2007–08 UEFA Champions League group stage

The 2007–08 UEFA Champions League group stage matches took place between 18 September and 12 December 2007.

Seeding structure

Seeding was determined by the UEFA coefficients.^[1] Clubs from the same association were paired up to split the matchdays between Tuesday and Wednesday. Clubs with the same pairing letter would play 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.^[2]

Rank	Team	Coefficient rating	Draw Pot	Pairing
1	Milan	133.808	1	A
2	Barcelona	119.374		B
3	Liverpool	112.618		C
4	Internazionale	107.808		A
5	Arsenal	104.618		D
6	Real Madrid	104.374		B
7	Chelsea	99.618		D
7	Manchester United	99.618		C
9	Valencia	99.374	2	E
10	Lyon	95.706		F
11	Porto	89.107
12	Sevilla / AEK Athens*	87.374		E/M
13	PSV Eindhoven	81.995
14	Roma	78.808		G
15	Benfica	67.107		H
16	Werder Bremen	63.640		I
17	Celtic	62.064	3	J
18	Schalke 04	60.640
19	Stuttgart	58.640		I
20	Steaua București	55.255
21	CSKA Moscow	53.920
22	Sporting CP	52.107		H
23	Lazio	51.808		G
24	Marseille	51.706		F
25	Rangers	47.064	4	J
26	Shakhtar Donetsk	44.726		K
27	Beşiktaş	43.791		L
28	Olympiacos	42.415		M
29	Dynamo Kyiv	38.726		K
30	Fenerbahçe	36.791		L
31	Slavia Prague	32.851
32	Rosenborg	31.509

* Due to the death of Antonio Puerta, the second leg of Sevilla's game against AEK Athens was postponed until 3 September, while the draw was held on 30 August. Due to the seeding criteria, both clubs were included in the draw interchangeably and their seeding was determined by the higher of the two teams' coefficients (Sevilla: 87.374, AEK Athens: 36.415). Sevilla was paired with Valencia (E), while AEK Athens was paired with Olympiacos (M). Eventually, Sevilla qualified for the group stage with a 6–1 win on aggregate against AEK Athens.

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:

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 away from home in the group matches played among the teams in question;
4. superior goal difference from all group matches played;
5. higher number of goals scored in all group matches played;
6. higher number of coefficient points accumulated by the club in question, as well as its association, over the previous five seasons.

Groups

Key to colors in group tables
Top two places advance to the first knockout round
Third place enters the UEFA Cup at the round of 32
Fourth place is eliminated from continental competitions

All times CET

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Porto	6	3	2	1	8	7	+1	11
Liverpool	6	3	1	2	18	5	+13	10
Marseille	6	2	1	3	6	9	−3	7
Beşiktaş	6	2	0	4	4	15	−11	6

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Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Chelsea	6	3	3	0	9	2	+7	12
Schalke 04	6	2	2	2	5	4	+1	8
Rosenborg	6	2	1	3	6	10	−4	7
Valencia	6	1	2	3	2	6	−4	5

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Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Real Madrid	6	3	2	1	13	9	+4	11
Olympiacos	6	3	2	1	11	7	+4	11
Werder Bremen	6	2	0	4	8	13	−5	6
Lazio	6	1	2	3	8	11	−3	5

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Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Milan	6	4	1	1	12	5	+7	13
Celtic	6	3	0	3	5	6	−1	9
Benfica	6	2	1	3	5	6	−1	7
Shakhtar Donetsk	6	2	0	4	6	11	−5	6

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Group E

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Barcelona	6	4	2	0	12	3	+9	14
Lyon	6	3	1	2	11	10	+1	10
Rangers	6	2	1	3	7	9	−2	7
Stuttgart	6	1	0	5	7	15	−8	3

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Group F

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Manchester United	6	5	1	0	13	4	+9	16
Roma	6	3	2	1	11	6	+5	11
Sporting CP	6	2	1	3	9	8	+1	7
Dynamo Kyiv	6	0	0	6	4	19	−15	0

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Group G

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Internazionale	6	5	0	1	12	4	+8	15
Fenerbahçe	6	3	2	1	8	6	+2	11
PSV Eindhoven	6	2	1	3	3	6	−3	7
CSKA Moscow	6	0	1	5	7	14	−7	1

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Group H

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Sevilla	6	5	0	1	14	7	+7	15
Arsenal	6	4	1	1	14	4	+10	13
Slavia Prague	6	1	2	3	5	16	−11	5
Steaua București	6	0	1	5	4	10	−6	1

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