The 2009–10 UEFA Champions League group stage matches took place between 15 September and 9 December 2009. The draw for the eight groups took place on 27 August 2009, at the

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. The group stage featured the 22 automatic qualifiers and the 10 winners of the

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(five through the Champions Path, five through the Non-Champions Path). After the completion of the group stage, the top two teams in each group advanced to play in the first knockout round, while the third-placed teams dropped down to the UEFA Europa League round of 32.

Seedings

The draw for the group stage was held in

on 27 August 2009. Seeding was determined by the

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: Pot 1 held teams ranked 1–8, Pot 2 held teams ranked 10–28, Pot 3 held teams ranked 34–64, while Pot 4 held teams ranked 97–190 and unranked teams. Clubs from the same association were paired up to split the matchdays between Tuesday and Wednesday. Clubs with the same pairing letter played on different days, ensuring that teams from the same city (e.g.

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and

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, who also share a stadium) did not play on the same day. th Title holder ^c Qualified through

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( Champions Path) ⁿ Qualified through

( Non-Champions Path)

Tie-breaking criteria

Based on Article 7.06 in the UEFA regulations, if two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria will be applied to determine the rankings: #higher number of points obtained in the group matches played among the teams in question; #superior goal difference from the group matches played among the teams in question; #higher number of goals scored away from home in the group matches played among the teams in question; #superior goal difference from all group matches played; #higher number of goals scored; #higher number of coefficient points accumulated by the club in question, as well as its association, over the previous five seasons.

Groups

Times are

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, as listed by UEFA (local times are in parentheses).

Group A

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played their home group matches at the

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as their Stadio delle Alpi was demolished to make way for

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. *Note 2:

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played their home group matches at the

Ramat Gan Stadium Ramat Gan Stadium ( he, אצטדיון רמת גן, ''Itztadion Ramat Gan'') is a football stadium in the Tel Aviv District city of Ramat Gan, Israel. It served as the national stadium of Israel until 2014. Overview Completed in 1951 and serving ...

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as their

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did not meet UEFA criteria.

Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Group E

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played their home group matches at

Ferenc Puskás Stadium The Ferenc Puskás Stadium ( hu, Puskás Ferenc Stadion), or formerly People's Stadium (''Népstadion'') was a multi-purpose stadium in the 14th district (Zugló) of Budapest, Hungary. It was situated between the Puskás Ferenc Stadion and th ...

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as their

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did not meet UEFA criteria.

Group F

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Group G

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played their home group matches at

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as their Stadionul Tineretului did not meet UEFA criteria.

Group H

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Notes

References

External links

2009–10 UEFA Champions League
UEFA.com {{DEFAULTSORT:2009-10 Uefa Champions League Group Stage

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