2017–18 UEFA Champions League group stage facts for kids

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The 2017–18 UEFA Champions League group stage began on 12 September and ended on 6 December 2017. A total of 32 teams competed in the group stage to decide the 16 places in the knockout phase of the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League.

Teams
Format
- Tiebreakers
Groups
- Group A
- Group B
- Group C
- Group D
- Group E
- Group F
- Group G
- Group H

Teams

Below were the participating teams (with their 2017 UEFA club coefficients), grouped by their seeding pot. They included 22 teams which enter in this stage, and the 10 winners of the play-off round (5 in Champions Route, 5 in League Route).

Key to colours
Group winners and runners-up advance to the round of 16
Third-placed teams enter the Europa League round of 32

Pot 1 (by association rank)
Team	Coeff.
Real Madrid	176.999
Bayern Munich	154.899
Chelsea	106.192
Juventus	140.666
Benfica	111.866
Monaco	62.333
Spartak Moscow	18.606
Shakhtar Donetsk	87.526

Pot 2
Team	Coeff.
Barcelona	151.999
Atlético Madrid	142.999
Paris Saint-Germain	126.333
Borussia Dortmund	124.899
Sevilla	112.999
Manchester City	100.192
Porto	98.866
Manchester United	95.192

Pot 3
Team	Coeff.
Napoli	88.666
Tottenham Hotspur	77.192
Basel	74.415
Olympiacos	64.580
Anderlecht	58.480
Liverpool	56.192
Roma	53.666
Beşiktaş	45.840

Pot 4
Team	Coeff.
Celtic	42.785
CSKA Moscow	39.606
Sporting CP	36.866
APOEL	26.210
Feyenoord	23.212
Maribor	21.125
Qarabağ	18.050
RB Leipzig	15.899

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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), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Articles 17.01):

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

Groups

The matchdays were 12–13 September, 26–27 September, 17–18 October, 31 October – 1 November, 21–22 November, and 5–6 December 2017. The match kickoff times were 20:45 CEST/CET in general, except for certain matches for geographical reasons.

Times are CET/CEST, as listed by UEFA (local times are in parentheses).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Manchester United	6	5	1	12	3	+9	15	Advance to knockout phase
2	Basel	6	4	2	11	5	+6	12	Advance to knockout phase
3	CSKA Moscow	6	3	3	8	10	−2	9	Transfer to Europa League
4	Benfica	6	0	6	1	14	−13	0

Source: UEFA

12 September 2017 (2017-09-12) 20:45 (19:45 UTC+1)	Benfica	1–2	CSKA Moscow	Estádio da Luz, Lisbon Attendance: 38,323 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)
	Seferović 50'	Report	Vitinho 63' (pen.) Zhamaletdinov 71'

12 September 2017 (2017-09-12) 20:45 (19:45 UTC+1)	Manchester United	3–0	Basel	Old Trafford, Manchester Attendance: 73,854 Referee: Ruddy Buquet (France)
	Fellaini 35' Lukaku 53' Rashford 84'	Report

27 September 2017 (2017-09-27) 20:45 (20:45 UTC+2)	Basel	5–0	Benfica	St. Jakob-Park, Basel Attendance: 34,111 Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland)
	Lang 2' Oberlin 20', 69' Van Wolfswinkel 60' (pen.) Riveros 76'	Report

27 September 2017 (2017-09-27) 20:45 (21:45 UTC+3)	CSKA Moscow	1–4	Manchester United	VEB Arena, Moscow Attendance: 29,073 Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)
	Kuchayev 90'	Report	Lukaku 4', 27' Martial 19' (pen.) Mkhitaryan 57'

18 October 2017 (2017-10-18) 20:45 (21:45 UTC+3)	CSKA Moscow	0–2	Basel	VEB Arena, Moscow Attendance: 27,996 Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)
		Report	Xhaka 29' Oberlin 90'

18 October 2017 (2017-10-18) 20:45 (19:45 UTC+1)	Benfica	0–1	Manchester United	Estádio da Luz, Lisbon Attendance: 57,684 Referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany)
		Report	Rashford 64'

31 October 2017 (2017-10-31) 20:45 (20:45 UTC+1)	Basel	1–2	CSKA Moscow	St. Jakob-Park, Basel Attendance: 33,303 Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)
	Zuffi 32'	Report	Dzagoev 65' Wernbloom 79'

31 October 2017 (2017-10-31) 20:45 (19:45 UTC±0)	Manchester United	2–0	Benfica	Old Trafford, Manchester Attendance: 74,437 Referee: Gediminas Mažeika (Lithuania)
	Svilar 45' (o.g.) Blind 78' (pen.)	Report

22 November 2017 (2017-11-22) 18:00 (20:00 UTC+3)	CSKA Moscow	2–0	Benfica	VEB Arena, Moscow Attendance: 27,709 Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Germany)
	Shchennikov 13' Jardel 56' (o.g.)	Report

22 November 2017 (2017-11-22) 20:45 (20:45 UTC+1)	Basel	1–0	Manchester United	St. Jakob-Park, Basel Attendance: 36,000 Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy)
	Lang 89'	Report

5 December 2017 (2017-12-05) 20:45 (19:45 UTC±0)	Benfica	0–2	Basel	Estádio da Luz, Lisbon Attendance: 22,470 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano (Spain)
		Report	Elyounoussi 5' Oberlin 65'

5 December 2017 (2017-12-05) 20:45 (19:45 UTC±0)	Manchester United	2–1	CSKA Moscow	Old Trafford, Manchester Attendance: 74,669 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)
	Lukaku 64' Rashford 66'	Report	Vitinho 45'

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Paris Saint-Germain	6	5	1	25	4	+21	15	Advance to knockout phase
2	Bayern Munich	6	5	1	13	6	+7	15	Advance to knockout phase
3	Celtic	6	1	5	5	18	−13	3	Transfer to Europa League
4	Anderlecht	6	1	5	2	17	−15	3

Source: UEFA
Notes:

12 September 2017 (2017-09-12) 20:45 (20:45 UTC+2)	Bayern Munich	3–0	Anderlecht	Allianz Arena, Munich Attendance: 70,000 Referee: Paolo Tagliavento (Italy)
	Lewandowski 12' (pen.) Thiago 65' Kimmich 90'	Report

12 September 2017 (2017-09-12) 20:45 (19:45 UTC+1)	Celtic	0–5	Paris Saint-Germain	Celtic Park, Glasgow Attendance: 57,562 Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy)
		Report	Neymar 19' Mbappé 34' Cavani 40' (pen.), 85' Lustig 83' (o.g.)

27 September 2017 (2017-09-27) 20:45 (20:45 UTC+2)	Paris Saint-Germain	3–0	Bayern Munich	Parc des Princes, Paris Attendance: 46,252 Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)
	Dani Alves 2' Cavani 31' Neymar 63'	Report

27 September 2017 (2017-09-27) 20:45 (20:45 UTC+2)	Anderlecht	0–3	Celtic	Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Anderlecht Attendance: 19,898 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano (Spain)
		Report	Griffiths 38' Roberts 50' Sinclair 90+3'

18 October 2017 (2017-10-18) 20:45 (20:45 UTC+2)	Anderlecht	0–4	Paris Saint-Germain	Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Anderlecht Attendance: 19,108 Referee: Pavel Královec (Czech Republic)
		Report	Mbappé 3' Cavani 44' Neymar 66' Di María 88'

18 October 2017 (2017-10-18) 20:45 (20:45 UTC+2)	Bayern Munich	3–0	Celtic	Allianz Arena, Munich Attendance: 70,000 Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)
	Müller 17' Kimmich 29' Hummels 51'	Report

31 October 2017 (2017-10-31) 20:45 (20:45 UTC+1)	Paris Saint-Germain	5–0	Anderlecht	Parc des Princes, Paris Attendance: 46,403 Referee: David Fernández Borbalán (Spain)
	Verratti 30' Neymar 45+4' Kurzawa 52', 72', 78'	Report

31 October 2017 (2017-10-31) 20:45 (19:45 UTC±0)	Celtic	1–2	Bayern Munich	Celtic Park, Glasgow Attendance: 58,269 Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)
	McGregor 74'	Report	Coman 22' Martínez 77'

22 November 2017 (2017-11-22) 20:45 (20:45 UTC+1)	Anderlecht	1–2	Bayern Munich	Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Anderlecht Attendance: 19,753 Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)
	Hanni 63'	Report	Lewandowski 51' Tolisso 77'

22 November 2017 (2017-11-22) 20:45 (20:45 UTC+1)	Paris Saint-Germain	7–1	Celtic	Parc des Princes, Paris Attendance: 46,288 Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)
	Neymar 9', 22' Cavani 28', 79' Mbappé 35' Verratti 75' Dani Alves 80'	Report	Dembélé 1'

5 December 2017 (2017-12-05) 20:45 (20:45 UTC+1)	Bayern Munich	3–1	Paris Saint-Germain	Allianz Arena, Munich Attendance: 70,000 Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)
	Lewandowski 8' Tolisso 37', 69'	Report	Mbappé 50'

5 December 2017 (2017-12-05) 20:45 (19:45 UTC±0)	Celtic	0–1	Anderlecht	Celtic Park, Glasgow Attendance: 57,931 Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)
		Report	Šimunović 62' (o.g.)

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Roma	6	3	2	1	9	6	+3	11	Advance to knockout phase
2	Chelsea	6	3	2	1	16	8	+8	11	Advance to knockout phase
3	Atlético Madrid	6	1	4	1	5	4	+1	7	Transfer to Europa League
4	Qarabağ	6	0	2	4	2	14	−12	2

Source: UEFA
Notes:

12 September 2017 (2017-09-12) 20:45 (19:45 UTC+1)	Chelsea	6–0	Qarabağ	Stamford Bridge, London Attendance: 41,150 Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)
	Pedro 5' Zappacosta 30' Azpilicueta 55' Bakayoko 71' Batshuayi 76' Medvedev 82' (o.g.)	Report

12 September 2017 (2017-09-12) 20:45 (20:45 UTC+2)	Roma	0–0	Atlético Madrid	Stadio Olimpico, Rome Attendance: 36,064 Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)
		Report

27 September 2017 (2017-09-27) 18:00 (20:00 UTC+4)	Qarabağ	1–2	Roma	Olympic Stadium, Baku Attendance: 67,200 Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)
	Pedro Henrique 28'	Report	Manolas 7' Džeko 15'

27 September 2017 (2017-09-27) 20:45 (20:45 UTC+2)	Atlético Madrid	1–2	Chelsea	Wanda Metropolitano, Madrid Attendance: 60,643 Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)
	Griezmann 40' (pen.)	Report	Morata 60' Batshuayi 90+3'

18 October 2017 (2017-10-18) 18:00 (20:00 UTC+4)	Qarabağ	0–0	Atlético Madrid	Olympic Stadium, Baku Attendance: 47,923 Referee: Ruddy Buquet (France)
		Report

18 October 2017 (2017-10-18) 20:45 (19:45 UTC+1)	Chelsea	3–3	Roma	Stamford Bridge, London Attendance: 41,105 Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)
	David Luiz 11' Hazard 37', 75'	Report	Kolarov 40' Džeko 64', 70'

31 October 2017 (2017-10-31) 20:45 (20:45 UTC+1)	Atlético Madrid	1–1	Qarabağ	Wanda Metropolitano, Madrid Attendance: 55,893 Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Germany)
	Partey 56'	Report	Míchel 40'

31 October 2017 (2017-10-31) 20:45 (20:45 UTC+1)	Roma	3–0	Chelsea	Stadio Olimpico, Rome Attendance: 55,036 Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)
	El Shaarawy 1', 36' Perotti 63'	Report

22 November 2017 (2017-11-22) 18:00 (21:00 UTC+4)	Qarabağ	0–4	Chelsea	Olympic Stadium, Baku Attendance: 67,100 Referee: Jorge Sousa (Portugal)
		Report	Hazard 21' (pen.) Willian 36', 85' Fàbregas 73' (pen.)

22 November 2017 (2017-11-22) 20:45 (20:45 UTC+1)	Atlético Madrid	2–0	Roma	Wanda Metropolitano, Madrid Attendance: 56,253 Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)
	Griezmann 69' Gameiro 85'	Report

5 December 2017 (2017-12-05) 20:45 (19:45 UTC±0)	Chelsea	1–1	Atlético Madrid	Stamford Bridge, London Attendance: 40,875 Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)
	Savić 75' (o.g.)	Report	Saúl 56'

5 December 2017 (2017-12-05) 20:45 (20:45 UTC+1)	Roma	1–0	Qarabağ	Stadio Olimpico, Rome Attendance: 34,258 Referee: Tobias Stieler (Germany)
	Perotti 53'	Report

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Barcelona	6	4	2	0	9	1	+8	14	Advance to knockout phase
2	Juventus	6	3	2	1	7	5	+2	11	Advance to knockout phase
3	Sporting CP	6	2	1	3	8	9	−1	7	Transfer to Europa League
4	Olympiacos	6	0	1	5	4	13	−9	1

Source: UEFA

12 September 2017 (2017-09-12) 20:45 (20:45 UTC+2)	Barcelona	3–0	Juventus	Camp Nou, Barcelona Attendance: 78,656 Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)
	Messi 45', 69' Rakitić 56'	Report

12 September 2017 (2017-09-12) 20:45 (21:45 UTC+3)	Olympiacos	2–3	Sporting CP	Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus Attendance: 30,168 Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)
	Pardo 89', 90+3'	Report	Doumbia 2' Gelson M. 13' Fernandes 43'

27 September 2017 (2017-09-27) 20:45 (19:45 UTC+1)	Sporting CP	0–1	Barcelona	Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon Attendance: 48,575 Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)
		Report	Coates 49' (o.g.)

27 September 2017 (2017-09-27) 20:45 (20:45 UTC+2)	Juventus	2–0	Olympiacos	Juventus Stadium, Turin Attendance: 33,460 Referee: Tobias Stieler (Germany)
	Higuaín 69' Mandžukić 80'	Report

18 October 2017 (2017-10-18) 20:45 (20:45 UTC+2)	Juventus	2–1	Sporting CP	Juventus Stadium, Turin Attendance: 36,288 Referee: Michael Oliver (England)
	Pjanić 29' Mandžukić 84'	Report	Alex Sandro 12' (o.g.)

18 October 2017 (2017-10-18) 20:45 (20:45 UTC+2)	Barcelona	3–1	Olympiacos	Camp Nou, Barcelona Attendance: 55,026 Referee: Willie Collum (Scotland)
	Nikolaou 18' (o.g.) Messi 61' Digne 64'	Report	Nikolaou 90'

31 October 2017 (2017-10-31) 20:45 (19:45 UTC±0)	Sporting CP	1–1	Juventus	Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon Attendance: 48,442 Referee: Clément Turpin (France)
	Bruno César 20'	Report	Higuaín 79'

31 October 2017 (2017-10-31) 20:45 (21:45 UTC+2)	Olympiacos	0–0	Barcelona	Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus Attendance: 31,600 Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)
		Report

22 November 2017 (2017-11-22) 20:45 (20:45 UTC+1)	Juventus	0–0	Barcelona	Juventus Stadium, Turin Attendance: 40,876 Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)
		Report

22 November 2017 (2017-11-22) 20:45 (19:45 UTC±0)	Sporting CP	3–1	Olympiacos	Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon Attendance: 42,528 Referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany)
	Dost 40', 66' Bruno César 43'	Report	Odjidja-Ofoe 86'

5 December 2017 (2017-12-05) 20:45 (20:45 UTC+1)	Barcelona	2–0	Sporting CP	Camp Nou, Barcelona Attendance: 48,336 Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland)
	Alcácer 59' Mathieu 90+1' (o.g.)	Report

5 December 2017 (2017-12-05) 20:45 (21:45 UTC+2)	Olympiacos	0–2	Juventus	Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus Attendance: 29,567 Referee: David Fernández Borbalán (Spain)
		Report	Cuadrado 15' Bernardeschi 90'

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Liverpool	6	3	3	0	23	6	+17	12	Advance to knockout phase
2	Sevilla	6	2	3	1	12	12	0	9	Advance to knockout phase
3	Spartak Moscow	6	1	3	2	9	13	−4	6	Transfer to Europa League
4	Maribor	6	0	3	3	3	16	−13	3

Source: UEFA

13 September 2017 (2017-09-13) 20:45 (20:45 UTC+2)	Maribor	1–1	Spartak Moscow	Ljudski vrt, Maribor Attendance: 12,566 Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Germany)
	Bohar 85'	Report	Samedov 59'

13 September 2017 (2017-09-13) 20:45 (19:45 UTC+1)	Liverpool	2–2	Sevilla	Anfield, Liverpool Attendance: 52,332 Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)
	Firmino 21' Salah 37'	Report	Ben Yedder 5' Correa 72'

26 September 2017 (2017-09-26) 20:45 (20:45 UTC+2)	Sevilla	3–0	Maribor	Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville Attendance: 34,705 Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus)
	Ben Yedder 27', 38', 83' (pen.)	Report

26 September 2017 (2017-09-26) 20:45 (21:45 UTC+3)	Spartak Moscow	1–1	Liverpool	Otkritie Arena, Moscow Attendance: 43,376 Referee: Clément Turpin (France)
	Fernando 23'	Report	Coutinho 31'

17 October 2017 (2017-10-17) 20:45 (21:45 UTC+3)	Spartak Moscow	5–1	Sevilla	Otkritie Arena, Moscow Attendance: 44,307 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)
	Promes 18', 90' Melgarejo 58' Glushakov 67' Luiz Adriano 74'	Report	Kjær 30'

17 October 2017 (2017-10-17) 20:45 (20:45 UTC+2)	Maribor	0–7	Liverpool	Ljudski vrt, Maribor Attendance: 12,506 Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)
		Report	Firmino 4', 54' Coutinho 13' Salah 19', 40' Oxlade-Chamberlain 86' Alexander-Arnold 90'

1 November 2017 (2017-11-01) 20:45 (20:45 UTC+1)	Sevilla	2–1	Spartak Moscow	Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville Attendance: 38,002 Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)
	Lenglet 30' Banega 59'	Report	Zé Luís 78'

1 November 2017 (2017-11-01) 20:45 (19:45 UTC±0)	Liverpool	3–0	Maribor	Anfield, Liverpool Attendance: 47,957 Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)
	Salah 49' Can 64' Sturridge 90'	Report

21 November 2017 (2017-11-21) 18:00 (20:00 UTC+3)	Spartak Moscow	1–1	Maribor	Otkritie Arena, Moscow Attendance: 42,920 Referee: Willie Collum (Scotland)
	Zé Luís 82'	Report	Mešanović 90+2'

21 November 2017 (2017-11-21) 20:45 (20:45 UTC+1)	Sevilla	3–3	Liverpool	Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville Attendance: 39,495 Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
	Ben Yedder 51', 60' (pen.) Pizarro 90+3'	Report	Firmino 2', 30' Mané 22'

6 December 2017 (2017-12-06) 20:45 (20:45 UTC+1)	Maribor	1–1	Sevilla	Ljudski vrt, Maribor Attendance: 11,976 Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)
	Tavares 10'	Report	Ganso 75'

6 December 2017 (2017-12-06) 20:45 (19:45 UTC±0)	Liverpool	7–0	Spartak Moscow	Anfield, Liverpool Attendance: 48,779 Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)
	Coutinho 4' (pen.), 15', 50' Firmino 19' Mané 47', 76' Salah 86'	Report

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Manchester City	6	5	1	14	5	+9	15	Advance to knockout phase
2	Shakhtar Donetsk	6	4	2	9	9	0	12	Advance to knockout phase
3	Napoli	6	2	4	11	11	0	6	Transfer to Europa League
4	Feyenoord	6	1	5	5	14	−9	3

Source: UEFA

13 September 2017 (2017-09-13) 20:45 (20:45 UTC+2)	Feyenoord	0–4	Manchester City	De Kuip, Rotterdam Attendance: 43,500 Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)
		Report	Stones 2', 63' Agüero 10' Gabriel Jesus 25'

13 September 2017 (2017-09-13) 20:45 (21:45 UTC+3)	Shakhtar Donetsk	2–1	Napoli	Metalist Stadium, Kharkiv Attendance: 32,679 Referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany)
	Taison 15' Ferreyra 58'	Report	Milik 72' (pen.)

26 September 2017 (2017-09-26) 20:45 (20:45 UTC+2)	Napoli	3–1	Feyenoord	Stadio San Paolo, Naples Attendance: 22,577 Referee: Willie Collum (Scotland)
	Insigne 7' Mertens 49' Callejón 70'	Report	Amrabat 90+3'

26 September 2017 (2017-09-26) 20:45 (19:45 UTC+1)	Manchester City	2–0	Shakhtar Donetsk	City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester Attendance: 45,310 Referee: Jorge Sousa (Portugal)
	De Bruyne 48' Sterling 90'	Report

17 October 2017 (2017-10-17) 20:45 (19:45 UTC+1)	Manchester City	2–1	Napoli	City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester Attendance: 48,520 Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)
	Sterling 9' Gabriel Jesus 13'	Report	Diawara 73' (pen.)

17 October 2017 (2017-10-17) 20:45 (20:45 UTC+2)	Feyenoord	1–2	Shakhtar Donetsk	De Kuip, Rotterdam Attendance: 43,500 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)
	Berghuis 8'	Report	Bernard 24', 54'

1 November 2017 (2017-11-01) 20:45 (20:45 UTC+1)	Napoli	2–4	Manchester City	Stadio San Paolo, Naples Attendance: 44,483 Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
	Insigne 21' Jorginho 62' (pen.)	Report	Otamendi 34' Stones 48' Agüero 69' Sterling 90+2'

1 November 2017 (2017-11-01) 20:45 (21:45 UTC+2)	Shakhtar Donetsk	3–1	Feyenoord	Metalist Stadium, Kharkiv Attendance: 24,570 Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)
	Ferreyra 14' Marlos 17', 68'	Report	Jørgensen 12'

21 November 2017 (2017-11-21) 20:45 (19:45 UTC±0)	Manchester City	1–0	Feyenoord	City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester Attendance: 43,548 Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)
	Sterling 88'	Report

21 November 2017 (2017-11-21) 20:45 (20:45 UTC+1)	Napoli	3–0	Shakhtar Donetsk	Stadio San Paolo, Naples Attendance: 10,573 Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)
	Insigne 56' Zieliński 81' Mertens 83'	Report

6 December 2017 (2017-12-06) 20:45 (20:45 UTC+1)	Feyenoord	2–1	Napoli	De Kuip, Rotterdam Attendance: 36,500 Referee: Michael Oliver (England)
	Jørgensen 33' St. Juste 90+1'	Report	Zieliński 2'

6 December 2017 (2017-12-06) 20:45 (21:45 UTC+2)	Shakhtar Donetsk	2–1	Manchester City	Metalist Stadium, Kharkiv Attendance: 33,154 Referee: Benoît Bastien (France)
	Bernard 26' Ismaily 32'	Report	Agüero 90+2' (pen.)

Group G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Beşiktaş	6	4	2	0	11	5	+6	14	Advance to knockout phase
2	Porto	6	3	1	2	15	10	+5	10	Advance to knockout phase
3	RB Leipzig	6	2	1	3	10	11	−1	7	Transfer to Europa League
4	Monaco	6	0	2	4	6	16	−10	2

Source: UEFA

13 September 2017 (2017-09-13) 20:45 (20:45 UTC+2)	RB Leipzig	1–1	Monaco	Red Bull Arena, Leipzig Attendance: 40,068 Referee: Michael Oliver (England)
	Forsberg 33'	Report	Tielemans 34'

13 September 2017 (2017-09-13) 20:45 (19:45 UTC+1)	Porto	1–3	Beşiktaş	Estádio do Dragão, Porto Attendance: 42,429 Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)
	Tošić 21' (o.g.)	Report	Talisca 13' Tosun 28' Babel 86'

26 September 2017 (2017-09-26) 20:45 (21:45 UTC+3)	Beşiktaş	2–0	RB Leipzig	Vodafone Park, Istanbul Attendance: 36,641 Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)
	Babel 11' Talisca 43'	Report

26 September 2017 (2017-09-26) 20:45 (20:45 UTC+2)	Monaco	0–3	Porto	Stade Louis II, Monaco Attendance: 11,703 Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)
		Report	Aboubakar 31', 69' Layún 89'

17 October 2017 (2017-10-17) 20:45 (20:45 UTC+2)	Monaco	1–2	Beşiktaş	Stade Louis II, Monaco Attendance: 7,403 Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)
	Falcao 30'	Report	Tosun 34', 54'

17 October 2017 (2017-10-17) 20:45 (20:45 UTC+2)	RB Leipzig	3–2	Porto	Red Bull Arena, Leipzig Attendance: 41,496 Referee: Paolo Tagliavento (Italy)
	Orban 8' Forsberg 38' Augustin 41'	Report	Aboubakar 18' Marcano 44'

1 November 2017 (2017-11-01) 18:00 (20:00 UTC+3)	Beşiktaş	1–1	Monaco	Vodafone Park, Istanbul Attendance: 39,346 Referee: Paolo Tagliavento (Italy)
	Tosun 54' (pen.)	Report	Lopes 45+1'

1 November 2017 (2017-11-01) 20:45 (19:45 UTC±0)	Porto	3–1	RB Leipzig	Estádio do Dragão, Porto Attendance: 41,616 Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)
	Herrera 13' Danilo 61' Pereira 90+3'	Report	Werner 48'

21 November 2017 (2017-11-21) 18:00 (20:00 UTC+3)	Beşiktaş	1–1	Porto	Vodafone Park, Istanbul Attendance: 36,919 Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)
	Talisca 41'	Report	Felipe 29'

21 November 2017 (2017-11-21) 20:45 (20:45 UTC+1)	Monaco	1–4	RB Leipzig	Stade Louis II, Monaco Attendance: 9,029 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)
	Falcao 43'	Report	Jemerson 6' (o.g.) Werner 9', 31' (pen.) Keïta 45'

6 December 2017 (2017-12-06) 20:45 (20:45 UTC+1)	RB Leipzig	1–2	Beşiktaş	Red Bull Arena, Leipzig Attendance: 42,558 Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)
	Keïta 87'	Report	Negredo 10' (pen.) Talisca 90'

6 December 2017 (2017-12-06) 20:45 (19:45 UTC±0)	Porto	5–2	Monaco	Estádio do Dragão, Porto Attendance: 42,509 Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)
	Aboubakar 9', 33' Brahimi 45' Alex Telles 65' Soares 88'	Report	Glik 61' (pen.) Falcao 78'

Group H

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Tottenham Hotspur	6	5	1	0	15	4	+11	16	Advance to knockout phase
2	Real Madrid	6	4	1	1	17	7	+10	13	Advance to knockout phase
3	Borussia Dortmund	6	0	2	4	7	13	−6	2	Transfer to Europa League
4	APOEL	6	0	2	4	2	17	−15	2

Source: UEFA
Notes:

13 September 2017 (2017-09-13) 20:45 (20:45 UTC+2)	Real Madrid	3–0	APOEL	Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid Attendance: 71,060 Referee: Benoît Bastien (France)
	Ronaldo 12', 51' (pen.) Ramos 61'	Report

13 September 2017 (2017-09-13) 20:45 (19:45 UTC+1)	Tottenham Hotspur	3–1	Borussia Dortmund	Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 67,343 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)
	Son Heung-min 4' Kane 15', 60'	Report	Yarmolenko 11'

26 September 2017 (2017-09-26) 20:45 (20:45 UTC+2)	Borussia Dortmund	1–3	Real Madrid	Westfalenstadion, Dortmund Attendance: 65,849 Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)
	Aubameyang 54'	Report	Bale 18' Ronaldo 50', 79'

26 September 2017 (2017-09-26) 20:45 (21:45 UTC+3)	APOEL	0–3	Tottenham Hotspur	GSP Stadium, Nicosia Attendance: 16,324 Referee: Pavel Královec (Czech Republic)
		Report	Kane 39', 62', 67'

17 October 2017 (2017-10-17) 20:45 (21:45 UTC+3)	APOEL	1–1	Borussia Dortmund	GSP Stadium, Nicosia Attendance: 15,604 Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus)
	Poté 62'	Report	Papastathopoulos 67'

17 October 2017 (2017-10-17) 20:45 (20:45 UTC+2)	Real Madrid	1–1	Tottenham Hotspur	Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid Attendance: 76,589 Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)
	Ronaldo 43' (pen.)	Report	Varane 28' (o.g.)

1 November 2017 (2017-11-01) 20:45 (20:45 UTC+1)	Borussia Dortmund	1–1	APOEL	Westfalenstadion, Dortmund Attendance: 64,500 Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)
	Guerreiro 29'	Report	Poté 51'

1 November 2017 (2017-11-01) 20:45 (19:45 UTC±0)	Tottenham Hotspur	3–1	Real Madrid	Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 83,782 Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)
	Alli 27', 56' Eriksen 65'	Report	Ronaldo 80'

21 November 2017 (2017-11-21) 20:45 (21:45 UTC+2)	APOEL	0–6	Real Madrid	GSP Stadium, Nicosia Attendance: 19,705 Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)
		Report	Modrić 23' Benzema 39', 45+1' Nacho 41' Ronaldo 49', 54'

21 November 2017 (2017-11-21) 20:45 (20:45 UTC+1)	Borussia Dortmund	1–2	Tottenham Hotspur	Westfalenstadion, Dortmund Attendance: 65,849 Referee: Clément Turpin (France)
	Aubameyang 31'	Report	Kane 49' Son Heung-min 76'

6 December 2017 (2017-12-06) 20:45 (20:45 UTC+1)	Real Madrid	3–2	Borussia Dortmund	Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid Attendance: 73,323 Referee: Pavel Královec (Czech Republic)
	Mayoral 8' Ronaldo 12' Vázquez 81'	Report	Aubameyang 43', 49'

6 December 2017 (2017-12-06) 20:45 (19:45 UTC±0)	Tottenham Hotspur	3–0	APOEL	Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 42,679 Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)
	Llorente 20' Son Heung-min 37' N'Koudou 80'	Report

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Contents

Teams

Format

Tiebreakers

Groups

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Group E

Group F

Group G

Group H