2015–16 UEFA Champions League group stage

The 2015–16 UEFA Champions League group stage began on 15 September and ended on 9 December 2015. A total of 32 teams competed in the group stage to decide the 16 places in the knockout phase of the 2015–16 UEFA Champions League.[1]

Draw

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The draw was held on 27 August 2015, 17:45 CEST, at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco.[2][3] The 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four, with the restriction that teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other. For the draw, the teams were seeded into four pots based on the following principles (introduced starting this season):[4][5]

  • Pot 1 contained the title holders and the champions of the top seven associations based on their 2014 UEFA country coefficients.[6][7] As the title holders (Barcelona) were one of the champions of the top seven associations, the champions of the association ranked eighth were also seeded into Pot 1 (regulations Article 13.05).[1]
  • Pots 2, 3 and 4 contained the remaining teams, seeded based on their 2015 UEFA club coefficients.[8][9][10]

Moreover, the draw was controlled for teams from the same association in order to split the teams evenly into the two sets of groups (A–D, E–H) for maximum television coverage.

The fixtures were decided after the draw. On each matchday, four groups played their matches on Tuesday, while the other four groups played their matches on Wednesday, with the two sets of groups (A–D, E–H) alternating between each matchday. There were other restrictions: for example, teams from the same city (e.g., Real Madrid and Atlético Madrid, Chelsea and Arsenal, Manchester City and Manchester United) in general did not play at home on the same matchday (UEFA tried to avoid teams from the same city playing at home on the same day or on consecutive days, due to logistics and crowd control), and teams in certain countries (e.g., Belarus, Russia, Kazakhstan) did not play at home on the last matchday (due to cold weather and simultaneous kick-off times).

On 17 July 2014, the UEFA emergency panel ruled that Ukrainian and Russian clubs would not be drawn against each other "until further notice" due to the political unrest between the countries.[11] Therefore, Ukrainian clubs Shakhtar Donetsk and Dynamo Kyiv (both Pot 3), and Russian clubs Zenit Saint Petersburg (Pot 1) and CSKA Moscow (Pot 3) could not be drawn into the same group.

Teams

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Below are the 32 teams which qualified for the group stage (with their 2015 UEFA club coefficients),[8] grouped by their seeding pot.[12][13] They include 22 teams which entered in this stage, and the 10 winners of the play-off round (5 in Champions Route, 5 in League Route).

Key to colours
Group winners and runners-up advanced to the round of 16
Third-placed teams entered the Europa League round of 32
Pot 1 (by association rank)[14]
Assoc. Team Coeff
1   Barcelona[TH] 164.999
2   Chelsea 142.078
3   Bayern Munich 154.883
4   Juventus 95.102
5   Benfica 118.276
6   Paris Saint-Germain 100.483
7   Zenit Saint Petersburg 90.099
8   PSV Eindhoven 58.195
Pot 2
Team Coeff
  Real Madrid 171.999
  Atlético Madrid 120.999
  Porto 111.276
  Arsenal 110.078
  Manchester United[LR] 103.078
  Valencia[LR] 99.999
  Bayer Leverkusen[LR] 87.883
  Manchester City 87.078
Pot 3
Team Coeff
  Shakhtar Donetsk[LR] 86.033
  Sevilla 80.499
  Lyon 72.983
  Dynamo Kyiv 65.033
  Olympiacos 62.380
  CSKA Moscow[LR] 55.599
  Galatasaray 50.020
  Roma 43.602
Pot 4
Team Coeff
  BATE Borisov[CR] 35.150
  Borussia Mönchengladbach 33.883
  VfL Wolfsburg 31.883
  Dinamo Zagreb[CR] 24.700
  Maccabi Tel Aviv[CR] 18.200
  Gent 13.440
  Malmö FF[CR] 12.545
  Astana[CR] 3.825
Notes
  1. TH Title holders, automatically placed at the top position of seeding list.
  2. CR Winners of the play-off round (Champions Route).
  3. LR Winners of the play-off round (League Route).

Format

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In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners and runners-up advanced to the round of 16, while the third-placed teams entered the Europa League round of 32.[1]

Tiebreakers

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The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams were equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria were applied in the order given to determine the rankings (regulations Article 17.01):[1]

  1. higher number of points obtained in the group matches played among the teams in question;
  2. superior goal difference from the group matches played among the teams in question;
  3. higher number of goals scored in the group matches played among the teams in question;
  4. higher number of goals scored away from home in the group matches played among the teams in question;
  5. if, after having applied criteria 1 to 4, teams still had an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 4 were reapplied exclusively to the matches between the teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure did not lead to a decision, criteria 6 to 12 applied;
  6. superior goal difference in all group matches;
  7. higher number of goals scored in all group matches;
  8. higher number of away goals scored in all group matches;
  9. higher number of wins in all group matches;
  10. higher number of away wins in all group matches;
  11. lower disciplinary points total based only on yellow and red cards received in all group matches (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
  12. higher club coefficient.

Groups

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The matchdays were 15–16 September, 29–30 September, 20–21 October, 3–4 November, 24–25 November, and 8–9 December 2015.[15] The match kickoff times were 20:45 CEST/CET, except for matchday 5 in Belarus and Russia and matchday 2 in Kazakhstan which were 18:00 CEST/CET, and matchdays 4 and 5 in Kazakhstan which were 16:00 CET.[16]

Times are CET/CEST,[note 1] as listed by UEFA (local times are in parentheses).

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification RMA PAR SHK MAL
1   Real Madrid 6 5 1 0 19 3 +16 16 Advance to knockout phase 1–0 4–0 8–0
2   Paris Saint-Germain 6 4 1 1 12 1 +11 13 0–0 2–0 2–0
3   Shakhtar Donetsk 6 1 0 5 7 14 −7 3 Transfer to Europa League 3–4 0–3 4–0
4   Malmö FF 6 1 0 5 1 21 −20 3 0–2 0–5 1–0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Paris Saint-Germain  2–0  Malmö FF
Di María   4'
Cavani   61'
Report
Attendance: 46,612[17]
Real Madrid  4–0  Shakhtar Donetsk
Benzema   30'
Ronaldo   55' (pen.), 63' (pen.), 81'
Report
Attendance: 66,389[17]
Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)

Shakhtar Donetsk  0–3  Paris Saint-Germain
Report Aurier   7'
David Luiz   23'
Srna   90' (o.g.)
Attendance: 32,730[18]
Malmö FF  0–2  Real Madrid
Report Ronaldo   29', 90'
Attendance: 20,500[18]

Malmö FF  1–0  Shakhtar Donetsk
Rosenberg   17' Report
Paris Saint-Germain  0–0  Real Madrid
Report
Attendance: 46,858[19]

Shakhtar Donetsk  4–0  Malmö FF
Hladkyy   29'
Srna   48' (pen.)
Eduardo   55'
Teixeira   73'
Report
Attendance: 23,712[20]
Real Madrid  1–0  Paris Saint-Germain
Nacho   35' Report

Malmö FF  0–5  Paris Saint-Germain
Report Rabiot   3'
Di María   14', 68'
Ibrahimović   50'
Lucas   82'
Attendance: 20,500[21]
Shakhtar Donetsk  3–4  Real Madrid
Teixeira   77' (pen.), 88'
Dentinho   83'
Report Ronaldo   18', 70'
Modrić   50'
Carvajal   52'
Attendance: 33,990[21]

Paris Saint-Germain  2–0  Shakhtar Donetsk
Lucas   57'
Ibrahimović   86'
Report
Attendance: 44,408[22]
Real Madrid  8–0  Malmö FF
Benzema   12', 24', 74'
Ronaldo   39', 47', 50', 59'
Kovačić   70'
Report
Attendance: 60,663[22]
Notes
  1. ^ a b c
    Shakhtar Donetsk played their home matches at Arena Lviv, Lviv, instead of their regular stadium, Donbass Arena, Donetsk, due to the war conditions in Eastern Ukraine.

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification WOL PSV MUN CSKA
1   VfL Wolfsburg 6 4 0 2 9 6 +3 12 Advance to knockout phase 2–0 3–2 1–0
2   PSV Eindhoven 6 3 1 2 8 7 +1 10 2–0 2–1 2–1
3   Manchester United 6 2 2 2 7 7 0 8 Transfer to Europa League 2–1 0–0 1–0
4   CSKA Moscow 6 1 1 4 5 9 −4 4 0–2 3–2 1–1
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
VfL Wolfsburg  1–0  CSKA Moscow
Draxler   40' Report
PSV Eindhoven  2–1  Manchester United
Moreno   45+2'
Narsingh   57'
Report Depay   41'
Attendance: 35,292[17]

Manchester United  2–1  VfL Wolfsburg
Mata   34' (pen.)
Smalling   53'
Report Caligiuri   4'
Attendance: 74,811[18]
CSKA Moscow  3–2  PSV Eindhoven
Musa   7'
Doumbia   21', 36' (pen.)
Report Lestienne   60', 68'
Attendance: 16,152[18]
Referee: Ruddy Buquet (France)

CSKA Moscow  1–1  Manchester United
Doumbia   15' Report Martial   65'
VfL Wolfsburg  2–0  PSV Eindhoven
Dost   46'
Kruse   57'
Report

Manchester United  1–0  CSKA Moscow
Rooney   79' Report
Attendance: 75,165[20]
PSV Eindhoven  2–0  VfL Wolfsburg
Locadia   55'
De Jong   86'
Report
Attendance: 35,000[20]

CSKA Moscow  0–2  VfL Wolfsburg
Report Akinfeev   67' (o.g.)
Schürrle   88'
Attendance: 16,450[21]
Manchester United  0–0  PSV Eindhoven
Report

VfL Wolfsburg  3–2  Manchester United
Naldo   13', 84'
Vieirinha   29'
Report Martial   10'
Guilavogui   82' (o.g.)
PSV Eindhoven  2–1  CSKA Moscow
De Jong   78'
Pröpper   86'
Report Ignashevich   76' (pen.)

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ATM BEN GAL AST
1   Atlético Madrid 6 4 1 1 11 3 +8 13 Advance to knockout phase 1–2 2–0 4–0
2   Benfica 6 3 1 2 10 8 +2 10 1–2 2–1 2–0
3   Galatasaray 6 1 2 3 6 10 −4 5 Transfer to Europa League 0–2 2–1 1–1
4   Astana 6 0 4 2 5 11 −6 4 0–0 2–2 2–2
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Galatasaray  0–2  Atlético Madrid
Report Griezmann   18', 25'
Benfica  2–0  Astana
Gaitán   51'
Mitroglou   62'
Report

Astana  2–2  Galatasaray
Balta   77' (o.g.)
Carole   89' (o.g.)
Report Kısa   31'
Erić   86' (o.g.)
Atlético Madrid  1–2  Benfica
Correa   23' Report Gaitán   36'
Guedes   51'
Attendance: 40,938[18]

Atlético Madrid  4–0  Astana
Saúl   23'
Martínez   29'
Ó. Torres   63'
Dedechko   89' (o.g.)
Report
Galatasaray  2–1  Benfica
İnan   19' (pen.)
Podolski   33'
Report Gaitán   2'

Astana  0–0  Atlético Madrid
Report
Attendance: 29,231[20]
Benfica  2–1  Galatasaray
Jonas   52'
Luisão   67'
Report Podolski   58'
Attendance: 35,726[20]

Astana  2–2  Benfica
Twumasi   19'
Aničić   31'
Report Jiménez   40', 72'
Attendance: 15,089[21]
Referee: Ruddy Buquet (France)
Atlético Madrid  2–0  Galatasaray
Griezmann   13', 65' Report
Attendance: 35,753[21]

Galatasaray  1–1  Astana
İnan   64' Report Twumasi   62'
Benfica  1–2  Atlético Madrid
Mitroglou   75' Report Saúl   33'
Vietto   55'
Attendance: 47,630[22]

Group D

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MCI JUV SEV BMG
1   Manchester City 6 4 0 2 12 8 +4 12 Advance to knockout phase 1–2 2–1 4–2
2   Juventus 6 3 2 1 6 3 +3 11 1–0 2–0 0–0
3   Sevilla 6 2 0 4 8 11 −3 6 Transfer to Europa League 1–3 1–0 3–0
4   Borussia Mönchengladbach 6 1 2 3 8 12 −4 5 1–2 1–1 4–2
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Manchester City  1–2  Juventus
Chiellini   57' (o.g.) Report Mandžukić   70'
Morata   81'
Sevilla  3–0  Borussia Mönchengladbach
Gameiro   47' (pen.)
Banega   66' (pen.)
Konoplyanka   84'
Report

Borussia Mönchengladbach  1–2  Manchester City
Stindl   54' Report Demichelis   65'
Agüero   90' (pen.)
Juventus  2–0  Sevilla
Morata   41'
Zaza   87'
Report
Attendance: 36,499[18]

Juventus  0–0  Borussia Mönchengladbach
Report
Attendance: 40,940[19]
Manchester City  2–1  Sevilla
Rami   36' (o.g.)
De Bruyne   90+1'
Report Konoplyanka   30'

Borussia Mönchengladbach  1–1  Juventus
Johnson   18' Report Lichtsteiner   44'
Sevilla  1–3  Manchester City
Trémoulinas   25' Report Sterling   8'
Fernandinho   11'
Bony   36'

Juventus  1–0  Manchester City
Mandžukić   18' Report
Attendance: 38,193[21]
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
Borussia Mönchengladbach  4–2  Sevilla
Stindl   29', 83'
Johnson   68'
Raffael   78'
Report Vitolo   82'
Banega   90+1' (pen.)

Manchester City  4–2  Borussia Mönchengladbach
Silva   16'
Sterling   80', 81'
Bony   85'
Report Korb   19'
Raffael   42'
Sevilla  1–0  Juventus
Llorente   65' Report

Group E

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BAR ROM LEV BATE
1   Barcelona 6 4 2 0 15 4 +11 14 Advance to knockout phase 6–1 2–1 3–0
2   Roma 6 1 3 2 11 16 −5 6 1–1 3–2 0–0
3   Bayer Leverkusen 6 1 3 2 13 12 +1 6 Transfer to Europa League 1–1 4–4 4–1
4   BATE Borisov 6 1 2 3 5 12 −7 5 0–2 3–2 1–1
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Bayer Leverkusen  4–1  BATE Borisov
Mehmedi   4'
Çalhanoğlu   47', 76' (pen.)
Hernández   59'
Report Milunović   13'
Attendance: 24,280[23]
Roma  1–1  Barcelona
Florenzi   31' Report Suárez   21'
Attendance: 57,836[23]

Barcelona  2–1  Bayer Leverkusen
Roberto   80'
Suárez   82'
Report Papadopoulos   22'
Attendance: 68,694[24]
BATE Borisov  3–2  Roma
Stasevich   8'
Mladenović   12', 30'
Report Gervinho   66'
Torosidis   82'
Attendance: 12,767[24]

BATE Borisov  0–2  Barcelona
Report Rakitić   48', 64'
Attendance: 13,074[25]
Bayer Leverkusen  4–4  Roma
Hernández   4' (pen.), 19'
Kampl   84'
Mehmedi   86'
Report De Rossi   29', 38'
Pjanić   54'
Falque   73'
Attendance: 29,412[25]

Barcelona  3–0  BATE Borisov
Neymar   30' (pen.), 83'
Suárez   60'
Report
Attendance: 68,502[26]
Referee: István Vad (Hungary)
Roma  3–2  Bayer Leverkusen
Salah   2'
Džeko   29'
Pjanić   80' (pen.)
Report Mehmedi   46'
Hernández   51'
Attendance: 38,361[26]

BATE Borisov  1–1  Bayer Leverkusen
Gordeichuk   2' Report Mehmedi   68'
Attendance: 12,601[27]
Barcelona  6–1  Roma
Suárez   15', 44'
Messi   18', 60'
Piqué   56'
Adriano   77'
Report Džeko   90+1'
Attendance: 71,433[27]

Bayer Leverkusen  1–1  Barcelona
Hernández   23' Report Messi   20'
Attendance: 29,412[28]
Roma  0–0  BATE Borisov
Report
Attendance: 29,489[28]

Group F

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BAY ARS OLY DZG
1   Bayern Munich 6 5 0 1 19 3 +16 15 Advance to knockout phase 5–1 4–0 5–0
2   Arsenal 6 3 0 3 12 10 +2 9 2–0 2–3 3–0
3   Olympiacos 6 3 0 3 6 13 −7 9 Transfer to Europa League 0–3 0–3 2–1
4   Dinamo Zagreb 6 1 0 5 3 14 −11 3 0–2 2–1 0–1
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Dinamo Zagreb  2–1  Arsenal
Pivarić   24'
Fernandes   58'
Report Walcott   79'
Attendance: 17,840[23]
Olympiacos  0–3  Bayern Munich
Report Müller   52', 90+2' (pen.)
Götze   89'

Bayern Munich  5–0  Dinamo Zagreb
Douglas Costa   13'
Lewandowski   21', 28', 55'
Götze   25'
Report
Attendance: 70,000[24]
Arsenal  2–3  Olympiacos
Walcott   35'
Sánchez   65'
Report Pardo   33'
Ospina   40' (o.g.)
Finnbogason   66'
Attendance: 59,428[24]

Arsenal  2–0  Bayern Munich
Giroud   77'
Özil   90+4'
Report
Attendance: 49,824[25]
Dinamo Zagreb  0–1  Olympiacos
Report Ideye   79'
Attendance: 13,678[25]

Bayern Munich  5–1  Arsenal
Lewandowski   10'
Müller   29', 89'
Alaba   44'
Robben   55'
Report Giroud   69'
Attendance: 70,000[26]
Olympiacos  2–1  Dinamo Zagreb
Pardo   65', 90' Report Hodžić   21'

Arsenal  3–0  Dinamo Zagreb
Özil   29'
Sánchez   33', 69'
Report
Attendance: 58,978[27]
Bayern Munich  4–0  Olympiacos
Douglas Costa   8'
Lewandowski   16'
Müller   20'
Coman   69'
Report
Attendance: 70,000[27]

Dinamo Zagreb  0–2  Bayern Munich
Report Lewandowski   61', 64'
Olympiacos  0–3  Arsenal
Report Giroud   29', 49', 67' (pen.)

Group G

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification CHE DKV POR MTA
1   Chelsea 6 4 1 1 13 3 +10 13 Advance to knockout phase 2–1 2–0 4–0
2   Dynamo Kyiv 6 3 2 1 8 4 +4 11 0–0 2–2 1–0
3   Porto 6 3 1 2 9 8 +1 10 Transfer to Europa League 2–1 0–2 2–0
4   Maccabi Tel Aviv 6 0 0 6 1 16 −15 0 0–4 0–2 1–3
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Dynamo Kyiv  2–2  Porto
Husyev   20'
Buyalskyi   89'
Report Aboubakar   23', 81'
Attendance: 52,369[23]
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
Chelsea  4–0  Maccabi Tel Aviv
Willian   15'
Oscar   45+4' (pen.)
Costa   58'
Fàbregas   78'
Report
Attendance: 40,684[23]

Maccabi Tel Aviv  0–2  Dynamo Kyiv
Report Yarmolenko   4'
Moraes   50'
Porto  2–1  Chelsea
André   39'
Maicon   52'
Report Willian   45+2'

Porto  2–0  Maccabi Tel Aviv
Aboubakar   37'
Brahimi   41'
Report
Dynamo Kyiv  0–0  Chelsea
Report
Attendance: 60,291[25]

Maccabi Tel Aviv  1–3  Porto
Zahavi   75' (pen.) Report Tello   19'
André   49'
Layún   72'
Chelsea  2–1  Dynamo Kyiv
Dragović   34' (o.g.)
Willian   83'
Report Dragović   78'

Porto  0–2  Dynamo Kyiv
Report Yarmolenko   35' (pen.)
González   64'
Maccabi Tel Aviv  0–4  Chelsea
Report Cahill   20'
Willian   73'
Oscar   77'
Zouma   90+1'

Dynamo Kyiv  1–0  Maccabi Tel Aviv
Harmash   16' Report
Chelsea  2–0  Porto
Marcano   12' (o.g.)
Willian   52'
Report
Attendance: 41,096[28]
Notes
  1. ^ a b c
    Maccabi Tel Aviv played their home matches at Sammy Ofer Stadium, Haifa, instead of their regular stadium, Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv.[29]
  2. ^
    The Dynamo Kyiv v Maccabi Tel Aviv match was played behind closed doors due to UEFA punishment.[30]

Group H

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ZEN GNT VAL LYO
1   Zenit Saint Petersburg 6 5 0 1 13 6 +7 15 Advance to knockout phase 2–1 2–0 3–1
2   Gent 6 3 1 2 8 7 +1 10 2–1 1–0 1–1
3   Valencia 6 2 0 4 5 9 −4 6 Transfer to Europa League 2–3 2–1 0–2
4   Lyon 6 1 1 4 5 9 −4 4 0–2 1–2 0–1
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Valencia  2–3  Zenit Saint Petersburg
Cancelo   55'
Gomes   73'
Report Hulk   9', 44'
Witsel   76'
Attendance: 28,005[23]
Gent  1–1  Lyon
Milićević   68' Report Jallet   58'
Attendance: 19,601[23]

Lyon  0–1  Valencia
Report Feghouli   42'
Attendance: 33,534[24]
Zenit Saint Petersburg  2–1  Gent
Dzyuba   35'
Shatov   67'
Report Matton   56'

Zenit Saint Petersburg  3–1  Lyon
Dzyuba   3'
Hulk   56'
Danny   82'
Report Lacazette   49'
Valencia  2–1  Gent
Feghouli   15'
Mitrović   72' (o.g.)
Report Foket   40'
Attendance: 38,207[25]

Lyon  0–2  Zenit Saint Petersburg
Report Dzyuba   25', 57'
Attendance: 30,173[26]
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
Gent  1–0  Valencia
Kums   49' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 19,452[26]

Zenit Saint Petersburg  2–0  Valencia
Shatov   15'
Dzyuba   74'
Report
Lyon  1–2  Gent
Ferri   7' Report Milićević   32'
Coulibaly   90+5'
Attendance: 30,206[27]

Valencia  0–2  Lyon
Report Cornet   37'
Lacazette   76'
Attendance: 32,494[28]
Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)
Gent  2–1  Zenit Saint Petersburg
Depoitre   18'
Milićević   78'
Report Dzyuba   65'
Attendance: 19,978[28]

Notes

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  1. ^ CET (UTC+1) for matches from 2 November 2015, and CEST (UTC+2) for matches to 22 October 2015.

References

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