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
ChampionsFile:Flag of Spain.svg 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 File:Flag of Spain.svg Atlético Madrid 6 4 1 1 14 3 +11 13
2 Italy Juventus 6 3 1 2 7 4 +3 10
3 File:Flag of Greece.svg 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 File:Flag of Spain.svg Real Madrid 6 6 0 0 16 2 +14 18
2 23x15px Basel 6 2 1 3 7 8 –1 7
3 File:Flag of England.svg 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 France Monaco 6 3 2 1 4 1 +3 11
2 Germany Bayer Leverkusen 6 3 1 2 7 4 +3 10
3 Russia 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 Germany Borussia Dortmund 6 4 1 1 14 4 +10 13
2 File:Flag of England.svg Arsenal 6 4 1 1 15 8 +7 13
3 Belgium 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 Germany Bayern Munich 6 5 0 1 16 4 +12 15
2 File:Flag of England.svg Manchester City 6 2 2 2 9 8 +1 8
3 Italy Roma 6 1 2 3 8 14 –6 5
4 Russia CSKA Moscow 6 1 2 3 6 13 –7 5

Group F

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

Group G

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 File:Flag of England.svg Chelsea 6 4 2 0 17 3 +14 14
2 Germany Schalke 04 6 2 2 2 9 14 –5 8
3 Portugal Sporting 6 2 1 3 12 12 0 7
4 Slovenia 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 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk 6 2 3 1 15 4 +11 9
3 File:Flag of Spain.svg 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  
 Germany Borussia Dortmund 1 0 1  
   Italy Juventus 1 0 1  
   France Monaco 0 0 0  
 File:Flag of England.svg Arsenal 1 2 3
 France Monaco (a) 3 0 3  
   Italy Juventus 2 1 3  
   File:Flag of Spain.svg Real Madrid 1 1 2  
 Germany Bayer Leverkusen 1 0 1 (2)  
 File:Flag of Spain.svg Atlético Madrid (p) 0 1 1 (3)  
   File:Flag of Spain.svg Atlético Madrid 0 0 0
   File:Flag of Spain.svg Real Madrid 0 1 1  
 Germany Schalke 04 0 4 4
 File:Flag of Spain.svg Real Madrid 2 3 5  
   Italy Juventus 1
   File:Flag of Spain.svg Barcelona 3
 France Paris Saint-Germain (aet; a) 1 2 3  
 File:Flag of England.svg Chelsea 1 2 3  
   France Paris Saint-Germain 1 0 1
   File:Flag of Spain.svg Barcelona 3 2 5  
 File:Flag of England.svg Manchester City 1 0 1
 File:Flag of Spain.svg Barcelona 2 1 3  
   File:Flag of Spain.svg Barcelona 3 2 5
   Germany Bayern Munich 0 3 3  
 23x15px Basel 1 0 1  
 Portugal Porto 1 4 5  
   Portugal Porto 3 1 4
   Germany Bayern Munich 1 6 7  
 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk 0 0 0
 Germany 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 France 3–3 (a) File:Flag of England.svg Chelsea 1–1 2–2 (aet)
Manchester City File:Flag of England.svg 1–3 File:Flag of Spain.svg Barcelona 1–2 0–1
Bayer Leverkusen Germany 1–1 (2–3 p) File:Flag of Spain.svg Atlético Madrid 1–0 0–1 (aet)
Juventus Italy 5–1 Germany Borussia Dortmund 2–1 3–0
Schalke 04 Germany 4–5 File:Flag of Spain.svg Real Madrid 0–2 4–3
Shakhtar Donetsk Ukraine 0–7 Germany Bayern Munich 0–0 0–7
Arsenal File:Flag of England.svg 3–3 (a) France Monaco 1–3 2–0
Basel 23x15px 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 France 1–5 File:Flag of Spain.svg Barcelona 1–3 0–2
Atlético Madrid File:Flag of Spain.svg 0–1 File:Flag of Spain.svg Real Madrid 0–0 0–1
Porto Portugal 4–7 Germany Bayern Munich 3–1 1–6
Juventus Italy 1–0 France 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 File:Flag of Spain.svg 5–3 Germany Bayern Munich 3–0 2–3
Juventus Italy 3–2 File:Flag of Spain.svg Real Madrid 2–1 1–1

Final

6 June 2015
20:45 CEST
Juventus Italy 1–3 File:Flag of Spain.svg 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 File:Flag of Spain.svg Barcelona 10 1026
Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo File:Flag of Spain.svg Real Madrid 10 1065
Argentina Lionel Messi File:Flag of Spain.svg Barcelona 10 1147
4 Brazil Luiz Adriano Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk 9 628
5 File:Flag of Colombia.svg Jackson Martínez Portugal Porto 7 629
Germany Thomas Müller Germany Bayern Munich 7 777
Uruguay Luis Suárez File:Flag of Spain.svg Barcelona 7 827
Argentina Carlos Tevez Italy Juventus 7 1156
9 Argentina Sergio Agüero File:Flag of England.svg Manchester City 6 550
France Karim Benzema File:Flag of Spain.svg Real Madrid 6 664
Uruguay Edinson Cavani France Paris Saint-Germain 6 920
23x15px Robert Lewandowski Germany Bayern Munich 6 932

Source: UEFA.com[7]

Hat-tricks

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