2009–10 UEFA Champions League group stage

Teams

The draw for the group stage was held in Monaco on 27 August 2009.

Seeding was determined by the UEFA coefficients: Pot 1 held teams ranked 1–8, Pot 2 held teams ranked 10–28, Pot 3 held teams ranked 34–64, while Pot 4 held teams ranked 97–190 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 Inter Milan, who also share a stadium) did not play on the same day.

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Tie-breaking criteria

Based on Article 7.06 in the UEFA regulations, if two or more teams were equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria were applied to determine the rankings:

1. higher number of points obtained in the group matches played among the teams in question;
2. superior goal difference from the group matches played among the teams in question;
3. higher number of goals scored away from home in the group matches played among the teams in question;
4. superior goal difference from all group matches played;
5. higher number of goals scored;
6. 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

• Iaquinta
• Plašil
• Van Buyten
• Müller

• Ciani

• Ciani
• Planus
• Ciani
• Chiellini

• Gourcuff
• Chamakh
• Camoranesi

• Fernando
• Chamakh
• Olić

• Trezeguet
• Butt
• Olić
• Gómez
• Tymoshchuk
• Jussiê

Group B

• Grafite
• Dzagoev
• Scholes

• Dzagoev
• Krasić
• Dağ
• Giggs
• Carrick
• Džeko

• Valencia

• Owen
• Scholes
• Valencia
• Dzagoev
• Krasić
• V. Berezutski
• Misimović
• Gentner
• Džeko

• Necid
• Krasić
• Džeko
• Tello

• Džeko
• Owen
• Bobô
• Krasić
• Aldonin

Group C

• Margairaz
• Aegerter
• Ronaldo
• Raúl
• Higuaín
• Guti
• Heinze
• Inzaghi

• Tihinen
• Ronaldo
• Kaká

• Raúl
• Drenthe
• Pirlo
• Pato
• Heinze

• Ronaldinho
• Benzema
• Aegerter
• Abriel
• Niang
• Hilton
• Cheyrou
• Brandão
• Alphonse

• Higuaín
• Borriello
• Lucho

• Gajić
• Ronaldinho
• Lucho
• Ronaldo
• Albiol

Group D

• Anelka

• Anelka
• Falcao
• Rolando

• Hulk
• Á. Pereira
• Kalou
• Lampard
• Perea

• Falcao
• Agüero
• Drogba

• Anelka
• Mirosavljević
• Simão

• Essien
• Drogba
• Żewłakow
• Mirosavljević
• Alves
• Falcao
• Hulk

Group E

• Kuyt
• Pjanić

• Jovetić
• Källström
• Pjanić
• Govou
• Gomis

• Czvitkovics
• Rudolf
• Coulibaly
• Mutu
• Gilardino
• Santana
• Benayoun
• Gonalons
• Delgado

• Mutu
• Dainelli
• Montolivo
• Marchionni
• Gilardino
• Rudolf
• Coulibaly
• Lisandro
• Babel

• Ngog
• Vargas

• Benayoun
• Jørgensen
• Gilardino
• Gomis
• Bastos
• Pjanić
• Cissokho

Group F

• Yussuf
• Magrão
• Husyev
• Domínguez

• Domínguez
• Stanković
• Messi
• Pedro

• Ibrahimović
• Ryazantsev
• Gökdeniz
• Stanković
• Samuel
• Mykhalyk
• Lúcio

• Shevchenko
• Milito
• Sneijder

• Piqué
• Pedro

• Eto'o
• Balotelli
• Milevskyi
• Xavi
• Messi

Group G

• Pogrebnyak
• Bougherra
• Luís Fabiano
• Renato

• Varga
• Tasci
• Novo
• Konko
• Adriano
• Luís Fabiano
• Kanouté

• Vilana
• Bilașco
• Lafferty
• McCulloch
• Brandán
• Élson
• Squillaci
• Navas

• Onofraș
• McCulloch
• Navas
• Kuzmanović

• Rudy
• Kuzmanović
• Dragutinović

• Marica
• Träsch
• Pogrebnyak
• Semedo
• Kanouté

Group H

• Torosidis
• Mangala
• Jovanović
• Bendtner
• Vermaelen
• Eduardo

• Van Persie
• Arshavin
• El Hamdaoui
• Traoré

• Mendes
• Fàbregas
• Mitroglou
• Stoltidis
• De Camargo

• Fàbregas
• Nasri
• Diaby
• Lens
• Mbokani
• Jovanović

• Nasri
• Denílson

• Leonardo
• Bolat
• Lens

Notes

References

References

1. (24 March 2011). "Club coefficients 2009". Union of European Football Associations.
2. (27 August 2009). "Group-stage rivals ready for draw". Union of European Football Associations.
3. "Regulations of the UEFA Champions League 2009/10". Union of European Football Associations.