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
[edit]The draw was held on 28 August 2014, 17:45 CEST, at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco.[2] 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. Moreover, the draw was controlled for teams from the same association in order to split the teams evenly into the two sets of groups (A–D, E–H) for maximum television coverage.
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
[edit]Below were the 32 teams which qualified for the group stage (with their 2014 UEFA club coefficients),[4] grouped by their seeding pot.[5][6] 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).
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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
[edit]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
[edit]The 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 equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria were applied to determine the rankings:[1]
- 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 points accumulated by the club in question, as well as its association, over the previous five seasons.
Groups
[edit]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
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ATL | JUV | OLY | MAL | |
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1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 3 | +11 | 13 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 1–0 | 4–0 | 5–0 | ||
2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 10 | 0–0 | — | 3–2 | 2–0 | |||
3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 13 | −3 | 9 | Transfer to Europa League | 3–2 | 1–0 | — | 4–2 | ||
4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 15 | −11 | 3 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | — |
Olympiacos | 3–2 | |
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Masuaku Afellay Mitroglou |
Report | Mandžukić Griezmann |
Malmö FF | 2–0 | |
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Rosenberg |
Report |
Atlético Madrid | 1–0 | |
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Turan |
Report |
Olympiacos | 1–0 | |
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Kasami |
Report |
Malmö FF | 0–2 | |
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Report | Koke García |
Atlético Madrid | 4–0 | |
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García Mandžukić |
Report |
Olympiacos | 4–2 | |
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Fuster Domínguez Mitroglou Afellay |
Report | Kroon Rosenberg |
Group B
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | RM | BSL | LIV | LUD | |
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1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | +14 | 18 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 5–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | ||
2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 7 | 0–1 | — | 1–0 | 4–0 | |||
3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 5 | Transfer to Europa League | 0–3 | 1–1 | — | 2–1 | ||
4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 14 | −9 | 4 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | — |
Real Madrid | 5–1 | |
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Suchý Bale Ronaldo Rodríguez Benzema |
Report | González |
Ludogorets Razgrad | 1–2 | |
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Marcelinho |
Report | Ronaldo Benzema |
Ludogorets Razgrad | 1–0 | |
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Minev |
Report |
Liverpool | 0–3 | |
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Report | Ronaldo Benzema |
Real Madrid | 1–0 | |
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Benzema |
Report |
Basel | 0–1 | |
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Report | Ronaldo |
Real Madrid | 4–0 | |
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Ronaldo Bale Arbeloa Medrán |
Report |
- Notes
- ^ a b c Ludogorets Razgrad played their home matches at Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia instead of their regular stadium, Ludogorets Arena, Razgrad.
Group C
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MON | LEV | ZEN | BEN | |
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1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | ||
2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 10 | 0–1 | — | 2–0 | 3–1 | |||
3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 7 | Transfer to Europa League | 0–0 | 1–2 | — | 1–0 | ||
4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 5 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | — |
Monaco | 1–0 | |
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Moutinho |
Report |
Benfica | 0–2 | |
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Report | Hulk Witsel |
Bayer Leverkusen | 3–1 | |
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Kießling Son Heung-min Çalhanoğlu |
Report | Salvio |
Zenit Saint Petersburg | 1–2 | |
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Rondón |
Report | Son Heung-min |
Zenit Saint Petersburg | 1–0 | |
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Danny |
Report |
Bayer Leverkusen | 0–1 | |
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Report | Ocampos |
Monaco | 2–0 | |
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Abdennour Fabinho |
Report |
Group D
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | DOR | ARS | AND | GAL | |
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1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 13 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | ||
2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 8 | +7 | 13 | 2–0 | — | 3–3 | 4–1 | |||
3 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 6 | Transfer to Europa League | 0–3 | 1–2 | — | 2–0 | ||
4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 19 | −15 | 1 | 0–4 | 1–4 | 1–1 | — |
Galatasaray | 1–1 | |
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Yılmaz |
Report | Praet |
Borussia Dortmund | 2–0 | |
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Immobile Aubameyang |
Report |
Anderlecht | 0–3 | |
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Report | Immobile Ramos |
Anderlecht | 1–2 | |
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Najar |
Report | Gibbs Podolski |
Galatasaray | 0–4 | |
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Report | Aubameyang Reus Ramos |
Arsenal | 3–3 | |
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Arteta Sánchez Oxlade-Chamberlain |
Report | Vanden Borre Mitrović |
Borussia Dortmund | 4–1 | |
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Reus Papastathopoulos Immobile Kaya |
Report | Balta |
Anderlecht | 2–0 | |
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Mbemba |
Report |
Arsenal | 2–0 | |
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Sanogo Sánchez |
Report |
Borussia Dortmund | 1–1 | |
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Immobile |
Report | Mitrović |
Group E
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | BAY | MC | ROM | CSKA | |
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1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 4 | +12 | 15 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | ||
2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 8 | 3–2 | — | 1–1 | 1–2 | |||
3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 14 | −6 | 5 | Transfer to Europa League | 1–7 | 0–2 | — | 5–1 | ||
4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | −7 | 5 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | — |
Roma | 5–1 | |
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Iturbe Gervinho Maicon Ignashevich |
Report | Musa |
Bayern Munich | 1–0 | |
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Boateng |
Report |
CSKA Moscow | 0–1 | |
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Report | Müller |
CSKA Moscow | 2–2 | |
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Doumbia Natcho |
Report | Agüero Milner |
Roma | 1–7 | |
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Gervinho |
Report | Robben Götze Lewandowski Müller Ribéry Shaqiri |
Manchester City | 1–2 | |
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Touré |
Report | Doumbia |
Bayern Munich | 2–0 | |
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Ribéry Götze |
Report |
CSKA Moscow | 1–1 | |
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V. Berezutski |
Report | Totti |
Manchester City | 3–2 | |
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Agüero |
Report | Alonso Lewandowski |
Roma | 0–2 | |
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Report | Nasri Zabaleta |
Bayern Munich | 3–0 | |
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Müller Rode Götze |
Report |
- Notes
Group F
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | BAR | PSG | AJX | APO | |
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1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 5 | +10 | 15 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | ||
2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 13 | 3–2 | — | 3–1 | 1–0 | |||
3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 5 | Transfer to Europa League | 0–2 | 1–1 | — | 4–0 | ||
4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 12 | −11 | 1 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 1–1 | — |
Ajax | 1–1 | |
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Schöne |
Report | Cavani |
Paris Saint-Germain | 3–2 | |
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David Luiz Verratti Matuidi |
Report | Messi Neymar |
APOEL | 0–1 | |
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Report | Cavani |
Paris Saint-Germain | 1–0 | |
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Cavani |
Report |
Paris Saint-Germain | 3–1 | |
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Cavani Ibrahimović |
Report | Klaassen |
Barcelona | 3–1 | |
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Messi Neymar Suárez |
Report | Ibrahimović |
Group G
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | CHL | SCH | SPO | MRB | |
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1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 3 | +14 | 14 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 1–1 | 3–1 | 6–0 | ||
2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 14 | −5 | 8 | 0–5 | — | 4–3 | 1–1 | |||
3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 7 | Transfer to Europa League | 0–1 | 4–2 | — | 3–1 | ||
4 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | −9 | 3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | — |
Chelsea | 1–1 | |
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Fàbregas |
Report | Huntelaar |
Maribor | 1–1 | |
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Zahović |
Report | Nani |
Sporting CP | 0–1 | |
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Report | Matić |
Schalke 04 | 1–1 | |
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Huntelaar |
Report | Bohar |
Schalke 04 | 4–3 | |
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Obasi Huntelaar Höwedes Choupo-Moting |
Report | Nani Adrien |
Sporting CP | 4–2 | |
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Sarr Jefferson Nani Slimani |
Report | Slimani Aogo |
Maribor | 0–1 | |
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Report | Meyer |
Group H
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | POR | SHK | ATH | BATE | |
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1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 4 | +12 | 14 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 1–1 | 2–1 | 6–0 | ||
2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 4 | +11 | 9 | 2–2 | — | 0–1 | 5–0 | |||
3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 7 | Transfer to Europa League | 0–2 | 0–0 | — | 2–0 | ||
4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 24 | −22 | 3 | 0–3 | 0–7 | 2–1 | — |
Shakhtar Donetsk | 2–2 | |
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Alex Teixeira Luiz Adriano |
Report | Martínez |
BATE Borisov | 2–1 | |
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Palyakow Karnitsky |
Report | Aduriz |
BATE Borisov | 0–7 | |
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Report | Alex Teixeira Luiz Adriano Douglas Costa |
Shakhtar Donetsk | 5–0 | |
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Srna Alex Teixeira Luiz Adriano |
Report |
Athletic Bilbao | 0–2 | |
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Report | Martínez Brahimi |
Porto | 1–1 | |
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Aboubakar |
Report | Stepanenko |
Athletic Bilbao | 2–0 | |
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San José Susaeta |
Report |
- Notes
- ^ a b c Shakhtar Donetsk played their home matches at Arena Lviv, Lviv instead of their regular stadium, Donbass Arena, Donetsk, due to the war conditions in Eastern Ukraine.
Notes
[edit]References
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