2014–15 UEFA Champions League

The 2014–15 UEFA Champions League was the 23rd UEFA Champions League, and the 60th season of a European club tournament being played. The defending champions were Real Madrid, however, Barcelona won their 5th title over Juventus.

2014–15 UEFA Champions League
Tournament details
Dates1 July – 27 August 2014 (qualifying)
16 September 2014 –
6 June 2015 (regular tournament)
Teams32 (group stage)
77 (total)
Final positions
ChampionsSpain Barcelona (5th title)
Runner-upItaly Juventus
Tournament statistics
Matches played125
Goals scored361 (2.89 per match)
Attendance5,136,695 (41,094 per match)
Top scorer(s)Brazil Neymar
Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo
Argentina Lionel Messi
(10 goals each)

Group stage

Key to colours in group tables
Team advanced to the Round of 16.
Team wasn't able to move on to the Round of 16, so they went to the UEFA Europa League instead.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Spain Atlético Madrid 6 4 1 1 14 3 +11 13
2 Italy Juventus 6 3 1 2 7 4 +3 10
3 Greece Olympiacos 6 3 0 3 10 13 –3 9
4 Sweden Malmö 6 1 0 5 4 15 –11 3

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Spain Real Madrid 6 6 0 0 16 2 +14 18
2 File:Flag of Switzerland.svg Basel 6 2 1 3 7 8 –1 7
3 23x15px Liverpool 6 1 2 3 5 9 –4 5
4 Bulgaria Ludogorets Razgrad 6 1 1 4 5 14 –9 4

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 File:Flag of France.svg Monaco 6 3 2 1 4 1 +3 11
2 File:Flag of Germany.svg Bayer Leverkusen 6 3 1 2 7 4 +3 10
3 File:Flag of Russia.svg Zenit St. Petersburg 6 2 1 3 4 6 –2 7
4 Portugal Benfica 6 1 2 3 2 6 –4 5

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 File:Flag of Germany.svg Borussia Dortmund 6 4 1 1 14 4 +10 13
2 23x15px Arsenal 6 4 1 1 15 8 +7 13
3 23x15px Anderlecht 6 1 3 2 8 10 –2 6
4 Turkey Galatasaray 6 0 1 5 4 19 –15 1

Group E

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 File:Flag of Germany.svg Bayern Munich 6 5 0 1 16 4 +12 15
2 23x15px Manchester City 6 2 2 2 9 8 +1 8
3 Italy Roma 6 1 2 3 8 14 –6 5
4 File:Flag of Russia.svg CSKA Moscow 6 1 2 3 6 13 –7 5

Group F

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Spain Barcelona 6 5 0 1 15 5 +10 15
2 File:Flag of France.svg Paris Saint-Germain 6 4 1 1 10 7 +3 13
3 Netherlands Ajax 6 1 2 3 8 10 –2 5
4 File:Flag of Cyprus.svg APOEL 6 0 1 5 1 12 –11 1

Group G

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 23x15px Chelsea 6 4 2 0 17 3 +14 14
2 File:Flag of Germany.svg Schalke 04 6 2 2 2 9 14 –5 8
3 Portugal Sporting 6 2 1 3 12 12 0 7
4 File:Flag of Slovenia.svg NK Maribor 6 0 3 3 4 13 –9 3

Group H

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Portugal Porto 6 4 2 0 16 4 +12 14
2 File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Shakhtar Donetsk 6 2 3 1 15 4 +11 9
3 Spain Athletic Bilbao 6 2 1 3 5 6 –1 7
4 File:Flag of Belarus.svg BATE Borisov 6 1 0 5 2 24 –22 3

Knockout stage

Bracket

  Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                                         
 Italy Juventus 2 3 5  
 File:Flag of Germany.svg Borussia Dortmund 1 0 1  
   Italy Juventus 1 0 1  
   File:Flag of France.svg Monaco 0 0 0  
 23x15px Arsenal 1 2 3
 File:Flag of France.svg Monaco (a) 3 0 3  
   Italy Juventus 2 1 3  
   Spain Real Madrid 1 1 2  
 File:Flag of Germany.svg Bayer Leverkusen 1 0 1 (2)  
 Spain Atlético Madrid (p) 0 1 1 (3)  
   Spain Atlético Madrid 0 0 0
   Spain Real Madrid 0 1 1  
 File:Flag of Germany.svg Schalke 04 0 4 4
 Spain Real Madrid 2 3 5  
   Italy Juventus 1
   Spain Barcelona 3
 File:Flag of France.svg Paris Saint-Germain (aet; a) 1 2 3  
 23x15px Chelsea 1 2 3  
   File:Flag of France.svg Paris Saint-Germain 1 0 1
   Spain Barcelona 3 2 5  
 23x15px Manchester City 1 0 1
 Spain Barcelona 2 1 3  
   Spain Barcelona 3 2 5
   File:Flag of Germany.svg Bayern Munich 0 3 3  
 File:Flag of Switzerland.svg Basel 1 0 1  
 Portugal Porto 1 4 5  
   Portugal Porto 3 1 4
   File:Flag of Germany.svg Bayern Munich 1 6 7  
 File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Shakhtar Donetsk 0 0 0
 File:Flag of Germany.svg Bayern Munich 0 7 7  

Round of 16

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 15 December 2014.[1] 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  
Paris Saint-Germain File:Flag of France.svg 3–3 (a) 23x15px Chelsea 1–1 2–2 (aet)
Manchester City 23x15px 1–3 Spain Barcelona 1–2 0–1
Bayer Leverkusen File:Flag of Germany.svg 1–1 (2–3 p) Spain Atlético Madrid 1–0 0–1 (aet)
Juventus Italy 5–1 File:Flag of Germany.svg Borussia Dortmund 2–1 3–0
Schalke 04 File:Flag of Germany.svg 4–5 Spain Real Madrid 0–2 4–3
Shakhtar Donetsk File:Flag of Ukraine.svg 0–7 File:Flag of Germany.svg Bayern Munich 0–0 0–7
Arsenal 23x15px 3–3 (a) File:Flag of France.svg Monaco 1–3 2–0
Basel File:Flag of Switzerland.svg 1–5 Portugal Porto 1–1 0–4

Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 20 March 2015.[2] 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 File:Flag of France.svg 1–5 Spain Barcelona 1–3 0–2
Atlético Madrid Spain 0–1 Spain Real Madrid 0–0 0–1
Porto Portugal 4–7 File:Flag of Germany.svg Bayern Munich 3–1 1–6
Juventus Italy 1–0 File:Flag of France.svg Monaco 1–0 0–0

Semi-finals

The draw for the semi-finals and final (to come up with the "home" team) was held on 24 April 2015.[3] 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 Spain 5–3 File:Flag of Germany.svg Bayern Munich 3–0 2–3
Juventus Italy 3–2 Spain Real Madrid 2–1 1–1

Final

6 June 2015
20:45 CEST
Juventus Italy 1–3 Spain Barcelona Olympiastadion, Berlin
Attendance: 70,442[4]
Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)[5]
Morata Goal 55' Report Rakitić Goal 4'
Suárez Goal 68'
Neymar Goal 90+7'

Statistics

Goalscorers

File:Луис Адриано.jpg
Shakhtar's Luiz Adriano became the first player to score hat-tricks in consecutive Champions League group stage games, both against BATE Borisov.[6]
Rank Player Team Goals Minutes played
1 Brazil Neymar Spain Barcelona 10 1026
Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo Spain Real Madrid 10 1065
Argentina Lionel Messi Spain Barcelona 10 1147
4 Brazil Luiz Adriano File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Shakhtar Donetsk 9 628
5 File:Flag of Colombia.svg Jackson Martínez Portugal Porto 7 629
File:Flag of Germany.svg Thomas Müller File:Flag of Germany.svg Bayern Munich 7 777
File:Flag of Uruguay.svg Luis Suárez Spain Barcelona 7 827
Argentina Carlos Tevez Italy Juventus 7 1156
9 Argentina Sergio Agüero 23x15px Manchester City 6 550
File:Flag of France.svg Karim Benzema Spain Real Madrid 6 664
File:Flag of Uruguay.svg Edinson Cavani File:Flag of France.svg Paris Saint-Germain 6 920
Poland Robert Lewandowski File:Flag of Germany.svg Bayern Munich 6 932

Source: UEFA.com[7]

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date
File:Flag of Algeria.svg Yacine Brahimi Portugal Porto File:Flag of Belarus.svg BATE Borisov 6-0 (H) 17 September 2014
23x15px Danny Welbeck 23x15px Arsenal Turkey Galatasaray 4-1 (H) 1 October 2014
Brazil Luiz Adriano5 File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Shakhtar Donetsk File:Flag of Belarus.svg BATE Borisov 7-0 (A) 21 October 2014
Brazil Luiz Adriano File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Shakhtar Donetsk File:Flag of Belarus.svg BATE Borisov 5-0 (H) 5 November 2014
Argentina Sergio Agüero 23x15px Manchester City File:Flag of Germany.svg Bayern Münich 3-2 (H) 25 November 2014
Argentina Lionel Messi Spain Barcelona File:Flag of Cyprus.svg APOEL 4-0 (A) 25 November 2014
Croatia Mario Mandžukić Spain Atlético de Madrid Greece Olympiakos 4-0 (H) 26 November 2014

5 Player scored five goals.

References

  1. "Champions League round of 16 draw". UEFA.com. 15 December 2014.
  2. "Madrid meet Atlético again in quarter-finals". UEFA.com. 20 March 2015.
  3. "Guardiola takes Bayern to Barça, Madrid get Juve". UEFA.com. 24 April 2015.
  4. "Full Time Report" (pdf). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 6 June 2015. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
  5. Çakır to referee UEFA Champions League final. Union of European Football Associations. 18 May 2015. http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/newsid=2249342.html. Retrieved 6 June 2015. 
  6. Doyle, Paul; Miller, Nick (6 November 2014). "Champions League review: Dortmund's riddle and Luiz Adriano's record trick". The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/nov/06/champions-league-review-talking-points-stats-images. Retrieved 11 March 2015. 
  7. "Statistics — Tournament phase — Player statistics — Goals". UEFA.com. Retrieved 6 June 2015.

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