# 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.

## Teams

Seeding was determined by the UEFA coefficients. 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.
* 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 :
| Pot 1 Team Notes Coeff. Milan 133.808 Barcelona 119.374 Liverpool 112.618 Internazionale 107.808 Arsenal 104.618 Real Madrid 104.374 Chelsea 99.618 Manchester United 99.618 | Pot 2 Team Notes Coeff. Valencia 99.374 Lyon 95.706 Porto 89.107 Sevilla / AEK Athens 87.374 PSV Eindhoven 81.995 Roma 78.808 Benfica 67.107 Werder Bremen 63.640 | Pot 3 Team Notes Coeff. Celtic 62.064 Schalke 04 60.640 VfB Stuttgart 58.640 Steaua București 55.255 CSKA Moscow 53.920 Sporting CP 52.107 Lazio 51.808 Marseille 51.706 | Pot 4 Team Notes Coeff. Rangers 47.064 Shakhtar Donetsk 44.726 Beşiktaş 43.791 Olympiacos 42.415 Dynamo Kyiv 38.726 Fenerbahçe 36.791 Slavia Prague 32.851 Rosenborg 31.509 |

### Notes

* $^{TH}$ Champions League title holders (automatic top seed of pot 1)
* $^{Q3}$ Winners of the third qualifying round
* $^†$ Due to the death of Antonio Puerta, the second leg of Sevilla's third qualifying round tie 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). 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 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, if different, are in parentheses).

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | POR | LIV | MAR | BES |
| 1 | Porto | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 11 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Liverpool | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 5 | +13 | 10 | Advance to knockout stage | 4–1 | — | 0–1 | 8–0 |
| 3 | Marseille | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 7 | Transfer to UEFA Cup | 1–1 | 0–4 | — | 2–0 |
| 4 | Beşiktaş | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 15 | −11 | 6 | | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | — |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | CHE | SCH | ROS | VAL |
| 1 | Chelsea | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 12 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| 2 | Schalke 04 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 8 | Advance to knockout stage | 0–0 | — | 3–1 | 0–1 |
| 3 | Rosenborg | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 7 | Transfer to UEFA Cup | 0–4 | 0–2 | — | 2–0 |
| 4 | Valencia | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 5 | | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | — |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | RMA | OLY | BRM | LAZ |
| 1 | Real Madrid | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 9 | +4 | 11 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 4–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 |
| 2 | Olympiacos | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 11 | Advance to knockout stage | 0–0 | — | 3–0 | 1–1 |
| 3 | Werder Bremen | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 13 | −5 | 6 | Transfer to UEFA Cup | 3–2 | 1–3 | — | 2–1 |
| 4 | Lazio | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | −3 | 5 | | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | — |

### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MIL | CEL | BEN | SHK |
| 1 | Milan | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 13 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 |
| 2 | Celtic | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage | 2–1 | — | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| 3 | Benfica | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 7 | Transfer to UEFA Cup | 1–1 | 1–0 | — | 0–1 |
| 4 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 11 | −5 | 6 | | 0–3 | 2–0 | 1–2 | — |

### Group E

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | BAR | LYO | RAN | STU |
| 1 | Barcelona | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 14 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 |
| 2 | Lyon | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 10 | +1 | 10 | Advance to knockout stage | 2–2 | — | 0–3 | 4–2 |
| 3 | Rangers | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 7 | Transfer to UEFA Cup | 0–0 | 0–3 | — | 2–1 |
| 4 | VfB Stuttgart | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 15 | −8 | 3 | | 0–2 | 0–2 | 3–2 | — |

### Group F

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MUN | ROM | SPO | DKV |
| 1 | Manchester United | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 4 | +9 | 16 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 |
| 2 | Roma | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 11 | Advance to knockout stage | 1–1 | — | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| 3 | Sporting CP | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 7 | Transfer to UEFA Cup | 0–1 | 2–2 | — | 3–0 |
| 4 | Dynamo Kyiv | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 19 | −15 | 0 | | 2–4 | 1–4 | 1–2 | — |

### Group G

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | INT | FEN | PSV | CSKA |
| 1 | Internazionale | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 15 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 3–0 | 2–0 | 4–2 |
| 2 | Fenerbahçe | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 11 | Advance to knockout stage | 1–0 | — | 2–0 | 3–1 |
| 3 | PSV Eindhoven | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 7 | Transfer to UEFA Cup | 0–1 | 0–0 | — | 2–1 |
| 4 | CSKA Moscow | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 14 | −7 | 1 | | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | — |

### Group H

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | SEV | ARS | SLP | STE |
| 1 | Sevilla | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 7 | +7 | 15 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 3–1 | 4–2 | 2–1 |
| 2 | Arsenal | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 13 | Advance to knockout stage | 3–0 | — | 7–0 | 2–1 |
| 3 | Slavia Prague | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 16 | −11 | 5 | Transfer to UEFA Cup | 0–3 | 0–0 | — | 2–1 |
| 4 | Steaua București | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 1 | | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | — |