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Welcome to the SRF Champions League thread, and as this years competition moves
off into the group stages here are said groups from today's draw.

POT 1: MANCHESTER UNITED, Barcelona, CHELSEA, Bayern Munich, ARSENAL, Real Madrid, Porto and Inter Milan
POT 2: AC Milan, Lyon, Shakthar Donetsk, Valencia, Benfica, Villarreal, CSKA Moscow and Marseille
POT 3: Zenit St Petersburg, Ajax, Leverkusen, Olympiakos, Lille, Basle, BATE Borisov and MANCHESTER CITY
POT 4: Borussia Dortmund, Napoli, Dinamo Zagreb, APOEL Nicosia, Genk, Viktoria Plzen, Otelul Galati and Trabzonspor


Group A
FC Bayern München (GER)
Villarreal CF (ESP)
Manchester City FC (ENG)
SSC Napoli (ITA

Group B
FC Internazionale Milano (ITA)
PFC CSKA Moskva (RUS)
LOSC Lille Métropole (FRA)
Trabzonspor AŞ (TUR)

Group C
Manchester United FC (ENG)
SL Benfica (POR)
FC Basel 1893 (SUI)
FC Oţelul Galaţi (ROU)

Group D
Real Madrid CF (ESP)
Olympique Lyonnais (FRA)
AFC Ajax (NED)
GNK Dinamo Zagreb (CRO)

Group E
Chelsea FC (ENG)
Valencia CF (ESP)
Bayer 04 Leverkusen (GER)
KRC Genk (BEL)

Group F
Arsenal FC (ENG)
Olympique de Marseille (FRA)
Olympiacos FC (GRE)
Borussia Dortmund (GER)

Group G
FC Porto (POR)
FC Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR)
FC Zenit St Petersburg (RUS)
APOEL FC (CYP)

Group H
FC Barcelona (ESP)
AC Milan (ITA)
FC BATE Borisov (BLR)
FC Viktoria Plzeň (CZE)



The first round of fixtures will be played on September 13/14.

Here are the results for tonights games (13/09/11)

Champions League - Group E:
Chelsea 2-0 Bayer 04 Leverkusen
KRC Genk 0-0 Valencia CF

Champions League - Group F:
Olympiacos FC 0-1 Olympique de Marseille
Borussia Dortmund 1-1 Arsenal

Champions League - Group G:
Porto 2-1 Shakhtar Donetsk
APOEL FC 2-1 Zenit

Champions League - Group H:
FC Barcelona 2-2 AC Milan
FC Viktoria Plzeň 1-1 BATE

Here are the results for tonights games (14/09/11)

Champions League - Group A:
Villarreal CF 0-2 FC Bayern München
Manchester City 1-1 Napoli

Champions League - Group B:
FC Internazionale 0-1 Trabzonspor
Lille Métropole 2-2 CSKA Moskva

Champions League - Group C:
SL Benfica 1-1 Manchester United
FC Basel 2-1 Oţelul Galaţi

Champions League - Group D:
Olympique Lyon 0-0 AFC Ajax
Dinamo Zagreb 0-1 Real Madrid CF

Here are the results for tonights games (27/09/11)

Champions League - Group A:
FC Bayern München 2-0 Manchester City
Napoli 2-0 Villarreal CF

Champions League - Group B:
Lille Métropole 1-1 Trabzonspor
CSKA Moskva 2-3 FC Internazionale

Champions League - Group C:
Oţelul Galaţi 0-1 SL Benfica
Manchester United 3-3 FC Basel

Champions League - Group D:
Olympique Lyon 2-0 Dinamo Zagreb
Real Madrid CF 3-0 AFC Ajax


Here are the results for tonights games (28/09/11)

Champions League - Group E:
Valencia 1-1 Chelsea
Leverkusen 2-0 Genk

Champions League - Group F:
Marseille 3-0 B Dortmund
Arsenal 2-1 Olympiakos

Champions League - Group G:
Zenit 3-1 FC Porto
Shakhtar Donets 1-1 Apoel Nicosia

Champions League - Group H:
BATE Borisov 0-5 Barcelona
AC Milan 2-0 Plzen

Here are the results for tonights games (18/10/11)

Champions League - Group A:
Man City 2-1 Villarreal
Napoli 1-1 Bay Munich

Champions League - Group B:
Lille 0-1 Inter
CSKA Moscow 3-0 Trabzonspor

Champions League - Group C:
Otelul Galati 0-2 Man Utd
Basel 0-2 Benfica

Champions League - Group D:
Dinamo Zagreb 0-2 Ajax
Real Mad'd 4-0 Lyon

Here are the results for tonights games (01/10/11)

Champions League - Group E:
Genk 1-1 Chelsea
Leverkusen 1-3 Valencia

Champions League - Group F:
Dortmund 1-3 Olympiakos
Arsenal 0-0 Marseille

Champions League - Group G:
Zenit 3-1 FC Porto
Shakhtar Donets 1-1 Apoel Nicosia

Champions League - Group H:
Plzen 0-4 Barcelona
AC Milan 1-1 BATE BorisovPlzen

Here are the results for tonights games (22/11/11)

Champions League - Group A:
FC Bayern München 3-1 Villarreal CF
Napoli 2-1 Manchester City

Champions League - Group B:
Trabzonspor 1-1 FC Internazionale
CSKA Moskva 0-2 Lille Métropole

Champions League - Group C:
Manchester United 2-2 SL Benfica
Oţelul Galaţi 2-3 FC Basel

Champions League - Group D:
AFC Ajax 0-0 Olympique Lyon
Real Madrid CF 6-2 Dinamo Zagreb

Here are the results for tonights games (06/12/11)

Champions League - Group E:
Chelsea 3-0 Valencia
Genk 1-1 Leverkusen

Champions League - Group F:
B Dortmund 2-3 Marseille
Olympiakos 3-1 Arsenal

Champions League - Group G:
FC Porto 0-0 Zenit
Apoel Nicosia 0-2 Shakhtar Donetsk

Champions League - Group H:
Barcelona 4-0 BATE Borisov
Plzen 2-2 AC Milan

Here are the results for tonights games (07/12/11)

Champions League - Group A:
Villarreal CF 2-0 Napoli
Manchester City 2-0 FC Bayern München

Champions League - Group B:
Trabzonspor 1-1 Lille Métropole
CSKA Moskva 2-1 FC Internazionale

Champions League - Group C:
SL Benfica 1-0 Oţelul Galaţi
FC Basel 2-1 Manchester United

Champions League - Group D:
AFC Ajax 0-3 Real Madrid CF
Dinamo Zagreb 1-7 Olympique Lyon

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1st Rnd Knock Out

The draw for the last 16 of the Champions League:

Lyon v Apoel Nicosia

Napoli v Chelsea

AC Milan v Arsenal

FC Basel v Bayern Munich

Bayer Leverkusen v Barcelona

CSKA Moscow v Real Madrid

Zenit St Petersburg v Benfica

Marseille v Inter Milan


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1st Rnd Knock Out


Results for games (14/02/12)

Lyon 1-0 Apoel Nicosia

Bayer Leverkusen 1-3 Barcelona

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Results for games (15/02/12)

AC Milan 4-0Arsenal

Zenit 3-2 Benfica

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Results for games (21/02/12)

CSKA Moscow 1-1 Real Madrid

Napoli 3-1 Chelsea

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Results for games (22/02/12)

Marseille 1-0 Inter Milan

Basel 1-0 B.Munic

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Results for games (6/03/12)

Arsenal 3-0 AC Milan

Benfica 2-0 Zenit


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Results for games (7/03/12)

Lyon 0-1 Apoel Nicosia

Barcelona 7-1 Bayer Leverkusen

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Results for games (13/03/12)

Inter Milan 2-1 Marseille

B.Munic 7-0 Basel

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Results for games (14/03/12)

Real Madrid 4-1 CSKA Moscow

Chelsea 4-1 Napoli

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Over all results 1st RnD

Arsenal 3-4 AC Milan
Benfica 4-3 Zenit
Apoel Nicosia(4)1-1(3) Lyon < decided on pens
Barcelona 10-2 Bayer Leverkusen
Basel 1-7B.Munic
Inter Milan 2-2 Marseille < Away Goals
Real Madrid 5-2 CSKA Moscow
Chelsea 5-4 Napoli


Quater Final Teams

AC Milan
Benfica
Apoel Nicosia
Barcelona
B.Munic
Marseille
Real Madrid
Chelsea

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Quater Final

APOEL Nicosia v Real Madrid

Marseille v Bayern Munich

Benfica v Chelsea

AC Milan v Barcelona

*First legs to be played on March 27/28
*Second legs to be played on April 3/4


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Semi Final

Marseille/Bayern Munich v APOEL Nicosia/Real Madrid

Benfica/Chelsea v AC Milan/Barcelona

*First legs to be played on April 17/18
*Second legs to be played on April 24/25


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Quater Final 1st leg results

APOEL Nicosia 0-3 Real Madrid

Marseille 0-2 Bayern Munich

Benfica 0-1 Chelsea

AC Milan 0-0 Barcelona

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Quater Final 2nd leg results

APOEL Nicosia 2-5 Real Madrid

Bayern Munich 2-0 Marseille

Chelsea 2-1 Benfica

Barcelona 3-1 AC Milan


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Quater Final Over all Results

APOEL Nicosia 2-8 Real Madrid

Marseille 0-4 Bayern Munich

Benfica 1-3 Chelsea

Barcelona 3-1 AC Milan

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Semi Final 1st leg results

Bayern Munich 2-1 Real Madrid

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Semi Final 1st leg results

Chelsea 1-0 Barcelona


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Semi Final 2nd leg results

Barcelona 2-2 Chelsea

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Semi Final 2nd leg results

Real Madrid 2-1 Bayern Munich

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Semi Final Over all Results

Barcelona 2-3 Chelsea
Bayern Munich (3)3-3 (1) Real Madrid < decided on pens


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Champions League 2011/12 Final

Chelsea vs Bayern Munich

Just one dutch team damn.

Son, I am disappoint.

XMoshe wrote:Just one dutch team damn.

Son, I am disappoint.

At least this time good pool for you lol

XMoshe wrote:Just one dutch team damn.

Son, I am disappoint.

Belgium only has 1 club as well. I think

Welcome to the SRF Champions League thread, and as this years competition moves
off into the group stages here are said groups from today's draw.

POT 1: MANCHESTER UNITED, Barcelona, CHELSEA, Bayern Munich, ARSENAL, Real Madrid, Porto and Inter Milan
POT 2: AC Milan, Lyon, Shakthar Donetsk, Valencia, Benfica, Villarreal, CSKA Moscow and Marseille
POT 3: Zenit St Petersburg, Ajax, Leverkusen, Olympiakos, Lille, Basle, BATE Borisov and MANCHESTER CITY
POT 4: Borussia Dortmund, Napoli, Dinamo Zagreb, APOEL Nicosia, Genk, Viktoria Plzen, Otelul Galati and Trabzonspor


Group A
FC Bayern München (GER)
Villarreal CF (ESP)
Manchester City FC (ENG)
SSC Napoli (ITA

Group B
FC Internazionale Milano (ITA)
PFC CSKA Moskva (RUS)
LOSC Lille Métropole (FRA)
Trabzonspor AŞ (TUR)

Group C
Manchester United FC (ENG)
SL Benfica (POR)
FC Basel 1893 (SUI)
FC Oţelul Galaţi (ROU)

Group D
Real Madrid CF (ESP)
Olympique Lyonnais (FRA)
AFC Ajax (NED)
GNK Dinamo Zagreb (CRO)

Group E
Chelsea FC (ENG)
Valencia CF (ESP)
Bayer 04 Leverkusen (GER)
KRC Genk (BEL)

Group F
Arsenal FC (ENG)
Olympique de Marseille (FRA)
Olympiacos FC (GRE)
Borussia Dortmund (GER)

Group G
FC Porto (POR)
FC Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR)
FC Zenit St Petersburg (RUS)
APOEL FC (CYP)

Group H
FC Barcelona (ESP)
AC Milan (ITA)
FC BATE Borisov (BLR)
FC Viktoria Plzeň (CZE)



The first round of fixtures will be played on September 13/14.

Can't wait!!!

asusi wrote:

XMoshe wrote:Just one dutch team damn.

Son, I am disappoint.

At least this time good pool for you lol

Isn't real a great team? o.O Doubt they'll win from them rofl, besides that got no idea haha

I find it rather silly how they made the Champions League work.
It should be one CHAMPION, as the name says, from every country that gets to participate. Also, a Dutch team gets 1/4th of the money of a German team for example, if they get to participate. Purely because of TV rights. Small countries are basically screwed with this system xD

Also, in the Netherlands a football team cannot have a huge amount of debt, Where say .. a Manchester United has like 1,6 billion euros? of debt and Real Madrid just has the gov buy a few parking spaces for 500 million euros each.

Most matches are fun to watch still, so i guess for a neutral watcher it's a good thing.

They've done well to lower their debt then ^^ I don't follow their financial position or anything, i know it used to be 1,2 billion and rising fast a few years ago.
I did know that it used to be for winners of every league, which is exactly the reason why i brought it up even. In some ways i simply liked that system better, i do indeed understand however that not many neutral viewers feel like seeing two 'no name' league winners go up against each other, rather than Barcelona v AC Milan or something similar.

Group A and Group E = some nice matches

@LilDevil Do you really think that leagues like say, the one in Holland deserve the same amount of spots as leagues in England and Germany (which are much better)
Man U. it self isnt in debt, its the owners that have the debt (but obviously they fck up United as they will use its revenues to pay the debt)
Real madrid, now, would be considered in debt since they spent beyond their means or w/e.

Double post..for some reason i cant delete this post lols

UnbeatableDevil wrote:Group A and Group E = some nice matches

@LilDevil Do you really think that leagues like say, the one in Holland deserve the same amount of spots as leagues in England and Germany (which are much better)
Man U. it self isnt in debt, its the owners that have the debt (but obviously they fck up United as they will use its revenues to pay the debt)
Real madrid, now, would be considered in debt since they spent beyond their means or w/e.

The 'little' leagues have become training leagues for the 'bigger' leagues because of the ridiculous spending culture big clubs have and are allowed to have, which is not possible in the Netherlands by law. We have a 'little' league, because good players will simply be bought at relatively ridiculous prices our clubs can't refuse, which is a shame. If for example Ajax would have a debt of 30 million that would be considered huge, Whereas a 600 million debt to Real Madrid would be of no significance. This however does not mean that Ajax is simply a lesser club training wise or even in regards to the prices they've won. The only English club to have more champions leagues won than Ajax would be Liverpool (In all around prices won Ajax is no. 5 in the world).
The fact that the Netherlands is ranked first in the world on the FIFA ranking while we have a fairly low quality league shows that i guess, for Dutch people who like football that's a shame, as there are indeed many leagues that are more fun to watch than our own league.

I'm not sure but I thought I saw FC Twente on the news in like group F o.O Could be wrong ofc.

XMoshe wrote:I'm not sure but I thought I saw FC Twente on the news in like group F o.O Could be wrong ofc.

Nah =[ they got knocked out vs Benfica. You probs saw Europa league draws.

What's the big deal about Dutch anyways? They aren't so good anyway? maybe only when you fuse them and put Marwijk as trainer then they have chance to compete to other teams in CL

LillDev!l wrote:The 'little' leagues have become training leagues for the 'bigger' leagues because of the ridiculous spending culture big clubs have and are allowed to have, which is not possible in the Netherlands by law. We have a 'little' league, because good players will simply be bought at relatively ridiculous prices our clubs can't refuse, which is a shame. If for example Ajax would have a debt of 30 million that would be considered huge, Whereas a 600 million debt to Real Madrid would be of no significance. This however does not mean that Ajax is simply a lesser club training wise or even in regards to the prices they've won. The only English club to have more champions leagues won than Ajax would be Liverpool (In all around prices won Ajax is no. 5 in the world).
The fact that the Netherlands is ranked first in the world on the FIFA ranking while we have a fairly low quality league shows that i guess, for Dutch people who like football that's a shame, as there are indeed many leagues that are more fun to watch than our own league.

Well if Dutch teams do better in the CL they would get more spots, its simple. If every team had 1 spot, Ajax would most likely always represent Dutch's league, while teams like Chelsea and Real madrid wouldnt be going to the CL.
And what do you think about teams from say, serbia, Dont they deserve one spot atleast as well? And Albania, Greece, etc.

LillDev!l wrote:

XMoshe wrote:I'm not sure but I thought I saw FC Twente on the news in like group F o.O Could be wrong ofc.

Nah =[ they got knocked out vs Benfica. You probs saw Europa league draws.

Guess it was then. Oh well xD

About the debt thing of FC´s, it is rediculous that clubs like Real Madrid and Man Utd. are allowed to have debts of hundreds of millions. While my own FC, MVV was almost history thanks to a debt of 1.6 million euros. 109 years of football history, and almost gone thanks to a ´silly´ debt of 1.6 million.

Strict actions should be taken against clubs with high debts, in Holland if a club doesn´t get its financial situation fixed in 3 years, its football license is taken away and is not allowed to participate in the league anymore. The commercialization of modern football is taking drastic forms and it´s changing football rapidly.

I´ll just leave this here, it´s not about Fulham FC itself, but about the message of the video.


- Against modern football.

Man Utd's debt wasnt their own doing, it was caused by the dumbass Glazers getting loans to buy the club and then putting the debt on Man utd . Same for Liverpool. If anything they should make it harder for people to just take loans and buy clubs, fcking up the club on the way.

Now Real madrid's and Barcelona's debt was their own fault, but for some reason Real Madrid's debt never catches up to them (mostly because of bribing etc in Madrid..)

yay go otelul galati

Come on Racing Genk !!!!

I'll be there at every match, even in Chelsea, Leverkussen & Valencia!! got my tickets & trips sorted out, booya!

Here are the results for tonights games (13/09/11)

Champions League - Group E:
Chelsea 2-0 Bayer 04 Leverkusen
KRC Genk 0-0 Valencia CF (

Champions League - Group F:
Olympiacos FC 0-1 Olympique de Marseille
Borussia Dortmund 1-1 Arsenal

Champions League - Group G:
Porto 2-1 Shakhtar Donetsk
APOEL FC 2-1 Zenit

Champions League - Group H:
FC Barcelona 2-2 AC Milan
FC Viktoria Plzeň 1-1 BATE

Expected more from Zenit. No other big surprises imo.

I'd say Genk-valencia 0-0 is a pretty big surprise!

Wouldn't put my money on them. Genk shouldn't be underestimated when playing at home.
Today's matches have just started.
My predictions

Vilareal 1:3 Bayern
Man City 2:0 Napoli
Inter 2:1 Trabzonspor
Lille 1:1 CSKA
Benfica 1:1 MU
Bazel 1:0 Ocelul
Ajax 1:0 Lion
Dinamo 1:4 Real

EDIT: Lol, Bayern scored while I was typing this.

Here are the results for tonights games (14/09/11)

Champions League - Group A:
Villarreal CF 0-2 FC Bayern München
Manchester City 1-1 Napoli

Champions League - Group B:
FC Internazionale 0-1 Trabzonspor
Lille Métropole 2-2 CSKA Moskva

Champions League - Group C:
SL Benfica 1-1 Manchester United
FC Basel 2-1 Oţelul Galaţi

Champions League - Group D:
Olympique Lyon 0-0 AFC Ajax
Dinamo Zagreb 0-1 Real Madrid CF

Current Tables

Key:
P = Played
W = Wins
D = Draws
L = Losses
PTS = Points

UEFA Champions League : Group A Table
-----------------------P--W---D--L--PTS
1 FC Bayern-------1---1---0--0--3
2 Manchester City-1---0---1--0--1
3 Napoli-------------1---0---1--0--1
4 Villarreal CF------1---0---0--1--0


UEFA Champions League : Group B Table
-----------------------P--W---D--L--PTS
1 Trabzonspor ----1---1---0--0--3
2 LOSC Lille-------1---0---1--0--1
3 CSKA Moskva --1---0---1--0--1
4 FC Inter---------1---0---0--1--0

UEFA Champions League : Group C Table
--------------------------P--W---D--L--PTS
1 FC Basel -----------1---1---0--0--3
2 Manchester Utd---1---0---1--0--1
3 SL Benfica----------1---0---1--0--1
4 Oţelul Galaţi--------1---0---0--1--0

UEFA Champions League : Group D Table
-------------------------P--W---D--L--PTS
1 Real Madrid CF ---1---1---0--0--3
2 AFC Ajax -----------1---0---1--0--1
3 Olympique Lyon---1---0---1--0--1
4 Dinamo Zagreb----1---0---0--1--0

UEFA Champions League : Group E Table
-----------------------P--W---D--L--PTS
1 Chelsea----------1---1---0--0--3
2 KRC Genk--------1---0---1--0--1
3 Valencia CF------1---0---1--0--1
4 Bayer Lever------1---0---0--1--0

UEFA Champions League : Group F Table
-----------------------P--W---D--L--PTS
1 Marseille---------1---1---0--0--3
2 Arsenal-----------1---0---1--0--1
3 Dortmund--------1---0---1--0--1
4 Olympiacos-------1---0---0--1--0

UEFA Champions League : Group G Table
-----------------------P--W---D--L--PTS
1 APOEL FC--------1---1---0--0--3
2 Porto-------------1---1---0--0--3
3 Shakhtar--------1---0---0--1--0
4 Zenit-------------1---0---0--1--0

UEFA Champions League : Group H Table
-----------------------P--W---D--L--PTS
1 AC Milan----------1---0---1--0--1
2 FC Barcelona----1---0---1--0--1
3 BATE--------------1---0---1--0--1
4 Viktoria Plzeň---1---0---1--0--1



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I don't understand how Olympique Lyon is always in group with Real Madrid xD

2nd round

Surprise us Ajax