2014–15 UEFA Champions League

The **2014–15 UEFA Champions League** was the 23rd UEFA Champions League, and the 60th season of a European club tournament being played. The defending champions were Real Madrid, however, Barcelona won their 5th title over Juventus.

## Group stage

|Key to colours in group tables||
| --- | --- |
|align=center width=300|Team advanced to the Round of 16.|
|align=center|Team wasn't able to move on to the Round of 16, so they went to the UEFA Europa League instead.|

### Group A

|width=30 abbr="Position"|Pos|width=200|Team|width=30 abbr="Played"|Pld|width=30 abbr="Won"|W|width=30 abbr="Drawn"|D|width=30 abbr="Lost"|L|width=30 abbr="Goals for"|GF|width=30 abbr="Goals against"|GA|width=30 abbr="Goal difference"|GD|width=30 abbr="Points"|Pts|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|align=left|Atlético Madrid|6|4|1|1|14|3|+11|**13**||||||||||
|2|align=left|Juventus|6|3|1|2|7|4|+3|**10**||||||||||
|3|align=left|Olympiacos|6|3|0|3|10|13|–3|**9**||||||||||
|4|align=left|Malmö|6|1|0|5|4|15|–11|**3**||||||||||

### Group B

|width=30 abbr="Position"|Pos|width=200|Team|width=30 abbr="Played"|Pld|width=30 abbr="Won"|W|width=30 abbr="Drawn"|D|width=30 abbr="Lost"|L|width=30 abbr="Goals for"|GF|width=30 abbr="Goals against"|GA|width=30 abbr="Goal difference"|GD|width=30 abbr="Points"|Pts|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|align=left|Real Madrid|6|6|0|0|16|2|+14|**18**||||||||||
|2|align=left|Basel|6|2|1|3|7|8|–1|**7**||||||||||
|3|align=left|Liverpool|6|1|2|3|5|9|–4|**5**||||||||||
|4|align=left|Ludogorets Razgrad|6|1|1|4|5|14|–9|**4**||||||||||

### Group C

|width=30 abbr="Position"|Pos|width=200|Team|width=30 abbr="Played"|Pld|width=30 abbr="Won"|W|width=30 abbr="Drawn"|D|width=30 abbr="Lost"|L|width=30 abbr="Goals for"|GF|width=30 abbr="Goals against"|GA|width=30 abbr="Goal difference"|GD|width=30 abbr="Points"|Pts|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|align=left|Monaco|6|3|2|1|4|1|+3|**11**||||||||||
|2|align=left|Bayer Leverkusen|6|3|1|2|7|4|+3|**10**||||||||||
|3|align=left|Zenit St. Petersburg|6|2|1|3|4|6|–2|**7**||||||||||
|4|align=left|Benfica|6|1|2|3|2|6|–4|**5**||||||||||

### Group D

|width=30 abbr="Position"|Pos|width=200|Team|width=30 abbr="Played"|Pld|width=30 abbr="Won"|W|width=30 abbr="Drawn"|D|width=30 abbr="Lost"|L|width=30 abbr="Goals for"|GF|width=30 abbr="Goals against"|GA|width=30 abbr="Goal difference"|GD|width=30 abbr="Points"|Pts|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|align=left|Borussia Dortmund|6|4|1|1|14|4|+10|**13**||||||||||
|2|align=left|Arsenal|6|4|1|1|15|8|+7|**13**||||||||||
|3|align=left|Anderlecht|6|1|3|2|8|10|–2|**6**||||||||||
|4|align=left|Galatasaray|6|0|1|5|4|19|–15|**1**||||||||||

### Group E

|width=30 abbr="Position"|Pos|width=200|Team|width=30 abbr="Played"|Pld|width=30 abbr="Won"|W|width=30 abbr="Drawn"|D|width=30 abbr="Lost"|L|width=30 abbr="Goals for"|GF|width=30 abbr="Goals against"|GA|width=30 abbr="Goal difference"|GD|width=30 abbr="Points"|Pts|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|align=left|Bayern Munich|6|5|0|1|16|4|+12|**15**||||||||||
|2|align=left|Manchester City|6|2|2|2|9|8|+1|**8**||||||||||
|3|align=left|Roma|6|1|2|3|8|14|–6|**5**||||||||||
|4|align=left|CSKA Moscow|6|1|2|3|6|13|–7|**5**||||||||||

### Group F

|width=30 abbr="Position"|Pos|width=200|Team|width=30 abbr="Played"|Pld|width=30 abbr="Won"|W|width=30 abbr="Drawn"|D|width=30 abbr="Lost"|L|width=30 abbr="Goals for"|GF|width=30 abbr="Goals against"|GA|width=30 abbr="Goal difference"|GD|width=30 abbr="Points"|Pts|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|align=left|Barcelona|6|5|0|1|15|5|+10|**15**||||||||||
|2|align=left|Paris Saint-Germain|6|4|1|1|10|7|+3|**13**||||||||||
|3|align=left|Ajax|6|1|2|3|8|10|–2|**5**||||||||||
|4|align=left|APOEL|6|0|1|5|1|12|–11|**1**||||||||||

### Group G

|width=30 abbr="Position"|Pos|width=200|Team|width=30 abbr="Played"|Pld|width=30 abbr="Won"|W|width=30 abbr="Drawn"|D|width=30 abbr="Lost"|L|width=30 abbr="Goals for"|GF|width=30 abbr="Goals against"|GA|width=30 abbr="Goal difference"|GD|width=30 abbr="Points"|Pts|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|align=left|Chelsea|6|4|2|0|17|3|+14|**14**||||||||||
|2|align=left|Schalke 04|6|2|2|2|9|14|–5|**8**||||||||||
|3|align=left|Sporting|6|2|1|3|12|12|0|**7**||||||||||
|4|align=left|NK Maribor|6|0|3|3|4|13|–9|**3**||||||||||

### Group H

|width=30 abbr="Position"|Pos|width=200|Team|width=30 abbr="Played"|Pld|width=30 abbr="Won"|W|width=30 abbr="Drawn"|D|width=30 abbr="Lost"|L|width=30 abbr="Goals for"|GF|width=30 abbr="Goals against"|GA|width=30 abbr="Goal difference"|GD|width=30 abbr="Points"|Pts|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|align=left|Porto|6|4|2|0|16|4|+12|**14**||||||||||
|2|align=left|Shakhtar Donetsk|6|2|3|1|15|4|+11|**9**||||||||||
|3|align=left|Athletic Bilbao|6|2|1|3|5|6|–1|**7**||||||||||
|4|align=left|BATE Borisov|6|1|0|5|2|24|–22|**3**||||||||||

### Round of 16

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 15 December 2014. The first legs were played on 17, 18, 24 and 25 February, and the second legs were played on 10, 11, 17 and 18 March 2015.

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### Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 20 March 2015. The first legs were played on 14 and 15 April, and the second legs were played on 21 and 22 April 2015.

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### Semi-finals

The draw for the semi-finals and final (to come up with the "home" team) was held on 24 April 2015. The first legs were played on 5 and 6 May, and the second legs were played on 12 and 13 May 2015.

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### Goalscorers

|Rank|Player|Team|Goals|Minutes played||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan=3|1|align=left|Neymar|align=left|Barcelona|10|1026|
|align=left|Cristiano Ronaldo|align=left|Real Madrid|10|1065|||
|align=left|Lionel Messi|align=left|Barcelona|10|1147|||
|rowspan=1|4|align=left|Luiz Adriano|align=left|Shakhtar Donetsk|9|628|
|rowspan=4|5|align=left|Jackson Martínez|align=left|Porto|7|629|
|align=left|Thomas Müller|align=left|Bayern Munich|7|777|||
|align=left|Luis Suárez|align=left|Barcelona|7|827|||
|align=left|Carlos Tevez|align=left|Juventus|7|1156|||
|rowspan=4|9|align=left|Sergio Agüero|align=left|Manchester City|6|550|
|align=left|Karim Benzema|align=left|Real Madrid|6|664|||
|align=left|Edinson Cavani|align=left|Paris Saint-Germain|6|920|||
|align=left|Robert Lewandowski|align=left|Bayern Munich|6|932|||

### Hat-tricks

|Player|For|Against|Result|Date|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Yacine Brahimi|Porto|BATE Borisov|6-0 (H)|17 September 2014|
|Danny Welbeck|Arsenal|Galatasaray|4-1 (H)|1 October 2014|
|Luiz Adriano<sup>5</sup>|Shakhtar Donetsk|BATE Borisov|7-0 (A)|21 October 2014|
|Luiz Adriano|Shakhtar Donetsk|BATE Borisov|5-0 (H)|5 November 2014|
|Sergio Agüero|Manchester City|Bayern Münich|3-2 (H)|25 November 2014|
|Lionel Messi|Barcelona|APOEL|4-0 (A)|25 November 2014|
|Mario Mandžukić|Atlético de Madrid|Olympiakos|4-0 (H)|26 November 2014|

<sup>5</sup> <small>Player scored five goals.</small>

## Other websites

- 2014–15 UEFA Champions League on uefa.com

## Infobox (international football competition)

- **tourney name**: UEFA Champions League
- **year**: 2014–15
- **dates**: 1 July – 27 August 2014 (qualifying)
16 September 2014 –
6 June 2015 (regular tournament)
- **num teams**: 32 (group stage)
77 (total)
- **champion other**: FC Barcelona, Barcelona
- **count**: 5
- **second other**: Juventus F.C., Juventus
- **matches**: 125
- **goals**: 361
- **attendance**: 5136695
- **top scorer**: Neymar
 Cristiano Ronaldo
 Lionel Messi
(10 goals each)
- **prevseason**: 2013–14 UEFA Champions League, 2013–14
- **nextseason**: 2015–16 UEFA Champions League, 2015–16