2011–12 UEFA Champions League group stage

The group stage featured 32 teams: the 22 automatic qualifiers and the 10 winners of the play-off round (five through the Champions Route, five through the League Route).[1]

2011–12 UEFA Champions League group stage
Main article: 2011–12 UEFA Champions League

The teams were drawn into eight groups of four, and played each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The matchdays were 13–14 September, 27–28 September, 18–19 October, 1–2 November, 22–23 November, and 6–7 December 2011.[2]

The top two teams in each group advanced to the first knockout round, while the third-placed teams dropped down to the Europa League round of 32.[3]

Seeding

The draw for the group stage was held at Grimaldi Forum, Monaco on 25 August 2011 at 17:45 CEST (UTC+02:00).[4]

Teams were seeded into four pots[5] based on their 2011 UEFA club coefficients.[6] The title holders, Barcelona, were automatically seeded into Pot 1. Pot 1 held teams ranked 1–9, Pot 2 held teams ranked 10–24, Pot 3 held teams ranked 31–83, while Pot 4 held teams ranked 86–200 and unranked teams.

Key to colours
Qualified for the Champions League round of 16.
Qualified for the Europa League round of 32.
Pot 1
TeamCoeff
Barcelona TH141.465
Manchester United151.157
Chelsea129.157
Bayern Munich LR118.887
Arsenal LR108.157
Real Madrid103.408
Porto100.319
Internazionale100.110
Pot 2
TeamCoeff
Milan94.110
Lyon LR92.735
Shakhtar Donetsk87.776
Valencia85.408
Benfica LR81.319
Villarreal LR75.465
CSKA Moscow73.941
Marseille68.735
Pot 3
TeamCoeff
Zenit St. Petersburg60.441
Ajax56.025
Bayer Leverkusen54.887
Olympiacos50.833
Manchester City47.157
Lille40.735
Basel39.980
BATE Borisov CR23.216
Pot 4
TeamCoeff
Borussia Dortmund22.887
Napoli21.110
Dinamo Zagreb CR20.224
APOEL CR13.124
Trabzonspor12.010
Genk CR8.400
Viktoria Plzeň CR5.170
Oțelul Galați5.164

th Title Holder. The title holder automatically gets the top position of seeding list.

CR Qualified through Play-off round (Champions Route)

LR Qualified through Play-off round (League Route)

For the group stage draw, teams from the same national association cannot 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 are other restrictions, e.g., teams from the same city (e.g. Milan and Internazionale, which also share a stadium) do not play at home on the same matchday (UEFA tries to avoid teams from the same city playing at home on the same day or on consecutive days), and Russian teams do not play at home on the last matchday due to cold weather.

Tie-breaking criteria

If two or more teams were equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria would be applied to determine the rankings:[3]

  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 in the group matches played among the teams in question;
  4. higher number of goals scored away from home in the group matches played among the teams in question;
  5. If, after applying criteria 1) to 4) to several teams, two teams still have an equal ranking, the criteria 1) to 4) will be reapplied to determine the ranking of these teams;
  6. superior goal difference from all group matches played;
  7. higher number of goals scored from all group matches played;
  8. 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
Group A match between Villarreal and Manchester City.
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Bayern Munich 6 4 1 1 11 6 +5 13 Advance to knockout phase
2 Napoli 6 3 2 1 10 6 +4 11
3 Manchester City 6 3 1 2 9 6 +3 10 Transfer to Europa League
4 Villarreal 6 0 0 6 2 14 −12 0
Source:
Manchester City 1–1 Napoli
Kolarov  74' Report Cavani  69'
Attendance: 44,026[7]
Villarreal 0–2 Bayern Munich
Report Kroos  7'
Rafinha  76'
Attendance: 19,168[7]
Bayern Munich 2–0 Manchester City
Gómez  38', 45+1' Report
Attendance: 66,000[8]
Napoli 2–0 Villarreal
Hamšík  15'
Cavani  17' (pen.)		 Report
Attendance: 46,747[8]
Napoli 1–1 Bayern Munich
Badstuber  39' (o.g.) Report Kroos  2'
Attendance: 60,074[9]
Manchester City 2–1 Villarreal
Marchena  43' (o.g.)
Agüero  90+3'		 Report Cani  4'
Attendance: 43,326[9]
Bayern Munich 3–2 Napoli
Gómez  17', 23', 42' Report Fernández  45', 79'
Attendance: 66,000[10]
Villarreal 0–3 Manchester City
Report Y. Touré  30', 71'
Balotelli  45+3' (pen.)
Attendance: 19,358[10]
Napoli 2–1 Manchester City
Cavani  17', 49' Report Balotelli  33'
Attendance: 57,575[11]
Bayern Munich 3–1 Villarreal
Ribéry  3', 69'
Gómez  23'		 Report De Guzmán  50'
Attendance: 66,000[11]
Manchester City 2–0 Bayern Munich
Silva  36'
Y. Touré  52'		 Report
Attendance: 46,002[12]
Villarreal 0–2 Napoli
Report Inler  65'
Hamšík  76'
Attendance: 15,350[12]

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Internazionale 6 3 1 2 8 7 +1 10 Advance to knockout phase
2 CSKA Moscow 6 2 2 2 9 8 +1 8
3 Trabzonspor 6 1 4 1 3 5 −2 7 Transfer to Europa League
4 Lille 6 1 3 2 6 6 0 6
Source:
Lille 2–2 CSKA Moscow
Sow  44'
Pedretti  57'		 Report Doumbia  72', 90'
Attendance: 15,274[7]
Internazionale 0–1 Trabzonspor
Report Čelůstka  76'
Attendance: 24,444[7]
CSKA Moscow 2–3 Internazionale
Dzagoev  45+3'
Vágner Love  77'		 Report Lúcio  6'
Pazzini  23'
Zárate  79'
Attendance: 35,000[8]
Trabzonspor 1–1 Lille
Colman  75' (pen.) Report Sow  30'
Attendance: 17,349[8]
CSKA Moscow 3–0 Trabzonspor
Doumbia  29', 86'
Cauņa  76'		 Report
Attendance: 18,000[9]
Lille 0–1 Internazionale
Report Pazzini  21'
Attendance: 16,996[9]
Referee: Howard Webb (England)
Trabzonspor 0–0 CSKA Moscow
Report
Attendance: 19,516[10]
Internazionale 2–1 Lille
Samuel  18'
Milito  65'		 Report De Melo  83'
Attendance: 24,299[10]
CSKA Moscow 0–2 Lille
Report V. Berezutski  49' (o.g.)
Sow  64'
Attendance: 19,100[11]
Trabzonspor 1–1 Internazionale
Altıntop  23' Report Álvarez  18'
Attendance: 21,611[11]
Lille 0–0 Trabzonspor
Report
Attendance: 16,375[12]
Internazionale 1–2 CSKA Moscow
Cambiasso  51' Report Doumbia  50'
V. Berezutski  86'
Attendance: 23,295[12]

Group C
The Estádio da Luz during the match between Benfica and Manchester United
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Benfica 6 3 3 0 8 4 +4 12 Advance to knockout phase
2 Basel 6 3 2 1 11 10 +1 11
3 Manchester United 6 2 3 1 11 8 +3 9 Transfer to Europa League
4 Oțelul Galați 6 0 0 6 3 11 −8 0
Source:
Basel 2–1 Oțelul Galați
F. Frei  39'
A. Frei  84' (pen.)		 Report Pena  58'
Attendance: 30,126[7]
Benfica 1–1 Manchester United
Cardozo  24' Report Giggs  42'
Attendance: 63,822[7]
Manchester United 3–3 Basel
Welbeck  16', 17'
Young  90'		 Report F. Frei  58'
A. Frei  61', 76' (pen.)
Attendance: 73,115[8]
Oțelul Galați 0–1 Benfica
Report Bruno César  40'
Attendance: 6,824[8]
Oțelul Galați 0–2 Manchester United
Report Rooney  64' (pen.), 90+2' (pen.)
Attendance: 28,047[9]
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
Basel 0–2 Benfica
Report Bruno César  20'
Cardozo  75'
Attendance: 35,831[9]
Manchester United 2–0 Oțelul Galați
Valencia  8'
Sârghi  88' (o.g.)		 Report
Attendance: 74,847[10]
Benfica 1–1 Basel
Rodrigo  4' Report Huggel  64'
Attendance: 39,270[10]
Oțelul Galați 2–3 Basel
Giurgiu  75'
Antal  81'		 Report F. Frei  10'
A. Frei  14'
Streller  37'
Attendance: 5,797[13]
Manchester United 2–2 Benfica
Berbatov  30'
Fletcher  59'		 Report Jones  3' (o.g.)
Aimar  61'
Attendance: 74,873[11]
Basel 2–1 Manchester United
Streller  9'
A. Frei  84'		 Report Jones  89'
Attendance: 36,000[12]
Benfica 1–0 Oțelul Galați
Cardozo  7' Report
Attendance: 35,155[12]
Notes

Group D
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Real Madrid 6 6 0 0 19 2 +17 18 Advance to knockout phase
2 Lyon 6 2 2 2 9 7 +2 8
3 Ajax 6 2 2 2 6 6 0 8 Transfer to Europa League
4 Dinamo Zagreb 6 0 0 6 3 22 −19 0
Source:
Tiebreakers
  • Lyon and Ajax were tied on their head-to-head records as shown below, so Lyon are ranked ahead of Ajax because of their higher overall goal difference in the group.
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Lyon 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2
Ajax 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2
Source:
Dinamo Zagreb 0–1 Real Madrid
Report Di María  53'
Attendance: 27,055[7]
Ajax 0–0 Lyon
Report
Attendance: 49,504[7]
Lyon 2–0 Dinamo Zagreb
Gomis  23'
B. Koné  42'		 Report
Attendance: 34,432[8]
Real Madrid 3–0 Ajax
Ronaldo  25'
Kaká  41'
Benzema  49'		 Report
Attendance: 70,320[8]
Real Madrid 4–0 Lyon
Benzema  19'
Khedira  47'
Lloris  55' (o.g.)
Ramos  81'		 Report
Attendance: 70,028[13]
Dinamo Zagreb 0–2 Ajax
Report Boerrigter  49'
Eriksen  90'
Attendance: 25,714[9]
Lyon 0–2 Real Madrid
Report Ronaldo  24', 69' (pen.)
Attendance: 40,099[10]
Ajax 4–0 Dinamo Zagreb
Van der Wiel  20'
Sulejmani  25'
De Jong  65'
Lodeiro  90+2'		 Report
Attendance: 49,707[10]
Real Madrid 6–2 Dinamo Zagreb
Benzema  2', 66'
Callejón  7', 49'
Higuaín  9'
Özil  20'		 Report Bećiraj  81'
Tomečak  90'
Attendance: 65,415[11]
Lyon 0–0 Ajax
Report
Attendance: 35,070[11]
Dinamo Zagreb 1–7 Lyon
Kovačić  40' Report Gomis  45', 48', 52', 70'
Gonalons  47'
Lisandro  64'
Briand  75'
Attendance: 16,457[12]
Ajax 0–3 Real Madrid
Report Callejón  14', 90+2'
Higuaín  41'
Attendance: 51,557[12]

Group E
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Chelsea 6 3 2 1 13 4 +9 11 Advance to knockout phase
2 Bayer Leverkusen 6 3 1 2 8 8 0 10
3 Valencia 6 2 2 2 12 7 +5 8 Transfer to Europa League
4 Genk 6 0 3 3 2 16 −14 3
Source:
Chelsea 2–0 Bayer Leverkusen
David Luiz  67'
Mata  90+2'		 Report
Attendance: 33,820[14]
Genk 0–0 Valencia
Report
Attendance: 20,248[14]
Valencia 1–1 Chelsea
Soldado  87' (pen.) Report Lampard  56'
Attendance: 33,791[15]
Bayer Leverkusen 2–0 Genk
Bender  30'
Ballack  90+1'		 Report
Attendance: 25,138[15]
Bayer Leverkusen 2–1 Valencia
Schürrle  52'
Sam  56'		 Report Jonas  24'
Attendance: 26,384[16]
Chelsea 5–0 Genk
Meireles  8'
Torres  11', 27'
Ivanović  42'
Kalou  72'		 Report
Attendance: 38,518[16]
Valencia 3–1 Bayer Leverkusen
Jonas  1'
Soldado  65'
Rami  75'		 Report Kießling  31'
Attendance: 37,047[17]
Genk 1–1 Chelsea
Vossen  61' Report Ramires  26'
Attendance: 22,584[17]
Bayer Leverkusen 2–1 Chelsea
Derdiyok  73'
Friedrich  90+1'		 Report Drogba  48'
Attendance: 29,285[18]
Valencia 7–0 Genk
Jonas  10'
Soldado  13', 35', 39'
Hernández  68'
Aduriz  70'
T. Costa  81'		 Report
Attendance: 35,086[18]
Referee: Tony Chapron (France)
Chelsea 3–0 Valencia
Drogba  3', 76'
Ramires  22'		 Report
Attendance: 41,109[19]
Genk 1–1 Bayer Leverkusen
Vossen  30' Report Derdiyok  79'
Attendance: 21,187[19]

Group F
Group F match between Arsenal and Marseille.
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Arsenal 6 3 2 1 7 6 +1 11 Advance to knockout phase
2 Marseille 6 3 1 2 7 4 +3 10
3 Olympiacos 6 3 0 3 8 6 +2 9 Transfer to Europa League
4 Borussia Dortmund 6 1 1 4 6 12 −6 4
Source:
Olympiacos 0–1 Marseille
Report González  51'
Attendance: 30,040[14]
Borussia Dortmund 1–1 Arsenal
Perišić  88' Report Van Persie  42'
Attendance: 65,590[14]
Arsenal 2–1 Olympiacos
Oxlade-Chamberlain  8'
Santos  20'		 Report Fuster  27'
Attendance: 59,676[15]
Marseille 3–0 Borussia Dortmund
A. Ayew  20', 69' (pen.)
Rémy  62'		 Report
Attendance: 26,142[15]
Marseille 0–1 Arsenal
Report Ramsey  90+2'
Attendance: 33,258[16]
Olympiacos 3–1 Borussia Dortmund
Holebas  8'
Djebbour  40'
Modesto  78'		 Report Lewandowski  26'
Attendance: 29,638[16]
Arsenal 0–0 Marseille
Report
Attendance: 59,961[17]
Borussia Dortmund 1–0 Olympiacos
Großkreutz  7' Report
Attendance: 65,590[17]
Marseille 0–1 Olympiacos
Report Fetfatzidis  82'
Attendance: 25,392[18]
Arsenal 2–1 Borussia Dortmund
Van Persie  49', 86' Report Kagawa  90+2'
Attendance: 59,531[18]
Olympiacos 3–1 Arsenal
Djebbour  16'
Fuster  36'
Modesto  89'		 Report Benayoun  57'
Attendance: 30,816[19]
Borussia Dortmund 2–3 Marseille
Błaszczykowski  23'
Hummels  32' (pen.)		 Report Rémy  45+4'
A. Ayew  85'
Valbuena  87'
Attendance: 65,000[19]
Referee: Howard Webb (England)

Group G
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 APOEL 6 2 3 1 6 6 0 9 Advance to knockout phase
2 Zenit Saint Petersburg 6 2 3 1 7 5 +2 9
3 Porto 6 2 2 2 7 7 0 8 Transfer to Europa League
4 Shakhtar Donetsk 6 1 2 3 6 8 −2 5
Source:
Tiebreakers
  • APOEL and Zenit St. Petersburg are ranked by their head-to-head records, as shown below.
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
APOEL 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1 4
Zenit Saint Petersburg 2 0 1 1 1 2 −1 1
Source:
Porto 2–1 Shakhtar Donetsk
Hulk  28'
Kléber  51'		 Report Luiz Adriano  12'
Attendance: 36,612[14]
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
APOEL 2–1 Zenit Saint Petersburg
Manduca  73'
Aílton  75'		 Report Zyryanov  63'
Attendance: 21,269[14]
Zenit Saint Petersburg 3–1 Porto
Shirokov  20', 63'
Danny  72'		 Report J. Rodríguez  10'
Attendance: 21,450[13]
Referee: Howard Webb (England)
Shakhtar Donetsk 1–1 APOEL
Jádson  64' Report Tričkovski  61'
Attendance: 47,014[15]
Shakhtar Donetsk 2–2 Zenit Saint Petersburg
Willian  15'
Luiz Adriano  45+1'		 Report Shirokov  33'
Fayzulin  60'
Attendance: 50,578[16]
Porto 1–1 APOEL
Hulk  13' Report Aílton  19'
Attendance: 32,512[16]
Zenit Saint Petersburg 1–0 Shakhtar Donetsk
Lombaerts  45+1' Report
Attendance: 21,405[17]
APOEL 2–1 Porto
Aílton  42' (pen.)
Manduca  90'		 Report Hulk  89' (pen.)
Attendance: 22,301[17]
Zenit Saint Petersburg 0–0 APOEL
Report
Attendance: 21,500[18]
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
Shakhtar Donetsk 0–2 Porto
Report Hulk  79'
Raț  90' (o.g.)
Attendance: 42,565[18]
Porto 0–0 Zenit Saint Petersburg
Report
Attendance: 46,512[19]
APOEL 0–2 Shakhtar Donetsk
Report Luiz Adriano  62'
Seleznyov  78'
Attendance: 22,537[19]

Group H
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Barcelona 6 5 1 0 20 4 +16 16 Advance to knockout phase
2 Milan 6 2 3 1 11 8 +3 9
3 Viktoria Plzeň 6 1 2 3 4 11 −7 5 Transfer to Europa League
4 BATE Borisov 6 0 2 4 2 14 −12 2
Source:
Barcelona 2–2 Milan
Pedro  36'
Villa  50'		 Report Pato  1'
Thiago Silva  90+2'
Attendance: 89,861[14]
Viktoria Plzeň 1–1 BATE Borisov
Bakoš  45+1' Report Bressan  69'
Attendance: 19,541[14]
BATE Borisov 0–5 Barcelona
Report Valadzko  19' (o.g.)
Pedro  22'
Messi  38', 56'
Villa  90'
Attendance: 29,555[15]
Milan 2–0 Viktoria Plzeň
Ibrahimović  53' (pen.)
Cassano  66'		 Report
Attendance: 66,859[15]
Milan 2–0 BATE Borisov
Ibrahimović  33'
Boateng  70'		 Report
Attendance: 66,040[16]
Barcelona 2–0 Viktoria Plzeň
Iniesta  10'
Villa  82'		 Report
Attendance: 74,376[16]
BATE Borisov 1–1 Milan
Bressan  55' (pen.) Report Ibrahimović  22'
Attendance: 29,100[17]
Viktoria Plzeň 0–4 Barcelona
Report Messi  24' (pen.), 45+2', 90+2'
Fàbregas  72'
Attendance: 20,145[17]
BATE Borisov 0–1 Viktoria Plzeň
Report Bakoš  42'
Attendance: 26,520[18]
Milan 2–3 Barcelona
Ibrahimović  20'
Boateng  54'		 Report Van Bommel  14' (o.g.)
Messi  31' (pen.)
Xavi  63'
Attendance: 78,927[18]
Barcelona 4–0 BATE Borisov
Sergi Roberto  35'
Montoya  60'
Pedro  63', 89' (pen.)		 Report
Attendance: 37,374[19]
Viktoria Plzeň 2–2 Milan
Bystroň  89'
Ďuriš  90+3'		 Report Pato  47'
Robinho  48'
Attendance: 19,854[19]
Referee: István Vad (Hungary)
Notes

Notes
  1. CET (UTC+1) for matches from 1 November 2011, and CEST (UTC+2) for matches to 19 October 2011.

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