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The group stage featured 32 teams: the 22 automatic qualifiers and the 10 winners of the play-off round (five through the Champions Route, five through the League Route).

The teams were drawn into eight groups of four, and played each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The matchdays were 13–14 September, 27–28 September, 18–19 October, 1–2 November, 22–23 November, and 6–7 December 2011.

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.

Seeding

The draw for the group stage was held at Grimaldi Forum, Monaco on 25 August 2011 at 17:45 CEST (UTC+02:00).

Teams were seeded into four pots based on their 2011 UEFA club coefficients. The title holders, Barcelona, were automatically seeded into Pot 1. Pot 1 held teams ranked 1–9, Pot 2 held teams ranked 10–24, Pot 3 held teams ranked 31–83, while Pot 4 held teams ranked 86–200 and unranked teams.

Pot 1 Team Coeff Barcelona 141.465 Manchester United 151.157 Chelsea 129.157 Bayern Munich 118.887 Arsenal 108.157 Real Madrid 103.408 Porto 100.319 Internazionale 100.110

Pot 2 Team Coeff Milan 94.110 Lyon 92.735 Shakhtar Donetsk 87.776 Valencia 85.408 Benfica 81.319 Villarreal 75.465 CSKA Moscow 73.941 Marseille 68.735

Pot 3 Team Coeff Zenit St. Petersburg 60.441 Ajax 56.025 Bayer Leverkusen 54.887 Olympiacos 50.833 Manchester City 47.157 Lille 40.735 Basel 39.980 BATE Borisov 23.216

Pot 4 Team Coeff Borussia Dortmund 22.887 Napoli 21.110 Dinamo Zagreb 20.224 APOEL 13.124 Trabzonspor 12.010 Genk 8.400 Viktoria Plzeň 5.170 Oțelul Galați 5.164

Notes

1. Champions League title holders (automatic top seed of pot 1)
2. Qualified through play-off round (Champions Route)
3. Qualified through play-off round (League Route)

For the group stage draw, teams from the same national association cannot be drawn against each other. Moreover, the draw was controlled for teams from the same association in order to split the teams evenly into the two sets of groups (A–D, E–H) for maximum television coverage.

The fixtures were decided after the draw. 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. There are other 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 playing 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.

Tie-breaking criteria

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:

1. higher number of points obtained in the group matches played among the teams in question;
2. superior goal difference from the group matches played among the teams in question;
3. higher number of goals scored in the group matches played among the teams in question;
4. higher number of goals scored away from home in the group matches played among the teams in question;
5. If, after applying criteria 1) to 4) to several teams, two teams still have an equal ranking, the criteria 1) to 4) will be reapplied to determine the ranking of these teams;
6. superior goal difference from all group matches played;
7. higher number of goals scored from all group matches played;
8. higher number of coefficient points accumulated by the club in question, as well as its association, over the previous five seasons.

Groups

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

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BAY	NAP	MCI	VIL
1	Bayern Munich	6	4	1	1	11	6	+5	13	Advance to knockout phase		—	3–2	2–0	3–1
2	Napoli	6	3	2	1	10	6	+4	11			1–1	—	2–1	2–0
3	Manchester City	6	3	1	2	9	6	+3	10	Transfer to Europa League		2–0	1–1	—	2–1
4	Villarreal	6	0	0	6	2	14	−12	0			0–2	0–2	0–3	—

Manchester City	1–1	Napoli
Kolarov 74'	Report	Cavani 69'

Villarreal	0–2	Bayern Munich
	Report	Kroos 7' Rafinha 76'

Bayern Munich	2–0	Manchester City
Gómez 38', 45+1'	Report

Napoli	2–0	Villarreal
Hamšík 15' Cavani 17' (pen.)	Report

Napoli	1–1	Bayern Munich
Badstuber 39' (o.g.)	Report	Kroos 2'

Manchester City	2–1	Villarreal
Marchena 43' (o.g.) Agüero 90+3'	Report	Cani 4'

Bayern Munich	3–2	Napoli
Gómez 17', 23', 42'	Report	Fernández 45', 79'

Villarreal	0–3	Manchester City
	Report	Y. Touré 30', 71' Balotelli 45+3' (pen.)

Napoli	2–1	Manchester City
Cavani 17', 49'	Report	Balotelli 33'

Bayern Munich	3–1	Villarreal
Ribéry 3', 69' Gómez 23'	Report	De Guzmán 50'

Manchester City	2–0	Bayern Munich
Silva 36' Y. Touré 52'	Report

Villarreal	0–2	Napoli
	Report	Inler 65' Hamšík 76'

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		INT	CSKA	TRA	LIL
1	Internazionale	6	3	1	2	8	7	+1	10	Advance to knockout phase		—	1–2	0–1	2–1
2	CSKA Moscow	6	2	2	2	9	8	+1	8			2–3	—	3–0	0–2
3	Trabzonspor	6	1	4	1	3	5	−2	7	Transfer to Europa League		1–1	0–0	—	1–1
4	Lille	6	1	3	2	6	6	0	6			0–1	2–2	0–0	—

Lille	2–2	CSKA Moscow
Sow 44' Pedretti 57'	Report	Doumbia 72', 90'

Internazionale	0–1	Trabzonspor
	Report	Čelůstka 76'

CSKA Moscow	2–3	Internazionale
Dzagoev 45+3' Vágner Love 77'	Report	Lúcio 6' Pazzini 23' Zárate 79'

Trabzonspor	1–1	Lille
Colman 75' (pen.)	Report	Sow 30'

CSKA Moscow	3–0	Trabzonspor
Doumbia 29', 86' Cauņa 76'	Report

Lille	0–1	Internazionale
	Report	Pazzini 21'

Trabzonspor	0–0	CSKA Moscow
	Report

Internazionale	2–1	Lille
Samuel 18' Milito 65'	Report	De Melo 83'

CSKA Moscow	0–2	Lille
	Report	V. Berezutski 49' (o.g.) Sow 64'

Trabzonspor	1–1	Internazionale
Altıntop 23'	Report	Álvarez 18'

Lille	0–0	Trabzonspor
	Report

Internazionale	1–2	CSKA Moscow
Cambiasso 51'	Report	Doumbia 50' V. Berezutski 86'

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BEN	BSL	MUN	OTE
1	Benfica	6	3	3	0	8	4	+4	12	Advance to knockout phase		—	1–1	1–1	1–0
2	Basel	6	3	2	1	11	10	+1	11			0–2	—	2–1	2–1
3	Manchester United	6	2	3	1	11	8	+3	9	Transfer to Europa League		2–2	3–3	—	2–0
4	Oțelul Galați	6	0	0	6	3	11	−8	0			0–1	2–3	0–2	—

Basel	2–1	Oțelul Galați
F. Frei 39' A. Frei 84' (pen.)	Report	Pena 58'

Benfica	1–1	Manchester United
Cardozo 24'	Report	Giggs 42'

Manchester United	3–3	Basel
Welbeck 16', 17' Young 90'	Report	F. Frei 58' A. Frei 61', 76' (pen.)

Oțelul Galați	0–1	Benfica
	Report	Bruno César 40'

Oțelul Galați	0–2	Manchester United
	Report	Rooney 64' (pen.), 90+2' (pen.)

Basel	0–2	Benfica
	Report	Bruno César 20' Cardozo 75'

Manchester United	2–0	Oțelul Galați
Valencia 8' Sârghi 88' (o.g.)	Report

Benfica	1–1	Basel
Rodrigo 4'	Report	Huggel 64'

Oțelul Galați	2–3	Basel
Giurgiu 75' Antal 81'	Report	F. Frei 10' A. Frei 14' Streller 37'

Manchester United	2–2	Benfica
Berbatov 30' Fletcher 59'	Report	Jones 3' (o.g.) Aimar 61'

Basel	2–1	Manchester United
Streller 9' A. Frei 84'	Report	Jones 89'

Benfica	1–0	Oțelul Galați
Cardozo 7'	Report

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		RMA	LYO	AJX	DZG
1	Real Madrid	6	6	0	0	19	2	+17	18	Advance to knockout phase		—	4–0	3–0	6–2
2	Lyon	6	2	2	2	9	7	+2	8			0–2	—	0–0	2–0
3	Ajax	6	2	2	2	6	6	0	8	Transfer to Europa League		0–3	0–0	—	4–0
4	Dinamo Zagreb	6	0	0	6	3	22	−19	0			0–1	1–7	0–2	—

1. ^ Tied on head-to-head results. Overall goal difference was used as the tiebreaker.

Dinamo Zagreb	0–1	Real Madrid
	Report	Di María 53'

Ajax	0–0	Lyon
	Report

Lyon	2–0	Dinamo Zagreb
Gomis 23' B. Koné 42'	Report

Real Madrid	3–0	Ajax
Ronaldo 25' Kaká 41' Benzema 49'	Report

Real Madrid	4–0	Lyon
Benzema 19' Khedira 47' Lloris 55' (o.g.) Ramos 81'	Report

Dinamo Zagreb	0–2	Ajax
	Report	Boerrigter 49' Eriksen 90'

Lyon	0–2	Real Madrid
	Report	Ronaldo 24', 69' (pen.)

Ajax	4–0	Dinamo Zagreb
Van der Wiel 20' Sulejmani 25' De Jong 65' Lodeiro 90+2'	Report

Real Madrid	6–2	Dinamo Zagreb
Benzema 2', 66' Callejón 7', 49' Higuaín 9' Özil 20'	Report	Bećiraj 81' Tomečak 90'

Lyon	0–0	Ajax
	Report

Dinamo Zagreb	1–7	Lyon
Kovačić 40'	Report	Gomis 45', 48', 52', 70' Gonalons 47' Lisandro 64' Briand 75'

Ajax	0–3	Real Madrid
	Report	Callejón 14', 90+2' Higuaín 41'

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		CHE	LEV	VAL	GNK
1	Chelsea	6	3	2	1	13	4	+9	11	Advance to knockout phase		—	2–0	3–0	5–0
2	Bayer Leverkusen	6	3	1	2	8	8	0	10			2–1	—	2–1	2–0
3	Valencia	6	2	2	2	12	7	+5	8	Transfer to Europa League		1–1	3–1	—	7–0
4	Genk	6	0	3	3	2	16	−14	3			1–1	1–1	0–0	—

Chelsea	2–0	Bayer Leverkusen
David Luiz 67' Mata 90+2'	Report

Genk	0–0	Valencia
	Report

Valencia	1–1	Chelsea
Soldado 87' (pen.)	Report	Lampard 56'

Bayer Leverkusen	2–0	Genk
Bender 30' Ballack 90+1'	Report

Bayer Leverkusen	2–1	Valencia
Schürrle 52' Sam 56'	Report	Jonas 24'

Chelsea	5–0	Genk
Meireles 8' Torres 11', 27' Ivanović 42' Kalou 72'	Report

Valencia	3–1	Bayer Leverkusen
Jonas 1' Soldado 65' Rami 75'	Report	Kießling 31'

Genk	1–1	Chelsea
Vossen 61'	Report	Ramires 26'

Bayer Leverkusen	2–1	Chelsea
Derdiyok 73' Friedrich 90+1'	Report	Drogba 48'

Valencia	7–0	Genk
Jonas 10' Soldado 13', 35', 39' Hernández 68' Aduriz 70' T. Costa 81'	Report

Chelsea	3–0	Valencia
Drogba 3', 76' Ramires 22'	Report

Genk	1–1	Bayer Leverkusen
Vossen 30'	Report	Derdiyok 79'

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ARS	MAR	OLY	DOR
1	Arsenal	6	3	2	1	7	6	+1	11	Advance to knockout phase		—	0–0	2–1	2–1
2	Marseille	6	3	1	2	7	4	+3	10			0–1	—	0–1	3–0
3	Olympiacos	6	3	0	3	8	6	+2	9	Transfer to Europa League		3–1	0–1	—	3–1
4	Borussia Dortmund	6	1	1	4	6	12	−6	4			1–1	2–3	1–0	—

Olympiacos	0–1	Marseille
	Report	González 51'

Borussia Dortmund	1–1	Arsenal
Perišić 88'	Report	Van Persie 42'

Arsenal	2–1	Olympiacos
Oxlade-Chamberlain 8' Santos 20'	Report	Fuster 27'

Marseille	3–0	Borussia Dortmund
A. Ayew 20', 69' (pen.) Rémy 62'	Report

Marseille	0–1	Arsenal
	Report	Ramsey 90+2'

Olympiacos	3–1	Borussia Dortmund
Holebas 8' Djebbour 40' Modesto 78'	Report	Lewandowski 26'

Arsenal	0–0	Marseille
	Report

Borussia Dortmund	1–0	Olympiacos
Großkreutz 7'	Report

Marseille	0–1	Olympiacos
	Report	Fetfatzidis 82'

Arsenal	2–1	Borussia Dortmund
Van Persie 49', 86'	Report	Kagawa 90+2'

Olympiacos	3–1	Arsenal
Djebbour 16' Fuster 36' Modesto 89'	Report	Benayoun 57'

Borussia Dortmund	2–3	Marseille
Błaszczykowski 23' Hummels 32' (pen.)	Report	Rémy 45+4' A. Ayew 85' Valbuena 87'

Group G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		APO	ZEN	POR	SHK
1	APOEL	6	2	3	1	6	6	0	9	Advance to knockout phase		—	2–1	2–1	0–2
2	Zenit Saint Petersburg	6	2	3	1	7	5	+2	9			0–0	—	3–1	1–0
3	Porto	6	2	2	2	7	7	0	8	Transfer to Europa League		1–1	0–0	—	2–1
4	Shakhtar Donetsk	6	1	2	3	6	8	−2	5			1–1	2–2	0–2	—

1. ^ Head-to-head points: APOEL 4, Zenit Saint Petersburg 1.

Porto	2–1	Shakhtar Donetsk
Hulk 28' Kléber 51'	Report	Luiz Adriano 12'

APOEL	2–1	Zenit Saint Petersburg
Manduca 73' Aílton 75'	Report	Zyryanov 63'

Zenit Saint Petersburg	3–1	Porto
Shirokov 20', 63' Danny 72'	Report	J. Rodríguez 10'

Shakhtar Donetsk	1–1	APOEL
Jádson 64'	Report	Tričkovski 61'

Shakhtar Donetsk	2–2	Zenit Saint Petersburg
Willian 15' Luiz Adriano 45+1'	Report	Shirokov 33' Fayzulin 60'

Porto	1–1	APOEL
Hulk 13'	Report	Aílton 19'

Zenit Saint Petersburg	1–0	Shakhtar Donetsk
Lombaerts 45+1'	Report

APOEL	2–1	Porto
Aílton 42' (pen.) Manduca 90'	Report	Hulk 89' (pen.)

Zenit Saint Petersburg	0–0	APOEL
	Report

Shakhtar Donetsk	0–2	Porto
	Report	Hulk 79' Raț 90' (o.g.)

Porto	0–0	Zenit Saint Petersburg
	Report

APOEL	0–2	Shakhtar Donetsk
	Report	Luiz Adriano 62' Seleznyov 78'

Group H

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BAR	MIL	PLZ	BATE
1	Barcelona	6	5	1	0	20	4	+16	16	Advance to knockout phase		—	2–2	2–0	4–0
2	Milan	6	2	3	1	11	8	+3	9			2–3	—	2–0	2–0
3	Viktoria Plzeň	6	1	2	3	4	11	−7	5	Transfer to Europa League		0–4	2–2	—	1–1
4	BATE Borisov	6	0	2	4	2	14	−12	2			0–5	1–1	0–1	—

Barcelona	2–2	Milan
Pedro 36' Villa 50'	Report	Pato 1' Thiago Silva 90+2'

Viktoria Plzeň	1–1	BATE Borisov
Bakoš 45+1'	Report	Bressan 69'

BATE Borisov	0–5	Barcelona
	Report	Valadzko 19' (o.g.) Pedro 22' Messi 38', 56' Villa 90'

Milan	2–0	Viktoria Plzeň
Ibrahimović 53' (pen.) Cassano 66'	Report

Milan	2–0	BATE Borisov
Ibrahimović 33' Boateng 70'	Report

Barcelona	2–0	Viktoria Plzeň
Iniesta 10' Villa 82'	Report

BATE Borisov	1–1	Milan
Bressan 55' (pen.)	Report	Ibrahimović 22'

Viktoria Plzeň	0–4	Barcelona
	Report	Messi 24' (pen.), 45+2', 90+2' Fàbregas 72'

BATE Borisov	0–1	Viktoria Plzeň
	Report	Bakoš 42'

Milan	2–3	Barcelona
Ibrahimović 20' Boateng 54'	Report	Van Bommel 14' (o.g.) Messi 31' (pen.) Xavi 63'

Barcelona	4–0	BATE Borisov
Roberto 35' Montoya 60' Pedro 63', 89' (pen.)	Report

Viktoria Plzeň	2–2	Milan
Bystroň 89' Ďuriš 90+3'	Report	Pato 47' Robinho 48'

Notes

1. CET (UTC+1) for matches from 1 November 2011, and CEST (UTC+2) for matches to 19 October 2011.
2. ^ Oțelul Galați played their home matches at Arena Națională, Bucharest as their own Stadionul Oţelul did not meet UEFA criteria.
3. ^ Viktoria Plzeň played their home matches at Synot Tip Arena, Prague as their own Stadion města Plzně did not meet UEFA criteria.
4. ^ BATE Borisov played their home matches at Dinamo Stadium, Minsk as their own City Stadium did not meet UEFA criteria.

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External links

• 2011–12 UEFA Champions League, UEFA.com

• 2011–12 UEFA Champions League
• UEFA Champions League group stages