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Ukrainian teams in UEFA Champions League
Shakhtar Donetsk played a 0-0 draw on December 9 against Inter Milan in Milan to finish in third place (eight points) in Group B of the UEFA Champions League. Shakhtar won 2-0 against Real Madrid on December 1 in Kyiv, and lost 0-4 to Germany’s Borussia Monchengladbach on November 25 at Borussia-Park in Monchengladbach. Real Madrid finished the group in first place (10 points), followed by Monchengladbach (eight points), and Inter in fourth place (six points). Although Shakhtar tied with the German club on points in the group stage, the German club was ahead on goal differential (Shakhtar at -7 and Monchengladbach +7). Dynamo Kyiv, in Group G, finished in third place in the group after six matches played, with four points.