Matchdays for the 2007-2008 UEFA Champions League Group Stage

With the groups for the 2007-2008 UEFA Champions League announced, the Matchdays for the same tournament have also been decided. The Matchdays 1-6 are listed below. These are all of the matches for the group stage of the tournament.

Each team plays a home and away series versus the other 3 teams in their groups making a total of six games per team. The standings are done like the World Cup: 3 points for a win, 1 point for a tie and 0 points for a loss.

The top 16 teams (top 2 from each group) move onto the knockout stage of this tournament. The knockout stage is done in a home and away series between the two teams who draw each other with the aggregate goals (total goals in both games) being tallied to determine the winner of the round.

Matchdays 1-6 of the 2007-2008 UEFA Champions League are:

Matchday 1

Tuesday, September 18th

Marseille vs. Besiktas
Porto vs. Liverpool
Chelsea vs. Rosenborg
Schalke vs. Valencia
Real Madrid vs. Bremen
Olympiakos vs. Lazio
Milan vs. Benfica
Shakhtar vs. Celtic

Wednesday, September 19th

Rangers vs. Stuttgart
Barcelona vs. Lyon
Roma vs. Dynamo Kiev
Sporting vs. Manchester United
PSV Eindhoven vs. CSKA Moscow
Fenerbahce vs. Inter Milan
Arsenal vs. Sevilla/AEK
Slavia vs. Steaua

Matchday 2

Tuesday, October 2nd

Lyon vs. Rangers
Stuttgart vs. Barcelona
Manchester United vs. Roma
Dynamo Kiev vs. Sporting
Inter Milan vs. PSV Eindhoven
CSKA Moscow vs. Fenerbahce
Steaua vs. Arsenal
Sevilla/AEK vs. Slavia

Wednesday, October 3rd

Liverpool vs. Marseille
Besiktas vs. Porto
Valencia vs. Chelsea
Rosenborg vs. Schalke
Lazio vs. Real Madrid
Bremen vs. Olympiakos
Celtic vs. AC Milan
Benfica vs. Shakhtar

Matchday 3

Tuesday, October 23rd

Stuttgart vs. Lyon
Rangers vs. Barcelona
Dynamo Kiev vs. Manchester united
Roma vs. Sporting
CSKA Moscow vs. Inter Milan
PSV Eindhoven vs. Fenerbahce
Sevilla/AEK vs. Steaua
Arsenal vs. Slavia

Wednesday, October 24th

Besiktas vs. Liverpool
Marseille vs. Porto
Rosenborg vs. Valencia
Chelsea vs. Schalke
Bremen vs. Lazio
Real Madrid vs. Olympiakos
Benfica vs. Celtic
AC Milan vs. Shakhtar

Matchday 4

Tuesday, November 6th

Liverpool vs. Besiktas
Porto vs. Marseille
Valencia vs. Rosenborg
Schalke vs. Chelsea
Lazio vs. Bremen
Olympiakos vs. Real Madrid
Celtic vs. Benfica
Shakhtar vs. AC Milan

Wenesday, November 7th

Lyon vs. Stuttgart
Barcelona vs. Rangers
Manchester United vs. Dynamo Kiev
Sporting vs. Roma
Inter Milan vs. CSKA Moscow
Fenerbahce vs. PSV Eindhoven
Steaua vs. Sevilla/AEK
Slavia vs. Arsenal

Matchday 5

Tuesday, November 27th

Stuttgart vs. Rangers
Lyon vs. Barcelona
Dynamo Kiev vs. Roma
Manchester United vs. Sporting
CSKA Moscow vs. PSV Eindhoven
Inter Milan vs. Fenerbahce
Sevilla/AEK vs. Arsenal
Steaua vs. Slavia

Wednesday, November 28th

Besiktas vs. Marseille
Liverpool vs. Porto
Rosenborg vs. Chelsea
Valencia vs. Schalke
Bremen vs. Real Madrid
Lazio vs. Olympiakos
Benfica vs. Milan
Celtic vs. Shakhtar

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