2014–15 UEFA Champions League
 The Olympiastadion in Berlin hosted the final. | |
| Tournament details | |
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| Dates | Qualifying: 1 July – 27 August 2014 Competition proper: 16 September 2014 – 6 June 2015 |
| Teams | Competition proper: 32 Total: 77 (from 53 associations) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Barcelona (5th title) |
| Runners-up |  Juventus |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 125 |
| Goals scored | 361 (2.89 per match) |
| Attendance | 5,136,695 (41,094 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  Lionel Messi Neymar Cristiano Ronaldo(10 goals each) |
The 2014–15 UEFA Champions League was the 60th season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 23rd season since it was renamed from the European Champion Clubs' Cup to the UEFA Champions League.
The 2015 UEFA Champions League Final was played at the Olympiastadion in Berlin, Germany,[1] with Spanish side Barcelona defeating Italian side Juventus by 3–1 to win their fifth title and complete their treble.[2]Real Madrid were the title holders, but they were eliminated by Juventus in the semi-finals.
This season was the first where clubs must comply with UEFA Financial Fair Play Regulations in order to participate.[3] Moreover, this season was the first where a club from Gibraltar competed in the tournament, after the Gibraltar Football Association was accepted as the 54th UEFA member at the UEFA Congress in May 2013.[4] They were granted one spot in the Champions League,[5] which was taken by Lincoln Red Imps, the champions of the 2013–14 Gibraltar Premier Division.[6]
On 17 July 2014, the UEFA emergency panel ruled that Ukrainian and Russian clubs would not be drawn against each other "until further notice" due to the political unrest between the countries.[7] Another ruling centred in regional instability was also made where Israeli teams were prohibited from hosting any UEFA competitions due to the 2014 Israel–Gaza conflict.[8] The rules regarding suspension due to yellow card accumulation were also changed such that all bookings expired on completion of the quarter-finals and were not carried forward to the semi-finals.[9] Moreover, this was the first season in which vanishing spray was used.[10]
Contents
1 Association team allocation
1.1 Association ranking
1.2 Distribution
1.3 Teams
2 Round and draw dates
3 Qualifying rounds
3.1 First qualifying round
3.2 Second qualifying round
3.3 Third qualifying round
4 Play-off round
5 Group stage
5.1 Group A
5.2 Group B
5.3 Group C
5.4 Group D
5.5 Group E
5.6 Group F
5.7 Group G
5.8 Group H
6 Knockout phase
6.1 Bracket
6.2 Round of 16
6.3 Quarter-finals
6.4 Semi-finals
6.5 Final
7 Statistics
7.1 Top goalscorers
7.2 Top assists
7.3 Squad of the Season
8 See also
9 References
10 External links
Association team allocation
A total of 77 teams from 53 of the 54 UEFA member associations participated in the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League (the exception being Liechtenstein, which do not organise a domestic league). The association ranking based on the UEFA country coefficients was used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:[11]
- Associations 1–3 each have four teams qualify.
- Associations 4–6 each have three teams qualify.
- Associations 7–15 each have two teams qualify.
- Associations 16–54 (except Liechtenstein) each have one team qualify.
The winners of the 2013–14 UEFA Champions League were given an additional entry as title holders if they would not qualify for the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League through their domestic league (because of the restriction that no association can have more than four teams playing in the Champions League, if the title holders are from the top three associations and finish outside the top four in their domestic league, the title holders' entry comes at the expense of the fourth-placed team of their association). However, this additional entry was not necessary for this season since the title holders qualified for the tournament through their domestic league.
Association ranking
For the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League, the associations are allocated places according to their 2013 UEFA country coefficients, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 2008–09 to 2012–13.[12][13]
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Distribution
Since the title holders Real Madrid qualified for the Champions League group stage through their domestic league (as the third-placed team of the 2013–14 La Liga), the group stage spot reserved for the title holders is vacated, and the following changes to the default allocation system are made:[14][15][16]
- The champions of association 13 (Switzerland) are promoted from the third qualifying round to the group stage.
- The champions of association 16 (Austria) are promoted from the second qualifying round to the third qualifying round.
- The champions of associations 47 (Northern Ireland) and 48 (Wales) are promoted from the first qualifying round to the second qualifying round.
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| First qualifying round (6 teams) |
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| Second qualifying round (34 teams) |
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| Third qualifying round | Champions (20 teams) |
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| Non-champions (10 teams) |
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| Play-off round | Champions (10 teams) |
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| Non-champions (10 teams) |
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| Group stage (32 teams) |
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| Knockout phase (16 teams) |
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Teams
League positions of the previous season shown in parentheses (TH: Title holders).[17][18]
Group stage | |||
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| Real MadridTH(3rd) |  Bayern Munich (1st) | Sporting CP (2nd) |  Galatasaray (2nd)[Note TUR] |
| Atlético Madrid (1st) | Borussia Dortmund (2nd) |  Paris Saint-Germain (1st) |  Anderlecht (1st) |
| Barcelona (2nd) | Schalke 04 (3rd) | Monaco (2nd) |  Olympiacos (1st) |
 Manchester City (1st) | Juventus (1st) |  Shakhtar Donetsk (1st) |  Basel (1st) |
| Liverpool (2nd) | Roma (2nd) |  CSKA Moscow (1st) | |
| Chelsea (3rd) | Benfica (1st) |  Ajax (1st) | |
Play-off round | |||
| Champions | Non-champions | ||
| Athletic Bilbao (4th) | Bayer Leverkusen (4th) | Porto (3rd) | |
| Arsenal (4th) | Napoli (3rd) | ||
Third qualifying round | |||
| Champions | Non-champions | ||
 APOEL (1st) | Lille (3rd) | Beşiktaş (3rd)[Note TUR] | AEL Limassol (2nd) |
 AaB (1st) | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (2nd) | Standard Liège (2nd) | Copenhagen (2nd) |
 Red Bull Salzburg (1st) | Zenit Saint Petersburg (2nd) | Panathinaikos (2nd) | |
| Feyenoord (2nd) | Grasshoppers (2nd) | ||
Second qualifying round | |||
 Sparta Prague (1st) |  Partizan (2nd)[Note SRB] |  HJK (1st) |  Sutjeska Nikšić (1st) |
 Steaua București (1st) |  Slovan Bratislava (1st) |  Zrinjski Mostar (1st) |  Rabotnički (1st) |
 Maccabi Tel Aviv (1st) |  Strømsgodset (1st) |  Sheriff Tiraspol (1st) |  Skënderbeu (1st) |
 BATE Borisov (1st) |  Ludogorets Razgrad (1st) |  St Patrick's Athletic (1st) |  Valletta (1st) |
 Legia Warsaw (1st) |  Debrecen (1st) |  Žalgiris Vilnius (1st) |  F91 Dudelange (1st) |
 Dinamo Zagreb (1st) |  Maribor (1st) |  Aktobe (1st) |  Cliftonville (1st) |
 Malmö FF (1st) |  Dinamo Tbilisi (1st) |  Ventspils (1st) |  The New Saints (1st) |
 Celtic (1st) |  Qarabağ (1st) |  KR (1st) | |
First qualifying round | |||
 Levadia Tallinn (1st) |  HB (1st) |  FC Santa Coloma (1st) | |
 Banants (1st) |  La Fiorita (1st) |  Lincoln Red Imps (1st) | |
- Notes
^ Serbia (SRB): Red Star Belgrade, the champions of the 2013–14 Serbian SuperLiga, would have qualified for the Champions League second qualifying round, but were banned by UEFA for breaching UEFA Club Licensing and Financial Fair Play Regulations.[19] As a result, the berth was given to Partizan, the runners-up of the league.
^ Turkey (TUR): Fenerbahçe, the champions of the 2013–14 Süper Lig, would have qualified for the Champions League group stage, but were banned by UEFA because of the 2011 Turkish sports corruption scandal.[20][21] As a result, Galatasaray, the runners-up of the league, entered the group stage instead of the third qualifying round, and the third qualifying round berth was given to Beşiktaş, the third-placed team of the league.
Round and draw dates
The schedule of the competition is as follows (all draws held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, unless stated otherwise).[22][23]
| Phase | Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
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| Qualifying | First qualifying round | 23 June 2014 | 1–2 July 2014 | 8–9 July 2014 |
| Second qualifying round | 15–16 July 2014 | 22–23 July 2014 | ||
| Third qualifying round | 18 July 2014 | 29–30 July 2014 | 5–6 August 2014 | |
| Play-off | Play-off round | 8 August 2014 | 19–20 August 2014 | 26–27 August 2014 |
| Group stage | Matchday 1 | 28 August 2014 (Monaco) | 16–17 September 2014 | |
| Matchday 2 | 30 September–1 October 2014 | |||
| Matchday 3 | 21–22 October 2014 | |||
| Matchday 4 | 4–5 November 2014 | |||
| Matchday 5 | 25–26 November 2014 | |||
| Matchday 6 | 9–10 December 2014 | |||
| Knockout phase | Round of 16 | 15 December 2014 | 17–18 & 24–25 February 2015 | 10–11 & 17–18 March 2015 |
| Quarter-finals | 20 March 2015 | 14–15 April 2015 | 21–22 April 2015 | |
| Semi-finals | 24 April 2015 | 5–6 May 2015 | 12–13 May 2015 | |
| Final | 6 June 2015 at Olympiastadion, Berlin | |||
The final date of 6 June could cause problems for South American international players called up to play in the 2015 Copa América, which begins on 11 June. FIFA international rules require clubs to release players 14 days prior to the start of an international tournament, which means the players would have to miss the Champions League final if the rules were enforced. If the players were allowed to play in the Champions League final, that would leave them as few as five days to travel and train prior to playing in the Copa América.[24]
Qualifying rounds
In the qualifying rounds and the play-off round, teams were divided into seeded and unseeded teams based on their 2014 UEFA club coefficients,[25][26][27] and then drawn into two-legged home-and-away ties. Teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other.
First qualifying round
The draw for the first and second qualifying rounds was held on 23 June 2014.[28] The first legs were played on 1 and 2 July, and the second legs were played on 8 July 2014.
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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FC Santa Coloma | 3–3 (a) | Banants | 1–0 | 2–3 |
Lincoln Red Imps | 3–6 | HB | 1–1 | 2–5 |
La Fiorita | 0–8 | Levadia Tallinn | 0–1 | 0–7 |
Second qualifying round
The first legs were played on 15 and 16 July, and the second legs were played on 22 and 23 July 2014.
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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BATE Borisov | 1–1 (a) | Skënderbeu | 0–0 | 1–1 |
FC Santa Coloma | 0–3[A] | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 0–1 | 0–2 |
Dinamo Tbilisi | 0–4 | Aktobe | 0–1 | 0–3 |
Zrinjski Mostar | 0–2 | Maribor | 0–0 | 0–2 |
Sheriff Tiraspol | 5–0 | Sutjeska Nikšić | 2–0 | 3–0 |
Sparta Prague | 8–1 | Levadia Tallinn | 7–0 | 1–1 |
Malmö FF | 1–0 | Ventspils | 0–0 | 1–0 |
Slovan Bratislava | 3–0 | The New Saints | 1–0 | 2–0 |
KR | 0–5[B] | Celtic | 0–1 | 0–4 |
Cliftonville | 0–2 | Debrecen | 0–0 | 0–2 |
Partizan | 6–1 | HB | 3–0 | 3–1 |
Legia Warsaw | 6–1 | St Patrick's Athletic | 1–1 | 5–0 |
Rabotnički | 1–2 | HJK | 0–0 | 1–2 |
Dinamo Zagreb | 4–0 | Žalgiris Vilnius | 2–0 | 2–0 |
Ludogorets Razgrad | 5–1 | F91 Dudelange | 4–0 | 1–1 |
Valletta | 0–5 | Qarabağ | 0–1 | 0–4 |
Strømsgodset | 0–3 | Steaua București | 0–1 | 0–2 |
- Notes
^ Order of legs reversed after original draw, due to the 2014 Israel–Gaza conflict.[29]
^ Order of legs reversed after original draw.
Third qualifying round
The third qualifying round was split into two separate sections: one for champions (Champions Route) and one for non-champions (League Route). The losing teams in both sections entered the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League play-off round.
The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 18 July 2014.[30] The first legs were played on 29 and 30 July, and the second legs were played on 5 and 6 August 2014.
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Qarabağ | 2–3 | Red Bull Salzburg | 2–1 | 0–2 |
Debrecen | 2–3 | BATE Borisov | 1–0 | 1–3 |
Slovan Bratislava | 2–1 | Sheriff Tiraspol | 2–1 | 0–0 |
AaB | 2–1 | Dinamo Zagreb | 0–1 | 2–0 |
Legia Warsaw | 4–4 (a) | Celtic | 4–1 | 0–3[E] |
Aktobe | 3–4 | Steaua București | 2–2 | 1–2 |
Maribor | 3–2 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 1–0 | 2–2 |
HJK | 2–4 | APOEL | 2–2 | 0–2 |
Sparta Prague | 4–4 (a) | Malmö FF | 4–2 | 0–2 |
Ludogorets Razgrad | 2–2 (a) | Partizan | 0–0 | 2–2 |
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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AEL Limassol | 1–3 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 1–0 | 0–3 |
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 0–2 | Copenhagen | 0–0 | 0–2 |
Feyenoord | 2–5 | Beşiktaş | 1–2 | 1–3 |
Grasshoppers | 1–3 | Lille | 0–2 | 1–1 |
Standard Liège | 2–1 | Panathinaikos | 0–0 | 2–1 |
- Notes
^ UEFA awarded Celtic a 3–0 win due to Legia Warsaw fielding suspended player Bartosz Bereszyński in the second leg. The original match had ended in a 2–0 win for Legia Warsaw.[31]
Play-off round
The play-off round was split into two separate sections: one for champions (Champions Route) and one for non-champions (League Route). The losing teams in both sections entered the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League group stage.
The draw for the play-off round was held on 8 August 2014.[32] The first legs were played on 19 and 20 August, and the second legs were played on 26 and 27 August 2014.
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Maribor | 2–1 | Celtic | 1–1 | 1–0 |
Red Bull Salzburg | 2–4 | Malmö FF | 2–1 | 0–3 |
AaB | 1–5 | APOEL | 1–1 | 0–4 |
Steaua București | 1–1 (5–6 p) | Ludogorets Razgrad | 1–0 | 0–1 (a.e.t.) |
Slovan Bratislava | 1–4 | BATE Borisov | 1–1 | 0–3 |
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Beşiktaş | 0–1 | Arsenal | 0–0 | 0–1 |
Standard Liège | 0–4 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 0–1 | 0–3 |
Copenhagen | 2–7 | Bayer Leverkusen | 2–3 | 0–4 |
Lille | 0–3 | Porto | 0–1 | 0–2 |
Napoli | 2–4 | Athletic Bilbao | 1–1 | 1–3 |
Group stage
Madrid teams
Atlético Madrid Real MadridLondon teams
Arsenal ChelseaLisbon teams
Benfica Sporting CP Brown: Group A; Red: Group B; Orange: Group C; Yellow: Group D; Green: Group E; Blue: Group F; Purple: Group G; Pink: Group H.The draw for the group stage was held in Monaco on 28 August 2014.[33] The 32 teams were allocated into four pots based on their 2014 UEFA club coefficients,[25][26][27] with the title holders being placed in Pot 1 automatically. They were drawn into eight groups of four, with the restriction that teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other.
In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The matchdays were 16–17 September, 30 September–1 October, 21–22 October, 4–5 November, 25–26 November, and 9–10 December 2014.
A total of 18 national associations were represented in the group stage. Ludogorets Razgrad and Malmö FF made their debut appearances in the group stage.[34]
Teams that qualified for the group stage also participated in the 2014–15 UEFA Youth League, a competition available to players aged 19 or under.
The group winners and runners-up advanced to the round of 16, while the third-placed teams entered the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League round of 32. See 2014–15 UEFA Champions League group stage#Tiebreakers for tiebreakers if two or more teams are equal on points.
Group A
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ATL | JUV | OLY | MAL | |
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| 1 | Atlético Madrid | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 3 | +11 | 13 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 1–0 | 4–0 | 5–0 | |
| 2 | Juventus | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 10 | 0–0 | — | 3–2 | 2–0 | ||
| 3 | Olympiacos | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 13 | −3 | 9 | Transfer to Europa League | 3–2 | 1–0 | — | 4–2 | |
| 4 | Malmö | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 15 | −11 | 3 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | — |
Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | RM | BSL | LIV | LUD | |
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| 1 | Real Madrid | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | +14 | 18 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 5–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | |
| 2 | Basel | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 7 | 0–1 | — | 1–0 | 4–0 | ||
| 3 | Liverpool | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 5 | Transfer to Europa League | 0–3 | 1–1 | — | 2–1 | |
| 4 | Ludogorets Razgrad | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 14 | −9 | 4 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | — |
Group C
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MON | LEV | ZEN | BEN | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monaco | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | |
| 2 | Bayer Leverkusen | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 10 | 0–1 | — | 2–0 | 3–1 | ||
| 3 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 7 | Transfer to Europa League | 0–0 | 1–2 | — | 1–0 | |
| 4 | Benfica | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 5 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | — |
Group D
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | DOR | ARS | AND | GAL | |
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| 1 | Borussia Dortmund | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 13 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | |
| 2 | Arsenal | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 8 | +7 | 13 | 2–0 | — | 3–3 | 4–1 | ||
| 3 | Anderlecht | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 6 | Transfer to Europa League | 0–3 | 1–2 | — | 2–0 | |
| 4 | Galatasaray | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 19 | −15 | 1 | 0–4 | 1–4 | 1–1 | — |
Group E
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | BAY | MC | ROM | CSKA | |
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| 1 | Bayern Munich | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 4 | +12 | 15 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | |
| 2 | Manchester City | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 8 | 3–2 | — | 1–1 | 1–2 | ||
| 3 | Roma | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 14 | −6 | 5 | Transfer to Europa League | 1–7 | 0–2 | — | 5–1 | |
| 4 | CSKA Moscow | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | −7 | 5 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | — |
Group F
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | BAR | PSG | AJX | APO | |
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| 1 | Barcelona | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 5 | +10 | 15 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | |
| 2 | Paris Saint-Germain | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 13 | 3–2 | — | 3–1 | 1–0 | ||
| 3 | Ajax | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 5 | Transfer to Europa League | 0–2 | 1–1 | — | 4–0 | |
| 4 | APOEL | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 12 | −11 | 1 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 1–1 | — |
Group G
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | CHL | SCH | SPO | MRB | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chelsea | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 3 | +14 | 14 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 1–1 | 3–1 | 6–0 | |
| 2 | Schalke 04 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 14 | −5 | 8 | 0–5 | — | 4–3 | 1–1 | ||
| 3 | Sporting CP | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 7 | Transfer to Europa League | 0–1 | 4–2 | — | 3–1 | |
| 4 | Maribor | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | −9 | 3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | — |
Group H
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | POR | SHK | ATH | BATE | |
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| 1 | Porto | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 4 | +12 | 14 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 1–1 | 2–1 | 6–0 | |
| 2 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 4 | +11 | 9 | 2–2 | — | 0–1 | 5–0 | ||
| 3 | Athletic Bilbao | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 7 | Transfer to Europa League | 0–2 | 0–0 | — | 2–0 | |
| 4 | BATE Borisov | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 24 | −22 | 3 | 0–3 | 0–7 | 2–1 | — |
Knockout phase
In the knockout phase, teams played against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis, except for the one-match final. The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follows:
- In the draw for the round of 16, the eight group winners were seeded, and the eight group runners-up were unseeded. The seeded teams were drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. Teams from the same group or the same association could not be drawn against each other.
- In the draws for the quarter-finals onwards, there were no seedings, and teams from the same group or the same association could be drawn against each other.
Bracket
| | Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||||||
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| Juventus | 2 | 3 | 5 | | ||||||||||||||||
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| Borussia Dortmund | 1 | 0 | 1 | | ||||||||||||||||
| | Juventus | 1 | 0 | 1 | | |||||||||||||||
| | Monaco | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |||||||||||||||
| Arsenal | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Monaco (a) | 3 | 0 | 3 | | ||||||||||||||||
| | Juventus | 2 | 1 | 3 | | |||||||||||||||
| | Real Madrid | 1 | 1 | 2 | | |||||||||||||||
| Bayer Leverkusen | 1 | 0 | 1 (2) | | ||||||||||||||||
| Atlético Madrid (p) | 0 | 1 | 1 (3) | | ||||||||||||||||
| | Atlético Madrid | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| | Real Madrid | 0 | 1 | 1 | | |||||||||||||||
| Schalke 04 | 0 | 4 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Real Madrid | 2 | 3 | 5 | | ||||||||||||||||
| | Juventus | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| | Barcelona | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Paris Saint-Germain (aet; a) | 1 | 2 | 3 | | ||||||||||||||||
| Chelsea | 1 | 2 | 3 | | ||||||||||||||||
| | Paris Saint-Germain | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| | Barcelona | 3 | 2 | 5 | | |||||||||||||||
| Manchester City | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Barcelona | 2 | 1 | 3 | | ||||||||||||||||
| | Barcelona | 3 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| | Bayern Munich | 0 | 3 | 3 | | |||||||||||||||
| Basel | 1 | 0 | 1 | | ||||||||||||||||
| Porto | 1 | 4 | 5 | | ||||||||||||||||
| | Porto | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| | Bayern Munich | 1 | 6 | 7 | | |||||||||||||||
| Shakhtar Donetsk | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bayern Munich | 0 | 7 | 7 | | ||||||||||||||||
Round of 16
The draw for the round of 16 was held on 15 December 2014.[35] The first legs were played on 17, 18, 24 and 25 February, and the second legs were played on 10, 11, 17 and 18 March 2015.
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Paris Saint-Germain | 3–3 (a) | Chelsea | 1–1 | 2–2 (a.e.t.) |
Manchester City | 1–3 | Barcelona | 1–2 | 0–1 |
Bayer Leverkusen | 1–1 (2–3 p) | Atlético Madrid | 1–0 | 0–1 (a.e.t.) |
Juventus | 5–1 | Borussia Dortmund | 2–1 | 3–0 |
Schalke 04 | 4–5 | Real Madrid | 0–2 | 4–3 |
Shakhtar Donetsk | 0–7 | Bayern Munich | 0–0 | 0–7 |
Arsenal | 3–3 (a) | Monaco | 1–3 | 2–0 |
Basel | 1–5 | Porto | 1–1 | 0–4 |
Quarter-finals
The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 20 March 2015.[36] The first legs were played on 14 and 15 April, and the second legs were played on 21 and 22 April 2015.
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Paris Saint-Germain | 1–5 | Barcelona | 1–3 | 0–2 |
Atlético Madrid | 0–1 | Real Madrid | 0–0 | 0–1 |
Porto | 4–7 | Bayern Munich | 3–1 | 1–6 |
Juventus | 1–0 | Monaco | 1–0 | 0–0 |
Semi-finals
The draw for the semi-finals and final (to determine the "home" team for administrative purposes) was held on 24 April 2015.[37] The first legs were played on 5 and 6 May, and the second legs were played on 12 and 13 May 2015.
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Barcelona | 5–3 | Bayern Munich | 3–0 | 2–3 |
Juventus | 3–2 | Real Madrid | 2–1 | 1–1 |
Final
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| Juventus | 1–3 | Barcelona |
|---|---|---|
Morata  55' | Report | Rakitić 4'Suárez 68'Neymar 90+7' |
Statistics
Statistics exclude qualifying rounds and play-off round.
Top goalscorers
Shakhtar's Luiz Adriano became the first player to score hat-tricks in consecutive Champions League group stage games, both against BATE Borisov.[40]
| Rank | Player | Team | Goals | Minutes played |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Neymar | Barcelona | 10 | 1026 |
| Cristiano Ronaldo | Real Madrid | 1065 | ||
| Lionel Messi | Barcelona | 1147 | ||
| 4 | Luiz Adriano | Shakhtar Donetsk | 9 | 628 |
| 5 |  Jackson Martínez | Porto | 7 | 629 |
| Thomas Müller | Bayern Munich | 777 | ||
 Luis Suárez | Barcelona | 827 | ||
| Carlos Tevez | Juventus | 1156 | ||
| 9 | Sergio Agüero | Manchester City | 6 | 550 |
| Karim Benzema | Real Madrid | 664 | ||
| Edinson Cavani | Paris Saint-Germain | 920 | ||
| Robert Lewandowski | Bayern Munich | 932 |
Source:[41]
Top assists
| Rank | Player | Team | Assists | Minutes played |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lionel Messi | Barcelona | 6 | 1147 |
| 2 | Andrés Iniesta | Barcelona | 5 | 786 |
| 3 | Bastian Schweinsteiger | Bayern Munich | 4 | 456 |
| Cesc Fàbregas | Chelsea | 4 | 696 | |
| Koke | Atlético Madrid | 4 | 833 | |
| Dani Alves | Barcelona | 4 | 961 | |
| Cristiano Ronaldo | Real Madrid | 4 | 1065 |
Source:[42]
Squad of the Season
The UEFA technical study group selected the following 18 players as the squad of the tournament:[43]
Pos. | Player | Team |
|---|---|---|
GK | Gianluigi Buffon | Juventus |
| Marc-André ter Stegen | Barcelona | |
DF | Gerard Piqué | Barcelona |
| Javier Mascherano | Barcelona | |
| Jordi Alba | Barcelona | |
| Branislav Ivanović | Chelsea | |
| Giorgio Chiellini | Juventus | |
MF | Sergio Busquets | Barcelona |
| Andrés Iniesta | Barcelona | |
| Toni Kroos | Real Madrid | |
| Ivan Rakitić | Barcelona | |
| Andrea Pirlo | Juventus | |
| Claudio Marchisio | Juventus | |
FW | Lionel Messi | Barcelona |
| Neymar | Barcelona | |
| Luis Suárez | Barcelona | |
| Álvaro Morata | Juventus | |
| Cristiano Ronaldo | Real Madrid |
See also
- 2014–15 UEFA Europa League
- 2015 UEFA Super Cup
- 2015 FIFA Club World Cup
- 2014–15 UEFA Women's Champions League
- 2014–15 UEFA Youth League
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External links
- 2014–15 UEFA Champions League
- 2014/15 UEFA Champions League season review
