How the UEFA Champions League group stages finished

In Summary
  • Tottenham were one slip away from going out of the Champions League, but instead won the group
Tottenham Hotspur and Eintracht Frankfurt went through after a dramatic finale to Group D
Tottenham Hotspur and Eintracht Frankfurt went through after a dramatic finale to Group D
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Tottenham were one slip away from going out of the Champions League, but instead won the group

The Champions League group stages are over - with all four English teams safely through.

There was plenty of late drama in the final week, with Tottenham and Benfica securing top spot in their groups thanks to added-time goals.

Rangers and Celtic are out of Europe altogether.

So who is through and who is out?

Group A

Team GPWDLGDPoints 
Napoli (Q )6501+1415
Liverpool (Q)6501+1115
Ajax (EL)6204-56
Rangers (X) 6006-200

 

 

 

 

Liverpool finish second behind Napoli. They ended the group stage with a 2-0 win against the Italians, but would have needed to win by two more to overtake them at the top.

Ajax go into the Europa League and Rangers finish bottom with the worst record in the history of the Champions League group phase.

Group B

Team  GP W D L GD Points                                                                       

TeamGPWDLGDPoints 
Porto  (Q)6402+512
Club Bruges (Q)6321+311
Bayer  Leverkusen  (EL)6123-45
Atletico Madrid (X) 6123_45

 

 

 

 

Porto became just the second team to win a Champions League group despite losing their first two games, beating Atletico Madrid in their final game to seal top spot.

Atletico are out of Europe before Christmas for the first time since 2010-11.

Bayer Leverkusen's point against already qualified Club Bruges sent them into the Europa League.

Group C

TeamGPWDLGDPoints 
Bayern Munich (Q) 6600+1618
INter Milan (Q) 6312+310
Barcelona (EL)621307
Viktoria Plzen (X)6006_190

 

 

 

 

All four group positions were decided after five games, making Bayern Munich and Barcelona's wins largely redundant.

Group D

TeamGPWDLGDPoints 
Tottenham Hotspur (Q)6321+211
Eintracht Frankfurt (Q) 6312-110
Sporting Lisbon (EL)6213-17
Marseille  (X)620406

 

 

 

 

 

Tottenham Hotspur and Eintracht Frankfurt went through after a dramatic finale to Group D. At half-time both sides trailed 1-0 and would have exited the tournament, but they both went through with comeback wins.

Marseille pushed for a winner against Spurs that would have taken them into the Champions League knockout stages, but instead conceded a late goal that knocked them out of a Europa League place and sent Spurs top.

Group E

TeamGPWDLGDPoints 
Chelsea (Q)6411+613
AC Milan (Q)6312+510
Salzburg (EL)6132_46
Dinamo Zagreb (X6114_74

 

 

 

 

AC Milan thrashed Salzburg in their group finale to reach the last 16. The Austrian side would have gone through with a win - but instead drop into the Europa League.

Chelsea had already sealed top spot in the group before beating Dinamo Zagreb.

Group F

Team GPWDLGDPoints 
Real Madrid (Q)6411+913
Leipzig (Q)6402+412
Shakhtar Donetsk (EL)6132_26
Celtic (X)6024_112

Leipzig reached the last 16 with a comfortable win against Shakhtar Donetsk in Poland. The Ukrainian side - who would have gone through with a win - are in the Europa League now.

Real sealed top spot by hammering already eliminated Celtic.

Group G

Team GPWDLGDPoints 
Manchester City (Q)  6421+1214
Borussia Dortmund (Q)6231+59
Sevilla (EL)6123-65
FC Copenhagen (X)6033_113

 

 

 

 

 

All four group positions were decided before the final games, making the results largely academic.

Group H

Team GPWDLGDPoints 
Benfica (Q)6420+914
Paris St-Germain (Q)6420+914
Juventus (EL)6105_43
Maccabi Haifa (X)6105_143

 

 

 

 

 

Benfica beat Paris St-Germain to top spot on away goals after both sides finished exactly level on everything else.

A 92nd-minute goal from Benfica to give them a 6-1 win meant for the first time in Champions League history the top two teams in a group had the same wins, draws, defeats, points, goals scored and goals conceded.

Juventus beat Maccabi Haifa to the Europa League place on goal difference.