draw [edit ]
The draw for the group stage was held on 24 August 2017, 18:00 hundred, at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco. [ 3 ] The 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four, with the restriction that teams from the same affiliation could not be drawn against each other. For the draw, the teams were seeded into four pots based on the comply principles :
- Pot 1 contained the title holders and the champions of the top seven associations based on their 2016 UEFA country coefficients.[4] If the title holders were one of the champions of the top seven associations, the champions of the association ranked eighth were also seeded into Pot 1.
- Pot 2, 3 and 4 contained the remaining teams, seeded based on their 2017 UEFA club coefficients.[5]
On 17 July 2014, the UEFA emergency dialog box ruled that ukrainian and russian clubs would not be drawn against each other “ until far detect ” due to the political unrest between the countries. [ 6 ]
furthermore, the draw was controlled for teams from the same association in rate to split the teams evenly into the two sets of four groups ( A–D, E–H ) for maximum television coverage. On each matchday, one set of four groups played their matches on Tuesday, while the other set of four groups played their matches on Wednesday, with the two sets of groups alternating between each matchday. The fixtures were decided after the draw, using a calculator draw not shown to populace, with the surveil meet sequence ( Regulations Article 16.02 ) : [ 2 ] Note: Positions for scheduling did not use the seeding pots, e.g., Team 1 was not necessarily the team from Pot 1 in the draw.
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There were certain schedule restrictions : for case, teams from the like city ( e.g., real number Madrid and Atlético Madrid ) in general were not scheduled to play at home on the like matchday ( to avoid teams from the same city dally at base on the same day or on straight days, due to logistics and crowd control ), and teams in certain countries ( for example, Russia and Azerbaijan ) were not scheduled to play at home on the last matchday ( due to cold upwind and coincident kick-off times ) .
Teams [edit ]
Below were the participating teams ( with their 2017 UEFA club coefficients ), [ 5 ] grouped by their seed 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 ) .
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| Group winners and runners-up advance to the round of 16 |
| Third-placed teams enter the Europa League round of 32 |
- Notes
format [edit ]
In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners and runner-up advanced to the round of 16, while the third-placed teams entered the Europa League round of 32 .
Tiebreakers [edit ]
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 ) : [ 2 ]
- Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- Goal difference 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 [edit ]
The matchdays were 12–13 September, 26–27 September, 17–18 October, 31 October – 1 November, 21–22 November, and 5–6 December 2017. [ 1 ] The match kickoff times were 20:45 CEST/CET in general, except for certain matches for geographic reasons. [ 8 ] Times are CET / CEST, [ note 1 ] as listed by UEFA ( local times are in parentheses ).
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Group A [edit ]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 |  Manchester United
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6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 15 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 2 |  Basel
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6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 12 | |
| 3 |  CSKA Moscow
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6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 9 | transfer to Europa League |
| 4 |  Benfica
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6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 14 | −13 | 0 |
Group B [edit ]
- a b neck and neck results : Paris Saint-Germain 3–0 Bayern Munich, Bayern Munich 3–1 Paris Saint-Germain .
- a b neck and neck results : Anderlecht 0–3 Celtic, Celtic 0–1 Anderlecht .
Group C [edit ]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 |  Roma
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6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 11[a] | Advance to knockout phase |
| 2 | Chelsea
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6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | +8 | 11[a] | |
| 3 |  Atlético Madrid
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6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 7 | transfer to Europa League |
| 4 |  Qarabağ
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6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 14 | −12 | 2 |
- a b neck and neck results : Chelsea 3–3 Roma, Roma 3–0 Chelsea .
Group D [edit ]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Barcelona
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6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 14 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 2 | Juventus
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6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 11 | |
| 3 | Sporting CP
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6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 7 | transfer to Europa League |
| 4 |  Olympiacos
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6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 13 | −9 | 1 |
Group E [edit ]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Liverpool
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6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 6 | +17 | 12 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 2 | Sevilla
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6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 9 | |
| 3 | Spartak Moscow
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6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 13 | −4 | 6 | transfer to Europa League |
| 4 |  Maribor
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6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 16 | −13 | 3 |
Group F [edit ]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Manchester City
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6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 5 | +9 | 15 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 2 |  Shakhtar Donetsk
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6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 12 | |
| 3 | Napoli
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6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 6 | remove to Europa League |
| 4 |  Feyenoord
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6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 14 | −9 | 3 |
Group G [edit ]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 |  Beşiktaş
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6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 14 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 2 | Porto
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6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 10 | +5 | 10 | |
| 3 |  RB Leipzig
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6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 7 | transfer to Europa League
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| 4 |  Monaco
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6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 16 | −10 | 2 |
Group H [edit ]
- a b neck and neck results : APOEL 1–1 Borussia Dortmund, Borussia Dortmund 1–1 APOEL ( tied on tete-a-tete results, ranked on total goal dispute ) .