 Report
Attendance: 34,111[10]
Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland)
CSKA Moscow Russia1–4England Manchester United
Report
Attendance: 29,073[10]
Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)
CSKA Moscow Russia0–2Switzerland Basel
Report
Attendance: 27,996[11]
Benfica Portugal0–1England Manchester United
Report
Attendance: 57,684[11]
Basel Switzerland1–2Russia CSKA Moscow
 Report
Attendance: 33,303[12]
Manchester United England2–0Portugal Benfica
 Report
CSKA Moscow Russia2–0Portugal Benfica
 Report
Attendance: 27,709[13]
Basel Switzerland1–0England Manchester United
  • Lang 89'
 Report
Attendance: 36,000[13]
Benfica Portugal0–2Switzerland Basel
Report
Attendance: 22,470[14]
Manchester United England2–1Russia CSKA Moscow
 Report
  • Vitinho 45'
Attendance: 74,669[14]

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 France Paris Saint-Germain 6 5 0 1 25 4 +21 15[a] Advance to knockout phase
2 Germany Bayern Munich 6 5 0 1 13 6 +7 15[a]
3 Scotland Celtic 6 1 0 5 5 18 −13 3[b] Transfer to Europa League
4 Belgium Anderlecht 6 1 0 5 2 17 −15 3[b]
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head results: Paris Saint-Germain 3–0 Bayern Munich, Bayern Munich 3–1 Paris Saint-Germain.
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head results: Anderlecht 0–3 Celtic, Celtic 0–1 Anderlecht.
Bayern Munich Germany3–0Belgium Anderlecht
 Report
Attendance: 70,000[9]
Celtic Scotland0–5France Paris Saint-Germain
Report
Attendance: 57,562[9]
Paris Saint-Germain France3–0Germany Bayern Munich
Report
Anderlecht Belgium0–3Scotland Celtic
Report
Anderlecht Belgium0–4France Paris Saint-Germain
Report
Bayern Munich Germany3–0Scotland Celtic
 Report
Attendance: 70,000[11]
Paris Saint-Germain France5–0Belgium Anderlecht
 Report
Celtic Scotland1–2Germany Bayern Munich
Report
Attendance: 58,269[12]
Anderlecht Belgium1–2Germany Bayern Munich
 Report
Attendance: 19,753[13]
Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)
Paris Saint-Germain France7–1Scotland Celtic
 Report
  • Dembélé 1'
Bayern Munich Germany3–1France Paris Saint-Germain
 Report
Attendance: 70,000[14]
Celtic Scotland0–1Belgium Anderlecht
Report
Attendance: 57,931[14]
Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Italy Roma 6 3 2 1 9 6 +3 11[a] Advance to knockout phase
2 England Chelsea 6 3 2 1 16 8 +8 11[a]
3 Spain Atlético Madrid 6 1 4 1 5 4 +1 7 Transfer to Europa League
4 Azerbaijan Qarabağ 6 0 2 4 2 14 −12 2
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head results: Chelsea 3–3 Roma, Roma 3–0 Chelsea.
Chelsea England6–0Azerbaijan Qarabağ
 Report
Stamford Bridge, London
Attendance: 41,150[9]
Roma Italy0–0Spain Atlético Madrid
Report
Attendance: 36,064[9]
Qarabağ Azerbaijan1–2Italy Roma
Report
Atlético Madrid Spain1–2England Chelsea
 Report
Qarabağ Azerbaijan0–0Spain Atlético Madrid
Report
Chelsea England3–3Italy Roma
 Report
Stamford Bridge, London
Attendance: 41,105[11]
Atlético Madrid Spain1–1Azerbaijan Qarabağ
 Report
  • Míchel 40'
Roma Italy3–0England Chelsea
 Report
Attendance: 55,036[12]
Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)
Qarabağ Azerbaijan0–4England Chelsea
Report
Atlético Madrid Spain2–0Italy Roma
Report
Chelsea England1–1Spain Atlético Madrid
 Report
Stamford Bridge, London
Attendance: 40,875[14]
Roma Italy1–0Azerbaijan Qarabağ
 Report
Attendance: 34,258[14]

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Spain Barcelona 6 4 2 0 9 1 +8 14 Advance to knockout phase
2 Italy Juventus 6 3 2 1 7 5 +2 11
3 Portugal Sporting CP 6 2 1 3 8 9 −1 7 Transfer to Europa League
4 Greece Olympiacos 6 0 1 5 4 13 −9 1
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Barcelona Spain3–0Italy Juventus
 Report
Attendance: 78,656[9]
Olympiacos Greece2–3Portugal Sporting CP
 Report
Sporting CP Portugal0–1Spain Barcelona
Report
Juventus Italy2–0Greece Olympiacos
Report
Attendance: 33,460[10]
Juventus Italy2–1Portugal Sporting CP
Report
Attendance: 36,288[11]
Referee: Michael Oliver (England)
Barcelona Spain3–1Greece Olympiacos
 Report
Attendance: 55,026[11]
Sporting CP Portugal1–1Italy Juventus
Report
Olympiacos Greece0–0Spain Barcelona
Report
Attendance: 31,600[12]
Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)
Juventus Italy0–0Spain Barcelona
Report
Attendance: 40,876[13]
Sporting CP Portugal3–1Greece Olympiacos
 Report
Barcelona Spain2–0Portugal Sporting CP
 Report
Attendance: 48,336[14]
Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland)
Olympiacos Greece0–2Italy Juventus
Report

Group E

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 England Liverpool 6 3 3 0 23 6 +17 12 Advance to knockout phase
2 Spain Sevilla 6 2 3 1 12 12 0 9
3 Russia Spartak Moscow 6 1 3 2 9 13 −4 6 Transfer to Europa League
4 Slovenia Maribor 6 0 3 3 3 16 −13 3
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Maribor Slovenia1–1Russia Spartak Moscow
 Report
Attendance: 12,566[15]
Liverpool England2–2Spain Sevilla
 Report
Attendance: 52,332[15]
Sevilla Spain3–0Slovenia Maribor
 Report
Spartak Moscow Russia1–1England Liverpool
  • Fernando 23'
 Report
Attendance: 43,376[16]
Spartak Moscow Russia5–1Spain Sevilla
 Report
Attendance: 44,307[17]
Maribor Slovenia0–7England Liverpool
Report
Attendance: 12,506[17]
Sevilla Spain2–1Russia Spartak Moscow
 Report
Liverpool England3–0Slovenia Maribor
 Report
Attendance: 47,957[18]
Spartak Moscow Russia1–1Slovenia Maribor
Report
Attendance: 42,920[19]
Sevilla Spain3–3England Liverpool
 Report
Maribor Slovenia1–1Spain Sevilla
 Report
Attendance: 11,976[20]
Liverpool England7–0Russia Spartak Moscow
 Report
Attendance: 48,779[20]

Group F

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 England Manchester City 6 5 0 1 14 5 +9 15 Advance to knockout phase
2 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk 6 4 0 2 9 9 0 12
3 Italy Napoli 6 2 0 4 11 11 0 6 Transfer to Europa League
4 Netherlands Feyenoord 6 1 0 5 5 14 −9 3
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Feyenoord Netherlands0–4England Manchester City
Report
Attendance: 43,500[15]
Shakhtar Donetsk Ukraine2–1Italy Napoli
 Report
Napoli Italy3–1Netherlands Feyenoord
Report
Attendance: 22,577[16]
Manchester City England2–0Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
Report
Manchester City England2–1Italy Napoli
Report
Feyenoord Netherlands1–2Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
Report
  • Bernard 24', 54'
Napoli Italy2–4England Manchester City
 Report
Attendance: 44,483[18]
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
Shakhtar Donetsk Ukraine3–1Netherlands Feyenoord
 Report
Manchester City England1–0Netherlands Feyenoord
Report
Napoli Italy3–0Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
Report
Attendance: 10,573[19]
Feyenoord Netherlands2–1Italy Napoli
Report
Attendance: 36,500[20]
Referee: Michael Oliver (England)
Shakhtar Donetsk Ukraine2–1England Manchester City
  • Bernard 26'
  • Ismaily 32'
 Report

Group G

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Turkey Beşiktaş 6 4 2 0 11 5 +6 14 Advance to knockout phase
2 Portugal Porto 6 3 1 2 15 10 +5 10
3 Germany RB Leipzig 6 2 1 3 10 11 −1 7 Transfer to Europa League
4 France Monaco 6 0 2 4 6 16 −10 2
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
RB Leipzig Germany1–1France Monaco
Report
Red Bull Arena, Leipzig
Attendance: 40,068[15]
Referee: Michael Oliver (England)
Porto Portugal1–3Turkey Beşiktaş
 Report
Attendance: 42,429[15]
Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)
Beşiktaş Turkey2–0Germany RB Leipzig
 Report
Attendance: 36,641[16]
Monaco France0–3Portugal Porto
Report
Attendance: 11,703[16]
Monaco France1–2Turkey Beşiktaş
 Report
Attendance: 7,403[17]
RB Leipzig Germany3–2Portugal Porto
Report
Red Bull Arena, Leipzig
Attendance: 41,496[17]
Beşiktaş Turkey1–1France Monaco
 Report
Attendance: 39,346[18]
Porto Portugal3–1Germany RB Leipzig
 Report
Beşiktaş Turkey1–1Portugal Porto
 Report
  • Felipe 29'
Monaco France1–4Germany RB Leipzig
 Report
RB Leipzig Germany1–2Turkey Beşiktaş
 Report
Red Bull Arena, Leipzig
Attendance: 42,558[20]
Porto Portugal5–2France Monaco
 Report
Attendance: 42,509[20]
Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)

Group H

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 England Tottenham Hotspur 6 5 1 0 15 4 +11 16 Advance to knockout phase
2 Spain Real Madrid 6 4 1 1 17 7 +10 13
3 Germany Borussia Dortmund 6 0 2 4 7 13 −6 2[a] Transfer to Europa League
4 Cyprus APOEL 6 0 2 4 2 17 −15 2[a]
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head results: APOEL 1–1 Borussia Dortmund, Borussia Dortmund 1–1 APOEL (tied on head-to-head results, ranked on total goal difference).
Real Madrid Spain3–0Cyprus APOEL
 Report
Tottenham Hotspur England3–1Germany Borussia Dortmund
 Report
Attendance: 67,343[15]
Borussia Dortmund Germany1–3Spain Real Madrid
Report
APOEL Cyprus0–3England Tottenham Hotspur
Report
APOEL Cyprus1–1Germany Borussia Dortmund
 Report
Attendance: 15,604[17]
Real Madrid Spain1–1England Tottenham Hotspur
 Report
Borussia Dortmund Germany1–1Cyprus APOEL
Report
Attendance: 64,500[18]
Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)
Tottenham Hotspur England3–1Spain Real Madrid
 Report
Attendance: 83,782[18]
APOEL Cyprus0–6Spain Real Madrid
Report
Attendance: 19,705[19]
Borussia Dortmund Germany1–2England Tottenham Hotspur
Report
Real Madrid Spain3–2Germany Borussia Dortmund
Report
Tottenham Hotspur England3–0Cyprus APOEL
Report
Attendance: 42,679[20]

Notes

  1. ^ CET (UTC+1) for matches in 31 October to 6 December 2017, and CEST (UTC+2) for matches in 12 September to 18 October 2017.
  2. ^ a b c Qarabağ played their home matches at Olympic Stadium, Baku, instead of their regular stadium Azersun Arena, Baku.
  3. ^ a b c Shakhtar Donetsk played their home matches at Metalist Stadium, Kharkiv, instead of their regular stadium Donbass Arena, Donetsk, due to the war conditions in Eastern Ukraine.

References

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