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2018–19 UEFA Champions League group stage facts for kids

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The 2018–19 UEFA Champions League group stage was an exciting part of Europe's biggest club football tournament. It started on September 18 and finished on December 12, 2018. In this stage, 32 top football teams from across Europe competed. Their goal was to earn one of the 16 spots in the knockout stage, where the competition gets even more intense!

Meet the Teams

Here are the teams that played in the group stage, along with their UEFA club coefficients (which show how well they've done in European competitions recently).

These 32 teams included:

  • 26 teams that automatically entered this stage.
  • 4 teams that won their way in through the Champions Path play-off round.
  • 2 teams that won their way in through the League Path play-off round.
Key to colours
Teams in green advanced to the Round of 16. They finished first or second in their group.
Teams in light blue moved to the Europa League Round of 32. They finished third in their group.
Teams in red were eliminated from all European competitions.
Pot 1 (Top Teams)
Assoc. Team Coeff.
TH Spain Real Madrid 162.000
EL Spain Atlético Madrid 140.000
1 Spain Barcelona 132.000
2 Germany Bayern Munich 135.000
3 England Manchester City 100.000
4 Italy Juventus 126.000
5 France Paris Saint-Germain 109.000
6 Russia Lokomotiv Moscow 22.500
Pot 2
Team Coeff.
Germany Borussia Dortmund 89.000
Portugal Porto 86.000
England Manchester United 82.000
Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk 81.000
Portugal Benfica 80.000
Italy Napoli 78.000
England Tottenham Hotspur 67.000
Italy Roma 64.000
Pot 3
Team Coeff.
England Liverpool 62.000
Germany Schalke 04 62.000
France Lyon 59.500
France Monaco 57.000
Netherlands Ajax 53.500
Russia CSKA Moscow 45.000
Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 36.000
Spain Valencia 36.000
Pot 4
Team Coeff.
Czech Republic Viktoria Plzeň 33.000
Belgium Club Brugge 29.500
Turkey Galatasaray 29.500
Switzerland Young Boys 20.500
Italy Internazionale 16.000
Germany 1899 Hoffenheim 14.285
Serbia Red Star Belgrade 10.750
Greece AEK Athens 10.000
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How the Group Stage Works

In the group stage, each team plays every other team in their group twice. They play one game at home and one game away. This is called a round-robin format.

The top two teams from each group move on to the Round of 16. This is the first part of the knockout stage. Teams that finish third in their group get a second chance. They enter the Europa League Round of 32. Teams that finish fourth are out of European competitions for the season.

How Teams are Ranked

Teams earn points for their matches:

  • 3 points for a win
  • 1 point for a draw
  • 0 points for a loss

If teams have the same number of points, special rules are used to decide who ranks higher. These rules look at things like:

  • Points earned in games played only between the tied teams.
  • The difference between goals scored and goals allowed in those games.
  • The total number of goals scored in those games.
  • If teams are still tied, they look at goal difference and goals scored in all group matches.

The Groups and Matches

The group stage matches were played on specific dates from September to December 2018. Most games kicked off at 9:00 PM CEST/CET, with some earlier games at 6:55 PM CEST/CET.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification DOR ATM BRU MON
1 Germany Borussia Dortmund 6 4 1 1 10 2 +8 13 Advance to knockout phase — 4–0 0–0 3–0
2 Spain Atlético Madrid 6 4 1 1 9 6 +3 13 2–0 — 3–1 2–0
3 Belgium Club Brugge 6 1 3 2 6 5 +1 6 Transfer to Europa League 0–1 0–0 — 1–1
4 France Monaco 6 0 1 5 2 14 −12 1 0–2 1–2 0–4 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:

Group B

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

Group C

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

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification POR SCH GAL LOM
1 Portugal Porto 6 5 1 0 15 6 +9 16 Advance to knockout phase — 3–1 1–0 4–1
2 Germany Schalke 04 6 3 2 1 6 4 +2 11 1–1 — 2–0 1–0
3 Turkey Galatasaray 6 1 1 4 5 8 −3 4 Transfer to Europa League 2–3 0–0 — 3–0
4 Russia Lokomotiv Moscow 6 1 0 5 4 12 −8 3 1–3 0–1 2–0 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group E

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BAY AJX BEN AEK
1 Germany Bayern Munich 6 4 2 0 15 5 +10 14 Advance to knockout phase — 1–1 5–1 2–0
2 Netherlands Ajax 6 3 3 0 11 5 +6 12 3–3 — 1–0 3–0
3 Portugal Benfica 6 2 1 3 6 11 −5 7 Transfer to Europa League 0–2 1–1 — 1–0
4 Greece AEK Athens 6 0 0 6 2 13 −11 0 0–2 0–2 2–3 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group F

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MC LYO SHK HOF
1 England Manchester City 6 4 1 1 16 6 +10 13 Advance to knockout phase — 1–2 6–0 2–1
2 France Lyon 6 1 5 0 12 11 +1 8 2–2 — 2–2 2–2
3 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk 6 1 3 2 8 16 −8 6 Transfer to Europa League 0–3 1–1 — 2–2
4 Germany 1899 Hoffenheim 6 0 3 3 11 14 −3 3 1–2 3–3 2–3 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group G

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

Group H

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification JUV MU VAL YB
1 Italy Juventus 6 4 0 2 9 4 +5 12 Advance to knockout phase — 1–2 1–0 3–0
2 England Manchester United 6 3 1 2 7 4 +3 10 0–1 — 0–0 1–0
3 Spain Valencia 6 2 2 2 6 6 0 8 Transfer to Europa League 0–2 2–1 — 3–1
4 Switzerland Young Boys 6 1 1 4 4 12 −8 4 2–1 0–3 1–1 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
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