2008–09 UEFA Champions League group stage

The 2008–09 UEFA Champions League group stage matches took place between 16 September and 10 December 2008.

Seeding structure

Seeding was determined by the UEFA coefficients:[1] Pot 1 held teams ranked 1–10 (since Milan and Sevilla did not qualify), Pot 2 held teams ranked 11–23, Pot 3 held teams ranked 25–45, while Pot 4 held teams ranked 46–193 and unranked teams.

Clubs from the same association were paired up to split the matchdays between Tuesday and Wednesday. Clubs with the same pairing letter played on different days, ensuring that teams from the same city (e.g. Milan and Internazionale, who also share a stadium) did not play on the same day.[2]

Group winners and runners-up advanced to the round of 16
Third-placed teams entered the UEFA Cup at the round of 32
TH = Title holder
Pot 1
Team Coeff.
England Manchester UnitedTH 107.996
England Chelsea 124.996
England Liverpool 118.996
Spain Barcelona 117.837
England Arsenal 110.996
France Lyon 99.380
Italy Internazionale 96.934
Spain Real Madrid 93.837
Pot 2
Team Coeff.
Germany Bayern Munich 92.078
Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 91.610
Spain Villarreal 90.837
Italy Roma 81.934
Portugal Porto 81.176
Germany Werder Bremen 74.078
Portugal Sporting CP 70.271
Italy Juventus 66.934
Pot 3
Team Coeff.
France Marseille 63.380
Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg 60.437
Romania Steaua București 59.398
Greece Panathinaikos 52.525
France Bordeaux 52.380
Scotland Celtic 52.013
Switzerland Basel 51.993
Turkey Fenerbahçe 51.469
Pot 4
Team Coeff.
Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk 49.932
Italy Fiorentina 40.934
Spain Atlético Madrid 36.837
Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 34.932
Romania CFR Cluj 13.398
Denmark Aalborg BK 12.748
Cyprus Anorthosis 4.327
Belarus BATE Borisov 1.760

Of the 16 teams in Pots 1 and 2, 14 eventually qualified for the first knockout round. The exceptions were Werder Bremen (to the UEFA Cup) and PSV Eindhoven (eliminated). Their places went to Panathinaikos (from Pot 3) and Atlético Madrid (from Pot 4). Aalborg BK were the lowest-ranked Pot 4 team to qualify for the UEFA Cup Round of 32.

Tie-breaking criteria

Based on paragraph 6.05 in the UEFA regulations for the current season, 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;
  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

Key to colors in group tables
Top two places advance to the round of 16
Third place enters the UEFA Cup at the round of 32
Fourth place is eliminated from continental competitions

All times CET

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Italy Roma 6402126+612
England Chelsea 632195+411
France Bordeaux 621351167
Romania CFR Cluj 61145944

16 September 2008
20:45
Chelsea England 4–0 France Bordeaux
Lampard  14'
J. Cole  30'
Malouda  82'
Anelka  90+2'
Report
Stamford Bridge, London
Attendance: 39,635
Referee: Pieter Vink (Netherlands)

16 September 2008
20:45
Roma Italy 1–2 Romania CFR Cluj
Panucci  17' Report Culio  27', 49'
Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Attendance: 25,382
Referee: Yuri Baskakov (Russia)

1 October 2008
20:45
Bordeaux France 1–3 Italy Roma
Gourcuff  18' Report Vučinić  64'
Baptista  71', 83'

22 October 2008
20:45
Bordeaux France 1–0 Romania CFR Cluj
Cadú  54' (o.g.) Report
Stade Chaban-Delmas, Bordeaux
Attendance: 26,213
Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)

22 October 2008
20:45
Chelsea England 1–0 Italy Roma
Terry  77' Report
Stamford Bridge, London
Attendance: 41,002
Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)

4 November 2008
20:45
CFR Cluj Romania 1–2 France Bordeaux
Dani  9' Report Gourcuff  6'
Wendel  38'

4 November 2008
20:45
Roma Italy 3–1 England Chelsea
Panucci  34'
Vučinić  48', 58'
Report Terry  75'
Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Attendance: 35,038
Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain)

26 November 2008
20:45
Bordeaux France 1–1 England Chelsea
Diarra  83' Report Anelka  60'

26 November 2008
20:45
CFR Cluj Romania 1–3 Italy Roma
Y. Koné  30' Report Brighi  11', 64'
Totti  23'

9 December 2008
20:45
Chelsea England 2–1 Romania CFR Cluj
Kalou  40'
Drogba  71'
Report Y. Koné  55'
Stamford Bridge, London
Attendance: 41,060
Referee: Peter Fröjdfeldt (Sweden)

9 December 2008
20:45
Roma Italy 2–0 France Bordeaux
Brighi  61'
Totti  79'
Report
Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Attendance: 38,926
Referee: Herbert Fandel (Germany)

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Greece Panathinaikos 631287+110
Italy Internazionale 622287+18
Germany Werder Bremen 61417927
Cyprus Anorthosis 61328806

16 September 2008
20:45
Panathinaikos Greece 0–2 Italy Internazionale
Report Mancini  27'
Adriano  85'

16 September 2008
20:45
Werder Bremen Germany 0–0 Cyprus Anorthosis
Report
Weserstadion, Bremen
Attendance: 34,690
Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland)

1 October 2008
20:45
Anorthosis Cyprus 3–1 Greece Panathinaikos
Sarriegi  11' (o.g.)
Dobrasinović  15'
Hawar M.  78'
Report Salpingidis  28' (pen.)
GSP Stadium, Nicosia
Attendance: 19,259
Referee: Eric Braamhaar (Netherlands)

1 October 2008
20:45
Internazionale Italy 1–1 Germany Werder Bremen
Maicon  13' Report Pizarro  62'
San Siro, Milan
Attendance: 32,965
Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)

22 October 2008
20:45
Internazionale Italy 1–0 Cyprus Anorthosis
Adriano  44' Report
San Siro, Milan
Attendance: 27,247
Referee: Howard Webb (England)

22 October 2008
20:45
Panathinaikos Greece 2–2 Germany Werder Bremen
Mantzios  36', 68' Report Mertesacker  29'
Almeida  82'
Olympic Stadium, Athens
Attendance: 54,089
Referee: Mike Riley (England)

4 November 2008
20:45
Anorthosis Cyprus 3–3 Italy Internazionale
Bardon  31'
Panagi  45+1'
Frousos  50'
Report Balotelli  13'
Materazzi  44'
Cruz  80'
GSP Stadium, Nicosia
Attendance: 17,140
Referee: Laurent Duhamel (France)

4 November 2008
20:45
Werder Bremen Germany 0–3 Greece Panathinaikos
Report Mantzios  58'
Karagounis  70'
Tziolis  83'
Weserstadion, Bremen
Attendance: 35,968
Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

26 November 2008
20:45
Internazionale Italy 0–1 Greece Panathinaikos
Report Sarriegi  69'
San Siro, Milan
Attendance: 34,955
Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway)

26 November 2008
20:45
Anorthosis Cyprus 2–2 Germany Werder Bremen
Nicolaou  62'
Sávio  68'
Report Diego  72' (pen.)
Almeida  87'
GSP Stadium, Nicosia
Attendance: 18,461
Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)

9 December 2008
20:45
Panathinaikos Greece 1–0 Cyprus Anorthosis
Karagounis  69' Report
Olympic Stadium, Athens
Attendance: 59,872
Referee: Bertrand Layec (France)

9 December 2008
20:45
Werder Bremen Germany 2–1 Italy Internazionale
Pizarro  63'
Rosenberg  81'
Report Ibrahimović  88'
Weserstadion, Bremen
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Pieter Vink (Netherlands)

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Spain Barcelona 6411188+1013
Portugal Sporting CP 640288012
Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk 6303117+49
Switzerland Basel 6015216141

16 September 2008
20:45
Basel Switzerland 1–2 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
Abraham  90+3' Report Fernandinho  25'
Jádson  45+1'
St. Jakob-Park, Basel
Attendance: 34,820
Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)

16 September 2008
20:45
Barcelona Spain 3–1 Portugal Sporting CP
Márquez  21'
Eto'o  60' (pen.)
Xavi  87'
Report Tonel  72'
Camp Nou, Barcelona
Attendance: 58,354
Referee: Laurent Duhamel (France)

1 October 2008
20:45
Sporting CP Portugal 2–0 Switzerland Basel
Romagnoli  55'
Derlei  86'
Report
Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon
Attendance: 22,638
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)

1 October 2008
20:45
Shakhtar Donetsk Ukraine 1–2 Spain Barcelona
Ilsinho  45' Report Messi  87', 90+4'
RSC Olimpiyskiy, Donetsk
Attendance: 25,300
Referee: Howard Webb (England)

22 October 2008
20:45
Shakhtar Donetsk Ukraine 0–1 Portugal Sporting CP
Report Liédson  76'
RSC Olimpiyskiy, Donetsk
Attendance: 23,120
Referee: Herbert Fandel (Germany)

22 October 2008
20:45
Basel Switzerland 0–5 Spain Barcelona
Report Messi  4'
Busquets  15'
Bojan  22', 46'
Xavi  48'
St. Jakob-Park, Basel
Attendance: 37,500
Referee: Eric Braamhaar (Netherlands)

4 November 2008
20:45
Barcelona Spain 1–1 Switzerland Basel
Messi  62' Report Derdiyok  82'
Camp Nou, Barcelona
Attendance: 49,479
Referee: Alexandru Tudor (Romania)

26 November 2008
20:45
Shakhtar Donetsk Ukraine 5–0 Switzerland Basel
Jádson  32', 65', 72'
Willian  50'
Seleznyov  75'
Report
RSC Olimpiyskiy, Donetsk
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Kristinn Jakobsson (Iceland)

26 November 2008
20:45
Sporting CP Portugal 2–5 Spain Barcelona
Veloso  65'
Liédson  66'
Report Henry  14'
Piqué  17'
Messi  49'
Caneira  67' (o.g.)
Bojan  73' (pen.)

9 December 2008
20:45
Basel Switzerland 0–1 Portugal Sporting CP
Report Djaló  19'
St. Jakob-Park, Basel
Attendance: 30,248
Referee: Paul Allaerts (Belgium)

9 December 2008
20:45
Barcelona Spain 2–3 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
Sylvinho  59'
Busquets  83'
Report Hladky  31', 58'
Fernandinho  76'
Camp Nou, Barcelona
Attendance: 22,763
Referee: Mike Riley (England)

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
England Liverpool 6420115+614
Spain Atlético Madrid 633094+512
France Marseille 61145724
Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 610551493

16 September 2008
20:45
PSV Eindhoven Netherlands 0–3 Spain Atlético Madrid
Report Agüero  9', 36'
Maniche  54'
Philips Stadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 29,000
Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)

16 September 2008
20:45
Marseille France 1–2 England Liverpool
Cana  23' Report Gerrard  26', 32' (pen.)
Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
Attendance: 44,841
Referee: Konrad Plautz (Austria)

1 October 2008
20:45
Liverpool England 3–1 Netherlands PSV Eindhoven
Kuyt  4'
Keane  34'
Gerrard  76'
Report Koevermans  78'
Anfield, Liverpool
Attendance: 41,097
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

22 October 2008
20:45
Atlético Madrid Spain 1–1 England Liverpool
Simão  83' Report Keane  14'

22 October 2008
20:45
PSV Eindhoven Netherlands 2–0 France Marseille
Koevermans  71', 85' Report
Philips Stadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 29,000
Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

4 November 2008
20:45
Liverpool England 1–1 Spain Atlético Madrid
Gerrard  90+5' (pen.) Report Rodríguez  37'
Anfield, Liverpool
Attendance: 42,010
Referee: Martin Hansson (Sweden)

4 November 2008
20:45
Marseille France 3–0 Netherlands PSV Eindhoven
Koné  30'
Niang  63', 71'
Report
Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
Attendance: 48,777
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)

26 November 2008
20:45
Liverpool England 1–0 France Marseille
Gerrard  23' Report
Anfield, Liverpool
Attendance: 40,024
Referee: Olegário Benquerença (Portugal)

9 December 2008
20:45
PSV Eindhoven Netherlands 1–3 England Liverpool
Lazović  36' Report Babel  45+2'
Riera  68'
N'Gog  77'
Philips Stadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 33,500
Referee: Nikolai Ivanov (Russia)

9 December 2008
20:45
Marseille France 0–0 Spain Atlético Madrid
Report
Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
Attendance: 49,663
Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

Group E

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
England Manchester United 624093+610
Spain Villarreal 623197+29
Denmark Aalborg BK 613291456
Scotland Celtic 61234735

17 September 2008
20:45
Manchester United England 0–0 Spain Villarreal
Report
Old Trafford, Manchester
Attendance: 74,944
Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

17 September 2008
20:45
Celtic Scotland 0–0 Denmark Aalborg BK
Report
Celtic Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 58,754
Referee: Matteo Trefoloni (Italy)

30 September 2008
20:45
Aalborg BK Denmark 0–3 England Manchester United
Report Rooney  22'
Berbatov  55', 79'

30 September 2008
20:45
Villarreal Spain 1–0 Scotland Celtic
Senna  67' Report

21 October 2008
20:45
Villarreal Spain 6–3 Denmark Aalborg BK
Rossi  28'
Capdevila  33'
Llorente  67', 70', 84'
Pirès  79'
Report Saganowski  19'
Enevoldsen  36'
Johansson  77'

21 October 2008
20:45
Manchester United England 3–0 Scotland Celtic
Berbatov  30', 51'
Rooney  76'
Report
Old Trafford, Manchester
Attendance: 74,655
Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)

5 November 2008
20:45
Aalborg BK Denmark 2–2 Spain Villarreal
Curth  54'
Due  81'
Report Rossi  41'
Franco  75'
Aalborg Stadion, Aalborg
Attendance: 10,355
Referee: Bertrand Layec (France)

5 November 2008
20:45
Celtic Scotland 1–1 England Manchester United
McDonald  13' Report Giggs  84'
Celtic Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 58,903
Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway)

25 November 2008
20:45
Aalborg BK Denmark 2–1 Scotland Celtic
Cacá  73'
Caldwell  87' (o.g.)
Report Robson  53'
Aalborg Stadion, Aalborg
Attendance: 10,096
Referee: Konrad Plautz (Austria)

10 December 2008
20:45
Manchester United England 2–2 Denmark Aalborg BK
Tevez  3'
Rooney  52'
Report Jakobsen  31'
Curth  45+2'
Old Trafford, Manchester
Attendance: 74,382
Referee: Laurent Duhamel (France)

10 December 2008
20:45
Celtic Scotland 2–0 Spain Villarreal
Maloney  14'
McGeady  45+2'
Report
Celtic Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 58,014
Referee: Claudio Circhetta (Switzerland)

Group F

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Germany Bayern Munich 6420124+814
France Lyon 63211410+411
Italy Fiorentina 61325836
Romania Steaua București 601531291

17 September 2008
20:45
Lyon France 2–2 Italy Fiorentina
Piquionne  73'
Benzema  86'
Report Gilardino  12', 42'
Stade de Gerland, Lyon
Attendance: 43,000
Referee: Peter Fröjdfeldt (Sweden)

30 September 2008
20:45
Bayern Munich Germany 1–1 France Lyon
Zé Roberto  52' Report Demichelis  25' (o.g.)
Allianz Arena, Munich
Attendance: 64,000
Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)

21 October 2008
20:45
Steaua București Romania 3–5 France Lyon
Arthuro  8'
Goian  11'
Petre  45'
Report Keïta  23'
Benzema  33', 71'
Fred  69', 90+2'
Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest
Attendance: 15,239
Referee: Grzegorz Gilewski (Poland)

5 November 2008
20:45
Fiorentina Italy 1–1 Germany Bayern Munich
Mutu  11' Report Borowski  78'

5 November 2008
20:45
Lyon France 2–0 Romania Steaua București
Juninho  44'
Réveillère  89'
Report
Stade de Gerland, Lyon
Attendance: 37,243
Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)

25 November 2008
20:45
Bayern Munich Germany 3–0 Romania Steaua București
Klose  57', 71'
Toni  61'
Report
Allianz Arena, Munich
Attendance: 64,000
Referee: Eric Braamhaar (Netherlands)

25 November 2008
20:45
Fiorentina Italy 1–2 France Lyon
Gilardino  45' Report Makoun  15'
Benzema  27'

10 December 2008
20:45
Lyon France 2–3 Germany Bayern Munich
Govou  52'
Benzema  68'
Report Klose  11', 37'
Ribéry  34'
Stade de Gerland, Lyon
Attendance: 38,349
Referee: Howard Webb (England)

Group G

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Portugal Porto 640298+112
England Arsenal 6321115+611
Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 62224408
Turkey Fenerbahçe 602441172

17 September 2008
20:45
Porto Portugal 3–1 Turkey Fenerbahçe
Lisandro  10'
Lucho  13'
Lino  90+2'
Report Güiza  29'
Estádio do Dragão, Porto
Attendance: 38,709
Referee: Bertrand Layec (France)

17 September 2008
20:45
Dynamo Kyiv Ukraine 1–1 England Arsenal
Bangoura  64' (pen.) Report Gallas  88'

30 September 2008
20:45
Arsenal England 4–0 Portugal Porto
Van Persie  31', 48'
Adebayor  40', 71' (pen.)
Report
Emirates Stadium, London
Attendance: 59,623
Referee: Herbert Fandel (Germany)

21 October 2008
20:45
Fenerbahçe Turkey 2–5 England Arsenal
Silvestre  19' (o.g.)
Güiza  78'
Report Adebayor  10'
Walcott  11'
Diaby  22'
Song  49'
Ramsey  90+4'

21 October 2008
20:45
Porto Portugal 0–1 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
Report Aliyev  27'
Estádio do Dragão, Porto
Attendance: 32,209
Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)

5 November 2008
20:45
Arsenal England 0–0 Turkey Fenerbahçe
Report
Emirates Stadium, London
Attendance: 60,003
Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)

5 November 2008
20:45
Dynamo Kyiv Ukraine 1–2 Portugal Porto
Milevskiy  21' Report Rolando  69'
Lucho  90+2'

25 November 2008
20:45
Fenerbahçe Turkey 1–2 Portugal Porto
Kazim-Richards  63' Report Lisandro  19', 28'

25 November 2008
20:45
Arsenal England 1–0 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
Bendtner  87' Report
Emirates Stadium, London
Attendance: 59,374
Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)

10 December 2008
20:45
Porto Portugal 2–0 England Arsenal
Alves  39'
Lisandro  54'
Report
Estádio do Dragão, Porto
Attendance: 37,602
Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)

Group H

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Italy Juventus 633073+412
Spain Real Madrid 640295+412
Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg 61234735
Belarus BATE Borisov 60333853

17 September 2008
20:45
Real Madrid Spain 2–0 Belarus BATE Borisov
Ramos  11'
Van Nistelrooy  57'
Report

30 September 2008
20:45
BATE Borisov Belarus 2–2 Italy Juventus
Kryvets  17'
Stasevich  23'
Report Iaquinta  29', 45+3'
Dinamo Stadium, Minsk
Attendance: 31,400
Referee: Martin Atkinson (England)

21 October 2008
20:45
Juventus Italy 2–1 Spain Real Madrid
Del Piero  5'
Amauri  49'
Report Van Nistelrooy  66'
Stadio Olimpico, Turin
Attendance: 25,813
Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

5 November 2008
20:45
Real Madrid Spain 0–2 Italy Juventus
Report Del Piero  17', 67'

25 November 2008
20:45
BATE Borisov Belarus 0–1 Spain Real Madrid
Report Raúl  7'
Dinamo Stadium, Minsk
Attendance: 30,500
Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)

10 December 2008
20:45
Juventus Italy 0–0 Belarus BATE Borisov
Report
Stadio Olimpico, Turin
Attendance: 5,753
Referee: Costas Kapitanis (Cyprus)

References

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  4. Match played behind closed doors as punishment for racist action by their fans against Marseille on 1 October 2008.
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