Misplaced Pages

The 2017–18 UEFA Champions League group stage began on 12 September and ended on 6 December 2017. 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.

Draw

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

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. 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.

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.

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):

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), 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).

Pot 1 (by association rank) Assoc. Team Coeff. 1 Real Madrid 176.999 2 Bayern Munich 154.899 3 Chelsea 106.192 4 Juventus 140.666 5 Benfica 111.866 6 Monaco 62.333 7 Spartak Moscow 18.606 8 Shakhtar Donetsk 87.526

Pot 2 Team Coeff. Barcelona 151.999 Atlético Madrid 142.999 Paris Saint-Germain 126.333 Borussia Dortmund 124.899 Sevilla 112.999 Manchester City 100.192 Porto 98.866 Manchester United 95.192

Pot 3 Team Coeff. Napoli 88.666 Tottenham Hotspur 77.192 Basel 74.415 Olympiacos 64.580 Anderlecht 58.480 Liverpool 56.192 Roma 53.666 Beşiktaş 45.840

Pot 4 Team Coeff. Celtic 42.785 CSKA Moscow 39.606 Sporting CP 36.866 APOEL 26.210 Feyenoord 23.212 Maribor 21.125 Qarabağ 18.050 RB Leipzig 15.899

Notes

1. Title holders, automatically placed at the top position of seeding list.
2. Winners of the play-off round (Champions Route).
3. 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):

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. The match kickoff times were 20:45 CEST/CET in general, except for certain matches for geographical reasons.

Times are CET/CEST, as listed by UEFA (local times are in parentheses).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		MUN	BSL	CSKA	BEN
1	Manchester United	6	5	0	1	12	3	+9	15	Advance to knockout phase		—	3–0	2–1	2–0
2	Basel	6	4	0	2	11	5	+6	12			1–0	—	1–2	5–0
3	CSKA Moscow	6	3	0	3	8	10	−2	9	Transfer to Europa League		1–4	0–2	—	2–0
4	Benfica	6	0	0	6	1	14	−13	0			0–1	0–2	1–2	—

Benfica	1–2	CSKA Moscow
Seferovic 50'	Report	Vitinho 63' (pen.) Zhamaletdinov 71'

Manchester United	3–0	Basel
Fellaini 35' Lukaku 53' Rashford 84'	Report

Basel	5–0	Benfica
Lang 2' Oberlin 20', 69' Van Wolfswinkel 60' (pen.) Riveros 76'	Report

CSKA Moscow	1–4	Manchester United
Kuchayev 90'	Report	Lukaku 4', 27' Martial 19' (pen.) Mkhitaryan 57'

CSKA Moscow	0–2	Basel
	Report	Xhaka 29' Oberlin 90'

Benfica	0–1	Manchester United
	Report	Rashford 64'

Basel	1–2	CSKA Moscow
Zuffi 32'	Report	Dzagoev 65' Wernbloom 79'

Manchester United	2–0	Benfica
Svilar 45' (o.g.) Blind 78' (pen.)	Report

CSKA Moscow	2–0	Benfica
Shchennikov 13' Jardel 56' (o.g.)	Report

Basel	1–0	Manchester United
Lang 89'	Report

Benfica	0–2	Basel
	Report	Elyounoussi 5' Oberlin 65'

Manchester United	2–1	CSKA Moscow
Lukaku 64' Rashford 66'	Report	Vitinho 45'

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		PAR	BAY	CEL	AND
1	Paris Saint-Germain	6	5	0	1	25	4	+21	15	Advance to knockout phase		—	3–0	7–1	5–0
2	Bayern Munich	6	5	0	1	13	6	+7	15			3–1	—	3–0	3–0
3	Celtic	6	1	0	5	5	18	−13	3	Transfer to Europa League		0–5	1–2	—	0–1
4	Anderlecht	6	1	0	5	2	17	−15	3			0–4	1–2	0–3	—

1. ^ Head-to-head results: Paris Saint-Germain 3–0 Bayern Munich, Bayern Munich 3–1 Paris Saint-Germain.
2. ^ Head-to-head results: Anderlecht 0–3 Celtic, Celtic 0–1 Anderlecht.

Bayern Munich	3–0	Anderlecht
Lewandowski 12' (pen.) Thiago 65' Kimmich 90'	Report

Celtic	0–5	Paris Saint-Germain
	Report	Neymar 19' Mbappé 34' Cavani 40' (pen.), 85' Lustig 83' (o.g.)

Paris Saint-Germain	3–0	Bayern Munich
Dani Alves 2' Cavani 31' Neymar 63'	Report

Anderlecht	0–3	Celtic
	Report	Griffiths 38' Roberts 50' Sinclair 90+3'

Anderlecht	0–4	Paris Saint-Germain
	Report	Mbappé 3' Cavani 44' Neymar 66' Di María 88'

Bayern Munich	3–0	Celtic
Müller 17' Kimmich 29' Hummels 51'	Report

Paris Saint-Germain	5–0	Anderlecht
Verratti 30' Neymar 45+4' Kurzawa 52', 72', 78'	Report

Celtic	1–2	Bayern Munich
McGregor 74'	Report	Coman 22' Martínez 77'

Anderlecht	1–2	Bayern Munich
Hanni 63'	Report	Lewandowski 51' Tolisso 77'

Paris Saint-Germain	7–1	Celtic
Neymar 9', 22' Cavani 28', 79' Mbappé 35' Verratti 75' Dani Alves 80'	Report	Dembélé 1'

Bayern Munich	3–1	Paris Saint-Germain
Lewandowski 8' Tolisso 37', 69'	Report	Mbappé 50'

Celtic	0–1	Anderlecht
	Report	Šimunović 62' (o.g.)

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ROM	CHE	ATM	QRB
1	Roma	6	3	2	1	9	6	+3	11	Advance to knockout phase		—	3–0	0–0	1–0
2	Chelsea	6	3	2	1	16	8	+8	11			3–3	—	1–1	6–0
3	Atlético Madrid	6	1	4	1	5	4	+1	7	Transfer to Europa League		2–0	1–2	—	1–1
4	Qarabağ	6	0	2	4	2	14	−12	2			1–2	0–4	0–0	—

1. ^ Head-to-head results: Chelsea 3–3 Roma, Roma 3–0 Chelsea.

Chelsea	6–0	Qarabağ
Pedro 5' Zappacosta 30' Azpilicueta 55' Bakayoko 71' Batshuayi 76' Medvedev 82' (o.g.)	Report

Roma	0–0	Atlético Madrid
	Report

Qarabağ	1–2	Roma
Pedro Henrique 28'	Report	Manolas 7' Džeko 15'

Atlético Madrid	1–2	Chelsea
Griezmann 40' (pen.)	Report	Morata 60' Batshuayi 90+3'

Qarabağ	0–0	Atlético Madrid
	Report

Chelsea	3–3	Roma
David Luiz 11' Hazard 37', 75'	Report	Kolarov 40' Džeko 64', 70'

Atlético Madrid	1–1	Qarabağ
Partey 56'	Report	Míchel 40'

Roma	3–0	Chelsea
El Shaarawy 1', 36' Perotti 63'	Report

Qarabağ	0–4	Chelsea
	Report	Hazard 21' (pen.) Willian 36', 85' Fàbregas 73' (pen.)

Atlético Madrid	2–0	Roma
Griezmann 69' Gameiro 85'	Report

Chelsea	1–1	Atlético Madrid
Savić 75' (o.g.)	Report	Saúl 56'

Roma	1–0	Qarabağ
Perotti 53'	Report

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BAR	JUV	SPO	OLY
1	Barcelona	6	4	2	0	9	1	+8	14	Advance to knockout phase		—	3–0	2–0	3–1
2	Juventus	6	3	2	1	7	5	+2	11			0–0	—	2–1	2–0
3	Sporting CP	6	2	1	3	8	9	−1	7	Transfer to Europa League		0–1	1–1	—	3–1
4	Olympiacos	6	0	1	5	4	13	−9	1			0–0	0–2	2–3	—

Barcelona	3–0	Juventus
Messi 45', 69' Rakitić 56'	Report

Olympiacos	2–3	Sporting CP
Pardo 89', 90+3'	Report	Doumbia 2' Martins 13' Fernandes 43'

Sporting CP	0–1	Barcelona
	Report	Coates 49' (o.g.)

Juventus	2–0	Olympiacos
Higuaín 69' Mandžukić 80'	Report

Juventus	2–1	Sporting CP
Pjanić 29' Mandžukić 84'	Report	Alex Sandro 12' (o.g.)

Barcelona	3–1	Olympiacos
Nikolaou 18' (o.g.) Messi 61' Digne 64'	Report	Nikolaou 90'

Sporting CP	1–1	Juventus
Bruno César 20'	Report	Higuaín 79'

Olympiacos	0–0	Barcelona
	Report

Juventus	0–0	Barcelona
	Report

Sporting CP	3–1	Olympiacos
Dost 40', 66' Bruno César 43'	Report	Odjidja-Ofoe 86'

Barcelona	2–0	Sporting CP
Alcácer 59' Mathieu 90+1' (o.g.)	Report

Olympiacos	0–2	Juventus
	Report	Cuadrado 15' Bernardeschi 90'

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		LIV	SEV	SPM	MRB
1	Liverpool	6	3	3	0	23	6	+17	12	Advance to knockout phase		—	2–2	7–0	3–0
2	Sevilla	6	2	3	1	12	12	0	9			3–3	—	2–1	3–0
3	Spartak Moscow	6	1	3	2	9	13	−4	6	Transfer to Europa League		1–1	5–1	—	1–1
4	Maribor	6	0	3	3	3	16	−13	3			0–7	1–1	1–1	—

Maribor	1–1	Spartak Moscow
Bohar 85'	Report	Samedov 59'

Liverpool	2–2	Sevilla
Firmino 21' Salah 37'	Report	Ben Yedder 5' Correa 72'

Sevilla	3–0	Maribor
Ben Yedder 27', 38', 83' (pen.)	Report

Spartak Moscow	1–1	Liverpool
Fernando 23'	Report	Coutinho 31'

Spartak Moscow	5–1	Sevilla
Promes 18', 90' Melgarejo 58' Glushakov 67' Luiz Adriano 74'	Report	Kjær 30'

Maribor	0–7	Liverpool
	Report	Firmino 4', 54' Coutinho 13' Salah 19', 40' Oxlade-Chamberlain 86' Alexander-Arnold 90'

Sevilla	2–1	Spartak Moscow
Lenglet 30' Banega 59'	Report	Zé Luís 78'

Liverpool	3–0	Maribor
Salah 49' Can 64' Sturridge 90'	Report

Spartak Moscow	1–1	Maribor
Zé Luís 82'	Report	Mešanović 90+2'

Sevilla	3–3	Liverpool
Ben Yedder 51', 60' (pen.) Pizarro 90+3'	Report	Firmino 2', 30' Mané 22'

Maribor	1–1	Sevilla
Tavares 10'	Report	Ganso 75'

Liverpool	7–0	Spartak Moscow
Coutinho 4' (pen.), 15', 50' Firmino 19' Mané 47', 76' Salah 86'	Report

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		MCI	SHK	NAP	FEY
1	Manchester City	6	5	0	1	14	5	+9	15	Advance to knockout phase		—	2–0	2–1	1–0
2	Shakhtar Donetsk	6	4	0	2	9	9	0	12			2–1	—	2–1	3–1
3	Napoli	6	2	0	4	11	11	0	6	Transfer to Europa League		2–4	3–0	—	3–1
4	Feyenoord	6	1	0	5	5	14	−9	3			0–4	1–2	2–1	—

Feyenoord	0–4	Manchester City
	Report	Stones 2', 63' Agüero 10' Gabriel Jesus 25'

Shakhtar Donetsk	2–1	Napoli
Taison 15' Ferreyra 58'	Report	Milik 72' (pen.)

Napoli	3–1	Feyenoord
Insigne 7' Mertens 49' Callejón 70'	Report	Amrabat 90+3'

Manchester City	2–0	Shakhtar Donetsk
De Bruyne 48' Sterling 90'	Report

Manchester City	2–1	Napoli
Sterling 9' Gabriel Jesus 13'	Report	Diawara 73' (pen.)

Feyenoord	1–2	Shakhtar Donetsk
Berghuis 8'	Report	Bernard 24', 54'

Napoli	2–4	Manchester City
Insigne 21' Jorginho 62' (pen.)	Report	Otamendi 34' Stones 48' Agüero 69' Sterling 90+2'

Shakhtar Donetsk	3–1	Feyenoord
Ferreyra 14' Marlos 17', 68'	Report	Jørgensen 12'

Manchester City	1–0	Feyenoord
Sterling 88'	Report

Napoli	3–0	Shakhtar Donetsk
Insigne 56' Zieliński 81' Mertens 83'	Report

Feyenoord	2–1	Napoli
Jørgensen 33' St. Juste 90+1'	Report	Zieliński 2'

Shakhtar Donetsk	2–1	Manchester City
Bernard 26' Ismaily 32'	Report	Agüero 90+2' (pen.)

Group G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BES	POR	RBL	MON
1	Beşiktaş	6	4	2	0	11	5	+6	14	Advance to knockout phase		—	1–1	2–0	1–1
2	Porto	6	3	1	2	15	10	+5	10			1–3	—	3–1	5–2
3	RB Leipzig	6	2	1	3	10	11	−1	7	Transfer to Europa League		1–2	3–2	—	1–1
4	Monaco	6	0	2	4	6	16	−10	2			1–2	0–3	1–4	—

RB Leipzig	1–1	Monaco
Forsberg 33'	Report	Tielemans 34'

Porto	1–3	Beşiktaş
Tošić 21' (o.g.)	Report	Talisca 13' Tosun 28' Babel 86'

Beşiktaş	2–0	RB Leipzig
Babel 11' Talisca 43'	Report

Monaco	0–3	Porto
	Report	Aboubakar 31', 69' Layún 89'

Monaco	1–2	Beşiktaş
Falcao 30'	Report	Tosun 34', 54'

RB Leipzig	3–2	Porto
Orbán 8' Forsberg 38' Augustin 41'	Report	Aboubakar 18' Marcano 44'

Beşiktaş	1–1	Monaco
Tosun 54' (pen.)	Report	Lopes 45+1'

Porto	3–1	RB Leipzig
Herrera 13' D. Pereira 61' M. Pereira 90+3'	Report	Werner 48'

Beşiktaş	1–1	Porto
Talisca 41'	Report	Felipe 29'

Monaco	1–4	RB Leipzig
Falcao 43'	Report	Jemerson 6' (o.g.) Werner 9', 31' (pen.) Keïta 45'

RB Leipzig	1–2	Beşiktaş
Keïta 87'	Report	Negredo 10' (pen.) Talisca 90'

Porto	5–2	Monaco
Aboubakar 9', 33' Brahimi 45' Telles 65' Soares 88'	Report	Glik 61' (pen.) Falcao 78'

Group H

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		TOT	RMA	DOR	APO
1	Tottenham Hotspur	6	5	1	0	15	4	+11	16	Advance to knockout phase		—	3–1	3–1	3–0
2	Real Madrid	6	4	1	1	17	7	+10	13			1–1	—	3–2	3–0
3	Borussia Dortmund	6	0	2	4	7	13	−6	2	Transfer to Europa League		1–2	1–3	—	1–1
4	APOEL	6	0	2	4	2	17	−15	2			0–3	0–6	1–1	—

1. ^ 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	3–0	APOEL
Ronaldo 12', 51' (pen.) Ramos 61'	Report

Tottenham Hotspur	3–1	Borussia Dortmund
Son Heung-min 4' Kane 15', 60'	Report	Yarmolenko 11'

Borussia Dortmund	1–3	Real Madrid
Aubameyang 54'	Report	Bale 18' Ronaldo 50', 79'

APOEL	0–3	Tottenham Hotspur
	Report	Kane 39', 62', 67'

APOEL	1–1	Borussia Dortmund
Poté 62'	Report	Papastathopoulos 67'

Real Madrid	1–1	Tottenham Hotspur
Ronaldo 43' (pen.)	Report	Varane 28' (o.g.)

Borussia Dortmund	1–1	APOEL
Guerreiro 29'	Report	Poté 51'

Tottenham Hotspur	3–1	Real Madrid
Alli 27', 56' Eriksen 65'	Report	Ronaldo 80'

APOEL	0–6	Real Madrid
	Report	Modrić 23' Benzema 39', 45+1' Nacho 41' Ronaldo 49', 54'

Borussia Dortmund	1–2	Tottenham Hotspur
Aubameyang 31'	Report	Kane 49' Son Heung-min 76'

Real Madrid	3–2	Borussia Dortmund
Mayoral 8' Ronaldo 12' Vázquez 81'	Report	Aubameyang 43', 49'

Tottenham Hotspur	3–0	APOEL
Llorente 20' Son Heung-min 37' Nkoudou 80'	Report

Notes

1. Positions for scheduling did not use the seeding pots, e.g., Team 1 was not necessarily the team from Pot 1 in the draw.
2. 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.
3. ^ Qarabağ played their home matches at Olympic Stadium, Baku, instead of their regular stadium Azersun Arena, Baku.
4. ^ 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

1. ^ "2017/18 Champions League match and draw calendar". UEFA.com. 11 January 2017.
2. ^ "Regulations of the UEFA Champions League 2017/18 Season" (PDF). UEFA.com. 4 April 2017.
3. "Group stage draw". UEFA.com.
4. "Country coefficients 2014/15". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
5. ^ "Club coefficients 2016/17". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
6. "Emergency Panel decisions". UEFA.org. 17 July 2014.
7. "Real Madrid lead 2017/18 Champions League seeds". UEFA.com. 4 June 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
8. "Result of the Draw" (PDF). UEFA.com. 24 August 2017.
9. ^ "Full Time Summary Matchday 1 – Tuesday 12 September 2017" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 12 September 2017. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
10. ^ "Full Time Summary Matchday 2 – Wednesday 27 September 2017" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 27 September 2017. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
11. ^ "Full Time Summary Matchday 3 – Wednesday 18 October 2017" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 18 October 2017. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
12. ^ "Full Time Summary Matchday 4 – Tuesday 31 October 2017" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 31 October 2017. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
13. ^ "Full Time Summary Matchday 5 – Wednesday 22 November 2017" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 22 November 2017. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
14. ^ "Full Time Summary Matchday 6 – Tuesday 5 December 2017" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 5 December 2017. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
15. ^ "Full Time Summary Matchday 1 – Wednesday 13 September 2018" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 13 September 2017. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
16. ^ "Full Time Summary Matchday 2 – Tuesday 26 September 2017" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 26 September 2017. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
17. ^ "Full Time Summary Matchday 3 – Tuesday 17 October 2017" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 17 October 2017. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
18. ^ "Full Time Summary Matchday 4 – Wednesday 1 November 2017" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 1 November 2017. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
19. ^ "Full Time Summary Matchday 5 – Tuesday 21 November 2017" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 21 November 2017. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
20. ^ "Full Time Summary Matchday 6 – Wednesday 6 December 2017" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 6 December 2017. Retrieved 6 December 2017.

External links

• UEFA Champions League (official website)
  • UEFA Champions League history: 2017/18

• 2017–18 UEFA Champions League
• UEFA Champions League group stages
• September 2017 sports events in Europe
• October 2017 sports events in Europe
• November 2017 sports events in Europe
• December 2017 sports events in Europe