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

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

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 Bayern Munich[TH] 146.922 Barcelona 157.605 Chelsea 137.592 Real Madrid 136.605 Manchester United 130.592 Arsenal[LR] 113.592 Porto 104.833 Benfica 102.833

Pot 2 Team Coeff Atlético Madrid 99.605 Shakhtar Donetsk 94.951 Milan[LR] 93.829 Schalke 04[LR] 84.922 Marseille 78.800 CSKA Moscow 77.766 Paris Saint-Germain 71.800 Juventus 70.829

Pot 3 Team Coeff Zenit Saint Petersburg[LR] 70.766 Manchester City 70.592 Ajax 64.945 Borussia Dortmund 61.922 Basel[CR] 59.785 Olympiacos 57.800 Galatasaray 54.400 Bayer Leverkusen 53.922

Pot 4 Team Coeff Copenhagen 47.140 Napoli 46.829 Anderlecht 44.880 Celtic[CR] 37.538 Steaua București[CR] 35.604 Viktoria Plzeň[CR] 28.745 Real Sociedad[LR] 17.605 Austria Wien[CR] 16.575

Notes

Format

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

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

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 up to 26 October 2013 (matchdays 1–3) were CEST (UTC+2), thereafter (matchdays 4–6) times were CET (UTC+1).

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

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Manchester United	6	4	2	0	12	3	+9	14
Bayer Leverkusen	6	3	1	2	9	10	−1	10
Shakhtar Donetsk	6	2	2	2	7	6	+1	8
Real Sociedad	6	0	1	5	1	10	−9	1

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Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Real Madrid	6	5	1	0	20	5	+15	16
Galatasaray	6	2	1	3	8	14	−6	7
Juventus	6	1	3	2	9	9	0	6
Copenhagen	6	1	1	4	4	13	−9	4

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

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Paris Saint-Germain	6	4	1	1	16	5	+11	13
Olympiacos	6	3	1	2	10	8	+2	10
Benfica	6	3	1	2	8	8	0	10
Anderlecht	6	0	1	5	4	17	−13	1

Tiebreakers

• Olympiacos are ranked ahead of Benfica on head-to-head points.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Olympiacos	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	4
Benfica	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1

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Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Bayern Munich	6	5	0	1	17	5	+12	15
Manchester City	6	5	0	1	18	10	+8	15
Viktoria Plzeň	6	1	0	5	6	17	−11	3
CSKA Moscow	6	1	0	5	8	17	−9	3

Tiebreakers

• Bayern Munich are ranked ahead of Manchester City on head-to-head goal difference.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Bayern Munich	2	1	0	1	5	4	+1	3
Manchester City	2	1	0	1	4	5	−1	3

• Viktoria Plzeň are ranked ahead of CSKA Moscow on head-to-head away goals.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	AG	Pts
Viktoria Plzeň	2	1	0	1	4	4	0	2	3
CSKA Moscow	2	1	0	1	4	4	0	1	3

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Group E

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

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Group F

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Borussia Dortmund	6	4	0	2	11	6	+5	12
Arsenal	6	4	0	2	8	5	+3	12
Napoli	6	4	0	2	10	9	+1	12
Marseille	6	0	0	6	5	14	−9	0

Tiebreakers

• Borussia Dortmund, Arsenal, and Napoli are ranked on head-to-head goal difference.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Borussia Dortmund	4	2	0	2	6	5	+1	6
Arsenal	4	2	0	2	4	4	0	6
Napoli	4	2	0	2	5	6	−1	6

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Group G

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Atlético Madrid	6	5	1	0	15	3	+12	16
Zenit Saint Petersburg	6	1	3	2	5	9	−4	6
Porto	6	1	2	3	4	7	−3	5
Austria Wien	6	1	2	3	5	10	−5	5

Tiebreakers

• Porto are ranked ahead of Austria Wien on head-to-head points.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Porto	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	4
Austria Wien	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1

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Group H

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Barcelona	6	4	1	1	16	5	+11	13
Milan	6	2	3	1	8	5	+3	9
Ajax	6	2	2	2	5	8	−3	8
Celtic	6	1	0	5	3	14	−11	3

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References

External links

• 2013–14 UEFA Champions League