2007–08 UEFA Champions League group stage

The 2007–08 UEFA Champions League group stage matches took place between 18 September and 12 December 2007.

2007–08 UEFA Champions League group stage

Seeding and draw

Seeding was determined by the UEFA coefficients.[1] 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. Clubs from the same association were paired up to split the matchdays between Tuesday and Wednesday. For the nations with three or four clubs in the group stage, the following clubs were paired (so that the clubs from the same pair would play on different days): Milan and Internazionale, Roma and Lazio, Barcelona and Real Madrid, Valencia and Sevilla, Arsenal and Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester United, Benfica and Sporting CP, Werder Bremen and Stuttgart. Additionally, winner of the qualifier between Sevilla and AEK Athens was paired with Olympiacos.[2]

Key to colours in group tables
Group winners and runners-up advanced to the round of 16
Third-placed teams entered the UEFA Cup round of 32
Pot 1
Team Coeff
Milan[TH]133.808
Barcelona119.374
Liverpool112.618
Internazionale107.808
Arsenal104.618
Real Madrid104.374
Chelsea99.618
Manchester United99.618
Pot 2
Team Coeff
Valencia99.374
Lyon95.706
Porto89.107
Sevilla / AEK Athens[1]87.374
PSV Eindhoven81.995
Roma78.808
Benfica67.107
Werder Bremen63.640
Pot 3
Team Coeff
Celtic62.064
Schalke 0460.640
Stuttgart58.640
Steaua București55.255
CSKA Moscow53.920
Sporting CP52.107
Lazio51.808
Marseille51.706
Pot 4
Team Coeff
Rangers47.064
Shakhtar Donetsk44.726
Beşiktaş43.791
Olympiacos42.415
Dynamo Kyiv38.726
Fenerbahçe36.791
Slavia Prague32.851
Rosenborg31.509
Notes
  1. TH Title holders (automatically placed at the top position of seeding list)
  2. Due to the death of Antonio Puerta, the second leg of Sevilla's game against AEK Athens was postponed until 3 September, while the draw was held on 30 August. Due to the seeding criteria, both clubs were included in the draw interchangeably and their seeding was determined by the higher of the two teams' coefficients (Sevilla: 87.374, AEK Athens: 36.415). Eventually, Sevilla qualified for the group stage with a 6–1 win on aggregate against AEK Athens.

Tie-breaking criteria

Based on paragraph 6.05 in the UEFA regulations for the current season, if two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are 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

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 Porto 6 3 2 1 8 7 +1 11 Advance to knockout stage
2 Liverpool 6 3 1 2 18 5 +13 10
3 Marseille 6 2 1 3 6 9 −3 7 Transfer to UEFA Cup
4 Beşiktaş 6 2 0 4 4 15 −11 6
Source: RSSSF
Marseille 2–0 Beşiktaş
Rodriguez  76'
Cissé  90+1'		 Report MatchCentre
Attendance: 35,676
Porto 1–1 Liverpool
L. González  8' (pen.) Report MatchCentre Kuyt  17'
Attendance: 41,208
Liverpool 0–1 Marseille
Report MatchCentre Valbuena  77'
Attendance: 41,355
Beşiktaş 0–1 Porto
Report MatchCentre Quaresma  90+2'
Attendance: 19,795
Beşiktaş 2–1 Liverpool
Hyypiä  13' (o.g.)
Bobô  82'		 Report MatchCentre Gerrard  85'
Attendance: 25,837
Marseille 1–1 Porto
Niang  70' Report MatchCentre L. González  79' (pen.)
Attendance: 46,458
Liverpool 8–0 Beşiktaş
Crouch  19', 89'
Benayoun  32', 53', 56'
Gerrard  69'
Babel  79', 81'		 Report MatchCentre
Attendance: 41,143
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
Porto 2–1 Marseille
Sektioui  27'
López  78'		 Report MatchCentre Niang  47'
Attendance: 42,217
Beşiktaş 2–1 Marseille
Tello  27'
Bobô  88'		 Report MatchCentre Taiwo  65'
Attendance: 19,448
Liverpool 4–1 Porto
Torres  19', 78'
Gerrard  84' (pen.)
Crouch  87'		 Report MatchCentre López  33'
Attendance: 41,095
Marseille 0–4 Liverpool
Report MatchCentre Gerrard  4'
Torres  11'
Kuyt  48'
Babel  90+1'
Attendance: 53,097
Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)
Porto 2–0 Beşiktaş
L. González  44'
Quaresma  62'		 Report MatchCentre
Attendance: 39,608

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Chelsea 6 3 3 0 9 2 +7 12 Advance to knockout stage
2 Schalke 04 6 2 2 2 5 4 +1 8
3 Rosenborg 6 2 1 3 6 10 −4 7 Transfer to UEFA Cup
4 Valencia 6 1 2 3 2 6 −4 5
Source: RSSSF
Chelsea 1–1 Rosenborg
Shevchenko  53' Report MatchCentre Koppinen  24'
Attendance: 24,973
Schalke 04 0–1 Valencia
Report MatchCentre Villa  63'
Attendance: 53,951
Valencia 1–2 Chelsea
Villa  9' Report MatchCentre J. Cole  21'
Drogba  71'
Attendance: 34,935
Rosenborg 0–2 Schalke 04
Report MatchCentre Jones  62'
Kurányi  89'
Attendance: 21,361
Rosenborg 2–0 Valencia
Koné  53'
Riseth  61'		 Report MatchCentre
Attendance: 21,119
Chelsea 2–0 Schalke 04
Malouda  4'
Drogba  47'		 Report MatchCentre
Attendance: 40,910
Valencia 0–2 Rosenborg
Report MatchCentre Iversen  31', 58'
Attendance: 29,725
Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel)
Schalke 04 0–0 Chelsea
Report MatchCentre
Attendance: 53,951
Rosenborg 0–4 Chelsea
Report MatchCentre Drogba  8', 20'
Alex  40'
J. Cole  73'
Attendance: 21,582
Valencia 0–0 Schalke 04
Report MatchCentre
Attendance: 29,232
Chelsea 0–0 Valencia
Report MatchCentre
Attendance: 41,139
Schalke 04 3–1 Rosenborg
Asamoah  12'
Rafinha  19'
Kurányi  36'		 Report MatchCentre Koné  23'
Attendance: 53,951
Referee: Mike Riley (England)

Group C
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Real Madrid 6 3 2 1 13 9 +4 11 Advance to knockout stage
2 Olympiacos 6 3 2 1 11 7 +4 11
3 Werder Bremen 6 2 0 4 8 13 −5 6 Transfer to UEFA Cup
4 Lazio 6 1 2 3 8 11 −3 5
Source: RSSSF
Real Madrid 2–1 Werder Bremen
Raúl  16'
Van Nistelrooy  74'		 Report MatchCentre Sanogo  17'
Attendance: 63,500
Referee: Howard Webb (England)
Olympiacos 1–1 Lazio
Galletti  55' Report MatchCentre Zauri  77'
Attendance: 171[3]
Werder Bremen 1–3 Olympiacos
Almeida  32' Report MatchCentre Stoltidis  72'
Patsatzoglou  82'
Kovačević  87'
Attendance: 37,500
Lazio 2–2 Real Madrid
Pandev  32', 75' Report MatchCentre Van Nistelrooy  8', 61'
Attendance: 52,400
Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)
Werder Bremen 2–1 Lazio
Sanogo  28'
Almeida  54'		 Report MatchCentre Manfredini  82'
Attendance: 36,587
Real Madrid 4–2 Olympiacos
Raúl  2'
Robinho  68', 83'
Balboa  90'		 Report MatchCentre Galletti  8'
Júlio César  47'
Attendance: 64,477
Lazio 2–1 Werder Bremen
Rocchi  57', 68' Report MatchCentre Diego  86' (pen.)
Attendance: 28,236
Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)
Olympiacos 0–0 Real Madrid
Report MatchCentre
Attendance: 30,549
Werder Bremen 3–2 Real Madrid
Rosenberg  4'
Sanogo  40'
Hunt  58'		 Report MatchCentre Robinho  14'
Van Nistelrooy  72'
Attendance: 36,350
Lazio 1–2 Olympiacos
Pandev  30' Report MatchCentre Galletti  35'
Kovačević  64'
Attendance: 39,996
Referee: Howard Webb (England)
Real Madrid 3–1 Lazio
Baptista  13'
Raúl  16'
Robinho  36'		 Report MatchCentre Pandev  81'
Attendance: 70,559
Olympiacos 3–0 Werder Bremen
Stoltidis  12', 74'
Kovačević  70'		 Report MatchCentre
Attendance: 30,297

Group D
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Milan 6 4 1 1 12 5 +7 13 Advance to knockout stage
2 Celtic 6 3 0 3 5 6 −1 9
3 Benfica 6 2 1 3 5 6 −1 7 Transfer to UEFA Cup
4 Shakhtar Donetsk 6 2 0 4 6 11 −5 6
Source: RSSSF
Milan 2–1 Benfica
Pirlo  9'
Inzaghi  24'		 Report MatchCentre Nuno Gomes  90+2'
Attendance: 38,358
Referee: Mike Riley (England)
Shakhtar Donetsk 2–0 Celtic
Brandão  5'
Lucarelli  8'		 Report MatchCentre
Attendance: 25,700
Celtic 2–1 Milan
McManus  62'
McDonald  90'		 Report MatchCentre Kaká  68' (pen.)
Attendance: 58,642
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
Benfica 0–1 Shakhtar Donetsk
Report MatchCentre Jádson  42'
Attendance: 34,647
Milan 4–1 Shakhtar Donetsk
Gilardino  6', 14'
Seedorf  62', 69'		 Report MatchCentre Lucarelli  51'
Attendance: 36,850
Benfica 1–0 Celtic
Cardozo  87' Report MatchCentre
Attendance: 38,512
Shakhtar Donetsk 0–3 Milan
Report MatchCentre Inzaghi  66', 90+3'
Kaká  72'
Attendance: 25,700
Celtic 1–0 Benfica
McGeady  45' Report MatchCentre
Attendance: 58,691
Benfica 1–1 Milan
M. Pereira  20' Report MatchCentre Pirlo  15'
Attendance: 46,034
Celtic 2–1 Shakhtar Donetsk
Jarošík  45'
Donati  90+2'		 Report MatchCentre Brandão  4'
Attendance: 59,396
Milan 1–0 Celtic
Inzaghi  70' Report MatchCentre
Attendance: 38,409
Shakhtar Donetsk 1–2 Benfica
Lucarelli  30' (pen.) Report MatchCentre Cardozo  6', 22'
Attendance: 24,200

Group E
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Barcelona 6 4 2 0 12 3 +9 14 Advance to knockout stage
2 Lyon 6 3 1 2 11 10 +1 10
3 Rangers 6 2 1 3 7 9 −2 7 Transfer to UEFA Cup
4 Stuttgart 6 1 0 5 7 15 −8 3
Source: RSSSF
Rangers 2–1 Stuttgart
Adam  62'
Darcheville  75' (pen.)		 Report MatchCentre Gómez  56'
Attendance: 49,795
Barcelona 3–0 Lyon
Clerc  22' (o.g.)
Messi  82'
Henry  90+1'		 Report MatchCentre
Attendance: 78,689
Stuttgart 0–2 Barcelona
Report MatchCentre Puyol  58'
Messi  66'
Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart
Attendance: 49,725
Lyon 0–3 Rangers
Report MatchCentre McCulloch  23'
Cousin  48'
Beasley  53'
Attendance: 38,076
Rangers 0–0 Barcelona
Report MatchCentre
Attendance: 49,957
Stuttgart 0–2 Lyon
Report MatchCentre Santos  55'
Benzema  79'
Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart
Attendance: 51,000
Lyon 4–2 Stuttgart
Ben Arfa  5', 37'
Källström  15'
Juninho  90'		 Report MatchCentre Gómez  16', 56'
Attendance: 38,215
Barcelona 2–0 Rangers
Henry  6'
Messi  43'		 Report MatchCentre
Attendance: 82,887
Stuttgart 3–2 Rangers
Cacau  45'
Pardo  62'
Marica  85'		 Report MatchCentre Adam  27'
Ferguson  70'
Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart
Attendance: 51,000
Lyon 2–2 Barcelona
Juninho  7', 80' (pen.) Report MatchCentre Iniesta  4'
Messi  58' (pen.)
Attendance: 36,500
Rangers 0–3 Lyon
Report MatchCentre Govou  16'
Benzema  85', 88'
Attendance: 50,260
Barcelona 3–1 Stuttgart
Dos Santos  36'
Eto'o  57'
Ronaldinho  67'		 Report MatchCentre Da Silva  4'
Attendance: 52,761

Group F
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Manchester United 6 5 1 0 13 4 +9 16 Advance to knockout stage
2 Roma 6 3 2 1 11 6 +5 11
3 Sporting CP 6 2 1 3 9 8 +1 7 Transfer to UEFA Cup
4 Dynamo Kyiv 6 0 0 6 4 19 −15 0
Source: RSSSF
Sporting CP 0–1 Manchester United
Report MatchCentre Ronaldo  62'
Attendance: 41,510
Roma 2–0 Dynamo Kyiv
Perrotta  9'
Totti  70'		 Report MatchCentre
Attendance: 35,508
Manchester United 1–0 Roma
Rooney  70' Report MatchCentre
Attendance: 73,652
Dynamo Kyiv 1–2 Sporting CP
Vashchuk  28' Report MatchCentre Tonel  14'
Polga  38'
Attendance: 37,600
Roma 2–1 Sporting CP
Juan  15'
Vučinić  69'		 Report MatchCentre Liédson  18'
Attendance: 26,893
Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)
Dynamo Kyiv 2–4 Manchester United
Rincón  33'
Bangoura  79'		 Report MatchCentre Ferdinand  10'
Rooney  18'
Ronaldo  41', 68' (pen.)
Attendance: 42,000
Sporting CP 2–2 Roma
Liédson  23', 65' Report MatchCentre Cassetti  4'
Polga  89' (o.g.)
Attendance: 32,273
Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)
Manchester United 4–0 Dynamo Kyiv
Piqué  31'
Tevez  37'
Rooney  76'
Ronaldo  88'		 Report MatchCentre
Attendance: 75,017
Dynamo Kyiv 1–4 Roma
Bangoura  62' Report MatchCentre Panucci  4'
Giuly  32'
Vučinić  36', 77'
Attendance: 19,700
Manchester United 2–1 Sporting CP
Tevez  61'
Ronaldo  90+2'		 Report MatchCentre Abel  22'
Attendance: 74,162
Roma 1–1 Manchester United
Mancini  71' Report MatchCentre Piqué  34'
Attendance: 29,490
Sporting CP 3–0 Dynamo Kyiv
Polga  35' (pen.)
Moutinho  67'
Liédson  89'		 Report MatchCentre
Attendance: 19,402

Group G
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Internazionale 6 5 0 1 12 4 +8 15 Advance to knockout stage
2 Fenerbahçe 6 3 2 1 8 6 +2 11
3 PSV Eindhoven 6 2 1 3 3 6 −3 7 Transfer to UEFA Cup
4 CSKA Moscow 6 0 1 5 7 14 −7 1
Source: RSSSF
Fenerbahçe 1–0 Internazionale
Deivid  43' Report MatchCentre
Attendance: 44,212
PSV Eindhoven 2–1 CSKA Moscow
Lazović  60'
Perez  80'		 Report MatchCentre Vágner Love  89'
Attendance: 30,000
CSKA Moscow 2–2 Fenerbahçe
Krasić  48'
Vágner Love  53' (pen.)		 Report MatchCentre Alex  9'
Deivid  86'
Attendance: 25,000
Internazionale 2–0 PSV Eindhoven
Ibrahimović  15' (pen.), 31' Report MatchCentre
Attendance: 23,882
PSV Eindhoven 0–0 Fenerbahçe
Report MatchCentre
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Howard Webb (England)
CSKA Moscow 1–2 Internazionale
Jô  32' Report MatchCentre Crespo  52'
Samuel  80'
Attendance: 24,000
Referee: Mike Riley (England)
Fenerbahçe 2–0 PSV Eindhoven
Marcellis  28' (o.g.)
Semih  30'		 Report MatchCentre
Attendance: 46,229
Internazionale 4–2 CSKA Moscow
Ibrahimović  32', 75'
Cambiasso  34', 67'		 Report MatchCentre Jô  22'
Vágner Love  31'
Attendance: 17,495
Referee: Paul Allaerts (Belgium)
CSKA Moscow 0–1 PSV Eindhoven
Report MatchCentre Farfán  39'
Attendance: 12,418
Internazionale 3–0 Fenerbahçe
Cruz  55'
Ibrahimović  66'
Jiménez  90+2'		 Report MatchCentre
Attendance: 24,736
PSV Eindhoven 0–1 Internazionale
Report MatchCentre Cruz  64'
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
Fenerbahçe 3–1 CSKA Moscow
Alex  32'
Boral  45+1', 90'		 Report MatchCentre Edu  30' (o.g.)
Attendance: 45,745

Group H
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Sevilla 6 5 0 1 14 7 +7 15 Advance to knockout stage
2 Arsenal 6 4 1 1 14 4 +10 13
3 Slavia Prague 6 1 2 3 5 16 −11 5 Transfer to UEFA Cup
4 Steaua București 6 0 1 5 4 10 −6 1
Source: RSSSF
Arsenal 3–0 Sevilla
Fàbregas  28'
Van Persie  59'
Eduardo  90'		 Report MatchCentre
Attendance: 59,992
Slavia Prague 2–1 Steaua București
Šenkeřík  14'
Belaid  63'		 Report MatchCentre Goian  33'
Attendance: 15,723
Steaua București 0–1 Arsenal
Report MatchCentre Van Persie  76'
Attendance: 12,807
Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)
Sevilla 4–2 Slavia Prague
Kanouté  9'
Luís Fabiano  27'
Escudé  58'
Koné  69'		 Report MatchCentre Pudil  19'
Kalivoda  90'
Attendance: 24,202
Sevilla 2–1 Steaua București
Kanouté  5'
Luís Fabiano  18'		 Report MatchCentre Petre  64'
Attendance: 28,945
Arsenal 7–0 Slavia Prague
Fàbregas  5', 58'
Hubáček  24' (o.g.)
Walcott  41', 55'
Hleb  51'
Bendtner  89'		 Report MatchCentre
Attendance: 59,621
Steaua București 0–2 Sevilla
Report MatchCentre Renato  25', 65'
Attendance: 7,984
Slavia Prague 0–0 Arsenal
Report MatchCentre
Attendance: 18,000
Sevilla 3–1 Arsenal
Keita  24'
Luís Fabiano  34'
Kanouté  89' (pen.)		 Report MatchCentre Eduardo  11'
Attendance: 35,529
Steaua București 1–1 Slavia Prague
Badea  12' Report MatchCentre Šenkeřík  78'
Attendance: 8,287
Arsenal 2–1 Steaua București
Diaby  8'
Bendtner  42'		 Report MatchCentre Zaharia  68'
Attendance: 59,786
Slavia Prague 0–3 Sevilla
Report MatchCentre Luís Fabiano  66'
Kanouté  69'
Dani Alves  87'
Attendance: 11,689

Notes
  1. CET (UTC+1) for matches from 6 November 2007, and CEST (UTC+2) for matches to 24 October 2007.

References
  1. "Club coefficients 2007". UEFA.com.
  2. "Excitement builds as draw nears". UEFA. 30 August 2007. Archived from the original on 8 July 2012. Retrieved 5 September 2007.
  3. Olympiacos ordered to play match behind closed doors after crowd trouble against Shakhtar Donetsk in the previous Champions League campaign on 5 December 2006.
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