2007–08 UEFA Champions League group stage explained

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 VfB 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
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	133.808
	119.374
	112.618
	107.808
	104.618
	104.374
	99.618
	99.618

+Pot 2
Team	width=50
	99.374
	95.706
	89.107
	87.374
	81.995
	78.808
	67.107
	63.640

+Pot 3
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	62.064
	60.640
	58.640
	55.255
	53.920
	52.107
	51.808
	51.706

+Pot 4
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	47.064
	44.726
	43.791
	42.415
	38.726
	36.791
	32.851
	31.509

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:

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, as listed by UEFA (local times are in parentheses).

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Group E

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Group F

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Group G

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Group H

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References

Web site: Result of the draw . 31 August 2007 . 30 August 2007 . UEFA .

Notes and References

Web site: Club coefficients 2007. UEFA.com.
News: Excitement builds as draw nears . https://archive.today/20120708022228/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/ucl/news/kind=1/newsid=576667.html . dead . 8 July 2012 . UEFA . 30 August 2007 . 5 September 2007 .