2017–18 UEFA Champions League group stage

The 2017–18 UEFA Champions League group stage began on 12 September and ended on 6 December 2017. A total of 32 teams competed in the group stage to decide the 16 places in the knockout phase of the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League.

Teams
Below were the participating teams (with their 2017 UEFA club coefficients), grouped by their seeding pot. They included 22 teams which enter in this stage, and the 10 winners of the play-off round (5 in Champions Route, 5 in League Route).

Key to coloursGroup winners and runners-up advance to the round of 16Third-placed teams enter the Europa League round of 32

+Pot 1 (by association rank)Team Real Madrid176.999 Bayern Munich154.899 Chelsea106.192 Juventus140.666 Benfica111.866 Monaco62.333 Spartak Moscow18.606 Shakhtar Donetsk87.526+Pot 2Team Barcelona151.999 Atlético Madrid142.999 Paris Saint-Germain126.333 Borussia Dortmund124.899 Sevilla112.999 Manchester City100.192 Porto98.866 Manchester United95.192+Pot 3Team Napoli88.666 Tottenham Hotspur77.192 Basel74.415 Olympiacos64.580 Anderlecht58.480 Liverpool56.192 Roma53.666 Beşiktaş45.840+Pot 4Team Celtic42.785 CSKA Moscow39.606 Sporting CP36.866 APOEL26.210 Feyenoord23.212 Maribor21.125 Qarabağ18.050 RB Leipzig15.899

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.

Tiebreakers

Teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Articles 17.01):
Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
Away goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
Goal difference in all group matches;
Goals scored in all group matches;
Away goals scored in all group matches;
Wins in all group matches;
Away wins in all group matches;
Disciplinary points (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
UEFA club coefficient.

Groups
The matchdays were 12–13 September, 26–27 September, 17–18 October, 31 October – 1 November, 21–22 November, and 5–6 December 2017. The match kickoff times were 20:45 CEST/CET in general, except for certain matches for geographical reasons.

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

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Group E

Group F

Group G

Group H

Notes

References

Other websites
UEFA Champions League (official website)
UEFA Champions League history: 2017/18

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