2020–21_UEFA_Champions_League_group_stage

2020–21 UEFA Champions League group stage

International football competition

The 2020–21 UEFA Champions League group stage began on 20 October 2020 and ended on 9 December 2020.^[1] A total of 32 teams competed in the group stage to decide the 16 places in the knockout phase of the 2020–21 UEFA Champions League.

Krasnodar, Midtjylland, İstanbul Başakşehir and Rennes made their debut appearances in the group stage. Istanbul became the first city to provide four different participating teams in the group stage. This group stage was also the first in Champions League history to include three Russian teams.

Draw

The draw was held at the RTS Studios in Geneva, Switzerland on 1 October 2020 at 17:00 CEST.^[2]

The 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four, with the restriction that teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other. For the draw, the teams were seeded into four pots based on the following principles (Regulations Article 13.06):

Pot 1 contained the Champions League and Europa League title holders, and the champions of the top six associations based on their 2019 UEFA country coefficients. As the Champions League title holders, Bayern Munich, were also the champions of their association, the champions of the next highest ranked association, Portugal, were also seeded into Pot 1.
Pots 2, 3 and 4 contained the remaining teams, seeded based on their 2020 UEFA club coefficients.^[3]

On 17 July 2014, the UEFA emergency panel ruled that Ukrainian and Russian clubs would not be drawn against each other "until further notice" due to the political unrest between the countries.^[4]

Moreover, for associations with two or more teams, teams were paired in order to split them into two sets of four groups (A–D, E–H) for maximum television coverage. The following pairings were announced by UEFA after the group stage teams were confirmed:^[5]

A Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund
B Sevilla and Atlético Madrid
C Real Madrid and Barcelona
D Liverpool and Manchester United
E Juventus and Inter Milan
F Paris Saint-Germain and Marseille
G Zenit Saint Petersburg and Lokomotiv Moscow
H Manchester City and Chelsea
I Shakhtar Donetsk and Dynamo Kyiv
J RB Leipzig and Borussia Mönchengladbach
K Lazio and Atalanta

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 computer draw not shown to public, with the following match sequence (Regulations Article 16.02):[2]

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There were scheduling restrictions: for example, teams from the same city (e.g. Real Madrid & Atlético Madrid and Manchester City & Manchester United) in general were not scheduled to play at home on the same matchday (to avoid them playing at home on the same day or on consecutive days, due to logistics and crowd control), and teams from "winter countries" (e.g. Russia) were not scheduled to play at home on the last matchday (due to cold weather).

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[cnote_TH] TH Champions League title holders, automatically placed into Pot 1 as top seed.

[cnote_EL] EL Europa League title holders, automatically placed into Pot 1 as second top seed.

[cnote_CP] CP Winners of play-off round (Champions Path).

[cnote_LP] LP Winners of play-off round (League Path).

[table_hth_BMG0.20847665947325-17] Head-to-head points: Borussia Mönchengladbach 6, Shakhtar Donetsk 0.

[table_hth_OLY0.5017404772815-20] Tied on head-to-head points (3). Head-to-head away goals: Olympiacos 1, Marseille 0.

[table_hth_JUV0.78778891721172-27] Tied on head-to-head points (3). Head-to-head goal difference: Juventus +1, Barcelona –1.

[table_hth_PAR0.66600099842344-30] Tied on head-to-head points (3). Head-to-head away goals: Paris Saint-Germain 1, RB Leipzig 0.

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CEST (UTC+2) for dates up to 24 October 2020 (matchday 1), and CET (UTC+1) for dates thereafter (matchdays 2–6).

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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, the match was played behind closed doors.

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Real Madrid played their home matches at Alfredo Di Stéfano Stadium, Madrid, instead of their regular stadium Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid.

[Shakhtar_Donetsk-19] [N 4]
Shakhtar Donetsk played their home matches at NSC Olimpiyskiy Stadium, Kyiv, instead of their regular stadium Donbass Arena, Donetsk, due to the war conditions in Eastern Ukraine.

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Ferencváros played their home matches against Juventus and Barcelona at Puskás Aréna, Budapest, instead of their regular stadium Groupama Arena, Budapest.^[21]

[Paris_Saint-Germain_v_İstanbul_Başakşehir-32] [N 6]
The Paris Saint-Germain v İstanbul Başakşehir match was suspended after 14 minutes, with the score 0–0 at the time, as both teams left the pitch in protest after an alleged racist incident by a match official directed at the assistant manager of İstanbul Başakşehir;^[22] then resumed on 9 December 2020, 18:55 CET, with a new team of match officials.

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	BAY	ATM	SAL	LMO
1	Bayern Munich	6	5	1	0	18	5	+13	16	Advance to knockout phase	—	4–0	3–1	2–0
2	Atlético Madrid	6	2	3	1	7	8	−1	9	Advance to knockout phase	1–1	—	3–2	0–0
3	Red Bull Salzburg	6	1	1	4	10	17	−7	4	Transfer to Europa League	2–6	0–2	—	2–2
4	Lokomotiv Moscow	6	0	3	3	5	10	−5	3		1–2	1–1	1–3	—

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	RMA	BMG	SHK	INT
1	Real Madrid	6	3	1	2	11	9	+2	10	Advance to knockout phase	—	2–0	2–3	3–2
2	Borussia Mönchengladbach	6	2	2	2	16	9	+7	8^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Advance to knockout phase	2–2	—	4–0	2–3
3	Shakhtar Donetsk	6	2	2	2	5	12	−7	8^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Transfer to Europa League	2–0	0–6	—	0–0
4	Inter Milan	6	1	3	2	7	9	−2	6		0–2	2–2	0–0	—

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	MCI	POR	OLY	MAR
1	Manchester City	6	5	1	0	13	1	+12	16	Advance to knockout phase	—	3–1	3–0	3–0
2	Porto	6	4	1	1	10	3	+7	13	Advance to knockout phase	0–0	—	2–0	3–0
3	Olympiacos	6	1	0	5	2	10	−8	3^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Transfer to Europa League	0–1	0–2	—	1–0
4	Marseille	6	1	0	5	2	13	−11	3^{[lower-alpha 1]}		0–3	0–2	2–1	—

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	LIV	ATA	AJX	MID
1	Liverpool	6	4	1	1	10	3	+7	13	Advance to knockout phase	—	0–2	1–0	2–0
2	Atalanta	6	3	2	1	10	8	+2	11	Advance to knockout phase	0–5	—	2–2	1–1
3	Ajax	6	2	1	3	7	7	0	7	Transfer to Europa League	0–1	0–1	—	3–1
4	Midtjylland	6	0	2	4	4	13	−9	2		1–1	0–4	1–2	—

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	CHE	SEV	KRA	REN
1	Chelsea	6	4	2	0	14	2	+12	14	Advance to knockout phase	—	0–0	1–1	3–0
2	Sevilla	6	4	1	1	9	8	+1	13	Advance to knockout phase	0–4	—	3–2	1–0
3	Krasnodar	6	1	2	3	6	11	−5	5	Transfer to Europa League	0–4	1–2	—	1–0
4	Rennes	6	0	1	5	3	11	−8	1		1–2	1–3	1–1	—

2020–21_UEFA_Champions_League_group_stage

2020–21 UEFA Champions League group stage

Draw

Teams

Format

Tiebreakers

Groups

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Group E

Group F

Group G

Group H

Notes

References

External links

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Matchday	Dates
Matchday 1	20–21 October 2020
Matchday 2	27–28 October 2020
Matchday 3	3–4 November 2020
Matchday 4	24–25 November 2020
Matchday 5	1–2 December 2020
Matchday 6	8–9 December 2020

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	DOR	LAZ	BRU	ZEN
1	Borussia Dortmund	6	4	1	1	12	5	+7	13	Advance to knockout phase	—	1–1	3–0	2–0
2	Lazio	6	2	4	0	11	7	+4	10	Advance to knockout phase	3–1	—	2–2	3–1
3	Club Brugge	6	2	2	2	8	10	−2	8	Transfer to Europa League	0–3	1–1	—	3–0
4	Zenit Saint Petersburg	6	0	1	5	4	13	−9	1		1–2	1–1	1–2	—

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	JUV	BAR	DKV	FER
1	Juventus	6	5	0	1	14	4	+10	15^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Advance to knockout phase	—	0–2	3–0	2–1
2	Barcelona	6	5	0	1	16	5	+11	15^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Advance to knockout phase	0–3	—	2–1	5–1
3	Dynamo Kyiv	6	1	1	4	4	13	−9	4	Transfer to Europa League	0–2	0–4	—	1–0
4	Ferencváros	6	0	1	5	5	17	−12	1		1–4	0–3	2–2	—

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	PAR	RBL	MUN	IBFK
1	Paris Saint-Germain	6	4	2	13	6	+7	12^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Advance to knockout phase	—	1–0	1–2	5–1
2	RB Leipzig	6	4	2	11	12	−1	12^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Advance to knockout phase	2–1	—	3–2	2–0
3	Manchester United	6	3	3	15	10	+5	9	Transfer to Europa League	1–3	5–0	—	4–1
4	İstanbul Başakşehir	6	1	5	7	18	−11	3		0–2	3–4	2–1	—

Key to colours
Group winners and runners-up advanced to round of 16
Third-placed teams entered Europa League round of 32