2020–21 UEFA Champions League group stage

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.

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]

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]

Group stage schedule
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

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).

Teams

Below were the participating teams (with their 2020 UEFA club coefficients),[6] grouped by their seeding pot. They include:

Key to colours
Group winners and runners-up advance to round of 16
Third-placed teams enter Europa League round of 32
Pot 1 (by association rank)
Assoc. Team Notes Coeff.
TH & 4 Bayern Munich 136.000
EL Sevilla 102.000
1 Real Madrid 134.000
2 Liverpool 99.000
3 Juventus 117.000
5 Paris Saint-Germain 113.000
6 Zenit Saint Petersburg 64.000
7 Porto 75.000
Pot 2
Team Notes Coeff.
Barcelona 128.000
Atlético Madrid 127.000
Manchester City 116.000
Manchester United 100.000
Shakhtar Donetsk 85.000
Borussia Dortmund 85.000
Chelsea 83.000
Ajax 69.500
Pot 3
Team Notes Coeff.
Dynamo Kyiv[LP] 55.000
Red Bull Salzburg[CP] 53.500
RB Leipzig 49.000
Inter Milan 44.000
Olympiacos[CP] 43.000
Lazio 41.000
Krasnodar[LP] 35.500
Atalanta 33.500
Pot 4
Team Notes Coeff.
Lokomotiv Moscow 33.000
Marseille 31.000
Club Brugge 28.500
Borussia Mönchengladbach 26.000
İstanbul Başakşehir 21.500
Midtjylland[CP] 14.500
Rennes 14.000
Ferencváros[CP] 9.000

Notes

  1. TH Champions League title holders, automatically placed into Pot 1 as top seed.
  2. EL Europa League title holders, automatically placed into Pot 1 as second top seed.
  3. CP Winners of play-off round (Champions Path).
  4. LP Winners of play-off round (League Path).

Format

In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners and runners-up advanced to the round of 16, while the third-placed teams entered the Europa League round of 32.

Tiebreakers

Teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams were tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (see Article 17 Equality of points – group stage, Regulations of the UEFA Champions League):[7]

  1. Points in head-to-head matches among the tied teams;
  2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among the tied teams;
  3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among the tied teams;
  4. Away goals scored in head-to-head matches among the tied teams;
  5. If more than two teams were tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above were reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
  6. Goal difference in all group matches;
  7. Goals scored in all group matches;
  8. Away goals scored in all group matches;
  9. Wins in all group matches;
  10. Away wins in all group matches;
  11. Disciplinary points (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
  12. UEFA club coefficient.

Groups

The matchdays were 20–21 October, 27–28 October, 3–4 November, 24–25 November, 1–2 December, and 8–9 December 2020. The scheduled kickoff times were 21:00 CET/CEST, with two matches on each Tuesday and Wednesday scheduled for 18:55 CET/CEST.[8]

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

Group A
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 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 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Red Bull Salzburg 2–2 Lokomotiv Moscow
 Report
Attendance: 3,000[9]
Bayern Munich 4–0 Atlético Madrid
 Report
Attendance: 0[9][note 2]
Lokomotiv Moscow 1–2 Bayern Munich
 Report
Attendance: 8,196[10]
Atlético Madrid 3–2 Red Bull Salzburg
 Report
Attendance: 0[10][note 2]
Lokomotiv Moscow 1–1 Atlético Madrid
 Report
  • Giménez  18'
Attendance: 8,147[11]
Red Bull Salzburg 2–6 Bayern Munich
 Report
Attendance: 0[11][note 2]
Atlético Madrid 0–0 Lokomotiv Moscow
Report
Attendance: 0[12][note 2]
Bayern Munich 3–1 Red Bull Salzburg
 Report
Attendance: 0[12][note 2]
Lokomotiv Moscow 1–3 Red Bull Salzburg
 Report
Attendance: 6,759[13]
Atlético Madrid 1–1 Bayern Munich
 Report
Attendance: 0[13][note 2]
Bayern Munich 2–0 Lokomotiv Moscow
 Report
Attendance: 0[14][note 2]
Red Bull Salzburg 0–2 Atlético Madrid
Report
Attendance: 0[14][note 2]

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification RMA MGB 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] 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 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head points: Borussia Mönchengladbach 6, Shakhtar Donetsk 0.
Real Madrid 2–3 Shakhtar Donetsk
 Report
Attendance: 0[9][note 2]
Inter Milan 2–2 Borussia Mönchengladbach
 Report
Attendance: 1,000[9]
Shakhtar Donetsk 0–0 Inter Milan
Report
Attendance: 10,178[10]
Borussia Mönchengladbach 2–2 Real Madrid
 Report
Attendance: 0[10][note 2]
Shakhtar Donetsk 0–6 Borussia Mönchengladbach
Report
Attendance: 0[11][note 2]
Real Madrid 3–2 Inter Milan
 Report
Attendance: 0[11][note 2]
Borussia Mönchengladbach 4–0 Shakhtar Donetsk
 Report
Attendance: 0[12][note 2]
Inter Milan 0–2 Real Madrid
Report
Attendance: 0[12][note 2]
Shakhtar Donetsk 2–0 Real Madrid
 Report
Attendance: 0[13][note 2]
Borussia Mönchengladbach 2–3 Inter Milan
 Report
Attendance: 0[13][note 2]
Real Madrid 2–0 Borussia Mönchengladbach
 Report
Attendance: 0[14][note 2]
Inter Milan 0–0 Shakhtar Donetsk
Report
Attendance: 0[14][note 2]

Group C
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 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 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. Tied on head-to-head points (3). Head-to-head away goals: Olympiacos 1, Marseille 0.
Manchester City 3–1 Porto
 Report
Attendance: 0[9][note 2]
Olympiacos 1–0 Marseille
 Report
Attendance: 0[9][note 2]
Porto 2–0 Olympiacos
 Report
Attendance: 2,450[10]
Marseille 0–3 Manchester City
Report
Attendance: 0[10][note 2]
Manchester City 3–0 Olympiacos
 Report
Attendance: 0[11][note 2]
Porto 3–0 Marseille
 Report
Attendance: 0[11][note 2]
Olympiacos 0–1 Manchester City
Report
Attendance: 0[12][note 2]
Referee: Davide Massa (Italy)
Marseille 0–2 Porto
Report
Attendance: 0[12][note 2]
Marseille 2–1 Olympiacos
 Report
Attendance: 0[13][note 2]
Porto 0–0 Manchester City
Report
Attendance: 0[13][note 2]
Manchester City 3–0 Marseille
 Report
Attendance: 0[14][note 2]
Referee: Halil Umut Meler (Turkey)
Olympiacos 0–2 Porto
Report
Attendance: 0[14][note 2]
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

Group D
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 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 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Ajax 0–1 Liverpool
Report
Attendance: 0[9][note 2]
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
Midtjylland 0–4 Atalanta
Report
Attendance: 132[9]
Liverpool 2–0 Midtjylland
 Report
Attendance: 0[10][note 2]
Atalanta 2–2 Ajax
 Report
Attendance: 0[10][note 2]
Midtjylland 1–2 Ajax
 Report
Attendance: 132[11]
Atalanta 0–5 Liverpool
Report
Attendance: 0[11][note 2]
Liverpool 0–2 Atalanta
Report
Attendance: 0[12][note 2]
Ajax 3–1 Midtjylland
 Report
Attendance: 0[12][note 2]
Liverpool 1–0 Ajax
 Report
Attendance: 0[13][note 2]
Atalanta 1–1 Midtjylland
 Report
Attendance: 0[13][note 2]
Ajax 0–1 Atalanta
Report
Attendance: 0[14][note 2]
Midtjylland 1–1 Liverpool
 Report
Attendance: 147[14]

Group E
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 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 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Chelsea 0–0 Sevilla
Report
Attendance: 0[15][note 2]
Referee: Davide Massa (Italy)
Rennes 1–1 Krasnodar
 Report
Attendance: 4,973[15]
Krasnodar 0–4 Chelsea
Report
Attendance: 10,544[16]
Sevilla 1–0 Rennes
 Report
Attendance: 0[16][note 2]
Sevilla 3–2 Krasnodar
 Report
Attendance: 0[17][note 2]
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
Chelsea 3–0 Rennes
 Report
Attendance: 0[17][note 2]
Krasnodar 1–2 Sevilla
 Report
Attendance: 10,554[18]
Referee: Marco Guida (Italy)
Rennes 1–2 Chelsea
 Report
Attendance: 0[18][note 2]
Krasnodar 1–0 Rennes
 Report
Attendance: 8,747[19]
Sevilla 0–4 Chelsea
Report
Attendance: 0[19][note 2]
Chelsea 1–1 Krasnodar
 Report
Attendance: 2,000[20]
Rennes 1–3 Sevilla
 Report
Attendance: 0[20][note 2]
Referee: Bartosz Frankowski (Poland)

Group F
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 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 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Zenit Saint Petersburg 1–2 Club Brugge
 Report
Attendance: 16,682[15]
Lazio 3–1 Borussia Dortmund
 Report
Attendance: 1,000[15]
Borussia Dortmund 2–0 Zenit Saint Petersburg
 Report
Attendance: 0[16][note 2]
Club Brugge 1–1 Lazio
 Report
Attendance: 0[16][note 2]
Zenit Saint Petersburg 1–1 Lazio
 Report
Attendance: 17,427[17]
Club Brugge 0–3 Borussia Dortmund
Report
Attendance: 0[17][note 2]
Lazio 3–1 Zenit Saint Petersburg
 Report
Attendance: 0[18][note 2]
Borussia Dortmund 3–0 Club Brugge
 Report
Attendance: 0[18][note 2]
Borussia Dortmund 1–1 Lazio
 Report
Attendance: 0[19][note 2]
Club Brugge 3–0 Zenit Saint Petersburg
 Report
Attendance: 0[19][note 2]
Zenit Saint Petersburg 1–2 Borussia Dortmund
 Report
Attendance: 10,860[20]
Lazio 2–2 Club Brugge
 Report
Attendance: 0[20][note 2]

Group G
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] 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 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. Tied on head-to-head points (3). Head-to-head goal difference: Juventus +1, Barcelona –1.
Dynamo Kyiv 0–2 Juventus
Report
Attendance: 14,850[15]
Barcelona 5–1 Ferencváros
 Report
Attendance: 0[15][note 2]
Juventus 0–2 Barcelona
Report
Attendance: 0[16][note 2]
Ferencváros 2–2 Dynamo Kyiv
 Report
Attendance: 6,171[16]
Barcelona 2–1 Dynamo Kyiv
 Report
Attendance: 0[17][note 2]
Ferencváros 1–4 Juventus
 Report
Attendance: 18,531[17]
Dynamo Kyiv 0–4 Barcelona
Report
Attendance: 0[18][note 2]
Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)
Juventus 2–1 Ferencváros
 Report
Attendance: 0[18][note 2]
Juventus 3–0 Dynamo Kyiv
 Report
Attendance: 0[19][note 2]
Ferencváros 0–3 Barcelona
Report
Attendance: 0[19][note 2]
Barcelona 0–3 Juventus
Report
Attendance: 0[20][note 2]
Dynamo Kyiv 1–0 Ferencváros
 Report
Attendance: 0[20][note 2]

Group H
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification PAR RBL MUN IBFK
1 Paris Saint-Germain 6 4 0 2 13 6 +7 12[lower-alpha 1] Advance to knockout phase — 1–0 1–2 5–1
2 RB Leipzig 6 4 0 2 11 12 −1 12[lower-alpha 1] 2–1 — 3–2 2–0
3 Manchester United 6 3 0 3 15 10 +5 9 Transfer to Europa League 1–3 5–0 — 4–1
4 İstanbul Başakşehir 6 1 0 5 7 18 −11 3 0–2 3–4 2–1 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. Tied on head-to-head points (3). Head-to-head away goals: Paris Saint-Germain 1, RB Leipzig 0.
Paris Saint-Germain 1–2 Manchester United
 Report
Attendance: 0[15][note 2]
RB Leipzig 2–0 İstanbul Başakşehir
 Report
Attendance: 999[15]
İstanbul Başakşehir 0–2 Paris Saint-Germain
Report
Attendance: 350[16]
Manchester United 5–0 RB Leipzig
 Report
Attendance: 577[16]
Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)
İstanbul Başakşehir 2–1 Manchester United
 Report
Attendance: 350[17]
Referee: Davide Massa (Italy)
RB Leipzig 2–1 Paris Saint-Germain
 Report
Attendance: 0[17][note 2]
Manchester United 4–1 İstanbul Başakşehir
 Report
Attendance: 545[18]
Paris Saint-Germain 1–0 RB Leipzig
 Report
Attendance: 0[18][note 2]
İstanbul Başakşehir 3–4 RB Leipzig
 Report
Attendance: 0[19][note 2]
Manchester United 1–3 Paris Saint-Germain
 Report
Attendance: 638[19]
Paris Saint-Germain 5–1 İstanbul Başakşehir
 Report
Attendance: 0[20][note 2]
RB Leipzig 3–2 Manchester United
 Report
Attendance: 0[20][note 2]

Notes
  1. CEST (UTC+2) for dates up to 24 October 2020 (matchday 1), and CET (UTC+1) for dates thereafter (matchdays 2–6).
  2. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, the match was played behind closed doors.
  3. Real Madrid played their home matches at Alfredo di Stéfano, Madrid, instead of their regular home stadium Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid.
  4. Shakhtar Donetsk played their home matches at NSC Olimpiyskiy Stadium, Kyiv, instead of their regular home stadium Donbass Arena, Donetsk, due to the war conditions in Eastern Ukraine.
  5. Ferencváros played their home matches against Juventus and Barcelona at Puskás Aréna, Budapest, instead of their regular home stadium Groupama Arena, Budapest.[21]
  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] The match was resumed on 9 December 2020, 18:55 CET, with a new team of match officials.

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