The 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four, with the group compositions being the same as in the draw for the
2014–15 UEFA Champions League group stage, which was held on 28 August 2014, 17:45
CEST, at the
Grimaldi Forum in
Monaco. In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a
round-robin format. The matchdays were 16–18 September, 30 September–2 October, 21–23 October, 4–6 November, 25–27 November, and 9–11 December 2014, with the matches played on the same matchday as the corresponding Champions League matches, but not necessarily on the same day. The group winners and runners-up advanced to the
round of 16.
Group A Group B Group C Group D Group E Group F Group G Group H ==Knockout phase==