2018–19 UEFA Champions League group stage facts for kids

The 2018–19 UEFA Champions League group stage is set to begin on 18 September and end on 12 December 2018. A total of 32 teams will compete in the group stage to decide the 16 places in the knockout stage of the 2018–19 UEFA Champions League.

Teams

Below are the teams (with their 2018 UEFA club coefficients), grouped by their seeding pot. They include:

26 teams which enter in this stage
4 Champions Path winners of the play-off round
2 League Path winners of the play-off round

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

Pot 1 (by association rank)
Assoc.	Team	Coeff.
TH	Real Madrid	162.000
EL	Atlético Madrid	140.000
1	Barcelona	132.000
2	Bayern Munich	135.000
3	Manchester City	100.000
4	Juventus	126.000
5	Paris Saint-Germain	109.000
6	Lokomotiv Moscow	22.500

Pot 2
Team	Coeff.
Borussia Dortmund	89.000
Porto	86.000
Manchester United	82.000
Shakhtar Donetsk	81.000
Benfica^[LP]	80.000
Napoli	78.000
Tottenham Hotspur	67.000
Roma	64.000

Pot 3
Team	Coeff.
Liverpool	62.000
Schalke 04	62.000
Lyon	59.500
Monaco	57.000
Ajax^[LP]	53.500
CSKA Moscow	45.000
PSV Eindhoven^[CP]	36.000
Valencia	36.000

Pot 4
Team	Coeff.
Viktoria Plzeň	33.000
Club Brugge	29.500
Galatasaray	29.500
Young Boys^[CP]	20.500
Internazionale	16.000
1899 Hoffenheim	14.285
Red Star Belgrade^[CP]	10.750
AEK Athens^[CP]	10.000

Notes

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Format

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

Tiebreakers

Teams are 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 are 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 group stage matches will be played from 18–19 September, 2–3 October, 23–24 October, 6–7 November, 27–28 November, up to 11–12 December 2018. The scheduled kickoff times are 21:00 CEST/CET, with two matches on each Tuesday and Wednesday scheduled for 18:55 CEST/CET.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	DOR	ATM	BRU	MON
1	Borussia Dortmund	6	4	1	1	10	2	+8	13	Advance to knockout phase	—	4–0	0–0	3–0
2	Atlético Madrid	6	4	1	1	9	6	+3	13	Advance to knockout phase	2–0	—	3–1	2–0
3	Club Brugge	6	1	3	2	6	5	+1	6	Transfer to Europa League	0–1	0–0	—	1–1
4	Monaco	6	0	1	5	2	14	−12	1		0–2	1–2	0–4	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:

18 September 2018 (2018-09-18) 21:00	Club Brugge	0–1	Borussia Dortmund	Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges Attendance: 25,181 Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)
		https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000980/match=2025053/index.html	Pulisic 85'

18 September 2018 (2018-09-18) 21:00	Monaco	1–2	Atlético Madrid	Stade Louis II, Monaco Attendance: 10,575 Referee: Willie Collum (Scotland)
	Grandsir 18'	https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000980/match=2025054/index.html	Costa 31' Giménez 45+1'

3 October 2018 (2018-10-03) 21:00	Atlético Madrid	3–1	Club Brugge	Wanda Metropolitano, Madrid Attendance: 55,742 Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)
	Griezmann 28', 67' Koke 90+4'	https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000980/match=2025077/index.html	Groeneveld 39'

3 October 2018 (2018-10-03) 21:00	Borussia Dortmund	3–0	Monaco	Westfalenstadion, Dortmund Attendance: 66,099 Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus)
	Bruun Larsen 51' Alcácer 72' Reus 90+2'	https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000980/match=2025078/index.html

24 October 2018 (2018-10-24) 18:55	Club Brugge	v	Monaco	Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges
		https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000980/match=2025094/index.html		Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges

24 October 2018 (2018-10-24) 21:00	Borussia Dortmund	v	Atlético Madrid	Westfalenstadion, Dortmund
		https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000980/match=2025093/index.html		Westfalenstadion, Dortmund

6 November 2018 (2018-11-06) 18:55	Monaco	v	Club Brugge	Stade Louis II, Monaco
		https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000980/match=2025102/index.html		Stade Louis II, Monaco

6 November 2018 (2018-11-06) 21:00	Atlético Madrid	v	Borussia Dortmund	Wanda Metropolitano, Madrid
		https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000980/match=2025101/index.html		Wanda Metropolitano, Madrid

28 November 2018 (2018-11-28) 18:55	Atlético Madrid	v	Monaco	Wanda Metropolitano, Madrid
		https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000980/match=2025126/index.html		Wanda Metropolitano, Madrid

28 November 2018 (2018-11-28) 21:00	Borussia Dortmund	v	Club Brugge	Westfalenstadion, Dortmund
		https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000980/match=2025125/index.html		Westfalenstadion, Dortmund

11 December 2018 (2018-12-11) 21:00	Club Brugge	v	Atlético Madrid	Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges
		https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000980/match=2025133/index.html		Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges

11 December 2018 (2018-12-11) 21:00	Monaco	v	Borussia Dortmund	Stade Louis II, Monaco
		https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000980/match=2025134/index.html		Stade Louis II, Monaco

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	BAR	TOT	INT	PSV
1	Barcelona	6	4	2	0	14	5	+9	14	Advance to knockout phase	—	1–1	2–0	4–0
2	Tottenham Hotspur	6	2	2	2	9	10	−1	8	Advance to knockout phase	2–4	—	1–0	2–1
3	Inter Milan	6	2	2	2	6	7	−1	8	Transfer to Europa League	1–1	2–1	—	1–1
4	PSV Eindhoven	6	0	2	4	6	13	−7	2		1–2	2–2	1–2	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:

18 September 2018 (2018-09-18) 18:55	Barcelona	4–0	PSV Eindhoven	Camp Nou, Barcelona Attendance: 73,462 Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)
	Messi 32', 77', 87' Dembélé 75'	https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000980/match=2025055/index.html

18 September 2018 (2018-09-18) 18:55	Internazionale	2–1	Tottenham Hotspur	San Siro, Milan Attendance: 64,123 Referee: Clément Turpin (France)
	Icardi 86' Vecino 90+2'	https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000980/match=2025056/index.html	Eriksen 53'

3 October 2018 (2018-10-03) 21:00 (20:00 BST)	Tottenham Hotspur	2–4	Barcelona	Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 82,137 Referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany)
	Kane 52' Lamela 66'	https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000980/match=2025079/index.html	Coutinho 2' Rakitić 28' Messi 56', 90'

3 October 2018 (2018-10-03) 21:00	PSV Eindhoven	1–2	Internazionale	Philips Stadion, Eindhoven Attendance: 34,750 Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)
	Rosario 27'	https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000980/match=2025080/index.html	Nainggolan 44' Icardi 60'

24 October 2018 (2018-10-24) 18:55	PSV Eindhoven	v	Tottenham Hotspur	Philips Stadion, Eindhoven
		https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000980/match=2025095/index.html		Philips Stadion, Eindhoven

24 October 2018 (2018-10-24) 21:00	Barcelona	v	Internazionale	Camp Nou, Barcelona
		https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000980/match=2025096/index.html		Camp Nou, Barcelona

6 November 2018 (2018-11-06) 21:00 (20:00 GMT)	Tottenham Hotspur	v	PSV Eindhoven	Wembley Stadium, London
		https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000980/match=2025103/index.html		Wembley Stadium, London

6 November 2018 (2018-11-06) 21:00	Internazionale	v	Barcelona	San Siro, Milan
		https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000980/match=2025104/index.html		San Siro, Milan

28 November 2018 (2018-11-28) 21:00	PSV Eindhoven	v	Barcelona	Philips Stadion, Eindhoven
		https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000980/match=2025127/index.html		Philips Stadion, Eindhoven

28 November 2018 (2018-11-28) 21:00 (20:00 GMT)	Tottenham Hotspur	v	Internazionale	Wembley Stadium, London
		https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000980/match=2025128/index.html		Wembley Stadium, London

11 December 2018 (2018-12-11) 21:00	Barcelona	v	Tottenham Hotspur	Camp Nou, Barcelona
		https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000980/match=2025135/index.html		Camp Nou, Barcelona

11 December 2018 (2018-12-11) 21:00	Internazionale	v	PSV Eindhoven	San Siro, Milan
		https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000980/match=2025136/index.html		San Siro, Milan

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	PAR	LIV	NAP	ZVE
1	Paris Saint-Germain	6	3	2	1	17	9	+8	11	Advance to knockout phase	—	2–1	2–2	6–1
2	Liverpool	6	3	0	3	9	7	+2	9	Advance to knockout phase	3–2	—	1–0	4–0
3	Napoli	6	2	3	1	7	5	+2	9	Transfer to Europa League	1–1	1–0	—	3–1
4	Red Star Belgrade	6	1	1	4	5	17	−12	4		1–4	2–0	0–0	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:

18 September 2018 (2018-09-18) 21:00 (20:00 BST)	Liverpool	3–2	Paris Saint-Germain	Anfield, Liverpool Attendance: 52,478 Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)
	Sturridge 30' Milner 36' (pen.) Firmino 90+2'	https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000980/match=2025057/index.html	Meunier 40' Mbappé 83'

18 September 2018 (2018-09-18) 21:00	Red Star Belgrade	0–0	Napoli	Red Star Stadium, Belgrade Attendance: 49,112 Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)
		https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000980/match=2025058/index.html

3 October 2018 (2018-10-03) 18:55	Paris Saint-Germain	6–1	Red Star Belgrade	Parc des Princes, Paris Attendance: 39,979 Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)
	Neymar 20', 22', 81' Cavani 37' Di María 42' Mbappé 70'	https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000980/match=2025082/index.html	Marin 74'

3 October 2018 (2018-10-03) 21:00	Napoli	1–0	Liverpool	Stadio San Paolo, Naples Attendance: 37,057 Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)
	Insigne 90'	https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000980/match=2025081/index.html

24 October 2018 (2018-10-24) 21:00	Paris Saint-Germain	v	Napoli	Parc des Princes, Paris
		https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000980/match=2025097/index.html		Parc des Princes, Paris

24 October 2018 (2018-10-24) 21:00 (20:00 BST)	Liverpool	v	Red Star Belgrade	Anfield, Liverpool
		https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000980/match=2025098/index.html		Anfield, Liverpool

6 November 2018 (2018-11-06) 18:55	Red Star Belgrade	v	Liverpool	Red Star Stadium, Belgrade
		https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000980/match=2025106/index.html		Red Star Stadium, Belgrade

6 November 2018 (2018-11-06) 21:00	Napoli	v	Paris Saint-Germain	Stadio San Paolo, Naples
		https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000980/match=2025105/index.html		Stadio San Paolo, Naples

28 November 2018 (2018-11-28) 21:00	Paris Saint-Germain	v	Liverpool	Parc des Princes, Paris
		https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000980/match=2025129/index.html		Parc des Princes, Paris

28 November 2018 (2018-11-28) 21:00	Napoli	v	Red Star Belgrade	Stadio San Paolo, Naples
		https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000980/match=2025130/index.html		Stadio San Paolo, Naples

11 December 2018 (2018-12-11) 21:00 (20:00 GMT)	Liverpool	v	Napoli	Anfield, Liverpool
		https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000980/match=2025137/index.html		Anfield, Liverpool

11 December 2018 (2018-12-11) 21:00	Red Star Belgrade	v	Paris Saint-Germain	Red Star Stadium, Belgrade
		https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000980/match=2025138/index.html		Red Star Stadium, Belgrade

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	POR	SCH	GAL	LOM
1	Porto	6	5	1	0	15	6	+9	16	Advance to knockout phase	—	3–1	1–0	4–1
2	Schalke 04	6	3	2	1	6	4	+2	11	Advance to knockout phase	1–1	—	2–0	1–0
3	Galatasaray	6	1	1	4	5	8	−3	4	Transfer to Europa League	2–3	0–0	—	3–0
4	Lokomotiv Moscow	6	1	0	5	4	12	−8	3		1–3	0–1	2–0	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

18 September 2018 (2018-09-18) 21:00 (22:00 TRT)	Galatasaray	3–0	Lokomotiv Moscow	Türk Telekom Stadium, Istanbul Attendance: 43,542 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)
	Rodrigues 9' Derdiyok 67' İnan 90+4' (pen.)	https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000980/match=2025059/index.html

18 September 2018 (2018-09-18) 21:00	Schalke 04	1–1	Porto	Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen Attendance: 45,755 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano (Spain)
	Embolo 64'	https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000980/match=2025060/index.html	Otávio 75' (pen.)

3 October 2018 (2018-10-03) 18:55 (19:55 MSK)	Lokomotiv Moscow	0–1	Schalke 04	RZD Arena, Moscow Attendance: 21,471 Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)
		https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000980/match=2025084/index.html	McKennie 88'

3 October 2018 (2018-10-03) 21:00 (20:00 WEST)	Porto	1–0	Galatasaray	Estádio do Dragão, Porto Attendance: 42,711 Referee: Michael Oliver (England)
	Marega 49'	https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000980/match=2025083/index.html

24 October 2018 (2018-10-24) 21:00 (22:00 MSK)	Lokomotiv Moscow	v	Porto	RZD Arena, Moscow
		https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000980/match=2025099/index.html		RZD Arena, Moscow

24 October 2018 (2018-10-24) 21:00 (22:00 TRT)	Galatasaray	v	Schalke 04	Türk Telekom Stadium, Istanbul
		https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000980/match=2025100/index.html		Türk Telekom Stadium, Istanbul

6 November 2018 (2018-11-06) 21:00 (20:00 WET)	Porto	v	Lokomotiv Moscow	Estádio do Dragão, Porto
		https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000980/match=2025107/index.html		Estádio do Dragão, Porto

6 November 2018 (2018-11-06) 21:00	Schalke 04	v	Galatasaray	Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen
		https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000980/match=2025108/index.html		Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen

28 November 2018 (2018-11-28) 18:55 (20:55 MSK)	Lokomotiv Moscow	v	Galatasaray	RZD Arena, Moscow
		https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000980/match=2025131/index.html		RZD Arena, Moscow

28 November 2018 (2018-11-28) 21:00 (20:00 WET)	Porto	v	Schalke 04	Estádio do Dragão, Porto
		https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000980/match=2025132/index.html		Estádio do Dragão, Porto

11 December 2018 (2018-12-11) 18:55 (20:55 TRT)	Galatasaray	v	Porto	Türk Telekom Stadium, Istanbul
		https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000980/match=2025139/index.html		Türk Telekom Stadium, Istanbul

11 December 2018 (2018-12-11) 18:55	Schalke 04	v	Lokomotiv Moscow	Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen
		https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000980/match=2025140/index.html		Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	BAY	AJX	BEN	AEK
1	Bayern Munich	6	4	2	0	15	5	+10	14	Advance to knockout phase	—	1–1	5–1	2–0
2	Ajax	6	3	3	0	11	5	+6	12	Advance to knockout phase	3–3	—	1–0	3–0
3	Benfica	6	2	1	3	6	11	−5	7	Transfer to Europa League	0–2	1–1	—	1–0
4	AEK Athens	6	0	0	6	2	13	−11	0		0–2	0–2	2–3	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

19 September 2018 (2018-09-19) 18:55	Ajax	3–0	AEK Athens	Johan Cruyff Arena, Amsterdam Attendance: 52,285 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain)
	Tagliafico 46', 90' Van de Beek 77'	https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000980/match=2025061/index.html

19 September 2018 (2018-09-19) 21:00 (20:00 WEST)	Benfica	0–2	Bayern Munich	Estádio da Luz, Lisbon Attendance: 60,274 Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)
		https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000980/match=2025062/index.html	Lewandowski 10' Sanches 54'

2 October 2018 (2018-10-02) 21:00	Bayern Munich	1–1	Ajax	Allianz Arena, Munich Attendance: 70,000 Referee: Pavel Královec (Czech Republic)
	Hummels 4'	https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000980/match=2025069/index.html	Mazraoui 22'

2 October 2018 (2018-10-02) 21:00 (22:00 EEST)	AEK Athens	2–3	Benfica	Olympic Stadium, Athens Attendance: 31,154 Referee: Orel Grinfeld (Israel)
	Klonaridis 53', 63'	https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000980/match=2025070/index.html	Seferović 6' Grimaldo 15' Semedo 74'

23 October 2018 (2018-10-23) 18:55 (19:55 EEST)	AEK Athens	v	Bayern Munich	Olympic Stadium, Athens
		https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000980/match=2025085/index.html		Olympic Stadium, Athens

23 October 2018 (2018-10-23) 21:00	Ajax	v	Benfica	Johan Cruyff Arena, Amsterdam
		https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000980/match=2025086/index.html		Johan Cruyff Arena, Amsterdam

7 November 2018 (2018-11-07) 21:00	Bayern Munich	v	AEK Athens	Allianz Arena, Munich
		https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000980/match=2025109/index.html		Allianz Arena, Munich

7 November 2018 (2018-11-07) 21:00 (20:00 WET)	Benfica	v	Ajax	Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
		https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000980/match=2025110/index.html		Estádio da Luz, Lisbon

27 November 2018 (2018-11-27) 18:55 (19:55 EET)	AEK Athens	v	Ajax	Olympic Stadium, Athens
		https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000980/match=2025117/index.html		Olympic Stadium, Athens

27 November 2018 (2018-11-27) 21:00	Bayern Munich	v	Benfica	Allianz Arena, Munich
		https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000980/match=2025118/index.html		Allianz Arena, Munich

12 December 2018 (2018-12-12) 21:00	Ajax	v	Bayern Munich	Johan Cruyff Arena, Amsterdam
		https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000980/match=2025141/index.html		Johan Cruyff Arena, Amsterdam

12 December 2018 (2018-12-12) 21:00 (20:00 WET)	Benfica	v	AEK Athens	Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
		https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000980/match=2025142/index.html		Estádio da Luz, Lisbon

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	MC	LYO	SHK	HOF
1	Manchester City	6	4	1	1	16	6	+10	13	Advance to knockout phase	—	1–2	6–0	2–1
2	Lyon	6	1	5	0	12	11	+1	8	Advance to knockout phase	2–2	—	2–2	2–2
3	Shakhtar Donetsk	6	1	3	2	8	16	−8	6	Transfer to Europa League	0–3	1–1	—	2–2
4	1899 Hoffenheim	6	0	3	3	11	14	−3	3		1–2	3–3	2–3	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

19 September 2018 (2018-09-19) 18:55 (19:55 EEST)	Shakhtar Donetsk	2–2	1899 Hoffenheim	Metalist Stadium, Kharkiv Attendance: 28,336 Referee: Jakob Kehlet (Denmark)
	Ismaily 27' Maycon 81'	https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000980/match=2025063/index.html	Grillitsch 6' Nordtveit 38'

19 September 2018 (2018-09-19) 21:00 (20:00 BST)	Manchester City	1–2	Lyon	City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester Attendance: 40,111 Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy)
	B. Silva 67'	https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000980/match=2025064/index.html	Cornet 26' Fekir 43'

2 October 2018 (2018-10-02) 18:55	1899 Hoffenheim	1–2	Manchester City	Rhein-Neckar-Arena, Sinsheim Attendance: 24,851 Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)
	Belfodil 1'	https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000980/match=2025072/index.html	Agüero 8' D. Silva 87'

2 October 2018 (2018-10-02) 21:00	Lyon	2–2	Shakhtar Donetsk	Parc Olympique Lyonnais, Décines-Charpieu Attendance: 0 Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia)
	Dembélé 70' Dubois 72'	https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000980/match=2025071/index.html	Júnior Moraes 44', 55'

23 October 2018 (2018-10-23) 21:00	1899 Hoffenheim	v	Lyon	Rhein-Neckar-Arena, Sinsheim
		https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000980/match=2025087/index.html		Rhein-Neckar-Arena, Sinsheim

23 October 2018 (2018-10-23) 21:00 (22:00 EEST)	Shakhtar Donetsk	v	Manchester City	Metalist Stadium, Kharkiv
		https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000980/match=2025088/index.html		Metalist Stadium, Kharkiv

7 November 2018 (2018-11-07) 21:00	Lyon	v	1899 Hoffenheim	Parc Olympique Lyonnais, Décines-Charpieu
		https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000980/match=2025111/index.html		Parc Olympique Lyonnais, Décines-Charpieu

7 November 2018 (2018-11-07) 21:00 (20:00 GMT)	Manchester City	v	Shakhtar Donetsk	City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester
		https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000980/match=2025112/index.html		City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester

27 November 2018 (2018-11-27) 21:00	1899 Hoffenheim	v	Shakhtar Donetsk	Rhein-Neckar-Arena, Sinsheim
		https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000980/match=2025119/index.html		Rhein-Neckar-Arena, Sinsheim

27 November 2018 (2018-11-27) 21:00	Lyon	v	Manchester City	Parc Olympique Lyonnais, Décines-Charpieu
		https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000980/match=2025120/index.html		Parc Olympique Lyonnais, Décines-Charpieu

12 December 2018 (2018-12-12) 21:00 (22:00 EET)	Shakhtar Donetsk	v	Lyon	Metalist Stadium, Kharkiv
		https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000980/match=2025143/index.html		Metalist Stadium, Kharkiv

12 December 2018 (2018-12-12) 21:00 (20:00 GMT)	Manchester City	v	1899 Hoffenheim	City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester
		https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000980/match=2025144/index.html		City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester

Group G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	RMA	ROM	PLZ	CSKA
1	Real Madrid	6	4	0	2	12	5	+7	12	Advance to knockout phase	—	3–0	2–1	0–3
2	Roma	6	3	0	3	11	8	+3	9	Advance to knockout phase	0–2	—	5–0	3–0
3	Viktoria Plzeň	6	2	1	3	7	16	−9	7	Transfer to Europa League	0–5	2–1	—	2–2
4	CSKA Moscow	6	2	1	3	8	9	−1	7		1–0	1–2	1–2	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:

19 September 2018 (2018-09-19) 21:00	Real Madrid	3–0	Roma	Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid Attendance: 69,251 Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)
	Isco 45' Bale 58' Mariano 90+1'	https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000980/match=2025065/index.html

19 September 2018 (2018-09-19) 21:00	Viktoria Plzeň	2–2	CSKA Moscow	Doosan Arena, Plzeň Attendance: 11,312 Referee: Benoît Bastien (France)
	Krmenčík 29', 41'	https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000980/match=2025066/index.html	Chalov 49' Vlašić 90+5' (pen.)

2 October 2018 (2018-10-02) 21:00 (22:00 MSK)	CSKA Moscow	1–0	Real Madrid	Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow Attendance: 71,811 Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)
	Vlašić 2'	https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000980/match=2025073/index.html

2 October 2018 (2018-10-02) 21:00	Roma	5–0	Viktoria Plzeň	Stadio Olimpico, Rome Attendance: 41,243 Referee: Paweł Raczkowski (Poland)
	Džeko 3', 40', 90+2' Ünder 64' Kluivert 73'	https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000980/match=2025074/index.html

23 October 2018 (2018-10-23) 21:00	Roma	v	CSKA Moscow	Stadio Olimpico, Rome
		https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000980/match=2025089/index.html		Stadio Olimpico, Rome

23 October 2018 (2018-10-23) 21:00	Real Madrid	v	Viktoria Plzeň	Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid
		https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000980/match=2025090/index.html		Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid

7 November 2018 (2018-11-07) 18:55 (20:55 MSK)	CSKA Moscow	v	Roma	Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow
		https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000980/match=2025113/index.html		Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow

7 November 2018 (2018-11-07) 21:00	Viktoria Plzeň	v	Real Madrid	Doosan Arena, Plzeň
		https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000980/match=2025114/index.html		Doosan Arena, Plzeň

27 November 2018 (2018-11-27) 18:55 (20:55 MSK)	CSKA Moscow	v	Viktoria Plzeň	Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow
		https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000980/match=2025122/index.html		Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow

27 November 2018 (2018-11-27) 21:00	Roma	v	Real Madrid	Stadio Olimpico, Rome
		https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000980/match=2025121/index.html		Stadio Olimpico, Rome

12 December 2018 (2018-12-12) 18:55	Real Madrid	v	CSKA Moscow	Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid
		https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000980/match=2025145/index.html		Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid

12 December 2018 (2018-12-12) 18:55	Viktoria Plzeň	v	Roma	Doosan Arena, Plzeň
		https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000980/match=2025146/index.html		Doosan Arena, Plzeň

Group H

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	JUV	MU	VAL	YB
1	Juventus	6	4	0	2	9	4	+5	12	Advance to knockout phase	—	1–2	1–0	3–0
2	Manchester United	6	3	1	2	7	4	+3	10	Advance to knockout phase	0–1	—	0–0	1–0
3	Valencia	6	2	2	2	6	6	0	8	Transfer to Europa League	0–2	2–1	—	3–1
4	Young Boys	6	1	1	4	4	12	−8	4		2–1	0–3	1–1	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

19 September 2018 (2018-09-19) 21:00	Young Boys	0–3	Manchester United	Stade de Suisse, Bern Attendance: 31,120 Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Germany)
		https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000980/match=2025067/index.html	Pogba 35', 44' (pen.) Martial 66'

19 September 2018 (2018-09-19) 21:00	Valencia	0–2	Juventus	Mestalla, Valencia Attendance: 46,067 Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
		https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000980/match=2025068/index.html	Pjanić 45' (pen.), 51' (pen.)

2 October 2018 (2018-10-02) 18:55	Juventus	3–0	Young Boys	Juventus Stadium, Turin Attendance: 40,961 Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)
	Dybala 5', 33', 69'	https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000980/match=2025075/index.html

2 October 2018 (2018-10-02) 21:05 (20:05 BST)	Manchester United	0–0	Valencia	Old Trafford, Manchester Attendance: 73,569 Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)
		https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000980/match=2025076/index.html

23 October 2018 (2018-10-23) 18:55	Young Boys	v	Valencia	Stade de Suisse, Bern
		https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000980/match=2025092/index.html		Stade de Suisse, Bern

23 October 2018 (2018-10-23) 21:00 (20:00 BST)	Manchester United	v	Juventus	Old Trafford, Manchester
		https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000980/match=2025091/index.html		Old Trafford, Manchester

7 November 2018 (2018-11-07) 18:55	Valencia	v	Young Boys	Mestalla, Valencia
		https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000980/match=2025116/index.html		Mestalla, Valencia

7 November 2018 (2018-11-07) 21:00	Juventus	v	Manchester United	Juventus Stadium, Turin
		https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000980/match=2025115/index.html		Juventus Stadium, Turin

27 November 2018 (2018-11-27) 21:00 (20:00 GMT)	Manchester United	v	Young Boys	Old Trafford, Manchester
		https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000980/match=2025123/index.html		Old Trafford, Manchester

27 November 2018 (2018-11-27) 21:00	Juventus	v	Valencia	Juventus Stadium, Turin
		https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000980/match=2025124/index.html		Juventus Stadium, Turin

12 December 2018 (2018-12-12) 21:00	Young Boys	v	Juventus	Stade de Suisse, Bern
		https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000980/match=2025147/index.html		Stade de Suisse, Bern

12 December 2018 (2018-12-12) 21:00	Valencia	v	Manchester United	Mestalla, Valencia
		https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000980/match=2025148/index.html		Mestalla, Valencia

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2018–19 UEFA Champions League group stage facts for kids

Contents

Teams

Format

Tiebreakers

Groups

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Group E

Group F

Group G

Group H