2001–02 UEFA Champions League second group stage

In the second group stage of the 2001–02 UEFA Champions League, eight winners and eight runners-up from the first group stage were drawn into four groups of four teams, each containing two group winners and two runners-up. Teams from the same country or from the same first round group could not be drawn together. The top two teams in each group advanced to the quarter-finals.

Teams

Seeding was determined by the UEFA coefficients^[1] and participants' first group stage positions. Four best-ranked group winners were seeded in Pot 1, the remaining four in Pot 2. Group runners-up were seeded to Pots 3 and 4 accordingly.

Key to colours in group tables
Group winners and runners-up advance to the knockout stage

Pot 1
(higher-coefficient group winners)
Team	Coeff.
Bayern Munich^[TH]	110.316
Real Madrid	114.605
Barcelona	108.604
Juventus	98.119

Pot 2
(lower-coefficient group winners)
Team	Coeff.
Liverpool	73.643
Deportivo La Coruña	63.605
Nantes	45.176
Panathinaikos	37.183

Pot 3
(higher-coefficient group runners-up)
Team	Coeff.
Manchester United	110.644
Arsenal	76.644
Galatasaray	71.987
Porto	68.136

Pot 4
(lower-coefficient group runners-up)
Team	Coeff.
Roma	68.119
Bayer Leverkusen	56.315
Sparta Prague	37.395
Boavista	28.137

Notes

^TH Champions League title holders

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:^[2]

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

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		MUN	BAY	BOA	NAN
1	Manchester United	6	3	3	0	13	3	+10	12	Advance to knockout stage		—	0–0	3–0	5–1
2	Bayern Munich	6	3	3	0	5	2	+3	12	Advance to knockout stage		1–1	—	1–0	2–1
3	Boavista	6	1	2	3	2	8	−6	5			0–3	0–0	—	1–0
4	Nantes	6	0	2	4	4	11	−7	2			1–1	0–1	1–1	—

Source: RSSSF

20 November 2001

20:45

Boavista	1–0	Nantes
Sánchez 24'	Report

Estádio do Bessa, Porto

Attendance: 7,700

Referee: Jan Wegereef (Netherlands)

20 November 2001

20:45

Bayern Munich	1–1	Manchester United
Paulo Sérgio 87'	Report	Van Nistelrooy 74'

Olympiastadion, Munich

Attendance: 59,000

Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)

5 December 2001

20:45

Manchester United	3–0	Boavista
Van Nistelrooy 31', 62' Blanc 55'	Report

Old Trafford, Manchester

Attendance: 66,274

Referee: Antonio Jesús López Nieto (Spain)

5 December 2001

20:45

Nantes	0–1	Bayern Munich
	Report	Paulo Sérgio 65'

Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes

Attendance: 28,167

Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)

20 February 2002

20:45

Nantes	1–1	Manchester United
Moldovan 9'	Report	Van Nistelrooy 90+4' (pen.)

Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes

Attendance: 35,783

Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)

20 February 2002

20:45

Boavista	0–0	Bayern Munich
	Report

Estádio do Bessa, Porto

Attendance: 10,400

Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)

26 February 2002

20:45

Manchester United	5–1	Nantes
Beckham 18' Solskjær 31', 78' Silvestre 38' Van Nistelrooy 64' (pen.)	Report	Da Rocha 17'

Old Trafford, Manchester

Attendance: 66,492

Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)

26 February 2002

20:45

Bayern Munich	1–0	Boavista
Santa Cruz 81'	Report

Olympiastadion, Munich

Attendance: 32,020

Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)

13 March 2002

20:45

Nantes	1–1	Boavista
Moldovan 43'	Report	Martelinho 78'

Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes

Attendance: 26,929

Referee: Hugh Dallas (Scotland)

13 March 2002

20:45

Manchester United	0–0	Bayern Munich
	Report

Old Trafford, Manchester

Attendance: 66,818

Referee: Gilles Veissière (France)

19 March 2002

20:45

Boavista	0–3	Manchester United
	Report	Blanc 14' Solskjær 29' Beckham 51' (pen.)

Estádio do Bessa, Porto

Attendance: 11,383

Referee: Konrad Plautz (Austria)

19 March 2002

20:45

Bayern Munich	2–1	Nantes
Jeremies 58' Pizarro 87'	Report	Ahamada 54'

Olympiastadion, Munich

Attendance: 35,698

Referee: Knud Erik Fisker (Denmark)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BAR	LIV	ROM	GAL
1	Barcelona	6	2	3	1	7	7	0	9	Advance to knockout stage		—	0–0	1–1	2–2
2	Liverpool	6	1	4	1	4	4	0	7	Advance to knockout stage		1–3	—	2–0	0–0
3	Roma	6	1	4	1	6	5	+1	7			3–0	0–0	—	1–1
4	Galatasaray	6	0	5	1	5	6	−1	5			0–1	1–1	1–1	—

Source: RSSSF

20 November 2001

20:45

Liverpool	1–3	Barcelona
Owen 27'	Report	Kluivert 41' Rochemback 65' Overmars 84'

Anfield, Liverpool

Attendance: 41,521

Referee: Hellmut Krug (Germany)

20 November 2001

20:45

Galatasaray	1–1	Roma
Pérez 22'	Report	Emerson 90+2'

Ali Sami Yen Stadium, Istanbul

Attendance: 15,794

Referee: Claude Colombo (France)

5 December 2001

20:45

Roma	0–0	Liverpool
	Report

Stadio Olimpico, Rome

Attendance: 58,721

Referee: Dick Jol (Netherlands)

5 December 2001

20:45

Barcelona	2–2	Galatasaray
Saviola 49', 66'	Report	Ümit Karan 5' Fleurquin 41'

Camp Nou, Barcelona

Attendance: 49,260

Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

20 February 2002

20:45

Barcelona	1–1	Roma
Kluivert 82'	Report	Panucci 57'

Camp Nou, Barcelona

Attendance: 90,527

Referee: Gilles Veissière (France)

20 February 2002

20:45

Liverpool	0–0	Galatasaray
	Report

Anfield, Liverpool

Attendance: 41,605

Referee: Vítor Melo Pereira (Portugal)

26 February 2002

20:45

Roma	3–0	Barcelona
Emerson 61' Montella 74' Tommasi 90+2'	Report

Stadio Olimpico, Rome

Attendance: 69,869

Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)

26 February 2002

20:45

Galatasaray	1–1	Liverpool
Niculescu 71'	Report	Heskey 79'

Ali Sami Yen Stadium, Istanbul

Attendance: 20,600

Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)

13 March 2002

20:45

Barcelona	0–0	Liverpool
	Report

Camp Nou, Barcelona

Attendance: 83,441

Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)

13 March 2002

20:45

Roma	1–1	Galatasaray
Cafu 52'	Report	Ümit Karan 45'

Stadio Olimpico, Rome

Attendance: 58,630

Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)

19 March 2002

20:45

Liverpool	2–0	Roma
Litmanen 7' (pen.) Heskey 64'	Report

Anfield, Liverpool

Attendance: 41,794

Referee: Rune Pedersen (Norway)

19 March 2002

20:45

Galatasaray	0–1	Barcelona
	Report	Luis Enrique 58'

Ali Sami Yen Stadium, Istanbul

Attendance: 21,011

Referee: René Temmink (Netherlands)

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		RMA	PAN	SPP	POR
1	Real Madrid	6	5	1	0	14	5	+9	16	Advance to knockout stage		—	3–0	3–0	1–0
2	Panathinaikos	6	2	2	2	7	8	−1	8	Advance to knockout stage		2–2	—	2–1	0–0
3	Sparta Prague	6	2	0	4	6	10	−4	6			2–3	0–2	—	2–0
4	Porto	6	1	1	4	3	7	−4	4			1–2	2–1	0–1	—

Source: RSSSF

21 November 2001

20:45

Sparta Prague	2–3	Real Madrid
Michalík 30' Sionko 72'	Report	Zidane 20' Morientes 36', 74'

AXA Arena, Prague

Attendance: 19,156

Referee: Stefano Braschi (Italy)

21 November 2001

20:45

Panathinaikos	0–0	Porto
	Report

Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, Athens

Attendance: 15,208

Referee: Graham Poll (England)

4 December 2001

20:45

Porto	0–1	Sparta Prague
	Report	Sionko 75'

Estádio das Antas, Porto

Attendance: 25,766

Referee: Nikolai Levnikov (Russia)

4 December 2001

20:45

Real Madrid	3–0	Panathinaikos
Helguera 41' Raúl 66', 72'	Report

Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid

Attendance: 52,300

Referee: Gilles Veissière (France)

19 February 2002

20:45

Real Madrid	1–0	Porto
Solari 83'	Report

Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid

Attendance: 59,000

Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

19 February 2002

20:45

Sparta Prague	0–2	Panathinaikos
	Report	Karagounis 39' Konstantinou 71'

AXA Arena, Prague

Attendance: 15,557

Referee: Stuart Dougal (Scotland)

27 February 2002

20:45

Porto	1–2	Real Madrid
Capucho 28'	Report	Solari 7' Helguera 20'

Estádio das Antas, Porto

Attendance: 34,700

Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)

27 February 2002

20:45

Panathinaikos	2–1	Sparta Prague
Konstantinou 15', 47'	Report	Klein 90'

Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, Athens

Attendance: 15,053

Referee: Knud Erik Fisker (Denmark)

12 March 2002

20:45

Real Madrid	3–0	Sparta Prague
Solari 60' Guti 64' Sávio 71'	Report

Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid

Attendance: 41,312

Referee: Graham Poll (England)

12 March 2002

20:45

Porto	2–1	Panathinaikos
Deco 12' Pena 54'	Report	Kolkka 65'

Estádio das Antas, Porto

Attendance: 12,835

Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)

20 March 2002

20:45

Sparta Prague	2–0	Porto
Sionko 63' Jarošík 71'	Report

AXA Arena, Prague

Attendance: 10,521

Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

20 March 2002

20:45

Panathinaikos	2–2	Real Madrid
Liberopoulos 9' Goumas 64'	Report	Morientes 11' Portillo 80'

Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, Athens

Attendance: 15,569

Referee: Domenico Messina (Italy)

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		LEV	DEP	ARS	JUV
1	Bayer Leverkusen	6	3	1	2	11	11	0	10	Advance to knockout stage		—	3–0	1–1	3–1
2	Deportivo La Coruña	6	3	1	2	7	6	+1	10	Advance to knockout stage		1–3	—	2–0	2–0
3	Arsenal	6	2	1	3	8	8	0	7			4–1	0–2	—	3–1
4	Juventus	6	2	1	3	7	8	−1	7			4–0	0–0	1–0	—

Source: RSSSF

21 November 2001

20:45

Deportivo La Coruña	2–0	Arsenal
Makaay 9' Tristán 25'	Report

Estadio Riazor, A Coruña

Attendance: 25,864

Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)

29 November 2001^{[note 1]}

15:00

Juventus	4–0	Bayer Leverkusen
Trezeguet 8', 60' Del Piero 37' Tudor 44'	Report

Stadio delle Alpi, Turin

Attendance: 4,926

Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)

4 December 2001

20:45

Arsenal	3–1	Juventus
Ljungberg 21', 88' Henry 28'	Report	Taylor 49' (o.g.)

Highbury, London

Attendance: 35,421

Referee: Vítor Melo Pereira (Portugal)

4 December 2001

20:45

Bayer Leverkusen	3–0	Deportivo La Coruña
Zé Roberto 64' Neuville 67' Ballack 79'	Report

BayArena, Leverkusen

Attendance: 22,500

Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)

19 February 2002

20:45

Bayer Leverkusen	1–1	Arsenal
Kirsten 90'	Report	Pires 56'

BayArena, Leverkusen

Attendance: 22,500

Referee: Alain Sars (France)

19 February 2002

20:45

Juventus	0–0	Deportivo La Coruña
	Report

Stadio delle Alpi, Turin

Attendance: 9,836

Referee: Hugh Dallas (Scotland)

27 February 2002

20:45

Arsenal	4–1	Bayer Leverkusen
Pires 5' Henry 7' Vieira 48' Bergkamp 83'	Report	Sebescen 86'

Highbury, London

Attendance: 35,019

Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)

27 February 2002

20:45

Deportivo La Coruña	2–0	Juventus
Tristán 8' Djalminha 77'	Report

Estadio Riazor, A Coruña

Attendance: 24,885

Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)

12 March 2002

20:45

Bayer Leverkusen	3–1	Juventus
Butt 24' (pen.) Brdarić 71' Babić 90+1'	Report	Tudor 61'

BayArena, Leverkusen

Attendance: 22,500

Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)

12 March 2002

20:45

Arsenal	0–2	Deportivo La Coruña
	Report	Valerón 30' Naybet 40'

Highbury, London

Attendance: 35,392

Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)

20 March 2002

20:45

Juventus	1–0	Arsenal
Zalayeta 76'	Report

Stadio delle Alpi, Turin

Attendance: 7,470

Referee: Karl-Erik Nilsson (Sweden)

20 March 2002

20:45

Deportivo La Coruña	1–3	Bayer Leverkusen
Tristán 75'	Report	Ballack 34' Schneider 54' Neuville 86'

Estadio Riazor, A Coruña

Attendance: 23,532

Referee: Valentin Ivanov (Russia)

Notes

^ Juventus v Bayer Leverkusen was originally scheduled for 21 November, but had to be postponed to 28 November due to heavy fog in Turin. The game was postponed for one more day because of the same visibility issues.

References

^ "UEFA Club Ranking 2001". Bert Kassies.
^ "Regulations of the UEFA Champions League 2002/03" (PDF). UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. pp. 10–11. Retrieved 24 November 2009.

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