2014–15 UEFA Champions League#Group stage

{{Short description|60th season of the UEFA club football tournament}}

{{Infobox international football competition

| tourney_name = UEFA Champions League

| year = 2014–15

| image = Olympiastadion Berlin, 2023.jpg

| size = 275px

| caption = The Olympiastadion in Berlin hosted the final

| dates = Qualifying:
1 July – 27 August 2014
Competition proper:
16 September 2014 – 6 June 2015

| num_teams = Competition proper: 32
Total: 77

| associations = 53

| champion_other = {{fbaicon|ESP}} Barcelona

| count = 5

| second_other = {{fbaicon|ITA}} Juventus

| matches = 125

| goals = 361

| attendance = {{#expr: + 31946 + 31218 + 20500 + 44322 + 34502 + 31411 + 20500 + 39091 + 40121 + 20500 + 27562 + 39219 + 43307 + 65364 + 36000 + 41484 + 29150 + 43521 + 35272 + 79283 + 37143 + 36000 + 43290 + 58393 + 8130 + 35294 + 13817 + 25202 + 27254 + 12776 + 17010 + 32565 + 14123 + 26230 + 11319 + 17564 + 28553 + 65851 + 59803 + 18649 + 19881 + 36324 + 59872 + 65851 + 19857 + 59902 + 20590 + 65851 + 40888 + 68000 + 0 + 37509 + 0 + 70544 + 45143 + 68000 + 0 + 44510 + 54119 + 68000 + 62832 + 50430 + 46400 + 17190 + 18659 + 79357 + 45816 + 52117 + 20626 + 46130 + 82570 + 51796 + 40648 + 12211 + 40734 + 47997 + 49943 + 41126 + 35473 + 12646 + 54442 + 32739 + 41089 + 12516 + 35108 + 48351 + 33217 + 11886 + 12113 + 38116 + 29173 + 47243 + 10147 + 33489 + 28010 + 42852 + 46146 + 34187 + 54442 + 34464 + 45081 + 41182 + 29079 + 59868 + 69986 + 43108 + 37692 + 70000 + 48273 + 17263 + 92551 + 65851 + 52553 + 40801 + 45893 + 50092 + 84477 + 70000 + 78300 + 16889 + 41011 + 95639 + 70000 + 78153 + 70442}}

| top_scorer = Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
Neymar (Barcelona)
Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)
10 goals each

| prevseason = 2013–14

| nextseason = 2015–16

}}

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 final was played at the Olympiastadion in Berlin, Germany,{{cite web|url=http://www.uefa.org/about-uefa/executive-committee/news/newsid=1954884.html|title=Executive Committee decides hosts for 2015 finals|website=UEFA.org|date=23 May 2013|access-date=22 March 2014|archive-date=4 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151004072345/http://www.uefa.org/about-uefa/executive-committee/news/newsid=1954884.html|url-status=live}} with Spanish side Barcelona defeating Italian side Juventus 3–1 to win their fifth title and complete an unprecedented second continental treble.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/jun/06/barcelona-juventus-luis-suarez|title=Luis Suárez's strike rewards Barcelona's dominance to break Juventus|work=The Guardian|date=6 June 2015|access-date=10 December 2016|archive-date=14 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180114183843/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/jun/06/barcelona-juventus-luis-suarez|url-status=live}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.uefa.org/about-uefa/organisation/congress/news/newsid=1955575.html|title=EURO reflected key football values|website=UEFA.org|date=24 May 2013|access-date=22 March 2014|archive-date=4 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151004050446/http://www.uefa.org/about-uefa/organisation/congress/news/newsid=1955575.html|url-status=live}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.uefa.org/about-uefa/organisation/congress/news/newsid=1956133.html|title=Congress decisions bring Gibraltar on board|website=UEFA.org|date=24 May 2013|access-date=22 March 2014|archive-date=19 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150919151354/http://www.uefa.org/about-uefa/organisation/congress/news/newsid=1956133.html|url-status=live}} They were granted one spot in the Champions League,{{cite web|url=http://www.uefa.org/about-uefa/executive-committee/news/newsid=1999120.html|title=Strategic talks in Dubrovnik|website=UEFA.org|date=20 September 2013|access-date=22 March 2014|archive-date=20 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150920032254/http://www.uefa.org/about-uefa/executive-committee/news/newsid=1999120.html|url-status=live}} which was taken by Lincoln Red Imps, the champions of the 2013–14 Gibraltar Premier Division.{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/news/0253-0d7f2454b71c-3ccc7d2b491e-1000--lincoln-win-12th-straight-gibraltarian-title/|title=Lincoln win 12th straight Gibraltarian title|website=UEFA|date=14 April 2014|access-date=30 April 2014|archive-date=18 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170718165852/http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/association=gib/news/newsid=2091442.html|url-status=live}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://msn.foxsports.com/soccer/story/ukrainian-russian-clubs-to-be-kept-apart-by-uefa-in-european-competitions-071714|title=Ukrainian, Russian clubs to be kept apart by UEFA in Euro competitions|work=Fox Sports|access-date=2014-07-17|archive-date=2021-03-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309233641/https://www.foxsports.com/|url-status=live}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.foxsports.com/soccer/story/uefa-bars-israeli-clubs-from-hosting-matches-while-conflict-continues-071714|title=UEFA bars Israeli clubs from hosting matches while conflict continues|work=Fox Sports|access-date=2014-07-23|archive-date=2016-09-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160915231137/http://www.foxsports.com/soccer/story/uefa-bars-israeli-clubs-from-hosting-matches-while-conflict-continues-071714|url-status=live}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.uefa.org/about-uefa/news/newsid=2124836.html|title=Emergency Panel decisions|website=UEFA.org|date=17 July 2014|access-date=18 July 2014|archive-date=27 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170227082049/http://www.uefa.org/about-uefa/news/newsid=2124836.html|url-status=live}} Moreover, this was the first season in which vanishing spray was used.{{cite news |title=Vanishing spray paint approved for UEFA games |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/0253-0d7fdd76e9aa-30a128a937cd-1000--vanishing-spray-paint-approved-for-uefa-games/ |website=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |date=8 August 2014 |access-date=28 August 2014 |archive-date=25 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160125034752/http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/newsid=2130512.html |url-status=live }}

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:{{cite web|url=http://www.uefa.org/MultimediaFiles/Download/Regulations/uefaorg/Regulations/02/09/88/17/2098817_DOWNLOAD.pdf|title=Regulations of the UEFA Champions League 2014/15 Season|website=UEFA|date=1 May 2014|access-date=5 May 2014|archive-date=5 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140505002223/http://www.uefa.org/MultimediaFiles/Download/Regulations/uefaorg/Regulations/02/09/88/17/2098817_DOWNLOAD.pdf|url-status=live}}

  • 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/uefarankings/country/season=2013/index.html|title=Country coefficients 2012/13|website=UEFA|access-date=2013-06-17|archive-date=2015-04-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150428202535/http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/uefarankings/country/season=2013/index.html|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://kassiesa.net/uefa/data/method4/crank2013.html|title=UEFA Country Ranking 2013|publisher=Bert Kassies|access-date=2013-05-03|archive-date=2009-10-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091027010932/http://www.xs4all.nl/~kassiesa/bert/uefa/data/method4/crank2013.html|url-status=live}}

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|

{| class="wikitable"

Rank

!Association

!Coeff.

!Teams

1

|{{fba|ESP}}

|align=right|88.025

|align=center rowspan=3|4

2

|{{fba|ENG}}

|align=right|82.963

3

|{{fba|GER}}

|align=right|79.614

4

|{{fba|ITA}}

|align=right|64.147

|align=center rowspan=3|3

5

|{{fba|POR}}

|align=right|59.168

6

|{{fba|FRA|1974}}

|align=right|59.000

7

|{{fba|UKR}}

|align=right|49.758

|align=center rowspan=9|2

8

|{{fba|RUS}}

|align=right|46.332

9

|{{fba|NED}}

|align=right|44.729

10

|{{fba|TUR}}

|align=right|34.500

11

|{{fba|BEL}}

|align=right|34.400

12

|{{fba|GRE}}

|align=right|34.000

13

|{{fba|SUI}}

|align=right|28.925

14

|{{fba|CYP}}

|align=right|26.833

15

|{{fba|DEN}}

|align=right|25.700

16

|{{fba|AUT}}

|align=right|25.375

|align=center rowspan=3|1

17

|{{fba|CZE}}

|align=right|23.725

18

|{{fba|ROU}}

|align=right|23.024

|

class="wikitable"
Rank

!Association

!Coeff.

!Teams

19

|{{fba|ISR}}

|align=right|22.875

|align=center rowspan=18|1

20

|{{fba|BLR}}

|align=right|20.875

21

|{{fba|POL}}

|align=right|20.750

22

|{{fba|CRO}}

|align=right|19.583

23

|{{fba|SWE}}

|align=right|15.625

24

|{{fba|SCO}}

|align=right|15.191

25

|{{fba|SRB}}

|align=right|14.625

26

|{{fba|SVK}}

|align=right|14.208

27

|{{fba|NOR}}

|align=right|14.175

28

|{{fba|BUL}}

|align=right|12.250

29

|{{fba|HUN}}

|align=right|11.750

30

|{{fba|SVN}}

|align=right|9.708

31

|{{fba|GEO}}

|align=right|9.166

32

|{{fba|AZE}}

|align=right|8.541

33

|{{fba|FIN}}

|align=right|8.508

34

|{{fba|BIH}}

|align=right|7.833

35

|{{fba|MDA}}

|align=right|7.666

36

|{{fba|IRL}}

|align=right|7.375

|

class="wikitable"
Rank

!Association

!Coeff.

!Teams

37

|{{fba|LTU}}

|align=right|6.500

|align=center rowspan=8|1

38

|{{fba|KAZ}}

|align=right|5.958

39

|{{fba|LVA}}

|align=right|5.791

40

|{{fba|ISL}}

|align=right|5.416

41

|{{fba|MNE}}

|align=right|5.250

42

|{{fba|MKD|name=Macedonia}}

|align=right|5.250

43

|{{fba|ALB}}

|align=right|4.166

44

|{{fba|MLT}}

|align=right|3.958

45

|{{fba|LIE}}

|align=right|3.500

|align=center|0

46

|{{fba|LUX}}

|align=right|3.375

|align=center rowspan=9|1

47

|{{fba|NIR}}

|align=right|3.083

48

|{{fba|WAL}}

|align=right|2.583

49

|{{fba|EST}}

|align=right|2.208

50

|{{fba|ARM}}

|align=right|1.750

51

|{{fba|FRO}}

|align=right|1.583

52

|{{fba|SMR}}

|align=right|0.666

53

|{{fba|AND}}

|align=right|0.500

54

|{{fba|GIB}}

|align=right|0.000

|}

=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:{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/0213-0e89424b2b66-d861a4d2ee53-1000--2014-15-uefa-champions-league-access-list/|title=2014/15 access list|date=10 March 2014|website=UEFA|access-date=22 January 2015|archive-date=20 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170520131001/http://www.uefa.com/news/newsid=2069708.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://kassiesa.net/uefa/access2014.html|title=Access list 2014/2015|publisher=Bert Kassies|access-date=3 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140104090523/http://kassiesa.home.xs4all.nl/bert/uefa/access2014.html|archive-date=4 January 2014|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/025a-0ea7aac533c7-70d38379bafe-1000--madrid-s-win-is-basel-s-gain/|title=Madrid's win is Basel's gain|website=UEFA|date=27 May 2014|access-date=27 May 2014|archive-date=25 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160125034708/http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/newsid=2111555.html|url-status=live}}

  • 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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colspan=2|

!Teams entering in this round

!Teams advancing from previous round

colspan=2|First qualifying round
(6 teams)

|

  • 6 champions from associations 49–54

|

colspan=2|Second qualifying round
(34 teams)

|

  • 31 champions from associations 17–48 (except Liechtenstein)

|

  • 3 winners from the first qualifying round
rowspan=2|Third qualifying round

!Champions
(20 teams)

|

  • 3 champions from associations 14–16

|

  • 17 winners from the second qualifying round
Non-champions
(10 teams)

|

  • 9 runners-up from associations 7–15
  • 1 third-placed team from association 6

|

rowspan=2|Play-off round

!Champions
(10 teams)

|

|

  • 10 winners from the third qualifying round for champions
Non-champions
(10 teams)

|

  • 2 third-placed teams from associations 4–5
  • 3 fourth-placed teams from associations 1–3

|

  • 5 winners from the third qualifying round for non-champions
colspan=2|Group stage
(32 teams)

|

  • 13 champions from associations 1–13
  • 6 runners-up from associations 1–6
  • 3 third-placed teams from associations 1–3

|

  • 5 winners from the play-off round for champions
  • 5 winners from the play-off round for non-champions
colspan=2|Knockout phase
(16 teams)

|

|

  • 8 group winners from the group stage
  • 8 group runners-up from the group stage

=Teams=

League positions of the previous season shown in parentheses (TH: Title holders).{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/0252-0cd30079812e-2b9a44906ae6-1000--madrid-and-lincoln-bookend-2014-15-entries/|title=Madrid and Lincoln bookend 2014/15 entries|website=UEFA|date=18 June 2014|access-date=20 June 2014|archive-date=4 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170604031858/http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/newsid=2117511.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://kassiesa.net/uefa/qual2014.html|title=Qualification for European Cup Football 2014/2015|publisher=Bert Kassies|access-date=2014-01-03|archive-date=2015-05-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150516193913/http://kassiesa.home.xs4all.nl/bert/uefa/qual2014.html|url-status=dead}}

class="wikitable"
colspan=4|Group stage
{{fbaicon|ESP}} Real MadridTH {{small|(3rd)}}

|{{fbaicon|GER}} Bayern Munich {{small|(1st)}}

|{{fbaicon|POR}} Sporting CP {{small|(2nd)}}

|{{fbaicon|TUR}} Galatasaray {{small|(2nd)}}{{Cref2|Note TUR}}

{{fbaicon|ESP}} Atlético Madrid {{small|(1st)}}

|{{fbaicon|GER}} Borussia Dortmund {{small|(2nd)}}

|{{fbaicon|FRA|1974}} Paris Saint-Germain {{small|(1st)}}

|{{fbaicon|BEL}} Anderlecht {{small|(1st)}}

{{fbaicon|ESP}} Barcelona {{small|(2nd)}}

|{{fbaicon|GER}} Schalke 04 {{small|(3rd)}}

|{{fbaicon|FRA|1974}} Monaco {{small|(2nd)}}

|{{fbaicon|GRE}} Olympiacos {{small|(1st)}}

{{fbaicon|ENG}} Manchester City {{small|(1st)}}

|{{fbaicon|ITA}} Juventus {{small|(1st)}}

|{{fbaicon|UKR}} Shakhtar Donetsk {{small|(1st)}}

|{{fbaicon|SUI}} Basel {{small|(1st)}}

{{fbaicon|ENG}} Liverpool {{small|(2nd)}}

|{{fbaicon|ITA}} Roma {{small|(2nd)}}

|{{fbaicon|RUS}} CSKA Moscow {{small|(1st)}}

|rowspan=2|

{{fbaicon|ENG}} Chelsea {{small|(3rd)}}

|{{fbaicon|POR}} Benfica {{small|(1st)}}

|{{fbaicon|NED}} Ajax {{small|(1st)}}

colspan=4|Play-off round
Champions

!colspan=3|Non-champions

rowspan=2|

|{{fbaicon|ESP}} Athletic Bilbao {{small|(4th)}}

|{{fbaicon|GER}} Bayer Leverkusen {{small|(4th)}}

|{{fbaicon|POR}} Porto {{small|(3rd)}}

{{fbaicon|ENG}} Arsenal {{small|(4th)}}

|{{fbaicon|ITA}} Napoli {{small|(3rd)}}

|

colspan=4|Third qualifying round
Champions

!colspan=3|Non-champions

{{fbaicon|CYP}} APOEL {{small|(1st)}}

|{{fbaicon|FRA|1974}} Lille {{small|(3rd)}}

|{{fbaicon|TUR}} Beşiktaş {{small|(3rd)}}{{Cref2|Note TUR}}

|{{fbaicon|CYP}} AEL Limassol {{small|(2nd)}}

{{fbaicon|DEN}} AaB {{small|(1st)}}

|{{fbaicon|UKR}} Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk {{small|(2nd)}}

|{{fbaicon|BEL}} Standard Liège {{small|(2nd)}}

|{{fbaicon|DEN}} Copenhagen {{small|(2nd)}}

{{fbaicon|AUT}} Red Bull Salzburg {{small|(1st)}}

|{{fbaicon|RUS}} Zenit Saint Petersburg {{small|(2nd)}}

|{{fbaicon|GRE}} Panathinaikos {{small|(2nd)}}

|rowspan=2|

|{{fbaicon|NED}} Feyenoord {{small|(2nd)}}

|{{fbaicon|SUI}} Grasshopper {{small|(2nd)}}

colspan=4|Second qualifying round
{{fbaicon|CZE}} Sparta Prague {{small|(1st)}}

|{{fbaicon|SRB}} Partizan {{small|(2nd)}}{{Cref2|Note SRB}}

|{{fbaicon|FIN}} HJK {{small|(1st)}}

|{{fbaicon|MNE}} Sutjeska {{small|(1st)}}

{{fbaicon|ROU}} Steaua București {{small|(1st)}}

|{{fbaicon|SVK}} Slovan Bratislava {{small|(1st)}}

|{{fbaicon|BIH}} Zrinjski Mostar {{small|(1st)}}

|{{fbaicon|MKD}} Rabotnicki {{small|(1st)}}

{{fbaicon|ISR}} Maccabi Tel Aviv {{small|(1st)}}

|{{fbaicon|NOR}} Strømsgodset {{small|(1st)}}

|{{fbaicon|MDA}} Sheriff Tiraspol {{small|(1st)}}

|{{fbaicon|ALB}} Skënderbeu {{small|(1st)}}

{{fbaicon|BLR}} BATE Borisov {{small|(1st)}}

|{{fbaicon|BUL}} Ludogorets Razgrad {{small|(1st)}}

|{{fbaicon|IRL}} St Patrick's Athletic {{small|(1st)}}

|{{fbaicon|MLT}} Valletta {{small|(1st)}}

{{fbaicon|POL}} Legia Warsaw {{small|(1st)}}

|{{fbaicon|HUN}} Debrecen {{small|(1st)}}

|{{fbaicon|LTU}} Žalgiris {{small|(1st)}}

|{{fbaicon|LUX}} F91 Dudelange {{small|(1st)}}

{{fbaicon|CRO}} Dinamo Zagreb {{small|(1st)}}

|{{fbaicon|SVN}} Maribor {{small|(1st)}}

|{{fbaicon|KAZ}} Aktobe {{small|(1st)}}

|{{fbaicon|NIR}} Cliftonville {{small|(1st)}}

{{fbaicon|SWE}} Malmö FF {{small|(1st)}}

|{{fbaicon|GEO}} Dinamo Tbilisi {{small|(1st)}}

|{{fbaicon|LVA}} Ventspils {{small|(1st)}}

|{{fbaicon|WAL}} The New Saints {{small|(1st)}}

{{fbaicon|SCO}} Celtic {{small|(1st)}}

|{{fbaicon|AZE}} Qarabağ {{small|(1st)}}

|{{fbaicon|ISL}} KR {{small|(1st)}}

|

colspan=4|First qualifying round
{{fbaicon|EST}} Levadia Tallinn {{small|(1st)}}

|{{fbaicon|FRO}} HB {{small|(1st)}}

|{{fbaicon|AND}} FC Santa Coloma {{small|(1st)}}

|rowspan=2|

{{fbaicon|ARM}} Banants {{small|(1st)}}

|{{fbaicon|SMR}} La Fiorita {{small|(1st)}}

|{{fbaicon|GIB}} Lincoln Red Imps {{small|(1st)}}

Notes

{{Cnote2 Begin|liststyle=disc}}

{{Cnote2|Note SRB|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.{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/0216-0e8b0ded2b20-fec108c2bd1b-1000--crvena-zvezda-excluded-from-champions-league/|title=Crvena zvezda excluded from UEFA Champions League|website=UEFA|date=6 June 2014|access-date=6 June 2014|archive-date=28 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180928203626/https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/newsid=2114180.html|url-status=live}} As a result, the berth was given to Partizan, the runners-up of the league.}}

{{Cnote2|Note TUR|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.{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/news-media/news/020a-0e85256ea48e-68ad3bfb3d2f-1000--decisions-on-besiktas-fenerbahce-steaua/|title=Decisions on Beşiktaş, Fenerbahçe, Steaua|website=UEFA|date=25 June 2013|access-date=27 April 2014|archive-date=31 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130831060816/http://www.uefa.com/uefa/disciplinary/news/newsid=1967131.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/23769348|title=Fenerbahce: Turkish side lose match-fixing ban appeal|website=BBC Sport|date=28 August 2013|access-date=12 February 2018|archive-date=5 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151105215621/http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/23769348|url-status=live}} 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.}}

{{Cnote2 End}}

Round and draw dates

The schedule of the competition is as follows (all draws held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, unless stated otherwise).{{cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2015/competitionformat/index.html |title=2014/15 UEFA Champions League draw and match calendar |website=UEFA |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150423073606/http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2015/competitionformat/index.html |archive-date=23 April 2015 }}{{cite web|url=https://kassiesa.net/uefa/calendar2014.html|title=UEFA European Football Calendar 2014/2015|publisher=Bert Kassies|access-date=3 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140104090449/http://kassiesa.home.xs4all.nl/bert/uefa/calendar2014.html|archive-date=4 January 2014|url-status=dead}}

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Phase

!Round

!Draw date

!First leg

!Second leg

rowspan=3|Qualifying

|First qualifying round

|rowspan=2|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

rowspan=6|Group stage

|Matchday 1

|rowspan=6|28 August 2014
(Monaco)

|colspan=2|16–17 September 2014

Matchday 2

|colspan=2|30 September–1 October 2014

Matchday 3

|colspan=2|21–22 October 2014

Matchday 4

|colspan=2|4–5 November 2014

Matchday 5

|colspan=2|25–26 November 2014

Matchday 6

|colspan=2|9–10 December 2014

rowspan=4|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

|rowspan=2|24 April 2015

|5–6 May 2015

|12–13 May 2015

Final

|colspan=2|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.{{cite web|last1=Pérez Serrano|first1=Ángel|title=La Copa América, pesadilla del Barça este año|url=http://www.mundodeportivo.com/20140727/fc-barcelona/la-copa-america-pesadilla-del-barca-este-ano_54412260238.html|website=mundodeportivo.com|access-date=28 July 2014|language=es|date=28 July 2014|archive-date=13 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170813142832/http://www.mundodeportivo.com/20140727/fc-barcelona/la-copa-america-pesadilla-del-barca-este-ano_54412260238.html|url-status=live}}

Qualifying rounds

{{main|2014–15 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round|l1=2014–15 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase}}

In the qualifying rounds and the play-off round, teams were divided into seeded and unseeded teams based on their 2014 UEFA club coefficients,{{cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/uefarankings/club/season=2014/index.html|title=Club coefficients 2013/14|website=UEFA|access-date=2013-09-29|archive-date=2015-04-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150423071238/http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/uefarankings/club/season=2014/index.html|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://kassiesa.net/uefa/data/method4/trank2014.html|title=UEFA Team Ranking 2014|publisher=Bert Kassies|access-date=2013-05-16|archive-date=2019-12-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191231193643/https://kassiesa.home.xs4all.nl/bert/uefa/data/method4/trank2014.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://kassiesa.net/uefa/seedcl2014.html|title=Seeding in the Champions League 2014/2015|publisher=Bert Kassies}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/0216-0e8b19b60966-f73529fa7283-1000--first-2014-15-missions-for-celtic-and-steaua/|title=First 2014/15 missions for Celtic and Steaua|website=UEFA|date=23 June 2014|access-date=23 June 2014|archive-date=12 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151112123841/http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/newsid=2117771.html|url-status=live}} The first legs were played on 1 and 2 July, and the second legs were played on 8 July 2014.

{{#lst:2014–15 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round|Q1}}

=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.

{{#lst:2014–15 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round|Q2}}

=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.{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/025a-0ea7a296f545-051696ffdbd6-1000--draw-takes-zenit-fck-to-new-destinations/|title=Draw takes Zenit, København to new destinations|website=UEFA|date=18 July 2014|access-date=19 July 2014|archive-date=16 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180816124814/https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/newsid=2125213.html|url-status=live}} The first legs were played on 29 and 30 July, and the second legs were played on 5 and 6 August 2014.

{{#lst:2014–15 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round|Q3}}

Play-off round

{{main|2014–15 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round#Play-off round|l1=2014–15 UEFA Champions League 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/0253-0d7fde04013d-9f2519d8ce9f-1000--tough-tests-for-napoli-and-porto-in-play-offs/|title=Tough play-off tests for Napoli, Porto in Champions League|website=UEFA|date=8 August 2014|access-date=8 August 2014|archive-date=3 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180603130447/http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/newsid=2130485.html|url-status=live}} The first legs were played on 19 and 20 August, and the second legs were played on 26 and 27 August 2014.

{{#lst:2014–15 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round|play-off}}

Group stage

{{main|2014–15 UEFA Champions League group stage}}

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The draw for the group stage was held in Monaco on 28 August 2014.{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/0253-0d041e79aad5-90d79a991439-1000--holders-real-madrid-draw-liverpool-in-group-stage/|title=Holders Real Madrid draw Liverpool in group stage|website=UEFA|date=28 August 2014|access-date=29 August 2014|archive-date=24 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151124043332/http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/newsid=2137672.html|url-status=live}} The 32 teams were allocated into four pots based on their 2014 UEFA club coefficients, 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/0253-0d041aef081e-d3876167ce19-1000--uefa-champions-league-group-stage-draw-pots/|title=UEFA Champions League group stage draw pots|website=UEFA|date=28 August 2014|access-date=27 August 2014|archive-date=19 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150719011202/http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/newsid=2134665.html|url-status=live}} For the first time since the 1995–96 season, England's Manchester United did not qualify for the group stage.

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 for tiebreakers if two or more teams are equal on points.

{{Clear}}

=Group A=

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=Group B=

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=Group C=

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=Group D=

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=Group E=

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=Group F=

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=Group G=

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=Group H=

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Knockout phase

{{main|2014–15 UEFA Champions League 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=

{{#lst:2014–15 UEFA Champions League knockout phase|Bracket}}

=Round of 16=

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 15 December 2014.{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/021c-0e8ebd6d8aac-f577702c118f-1000--champions-league-round-of-16-draw/|title=Champions League round of 16 draw|website=UEFA|date=15 December 2014|access-date=15 December 2014|archive-date=27 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141227203314/http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/newsid=2197251.html|url-status=live}} 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.

{{#lst:2014–15 UEFA Champions League knockout phase|Rof16}}

=Quarter-finals=

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 20 March 2015.{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/021f-0e8fed15a871-a1e7fc0dbf2a-1000--madrid-meet-atletico-again-in-quarter-finals/|title=Madrid meet Atlético again in quarter-finals|website=UEFA|date=20 March 2015|access-date=20 March 2015|archive-date=21 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150321024045/http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/newsid=2225313.html|url-status=live}} The first legs were played on 14 and 15 April, and the second legs were played on 21 and 22 April 2015.

{{#lst:2014–15 UEFA Champions League knockout phase|QF}}

=Semi-finals=

The draw for the semi-finals and final (to determine the "home" team for administrative purposes) was held on 24 April 2015.{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/0220-0e9066b57ea2-607cb7808487-1000--guardiola-takes-bayern-to-barca-madrid-get-juve/|title=Guardiola takes Bayern to Barça, Madrid get Juve|website=UEFA|date=24 April 2015|access-date=24 April 2015|archive-date=25 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150425090944/http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/newsid=2238561.html|url-status=live}} The first legs were played on 5 and 6 May, and the second legs were played on 12 and 13 May 2015.

{{#lst:2014–15 UEFA Champions League knockout phase|SF}}

=Final=

{{#lst:2014–15 UEFA Champions League knockout phase|F}}

Statistics

Statistics exclude qualifying rounds and play-off round.

=Top goalscorers=

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Rank

!Player

!Team

!Goals

!Minutes played

rowspan=3|1

|align=left|{{flagicon|BRA}} Neymar

|align=left|{{fbaicon|ESP}} Barcelona

|rowspan=3|10

|1,026

align=left|{{flagicon|POR}} Cristiano Ronaldo

|align=left|{{fbaicon|ESP}} Real Madrid

|1,065

align=left|{{flagicon|ARG}} Lionel Messi

|align=left|{{fbaicon|ESP}} Barcelona

|1,147

4

|align=left|{{flagicon|BRA}} Luiz Adriano

|align=left|{{fbaicon|UKR}} Shakhtar Donetsk

|9

|628

rowspan=4|5

|align=left|{{flagicon|COL}} Jackson Martínez

|align=left|{{fbaicon|POR}} Porto

|rowspan=4|7

|629

align=left|{{flagicon|GER}} Thomas Müller

|align=left|{{fbaicon|GER}} Bayern Munich

|777

align=left|{{flagicon|URU}} Luis Suárez

|align=left|{{fbaicon|ESP}} Barcelona

|827

align=left|{{flagicon|ARG}} Carlos Tevez

|align=left|{{fbaicon|ITA}} Juventus

|1,156

rowspan=4|9

|align=left|{{flagicon|ARG}} Sergio Agüero

|align=left|{{fbaicon|ENG}} Manchester City

|rowspan=4|6

|550

align=left|{{flagicon|FRA|1974}} Karim Benzema

|align=left|{{fbaicon|ESP}} Real Madrid

|664

align=left|{{flagicon|URU}} Edinson Cavani

|align=left|{{fbaicon|FRA|1974}} Paris Saint-Germain

|920

align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} Robert Lewandowski

|align=left|{{fbaicon|GER}} Bayern Munich

|932

{{small|Source:{{cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2015/statistics/round=2000548/players/type=topscorers/index.html|title=Statistics — Tournament phase — Player statistics — Goals|website=UEFA|access-date=6 June 2015|archive-date=16 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150716053232/http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2015/statistics/round=2000548/players/type=topscorers/index.html|url-status=dead}}}}

=Top assists=

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Rank

!Player

!Team

!Assists

!Minutes played

1

|align=left|{{flagicon|ARG}} Lionel Messi

|align=left|{{fbaicon|ESP}} Barcelona

|6

|1,147

2

|align=left|{{flagicon|ESP}} Andrés Iniesta

|align=left|{{fbaicon|ESP}} Barcelona

|5

|786

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|align=left|{{flagicon|GER}} Bastian Schweinsteiger

|align=left|{{fbaicon|GER}} Bayern Munich

|4

|456

align=left|{{flagicon|ESP}} Cesc Fàbregas

|align=left|{{fbaicon|ENG}} Chelsea

|4

|696

align=left|{{flagicon|ESP}} Koke

|align=left|{{fbaicon|ESP}} Atlético Madrid

|4

|833

align=left|{{flagicon|BRA}} Dani Alves

|align=left|{{fbaicon|ESP}} Barcelona

|4

|961

align=left|{{flagicon|POR}} Cristiano Ronaldo

|align=left|{{fbaicon|ESP}} Real Madrid

|4

|1,065

{{small|Source:{{cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2015/statistics/round=2000548/players/type=assists/index.html|title=Statistics — Tournament phase — Player statistics — Goals|website=UEFA|access-date=6 June 2015|archive-date=16 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150916212347/http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2015/statistics/round=2000548/players/type=assists/index.html|url-status=dead}}}}

=Squad of the season=

The UEFA technical study group selected the following 18 players as the squad of the tournament:{{cite web |title=UEFA Champions League squad of the season |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/0253-0d802a501f23-68765bf409b3-1000--uefa-champions-league-squad-of-the-season/ |website=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |date=9 June 2015 |access-date=9 June 2015 |archive-date=11 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150611133541/http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/newsid%3D2255077.html |url-status=live }}

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{{Tooltip|Pos.|Position}}

!Player

!Team

rowspan=2|{{Tooltip|GK|Goalkeeper}}

|align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} Gianluigi Buffon

|align=left|{{fbaicon|ITA}} Juventus

align=left|{{flagicon|GER}} Marc-André ter Stegen

|align=left|{{fbaicon|ESP}} Barcelona

rowspan=5|{{Tooltip|DF|Defender}}

|align=left|{{flagicon|ESP}} Gerard Piqué

|align=left|{{fbaicon|ESP}} Barcelona

align=left|{{flagicon|ARG}} Javier Mascherano

|align=left|{{fbaicon|ESP}} Barcelona

align=left|{{flagicon|ESP}} Jordi Alba

|align=left|{{fbaicon|ESP}} Barcelona

align=left|{{flagicon|SRB}} Branislav Ivanović

|align=left|{{fbaicon|ENG}} Chelsea

align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} Giorgio Chiellini

|align=left|{{fbaicon|ITA}} Juventus

rowspan=6|{{Tooltip|MF|Midfielder}}

|align=left|{{flagicon|ESP}} Sergio Busquets

|align=left|{{fbaicon|ESP}} Barcelona

align=left|{{flagicon|ESP}} Andrés Iniesta

|align=left|{{fbaicon|ESP}} Barcelona

align=left|{{flagicon|GER}} Toni Kroos

|align=left|{{fbaicon|ESP}} Real Madrid

align=left|{{flagicon|CRO}} Ivan Rakitić

|align=left|{{fbaicon|ESP}} Barcelona

align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} Andrea Pirlo

|align=left|{{fbaicon|ITA}} Juventus

align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} Claudio Marchisio

|align=left|{{fbaicon|ITA}} Juventus

rowspan=5|{{Tooltip|FW|Forward}}

|align=left|{{flagicon|ARG}} Lionel Messi

|align=left|{{fbaicon|ESP}} Barcelona

align=left|{{flagicon|BRA}} Neymar

|align=left|{{fbaicon|ESP}} Barcelona

align=left|{{flagicon|URU}} Luis Suárez

|align=left|{{fbaicon|ESP}} Barcelona

align=left|{{flagicon|ESP}} Álvaro Morata

|align=left|{{fbaicon|ITA}} Juventus

align=left|{{flagicon|POR}} Cristiano Ronaldo

|align=left|{{fbaicon|ESP}} Real Madrid

See also

References

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