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2008–09 UEFA Champions League group stage

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Main article: 2008–09 UEFA Champions League

The 2008–09 UEFA Champions League group stage matches took place between 16 September and 10 December 2008.

Teams

Seeding was determined by the UEFA coefficients: Pot 1 held teams ranked 1–10 (since Milan and Sevilla did not qualify), Pot 2 held teams ranked 11–23, Pot 3 held teams ranked 25–45, while Pot 4 held teams ranked 46–193 and unranked teams.

Clubs from the same association were paired up to split the matchdays between Tuesday and Wednesday. Clubs with the same pairing letter played on different days, ensuring that teams from the same city (e.g. Milan and Internazionale, who also share a stadium) did not play on the same day.

Third-placed teams entered the [UEFA Cup](2008-09-uefa-cup) at the [round of 32](2008-09-uefa-cup-final-phase-round-of-32)

Team	Notes	Coeff.
Manchester United		107.996
Chelsea		124.996
Liverpool		118.996
Barcelona		117.837
Arsenal		110.996
Lyon		99.380
Internazionale		96.934
Real Madrid		93.837

Team	Notes	Coeff.
Bayern Munich		92.078
PSV Eindhoven		91.610
Villarreal		90.837
Roma		81.934
Porto		81.176
Werder Bremen		74.078
Sporting CP		70.271
Juventus		66.934

Team	Notes	Coeff.
Marseille		63.380
Zenit Saint Petersburg		60.437
Steaua București		59.398
Panathinaikos		52.525
Bordeaux		52.380
Celtic		52.013
Basel		51.993
Fenerbahçe		51.469

Team	Notes	Coeff.
Shakhtar Donetsk		49.932
Fiorentina		40.934
Atlético Madrid		36.837
Dynamo Kyiv		34.932
CFR Cluj		13.398
AaB		12.748
Anorthosis Famagusta		4.327
BATE Borisov		1.760

Notes

Of the 16 teams in Pots 1 and 2, 14 eventually qualified for the first knockout round. The exceptions were Werder Bremen (to the UEFA Cup) and PSV Eindhoven (eliminated). Their places went to Panathinaikos (from Pot 3) and Atlético Madrid (from Pot 4). AaB were the lowest-ranked Pot 4 team to qualify for the UEFA Cup Round of 32.

Tie-breaking criteria

Based on paragraph 6.05 in the regulations for the current season, if two or more teams were equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria were 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

Lampard
J. Cole
Malouda
Anelka
Panucci
Culio

Gourcuff
Vučinić
Baptista

Cadú
Terry

Dani
Gourcuff
Wendel
Panucci
Vučinić
Terry

Diarra
Anelka
Y. Koné
Brighi
Totti

Kalou
Drogba
Y. Koné
Brighi
Totti

Group B

Mancini
Adriano

Sarriegi
Dobrasinović
Hawar M.
Salpingidis
Maicon
Pizarro

Adriano
Mantzios
Mertesacker
Almeida

Bardon
Panagi
Frousos
Balotelli
Materazzi
Cruz
Mantzios
Karagounis
Tziolis

Sarriegi
Nicolaou
Sávio
Diego
Almeida

Karagounis
Pizarro
Rosenberg
Ibrahimović

Group C

Abraham
Fernandinho
Jádson
Márquez
Eto'o
Xavi
Tonel

Romagnoli
Derlei
Ilsinho
Messi

Liédson
Messi
Busquets
Bojan
Xavi

Derlei
Messi
Derdiyok

Jádson
Willian
Seleznyov
Veloso
Liédson
Henry
Piqué
Messi
Caneira
Bojan

Djaló
Sylvinho
Busquets
Hladky
Fernandinho

Group D

Agüero
Maniche
Cana
Gerrard

Kuyt
Keane
Gerrard
Koevermans
Agüero
R. García
Niang

Simão
Keane
Koevermans

Gerrard
Rodríguez
Koné
Niang

Simão
Rodríguez
Koevermans
Gerrard

Lazović
Babel
Riera
Ngog

Group E

Rooney
Berbatov
Senna

Rossi
Capdevila
Llorente
Pires
Saganowski
Enevoldsen
Johansson
Berbatov
Rooney

Curth
Due
Rossi
Franco
McDonald
Giggs

Cacá
Caldwell
Robson

Tevez
Rooney
Jakobsen
Curth
Maloney
McGeady

Group F

Van Buyten
Piquionne
Benzema
Gilardino

Zé Roberto
Demichelis

Klose
Schweinsteiger
Zé Roberto
Arthuro
Goian
Petre
Keïta
Benzema
Fred

Mutu
Borowski
Juninho
Réveillère

Klose
Toni
Gilardino
Makoun
Benzema

Gilardino
Govou
Benzema
Klose
Ribéry

Group G

López
L. González
Lino
Güiza
Bangoura
Gallas

Van Persie
Adebayor

Silvestre
Güiza
Adebayor
Walcott
Diaby
Song
Ramsey
Aliyev

Milevskyi
Rolando
L. González

Kazim-Richards
López
Bendtner

Alves
López
Eremenko

Group H

Del Piero
Ramos
Van Nistelrooy

Danny
Hubočan
Van Nistelrooy
Kryvets
Stasevich
Iaquinta

Tekke
Nyakhaychyk
Del Piero
Amauri
Van Nistelrooy

Pogrebnyak
Danny
Del Piero

Raúl

Raúl
Robben

Notes

References

(28 August 2008). "Result of the draw". UEFA.
"Club coefficients 2008". UEFA.
(28 August 2008). "Europe's finest set for group stage draw". UEFA.
(2008). "Regulations of the UEFA Champions League 2008/09". [[UEFA]].
(16 October 2008). "Club Atlético de Madrid – Liverpool FC match to go ahead in Madrid". UEFA.

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