UEFA Champions League 2008–09 group stage
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The 2008–09 UEFA Champions League group stage matches took place between 16 September and 10 December 2008.
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.
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.
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Seeding structure
Seeding was determined by the UEFA coefficients: 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
A.C. Milan
Associazione Calcio Milan, commonly referred to as A.C. Milan or simply Milan , is a professional Italian football club based in Milan, Lombardy, that plays in the Serie A. Milan was founded in 1899 by English lace-maker Herbert Kilpin and businessman Alfred Edwards among others...
and Internazionale
F.C. Internazionale Milano
Football Club Internazionale Milano, often referred to as Internazionale or simply Inter, is a professional Italian football club based in Milan, Italy. Outside Italy, the club is often called Inter Milan. They are the reigning FIFA Club World champions and Coppa Italia holders.Inter have always...
, who also share a stadium) did not play on the same day.
| Group winners and runners-up advanced to the first knockout round |
| Third-placed teams entered the UEFA Cup at the round of 32 |
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Of the 16 teams in Pots 1 and 2, 14 eventually qualified for the first knockout round. The exceptions were Werder Bremen
SV Werder Bremen
SV Werder Bremen is a German sports club best known for its association football team playing in Bremen, in the northwest German federal state of the same name. The club was founded on 4 February 1899 as Fußballverein Werder by a group of sixteen vocational high school students who had won a prize...
(to the UEFA Cup) and PSV Eindhoven (eliminated). Their places went to Panathinaikos
Panathinaikos FC
Panathinaikos Football Club is a Greek professional football club based in Athens. Founded in 1908, they play in the Super League Greece and are one of the oldest and most successful clubs in Greek football history. They have won 20 Greek Championships and 17 Greek Cups.Panathinaikos is the most...
(from Pot 3) and Atlético Madrid (from Pot 4). Aalborg BK
AaB Football
AaB Fodbold, also referred to as Aalborg BK or AaB, is a professional football team of Danish sports conglomerate Aalborg Boldspilklub, located in Aalborg. They play in the Danish Superliga and have won three Danish Superliga championships and two Danish Cup trophies.AaB became the first Danish...
were the lowest-ranked Pot 4 team to qualify for the UEFA Cup Round of 32.
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Tie-breaking criteria
Based on paragraph 4.05 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:- 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 away from home in the group matches played among the teams in question;
- superior goal difference from all group matches played;
- higher number of goals scored in 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
| Key to colors in group tables |
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| Top two places advance to the first knockout round |
| Third place enters the UEFA Cup UEFA Cup 2008–09 The UEFA Cup 2008–09 was the 38th edition of the UEFA Cup football tournament. The final was played at the Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, home ground of Fenerbahçe, in Istanbul, Turkey, on 20 May 2009. This season was the final one to use the UEFA Cup format; starting in 2009, the event is known as the... at the round of 32 |
| Fourth place is eliminated from continental competitions |
All times CET
Central European Time
Central European Time , used in most parts of the European Union, is a standard time that is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time . The time offset from UTC can be written as +01:00...
Group A
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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 RomaA.S. Roma Associazione Sportiva Roma, commonly referred to as simply Roma, is a professional Italian football club based in Rome. Founded by a merger in 1927, Roma have participated in the top-tier of Italian football for all of their existence but one season in the early 50s... |
6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 12 | |
 ChelseaChelsea F.C. Chelsea Football Club are an English football club based in West London. Founded in 1905, they play in the Premier League and have spent most of their history in the top tier of English football. Chelsea have been English champions four times, FA Cup winners six times and League Cup winners four... |
6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 11 | |
 BordeauxFC Girondins de Bordeaux Football Club des Girondins de Bordeaux is a French association football club based in the city of Bordeaux. The club currently play in Ligue 1, the first division of French football, and won its last Ligue 1 title in the 2008–09 season.... |
6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 7 |
 CFR ClujCFR Cluj CFR Cluj is a Romanian professional football club from the city of Cluj-Napoca in Transylvania, Romania. The club had spent most of their existence in the lower divisions, except for a spell in Divizia A in the 1970s, until they received significant financial backing from Árpád Pászkány in 2002... |
6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 4 |
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Group B
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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 PanathinaikosPanathinaikos FC Panathinaikos Football Club is a Greek professional football club based in Athens. Founded in 1908, they play in the Super League Greece and are one of the oldest and most successful clubs in Greek football history. They have won 20 Greek Championships and 17 Greek Cups.Panathinaikos is the most... |
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 10 | |
| Internazionale F.C. Internazionale Milano Football Club Internazionale Milano, often referred to as Internazionale or simply Inter, is a professional Italian football club based in Milan, Italy. Outside Italy, the club is often called Inter Milan. They are the reigning FIFA Club World champions and Coppa Italia holders.Inter have always... |
6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 8 | |
 Werder BremenSV Werder Bremen SV Werder Bremen is a German sports club best known for its association football team playing in Bremen, in the northwest German federal state of the same name. The club was founded on 4 February 1899 as Fußballverein Werder by a group of sixteen vocational high school students who had won a prize... |
6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 7 |
 AnorthosisAnorthosis Famagusta FC Αnorthosis Famagusta FC is a Cypriot football and volleyball club which is originally based in Famagusta, but is now temporarily based in Larnaca, due to the Turkish invasion. Anorthosis is one of the most successful clubs in Cypriot football, having won 13 league titles, 10 Cypriot Cups and 6... |
6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 6 |
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Group C
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 BarcelonaFC Barcelona Futbol Club Barcelona , also known as Barcelona and familiarly as Barça, is a professional football club, based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.... |
6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 13 | |
 Sporting CP |
6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 12 |
 Shakhtar DonetskFC Shakhtar Donetsk FC Shakhtar Donetsk is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Donetsk. Shakhtar has appeared in several European competitions and currently is often a participant of the UEFA Champions League. The club became the first Ukrainian club to win the UEFA Cup in 2009, the last year... |
6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 9 | |
 BaselFC Basel Fussball Club Basel 1893, widely known as FC Basel is a Swiss football club based in Basel. They are one of the most successful clubs in Swiss football, having won the Swiss Super League 14 times, the third most for any Swiss club. They were most successful in the late 1960s and 1970s, winning the... |
6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 16 | −14 | 1 |
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Group D
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| Liverpool Liverpool F.C. Liverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups... |
6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 14 | |
| Atlético Madrid |
6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 12 | |
| Marseille Olympique de Marseille Olympique de Marseille is a French association football club based in Marseille. Founded in 1899, the club plays in Ligue 1 and have spent most of its history in the top tier of French football. Marseille have been French champions nine times and have won the Coupe de France a record ten times. In... |
6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 4 |
 PSV Eindhoven |
6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 14 | −9 | 3 |
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Group E
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| Manchester United Manchester United F.C. Manchester United Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, that plays in the Premier League. Founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, the club changed its name to Manchester United in 1902 and moved to Old Trafford in 1910.The 1958... |
6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 10 | |
| Villarreal Villarreal CF Villarreal Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. , usually abbreviated to Villarreal CF or just Villarreal, is a Spanish Primera División football club based in Vila-real, a city in the province of Castellón within the Valencian Community... |
6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 9 | |
 Aalborg BKAaB Football AaB Fodbold, also referred to as Aalborg BK or AaB, is a professional football team of Danish sports conglomerate Aalborg Boldspilklub, located in Aalborg. They play in the Danish Superliga and have won three Danish Superliga championships and two Danish Cup trophies.AaB became the first Danish... |
6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 14 | −5 | 6 |
 CelticCeltic F.C. Celtic Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the Parkhead area of Glasgow, which currently plays in the Scottish Premier League. The club was established in 1887, and played its first game in 1888. Celtic have won the Scottish League Championship on 42 occasions, most recently in the... |
6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 5 |
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Group F
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| Bayern Munich FC Bayern Munich FC Bayern Munich , is a German sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. It is best known for its professional football team, which is the most successful football club in Germany, having won 22 national titles and 15 cups.... |
6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 14 | |
| Lyon Olympique Lyonnais Olympique Lyonnais is a French association football club based in Lyon. They play in France's highest football division, Ligue 1. The club was formed as Lyon Olympique Universitaire in 1899, according to many supporters and sport historians, but was nationally established as a club in 1950. The... |
6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 11 | |
| Fiorentina ACF Fiorentina ACF Fiorentina, commonly referred to as simply Fiorentina, is a professional Italian football club from Florence, Tuscany. Founded by a merger in 1926, Fiorentina have played at the top level of Italian football for the majority of their existence; only four clubs have played in more Serie A... |
6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 6 |
| Steaua Bucureşti |
6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 12 | −9 | 1 |
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Group G
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| Porto |
6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 12 | |
| Arsenal Arsenal F.C. Arsenal Football Club is a professional English Premier League football club based in North London. One of the most successful clubs in English football, it has won 13 First Division and Premier League titles and 10 FA Cups... |
6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 11 | |
| Dynamo Kyiv FC Dynamo Kyiv FC Dynamo Kyiv is a professional football club based in the Ukrainian capital city of Kyiv. Founded in 1927, the club currently participates in the Ukrainian Premier League and has spent its entire history in the top league of Soviet and later Ukrainian football... |
6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
 Fenerbahçe |
6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | −7 | 2 |
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Group H
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| Juventus Juventus F.C. Juventus Football Club S.p.A. , commonly referred to as Juventus and colloquially as Juve , are a professional Italian association football club based in Turin, Piedmont... |
6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 12 | |
| Real Madrid Real Madrid C.F. Real Madrid Club de Fútbol , commonly known as Real Madrid, is a professional football club based in Madrid, Spain. The club have won a record 31 La Liga titles, the Primera División of the Liga de Fútbol Profesional , 18 Copas del Rey, 8 Spanish Super Cups, 1 Copa Eva Duarte and 1 Copa de la... |
6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 12 | |
 Zenit St. PetersburgFC Zenit Saint Petersburg Football Club Zenit is a Russian football club from the city of Saint-Petersburg. Founded in 1925 , the club plays in the Russian Premier League... |
6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 5 |
 BATE Borisov |
6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 3 |
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