UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Napoli suffered their first defeat of the tournament in their final group game but they win ‘Group A’ but on level points with Liverpool.
Ajax confirmed the Europa League spot by beating Rangers.
Rangers bow out with a perfect losing record in Group A.
Porto won ‘Group B’ by a point.
Leverkusen took the Europa League ticket at the expense of Atletico Madrid.
Bayern Munich won ‘Group C’ with a 100% win record.
Bayern Munich is the only reason Inter Milan didn’t stay unbeaten in ‘Group C’.
Vitoria Plzen bowed out with a perfect losing record at the bottom of ‘Group C’.
Group D was open for all the teams to qualify for the knockout stage.
Both Tottenham and Frankfurt got a 2-1 away win to advance from Group D.
Sporting CP needed to avoid defeat to advance from Group D but was beaten at home by Eintracht Frankfurt.
Marseille lose their lead and suffer a late defeat at home to get kicked out of the continental football competition.
AC Milan beat Salzburg to the final ticket to the ‘Round of 16’ from Group E, while Chelsea made up for their defeat against Zagreb in the opening round. The last time AC Milan reached the Round of 16 was in 2014.
RB Leipzig tagged along with Real Madrid with a win against Shakhtar Donetsk.
Real Madrid used a comfortable win against Celtic to confirm their place in the winners of Group F.
Manchester City came from a goal down to avoid defeat at home against Sevilla, while Copenhagen held Dortmund to a draw.
Benfica made up a (+5) goal difference to win Group H.
They advance to the ‘Round of 16’ with a PSG on an identical record.
Bayern Munich was the only unbeaten team (of the 4) to have a 100% winning record.
Benfica, Manchester City, and Paris St. Germain complete the list of unbeaten teams in the group stage.
Viktoria Plzeň and Rangers suffered defeat in all the matches played. The two clubs are part of the 4 teams that did not register a win in the group stage.
Celtic and Copenhagen complete the list of teams without a win.
Juventus and Maccabi Haifa would not have had a group stage win if it was for the result against each other.
November 1.
GROUP A
Liverpool 2-0 Napoli
Rangers 1-3 Ajax
1| Napoli – 15 points
2| Liverpool – 15 points
3| Ajax – 6 points
4| Rangers – 0 points
GROUP B
Porto 2-1 Atlético Madrid
Bayer Leverkusen 0-0 Club Brugge
1| Porto – 12 points
2| Club Brugge – 11 points
3| Bayer Leverkusen – 5 points
4| Atlético Madrid – 5 points
GROUP C
Bayern Munich 2-0 Inter Milan
Viktoria Plzeň 2-4 Barcelona
1| Bayern Munich – 18 points
2| Inter Milan – 10 points
3| Barcelona – 7 points
4| Viktoria Plzeň – 0 points
GROUP D
Sporting CP 1-2 Eintracht Frankfurt
Marseille 1-2 Tottenham Hotspur
1| Tottenham Hotspur – 11 points
2| Eintracht Frankfurt – 10 points
3| Sporting CP – 7 points
4| Marseille – 6 points
November 2.
GROUP E
Chelsea 2-1 Dinamo Zagreb
AC Milan 4-0 RB Salzburg
1| Chelsea – 13 points
2| AC Milan – 10 points
3| Red Bull Salzburg – 6 points
4| Dinamo Zagreb – 4 points
GROUP F
Real Madrid 5-1 Celtic
Shakhtar Donetsk 0-4 RB Leipzig
1| Real Madrid – 13 points
2| RB Leipzig – 12 points
3| Shakhtar Donetsk – 6 points
4| Celtic – 2 points
GROUP G
Manchester City 3-1 Sevilla
Copenhagen 1-1 Borussia Dortmund
1| Manchester City – 14 points
2| Borussia Dortmund – 9 points
3| Sevilla – 5 points
4| Copenhagen – 3 points
GROUP H
Juventus 1-2 Paris Saint-Germain
Maccabi Haifa 1-6 Benfica
1| Benfica – 14 points
2| Paris Saint-Germain – 14 points
3| Juventus – 3 points
4| Maccabi Haifa – 3 points
The GROUP WINNERS
Napoli
Porto
Bayern Munich
Tottenham Hotspur
Chelsea
Real Madrid
Manchester City
Benfica
The RUNNERS-UP
Liverpool
Club Brugge
Inter Milan
Eintracht Frankfurt
AC Milan
RB Leipzig
Borussia Dortmund
Paris Saint-Germain
Falling into the EUROPA LEAGUE
Ajax
Bayer Leverkusen
Barcelona
Sporting CP
Red Bull Salzburg
Shakhtar Donetsk
Sevilla
Juventus
The ELIMINATED
Rangers
Atlético Madrid
Viktoria Plzeň
Marseille
Dinamo Zagreb
Celtic
Copenhagen
Maccabi Haifa
The LEADING GOALSCORERS
Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) – 7 goals
Kylian Mbappe (Paris St. Germain) – 7 goals
Erling Haaland (Manchester City) – 5 goals
Mehdi Taremi (Porto) – 5 goals
Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona) – 5 goals
MOST GOALS CONCEDED
Viktoria Plzeň – 24 goals
Rangers – 22 goals
Maccabi Haifa – 21 goals
MOST GOALS
Napoli – 20 goals
Bayern Munich – 18 goals
Liverpool – 17 goals
Benfica – 16 goals
Paris Saint-Germain – 16 goals
Real Madrid – 15 goals
Manchester City – 14 goals
RB Leipzig – 13 goals
Barcelona – 12 goals
AC Milan – 12 goals
Porto – 12 goals
Ajax – 11 goals
Inter Milan – 10 goals
Borussia Dortmund – 10 goals
Chelsea – 10 goals
The UNBEATEN TEAMS
Bayern Munich
Benfica
Paris Saint-Germain
Manchester City
The TEAMS WITHOUT A WIN
Copenhagen
Celtic
Viktoria Plzeň
Rangers
RANKINGS – PERFORMANCE INDEX
1| Bayern Munich – 114.00 points
2. Napoli – 109.17 points
3. Liverpool – 90.67 points
4. Benfica – 79.33 points
5| Paris Saint Germain – 79.33 points
6| Real Madrid – 69.67 points
7| Manchester City – 69.33 points
8| RB Leipzig – 56.17 points
9. Porto – 52.00 points
10. Chelsea – 48.83 points
11| AC Milan – 43.67 points
12| Inter Milan – 36.33 points
13. Barcelona – 34.17 points
14| Tottenham Hotspur – 33.83 points
15| Borussia Dortmund – 32.17 points
16| Club Brugge – 31.33 points
17. Ajax – 28.17 points
18| Eintracht Frankfurt – 27.83 points
19| Sporting CP – 20.83 points
20. Marseille – 18.67 points
21| Shakhtar Donetsk – 17.67 points
22. Juventus – 16.00 points
23| Red Bull Salzburg – 11.17 points
24. Sevilla – 11.17 points
25| Maccabi Haifa – 10.67 points
26| Atlético Madrid – 9.33 points
27| Bayer Leverkusen – 7.83 points
28| Dinamo Zagreb – 6.33 points
29| Viktoria Plzeň – 4.17 points
30. Celtic – 3.33 points
31. Copenhagen – 1.67 points
32. Rangers – 0.67 points
