UEFA Champions League 2008/09

UEFA Champions League 2008/09
Cup winners	FC Barcelona (3rd title)
Beginning	July 15, 2008
final	May 27, 2009
Final stadium	Olympic Stadium , Rome
Teams	32 (76 with qualifying rounds)
Games	125
Gates	329  (ø 2.63 per game)
Top scorer	Lionel Messi (9)
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The 2008/09 UEFA Champions League was the 17th season of the most important European competition for club teams in football under this name and the 54th overall. 76 clubs from 52 national associations took part in the competition this year. Only Liechtenstein did not have a representative. Bulgarian champions CSKA Sofia were not allowed to qualify because they had not received a UEFA license for financial reasons. Vice-champion Levski Sofia took his place . The FC Portowas excluded from the group stage of the UEFA Champions League in the first instance due to a referee bribery scandal in the 2003/04 season.

The season began with the first qualifying round on 15/16. July 2008 and ended with the final on May 27, 2009 in the Olympic Stadium in Rome . There FC Barcelona beat Manchester United 2-0.

The top scorer of the competition was the Argentine Lionel Messi from FC Barcelona with nine goals.

qualification

First qualifying round

The first leg took place on 15./16. July, the second legs on 22./23. July 2008.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Linfield FC	1: 3	Dinamo Zagreb	0: 2	1: 1
Valletta FC	0: 3	FC Artmedia Petržalka	0: 2	0: 1
Dinamo Tbilisi	3: 1	NSÍ Runavík	3-0	0: 1
FC Santa Coloma	2: 7	FBK Kaunas	1: 4	1: 3
SS Murata	0: 9	IFK Gothenburg	0: 5	0: 4
AFC Llanelli	1: 4	FK Ventspils	1-0	0: 4
Anorthosis Famagusta	3-0	FC Pyunik Yerevan	1-0	2-0
Inside Baku	( a ) 1: 1(a)	Rabotnički Skopje	0-0	1: 1
Tampere United	3: 2	FK Budućnost Podgorica	2: 1	1: 1
F91 Dudelange	0: 3	NK Domžale	0: 1	0: 2
KS Dinamo Tirana	1: 4	FK Modriča Maxima	0: 2	1: 2
FK Aqtöbe	1: 4	Sheriff Tiraspol	1-0	0: 4
Drogheda United	3: 1	FC Levadia Tallinn	2: 1	1-0
BATE Baryssau	3-0	Valur Reykjavík	2-0	1-0

Second qualifying round

The first legs took place on 29./30. July, the second legs on 5./6. August 2008.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Glasgow Rangers	1: 2	FBK Kaunas	0-0	1: 2
Brann Bergen	( a ) 2: 2(a)	FK Ventspils	1-0	1: 2
Inside Baku	1: 3	FK Partizan Belgrade	1: 1	0: 2
Tampere United	3: 7	FC Artmedia Petržalka	1: 3	2: 4
Anorthosis Famagusta	4: 3	SK Rapid Vienna	3-0	1: 3
NK Domžale	2: 6	Dinamo Zagreb	0: 3	2: 3
Panathinaikos Athens	3-0	Dinamo Tbilisi	3-0	0-0
IFK Gothenburg	3: 5	FC Basel	1: 1	2: 4
Sheriff Tiraspol	0: 3	Sparta Prague	0: 1	0: 2
Drogheda United	3: 4	Dynamo Kiev	1: 2	2: 2
RSC Anderlecht	3: 4	BATE Baryssau	1: 2	2: 2
Beitar Jerusalem	2: 6	Wisła Krakow	2: 1	0: 5
Fenerbahçe Istanbul	7-0	MTK Budapest FC	2-0	5-0
Aalborg BK	7: 1	FK Modriča Maxima	5-0	2: 1

Third qualifying round

The first legs took place on 12./13. August, the second leg on 26./27. August 2008.
While the winners took part in the Champions League group stage, the losers started in the first round of the UEFA Cup .

	total		First leg	Return leg
Anorthosis Famagusta	3: 1	Olympiacos Piraeus	3-0	0: 1
Vitória Guimarães	1: 2	FC Basel	0-0	1: 2
Shakhtar Donetsk	5: 1	Dinamo Zagreb	2-0	3: 1
FC Schalke 04	1: 4	Atlético Madrid	1-0	0: 4
Aalborg BK	4-0	FBK Kaunas	2-0	2-0
FC Barcelona	4: 1	Wisła Krakow	4-0	0: 1
Levski Sofia	1: 2	BATE Baryssau	0: 1	1: 1
Standard Liege	0: 1	Liverpool FC	0-0	0: 1 a.d.
FK Partizan Belgrade	3: 4	Fenerbahçe Istanbul	2: 2	1: 2
FC Twente Enschede	0: 6	Arsenal FC	0: 2	0: 4
Spartak Moscow	2: 8	Dynamo Kiev	1: 4	1: 4
Juventus Turin	5: 1	FC Artmedia Petržalka	4-0	1: 1
Brann Bergen	1: 3	Olympique Marseille	0: 1	1: 2
AC Florence	2-0	Slavia Prague	2-0	0-0
Galatasaray Istanbul	2: 3	Steaua Bucharest	2: 2	0: 1
Sparta Prague	1: 3	Panathinaikos Athens	1: 2	0: 1

Group stage

The games took place from September 16 to December 10. The top two in each group qualify for the round of 16, the third in the group move to the round of 32 of the UEFA Cup . If two or more teams were tied after the group matches, the placement was determined by the following criteria:

1. Number of points in direct comparison
2. Goal difference in direct comparison
3. Number of away goals in direct comparison
4. Goal difference from all group matches
5. higher number of goals scored
6. Club coefficient

The following teams took part in the group stage and were drawn into the following groups:

Group A

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	AS Roma	6th	4th	0	2	012: 600	+6	12
2.	Chelsea FC	6th	3	2	1	009: 500	+4	11
3.	Girondins Bordeaux	6th	2	1	3	005:110	−6	07th
4th	CFR Cluj	6th	1	1	4th	005: 900	−4	04th

September 16, 2008
Chelsea FC	4-0	Girondins Bordeaux	Stamford Bridge
AS Roma	1: 2	CFR Cluj	Olympic Stadium Rome
October 1, 2008
CFR Cluj	0-0	Chelsea FC	Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Stadium
Girondins Bordeaux	1: 3	AS Roma	Stade Chaban-Delmas
October 22, 2008
Girondins Bordeaux	1-0	CFR Cluj	Stade Chaban-Delmas
Chelsea FC	1-0	AS Roma	Stamford Bridge
November 4, 2008
CFR Cluj	1: 2	Girondins Bordeaux	Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Stadium
AS Roma	3: 1	Chelsea FC	Olympic Stadium Rome
November 26, 2008
Girondins Bordeaux	1: 1	Chelsea FC	Stade Chaban-Delmas
CFR Cluj	1: 3	AS Roma	Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Stadium
December 9, 2008
Chelsea FC	2: 1	CFR Cluj	Stamford Bridge
AS Roma	2-0	Girondins Bordeaux	Olympic Stadium Rome

Group B

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Panathinaikos Athens	6th	3	1	2	008: 700	+1	10
2.	Inter Milan	6th	2	2	2	008: 700	+1	08th
3.	Werder Bremen	6th	1	4th	1	007: 900	−2	07th
4th	Anorthosis Famagusta	6th	1	3	2	008: 800	± 0	06th

September 16, 2008
Panathinaikos Athens	0: 2	Inter Milan	Athens Olympic Stadium
Werder Bremen	0-0	Anorthosis Famagusta	Weser Stadium
October 1, 2008
Anorthosis Famagusta	3: 1	Panathinaikos Athens	GSP stadium
Inter Milan	1: 1	Werder Bremen	Giuseppe Meazza Stadium
October 22, 2008
Inter Milan	1-0	Anorthosis Famagusta	Giuseppe Meazza Stadium
Panathinaikos Athens	2: 2	Werder Bremen	Athens Olympic Stadium
November 4, 2008
Anorthosis Famagusta	3: 3	Inter Milan	GSP stadium
Werder Bremen	0: 3	Panathinaikos Athens	Weser Stadium
November 26, 2008
Inter Milan	0: 1	Panathinaikos Athens	Giuseppe Meazza Stadium
Anorthosis Famagusta	2: 2	Werder Bremen	GSP stadium
December 9, 2008
Panathinaikos Athens	1-0	Anorthosis Famagusta	Athens Olympic Stadium
Werder Bremen	2: 1	Inter Milan	Weser Stadium

Group C

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	FC Barcelona	6th	4th	1	1	018: 800	+10	13
2.	Sporting Lisbon	6th	4th	0	2	008: 800	± 0	12
3.	Shakhtar Donetsk	6th	3	0	3	011: 700	+4	09
4th	FC Basel	6th	0	1	5	002:160	−14	01

September 16, 2008
FC Basel	1: 2	Shakhtar Donetsk	St. Jakob Park
FC Barcelona	3: 1	Sporting Lisbon	Camp Nou
October 1, 2008
Sporting Lisbon	2-0	FC Basel	Estádio José Alvalade XXI
Shakhtar Donetsk	1: 2	FC Barcelona	RSK Olimpijskyi
October 22, 2008
Shakhtar Donetsk	0: 1	Sporting Lisbon	RSK Olimpijskyi
FC Basel	0: 5	FC Barcelona	St. Jakob Park
November 4, 2008
Sporting Lisbon	1-0	Shakhtar Donetsk	Estádio José Alvalade XXI
FC Barcelona	1: 1	FC Basel	Camp Nou
November 26, 2008
Shakhtar Donetsk	5-0	FC Basel	RSK Olimpijskyi
Sporting Lisbon	2: 5	FC Barcelona	Estádio José Alvalade XXI
December 9, 2008
FC Basel	0: 1	Sporting Lisbon	St. Jakob Park
FC Barcelona	2: 3	Shakhtar Donetsk	Camp Nou

Group D

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Liverpool FC	6th	4th	2	0	011: 500	+6	14th
2.	Atlético Madrid	6th	3	3	0	009: 400	+5	12
3.	Olympique Marseille	6th	1	1	4th	005: 700	−2	04th
4th	PSV Eindhoven	6th	1	0	5	005:140	−9	03

September 16, 2008
PSV Eindhoven	0: 3	Atlético Madrid	PSV stadium
Olympique Marseille	1: 2	Liverpool FC	Stade Velodrome
October 1, 2008
Liverpool FC	3: 1	PSV Eindhoven	Anfield
Atlético Madrid	2: 1	Olympique Marseille	Estadio Vicente Calderón
October 22, 2008
Atlético Madrid	1: 1	Liverpool FC	Estadio Vicente Calderón
PSV Eindhoven	2-0	Olympique Marseille	PSV stadium
November 4, 2008
Liverpool FC	1: 1	Atlético Madrid	Anfield
Olympique Marseille	3-0	PSV Eindhoven	Stade Velodrome
November 26, 2008
Atlético Madrid	2: 1	PSV Eindhoven	Estadio Vicente Calderón
Liverpool FC	1-0	Olympique Marseille	Anfield
December 9, 2008
PSV Eindhoven	1: 3	Liverpool FC	PSV stadium
Olympique Marseille	0-0	Atlético Madrid	Stade Velodrome

Group E

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Manchester United	6th	2	4th	0	009: 300	+6	10
2.	Villarreal CF	6th	2	3	1	009: 700	+2	09
3.	Aalborg BK	6th	1	3	2	009:140	−5	06th
4th	Celtic Glasgow	6th	1	2	3	004: 700	−3	05

September 17, 2008
Manchester United	0-0	Villarreal CF	Old Trafford
Celtic Glasgow	0-0	Aalborg BK	Celtic Park
September 30, 2008
Aalborg BK	0: 3	Manchester United	Aalborg Parking
Villarreal CF	1-0	Celtic Glasgow	El Madrigal
October 21, 2008
Villarreal CF	6: 3	Aalborg BK	El Madrigal
Manchester United	3-0	Celtic Glasgow	Old Trafford
November 5, 2008
Aalborg BK	2: 2	Villarreal CF	Aalborg Parking
Celtic Glasgow	1: 1	Manchester United	Celtic Park
November 25, 2008
Villarreal CF	0-0	Manchester United	El Madrigal
Aalborg BK	2: 1	Celtic Glasgow	Aalborg Parking
December 10, 2008
Manchester United	2: 2	Aalborg BK	Old Trafford
Celtic Glasgow	2-0	Villarreal CF	Celtic Park

Group F.

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	FC Bayern Munich	6th	4th	2	0	012: 400	+8	14th
2.	Olympique Lyon	6th	3	2	1	014:100	+4	11
3.	AC Florence	6th	1	3	2	005: 800	−3	06th
4th	Steaua Bucharest	6th	0	1	5	003:120	−9	01

September 17, 2008
Steaua Bucharest	0: 1	FC Bayern Munich	Ghencea Stadium
Olympique Lyon	2: 2	AC Florence	Stade Gerland
September 30, 2008
AC Florence	0-0	Steaua Bucharest	Artemio Franchi Stadium
FC Bayern Munich	1: 1	Olympique Lyon	Football Arena Munich
October 21, 2008
FC Bayern Munich	3-0	AC Florence	Football Arena Munich
Steaua Bucharest	3: 5	Olympique Lyon	Ghencea Stadium
November 5, 2008
AC Florence	1: 1	FC Bayern Munich	Artemio Franchi Stadium
Olympique Lyon	2-0	Steaua Bucharest	Stade Gerland
November 25, 2008
FC Bayern Munich	3-0	Steaua Bucharest	Football Arena Munich
AC Florence	1: 2	Olympique Lyon	Artemio Franchi Stadium
December 10, 2008
Steaua Bucharest	0: 1	AC Florence	Ghencea Stadium
Olympique Lyon	2: 3	FC Bayern Munich	Stade Gerland

Group G

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	FC Porto	6th	4th	0	2	009: 800	+1	12
2.	Arsenal FC	6th	3	2	1	011: 500	+6	11
3.	Dynamo Kiev	6th	2	2	2	004: 400	± 0	08th
4th	Fenerbahçe Istanbul	6th	0	2	4th	004:110	−7	02

September 17, 2008
FC Porto	3: 1	Fenerbahçe Istanbul	Estádio do Dragão
Dynamo Kiev	1: 1	Arsenal FC	Valery Lobanovsky Stadium
September 30, 2008
Arsenal FC	4-0	FC Porto	Arsenal Stadium
Fenerbahçe Istanbul	0-0	Dynamo Kiev	Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium
October 21, 2008
Fenerbahçe Istanbul	2: 5	Arsenal FC	Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium
FC Porto	0: 1	Dynamo Kiev	Estádio do Dragão
November 5, 2008
Arsenal FC	0-0	Fenerbahçe Istanbul	Arsenal Stadium
Dynamo Kiev	1: 2	FC Porto	Valery Lobanovsky Stadium
November 25, 2008
Fenerbahçe Istanbul	1: 2	FC Porto	Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium
Arsenal FC	1-0	Dynamo Kiev	Arsenal Stadium
December 10, 2008
FC Porto	2-0	Arsenal FC	Estádio do Dragão
Dynamo Kiev	1-0	Fenerbahçe Istanbul	Valery Lobanovsky Stadium

Group H.

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Juventus Turin	6th	3	3	0	007: 300	+4	12
2.	real Madrid	6th	4th	0	2	009: 500	+4	12
3.	Zenit Saint Petersburg	6th	1	2	3	004: 700	−3	05
4th	BATE Baryssau	6th	0	3	3	003: 800	−5	03

September 17, 2008
Juventus Turin	1-0	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Olympic Stadium Turin
real Madrid	2-0	BATE Baryssau	Estadio Santiago Bernabéu
September 30, 2008
BATE Baryssau	2: 2	Juventus Turin	Dinamo stadium
Zenit Saint Petersburg	1: 2	real Madrid	Petrovsky Stadium
October 21, 2008
Zenit Saint Petersburg	1: 1	BATE Baryssau	Petrovsky
Juventus Turin	2: 1	real Madrid	Olympic Stadium Turin
November 5, 2008
BATE Baryssau	0: 2	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Dinamo stadium
real Madrid	0: 2	Juventus Turin	Estadio Santiago Bernabéu
November 25, 2008
Zenit Saint Petersburg	0-0	Juventus Turin	Petrovsky
BATE Baryssau	0: 1	real Madrid	Dinamo stadium
December 10, 2008
Juventus Turin	0-0	BATE Baryssau	Olympic Stadium Turin
real Madrid	3-0	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Estadio Santiago Bernabéu

Knockout phase

Round of 16

The first legs took place on 24./25. February, the second leg on 10./11. March 2009.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Chelsea FC	3: 2	Juventus Turin	1-0	2: 2
Villarreal CF	3: 2	Panathinaikos Athens	1: 1	2: 1
Sporting Lisbon	01:12	FC Bayern Munich	0: 5	1: 7
real Madrid	0: 5	Liverpool FC	0: 1	0: 4
Atlético Madrid	(a)2: 2 ( a )	FC Porto	2: 2	0-0
Olympique Lyon	3: 6	FC Barcelona	1: 1	2: 5
Arsenal FC	1: 1 (7: 6 i.E.)	AS Roma	1-0	0: 1 a.d.
Inter Milan	0: 2	Manchester United	0-0	0: 2

Quarter finals

The first legs took place on 7./8. April, the second leg on 14./15. April 2009.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Villarreal CF	1: 4	Arsenal FC	1: 1	0: 3
Manchester United	3: 2	FC Porto	2: 2	1-0
Liverpool FC	5: 7	Chelsea FC	1: 3	4: 4
FC Barcelona	5: 1	FC Bayern Munich	4-0	1: 1

Semifinals

The first leg took place on 28/29. April, the second legs on 5./6. May 2009. For the third time in a row, three English teams made it to the semi-finals.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Manchester United	4: 1	Arsenal FC	1-0	3: 1
FC Barcelona	( a ) 1: 1(a)	Chelsea FC	0-0	1: 1

final

FC Barcelona		Manchester United		Lineup
	May 27, 2009 in Rome ( Olympic Stadium ) Result: 2: 0 (1: 0) Spectators: 62,467 Referee: Massimo Busacca ( Switzerland )
	Víctor Valdés - Carles Puyol , Yaya Touré , Gerard Piqué , Sylvinho - Xavi , Sergio Busquets , Andrés Iniesta (90th + 2 ' Pedro ) - Lionel Messi , Samuel Eto'o , Thierry Henry (72nd Seydou Keita ) Trainer: Pep Guardiola	Edwin van der Sar - John O'Shea , Rio Ferdinand , Nemanja Vidić , Patrice Evra - Anderson (46th Carlos Tévez ), Michael Carrick , Ryan Giggs (75th Paul Scholes ) - Park Ji-sung (66th Dimitar Berbatow ), Cristiano Ronaldo , Wayne Rooney Coach: Alex Ferguson ( Scotland )
	1-0 Samuel Eto'o (10th) 2-0 Lionel Messi (70th)
	Gerard Piqué	Cristiano Ronaldo, Paul Scholes, Nemanja Vidić
	Player of the Match: Xavi

Award ceremony after the final

Players used FC Barcelona

See main article: UEFA Champions League 2008/09 / FC Barcelona

FC Barcelona

Goal: Víctor Valdés (12 / -); Albert Jorquera (1 / -) Defense: Gerard Piqué (12 / -); Dani Alves (10 / -); Rafael Marquez (9/1); Carles Puyol (9 / -); Sylvinho (7/1); Eric Abidal (3 / -); Martín Cáceres (3 / -) Midfield: Xavi (12/2); Seydou Keita (10/2); Yaya Touré (10 / -); Andrés Iniesta (9/1); Sergio Busquets (8/2); Aljaksandr Hleb (7 / -); Víctor Sánchez (3 / -); Víctor Vázquez (1 / -) Forward: Lionel Messi (12/9); Thierry Henry (10/5); Samuel Eto'o (10/4); Bojan Krkić (9/3); Eiður Guðjohnsen (4 / -); Pedro (4 / -) Coach: Pep Guardiola

Best goal scorers

rank player club Gates 1  Lionel Messi FC Barcelona 9 2  Steven Gerrard Liverpool FC 7th  Miroslav Klose FC Bayern Munich 7th 4th  Lisandro Lopez FC Porto 6th 5  Emmanuel Adebayor Arsenal FC 5  Karim Benzema Olympique Lyon 5  Alessandro Del Piero Juventus Turin 5  Didier Drogba Chelsea FC 5  Thierry Henry FC Barcelona 5  Robin van Persie Arsenal FC 5 11  Franck Ribery FC Bayern Munich 4th  Samuel Eto'o FC Barcelona 4th  Wayne Rooney Manchester United 4th  Evangelos Mantzios Panathinaikos Athens 4th  Cristiano Ronaldo Manchester United 4th  Dimitar Berbatov Manchester United 4th  Alberto Gilardino AC Florence 4th  Jádson Shakhtar Donetsk 4th  Danny Koevermans PSV Eindhoven 4th  Joseba Llorente Villarreal CF 4th

Lionel Messi

→ Main article : List of UEFA Champions League top scorer

See also

• 2008/09 UEFA Cup
• UEFA Women's Cup 2008/09

Individual evidence

1. ↑ CSKA Sofia before the end. In: kicker.de. June 3, 2008, accessed June 4, 2008 . 
2. ↑ FC Porto excluded
3. ↑ Porto can play along

Web links

Commons : UEFA Champions League 2008/09  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website for the 2008/09 UEFA Champions League
• Game details for the 2008/09 season on fussballdaten.de