2013–14 UEFA Champions League group stage

international football competition

The 2013–14 UEFA Champions League group stage happened from 17th September to 11th December 2013. There were 32 teams playing in this stage.[1]

Here are the 32 teams that made it to the group stage, grouped by their rankings based on their past performance in UEFA competitions.[2] This includes 22 teams that started at this stage and 10 teams that won in the play-off round (5 in the Champions Route and 5 in the League Route).[3][4]

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
  1. TH Title holders (automatically placed at the top position of seeding list)
  2. CR Qualified through play-off round (Champions Route)
  3. LR Qualified through play-off round (League Route)

Groups

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Manchester United 6 4 2 0 12 3 +9 14 Advance to knockout phase
2   Bayer Leverkusen 6 3 1 2 9 10 −1 10
3   Shakhtar Donetsk 6 2 2 2 7 6 +1 8 Transfer to Europa League
4   Real Sociedad 6 0 1 5 1 10 −9 1
Source: [source?]
Manchester United  4–2  Bayer Leverkusen
Rooney   22'70'
Van Persie   59'
Valencia   79'
Report Rolfes   54'
Toprak   88'
Attendance: 73,040[5]
Real Sociedad  0–2  Shakhtar Donetsk
Report Alex Teixeira   65'87'
Attendance: 27,902[6]

Shakhtar Donetsk  1–1  Manchester United
Taison   76' Report Welbeck   18'
Bayer Leverkusen  2–1  Real Sociedad
Rolfes   45+1'
Hegeler   90+2'
Report Vela   51'
Attendance: 27,462[7]

Bayer Leverkusen  4–0  Shakhtar Donetsk
Kießling   22'72'
Rolfes   50' (pen.)
Sam   57'
Report
Attendance: 25,184[8]
Manchester United  1–0  Real Sociedad
I. Martínez   2' (o.g.) Report
Attendance: 74,654[9]

Shakhtar Donetsk  0–0  Bayer Leverkusen
Report
Attendance: 50,115[10]
Real Sociedad  0–0  Manchester United
Report
Attendance: 30,998[10]

Bayer Leverkusen  0–5  Manchester United
Report Valencia   22'
Spahić   30' (o.g.)
Evans   66'
Smalling   77'
Nani   88'
Attendance: 29,412[11]
Shakhtar Donetsk  4–0  Real Sociedad
Luiz Adriano   37'
Alex Teixeira   48'
Douglas Costa   68'87'
Report

Manchester United  1–0  Shakhtar Donetsk
Jones   67' Report
Attendance: 74,506[12]
Real Sociedad  0–1  Bayer Leverkusen
Report Toprak   49'
Attendance: 23,408[13]

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Real Madrid 6 5 1 0 20 5 +15 16 Advance to knockout phase
2   Galatasaray 6 2 1 3 8 14 −6 7
3   Juventus 6 1 3 2 9 9 0 6 Transfer to Europa League
4   Copenhagen 6 1 1 4 4 13 −9 4
Source: [source?]
Galatasaray  1–6  Real Madrid
Bulut   84' Report Isco   33'
Benzema   54'81'
Ronaldo   63'66'90+1'
Copenhagen  1–1  Juventus
Jørgensen   14' Report Quagliarella   54'
Attendance: 36,524[6]
Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)

Juventus  2–2  Galatasaray
Vidal   78' (pen.)
Quagliarella   87'
Report Drogba   36'
Bulut   88'
Attendance: 33,466[7]
Real Madrid  4–0  Copenhagen
Ronaldo   21'65'
Di María   71'90+1'
Report
Attendance: 69,347[7]
Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)

Real Madrid  2–1  Juventus
Ronaldo   4'29' (pen.) Report Llorente   22'
Attendance: 77,856[8]
Galatasaray  3–1  Copenhagen
Melo   10'
Sneijder   38'
Drogba   45+1'
Report Claudemir   88'

Juventus  2–2  Real Madrid
Vidal   42' (pen.)
Llorente   65'
Report Ronaldo   52'
Bale   60'
Attendance: 40,696[10]
Referee: Howard Webb (England)
Copenhagen  1–0  Galatasaray
Braaten   6' Report
Attendance: 36,204[10]

Real Madrid  4–1  Galatasaray
Bale   37'
Arbeloa   51'
Di María   63'
Isco   81'
Report Bulut   38'
Juventus  3–1  Copenhagen
Vidal   29' (pen.)61' (pen.)63' Report Mellberg   56'
Attendance: 39,506[11]

Galatasaray  1–0  Juventus
Sneijder   85' Report

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

Copenhagen  0–2  Real Madrid
Report Modrić   25'
Ronaldo   48'
Attendance: 37,241[13]
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Paris Saint-Germain 6 4 1 1 16 5 +11 13 Advance to knockout phase
2   Olympiacos 6 3 1 2 10 8 +2 10
3   Benfica 6 3 1 2 8 8 0 10 Transfer to Europa League
4   Anderlecht 6 0 1 5 4 17 −13 1
Source: [source?]
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
Source: [source?]
Benfica  2–0  Anderlecht
Đuričić   4'
Luisão   30'
Report
Attendance: 29,393[6]
Olympiacos  1–4  Paris Saint-Germain
Weiss   25' Report Cavani   19'
Motta   68'73'
Marquinhos   86'
Attendance: 31,253[6]
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

Paris Saint-Germain  3–0  Benfica
Ibrahimović   5'30'
Marquinhos   25'
Report
Attendance: 44,732[7]
Anderlecht  0–3  Olympiacos
Report Mitroglou   17'56'72'

Anderlecht  0–5  Paris Saint-Germain
Report Ibrahimović   17'22'36'62'
Cavani   52'
Benfica  1–1  Olympiacos
Cardozo   83' Report Domínguez   29'

Paris Saint-Germain  1–1  Anderlecht
Ibrahimović   70' Report De Zeeuw   68'
Attendance: 43,091[10]
Olympiacos  1–0  Benfica
Manolas   13' Report

Anderlecht  2–3  Benfica
Mbemba   18'
Bruno   77'
Report Matić   34'
Mbemba   52' (o.g.)
Rodrigo   90'
Paris Saint-Germain  2–1  Olympiacos
Ibrahimović   7'
Cavani   90'
Report Manolas   80'
Attendance: 44,466[11]

Benfica  2–1  Paris Saint-Germain
Lima   45' (pen.)
Gaitán   58'
Report Cavani   37'
Attendance: 30,089[13]
Olympiacos  3–1  Anderlecht
Saviola   33'58'
Domínguez   90+5' (pen.)
Report Kljestan   39'

Group D

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Bayern Munich 6 5 0 1 17 5 +12 15 Advance to knockout phase
2   Manchester City 6 5 0 1 18 10 +8 15
3   Viktoria Plzeň 6 1 0 5 6 17 −11 3 Transfer to Europa League
4   CSKA Moscow 6 1 0 5 8 17 −9 3
Source: [source?]
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
Source: [source?]
  • 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
Source: [source?]
Bayern Munich  3–0  CSKA Moscow
Alaba   4'
Mandžukić   41'
Robben   68'
Report
Attendance: 68,000[6]
Viktoria Plzeň  0–3  Manchester City
Report Džeko   48'
Touré   53'
Agüero   58'
Attendance: 11,281[6]

CSKA Moscow  3–2  Viktoria Plzeň
Tošić   19'
Honda   29'
Řezník   78' (o.g.)
Report Rajtoral   4'
Bakoš   90+1'
Manchester City  1–3  Bayern Munich
Negredo   79' Report Ribéry   7'
Müller   56'
Robben   59'

CSKA Moscow  1–2  Manchester City
Tošić   32' Report Agüero   34'42'
Attendance: 14,000[8]
Bayern Munich  5–0  Viktoria Plzeň
Ribéry   25' (pen.)61'
Alaba   37'
Schweinsteiger   64'
Götze   90+1'
Report
Attendance: 68,000[8]
Referee: Alan Kelly (Ireland)

Manchester City  5–2  CSKA Moscow
Agüero   3' (pen.)20'
Negredo   30'51'90+2'
Report Doumbia   45+1'71' (pen.)
Viktoria Plzeň  0–1  Bayern Munich
Report Mandžukić   65'
Attendance: 11,360[10]

CSKA Moscow  1–3  Bayern Munich
Honda   62' (pen.) Report Robben   17'
Götze   56'
Müller   65' (pen.)
Attendance: 14,000[11]
Manchester City  4–2  Viktoria Plzeň
Agüero   33' (pen.)
Nasri   65'
Negredo   78'
Džeko   89'
Report Hořava   43'
Tecl   69'

Bayern Munich  2–3  Manchester City
Müller   5'
Götze   12'
Report Silva   28'
Kolarov   59' (pen.)
Milner   62'
Viktoria Plzeň  2–1  CSKA Moscow
Kolář   76'
Wágner   90'
Report Musa   65'
Attendance: 11,205[13]
Notes
  1. ^ The CSKA Moscow v Viktoria Plzeň match was moved to Petrovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg due to the poor quality of the pitch at Arena Khimki, Khimki.[16]

Group E

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Chelsea 6 4 0 2 12 3 +9 12 Advance to knockout phase
2   Schalke 04 6 3 1 2 6 6 0 10
3   Basel 6 2 2 2 5 6 −1 8 Transfer to Europa League
4   Steaua București 6 0 3 3 2 10 −8 3
Source: [source?]
Schalke 04  3–0  Steaua București
Uchida   67'
Boateng   78'
Draxler   85'
Report
Chelsea  1–2  Basel
Oscar   45' Report Salah   71'
Streller   81'
Attendance: 40,358[17]

Basel  0–1  Schalke 04
Report Draxler   54'
Steaua București  0–4  Chelsea
Report Ramires   20'55'
Georgievski   44' (o.g.)
Lampard   90'

Steaua București  1–1  Basel
Tatu   88' Report Díaz   48'
Attendance: 23,899[19]
Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)
Schalke 04  0–3  Chelsea
Report Torres   5'69'
Hazard   87'

Basel  1–1  Steaua București
Sio   90+1' Report Piovaccari   17'
Chelsea  3–0  Schalke 04
Eto'o   31'54'
Ba   83'
Report
Attendance: 41,194[20]

Steaua București  0–0  Schalke 04
Report
Basel  1–0  Chelsea
Salah   87' Report
Attendance: 35,208[21]

Schalke 04  2–0  Basel
Draxler   51'
Matip   57'
Report
Chelsea  1–0  Steaua București
Ba   10' Report
Attendance: 41,181[22]

Group F

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Borussia Dortmund 6 4 0 2 11 6 +5 12 Advance to knockout phase
2   Arsenal 6 4 0 2 8 5 +3 12
3   Napoli 6 4 0 2 10 9 +1 12 Transfer to Europa League
4   Marseille 6 0 0 6 5 14 −9 0
Source: [source?]
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
Source: [source?]
Marseille  1–2  Arsenal
J. Ayew   90+3' (pen.) Report Walcott   65'
Ramsey   83'
Napoli  2–1  Borussia Dortmund
Higuaín   29'
Insigne   67'
Report Zúñiga   87' (o.g.)
Attendance: 55,766[17]

Borussia Dortmund  3–0  Marseille
Lewandowski   19'79' (pen.)
Reus   52'
Report
Arsenal  2–0  Napoli
Özil   8'
Giroud   15'
Report
Attendance: 59,536[18]

Arsenal  1–2  Borussia Dortmund
Giroud   41' Report Mkhitaryan   16'
Lewandowski   82'
Attendance: 60,011[19]
Marseille  1–2  Napoli
A. Ayew   86' Report Callejón   42'
Zapata   67'

Borussia Dortmund  0–1  Arsenal
Report Ramsey   62'
Napoli  3–2  Marseille
Inler   22'
Higuaín   24'75'
Report A. Ayew   10'
Thauvin   64'
Attendance: 39,148[20]

Arsenal  2–0  Marseille
Wilshere   1'65' Report
Borussia Dortmund  3–1  Napoli
Reus   10' (pen.)
Błaszczykowski   60'
Aubameyang   78'
Report Insigne   71'

Marseille  1–2  Borussia Dortmund
Diawara   14' Report Lewandowski   4'
Großkreutz   87'
Napoli  2–0  Arsenal
Higuaín   73'
Callejón   90+3'
Report
Attendance: 34,027[22]

Group G

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Atlético Madrid 6 5 1 0 15 3 +12 16 Advance to knockout phase
2   Zenit Saint Petersburg 6 1 3 2 5 9 −4 6
3   Porto 6 1 2 3 4 7 −3 5 Transfer to Europa League
4   Austria Wien 6 1 2 3 5 10 −5 5
Source: [source?]
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
Source: [source?]
Austria Wien  0–1  Porto
Report L. González   55'
Atlético Madrid  3–1  Zenit Saint Petersburg
Miranda   40'
Turan   64'
Léo Baptistão   80'
Report Hulk   58'

Porto  1–2  Atlético Madrid
Martínez   16' Report Godín   58'
Turan   86'
Attendance: 33,989[18]
Referee: Howard Webb (England)

Porto  0–1  Zenit Saint Petersburg
Report Kerzhakov   86'
Austria Wien  0–3  Atlético Madrid
Report García   8'
Costa   20'53'

Zenit Saint Petersburg  1–1  Porto
Hulk   28' Report L. González   23'
Atlético Madrid  4–0  Austria Wien
Miranda   11'
García   25'
Filipe Luís   45'
Costa   82'
Report
Attendance: 29,841[20]
Referee: István Vad (Hungary)

Zenit Saint Petersburg  1–1  Atlético Madrid
Alderweireld   74' (o.g.) Report Adrián   53'
Porto  1–1  Austria Wien
Martínez   48' Report Kienast   11'

Austria Wien  4–1  Zenit Saint Petersburg
Hosiner   44'51'
Jun   48'
Kienast   90+3'
Report Kerzhakov   35'
Atlético Madrid  2–0  Porto
García   14'
Costa   37'
Report
Attendance: 24,629[22]
Notes
  1. ^ a b c Austria Wien played their home matches at Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna instead of their regular stadium, Franz Horr Stadium, Vienna.

Group H

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Barcelona 6 4 1 1 16 5 +11 13 Advance to knockout phase
2   Milan 6 2 3 1 8 5 +3 9
3   Ajax 6 2 2 2 5 8 −3 8 Transfer to Europa League
4   Celtic 6 1 0 5 3 14 −11 3
Source: [source?]
Milan  2–0  Celtic
Izaguirre   82' (o.g.)
Muntari   86'
Report
Attendance: 54,623[17]
Barcelona  4–0  Ajax
Messi   22'55'75'
Piqué   69'
Report
Attendance: 79,412[17]

Ajax  1–1  Milan
Denswil   90' Report Balotelli   90+4' (pen.)
Attendance: 51,692[18]
Celtic  0–1  Barcelona
Report Fàbregas   76'
Attendance: 58,128[18]

Celtic  2–1  Ajax
Forrest   43' (pen.)
Kayal   53'
Report Schöne   90+4'
Attendance: 58,719[19]
Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)
Milan  1–1  Barcelona
Robinho   9' Report Messi   23'
Attendance: 74,487[19]
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

Ajax  1–0  Celtic
Schöne   51' Report
Attendance: 59,908[20]
Barcelona  3–1  Milan
Messi   30' (pen.)83'
Busquets   40'
Report Piqué   45' (o.g.)
Attendance: 80,517[20]

Celtic  0–3  Milan
Report Kaká   13'
Zapata   49'
Balotelli   60'
Attendance: 58,619[21]
Ajax  2–1  Barcelona
Serero   19'
Hoesen   42'
Report Xavi   49' (pen.)

Milan  0–0  Ajax
Report
Attendance: 61,744[22]
Referee: Howard Webb (England)
Barcelona  6–1  Celtic
Piqué   7'
Pedro   40'
Neymar   44'48'58'
Tello   72'
Report Samaras   88'
Attendance: 54,342[22]

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