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.

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
TeamCoeff
Milan[TH]133.808
Barcelona119.374
Liverpool112.618
Internazionale107.808
Arsenal104.618
Real Madrid104.374
Chelsea99.618
Manchester United99.618
Pot 2
TeamCoeff
Valencia99.374
Lyon95.706
Porto89.107
Sevilla / AEK Athens[1]87.374
PSV Eindhoven81.995
Roma78.808
Benfica67.107
Werder Bremen63.640
Pot 3
TeamCoeff
Celtic62.064
Schalke 0460.640
Stuttgart58.640
Steaua București55.255
CSKA Moscow53.920
Sporting CP52.107
Lazio51.808
Marseille51.706
Pot 4
TeamCoeff
Rangers47.064
Shakhtar Donetsk44.726
Beşiktaş43.791
Olympiacos42.415
Dynamo Kyiv38.726
Fenerbahçe36.791
Slavia Prague32.851
Rosenborg31.509
Notes

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

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Porto632187+111Advance to knockout stage
2 Liverpool6312185+1310
3 Marseille621369−37Transfer to UEFA Cup
4 Beşiktaş6204415−116
Source: RSSSF
Marseille 2–0 Beşiktaş
Rodriguez 76'
Cissé 90+1'
ReportMatchCentre
Attendance: 35,676
Porto 1–1 Liverpool
L. González 8' (pen.)Report MatchCentreKuyt 17'
Attendance: 41,208

Liverpool 0–1 Marseille
Report MatchCentreValbuena 77'
Attendance: 41,355
Beşiktaş 0–1 Porto
Report MatchCentreQuaresma 90+2'

Beşiktaş 2–1 Liverpool
Hyypiä 13' (o.g.)
Bobô 82'
Report MatchCentreGerrard 85'
Marseille 1–1 Porto
Niang 70'Report MatchCentreL. González 79' (pen.)

Liverpool 8–0 Beşiktaş
Crouch 19', 89'
Benayoun 32', 53', 56'
Gerrard 69'
Babel 79', 81'
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Attendance: 41,143
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
Porto 2–1 Marseille
Sektioui 27'
López 78'
Report MatchCentreNiang 47'
Attendance: 42,217

Beşiktaş 2–1 Marseille
Tello 27'
Bobô 88'
Report MatchCentreTaiwo 65'
Liverpool 4–1 Porto
Torres 19', 78'
Gerrard 84' (pen.)
Crouch 87'
Report MatchCentreLópez 33'
Attendance: 41,095

Marseille 0–4 Liverpool
Report MatchCentreGerrard 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

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Chelsea633092+712Advance to knockout stage
2 Schalke 04622254+18
3 Rosenborg6213610−47Transfer to UEFA Cup
4 Valencia612326−45
Source: RSSSF
Chelsea 1–1 Rosenborg
Shevchenko 53'Report MatchCentreKoppinen 24'
Attendance: 24,973
Schalke 04 0–1 Valencia
Report MatchCentreVilla 63'

Valencia 1–2 Chelsea
Villa 9'Report MatchCentreJ. Cole 21'
Drogba 71'
Attendance: 34,935
Rosenborg 0–2 Schalke 04
Report MatchCentreJones 62'
Kurányi 89'

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 MatchCentreIversen 31', 58'
Attendance: 29,725
Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel)
Schalke 04 0–0 Chelsea
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Rosenborg 0–4 Chelsea
Report MatchCentreDrogba 8', 20'
Alex 40'
J. Cole 73'
Valencia 0–0 Schalke 04
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Chelsea 0–0 Valencia
Report MatchCentre
Attendance: 41,139
Schalke 04 3–1 Rosenborg
Asamoah 12'
Rafinha 19'
Kurányi 36'
Report MatchCentreKoné 23'
Attendance: 53,951
Referee: Mike Riley (England)

Group C

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Real Madrid6321139+411Advance to knockout stage
2 Olympiacos6321117+411
3 Werder Bremen6204813−56Transfer to UEFA Cup
4 Lazio6123811−35
Source: RSSSF
Olympiacos 1–1 Lazio
Galletti 55'Report MatchCentreZauri 77'

Lazio 2–2 Real Madrid
Pandev 32', 75'Report MatchCentreVan Nistelrooy 8', 61'
Attendance: 52,400

Werder Bremen 2–1 Lazio
Sanogo 28'
Almeida 54'
Report MatchCentreManfredini 82'
Attendance: 36,587

Lazio 2–1 Werder Bremen
Rocchi 57', 68'Report MatchCentreDiego 86' (pen.)
Attendance: 28,236
Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)
Olympiacos 0–0 Real Madrid
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Werder Bremen 3–2 Real Madrid
Rosenberg 4'
Sanogo 40'
Hunt 58'
Report MatchCentreRobinho 14'
Van Nistelrooy 72'
Attendance: 36,350
Lazio 1–2 Olympiacos
Pandev 30'Report MatchCentreGalletti 35'
Kovačević 64'
Attendance: 39,996
Referee: Howard Webb (England)

Real Madrid 3–1 Lazio
Baptista 13'
Raúl 16'
Robinho 36'
Report MatchCentrePandev 81'
Olympiacos 3–0 Werder Bremen
Stoltidis 12', 74'
Kovačević 70'
Report MatchCentre
Attendance: 30,297

Group D

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Milan6411125+713Advance to knockout stage
2 Celtic630356−19
3 Benfica621356−17Transfer to UEFA Cup
4 Shakhtar Donetsk6204611−56
Source: RSSSF
Milan 2–1 Benfica
Pirlo 9'
Inzaghi 24'
Report MatchCentreNuno Gomes 90+2'
Attendance: 38,358
Referee: Mike Riley (England)

Celtic 2–1 Milan
McManus 62'
McDonald 90'
Report MatchCentreKaká 68' (pen.)
Attendance: 58,642
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
Benfica 0–1 Shakhtar Donetsk
Report MatchCentreJádson 42'
Attendance: 34,647

Milan 4–1 Shakhtar Donetsk
Gilardino 6', 14'
Seedorf 62', 69'
Report MatchCentreLucarelli 51'
Attendance: 36,850
Benfica 1–0 Celtic
Cardozo 87'Report MatchCentre
Attendance: 38,512

Shakhtar Donetsk 0–3 Milan
Report MatchCentreInzaghi 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 MatchCentrePirlo 15'
Attendance: 46,034
Celtic 2–1 Shakhtar Donetsk
Jarošík 45'
Donati 90+2'
Report MatchCentreBrandão 4'
Attendance: 59,396

Milan 1–0 Celtic
Inzaghi 70'Report MatchCentre
Attendance: 38,409
Shakhtar Donetsk 1–2 Benfica
Lucarelli 30' (pen.)Report MatchCentreCardozo 6', 22'
Attendance: 24,200

Group E

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Barcelona6420123+914Advance to knockout stage
2 Lyon63121110+110
3 Rangers621379−27Transfer to UEFA Cup
4 Stuttgart6105715−83
Source: RSSSF
Rangers 2–1 Stuttgart
Adam 62'
Darcheville 75' (pen.)
Report MatchCentreGómez 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 MatchCentrePuyol 58'
Messi 66'
Lyon 0–3 Rangers
Report MatchCentreMcCulloch 23'
Cousin 48'
Beasley 53'
Attendance: 38,076

Rangers 0–0 Barcelona
Report MatchCentre
Attendance: 49,957
Stuttgart 0–2 Lyon
Report MatchCentreSantos 55'
Benzema 79'

Lyon 4–2 Stuttgart
Ben Arfa 5', 37'
Källström 15'
Juninho 90'
Report MatchCentreGómez 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 MatchCentreAdam 27'
Ferguson 70'
Lyon 2–2 Barcelona
Juninho 7', 80' (pen.)Report MatchCentreIniesta 3'
Messi 58' (pen.)
Attendance: 36,500

Rangers 0–3 Lyon
Report MatchCentreGovou 16'
Benzema 85', 88'
Attendance: 50,260
Barcelona 3–1 Stuttgart
Dos Santos 36'
Eto'o 57'
Ronaldinho 67'
Report MatchCentreDa Silva 3'
Attendance: 52,761

Group F

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Manchester United6510134+916Advance to knockout stage
2 Roma6321116+511
3 Sporting CP621398+17Transfer to UEFA Cup
4 Dynamo Kyiv6006419−150
Source: RSSSF
Roma 2–0 Dynamo Kyiv
Perrotta 9'
Totti 70'
Report MatchCentre
Attendance: 35,508

Manchester United 1–0 Roma
Rooney 70'Report MatchCentre
Dynamo Kyiv 1–2 Sporting CP
Vashchuk 28'Report MatchCentreTonel 14'
Polga 38'
Attendance: 37,600

Roma 2–1 Sporting CP
Juan 15'
Vučinić 69'
Report MatchCentreLiédson 18'
Attendance: 26,893
Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)
Dynamo Kyiv 2–4 Manchester United
Rincón 33'
Bangoura 79'
Report MatchCentreFerdinand 10'
Rooney 18'
Ronaldo 41', 68' (pen.)
Attendance: 42,000

Sporting CP 2–2 Roma
Liédson 23', 65'Report MatchCentreCassetti 4'
Polga 89' (o.g.)
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 MatchCentrePanucci 4'
Giuly 32'
Vučinić 36', 77'
Attendance: 19,700
Manchester United 2–1 Sporting CP
Tevez 61'
Ronaldo 90+2'
Report MatchCentreAbel 22'
Attendance: 74,162

Roma 1–1 Manchester United
Mancini 71'Report MatchCentrePiqué 34'
Attendance: 29,490
Sporting CP 3–0 Dynamo Kyiv
Polga 35' (pen.)
Moutinho 67'
Liédson 89'
Report MatchCentre

Group G

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Internazionale6501124+815Advance to knockout stage
2 Fenerbahçe632186+211
3 PSV Eindhoven621336−37Transfer to UEFA Cup
4 CSKA Moscow6015714−71
Source: RSSSF
PSV Eindhoven 2–1 CSKA Moscow
Lazović 60'
Perez 80'
Report MatchCentreVágner Love 89'
Attendance: 30,000

CSKA Moscow 2–2 Fenerbahçe
Krasić 48'
Vágner Love 53' (pen.)
Report MatchCentreAlex 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
32'Report MatchCentreCrespo 52'
Samuel 80'
Attendance: 24,000
Referee: Mike Riley (England)

Internazionale 4–2 CSKA Moscow
Ibrahimović 32', 75'
Cambiasso 34', 67'
Report MatchCentre 22'
Vágner Love 31'
Attendance: 17,495

CSKA Moscow 0–1 PSV Eindhoven
Report MatchCentreFarfán 39'
Internazionale 3–0 Fenerbahçe
Cruz 55'
Ibrahimović 66'
Jiménez 90+2'
Report MatchCentre
Attendance: 24,736

PSV Eindhoven 0–1 Internazionale
Report MatchCentreCruz 64'
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
Fenerbahçe 3–1 CSKA Moscow
Alex 32'
Boral 45+1', 90'
Report MatchCentreEdu 30' (o.g.)

Group H

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Sevilla6501147+715Advance to knockout stage
2 Arsenal6411144+1013
3 Slavia Prague6123516−115Transfer to UEFA Cup
4 Steaua București6015410−61
Source: RSSSF
Arsenal 3–0 Sevilla
Fàbregas 28'
Van Persie 59'
Eduardo 90'
Report MatchCentre
Attendance: 59,992

Steaua București 0–1 Arsenal
Report MatchCentreVan Persie 76'
Attendance: 12,807
Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)

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 MatchCentreRenato 25', 65'
Attendance: 7,984
Slavia Prague 0–0 Arsenal
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Arsenal 2–1 Steaua București
Diaby 8'
Bendtner 42'
Report MatchCentreZaharia 68'
Attendance: 59,786

Notes

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