2019–20 UEFA Champions League group stage
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The 2019–20 UEFA Champions League group stage began on 17 September 2019 and ended on 11 December 2019.[1] A total of 32 teams competed in the group stage to decide the 16 places in the knockout phase of the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League.[2]
Draw
The draw for the group stage was held on 29 August 2019, 18:00 CEST, at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco.[3]
The 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four, with the restriction that teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other. For the draw, the teams were seeded into four pots based on the following principles (Regulations Article 13.06):[2]
- Pot 1 contained the Champions League and Europa League title holders, and the champions of the top six associations based on their 2018 UEFA country coefficients. If one or both title holders were one of the champions of the top six associations, the champions of the next highest ranked association(s) were also seeded into Pot 1.
- Pot 2, 3 and 4 contained the remaining teams, seeded based on their 2019 UEFA club coefficients.
On 17 July 2014, the UEFA emergency panel ruled that Ukrainian and Russian clubs would not be drawn against each other "until further notice" due to the political unrest between the countries.[4]
Moreover, for associations with two or more teams, teams were paired in order to split them into two sets of four groups (A–D, E–H) for maximum television coverage. The following pairings were announced by UEFA after the group stage teams were confirmed:
Barcelona and Real Madrid- Atlético Madrid and Valencia
Liverpool and Manchester City- Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur
Juventus and Inter Milan- Napoli and Atalanta
Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund- Bayer Leverkusen and RB Leipzig
Paris Saint-Germain and Lyon
Zenit Saint Petersburg and Lokomotiv Moscow
Club Brugge and Genk
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, with the following match sequence (Regulations Article 16.02):[2]
| Matchday | Dates | Matches[note 1] |
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| Matchday 1 | 17–18 September 2019 | 2 v 3, 4 v 1 |
| Matchday 2 | 1–2 October 2019 | 1 v 2, 3 v 4 |
| Matchday 3 | 22–23 October 2019 | 3 v 1, 2 v 4 |
| Matchday 4 | 5–6 November 2019 | 1 v 3, 4 v 2 |
| Matchday 5 | 26–27 November 2019 | 3 v 2, 1 v 4 |
| Matchday 6 | 10–11 December 2019 | 2 v 1, 4 v 3 |
There were scheduling restrictions: for example, teams from the same city (e.g. Real Madrid and Atlético Madrid) in general were not scheduled to play at home on the same matchday (to avoid them playing at home on the same day or on consecutive days, due to logistics and crowd control), and teams from "winter countries" (e.g. Russia) were not scheduled to play at home on the last matchday (due to cold weather).
The draw also established the group compositions of the UEFA Champions League Path of the 2019–20 UEFA Youth League.
Teams
Below were the participating teams (with their 2019 UEFA club coefficients),[5] grouped by their seeding pot. They included:
- 26 teams which entered in this stage
- 6 winners of the play-off round (4 from Champions Path, 2 from League Path)
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| Group winners and runners-up advanced to round of 16 |
| Third-placed teams entered Europa League round of 32 |
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- TH Champions League title holders, automatically placed into Pot 1 as top seed.
- EL Europa League title holders, automatically placed into Pot 1 as second top seed.
- CP Winners of play-off round (Champions Path).
- LP Winners of play-off round (League Path).
Format
In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners and runners-up advanced to the round of 16, while the third-placed teams entered the Europa League round of 32.
Tiebreakers
Teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Articles 17.01):[2]
- Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- Away goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- 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;
- Goal difference in all group matches;
- Goals scored in all group matches;
- Away goals scored in all group matches;
- Wins in all group matches;
- Away wins in all group matches;
- Disciplinary points (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
- UEFA club coefficient.
Groups
The matchdays were 17–18 September, 1–2 October, 22–23 October, 5–6 November, 26–27 November, and 10–11 December 2019.[1] The scheduled kickoff times were 21:00 CET/CEST, with two matches on each Tuesday and Wednesday scheduled for 18:55 CET/CEST.
Times are CET/CEST,[note 2] as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | PAR | RMA | BRU | GAL | |
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| 1 |  Paris Saint-Germain |
6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 2 | +15 | 16 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 3–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | |
| 2 |  Real Madrid |
6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | +6 | 11 | 2–2 | — | 2–2 | 6–0 | ||
| 3 |  Club Brugge |
6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | −8 | 3 | Transfer to Europa League | 0–5 | 1–3 | — | 0–0 | |
| 4 |  Galatasaray |
6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 14 | −13 | 2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | — |
| Real Madrid | 2–2 | Club Brugge |
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| Galatasaray | 0–1 | Paris Saint-Germain |
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| Galatasaray | 0–1 | Real Madrid |
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| Paris Saint-Germain | 1–0 | Club Brugge |
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| Galatasaray | 1–1 | Club Brugge |
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| Real Madrid | 2–2 | Paris Saint-Germain |
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| Club Brugge | 1–3 | Real Madrid |
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Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | BAY | TOT | OLY | RSB | |
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| 1 |  Bayern Munich |
6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 5 | +19 | 18 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | |
| 2 |  Tottenham Hotspur |
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 14 | +4 | 10 | 2–7 | — | 4–2 | 5–0 | ||
| 3 |  Olympiacos |
6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | −6 | 4 | Transfer to Europa League | 2–3 | 2–2 | — | 1–0 | |
| 4 |  Red Star Belgrade |
6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 20 | −17 | 3 | 0–6 | 0–4 | 3–1 | — |
| Bayern Munich | 3–0 | Red Star Belgrade |
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| Red Star Belgrade | 3–1 | Olympiacos |
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| Tottenham Hotspur | 2–7 | Bayern Munich |
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| Tottenham Hotspur | 5–0 | Red Star Belgrade |
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| Olympiacos | 2–3 | Bayern Munich |
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| Bayern Munich | 2–0 | Olympiacos |
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| Red Star Belgrade | 0–4 | Tottenham Hotspur |
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| Red Star Belgrade | 0–6 | Bayern Munich |
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Group C
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MCI | ATA | SHK | DZG | |
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| 1 | Manchester City |
6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 4 | +12 | 14 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 5–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | |
| 2 |  Atalanta |
6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | −4 | 7 | 1–1 | — | 1–2 | 2–0 | ||
| 3 |  Shakhtar Donetsk |
6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 13 | −5 | 6 | Transfer to Europa League | 0–3 | 0–3 | — | 2–2 | |
| 4 |  Dinamo Zagreb |
6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | −3 | 5 | 1–4 | 4–0 | 3–3 | — |
| Shakhtar Donetsk | 0–3 | Manchester City |
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| Atalanta | 1–2 | Shakhtar Donetsk |
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| Shakhtar Donetsk | 2–2 | Dinamo Zagreb |
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| Manchester City | 5–1 | Atalanta |
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| Atalanta | 1–1 | Manchester City |
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| Dinamo Zagreb | 3–3 | Shakhtar Donetsk |
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| Manchester City | 1–1 | Shakhtar Donetsk |
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| Dinamo Zagreb | 1–4 | Manchester City |
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Group D
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | JUV | ATM | LEV | LMO | |
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| 1 | Juventus |
6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 16 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | |
| 2 | Atlético Madrid |
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 10 | 2–2 | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | ||
| 3 | Bayer Leverkusen |
6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 6 | Transfer to Europa League | 0–2 | 2–1 | — | 1–2 | |
| 4 |  Lokomotiv Moscow |
6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 11 | −7 | 3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | — |
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| Juventus | 3–0 | Bayer Leverkusen |
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| Atlético Madrid | 1–0 | Bayer Leverkusen |
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| Juventus | 2–1 | Lokomotiv Moscow |
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| Lokomotiv Moscow | 1–2 | Juventus |
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| Bayer Leverkusen | 2–1 | Atlético Madrid |
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| Lokomotiv Moscow | 0–2 | Bayer Leverkusen |
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| Juventus | 1–0 | Atlético Madrid |
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Group E
Red Bull Salzburg  | 6–2 | Genk |
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| Liverpool | 4–3 | Red Bull Salzburg |
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| Genk | 1–4 | Red Bull Salzburg |
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Group F
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | BAR | DOR | INT | SLP | |
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| 1 | Barcelona |
6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 14 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | |
| 2 | Borussia Dortmund |
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 0–0 | — | 3–2 | 2–1 | ||
| 3 | Inter Milan |
6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 7 | Transfer to Europa League | 1–2 | 2–0 | — | 1–1 | |
| 4 |  Slavia Prague |
6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 | — |
| Inter Milan | 1–1 | Slavia Prague |
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| Slavia Prague | 0–2 | Borussia Dortmund |
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| Barcelona | 2–1 | Inter Milan |
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| Borussia Dortmund | 2–1 | Slavia Prague |
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Group G
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | RBL | LYO | BEN | ZEN | |
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| 1 | RB Leipzig |
6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | |
| 2 | Lyon |
6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 8 | 2–2 | — | 3–1 | 1–1 | ||
| 3 |  Benfica |
6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 7[a] | Transfer to Europa League | 1–2 | 2–1 | — | 3–0 | |
| 4 | Zenit Saint Petersburg |
6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 7[a] | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | — |
- Tied on head-to-head points (3). Head-to-head goal difference: Benfica +1, Zenit Saint Petersburg −1.
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| RB Leipzig | 0–2 | Lyon |
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| RB Leipzig | 2–2 | Benfica |
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Group H
- Head-to-head points: Valencia 4, Chelsea 1.
| Chelsea | 4–4 |  Ajax |
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Notes
- Positions for scheduling did not use the seeding pots, e.g., Team 1 was not necessarily the team from Pot 1 in the draw.
- Shakhtar Donetsk played their home matches at Metalist Stadium, Kharkiv, instead of their regular stadium, the Donbas Arena in Donetsk, due to the war in Donbas.
- Atalanta played their home matches at San Siro, Milan, instead of their regular stadium Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia, Bergamo, which was undergoing renovation.[13][14]