UEFA Champions League 2007/08 / Manchester United

Game scene from the final

The article below covers the match statistics of the Champions League matches of eventual winners Manchester United in the 2007/08 season.

Group stage

As English champions of the 2006/07 season , Manchester United were automatically qualified for the group stage of the Champions League.

Sporting Lisbon - Manchester United 0: 1 (0: 0)

Sporting Lisbon		Manchester United
	1. Group game Wednesday, September 19, 2007 at 8:45 p.m. in Lisbon , Estádio José Alvalade XXI Spectators: 48,312 (sold out) Referee: Herbert Fandel ( Germany )   Match report
	Vladimir Stojković - Abel , Tonel , Ânderson Polga , Ronny (74th Bruno Pereirinha ) - Miguel Veloso - João Moutinho , Marat Ismailov (56th Simon Vukčević ) - Leandro Romagnoli (68th Milan Purović ) - Yannick Djaló , Liédson Coach: Paulo Bento	Edwin van der Sar - Wes Brown , Rio Ferdinand , Nemanja Vidić , Patrice Evra - Michael Carrick , Paul Scholes , Nani - Ryan Giggs (76th Anderson ) - Cristiano Ronaldo (87th Carlos Tévez ), Wayne Rooney (72nd Louis Saha ) Coach: Alex Ferguson
		0: 1 Ronaldo (62nd)
	Romagnoli (16.)	Nani (38.), van der Sar (82.)

Manchester United - AS Roma 1-0 (0-0)

Manchester United		AS Roma
	2. Group game Tuesday 2nd October 2007 at 8:45 pm in Manchester , Old Trafford Spectators: 73,652 Referee: Manuel Mejuto González ( Spain )   Match report
	Tomasz Kuszczak - John O'Shea , Rio Ferdinand , Nemanja Vidić , Patrice Evra - Cristiano Ronaldo , Michael Carrick , Paul Scholes , Nani (79th Ryan Giggs ) - Louis Saha (66th Carlos Tévez ), Wayne Rooney (84th Anderson ) Coach: Alex Ferguson	Gianluca Curci - Cicinho , Juan , Philippe Mexès , Max Tonetto - Daniele De Rossi , Alberto Aquilani (61st David Pizarro ) - Ludovic Giuly (79th Mauro Esposito ), Simone Perrotta , Mancini (74th Mirko Vučinić ) - Francesco Totti Trainer: Luciano Spalletti
	1-0 Rooney (70th)
		Mexès (39.)

Dynamo Kiev - Manchester United 2-4 (1-3)

Dynamo Kiev		Manchester United
	3. Group game Tuesday, October 23, 2007 at 8:45 p.m. in Kiev , Kiev Olympic Stadium Spectators: 42,500 Referee: Viktor Kassai ( Hungary )   Match report
	Oleksandr Schowkowskyj - Tiberiu Ghioane (46th valyantsin byalkevich ), Goran Gavrančić , Pape Diakhaté , Andriy Nesmachniy - Ayila Yussuf - oleh husyev , Diogo Rincon - Corrêa (82. Ruslan Rotan ) - Maksim Shatskikh (46 Artem Milevskiy ), Ismaël Bangoura coach : József Szabó	Edwin van der Sar (80th Tomasz Kuszczak ) - Wes Brown , Rio Ferdinand , Nemanja Vidić , John O'Shea - Cristiano Ronaldo , Darren Fletcher , Anderson , Ryan Giggs (80th Danny Simpson ) - Carlos Tévez (73rd Nani ), Wayne Rooney Trainer: Alex Ferguson
	1: 2 Rincon (34th) 2: 4 Bangoura (78th)	0: 1 Ferdinand (10th) 0: 2 Rooney (18th) 1: 3 Ronaldo (41st) 1: 4 Ronaldo (68th, penalty kick)
	Diakhaté (31.)

Manchester United - Dynamo Kiev 4: 0 (2: 0)

Manchester United		Dynamo Kiev
	4. Group game Wednesday 7 November 2007 at 8:45 pm in Manchester , Old Trafford Spectators: 75,017 Referee: Jan Wegereef ( Netherlands )   Match report
	Edwin van der Sar (46th Tomasz Kuszczak ) - Danny Simpson , Gerard Piqué (73rd Jonny Evans ), Nemanja Vidić , Patrice Evra - Cristiano Ronaldo , Darren Fletcher , Michael Carrick , Nani - Carlos Tévez (68th Louis Saha ), Wayne Rooney Trainer: Alex Ferguson	Oleksandr Schowkowskyj - Marjan Marković , Serhiy Fedorov , Pape Diakhaté , Badr El Kaddouri - vladyslav vashchuk - Ruslan Rotan (46. Serhiy Rebrov ), Tiberiu Ghioane , Corrêa , oleh husyev (46 Diogo Rincon ) - Artem Milevskiy (76 Ismaël Bangoura ) Trainer: Oleh Luzhny
	1-0 Piqué (31st) 2-0 Tévez (37th) 3-0 Rooney (76th) 4-0 Ronaldo (88th)
	Rooney (18th)	Diakhaté (32nd), Corrêa (37th)

Manchester United - Sporting Lisbon 2: 1 (0: 1)

Manchester United		Sporting Lisbon
	5. Group game Tuesday 27 November 2007 at 8:45 pm in Manchester , Old Trafford Spectators: 74,162 Referee: Claus Bo Larsen ( Denmark )   Match report
	Tomasz Kuszczak - John O'Shea , Rio Ferdinand , Nemanja Vidić , Patrice Evra - Darren Fletcher (46th Carlos Tévez ), Michael Carrick , Anderson - Cristiano Ronaldo , Louis Saha (79th Owen Hargreaves ), Nani (46th Ryan Giggs ) Coach: Alex Ferguson	Rui Patrício - Abel , Tonel , Ânderson Polga , Marián Had - Miguel Veloso - João Moutinho , Marat Ismailow (81st Bruno Pereirinha ) - Leandro Romagnoli (67th Simon Vukčević ) - Milan Purović (81st Pontus Farnerud ), Liédson Coach: Paulo Bento
	1: 1 Tévez (61.) 2: 1 Ronaldo (90. + 2 ')	0: 1 Abel (22.)
	Ronaldo (80.), Evra (83.)	Had (47.), Polga (88.)

AS Roma - Manchester United 1: 1 (0: 1)

AS Roma		Manchester United
	6. Group game Wednesday 12 December 2007 at 8.45 p.m. in Rome , Stadio Olimpico Spectators: 29,490 Referee: Martin Hansson ( Sweden )   Match report
	Doni - Cicinho , Matteo Ferrari , Philippe Mexès , Vitorino Antunes - Ahmed Barusso (62nd Ludovic Giuly ), David Pizarro - Mauro Esposito (62nd Mirko Vučinić ), Rodrigo Taddei (46th Daniele De Rossi ), Mancini - Francesco Totti Trainer: Luciano Spalletti	Tomasz Kuszczak - Danny Simpson , Gerard Piqué , Jonny Evans , John O'Shea (54th Wes Brown ) - Chris Eagles , Darren Fletcher , Michael Carrick , Nani - Louis Saha , Wayne Rooney (72nd Dong Fangzhuo ) Trainer: Alex Ferguson
	1: 1 Mancini (71.)	0: 1 piqué (34th)
	Barusso (49.)

Final table of group F

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Manchester United	6th	5	1	0	013: 400	+9	16
2.	AS Roma	6th	3	2	1	011: 600	+5	11
3.	Sporting Lisbon	6th	2	1	3	009: 800	+1	07th
4th	Dynamo Kiev	6th	0	0	6th	004:190	−15	00

Round of 16

Olympique Lyon - Manchester United 1: 1 (0: 1)

Olympique Lyon		Manchester United
	Round of 16, first leg Wednesday, February 20, 2008 at 8:45 p.m. in Lyon , Stade Gerland Spectators: 39,230 (sold out) Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo ( Spain )   Match report
	Grégory Coupet - Anthony Réveillère , Sébastien Squillaci , Jean-Alain Boumsong , Fabio Grosso - Jérémy Toulalan , Kim Källström - François Clerc (78th Hatem Ben Arfa ), Juninho (74th Mathieu Bodmer ), Sidney Govou - Karim Benzema (83rd Fred ) Coach: Alain Perrin	Edwin van der Sar - Wes Brown , Rio Ferdinand , Nemanja Vidić , Patrice Evra - Owen Hargreaves (78th Michael Carrick ) - Cristiano Ronaldo , Paul Scholes (65th Carlos Tévez ), Anderson , Ryan Giggs (65th Nani ) - Wayne Rooney Coach: Alex Ferguson
	1: 1 Benzema (54th)	0: 1 Tévez (87.)
	Réveillère (34th), Källström (36th), Boumsong (39th)	Hargreaves (39th)

Manchester United - Olympique Lyon 1: 0 (1: 0)

Manchester United		Olympique Lyon
	Round of 16, second leg Tuesday 4th March 2008 at 8:45 pm in Manchester , Old Trafford Spectators: 75,521 Referee: Roberto Rosetti ( Italy )   Match report
	Edwin van der Sar - Wes Brown , Rio Ferdinand , Nemanja Vidić , Patrice Evra - Darren Fletcher , Michael Carrick , Anderson (70th Carlos Tévez ) - Cristiano Ronaldo (90th + 2 ' Owen Hargreaves ), Wayne Rooney , Nani Trainer: Alex Ferguson	Grégory Coupet - François Clerc , Sébastien Squillaci , Cris , Fabio Grosso - Jérémy Toulalan , Kim Källström (79th Fred ) - Sidney Govou (68th Abdul Kader Keïta ), Juninho , Hatem Ben Arfa - Karim Benzema Trainer: Alain Perrin
	1-0 Ronaldo (41st)
	Evra (4th), Nani (43rd), Fletcher (74th)	Grosso (24th), Squillaci (56th)

Quarter finals

AS Roma - Manchester United 0: 2 (0: 1)

AS Roma		Manchester United
	Quarter-finals, first leg Tuesday 1st April 2008 at 8.45pm in Rome , Stadio Olimpico Spectators: 60,931 Referee: Frank De Bleeckere ( Belgium )   Match report
	Doni - Marco Cassetti , Christian Panucci , Philippe Mexès , Max Tonetto (68th Cicinho ) - Daniele De Rossi , David Pizarro - Rodrigo Taddei (59th Ludovic Giuly ), Alberto Aquilani (77th Mauro Esposito ), Mancini - Mirko Vučinić Trainers: Luciano Spalletti	Edwin van der Sar - Wes Brown , Rio Ferdinand , Nemanja Vidić (33rd John O'Shea ), Patrice Evra - Michael Carrick , Paul Scholes , Anderson (55th Owen Hargreaves ) - Cristiano Ronaldo , Wayne Rooney (84th Carlos Tévez ) , Park Ji-sung Trainer: Alex Ferguson
		0-1 Ronaldo (39th) 0-2 Rooney (66th)
	Pizarro (45th + 3 '), Mexès (53rd)	Anderson (45th + 2 ')

Manchester United - AS Roma 1-0 (0-0)

Manchester United		AS Roma
	Round of 16, second leg Wednesday 9 April 2008 at 8:45 pm in Manchester , Old Trafford Spectators: 74,423 Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø ( Norway )   Match report
	Edwin van der Sar - Wes Brown , Rio Ferdinand , Gerard Piqué , Mikaël Silvestre - Owen Hargreaves , Michael Carrick (74th John O'Shea ), Anderson (81st Gary Neville ) - Park Ji-sung , Carlos Tévez , Ryan Giggs ( 74. Wayne Rooney ) Trainer: Alex Ferguson	Doni - Christian Panucci , Juan , Philippe Mexès , Marco Cassetti (56th Max Tonetto ) - Daniele De Rossi , David Pizarro (69th Ludovic Giuly ) - Rodrigo Taddei (81st Mauro Esposito ), Simone Perrotta , Mancini - Mirko Vučinić Trainers: Luciano Spalletti
	1-0 Tévez (70th)
		Perrotta (73.)

Semifinals

FC Barcelona - Manchester United 0-0

FC Barcelona		Manchester United
	Semi-finals, first leg Wednesday, April 23, 2008 at 8:45 pm in Barcelona , Camp Nou Spectators: 95,949 Referee: Massimo Busacca ( Switzerland )   Match report
	Víctor Valdés - Gianluca Zambrotta , Rafael Márquez , Gabriel Milito , Éric Abidal - Xavi , Yaya Touré , Deco (77th Thierry Henry ) - Lionel Messi (62nd Bojan Krkić ), Samuel Eto'o , Andrés Iniesta Trainer: Frank Rijkaard	Edwin van der Sar - Owen Hargreaves , Rio Ferdinand , Wes Brown , Patrice Evra - Cristiano Ronaldo , Michael Carrick , Paul Scholes , Park Ji-sung - Carlos Tévez (85th Ryan Giggs ), Wayne Rooney (76th Nani ) Trainer: Alex Ferguson
	Marquez (44.)	Hargreaves (73.)
		Ronaldo misses a penalty (3rd)

Manchester United - FC Barcelona 1-0 (1-0)

Manchester United		FC Barcelona
	Semi-finals, second leg Wednesday 9 April 2008 at 8:45 pm in Manchester , Old Trafford Spectators: 75,061 Referee: Herbert Fandel ( Germany )   Match report
	Edwin van der Sar - Owen Hargreaves , Rio Ferdinand , Wes Brown , Patrice Evra (90th + 3 ' Mikaël Silvestre ) - Park Ji-sung , Michael Carrick , Paul Scholes (76th Darren Fletcher ), Nani (76th Ryan Giggs ) - Cristiano Ronaldo - Carlos Tévez Coach: Alex Ferguson	Víctor Valdés - Gianluca Zambrotta , Carles Puyol , Gabriel Milito , Éric Abidal - Xavi , Yaya Touré (88th Eiður Guðjohnsen ), Deco - Lionel Messi , Samuel Eto'o (72nd Bojan Krkić ), Andrés Iniesta (60th Thierry Henry ) Trainer: Frank Rijkaard
	1: 0 Scholes (14th)
	Carrick (63.), Ronaldo (68.)	Zambrotta (52nd), Deco (54th), Touré (70th)

final

Manchester United 6-5 Chelsea FC i. E., 1: 1 (1: 1, 1: 1)

Manchester United		Chelsea FC
	final Wednesday, May 21, 2008 at 8:45 p.m. in Moscow , Luzhniki Olympic Stadium Spectators: 69,500 (sold out) Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ ( Slovakia )   Match report
	Edwin van der Sar - Wes Brown (120th + 5 ' Anderson ), Rio Ferdinand , Nemanja Vidić , Patrice Evra - Owen Hargreaves , Michael Carrick , Paul Scholes (87th Ryan Giggs ), Cristiano Ronaldo - Carlos Tévez , Wayne Rooney (101st . Nani ) Trainer: Alex Ferguson	Petr Čech - Michael Essien , Ricardo Carvalho , John Terry , Ashley Cole - Claude Makélélé (120th + 4 ' Juliano Belletti ) - Michael Ballack , Frank Lampard - Joe Cole (99th Nicolas Anelka ), Didier Drogba , Florent Malouda (92nd place) Salomon Kalou ) Trainer: Avram Grant
	1-0 Ronaldo (26.)	1: 1 Lampard (45th)
	penalties shoot
	1: 0 Tévez 2: 1 Carrick Čech holds against Ronaldo 3: 3 Hargreaves 4: 4 Nani 5: 4 Anderson 6: 5 Giggs	1: 1 Ballack 2: 2 Belletti 2: 3 Lampard 3: 4 Cole Terry hits the post 5: 5 Kalou van der Sar holds against Anelka
	Scholes (22.), Ferdinand (43.), Vidić (111.), Tévez (116.)	Makélélé (22nd), Carvalho (45th + 2 '), Ballack (116th)
		Drogba (116.)

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