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Everything about The Uefa Champions League 2007-08 Group Stage totally explained

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

Seeding structure

Seeding was determined by the UEFA coefficients. Clubs from the same association were paired up to split the matchdays between Tuesday and Wednesday. Clubs with the same pairing letter would play on different days, ensuring that teams from the same city (for example AC Milan and Internazionale, who also share a stadium) didn't play on the same day.
Rank Team Coefficient rating Draw Pot Pairing
1 AC Milan 133.808 1 A
2 Barcelona 119.374 B
3 Liverpool 112.618 C
4 Internazionale 107.808 A
5 Arsenal 104.618 D
6 Real Madrid 104.374 B
7 Chelsea 99.618 D
7 Manchester United 99.618 C
9 Valencia 99.374 2 E
10 Lyon 95.706 F
11 Porto 89.107
12 Sevilla / AEK Athens* 87.374 E/M
13 PSV Eindhoven 81.995
14 Roma 78.808 G
15 Benfica 67.107 H
16 Werder Bremen 63.640 I
17 Celtic 62.064 3 J
18 Schalke 04 60.640
19 VfB Stuttgart 58.640 I
20 Steaua 55.255
21 CSKA Moscow 53.920
22 Sporting CP 52.107 H
23 Lazio 51.808 G
24 Marseille 51.706 F
25 Rangers 47.064 4 J
26 Shakhtar Donetsk 44.726 K
27 Beşiktaş 43.791 L
28 Olympiacos 42.415 M
29 Dynamo Kyiv 38.726 K
30 Fenerbahçe 36.791 L
31 Slavia Prague 32.851
32 Rosenborg 31.509
* Due to the death of Antonio Puerta, the second leg of Sevilla's game against AEK Athens was postponed until Monday, 3 September. Due to the seeding criteria, the seeding was determined by the higher of the two teams' coefficients. Sevilla was paired with Valencia (E) while AEK Athens was paired with Olympiacos (M).

Tie-breaking criteria

Based on paragraph 4.05 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

Key to colors in group tables
Top two places advance to the first knockout round
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
Porto 6 3 2 1 8 7 +1 11
Liverpool 6 3 1 2 18 5 +13 10
Marseille 6 2 1 3 6 9 -3 7
Beşiktaş 6 2 0 4 4 15 -11 6
|score=2 – 0 |report=(Report) |team2= Beşiktaş |goals1=Rodriguez
Cissé |goals2= |stadium=Stade Vélodrome, Marseille |attendance=35,676 |referee=Matteo Trefoloni (Italy) }}
|score=1 – 1 |report=(Report) |team2= Liverpool |goals1=L. González |goals2=Kuyt |stadium=Estádio do Dragão, Porto |attendance=41,208 |referee=Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia) }}
|score=0 – 1 |report=(Report) |team2= Marseille |goals1= |goals2=Valbuena |stadium=Anfield, Liverpool |attendance=41,355 |referee=Konrad Plautz (Austria) }}
|score=0 – 1 |report=(Report) |team2= Porto |goals1= |goals2=Quaresma |stadium=BJK İnönü Stadium, Istanbul |attendance=19,795 |referee=Pieter Vink (Netherlands) }}
|score=2 – 1 |report=(Report) |team2= Liverpool |goals1=Hyypiä
Bobo |goals2=Gerrard |stadium=BJK İnönü Stadium, Istanbul |attendance=25,837 |referee=Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark) }}
|score=1 – 1 |report=(Report) |team2= Porto |goals1=Niang |goals2=González |stadium=Stade Vélodrome, Marseille |attendance=46,458 |referee=Manuel Mejuto González (Spain) }}
|score=8 – 0 |report=(Report) |team2= Beşiktaş |goals1=Crouch
Benayoun
Gerrard
Babel |goals2= |stadium=Anfield, Liverpool |attendance=41,143 |referee=Markus Merk (Germany) }}
|score=2 – 1 |report=(Report) |team2= Marseille |goals1=Sektioui
Lisandro |goals2=Niang |stadium=Estádio do Dragão, Porto |attendance=42,217 |referee=Wolfgang Stark (Germany) }}
|score=2 – 1 |report=(Report) |team2= Marseille |goals1=Tello
Bobô |goals2=Taiwo |stadium=BJK İnönü Stadium, Istanbul |attendance=19,448 |referee=Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain) }}
|score=4 – 1 |report=(Report) |team2= Porto |goals1=Torres
Gerrard
Crouch |goals2=Lisandro |stadium=Anfield, Liverpool |attendance=41,095 |referee=Roberto Rosetti (Italy) }}
|score=0 – 4 |report= |team2= Liverpool |goals1= |goals2=Gerrard
Torres
Kuyt
Babel |stadium=Stade Vélodrome, Marseille |attendance=53,097 |referee=Terje Hauge (Norway) }}
|score=2 – 0 |report= |team2= Beşiktaş |goals1=L. González
Quaresma |goals2= |stadium=Estádio do Dragão, Porto |attendance=39,608 |referee=Peter Fröjdfeldt (Sweden) }}

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Chelsea 6 3 3 0 9 2 +7 12
Schalke 04 6 2 2 2 5 4 +1 8
Rosenborg 6 2 1 3 6 10 -4 7
Valencia 6 1 2 3 2 6 -4 5
|score=1 – 1 |report=(Report) |team2= Rosenborg |goals1=Shevchenko |goals2=Koppinen |stadium=Stamford Bridge, London |attendance=24,973 |referee=Laurent Duhamel (France) }}
|score=0 – 1 |report=(Report) |team2= Valencia |goals1= |goals2=Villa |stadium=Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen |attendance=53,951 |referee=Jan Wegereef (Netherlands) }}
|score=1 – 2 |report=(Report) |team2= Chelsea |goals1=Villa |goals2=J. Cole
Drogba |stadium=Estadio Mestalla, Valencia |attendance=29,892 |referee=Roberto Rosetti (Italy) }}
|score=0 – 2 |report=(Report) |team2= Schalke 04 |goals1= |goals2=Jones
Kurányi |stadium=Lerkendal stadion, Trondheim |attendance=21,361 |referee=Grzegorz Gilewski (Poland) }}
|score=2 – 0 |report=(Report) |team2= Valencia |goals1=Koné
Riseth |goals2= |stadium=Lerkendal stadion, Trondheim |attendance=21,119 |referee=Craig Thomson (Scotland) }}
|score=2 – 0 |report=(Report) |team2= Schalke 04 |goals1=Malouda
Drogba |goals2= |stadium=Stamford Bridge, London |attendance=40,910 |referee=Peter Fröjdfeldt (Sweden) }}
|score=0 – 2 |report=(Report) |team2= Rosenborg |goals1= |goals2=Iversen |stadium=Estadio Mestalla, Valencia |attendance=29,725 |referee=Alon Yefet (Israel) }}
|score=0 – 0 |report=(Report) |team2= Chelsea |goals1= |goals2= |stadium=Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen |attendance=53,951 |referee=Massimo Busacca (Switzerland) }}
|score=0 – 4 |report=(Report) |team2= Chelsea |goals1= |goals2=Drogba
Alex
J. Cole |stadium=Lerkendal stadion, Trondheim |attendance=21,582 |referee=Olegário Benquerença (Portugal) }}
|score=0 – 0 |report=(Report) |team2= Schalke 04 |goals1= |goals2= |stadium=Estadio Mestalla, Valencia |attendance=29,232 |referee=Frank de Bleeckere (Belgium) }}
|score=0 – 0 |report= |team2= Valencia |goals1= |goals2= |stadium=Stamford Bridge, London |attendance=41,139 |referee=Grzegorz Gilewski (Poland) }}
|score=3 – 1 |report= |team2= Rosenborg |goals1=Asamoah
Rafinha
Kurányi |goals2=Koné |stadium=Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen |attendance=53,951 |referee=Mike Riley (England) }}

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Real Madrid 6 3 2 1 13 9 +4 11
Olympiacos 6 3 2 1 11 7 +4 11
Werder Bremen 6 2 0 4 8 13 -5 6
Lazio 6 1 2 3 8 11 -3 5
|score=2 – 1 |report=(Report) |team2= Werder Bremen |goals1=Raúl
van Nistelrooy |goals2=Sanogo |stadium=Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid |attendance=63,500 |referee=Howard Webb (England) }}
|score=1 – 1 |report=(Report) |team2= Lazio |goals1=Galletti |goals2=Zauri |stadium=Geórgios Karaïskákis Stadium, Athens |attendance=171 |referee=Eric Braamhaar (Netherlands) }}
|score=1 – 3 |report=(Report) |team2= Olympiacos |goals1=Almeida |goals2=Stoltidis
Patsatzoglou
Kovačević |stadium=Weserstadion, Bremen |attendance=37,500 |referee=Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark) }}
|score=2 – 2 |report=(Report) |team2= Real Madrid |goals1=Pandev |goals2=van Nistelrooy |stadium=Stadio Olimpico, Rome |attendance=52,400 |referee=Frank de Bleeckere (Belgium) }}
|score=2 – 1 |report=(Report) |team2= Lazio |goals1=Sanogo
Almeida |goals2=Manfredini |stadium=Weserstadion, Bremen |attendance=36,587 |referee=Olegário Benquerença (Portugal) }}
|score=4 – 2 |report=(Report) |team2= Olympiacos |goals1=Raúl
Robinho
Balboa |goals2=Galletti
César |stadium=Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid |attendance=64,477 |referee=Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway) }}
|score=2 – 1 |report=(Report) |team2= Werder Bremen |goals1=Rocchi |goals2=Diego |stadium=Stadio Olimpico, Rome |attendance=28,236 |referee=Ivan Bebek (Croatia) }}
|score=0 – 0 |report=(Report) |team2= Real Madrid |goals1= |goals2= |stadium=Geórgios Karaïskákis Stadium, Athens |attendance=32,000 |referee=Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia) }}
|score=3 – 2 |report=(Report) |team2= Real Madrid |goals1=Rosenberg
Sanogo
Hunt |goals2=Robinho
van Nistelrooy |stadium=Weserstadion, Bremen |attendance=36,350 |referee=Pieter Vink (Netherlands) }}
|score=1 – 2 |report=(Report) |team2= Olympiacos |goals1=Pandev |goals2=Galletti
Kovačević |stadium=Stadio Olimpico, Rome |attendance=39,996 |referee=Howard Webb (England) }}
|score=3 – 1 |report= |team2= Lazio |goals1=Júlio Baptista
Raúl
Robinho |goals2=Pandev |stadium=Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid |attendance=70,559 |referee=Massimo Busacca (Switzerland) }}
|score=3 – 0 |report= |team2= Werder Bremen |goals1=Stoltidis
Kovačević |goals2= |stadium=Geórgios Karaïskákis Stadium, Athens |attendance=30,297 |referee=Laurent Duhamel (France) }}

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Milan 6 4 1 1 12 5 +7 13
Celtic 6 3 0 3 5 6 -1 9
Benfica 6 2 1 3 5 6 -1 7
Shakhtar Donetsk 6 2 0 4 6 11 -5 6
|score=2 – 1 |report=(Report) |team2= Benfica |goals1=Pirlo
Inzaghi |goals2=Nuno Gomes |stadium=Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan |attendance=37,929 |referee=Mike Riley (England) }}
|score=2 – 0 |report=(Report) |team2= Celtic |goals1=Brandão
Lucarelli |goals2= |stadium=RSK Olimpiyskyi, Donetsk |attendance=25,700 |referee=Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain) }}
|score=2 – 1 |report=(Report) |team2= Milan |goals1=McManus
McDonald |goals2=Kaká |stadium=Celtic Park, Glasgow |attendance=58,642 |referee=Markus Merk (Germany) }}
|score=0 – 1 |report=(Report) |team2= Shakhtar Donetsk |goals1= |goals2=Jádson |stadium=Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Lisbon |attendance=34,647 |referee=Wolfgang Stark (Germany) }}
|score=4 – 1 |report=(Report) |team2= Shakhtar Donetsk |goals1=Gilardino
Seedorf |goals2=Lucarelli |stadium=Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan |attendance=36,850 |referee=Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain) }}
|score=1 – 0 |report=(Report) |team2= Celtic |goals1=Cardozo |goals2= |stadium=Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Lisbon |attendance=38,512 |referee=Massimo Busacca (Switzerland) }}
|score=0 – 3 |report=(Report) |team2= Milan |goals1= |goals2=Inzaghi
Kaká |stadium=RSK Olimpiyskyi, Donetsk |attendance=25,700 |referee=Pieter Vink (Netherlands) }}
|score=1 – 0 |report=(Report) |team2= Benfica |goals1=McGeady |goals2= |stadium=Celtic Park, Glasgow |attendance=58,691 |referee=Martin Hansson (Sweden) }}
|score=1 – 1 |report=(Report) |team2= Milan |goals1=Pereira |goals2=Pirlo |stadium=Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Lisbon |attendance=46,034 |referee=Herbert Fandel (Germany) }}
|score=2 – 1 |report=(Report) |team2= Shakhtar Donetsk |goals1=Jarošík
Donati |goals2=Brandão |stadium=Celtic Park, Glasgow |attendance=59,396 |referee=Bertrand Layec (France) }}
|score=1 – 0 |report=(Report) |team2= Celtic |goals1=Inzaghi |goals2= |stadium=Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan |attendance=38,409 |referee=Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway) }}
|score=1 – 2 |report=(Report) |team2= Benfica |goals1=Lucarelli |goals2=Cardozo |stadium=RSK Olimpiyskyi, Donetsk |attendance=24,200 |referee=Kyros Vassaras (Greece) }}

Group E

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Barcelona 6 4 2 0 12 3 +9 14
Lyon 6 3 1 2 11 10 1 10
Rangers 6 2 1 3 7 9 -2 7
VfB Stuttgart 6 1 0 5 7 15 -8 3
|score=2 – 1 |report=(Report) |team2= VfB Stuttgart |goals1=Adam
Darcheville |goals2=Gomez |stadium=Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow |attendance=49,795 |referee=Stefano Farina (Italy) }}
|score=3 – 0 |report=(Report) |team2= Lyon |goals1=Clerc
Messi
Henry |goals2= |stadium=Camp Nou, Barcelona |attendance=78,689 |referee=Massimo Busacca (Switzerland) }}
|score=0 – 2 |report=(Report) |team2= Barcelona |goals1= |goals2=Puyol
Messi |stadium=Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart |attendance=51,825 |referee=Martin Hansson (Sweden) }}
|score=0 – 3 |report=(Report) |team2= Rangers |goals1= |goals2=McCulloch
Cousin
Beasley |stadium=Stade Gerland, Lyon |attendance=38,076 |referee=Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway) }}
|score=0 – 0 |report=(Report) |team2= Barcelona |goals1= |goals2= |stadium=Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow |attendance=49,957 |referee=Konrad Plautz (Austria) }}
|score=0 – 2 |report=(Report) |team2= Lyon |goals1= |goals2=Fábio Santos
Benzema |stadium=Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart |attendance=51,000 |referee=Lucílio Batista (Portugal) }}
|score=4 – 2 |report=(Report) |team2= VfB Stuttgart |goals1=Ben Arfa
Källstrom
Juninho |goals2=Gomez |stadium=Stade Gerland, Lyon |attendance=38,215 |referee=Yuri Baskakov (Russia) }}
|score=2 – 0 |report=(Report) |team2= Rangers |goals1=Henry
Messi |goals2= |stadium=Camp Nou, Barcelona |attendance=82,887 |referee=Eric Braamhaar (Netherlands) }}
|score=3 – 2 |report=(Report) |team2= Rangers |goals1=Cacau
Pardo
Marica |goals2=Adam
Ferguson |stadium=Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart |attendance=51,000 |referee=Darko Čeferin (Slovenia) }}
|score=2 – 2 |report=(Report) |team2= Barcelona |goals1=Juninho |goals2=Iniesta
Messi |stadium=Stade Gerland, Lyon |attendance=38,113 |referee=Stefano Farina (Italy) }}
|score=0 – 3 |report=(Report) |team2= Lyon |goals1= |goals2=Govou
Benzema |stadium=Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow |attendance=50,260 |referee=Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia) }}
|score=3 – 1 |report=(Report) |team2= VfB Stuttgart |goals1=Giovani
Eto'o
Ronaldinho |goals2=da Silva |stadium=Camp Nou, Barcelona |attendance=52,761 |referee=Stéphane Lannoy (France) }}

Group F

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Manchester United 6 5 1 0 13 4 +9 16
Roma 6 3 2 1 11 6 +5 11
Sporting CP 6 2 1 3 9 8 +1 7
Dynamo Kyiv 6 0 0 6 4 19 -15 0
|score=0 – 1 |report=(Report) |team2= Manchester United |goals1= |goals2=Ronaldo |stadium=Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon |attendance=41,510 |referee=Herbert Fandel (Germany) }}
|score=2 – 0 |report=(Report) |team2= Dynamo Kyiv |goals1=Perrotta
Totti |goals2= |stadium=Stadio Olimpico, Rome |attendance=35,552 |referee=Alain Hamer (Luxembourg) }}
|score=1 – 0 |report=(Report) |team2= Roma |goals1=Rooney |goals2= |stadium=Old Trafford, Greater Manchester |attendance=73,652 |referee=Manuel Mejuto González (Spain) }}
|score=1 – 2 |report=(Report) |team2= Sporting CP |goals1=Vashchuk |goals2=Tonel
Polga |stadium=NSC Olimpiysky, Kiev |attendance=37,600 |referee=Bertrand Layec (France) }}
|score=2 – 1 |report=(Report) |team2= Sporting CP |goals1=Juan
Vučinić |goals2=Liédson |stadium=Stadio Olimpico, Rome |attendance=26,893 |referee=Terje Hauge (Norway) }}
|score=2 – 4 |report=(Report) |team2= Manchester United |goals1=Rincón
Bangoura |goals2=Ferdinand
Rooney
Ronaldo |stadium=NSC Olimpiysky, Kiev |attendance=42,000 |referee=Viktor Kassai (Hungary) }}
|score=2 – 2 |report=(Report) |team2= Roma |goals1=Liédson |goals2=Cassetti
Polga |stadium=Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon |attendance=32,273 |referee=Frank de Bleeckere (Belgium) }}
|score=4 – 0 |report=(Report) |team2= Dynamo Kyiv |goals1=Piqué
Tévez
Rooney
Ronaldo |goals2= |stadium=Old Trafford, Greater Manchester |attendance=75,017 |referee=Jan Wegereef (Netherlands) }}
|score=1 – 4 |report=(Report) |team2= Roma |goals1=Bangoura |goals2=Panucci
Giuly
Vučinić |stadium=NSC Olimpiysky, Kiev |attendance=18,000 |referee=Wolfgang Stark (Germany) }}
|score=2 – 1 |report=(Report) |team2= Sporting CP |goals1=Tévez
Ronaldo |goals2=Abel |stadium=Old Trafford, Greater Manchester |attendance=75,162 |referee=Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark) }}
|score=1 – 1 |report=(Report) |team2= Manchester United |goals1=Mancini |goals2=Piqué |stadium=Stadio Olimpico, Rome |attendance=29,490 |referee=Martin Hansson (Sweden) }}
|score=3 – 0 |report=(Report) |team2= Dynamo Kyiv |goals1=Polga
João Moutinho
Liédson |goals2= |stadium=Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon |attendance=19,402 |referee=Stuart Dougal (Scotland) }}

Group G

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Internazionale 6 5 0 1 12 4 +8 15
Fenerbahçe 6 3 2 1 8 6 +2 11
PSV Eindhoven 6 2 1 3 3 6 -3 7
CSKA Moscow 6 0 1 5 7 14 -7 1
|score=1 – 0 |report=(Report) |team2= Internazionale |goals1=Deivid |goals2= |stadium=Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, Istanbul |attendance=44,212 |referee=Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain) }}
|score=2 – 1 |report=(Report) |team2= CSKA Moscow |goals1=Lazović
Perez |goals2=Vágner Love |stadium=PSV Stadium, Eindhoven |attendance=30,000 |referee=Pedro Proença (Portugal) }}
|score=2 – 2 |report=(Report) |team2= Fenerbahçe |goals1=Krasic
Vágner Love |goals2=Alex
Deivid |stadium=Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow |attendance=25,000 |referee=Knut Kircher (Germany) }}
|score=2 – 0 |report=(Report) |team2= PSV Eindhoven |goals1=Ibrahimović
|goals2= |stadium=Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan |attendance=23,882 |referee=Kyros Vassaras (Greece) }}
|score=0 – 0 |report=(Report) |team2= Fenerbahçe |goals1= |goals2= |stadium=PSV Stadium, Eindhoven |attendance=35,000 |referee=Howard Webb (England) }}
|score=1 – 2 |report=(Report) |team2= Internazionale |goals1=Jô |goals2=Crespo
Samuel |stadium=Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow |attendance=24,000 |referee=Mike Riley (England) }}
|score=2 – 0 |report=(Report) |team2= PSV Eindhoven |goals1=Marcellis
Semih |goals2= |stadium=Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, Istanbul |attendance=46,229 |referee=Alain Hamer (Luxembourg) }}
|score=4 – 2 |report=(Report) |team2= CSKA Moscow |goals1=Ibrahimović
Cambiasso |goals2=Jô
Vagner Love |stadium=Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan |attendance=22,384 |referee=Paul Allaerts (Belgium) }}
|score=0 – 1 |report=(Report) |team2= PSV Eindhoven |goals1= |goals2=Farfán |stadium=Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow |attendance=14,000 |referee=Manuel Mejuto González (Spain) }}
|score=3 – 0 |report=(Report) |team2= Fenerbahçe |goals1=Cruz
Ibrahimović
Jiménez |goals2= |stadium=Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan |attendance=24,203 |referee=Konrad Plautz (Austria) }}
|score=0 – 1 |report=(Report) |team2= Internazionale |goals1= |goals2=Cruz |stadium=PSV S