Small results of the Pitmen’s performance at the group stage of the tournament
Devastatingly losing to Leipzig in Warsaw in the sixth round of the Champions League group stage, Shakhtar finished third in their quartet and will play in the Europa League in the spring stage of European competition. Until the last match, the Pitmen kept their chances for the playoffs of the most prestigious European club tournament, and the performance itself turned out to be one of the most effective in history for the Donetsk team.
Miner – seventh Champions League club according to the average age of players – 24.7 years. The same number – at Ajax and Marseille. “Younger” Shakhtar – Copenhagen (24.6), Sporting (24.5), Bayer (24.4), Borussia D (24.4), Brugge (24.2), Salzburg (22.2). Of the nine teams, only Borussia Dortmund and Brugge qualified for the knockout stages of the Champions League. In addition to Shakhtar, Ajax, Sporting, Salzburg got into the Europa League.
Miner – 29th Champions League club according to the total cost of the composition – 80.3 million euros. The rosters of Copenhagen cost less – 68 million, Victoria – 28.5 million and Maccabi – 20.6 million. These teams stopped playing in European competition. It should be noted that not a single club, the total cost of which does not exceed 150 million euros, made it to the playoffs of the Champions League.
Three teams of the eight that took third place in their groups, Shakhtar, Ajax and Salzburg scored six points in quartets. More of the “competitors” only in Barcelona and Sporting – seven each.
Of the eight teams that finished third in their groups, Shakhtar third best difference goals scored and conceded – “minus 2”. Better indicators are only for Barcelona – 0 and Sporting – “minus 1”.
At the miner second indicator conditional “efficiency” at the group stage of the Champions League. Each point scored “cost” the Pitmen 13.4 million euros (the total cost of the squad is divided by the number of points scored). Only Maccabi has better performance – 6.9 million per point. But the team from Haifa scored three points and flew out of European competition.
1 point Shakhtar brought to the UEFA coefficients table with their performances in the Champions League group stage (5 points earned by the Pitmen, divided by five teams starting from Ukraine). Another 0.8 points the club received a bonus for getting into the Champions League (4 points).
10.5 thousand kilometers overcame Shakhtar in two months only because of participation in the group stage of the Champions League. The Pitmen, in addition to the trips to Madrid and Glasgow, which are already far away by European standards, had to travel from Warsaw to Lviv after each of the away European Cup matches.
Source: Sportarena
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