2014–15 UEFA Champions League

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
Champions Barcelona (5th title)
Runners-up Juventus
Tournament statistics
Matches played125
Goals scored361 (2.89 per match)
Attendance5,136,695 (41,094 per match)
Top scorer(s) Neymar
Cristiano Ronaldo
Lionel Messi
(10 goals each)

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.

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 Atlético Madrid 6 4 1 1 14 3 +11 13
2 Juventus 6 3 1 2 7 4 +3 10
3 Olympiacos 6 3 0 3 10 13 –3 9
4 Malmö 6 1 0 5 4 15 –11 3

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Real Madrid 6 6 0 0 16 2 +14 18
2 Basel 6 2 1 3 7 8 –1 7
3 Liverpool 6 1 2 3 5 9 –4 5
4 Ludogorets Razgrad 6 1 1 4 5 14 –9 4

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Monaco 6 3 2 1 4 1 +3 11
2 Bayer Leverkusen 6 3 1 2 7 4 +3 10
3 Zenit St. Petersburg 6 2 1 3 4 6 –2 7
4 Benfica 6 1 2 3 2 6 –4 5

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Borussia Dortmund 6 4 1 1 14 4 +10 13
2 Arsenal 6 4 1 1 15 8 +7 13
3 Anderlecht 6 1 3 2 8 10 –2 6
4 Galatasaray 6 0 1 5 4 19 –15 1

Group E

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Bayern Munich 6 5 0 1 16 4 +12 15
2 Manchester City 6 2 2 2 9 8 +1 8
3 Roma 6 1 2 3 8 14 –6 5
4 CSKA Moscow 6 1 2 3 6 13 –7 5

Group F

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Barcelona 6 5 0 1 15 5 +10 15
2 Paris Saint-Germain 6 4 1 1 10 7 +3 13
3 Ajax 6 1 2 3 8 10 –2 5
4 APOEL 6 0 1 5 1 12 –11 1

Group G

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Chelsea 6 4 2 0 17 3 +14 14
2 Schalke 04 6 2 2 2 9 14 –5 8
3 Sporting 6 2 1 3 12 12 0 7
4 NK Maribor 6 0 3 3 4 13 –9 3

Group H

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Porto 6 4 2 0 16 4 +12 14
2 Shakhtar Donetsk 6 2 3 1 15 4 +11 9
3 Athletic Bilbao 6 2 1 3 5 6 –1 7
4 BATE Borisov 6 1 0 5 2 24 –22 3

Knockout stage

Bracket

  Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                                         
  Juventus 2 3 5  
  Borussia Dortmund 1 0 1  
    Juventus 1 0 1  
    Monaco 0 0 0  
  Arsenal 1 2 3
  Monaco (a) 3 0 3  
    Juventus 2 1 3  
    Real Madrid 1 1 2  
  Bayer Leverkusen 1 0 1 (2)  
  Atlético Madrid (p) 0 1 1 (3)  
    Atlético Madrid 0 0 0
    Real Madrid 0 1 1  
  Schalke 04 0 4 4
  Real Madrid 2 3 5  
    Juventus 1
    Barcelona 3
  Paris Saint-Germain (aet; a) 1 2 3  
  Chelsea 1 2 3  
    Paris Saint-Germain 1 0 1
    Barcelona 3 2 5  
  Manchester City 1 0 1
  Barcelona 2 1 3  
    Barcelona 3 2 5
    Bayern Munich 0 3 3  
  Basel 1 0 1  
  Porto 1 4 5  
    Porto 3 1 4
    Bayern Munich 1 6 7  
  Shakhtar Donetsk 0 0 0
  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 3–3 (a) Chelsea 1–1 2–2 (aet)
Manchester City 1–3 Barcelona 1–2 0–1
Bayer Leverkusen 1–1 (2–3 p) Atlético Madrid 1–0 0–1 (aet)
Juventus 5–1 Borussia Dortmund 2–1 3–0
Schalke 04 4–5 Real Madrid 0–2 4–3
Shakhtar Donetsk 0–7 Bayern Munich 0–0 0–7
Arsenal 3–3 (a) Monaco 1–3 2–0
Basel 1–5 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 1–5 Barcelona 1–3 0–2
Atlético Madrid 0–1 Real Madrid 0–0 0–1
Porto 4–7 Bayern Munich 3–1 1–6
Juventus 1–0 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 5–3 Bayern Munich 3–0 2–3
Juventus 3–2 Real Madrid 2–1 1–1

Final

Juventus 1–3 Barcelona
Morata  55' Report Rakitić  4'
Suárez  68'
Neymar  90+7'
Olympiastadion, Berlin
Attendance: 70,442[4]
Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)[5]

Statistics

Goalscorers

Rank Player Team Goals Minutes played
1 Neymar Barcelona 10 1026
Cristiano Ronaldo Real Madrid 10 1065
Lionel Messi Barcelona 10 1147
4 Luiz Adriano Shakhtar Donetsk 9 628
5 Jackson Martínez Porto 7 629
Thomas Müller Bayern Munich 7 777
Luis Suárez Barcelona 7 827
Carlos Tevez Juventus 7 1156
9 Sergio Agüero Manchester City 6 550
Karim Benzema Real Madrid 6 664
Edinson Cavani Paris Saint-Germain 6 920
Robert Lewandowski Bayern Munich 6 932

Source: UEFA.com[7]

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date
Yacine Brahimi Porto BATE Borisov 6-0 (H) 17 September 2014
Danny Welbeck Arsenal Galatasaray 4-1 (H) 1 October 2014
Luiz Adriano5 Shakhtar Donetsk BATE Borisov 7-0 (A) 21 October 2014
Luiz Adriano Shakhtar Donetsk BATE Borisov 5-0 (H) 5 November 2014
Sergio Agüero Manchester City Bayern Münich 3-2 (H) 25 November 2014
Lionel Messi Barcelona APOEL 4-0 (A) 25 November 2014
Mario Mandžukić Atlético de Madrid 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". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 18 May 2015. 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. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
  7. ↑ "Statistics — Tournament phase — Player statistics — Goals". UEFA.com. Retrieved 6 June 2015.

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