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2022–23 UEFA Champions League group stage

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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

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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

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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 Spain Real Madrid 124.000
EL Germany Eintracht Frankfurt 61.000
1 England Manchester City 134.000
3 Italy Milan 38.000
4 Germany Bayern Munich 138.000
5 France Paris Saint-Germain 112.000
6 Portugal Porto 80.000
7 Netherlands Ajax 82.500
Pot 2
Team Coeff.
England Liverpool 134.000
England Chelsea 123.000
Spain Barcelona 114.000
Italy Juventus 107.000
Spain Atlético Madrid 105.000
Spain Sevilla 91.000
Germany RB Leipzig 83.000
England Tottenham Hotspur 83.000
Pot 3
Team Notes Coeff.
Germany Borussia Dortmund 78.000
Austria Red Bull Salzburg 71.000
Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk 71.000
Italy Inter Milan 67.000
Italy Napoli 66.000
Portugal Benfica [LP] 61.000
Portugal Sporting CP 55.500
Germany Bayer Leverkusen 53.000
Pot 4
Team Notes Coeff.
Scotland Rangers [LP] 50.250
Croatia Dinamo Zagreb [CP] 49.500
France Marseille 44.000
Denmark Copenhagen [CP] 40.500
Belgium Club Brugge 38.500
Scotland Celtic 33.000
Czech Republic Viktoria Plzeň [CP] 31.000
Israel 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

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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

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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

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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

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification NAP LIV AJX RAN
1 Italy Napoli 6 5 0 1 20 6 +14 15[a] Advance to knockout phase 4–1 4–2 3–0
2 England Liverpool 6 5 0 1 17 6 +11 15[a] 2–0 2–1 2–0
3 Netherlands Ajax 6 2 0 4 11 16 −5 6 Transfer to Europa League 1–6 0–3 4–0
4 Scotland 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 Netherlands4–0Scotland Rangers
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Napoli Italy4–1England Liverpool
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Liverpool England2–1Netherlands Ajax
Report
Attendance: 52,387[6]
Rangers Scotland0–3Italy Napoli
Report
Attendance: 50,121[8]

Liverpool England2–0Scotland Rangers
Report
Attendance: 49,512[9]
Ajax Netherlands1–6Italy Napoli
Report

Napoli Italy4–2Netherlands Ajax
Report
Rangers Scotland1–7England Liverpool
Report
Attendance: 48,820[10]

Napoli Italy3–0Scotland Rangers
Report
Ajax Netherlands0–3England Liverpool
Report

Liverpool England2–0Italy Napoli
Report
Attendance: 52,077[12]
Rangers Scotland1–3Netherlands Ajax
Report
Attendance: 48,817[12]
Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden)

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification POR BRU LEV ATM
1 Portugal Porto 6 4 0 2 12 7 +5 12 Advance to knockout phase 0–4 2–0 2–1
2 Belgium Club Brugge 6 3 2 1 7 4 +3 11 0–4 1–0 2–0
3 Germany Bayer Leverkusen 6 1 2 3 4 8 −4 5[a] Transfer to Europa League 0–3 0–0 2–0
4 Spain 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 Spain2–1Portugal Porto
Report
Club Brugge Belgium1–0Germany Bayer Leverkusen
Report

Porto Portugal0–4Belgium Club Brugge
Report
Bayer Leverkusen Germany2–0Spain Atlético Madrid
Report
Attendance: 25,825[6]

Porto Portugal2–0Germany Bayer Leverkusen
Report
Attendance: 42,399[9]
Club Brugge Belgium2–0Spain Atlético Madrid
Report

Atlético Madrid Spain0–0Belgium Club Brugge
Report
Bayer Leverkusen Germany0–3Portugal Porto
Report
Attendance: 30,210[10]

Club Brugge Belgium0–4Portugal Porto
Report
Atlético Madrid Spain2–2Germany Bayer Leverkusen
Report

Porto Portugal2–1Spain Atlético Madrid
Report
Attendance: 47,546[12]
Bayer Leverkusen Germany0–0Belgium Club Brugge
Report
Attendance: 30,210[12]

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BAY INT BAR PLZ
1 Germany Bayern Munich 6 6 0 0 18 2 +16 18 Advance to knockout phase 2–0 2–0 5–0
2 Italy Inter Milan 6 3 1 2 10 7 +3 10 0–2 1–0 4–0
3 Spain Barcelona 6 2 1 3 12 12 0 7 Transfer to Europa League 0–3 3–3 5–1
4 Czech Republic 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 Spain5–1Czech Republic Viktoria Plzeň
Report
Attendance: 77,411[5]
Inter Milan Italy0–2Germany Bayern Munich
Report
Attendance: 58,951[5]

Viktoria Plzeň Czech Republic0–2Italy Inter Milan
Report
Attendance: 11,252[6]
Bayern Munich Germany2–0Spain Barcelona
Report
Attendance: 75,000[6]

Bayern Munich Germany5–0Czech Republic Viktoria Plzeň
Report
Inter Milan Italy1–0Spain Barcelona
Report
Attendance: 71,368[9]

Barcelona Spain3–3Italy Inter Milan
Report
Attendance: 92,302[10]
Viktoria Plzeň Czech Republic2–4Germany Bayern Munich
Report
Attendance: 11,326[10]

Inter Milan Italy4–0Czech Republic Viktoria Plzeň
Report
Attendance: 71,849[11]
Barcelona Spain0–3Germany Bayern Munich
Report
Attendance: 84,016[11]

Bayern Munich Germany2–0Italy Inter Milan
Report
Attendance: 75,000[12]
Viktoria Plzeň Czech Republic2–4Spain Barcelona
Report
Attendance: 11,258[12]

Group D

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification TOT FRA SPO MAR
1 England Tottenham Hotspur 6 3 2 1 8 6 +2 11 Advance to knockout phase 3–2 1–1 2–0
2 Germany Eintracht Frankfurt 6 3 1 2 7 8 −1 10 0–0 0–3 2–1
3 Portugal Sporting CP 6 2 1 3 8 9 −1 7 Transfer to Europa League 2–0 1–2 0–2
4 France 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 Germany0–3Portugal Sporting CP
Report
Attendance: 50,500[5]
Tottenham Hotspur England2–0France Marseille
Report

Sporting CP Portugal2–0England Tottenham Hotspur
Report
Marseille France0–1Germany Eintracht Frankfurt
Report

Marseille France4–1Portugal Sporting CP
Report
Eintracht Frankfurt Germany0–0England Tottenham Hotspur
Report
Attendance: 50,500[9]

Tottenham Hotspur England3–2Germany Eintracht Frankfurt
Report
Sporting CP Portugal0–2France Marseille
Report

Tottenham Hotspur England1–1Portugal Sporting CP
Report
Eintracht Frankfurt Germany2–1France Marseille
Report
Attendance: 48,700[11]

Sporting CP Portugal1–2Germany Eintracht Frankfurt
Report
Marseille France1–2England Tottenham Hotspur
Report

Group E

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification CHE MIL SAL DZG
1 England Chelsea 6 4 1 1 10 4 +6 13 Advance to knockout phase 3–0 1–1 2–1
2 Italy Milan 6 3 1 2 12 7 +5 10 0–2 4–0 3–1
3 Austria Red Bull Salzburg 6 1 3 2 5 9 −4 6 Transfer to Europa League 1–2 1–1 1–0
4 Croatia 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 Croatia1–0England Chelsea
Report
Attendance: 20,607[14]
Red Bull Salzburg Austria1–1Italy Milan
Report

Milan Italy3–1Croatia Dinamo Zagreb
Report
Attendance: 61,341[8]
Chelsea England1–1Austria Red Bull Salzburg
Report
Attendance: 38,818[8]

Red Bull Salzburg Austria1–0Croatia Dinamo Zagreb
Report
Attendance: 28,864[15]
Chelsea England3–0Italy Milan
Report

Dinamo Zagreb Croatia1–1Austria Red Bull Salzburg
Report
Attendance: 20,779[16]
Milan Italy0–2England Chelsea
Report
Attendance: 75,051[16]

Red Bull Salzburg Austria1–2England Chelsea
Report
Dinamo Zagreb Croatia0–4Italy Milan
Report
Attendance: 20,572[17]

Chelsea England2–1Croatia Dinamo Zagreb
Report
Milan Italy4–0Austria Red Bull Salzburg
Report
Attendance: 74,292[18]

Group F

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification RMA RBL SHK CEL
1 Spain Real Madrid 6 4 1 1 15 6 +9 13 Advance to knockout phase 2–0 2–1 5–1
2 Germany RB Leipzig 6 4 0 2 13 9 +4 12 3–2 1–4 3–1
3 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk 6 1 3 2 8 10 −2 6 Transfer to Europa League 1–1 0–4 1–1
4 Scotland Celtic 6 0 2 4 4 15 −11 2 0–3 0–2 1–1
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Celtic Scotland0–3Spain Real Madrid
Report
Attendance: 57,057[14]
RB Leipzig Germany1–4Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
Report
Attendance: 41,591[14]

Shakhtar Donetsk Ukraine1–1Scotland Celtic
Report
Attendance: 20,697[8]
Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden)
Real Madrid Spain2–0Germany RB Leipzig
Report
Attendance: 54,289[8]

RB Leipzig Germany3–1Scotland Celtic
Report
Attendance: 45,228[15]
Referee: Espen Eskås (Norway)
Real Madrid Spain2–1Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
Report

Shakhtar Donetsk Ukraine1–1Spain Real Madrid
Report
Attendance: 29,030[16]
Celtic Scotland0–2Germany RB Leipzig
Report
Attendance: 57,565[16]

Celtic Scotland1–1Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
Report
RB Leipzig Germany3–2Spain Real Madrid
Report
Attendance: 45,228[17]

Real Madrid Spain5–1Scotland Celtic
Report
Shakhtar Donetsk Ukraine0–4Germany RB Leipzig
Report

Group G

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MCI DOR SEV CPH
1 England Manchester City 6 4 2 0 14 2 +12 14 Advance to knockout phase 2–1 3–1 5–0
2 Germany Borussia Dortmund 6 2 3 1 10 5 +5 9 0–0 1–1 3–0
3 Spain Sevilla 6 1 2 3 6 12 −6 5 Transfer to Europa League 0–4 1–4 3–0
4 Denmark 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 Germany3–0Denmark Copenhagen
Report
Sevilla Spain0–4England Manchester City
Report

Manchester City England2–1Germany Borussia Dortmund
Report
Copenhagen Denmark0–0Spain Sevilla
Report

Manchester City England5–0Denmark Copenhagen
Report
Sevilla Spain1–4Germany Borussia Dortmund
Report

Copenhagen Denmark0–0England Manchester City
Report
Borussia Dortmund Germany1–1Spain Sevilla
Report

Sevilla Spain3–0Denmark Copenhagen
Report
Borussia Dortmund Germany0–0England Manchester City
Report
Attendance: 81,000[17]
Referee: Davide Massa (Italy)

Manchester City England3–1Spain Sevilla
Report
Copenhagen Denmark1–1Germany Borussia Dortmund
Report

Group H

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BEN PAR JUV MHA
1 Portugal Benfica 6 4 2 0 16 7 +9 14[a] Advance to knockout phase 1–1 4–3 2–0
2 France Paris Saint-Germain 6 4 2 0 16 7 +9 14[a] 1–1 2–1 7–2
3 Italy Juventus 6 1 0 5 9 13 −4 3[b] Transfer to Europa League 1–2 1–2 3–1
4 Israel 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 France2–1Italy Juventus
Report
Attendance: 47,415[14]
Benfica Portugal2–0Israel Maccabi Haifa
Report
Attendance: 55,130[14]

Juventus Italy1–2Portugal Benfica
Report
Attendance: 34,015[8]
Maccabi Haifa Israel1–3France Paris Saint-Germain
Report
Attendance: 30,421[8]

Juventus Italy3–1Israel Maccabi Haifa
Report
Benfica Portugal1–1France Paris Saint-Germain
Report
Attendance: 62,295[15]

Maccabi Haifa Israel2–0Italy Juventus
Report
Paris Saint-Germain France1–1Portugal Benfica
Report
Attendance: 46,435[16]

Paris Saint-Germain France7–2Israel Maccabi Haifa
Report
Attendance: 46,435[17]
Benfica Portugal4–3Italy Juventus
Report
Attendance: 60,131[17]

Juventus Italy1–2France Paris Saint-Germain
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Maccabi Haifa Israel1–6Portugal Benfica
Report
Attendance: 30,464[18]

Notes

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  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]

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