2013–14 UEFA Champions League group stage

The group stage of the 2013–14 UEFA Champions League was played from 17 September to 11 December 2013. A total of 32 teams competed in the group stage.[1]

Draw

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The draw was held on 29 August 2013, 17:45 CEST (UTC+2), at the Grimaldi Forum, Monaco.[2] 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. Moreover, the draw was controlled for teams from the same association in order to split the teams evenly into the two sets of groups (A–D, E–H) for maximum television coverage.

The fixtures were decided after the draw. On each matchday, four groups played their matches on Tuesday, while the other four groups played their matches on Wednesday, with the two sets of groups (A–D, E–H) alternating between each matchday. There were other restrictions, e.g., teams from the same city (e.g., Chelsea and Arsenal, Manchester United and Manchester City, Real Madrid and Atlético Madrid) in general did not play at home on the same matchday (UEFA tried to avoid teams from the same city playing at home on the same day or on consecutive days), and Russian teams did not play at home on the last matchday due to cold weather.

Teams

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Below were the 32 teams which qualified for the group stage (with their 2013 UEFA club coefficients),[3] grouped by their seeding pot.[4][5] They included 22 teams which entered in this stage, and the 10 winners of the play-off round (5 in Champions Route, 5 in League Route).

Key to colours in group tables
Group winners and runners-up advanced to the round of 16
Third-placed teams entered the Europa League round of 32
Pot 1
Team Coeff
Germany Bayern Munich[TH] 146.922
Spain Barcelona 157.605
England Chelsea 137.592
Spain Real Madrid 136.605
England Manchester United 130.592
England Arsenal[LR] 113.592
Portugal Porto 104.833
Portugal Benfica 102.833
Pot 2
Team Coeff
Spain Atlético Madrid 99.605
Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk 94.951
Italy Milan[LR] 93.829
Germany Schalke 04[LR] 84.922
France Marseille 78.800
Russia CSKA Moscow 77.766
France Paris Saint-Germain 71.800
Italy Juventus 70.829
Pot 3
Team Coeff
Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg[LR] 70.766
England Manchester City 70.592
Netherlands Ajax 64.945
Germany Borussia Dortmund 61.922
Switzerland Basel[CR] 59.785
Greece Olympiacos 57.800
Turkey Galatasaray 54.400
Germany Bayer Leverkusen 53.922
Pot 4
Team Coeff
Denmark Copenhagen 47.140
Italy Napoli 46.829
Belgium Anderlecht 44.880
Scotland Celtic[CR] 37.538
Romania Steaua București[CR] 35.604
Czech Republic Viktoria Plzeň[CR] 28.745
Spain Real Sociedad[LR] 17.605
Austria Austria Wien[CR] 16.575
Notes
  1. TH Title holders (automatically placed at the top position of seeding list)
  2. CR Qualified through play-off round (Champions Route)
  3. LR Qualified through play-off round (League Route)

Format

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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.[1]

Tiebreakers

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The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings:[1]

  1. higher number of points obtained in the group matches played among the teams in question;
  2. superior goal difference from the group matches played among the teams in question;
  3. higher number of goals scored in the group matches played among the teams in question;
  4. higher number of goals scored away from home in the group matches played among the teams in question;
  5. If, after applying criteria 1 to 4 to several teams, two teams still have an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 4 are reapplied exclusively to the matches between the two teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria 6 to 8 apply;
  6. superior goal difference from all group matches played;
  7. higher number of goals scored from all group matches played;
  8. higher number of coefficient points accumulated by the club in question, as well as its association, over the previous five seasons.

Groups

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The matchdays were 17–18 September, 1–2 October, 22–23 October, 5–6 November, 26–27 November, and 10–11 December 2013.[6] The match kickoff times were 20:45 CEST/CET, except for matches in Russia which were 18:00 CEST/CET.[7]

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

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MUN LEV SHK RSO
1 England Manchester United 6 4 2 0 12 3 +9 14 Advance to knockout phase — 4–2 1–0 1–0
2 Germany Bayer Leverkusen 6 3 1 2 9 10 −1 10 0–5 — 4–0 2–1
3 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk 6 2 2 2 7 6 +1 8 Transfer to Europa League 1–1 0–0 — 4–0
4 Spain Real Sociedad 6 0 1 5 1 10 −9 1 0–0 0–1 0–2 —
Source: UEFA
Manchester United England4–2Germany Bayer Leverkusen
Rooney 22', 70'
Van Persie 59'
Valencia 79'		 Report Rolfes 54'
Toprak 88'
Attendance: 73,040[8]
Real Sociedad Spain0–2Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
Report Alex Teixeira 65', 87'
Attendance: 27,902[9]
Shakhtar Donetsk Ukraine1–1England Manchester United
Taison 76' Report Welbeck 18'
Attendance: 51,555[10]
Bayer Leverkusen Germany2–1Spain Real Sociedad
Rolfes 45+1'
Hegeler 90+2'		 Report Vela 51'
Attendance: 27,462[10]
Bayer Leverkusen Germany4–0Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
Kießling 22', 72'
Rolfes 50' (pen.)
Sam 57'		 Report
Attendance: 25,184[11]
Manchester United England1–0Spain Real Sociedad
I. Martínez 2' (o.g.) Report
Attendance: 74,654[12]
Shakhtar Donetsk Ukraine0–0Germany Bayer Leverkusen
Report
Attendance: 50,115[13]
Real Sociedad Spain0–0England Manchester United
Report
Attendance: 30,998[13]
Bayer Leverkusen Germany0–5England Manchester United
Report Valencia 22'
Spahić 30' (o.g.)
Evans 66'
Smalling 77'
Nani 88'
Attendance: 29,412[14]
Shakhtar Donetsk Ukraine4–0Spain Real Sociedad
Luiz Adriano 37'
Alex Teixeira 48'
Douglas Costa 68', 87'		 Report
Attendance: 44,348[14]
Manchester United England1–0Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
Jones 67' Report
Attendance: 74,506[15]
Real Sociedad Spain0–1Germany Bayer Leverkusen
Report Toprak 49'
Attendance: 23,408[16]

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification RMA GAL JUV CPH
1 Spain Real Madrid 6 5 1 0 20 5 +15 16 Advance to knockout phase — 4–1 2–1 4–0
2 Turkey Galatasaray 6 2 1 3 8 14 −6 7 1–6 — 1–0 3–1
3 Italy Juventus 6 1 3 2 9 9 0 6 Transfer to Europa League 2–2 2–2 — 3–1
4 Denmark Copenhagen 6 1 1 4 4 13 −9 4 0–2 1–0 1–1 —
Source: UEFA
Galatasaray Turkey1–6Spain Real Madrid
Bulut 84' Report Isco 33'
Benzema 54', 81'
Ronaldo 63', 66', 90+1'
Attendance: 47,669[9]
Copenhagen Denmark1–1Italy Juventus
Jørgensen 14' Report Quagliarella 54'
Attendance: 36,524[9]
Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)
Juventus Italy2–2Turkey Galatasaray
Vidal 78' (pen.)
Quagliarella 87'		 Report Drogba 36'
Bulut 88'
Attendance: 33,466[10]
Real Madrid Spain4–0Denmark Copenhagen
Ronaldo 21', 65'
Di María 71', 90+1'		 Report
Attendance: 69,347[10]
Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)
Real Madrid Spain2–1Italy Juventus
Ronaldo 4', 29' (pen.) Report Llorente 22'
Attendance: 77,856[11]
Galatasaray Turkey3–1Denmark Copenhagen
Melo 10'
Sneijder 38'
Drogba 45+1'		 Report Claudemir 88'
Attendance: 42,798[11]
Juventus Italy2–2Spain Real Madrid
Vidal 42' (pen.)
Llorente 65'		 Report Ronaldo 52'
Bale 60'
Attendance: 40,696[13]
Referee: Howard Webb (England)
Copenhagen Denmark1–0Turkey Galatasaray
Braaten 6' Report
Attendance: 36,204[13]
Real Madrid Spain4–1Turkey Galatasaray
Bale 37'
Arbeloa 51'
Di María 63'
Isco 81'		 Report Bulut 38'
Attendance: 67,728[14]
Juventus Italy3–1Denmark Copenhagen
Vidal 29' (pen.), 61' (pen.), 63' Report Mellberg 56'
Attendance: 39,506[14]
Galatasaray Turkey1–0Italy Juventus
Sneijder 85' Report
Attendance: 37,375[16]

The match was abandoned after 31 minutes due to heavy snow, and was resumed on 11 December 2013, 14:00, from the point of abandonment.[17]

Copenhagen Denmark0–2Spain Real Madrid
Report Modrić 25'
Ronaldo 48'
Attendance: 37,241[16]
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification PAR OLY BEN AND
1 France Paris Saint-Germain 6 4 1 1 16 5 +11 13 Advance to knockout phase — 2–1 3–0 1–1
2 Greece Olympiacos 6 3 1 2 10 8 +2 10[a] 1–4 — 1–0 3–1
3 Portugal Benfica 6 3 1 2 8 8 0 10[a] Transfer to Europa League 2–1 1–1 — 2–0
4 Belgium Anderlecht 6 0 1 5 4 17 −13 1 0–5 0–3 2–3 —
Source: UEFA
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Olympiacos 4, Benfica 1.
Benfica Portugal2–0Belgium Anderlecht
Đuričić 4'
Luisão 30'		 Report
Attendance: 29,393[9]
Olympiacos Greece1–4France Paris Saint-Germain
Weiss 25' Report Cavani 19'
Motta 68', 73'
Marquinhos 86'
Attendance: 31,253[9]
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
Paris Saint-Germain France3–0Portugal Benfica
Ibrahimović 5', 30'
Marquinhos 25'		 Report
Attendance: 44,732[10]
Anderlecht Belgium0–3Greece Olympiacos
Report Mitroglou 17', 56', 72'
Attendance: 15,918[10]
Anderlecht Belgium0–5France Paris Saint-Germain
Report Ibrahimović 17', 22', 36', 62'
Cavani 52'
Attendance: 18,465[11]
Benfica Portugal1–1Greece Olympiacos
Cardozo 83' Report Domínguez 29'
Attendance: 38,149[11]
Paris Saint-Germain France1–1Belgium Anderlecht
Ibrahimović 70' Report De Zeeuw 68'
Attendance: 43,091[13]
Olympiacos Greece1–0Portugal Benfica
Manolas 13' Report
Attendance: 31,461[13]
Anderlecht Belgium2–3Portugal Benfica
Mbemba 18'
Bruno 77'		 Report Matić 34'
Mbemba 52' (o.g.)
Rodrigo 90'
Attendance: 16,780[14]
Paris Saint-Germain France2–1Greece Olympiacos
Ibrahimović 7'
Cavani 90'		 Report Manolas 80'
Attendance: 44,466[14]
Benfica Portugal2–1France Paris Saint-Germain
Lima 45' (pen.)
Gaitán 58'		 Report Cavani 37'
Attendance: 30,089[16]
Olympiacos Greece3–1Belgium Anderlecht
Saviola 33', 58'
Domínguez 90+5' (pen.)		 Report Kljestan 39'
Attendance: 31,444[16]

Group D

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BAY MCI PLZ CSKA
1 Germany Bayern Munich 6 5 0 1 17 5 +12 15[a] Advance to knockout phase — 2–3 5–0 3–0
2 England Manchester City 6 5 0 1 18 10 +8 15[a] 1–3 — 4–2 5–2
3 Czech Republic Viktoria Plzeň 6 1 0 5 6 17 −11 3[b] Transfer to Europa League 0–1 0–3 — 2–1
4 Russia CSKA Moscow 6 1 0 5 8 17 −9 3[b] 1–3 1–2 3–2 —
Source: UEFA
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Tied on head-to-head points (3). Head-to-head goal difference: Bayern Munich +1, Manchester City −1.
  2. ^ a b Tied on head-to-head points (3) and head-to-head goal difference (0). Head-to-head away goals: Viktoria Plzeň 2, CSKA Moscow 1.
Bayern Munich Germany3–0Russia CSKA Moscow
Alaba 4'
Mandžukić 41'
Robben 68'		 Report
Attendance: 68,000[9]
Viktoria Plzeň Czech Republic0–3England Manchester City
Report Džeko 48'
Touré 53'
Agüero 58'
Attendance: 11,281[9]
CSKA Moscow Russia3–2Czech Republic Viktoria Plzeň
Tošić 19'
Honda 29'
Řezník 78' (o.g.)		 Report Rajtoral 4'
Bakoš 90+1'
Attendance: 6,135[18]
Manchester City England1–3Germany Bayern Munich
Negredo 79' Report Ribéry 7'
Müller 56'
Robben 59'
Attendance: 45,021[10]
CSKA Moscow Russia1–2England Manchester City
Tošić 32' Report Agüero 34', 42'
Attendance: 14,000[11]
Bayern Munich Germany5–0Czech Republic Viktoria Plzeň
Ribéry 25' (pen.), 61'
Alaba 37'
Schweinsteiger 64'
Götze 90+1'		 Report
Attendance: 68,000[11]
Referee: Alan Kelly (Ireland)
Manchester City England5–2Russia CSKA Moscow
Agüero 3' (pen.), 20'
Negredo 30', 51', 90+2'		 Report Doumbia 45+1', 71' (pen.)
Attendance: 38,512[13]
Viktoria Plzeň Czech Republic0–1Germany Bayern Munich
Report Mandžukić 65'
Attendance: 11,360[13]
CSKA Moscow Russia1–3Germany Bayern Munich
Honda 62' (pen.) Report Robben 17'
Götze 56'
Müller 65' (pen.)
Attendance: 14,000[14]
Manchester City England4–2Czech Republic Viktoria Plzeň
Agüero 33' (pen.)
Nasri 65'
Negredo 78'
Džeko 89'		 Report Hořava 43'
Tecl 69'
Attendance: 37,742[14]
Bayern Munich Germany2–3England Manchester City
Müller 5'
Götze 12'		 Report Silva 28'
Kolarov 59' (pen.)
Milner 62'
Attendance: 68,000[16]
Viktoria Plzeň Czech Republic2–1Russia CSKA Moscow
Kolář 76'
Wágner 90'		 Report Musa 65'
Attendance: 11,205[16]
Notes
  1. ^
    The CSKA Moscow v Viktoria Plzeň match was moved to Petrovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg due to the poor quality of the pitch at Arena Khimki, Khimki.[19]

Group E

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification CHE SCH BSL STE
1 England Chelsea 6 4 0 2 12 3 +9 12 Advance to knockout phase — 3–0 1–2 1–0
2 Germany Schalke 04 6 3 1 2 6 6 0 10 0–3 — 2–0 3–0
3 Switzerland Basel 6 2 2 2 5 6 −1 8 Transfer to Europa League 1–0 0–1 — 1–1
4 Romania Steaua București 6 0 3 3 2 10 −8 3 0–4 0–0 1–1 —
Source: UEFA
Schalke 04 Germany3–0Romania Steaua București
Uchida 67'
Boateng 78'
Draxler 85'		 Report
Attendance: 49,358[20]
Chelsea England1–2Switzerland Basel
Oscar 45' Report Salah 71'
Streller 81'
Attendance: 40,358[20]
Basel Switzerland0–1Germany Schalke 04
Report Draxler 54'
Attendance: 33,251[21]
Steaua București Romania0–4England Chelsea
Report Ramires 20', 55'
Georgievski 44' (o.g.)
Lampard 90'
Attendance: 36,713[21]
Steaua București Romania1–1Switzerland Basel
Tatu 88' Report Díaz 48'
Attendance: 23,899[22]
Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)
Schalke 04 Germany0–3England Chelsea
Report Torres 5', 69'
Hazard 87'
Attendance: 54,442[22]
Basel Switzerland1–1Romania Steaua București
Sio 90+1' Report Piovaccari 17'
Attendance: 30,704[23]
Chelsea England3–0Germany Schalke 04
Eto'o 31', 54'
Ba 83'		 Report
Attendance: 41,194[23]
Steaua București Romania0–0Germany Schalke 04
Report
Attendance: 50,633[24]
Basel Switzerland1–0England Chelsea
Salah 87' Report
Attendance: 35,208[24]
Schalke 04 Germany2–0Switzerland Basel
Draxler 51'
Matip 57'		 Report
Attendance: 52,093[25]
Chelsea England1–0Romania Steaua București
Ba 10' Report
Attendance: 41,181[25]

Group F

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification DOR ARS NAP MAR
1 Germany Borussia Dortmund 6 4 0 2 11 6 +5 12[a] Advance to knockout phase — 0–1 3–1 3–0
2 England Arsenal 6 4 0 2 8 5 +3 12[a] 1–2 — 2–0 2–0
3 Italy Napoli 6 4 0 2 10 9 +1 12[a] Transfer to Europa League 2–1 2–0 — 3–2
4 France Marseille 6 0 0 6 5 14 −9 0 1–2 1–2 1–2 —
Source: UEFA
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Tied on head-to-head points (6). Head-to-head goal difference: Borussia Dortmund +1, Arsenal 0, Napoli −1.
Marseille France1–2England Arsenal
J. Ayew 90+3' (pen.) Report Walcott 65'
Ramsey 83'
Attendance: 38,380[20]
Napoli Italy2–1Germany Borussia Dortmund
Higuaín 29'
Insigne 67'		 Report Zúñiga 87' (o.g.)
Attendance: 55,766[20]
Borussia Dortmund Germany3–0France Marseille
Lewandowski 19', 79' (pen.)
Reus 52'		 Report
Attendance: 65,829[21]
Arsenal England2–0Italy Napoli
Özil 8'
Giroud 15'		 Report
Attendance: 59,536[21]
Arsenal England1–2Germany Borussia Dortmund
Giroud 41' Report Mkhitaryan 16'
Lewandowski 82'
Attendance: 60,011[22]
Marseille France1–2Italy Napoli
A. Ayew 86' Report Callejón 42'
Zapata 67'
Attendance: 39,790[22]
Borussia Dortmund Germany0–1England Arsenal
Report Ramsey 62'
Attendance: 65,829[23]
Napoli Italy3–2France Marseille
Inler 22'
Higuaín 24', 75'		 Report A. Ayew 10'
Thauvin 64'
Attendance: 39,148[23]
Arsenal England2–0France Marseille
Wilshere 1', 65' Report
Attendance: 59,912[24]
Borussia Dortmund Germany3–1Italy Napoli
Reus 10' (pen.)
Błaszczykowski 60'
Aubameyang 78'		 Report Insigne 71'
Attendance: 65,829[24]
Marseille France1–2Germany Borussia Dortmund
Diawara 14' Report Lewandowski 4'
Großkreutz 87'
Attendance: 36,655[25]
Napoli Italy2–0England Arsenal
Higuaín 73'
Callejón 90+3'		 Report
Attendance: 34,027[25]

Group G

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ATM ZEN POR AWI
1 Spain Atlético Madrid 6 5 1 0 15 3 +12 16 Advance to knockout phase — 3–1 2–0 4–0
2 Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg 6 1 3 2 5 9 −4 6 1–1 — 1–1 0–0
3 Portugal Porto 6 1 2 3 4 7 −3 5[a] Transfer to Europa League 1–2 0–1 — 1–1
4 Austria Austria Wien 6 1 2 3 5 10 −5 5[a] 0–3 4–1 0–1 —
Source: UEFA
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Porto 4, Austria Wien 1.
Austria Wien Austria0–1Portugal Porto
Report L. González 55'
Attendance: 37,500[20]
Atlético Madrid Spain3–1Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg
Miranda 40'
Turan 64'
Léo Baptistão 80'		 Report Hulk 58'
Attendance: 33,855[20]
Zenit Saint Petersburg Russia0–0Austria Austria Wien
Report
Attendance: 18,785[21]
Porto Portugal1–2Spain Atlético Madrid
Martínez 16' Report Godín 58'
Turan 86'
Attendance: 33,989[21]
Referee: Howard Webb (England)
Porto Portugal0–1Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg
Report Kerzhakov 86'
Attendance: 31,109[22]
Austria Wien Austria0–3Spain Atlético Madrid
Report García 8'
Costa 20', 53'
Attendance: 45,675[22]
Zenit Saint Petersburg Russia1–1Portugal Porto
Hulk 28' Report L. González 23'
Attendance: 17,786[23]
Atlético Madrid Spain4–0Austria Austria Wien
Miranda 11'
García 25'
Filipe Luís 45'
Costa 82'		 Report
Attendance: 29,841[23]
Referee: István Vad (Hungary)
Porto Portugal1–1Austria Austria Wien
Martínez 48' Report Kienast 11'
Attendance: 24,809[24]
Austria Wien Austria4–1Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg
Hosiner 44', 51'
Jun 48'
Kienast 90+3'		 Report Kerzhakov 35'
Attendance: 37,500[25]
Atlético Madrid Spain2–0Portugal Porto
García 14'
Costa 37'		 Report
Attendance: 24,629[25]
Notes
  1. ^ a b c
    Austria Wien played their home matches at Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna instead of their regular stadium, Franz Horr Stadium, Vienna.

Group H

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BAR MIL AJX CEL
1 Spain Barcelona 6 4 1 1 16 5 +11 13 Advance to knockout phase — 3–1 4–0 6–1
2 Italy Milan 6 2 3 1 8 5 +3 9 1–1 — 0–0 2–0
3 Netherlands Ajax 6 2 2 2 5 8 −3 8 Transfer to Europa League 2–1 1–1 — 1–0
4 Scotland Celtic 6 1 0 5 3 14 −11 3 0–1 0–3 2–1 —
Source: UEFA
Milan Italy2–0Scotland Celtic
Izaguirre 82' (o.g.)
Muntari 86'		 Report
Attendance: 54,623[20]
Barcelona Spain4–0Netherlands Ajax
Messi