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2022–23 UEFA Champions League group stage

The 2022–23 UEFA Champions League group stage began on 6 September 2022 and ended on 2 November 2022. A total of 32 teams competed in the group stage to decide the 16 places in the knockout phase of the 2022–23 UEFA Champions League.

Eintracht Frankfurt made their debut appearance in the group stage, which was their first appearance in the European Cup since their loss in the 1960 final, after winning the 2021–22 UEFA Europa League. This was thus the first time that five German clubs played in the group stage.

A total of 15 national associations were represented in the group stage. This season was the first since the 1995–96 season in which a Turkish side failed to qualify for the group stage. It was also the first time since the 2007–08 season that two Scottish sides qualified for the group stage.

This year's Champions league featured both the eventual Champions league winners; Manchester City and Europa League winners, Sevilla in the same group (Group G)

Draw edit

The draw for the group stage was held on 25 August 2022, 18:00 CEST (19:00 TRT), in Istanbul, Turkey. The 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four. For the draw, the teams were seeded into four pots, each of eight teams, based on the following principles:

  • Pot 1 contained the Europa League title holders, and the champions of the top seven associations based on their 2021–22 UEFA country coefficients.
  • Pot 2, 3 and 4 contained the remaining teams, seeded based on their 2021–22 UEFA club coefficients.[1]

Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same group. Prior to the draw, UEFA formed pairings of teams from the same association (one pairing for associations with two or three teams, two pairings for associations with four or five teams) based on television audiences, where one team was drawn into Groups A–D and another team was drawn into Groups E–H, so that the two teams would play on different days. The following pairings were announced by UEFA after the group stage teams were confirmed:[2]

On each matchday, one set of four groups played their matches on Tuesday, while the other set of four groups played their matches on Wednesday, with the two sets of groups alternating between each matchday. The fixtures were decided after the draw, using a computer draw not shown to public. Each team would not play more than two home matches or two away matches in a row, and would play one home match and one away match on the first and last matchdays (Regulations Article 16.02). This arrangement was different from previous seasons, where the same two teams would play at home on the first and last matchdays.

Teams edit

Below were the participating teams (with their 2022 UEFA club coefficients),[1] grouped by their seeding pot. They included:

Key to colours
Group winners and runners-up advanced to round of 16
Third-placed teams entered Europa League knockout round play-offs
Pot 1 (by association rank)
Assoc. Team Coeff.
TH & 2   Real Madrid 124.000
EL   Eintracht Frankfurt 61.000
1   Manchester City 134.000
3   Milan 38.000
4   Bayern Munich 138.000
5   Paris Saint-Germain 112.000
6   Porto 80.000
7   Ajax 82.500
Pot 2
Team Coeff.
  Liverpool 134.000
  Chelsea 123.000
  Barcelona 114.000
  Juventus 107.000
  Atlético Madrid 105.000
  Sevilla 91.000
  RB Leipzig 83.000
  Tottenham Hotspur 83.000
Pot 3
Team Notes Coeff.
  Borussia Dortmund 78.000
  Red Bull Salzburg 71.000
  Shakhtar Donetsk 71.000
  Inter Milan 67.000
  Napoli 66.000
  Benfica [LP] 61.000
  Sporting CP 55.500
  Bayer Leverkusen 53.000
Pot 4
Team Notes Coeff.
  Rangers [LP] 50.250
  Dinamo Zagreb [CP] 49.500
  Marseille 44.000
  Copenhagen [CP] 40.500
  Club Brugge 38.500
  Celtic 33.000
  Viktoria Plzeň [CP] 31.000
  Maccabi Haifa [CP] 7.000

Notes

  1. TH Champions League title holders, automatically placed into Pot 1 as top seed.
  2. EL Europa League title holders, automatically placed into Pot 1 as second top seed.
  3. CP Winners of Champions Path.
  4. LP Winners of League Path.

Format edit

In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The top two teams of each group advanced to the round of 16. The third-placed teams were transferred to the Europa League knockout round play-offs, while the fourth-placed teams were eliminated from European competitions for the season.

Tiebreakers edit

Teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams were tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (see Article 17 Equality of points – group stage, Regulations of the UEFA Champions League):

  1. Points in head-to-head matches among the tied teams;
  2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among the tied teams;
  3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among the tied teams;
  4. If more than two teams were tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams were still tied, all head-to-head criteria above were reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
  5. Goal difference in all group matches;
  6. Goals scored in all group matches;
  7. Away goals scored in all group matches;
  8. Wins in all group matches;
  9. Away wins in all group matches;
  10. Disciplinary points (direct red card = 3 points; double yellow card = 3 points; single yellow card = 1 point);
  11. UEFA club coefficient.

Due to the abolition of the away goals rule, head-to-head away goals were no longer applied as a tiebreaker starting from last season. However, total away goals were still applied as a tiebreaker.[3]

Groups edit

The fixtures were announced on 27 August 2022, two days after the draw.[4] The matches were played on 6–7 September, 13–14 September, 4–5 October, 11–12 October, 25–26 October and 1–2 November 2022. The scheduled kick-off times were 18:45 (two matches on each day) and 21:00 (remaining six matches) CET/CEST.

Times are CET/CEST,[note 1] as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Group A edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification NAP LIV AJX RAN
1   Napoli 6 5 0 1 20 6 +14 15[a] Advance to knockout phase — 4–1 4–2 3–0
2   Liverpool 6 5 0 1 17 6 +11 15[a] 2–0 — 2–1 2–0
3   Ajax 6 2 0 4 11 16 −5 6 Transfer to Europa League 1–6 0–3 — 4–0
4   Rangers 6 0 0 6 2 22 −20 0 0–3 1–7 1–3 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Tied on head-to-head points. Head-to-head goal difference: Napoli +1, Liverpool −1.
Ajax  4–0  Rangers
 Report
Attendance: 52,862[5]
Napoli  4–1  Liverpool
 Report
Attendance: 51,793[5]
Liverpool  2–1  Ajax
 Report
Attendance: 52,387[6]
Rangers  0–3  Napoli
Report
Attendance: 50,121[8]
Liverpool  2–0  Rangers
 Report
Attendance: 49,512[9]
Ajax  1–6  Napoli
 Report
Attendance: 52,896[9]
Napoli  4–2  Ajax
 Report
Attendance: 52,229[10]
Rangers  1–7  Liverpool
 Report
Attendance: 48,820[10]
Napoli  3–0  Rangers
 Report
Attendance: 39,835[11]
Ajax  0–3  Liverpool
Report
Attendance: 53,327[11]
Liverpool  2–0  Napoli
 Report
Attendance: 52,077[12]
Rangers  1–3  Ajax
 Report
Attendance: 48,817[12]
Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden)

Group B edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification POR BRU LEV ATM
1   Porto 6 4 0 2 12 7 +5 12 Advance to knockout phase — 0–4 2–0 2–1
2   Club Brugge 6 3 2 1 7 4 +3 11 0–4 — 1–0 2–0
3   Bayer Leverkusen 6 1 2 3 4 8 −4 5[a] Transfer to Europa League 0–3 0–0 — 2–0
4   Atlético Madrid 6 1 2 3 5 9 −4 5[a] 2–1 0–0 2–2 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Bayer Leverkusen 4, Atlético Madrid 1.
Atlético Madrid  2–1  Porto
 Report
Attendance: 51,777[5]
Club Brugge  1–0  Bayer Leverkusen
 Report
Attendance: 21,235[5]
Porto  0–4  Club Brugge
Report
Attendance: 39,225[6]
Bayer Leverkusen  2–0  Atlético Madrid
 Report
Attendance: 25,825[6]
Porto  2–0  Bayer Leverkusen
 Report
Attendance: 42,399[9]
Club Brugge  2–0  Atlético Madrid
 Report
Attendance: 25,667[9]
Atlético Madrid  0–0  Club Brugge
Report
Attendance: 60,810[10]
Bayer Leverkusen  0–3  Porto
Report
Attendance: 30,210[10]
Club Brugge  0–4  Porto
Report
Attendance: 26,144[11]
Atlético Madrid  2–2  Bayer Leverkusen
 Report
Attendance: 63,803[11]
Porto  2–1  Atlético Madrid
 Report
Attendance: 47,546[12]
Bayer Leverkusen  0–0  Club Brugge
Report
Attendance: 30,210[12]

Group C edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BAY INT BAR PLZ
1   Bayern Munich 6 6 0 0 18 2 +16 18 Advance to knockout phase — 2–0 2–0 5–0
2   Inter Milan 6 3 1 2 10 7 +3 10 0–2 — 1–0 4–0
3   Barcelona 6 2 1 3 12 12 0 7 Transfer to Europa League 0–3 3–3 — 5–1
4   Viktoria Plzeň 6 0 0 6 5 24 −19 0 2–4 0–2 2–4 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Barcelona  5–1  Viktoria Plzeň
 Report
Attendance: 77,411[5]
Inter Milan  0–2  Bayern Munich
Report
Attendance: 58,951[5]
Viktoria Plzeň  0–2  Inter Milan
Report
Attendance: 11,252[6]
Bayern Munich  2–0  Barcelona
 Report
Attendance: 75,000[6]
Bayern Munich  5–0  Viktoria Plzeň
 Report
Attendance: 75,000[9]
Inter Milan  1–0  Barcelona
 Report
Attendance: 71,368[9]
Barcelona  3–3  Inter Milan
 Report
Attendance: 92,302[10]
Viktoria Plzeň  2–4  Bayern Munich
 Report
Attendance: 11,326[10]
Inter Milan  4–0  Viktoria Plzeň
 Report
Attendance: 71,849[11]
Barcelona  0–3  Bayern Munich
Report
Attendance: 84,016[11]
Bayern Munich  2–0  Inter Milan
 Report
Attendance: 75,000[12]
Viktoria Plzeň  2–4  Barcelona
 Report
Attendance: 11,258[12]

Group D edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification TOT FRA SPO MAR
1   Tottenham Hotspur 6 3 2 1 8 6 +2 11 Advance to knockout phase — 3–2 1–1 2–0
2   Eintracht Frankfurt 6 3 1 2 7 8 −1 10 0–0 — 0–3 2–1
3   Sporting CP 6 2 1 3 8 9 −1 7 Transfer to Europa League 2–0 1–2 — 0–2
4   Marseille 6 2 0 4 8 8 0 6 1–2 0–1 4–1 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Eintracht Frankfurt  0–3  Sporting CP
Report
Attendance: 50,500[5]
Tottenham Hotspur  2–0  Marseille
 Report
Attendance: 57,367[5]
Sporting CP  2–0  Tottenham Hotspur
 Report
Attendance: 39,899[6]
Marseille  0–1  Eintracht Frankfurt
Report
Attendance: 62,500[6]
Marseille  4–1  Sporting CP
 Report
Attendance: 618[9]
Referee: Davide Massa (Italy)
Eintracht Frankfurt  0–0  Tottenham Hotspur
Report
Attendance: 50,500[9]
Tottenham Hotspur  3–2  Eintracht Frankfurt
 Report
Attendance: 55,180[10]
Sporting CP  0–2  Marseille
Report
Attendance: 38,126[10]
Tottenham Hotspur  1–1  Sporting CP
 Report
Attendance: 59,588[11]
Eintracht Frankfurt  2–1  Marseille
 Report
Attendance: 48,700[11]
Sporting CP  1–2  Eintracht Frankfurt
 Report
Attendance: 41,744[12]
Marseille  1–2  Tottenham Hotspur
 Report
Attendance: 50,768[12]

Group E edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification CHE MIL SAL DZG
1   Chelsea 6 4 1 1 10 4 +6 13 Advance to knockout phase — 3–0 1–1 2–1
2   Milan 6 3 1 2 12 7 +5 10 0–2 — 4–0 3–1
3   Red Bull Salzburg 6 1 3 2 5 9 −4 6 Transfer to Europa League 1–2 1–1 — 1–0
4   Dinamo Zagreb 6 1 1 4 4 11 −7 4 1–0 0–4 1–1 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Dinamo Zagreb  1–0  Chelsea
 Report
Attendance: 20,607[14]
Red Bull Salzburg  1–1  Milan
 Report
Attendance: 29,520[14]
Milan  3–1  Dinamo Zagreb
 Report
Attendance: 61,341[8]
Chelsea  1–1  Red Bull Salzburg
 Report
Attendance: 38,818[8]
Red Bull Salzburg  1–0  Dinamo Zagreb
 Report
Attendance: 28,864[15]
Chelsea  3–0  Milan
 Report
Attendance: 39,537[15]
Dinamo Zagreb  1–1  Red Bull Salzburg
 Report
Attendance: 20,779[16]
Milan  0–2  Chelsea
Report
Attendance: 75,051[16]
Red Bull Salzburg  1–2  Chelsea
 Report
Attendance: 29,520[17]
Dinamo Zagreb  0–4  Milan
Report
Attendance: 20,572[17]
Chelsea  2–1  Dinamo Zagreb
 Report
Attendance: 39,392[18]
Milan  4–0  Red Bull Salzburg
 Report
Attendance: 74,292[18]

Group F edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification RMA RBL SHA CEL
1   Real Madrid 6 4 1 1 15 6 +9 13 Advance to knockout phase — 2–0 2–1 5–1
2   RB Leipzig 6 4 0 2 13 9 +4 12 3–2 — 1–4 3–1
3   Shakhtar Donetsk 6 1 3 2 8 10 −2 6 Transfer to Europa League 1–1 0–4 — 1–1
4   Celtic 6 0 2 4 4 15 −11 2 0–3 0–2 1–1 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Celtic  0–3  Real Madrid
Report
Attendance: 57,057[14]
RB Leipzig  1–4  Shakhtar Donetsk
 Report
Attendance: 41,591[14]
Shakhtar Donetsk  1–1  Celtic
 Report
Attendance: 20,697[8]
Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden)
Real Madrid  2–0  RB Leipzig
 Report
Attendance: 54,289[8]
RB Leipzig  3–1  Celtic
 Report
Attendance: 45,228[15]
Referee: Espen Eskås (Norway)
Real Madrid  2–1  Shakhtar Donetsk
 Report
Attendance: 56,011[15]
Shakhtar Donetsk  1–1  Real Madrid
 Report
Attendance: 29,030[16]
Celtic  0–2  RB Leipzig
Report
Attendance: 57,565[16]
Celtic  1–1  Shakhtar Donetsk
 Report
Attendance: 57,478[17]
RB Leipzig  3–2  Real Madrid
 Report
Attendance: 45,228[17]
Real Madrid  5–1  Celtic
 Report
Attendance: 52,511[18]
Shakhtar Donetsk  0–4  RB Leipzig
Report
Attendance: 26,045[18]

Group G edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MCI DOR SEV CPH
1   Manchester City 6 4 2 0 14 2 +12 14 Advance to knockout phase — 2–1 3–1 5–0
2   Borussia Dortmund 6 2 3 1 10 5 +5 9 0–0 — 1–1 3–0
3   Sevilla 6 1 2 3 6 12 −6 5 Transfer to Europa League 0–4 1–4 — 3–0
4   Copenhagen 6 0 3 3 1 12 −11 3 0–0 1–1 0–0 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Borussia Dortmund  3–0  Copenhagen
 Report
Attendance: 70,700[14]
Sevilla  0–4  Manchester City
Report
Attendance: 38,764[14]
Referee: Davide Massa (Italy)
Manchester City  2–1  Borussia Dortmund
 Report
Attendance: 50,441[8]
Copenhagen  0–0  Sevilla
Report
Attendance: 34,910[8]
Manchester City  5–0  Copenhagen
 Report
Attendance: 51,765[15]
Sevilla  1–4  Borussia Dortmund
 Report
Attendance: 34,598[15]
Copenhagen  0–0  Manchester City
Report
Attendance: 35,447[16]
Borussia Dortmund  1–1  Sevilla
 Report
Attendance: 81,000[16]
Sevilla  3–0  Copenhagen
 Report
Attendance: 29,884[17]
Borussia Dortmund  0–0  Manchester City
Report
Attendance: 81,000[17]
Referee: Davide Massa (Italy)
Manchester City  3–1  Sevilla
 Report
Attendance: 51,610[18]
Copenhagen  1–1  Borussia Dortmund
 Report
Attendance: 31,900[18]

Group H edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BEN PAR JUV MHA
1   Benfica 6 4 2 0 16 7 +9 14[a] Advance to knockout phase — 1–1 4–3 2–0
2   Paris Saint-Germain 6 4 2 0 16 7 +9 14[a] 1–1 — 2–1 7–2
3   Juventus 6 1 0 5 9 13 −4 3[b] Transfer to Europa League 1–2 1–2 — 3–1
4   Maccabi Haifa 6 1 0 5 7 21 −14 3[b] 1–6 1–3 2–0 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Tied on head-to-head results, overall goal difference and overall goals scored. Overall away goals scored: Benfica 9, Paris Saint-Germain 6.
  2. ^ a b Tied on head-to-head results. Overall goal difference is used as the tiebreaker.
Paris Saint-Germain  2–1  Juventus
 Report
Attendance: 47,415[14]
Benfica  2–0  Maccabi Haifa
 Report
Attendance: 55,130[14]
Juventus  1–2  Benfica
 Report
Attendance: 34,015[8]
Maccabi Haifa  1–3  Paris Saint-Germain
 Report
Attendance: 30,421[8]
Juventus  3–1  Maccabi Haifa
 Report
Attendance: 28,498[15]
Benfica  1–1  Paris Saint-Germain
 Report
Attendance: 62,295[15]
Maccabi Haifa  2–0  Juventus
 Report
Attendance: 30,074[16]
Paris Saint-Germain  1–1  Benfica
 Report
Attendance: 46,435[16]
Paris Saint-Germain  7–2  Maccabi Haifa
 Report
Attendance: 46,435[17]
Benfica  4–3  Juventus
 Report
Attendance: 60,131[17]
Juventus  1–2  Paris Saint-Germain
 Report
Attendance: 41,089[18]
Maccabi Haifa  1–6  Benfica
 Report
Attendance: 30,464[18]

Notes edit

  1. ^ CEST (UTC+2) for dates up to 29 October 2022 (matchdays 1–5), and CET (UTC+1) for dates thereafter (matchday 6).
  2. ^ The Rangers v Napoli match, originally scheduled to be played on 13 September 2022, 21:00 (20:00 BST), was rescheduled to the following day at the same hour due to conditions related to the death of Elizabeth II.[7]
  3. ^ The Marseille v Sporting CP match, originally scheduled to be played at 18:45, was delayed to 19:05 after the bus carrying the visiting team’s players was caught in traffic and arrived late at the stadium.[13]
  4. ^ a b c Due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ukrainian teams were required to play their home matches at neutral venues until further notice.[19] Therefore, Shakhtar Donetsk played at Stadion Wojska Polskiego, Warsaw, Poland, instead of their regular stadium Donbass Arena, Donetsk.[20]

References edit

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External links edit

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