The group stage featured 32 teams: the 22 automatic qualifiers and the 10 winners of the play-off round (five through the Champions Path, five through the Non-Champions Path). [1]
The teams were drawn into eight groups of four, and played each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The matchdays were 14–15 September, 28–29 September, 19–20 October, 2–3 November, 23–24 November, and 7–8 December 2010.
The top two teams in each group advanced to the first knockout round, while the third-placed teams dropped down to the Europa League Round of 32.
Partizan and Žilina became only the 11th and 12th teams in UEFA Champions League history to lose all six group stage matches.[ citation needed ]
The draw for the group stage was held in Monaco on 26 August 2010 at 6:00 p.m. CEST (UTC+2).
Teams were seeded into four pots [2] [3] based on their 2010 UEFA club coefficients. [4] The title holders, Internazionale, were automatically seeded into Pot 1. Teams from the same national association could not be drawn against each other. Pot 1 held teams ranked 1–10, Pot 2 held teams ranked 11–29, Pot 3 held teams ranked 30–63, while Pot 4 held teams ranked 73–180 and unranked teams.
Group winners and runners-up advanced to the first knockout round |
Third-placed teams entered the UEFA Europa League at the round of 32 |
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c Qualified through Play-off round (Champions Path)
n Qualified through Play-off round (Non-Champions Path)
On each matchday, four groups played their matches on Tuesday, while the other four groups played their matches on Wednesday, with the two sets of groups (A–D, E–H) alternating between each matchday. Based on this principle, the draw was controlled for clubs from the same association in order to split the teams evenly into the two sets of groups.
The fixtures were decided after the draw. There are certain restrictions, e.g., teams from the same city (e.g. Milan and Internazionale, which also share a stadium) do not play at home on the same matchday (UEFA tries to avoid teams from the same city play at home on the same day or on consecutive days), and Russian teams do not play at home on the last matchday due to cold weather.
If two or more teams were equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria would be applied to determine the rankings: [5]
Times are CET/CEST, [note 1] as listed by UEFA (local times are in parentheses).
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 11 | +7 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase |
2 | ![]() | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 11 | +1 | 10 | |
3 | ![]() | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 6 | Transfer to Europa League |
4 | ![]() | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | −6 | 5 |
Werder Bremen ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() |
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Almeida ![]() Marin ![]() | Report | Pasanen ![]() Crouch ![]() |
Tottenham Hotspur ![]() | 4–1 | ![]() |
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Van der Vaart ![]() Pavlyuchenko ![]() Bale ![]() | Report | Chadli ![]() |
Internazionale ![]() | 4–0 | ![]() |
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Eto'o ![]() Sneijder ![]() | Report |
Internazionale ![]() | 4–3 | ![]() |
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Zanetti ![]() Eto'o ![]() Stanković ![]() | Report | Bale ![]() |
Twente ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Janssen ![]() | Report | Arnautović ![]() |
Tottenham Hotspur ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() |
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Van der Vaart ![]() Crouch ![]() Pavlyuchenko ![]() | Report | Eto'o ![]() |
Werder Bremen ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() |
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Report | Chadli ![]() De Jong ![]() |
Internazionale ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Cambiasso ![]() | Report |
Tottenham Hotspur ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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Kaboul ![]() Modrić ![]() Crouch ![]() | Report |
Twente ![]() | 3–3 | ![]() |
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Landzaat ![]() Rosales ![]() Chadli ![]() | Report | Wisgerhof ![]() Defoe ![]() |
Werder Bremen ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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Prödl ![]() Arnautović ![]() Pizarro ![]() | Report |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 13 | Advance to knockout phase |
2 | ![]() | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 10 | +1 | 10 | |
3 | ![]() | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 12 | −5 | 6 | Transfer to Europa League |
4 | ![]() | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 5 |
Lyon ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Bastos ![]() | Report |
Benfica ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Luisão ![]() Cardozo ![]() | Report |
Schalke 04 ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Farfán ![]() Huntelaar ![]() | Report |
Schalke 04 ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() |
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Raúl ![]() Jurado ![]() | Report | Shechter ![]() |
Schalke 04 ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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Farfán ![]() Huntelaar ![]() | Report |
Hapoel Tel Aviv ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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Zahavi ![]() Douglas da Silva ![]() | Report |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 14 | Advance to knockout phase |
2 | ![]() | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 4 | +11 | 11 | |
3 | ![]() | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 6 | Transfer to Europa League |
4 | ![]() | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 16 | −14 | 1 |
Valencia ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Report | Hernández ![]() |
Manchester United ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Nani ![]() | Report |
Rangers ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Report | Rooney ![]() |
Valencia ![]() | 6–1 | ![]() |
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Mata ![]() Soldado ![]() Aduriz ![]() Joaquín ![]() Domínguez ![]() | Report | Batalla ![]() |
Manchester United ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Anderson ![]() | Report | Hernández ![]() |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 3 | +11 | 14 | Advance to knockout phase |
2 | ![]() | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 10 | |
3 | ![]() | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 6 | Transfer to Europa League |
4 | ![]() | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 13 | −11 | 2 |
Barcelona ![]() | 5–1 | ![]() |
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Messi ![]() Villa ![]() Pedro ![]() Dani Alves ![]() | Report | Govou ![]() |
Copenhagen ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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N'Doye ![]() | Report |
Panathinaikos ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() |
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Report | N'Doye ![]() Vingaard ![]() |
Barcelona ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Messi ![]() | Report |
Copenhagen ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Claudemir ![]() | Report | Messi ![]() |
Rubin Kazan ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Noboa ![]() | Report |
Panathinaikos ![]() | 0–3 | ![]() |
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Report | Pedro ![]() Messi ![]() |
Barcelona ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Fontàs ![]() Vázquez ![]() | Report |
Copenhagen ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() |
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Vingaard ![]() Grønkjær ![]() Cissé ![]() | Report | Kanté ![]() |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 6 | +10 | 15 | Advance to knockout phase |
2 | ![]() | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 10 | |
3 | ![]() | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 11 | −3 | 6 | Transfer to Europa League |
4 | ![]() | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | −6 | 4 |
Bayern Munich ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Müller ![]() Klose ![]() | Report |
CFR Cluj ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Rada ![]() Traoré ![]() | Report | Stocker ![]() |
Basel ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
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Frei ![]() | Report | Schweinsteiger ![]() |
CFR Cluj ![]() | 0–4 | ![]() |
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Report | Gómez ![]() Müller ![]() |
Bayern Munich ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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Ribéry ![]() Tymoshchuk ![]() | Report |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 15 | Advance to knockout phase |
2 | ![]() | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 12 | |
3 | ![]() | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 9 | Transfer to Europa League |
4 | ![]() | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 19 | −16 | 0 |
Marseille ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Report | Azpilicueta ![]() |
Spartak Moscow ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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Ari ![]() Ibson ![]() | Report |
Spartak Moscow ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() |
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Report | Zhirkov ![]() Anelka ![]() |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 2 | +13 | 16 | Advance to knockout phase |
2 | ![]() | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 8 | |
3 | ![]() | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 7 | Transfer to Europa League |
4 | ![]() | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 12 | −9 | 3 |
Milan ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Ibrahimović ![]() | Report |
Auxerre ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Report | Di María ![]() |
Ajax ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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El Hamdaoui ![]() | Report | Ibrahimović ![]() |
Real Madrid ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Ronaldo ![]() Özil ![]() | Report |
Auxerre ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Sammaritano ![]() Langil ![]() | Report | Alderweireld ![]() |
Auxerre ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() |
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Report | Ibrahimović ![]() Ronaldinho ![]() |
Real Madrid ![]() | 4–0 | ![]() |
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Benzema ![]() Ronaldo ![]() | Report |
Milan ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() |
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Report | De Zeeuw ![]() Alderweireld ![]() |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 15 | Advance to knockout phase |
2 | ![]() | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 7 | +11 | 12 | |
3 | ![]() | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 9 | Transfer to Europa League |
4 | ![]() | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 13 | −11 | 0 |
Shakhtar Donetsk ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Srna ![]() | Report |
Braga ![]() | 0–3 | ![]() |
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Report | Luiz Adriano ![]() Douglas Costa ![]() |
Arsenal ![]() | 5–1 | ![]() |
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Song ![]() Nasri ![]() Fàbregas ![]() Wilshere ![]() Chamakh ![]() | Report | Eduardo ![]() |
Shakhtar Donetsk ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Chyhrynskyi ![]() Eduardo ![]() | Report | Walcott ![]() |
Partizan ![]() | 0–3 | ![]() |
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Report | Stepanenko ![]() Jádson ![]() Eduardo ![]() |
Shakhtar Donetsk ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Raț ![]() Luiz Adriano ![]() | Report |
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