2008–09 UEFA Champions League group stage
International football competition
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The 2008–09 UEFA Champions League group stage matches took place between 16 September and 10 December 2008.[1]
Teams
Seeding was determined by the UEFA coefficients:[2] 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 and Internazionale, who also share a stadium) did not play on the same day.[3]
| Group winners and runners-up advanced to the round of 16 |
| Third-placed teams entered the UEFA Cup at the round of 32 |
| Team | Notes | Coeff. |
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 Manchester United | [TH] | 107.996 |
| Chelsea | 124.996 | |
| Liverpool | [Q3] | 118.996 |
 Barcelona | [Q3] | 117.837 |
| Arsenal | [Q3] | 110.996 |
 Lyon | 99.380 | |
 Internazionale | 96.934 | |
| Real Madrid | 93.837 |
| Team | Notes | Coeff. |
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 Bayern Munich | 92.078 | |
 PSV Eindhoven | 91.610 | |
| Villarreal | 90.837 | |
| Roma | 81.934 | |
 Porto | 81.176 | |
| Werder Bremen | 74.078 | |
| Sporting CP | 70.271 | |
| Juventus | [Q3] | 66.934 |
| Team | Notes | Coeff. |
|---|---|---|
| Marseille | [Q3] | 63.380 |
 Zenit Saint Petersburg | 60.437 | |
 Steaua București | [Q3] | 59.398 |
 Panathinaikos | [Q3] | 52.525 |
| Bordeaux | 52.380 | |
 Celtic | 52.013 | |
 Basel | [Q3] | 51.993 |
 Fenerbahçe | [Q3] | 51.469 |
| Team | Notes | Coeff. |
|---|---|---|
 Shakhtar Donetsk | [Q3] | 49.932 |
| Fiorentina | [Q3] | 40.934 |
| Atlético Madrid | [Q3] | 36.837 |
| Dynamo Kyiv | [Q3] | 34.932 |
| CFR Cluj | 13.398 | |
 AaB | [Q3] | 12.748 |
 Anorthosis Famagusta | [Q3] | 4.327 |
 BATE Borisov | [Q3] | 1.760 |
Notes
- TH Champions League title holders (automatic top seed of pot 1)
- Q3 Winners of the third qualifying round
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). AaB were the lowest-ranked Pot 4 team to qualify for the UEFA Cup Round of 32.
Tie-breaking criteria
Based on paragraph 6.05 in the 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:[4]
- 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
Times are CET/CEST,[note 1] as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).
Group A
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | PAN | INT | BRM | ANO | |
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| 1 | Panathinaikos |
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 10 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | |
| 2 | Internazionale |
6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 8 | 0–1 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | ||
| 3 | Werder Bremen |
6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 7 | Transfer to UEFA Cup | 0–3 | 2–1 | — | 0–0 | |
| 4 | Anorthosis Famagusta |
6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 2–2 | — |
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| Internazionale | 1–1 | Werder Bremen |
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| Panathinaikos | 2–2 | Werder Bremen |
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| Werder Bremen | 0–3 | Panathinaikos |
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| Internazionale | 0–1 | Panathinaikos |
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| Werder Bremen | 2–1 | Internazionale |
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Group C
| Basel | 1–2 | Shakhtar Donetsk |
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| Sporting CP | 2–0 | Basel |
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| Shakhtar Donetsk | 1–2 | Barcelona |
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| Shakhtar Donetsk | 0–1 | Sporting CP |
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| Sporting CP | 1–0 | Shakhtar Donetsk |
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| Basel | 0–1 | Sporting CP |
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| Barcelona | 2–3 | Shakhtar Donetsk |
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Group D
| Liverpool | 3–1 | PSV Eindhoven |
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| Atlético Madrid | 1–1 | Liverpool |
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| PSV Eindhoven | 2–0 | Marseille |
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| Atlético Madrid | 2–1 | PSV Eindhoven |
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| Villarreal | 1–0 | Celtic |
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| Villarreal | 6–3 | AaB |
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| Celtic | 1–1 | Manchester United |
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| Celtic | 2–0 | Villarreal |
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Group F
| Bayern Munich | 1–1 | Lyon |
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| Bayern Munich | 3–0 | Fiorentina |
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| Fiorentina | 1–1 | Bayern Munich |
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| Lyon | 2–0 | Steaua București |
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| Steaua București | 0–1 | Fiorentina |
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Group G
| Porto | 3–1 | Fenerbahçe |
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| Porto | 0–1 | Dynamo Kyiv |
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| Arsenal | 0–0 | Fenerbahçe |
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| Dynamo Kyiv | 1–2 | Porto |
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| Fenerbahçe | 1–2 | Porto |
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| Arsenal | 1–0 | Dynamo Kyiv |
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| Dynamo Kyiv | 1–0 | Fenerbahçe |
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Group H
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | JUV | RMA | ZEN | BATE | |
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| 1 | Juventus |
6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 12 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | |
| 2 | Real Madrid |
6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 12 | 0–2 | — | 3–0 | 2–0 | ||
| 3 | Zenit Saint Petersburg |
6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 5 | Transfer to UEFA Cup | 0–0 | 1–2 | — | 1–1 | |
| 4 | BATE Borisov |
6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 3 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | — |
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| Zenit Saint Petersburg | 1–2 | Real Madrid |
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| Zenit Saint Petersburg | 1–1 | BATE Borisov |
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| Juventus | 2–1 | Real Madrid |
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| BATE Borisov | 0–2 | Zenit Saint Petersburg |
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| Real Madrid | 0–2 | Juventus |
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| BATE Borisov | 0–1 | Real Madrid |
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