2008–09 UEFA Champions League group stage

The 2008–09 UEFA Champions League group stage matches took place between 16 September and 10 December 2008.^[1]

Seeding was determined by the UEFA coefficients:^[2] 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.^[3]

Group winners and runners-up advanced to the round of 16

Third-placed teams entered the UEFA Cup at the round of 32

Pot 1

Team	Notes	Coeff.
Manchester United	[TH]	107.996
Chelsea		124.996
Liverpool	[Q3]	118.996
Barcelona	[Q3]	117.837
Arsenal	[Q3]	110.996
Lyon		99.380
Internazionale		96.934
Real Madrid		93.837

Pot 2

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	[Q3]	66.934

Pot 3

Team	Notes	Coeff.
Marseille	[Q3]	63.380
Zenit Saint Petersburg		60.437
Steaua București	[Q3]	59.398
Panathinaikos	[Q3]	52.525
Bordeaux		52.380
Celtic		52.013
Basel	[Q3]	51.993
Fenerbahçe	[Q3]	51.469

Pot 4

Team	Notes	Coeff.
Shakhtar Donetsk	[Q3]	49.932
Fiorentina	[Q3]	40.934
Atlético Madrid	[Q3]	36.837
Dynamo Kyiv	[Q3]	34.932
CFR Cluj		13.398
AaB	[Q3]	12.748
Anorthosis Famagusta	[Q3]	4.327
BATE Borisov	[Q3]	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.

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:^[4]

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 in all group matches played;
6. higher number of coefficient points accumulated by the club in question, as well as its association, over the previous five seasons.

Times are CET/CEST,^{[note 1]} as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ROM	CHE	BOR	CLJ
1	Roma	6	4	0	2	12	6	+6	12	Advance to knockout phase		—	3–1	2–0	1–2
2	Chelsea	6	3	2	1	9	5	+4	11			1–0	—	4–0	2–1
3	Bordeaux	6	2	1	3	5	11	−6	7	Transfer to UEFA Cup		1–3	1–1	—	1–0
4	CFR Cluj	6	1	1	4	5	9	−4	4			1–3	0–0	1–2	—

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		PAN	INT	BRM	ANO
1	Panathinaikos	6	3	1	2	8	7	+1	10	Advance to knockout phase		—	0–2	2–2	1–0
2	Internazionale	6	2	2	2	8	7	+1	8			0–1	—	1–1	1–0
3	Werder Bremen	6	1	4	1	7	9	−2	7	Transfer to UEFA Cup		0–3	2–1	—	0–0
4	Anorthosis Famagusta	6	1	3	2	8	8	0	6			3–1	3–3	2–2	—

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BAR	SPO	SHK	BSL
1	Barcelona	6	4	1	1	18	8	+10	13	Advance to knockout phase		—	3–1	2–3	1–1
2	Sporting CP	6	4	0	2	8	8	0	12			2–5	—	1–0	2–0
3	Shakhtar Donetsk	6	3	0	3	11	7	+4	9	Transfer to UEFA Cup		1–2	0–1	—	5–0
4	Basel	6	0	1	5	2	16	−14	1			0–5	0–1	1–2	—

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		LIV	ATM	MAR	PSV
1	Liverpool	6	4	2	0	11	5	+6	14	Advance to knockout phase		—	1–1	1–0	3–1
2	Atlético Madrid	6	3	3	0	9	4	+5	12			1–1	—	2–1	2–1
3	Marseille	6	1	1	4	5	7	−2	4	Transfer to UEFA Cup		1–2	0–0	—	3–0
4	PSV Eindhoven	6	1	0	5	5	14	−9	3			1–3	0–3	2–0	—

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		MUN	VIL	AAB	CEL
1	Manchester United	6	2	4	0	9	3	+6	10	Advance to knockout phase		—	0–0	2–2	3–0
2	Villarreal	6	2	3	1	9	7	+2	9			0–0	—	6–3	1–0
3	AaB	6	1	3	2	9	14	−5	6	Transfer to UEFA Cup		0–3	2–2	—	2–1
4	Celtic	6	1	2	3	4	7	−3	5			1–1	2–0	0–0	—

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BAY	LYO	FIO	STE
1	Bayern Munich	6	4	2	0	12	4	+8	14	Advance to knockout phase		—	1–1	3–0	3–0
2	Lyon	6	3	2	1	14	10	+4	11			2–3	—	2–2	2–0
3	Fiorentina	6	1	3	2	5	8	−3	6	Transfer to UEFA Cup		1–1	1–2	—	0–0
4	Steaua București	6	0	1	5	3	12	−9	1			0–1	3–5	0–1	—

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		POR	ARS	DKV	FEN
1	Porto	6	4	0	2	9	8	+1	12	Advance to knockout phase		—	2–0	0–1	3–1
2	Arsenal	6	3	2	1	11	5	+6	11			4–0	—	1–0	0–0
3	Dynamo Kyiv	6	2	2	2	4	4	0	8	Transfer to UEFA Cup		1–2	1–1	—	1–0
4	Fenerbahçe	6	0	2	4	4	11	−7	2			1–2	2–5	0–0	—

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		JUV	RMA	ZEN	BATE
1	Juventus	6	3	3	0	7	3	+4	12	Advance to knockout phase		—	2–1	1–0	0–0
2	Real Madrid	6	4	0	2	9	5	+4	12			0–2	—	3–0	2–0
3	Zenit Saint Petersburg	6	1	2	3	4	7	−3	5	Transfer to UEFA Cup		0–0	1–2	—	1–1
4	BATE Borisov	6	0	3	3	3	8	−5	3			2–2	0–1	0–2	—

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