2017–18 UEFA Champions League group stage

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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 enter 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;
  3. Away goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  4. 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;
  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 (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
  11. 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 Team 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout phase
2 Team 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Team 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Europa League
4 Team 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 12 or 13 September 2017. Source: UEFA





Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Team 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout phase
2 Team 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Team 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Europa League
4 Team 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 12 or 13 September 2017. Source: UEFA





Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Team 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout phase
2 Team 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Team 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Europa League
4 Team 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 12 or 13 September 2017. Source: UEFA


18 October 2017 (2017-10-18)
20:45
(19:45 UTC+1)
Chelsea England 3–3 Italy Roma
http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2018/matches/round=2000881/match=2021632/index.html
Stamford Bridge, London
Attendance: 41,105[11]
Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)



Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Team 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout phase
2 Team 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Team 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Europa League
4 Team 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 12 or 13 September 2017. Source: UEFA





Group E

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Team 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout phase
2 Team 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Team 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Europa League
4 Team 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 12 or 13 September 2017. Source: UEFA





Group F

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Team 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout phase
2 Team 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Team 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Europa League
4 Team 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 12 or 13 September 2017. Source: UEFA





Group G

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Team 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout phase
2 Team 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Team 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Europa League
4 Team 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 12 or 13 September 2017. Source: UEFA





6 December 2017 (2017-12-06)
20:45
(19:45 UTC±0)
Porto Portugal 5–2 France Monaco
http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2018/matches/round=2000881/match=2021680/index.html
Estádio do Dragão, Porto
Attendance: 42,509[20]
Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)

Group H

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Team 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout phase
2 Team 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Team 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Europa League
4 Team 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 12 or 13 September 2017. Source: UEFA




21 November 2017 (2017-11-21)
20:45
(21:45 UTC+2)
APOEL Cyprus 0–6 Spain Real Madrid
http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2018/matches/round=2000881/match=2021657/index.html
GSP Stadium, Nicosia
Attendance: 19,705[19]
Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)

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. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Qarabağ played their home matches at Olympic Stadium, Baku, instead of their regular stadium Azersun Arena, Baku.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 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.

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