No big surprises in the finales in the European Champions League group stage. Manchester United, Arsenal, Barcelona, and Roma punched their tickets for the final 16, and there’s arguably not a single surprise team left in the field. The tourney resumes in February with knockout rounds. Full results below.
So, here’s the Final 16:
Top seeds: Chelsea, Bayern Munich, Liverpool, Valencia, Lyon, Manchester United, Arsenal, AC Milan
Second seeds: Lille, Inter Milan, Barcelona, PSV Eindhoven, Roma, Real Madrid, Celtic Glasgow, FC Porto
Champions League, Game Day 6
Home teams listed first
Tuesday, Dec. 5:
Group A:
Chelsea 2, Levski Sofia 0
Barcelona 2, Werder Bremen 0
Group B:
Sporting Lisbon 1, Spartak Moscow 3
Bayern Munich 1, Inter Milan 1
Group C:
PSV Eindhoven 1, Bordeaux 3
Galatasaray 3, Liverpool 2
Group D:
Roma 1, Valencia 0
Olympiakos 1, Shakhtar Donetsk 1
Wednesday, Dec. 6:
Group E:
Dynamo Kiev 2, Real Madrid 2
Lyon 1, Steaua Bucharest 1
Group F:
FC Kobenhavn 3, Celtic Glasgow 1
Manchester Utd. 3, Benfica 1
Group G:
Porto 0, Arsenal 0
Hamburg 3, CSKA Moscow 2
Group H:
Anderlecht 2, AEK Athens 2
AC Milan 0, Lille 2
And the Final Standings:
Top two teams advance to knockout round.
Third-place teams drop down to UEFA Cup.
Fourth-place teams eliminated from European play.
Group A
Chelsea 13
Barcelona 11
Werder Bremen 10
Levski Sofia 0
Group B
Bayern Munich 12
Inter Milan 10
Spartak Moscow 5
Sporting Lisbon 5
Group C
Liverpool 13
PSV Eindhoven 10
Bordeaux 7
Galatasaray 4
Group D
Valencia 13
Roma 10
Shakhtar Donetsk 6
Olympiakos 3
Group E
Lyon 14
Real Madrid 11
Steaua Bucharest 5
Dynamo Kiev 2
Group F
Manchester United 12
Celtic Glasgow 9
Benfica 7
FC Copenhagen 7
Group G
Arsenal 11
FC Porto 11
CSKA Moscow 8
Hamburg 3
Group H
AC Milan 10
Lille 9
AEK Athens 8
Anderlecht 4
This article appears in December 1 • 2006.