2023–24_UEFA_Champions_League_group_stage

2023–24 UEFA Champions League group stage

International football club competition in Europe

The 2023–24 UEFA Champions League group stage began on 19 September 2023 and ended on 13 December 2023. A total of 32 teams competed in the group stage to decide the 16 places in the knockout phase of the 2023–24 UEFA Champions League.

Union Berlin and Antwerp made their debut appearance in the group stage. This was the Belgian club's first appearance in the European Cup since their first round exit in the 1957–58 season, and the first ever for the German side. A total of 15 national associations were represented in the group stage.

This was the final season with the group stage format, which was replaced by the league stage format starting from the next season.^[1]

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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 Champions Path.

[cnote_LP] LP Winners of League Path.

[table_hth_RSO0.50097923143812-45] Tied on head-to-head points, goal difference, and goals scored. Goal difference in all matches: Real Sociedad +5, Inter Milan +3.

[table_hth_BEN0.50097923143812-46] Tied on head-to-head points, goal difference, goals scored, and goal difference in all matches. Goals scored in all matches: Benfica 7, Red Bull Salzburg 4.

[table_hth_PAR0.12952924106714-71] Tied on head-to-head points. Head-to-head goal difference: Paris Saint-Germain +2, Milan −2.

[table_hth_BAR0.21757268170713-96] Head-to-head points: Barcelona 6, Porto 0.

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CEST (UTC+2) for dates up to 25 October 2023 (matchdays 1–3), and CET (UTC+1) for dates thereafter (matchdays 4–6).

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Union Berlin played their home matches at the Olympiastadion, in Berlin, instead of their regular stadium, Stadion An der Alten Försterei, in Berlin.^[32]

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Barcelona played their home matches at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys, in Barcelona, instead of their regular stadium, Camp Nou, in Barcelona, which was being renovated.^[91]

[Ukraine-102] [N 4]
Due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ukrainian teams were required to play their home matches at neutral venues until further notice.^[93]^[94]

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	BAY	CPH	GAL	MUN
1	Bayern Munich	6	5	1	0	12	6	+6	16	Advance to knockout phase	—	0–0	2–1	4–3
2	Copenhagen	6	2	2	2	8	8	0	8	Advance to knockout phase	1–2	—	1–0	4–3
3	Galatasaray	6	1	2	3	10	13	−3	5	Transfer to Europa League	1–3	2–2	—	3–3
4	Manchester United	6	1	1	4	12	15	−3	4		0–1	1–0	2–3	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	ARS	PSV	LEN	SEV
1	Arsenal	6	4	1	1	16	4	+12	13	Advance to knockout phase	—	4–0	6–0	2–0
2	PSV Eindhoven	6	2	3	1	8	10	−2	9	Advance to knockout phase	1–1	—	1–0	2–2
3	Lens	6	2	2	2	6	11	−5	8	Transfer to Europa League	2–1	1–1	—	2–1
4	Sevilla	6	0	2	4	7	12	−5	2		1–2	2–3	1–1	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	RMA	NAP	BRA	UBE
1	Real Madrid	6	6	0	0	16	7	+9	18	Advance to knockout phase	—	4–2	3–0	1–0
2	Napoli	6	3	1	2	10	9	+1	10	Advance to knockout phase	2–3	—	2–0	1–1
3	Braga	6	1	1	4	6	12	−6	4	Transfer to Europa League	1–2	1–2	—	1–1
4	Union Berlin	6	0	2	4	6	10	−4	2		2–3	0–1	2–3	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	RSO	INT	BEN	SAL
1	Real Sociedad	6	3	3	0	7	2	+5	12^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Advance to knockout phase	—	1–1	3–1	0–0
2	Inter Milan	6	3	3	0	8	5	+3	12^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Advance to knockout phase	0–0	—	1–0	2–1
3	Benfica	6	1	1	4	7	11	−4	4^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Transfer to Europa League	0–1	3–3	—	0–2
4	Red Bull Salzburg	6	1	1	4	4	8	−4	4^{[lower-alpha 2]}		0–2	0–1	1–3	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	ATM	LAZ	FEY	CEL
1	Atlético Madrid	6	4	2	0	17	6	+11	14	Advance to knockout phase	—	2–0	3–2	6–0
2	Lazio	6	3	1	2	7	7	0	10	Advance to knockout phase	1–1	—	1–0	2–0
3	Feyenoord	6	2	0	4	9	10	−1	6	Transfer to Europa League	1–3	3–1	—	2–0
4	Celtic	6	1	1	4	5	15	−10	4		2–2	1–2	2–1	—

2023–24_UEFA_Champions_League_group_stage

2023–24 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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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	DOR	PAR	MIL	NEW
1	Borussia Dortmund	6	3	2	1	7	4	+3	11	Advance to knockout phase	—	1–1	0–0	2–0
2	Paris Saint-Germain	6	2	2	2	9	8	+1	8^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Advance to knockout phase	2–0	—	3–0	1–1
3	Milan	6	2	2	2	5	8	−3	8^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Transfer to Europa League	1–3	2–1	—	0–0
4	Newcastle United	6	1	2	3	6	7	−1	5		0–1	4–1	1–2	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	MCI	RBL	YB	ZVE
1	Manchester City	6	6	0	0	18	7	+11	18	Advance to knockout phase	—	3–2	3–0	3–1
2	RB Leipzig	6	4	0	2	13	10	+3	12	Advance to knockout phase	1–3	—	2–1	3–1
3	Young Boys	6	1	1	4	7	13	−6	4	Transfer to Europa League	1–3	1–3	—	2–0
4	Red Star Belgrade	6	0	1	5	7	15	−8	1		2–3	1–2	2–2	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	BAR	POR	SHK	ANT
1	Barcelona	6	4	2	12	6	+6	12^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Advance to knockout phase	—	2–1	2–1	5–0
2	Porto	6	4	2	15	8	+7	12^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Advance to knockout phase	0–1	—	5–3	2–0
3	Shakhtar Donetsk	6	3	3	10	12	−2	9	Transfer to Europa League	1–0	1–3	—	1–0
4	Antwerp	6	1	5	6	17	−11	3		3–2	1–4	2–3	—

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