The first group stage of the 2001–02 UEFA Champions League was the first stage of the competition proper, following the qualifying phase. 16 winners from the third qualifying round, 10 champions from countries ranked 1–10, and six second-placed teams from countries ranked 1–6 were drawn into eight groups of four teams each. Play began on 11 September 2001 and ended on 31 October 2001, when the top two teams in each group advanced to the second group stage, and the third-placed team in each group dropped down to the Third Round of the 2001–02 UEFA Cup.
Due to the September 11 attacks, matches scheduled to take place on 12 September were postponed until 10 October. Matches scheduled on the day of the attacks went ahead with a minute's silence taking place before kick-off.
Teams Seeding was determined by the UEFA coefficients. Clubs from the same association were split between groups A–D and E–H, ensuring that they not play on the same day if possible. Key to colorsTeams advance to the second group stageTeams enter the UEFA Cup round of 32
+Pot 1TeamNotes Bayern Munich 110.316 Real Madrid 114.605 Manchester United 110.644 Barcelona 108.604 Lazio 105.119 Juventus 98.119 Arsenal 76.644 Liverpool 73.643
+Pot 2TeamNotes Borussia Dortmund 73.315 Galatasaray 71.987 Porto 68.136 Roma 68.119 Lyon 64.176 Deportivo La Coruña 63.605 Spartak Moscow 61.854 Mallorca 60.604
+Pot 3TeamNotes Schalke 04 57.316 Bayer Leverkusen 56.315 Dynamo Kyiv 55.915 Lokomotiv Moscow 53.853 Rosenborg 53.799 Feyenoord 53.124 PSV Eindhoven 51.124 Olympiacos 47.183
+Pot 4TeamNotes Nantes 45.176 Anderlecht 43.075 Sparta Prague 37.395 Panathinaikos 37.183 Boavista 28.137 Celtic 25.310 Fenerbahçe 24.987 Lille 21.175
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Groups Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
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