2010–11 UEFA Champions League

2010–11 UEFA Champions League
Tournament details
Dates 29 June 2010–28 May 2011
Teams 76
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The 2010–11 UEFA Champions League is the 56th season of the UEFA Champions League, the premier European club football tournament. The final will be held at Wembley Stadium in London on 28 May 2011.[1] Internazionale are the defending champions.

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Association team allocation

Number of still active teams per country in 2010–11 UEFA Champions League.

A total of 76 teams will participate in the 2010–11 Champions League, from 52 UEFA associations (Liechtenstein organizes no domestic league competition). Countries are allocated places according to their 2009 UEFA league coefficient, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 2004–05 to 2008–09.[2]

Below is the qualification scheme for the 2010–11 UEFA Champions League:[3]

Distribution

Since the winners of the 2009–10 UEFA Champions League, Internazionale, obtained a place in the group stage through their domestic league placing, the reserved defending champion spot in the group stage was vacated. To compensate:

Teams entering in this round Teams advancing from previous round
First qualifying round
(4 teams)
  • 4 champions from associations 50–53
Second qualifying round
(34 teams)
  • 32 champions from associations 17–49 (except Liechtenstein)
  • 2 winners from the first qualifying round
Third qualifying round Champions
(20 teams)
  • 3 champions from associations 14–16
  • 17 winners from the second qualifying round
Non-champions
(10 teams)
  • 9 runners-up from associations 7–15
  • 1 third-placed team from association 6
Play-off round Champions
(10 teams)
  • 10 winners from the third qualifying round for champions
Non-champions
(10 teams)
  • 2 third-placed teams from associations 4 and 5
  • 3 fourth-placed teams from associations 1–3
  • 5 winners from the third qualifying round for non-champions
Group stage
(32 teams)
  • 13 champions from associations 1–13
  • 6 runners-up from associations 1–6
  • 3 third-placed teams from associations 1–3
  • 5 winners from the play-off round for champions
  • 5 winners from the play-off round for non-champions
Knockout phase
(16 teams)
  • 8 group winners from the group stage
  • 8 group runners-up from the group stage

Teams

League positions of the previous season shown in parentheses.
(P-1st indicates end-of-season play-off winners)

Group stage
Italy InternazionaleTH (1st) Spain Valencia (3rd) France Lyon (2nd) Romania CFR Cluj (1st)
England Chelsea (1st) Italy Roma (2nd) Russia Rubin Kazan (1st) Portugal Benfica (1st)
England Manchester United (2nd) Italy Milan (3rd) Russia Spartak Moscow (2nd) Turkey Bursaspor (1st)
England Arsenal (3rd) Germany Bayern Munich (1st) Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk (1st) Greece Panathinaikos (1st)
Spain Barcelona (1st) Germany Schalke 04 (2nd) Netherlands Twente (1st) Scotland Rangers (1st)
Spain Real Madrid (2nd) France Marseille (1st)
Play-off round
Champions Non-champions
England Tottenham Hotspur (4th) Italy Sampdoria (4th) France Auxerre (3rd)
Spain Sevilla (4th) Germany Werder Bremen (3rd)
Third qualifying round
Champions Non-champions
Belgium Anderlecht (1st) Russia Zenit St. Petersburg (3rd) Portugal Braga (2nd) Scotland Celtic (2nd)
Switzerland Basel (1st) Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv (2nd) Turkey Fenerbahçe (2nd) Belgium Gent (2nd)
Denmark Copenhagen (1st) Netherlands Ajax (2nd) Greece PAOK (P-1st) Switzerland Young Boys (2nd)
Romania Unirea Urziceni (2nd)
Second qualifying round
Bulgaria Litex Lovech (1st) Slovakia Žilina (1st) Belarus BATE (1st) Estonia Levadia (1st)
Czech Republic Sparta Prague (1st) Poland Lech Poznań (1st) Bosnia and Herzegovina Željezničar (1st) Albania Dinamo Tirana (1st)
Norway Rosenborg (1st) Croatia Dinamo Zagreb (1st) Hungary Debrecen (1st) Kazakhstan Aktobe (1st)
Austria Red Bull Salzburg (1st) Finland HJK Helsinki (1st) Iceland FH (1st) Armenia Pyunik (1st)
Serbia Partizan (1st) Lithuania Ekranas (1st) Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol (1st) Wales The New Saints (1st)
Israel Hapoel Tel Aviv (1st) Republic of Ireland Bohemians (1st) Georgia (country) Olimpi Rustavi (1st) Northern Ireland Linfield (1st)
Cyprus Omonia (1st) Latvia Liepājas Metalurgs (1st) Republic of Macedonia Renova (1st) Faroe Islands HB Tórshavn (1st)
Sweden AIK (1st) Slovenia Koper (1st) Azerbaijan Inter Baku (1st) Luxembourg Jeunesse Esch (1st)
First qualifying round
Montenegro Rudar Pljevlja (1st) Andorra FC Santa Coloma (1st) Malta Birkirkara (1st) San Marino Tre Fiori (1st)

TH Title Holder

Round and draw dates

All draws held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland unless stated otherwise.[4]

Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Qualifying First qualifying round 21 June 2010 29–30 June 2010 6–7 July 2010
Second qualifying round 13–14 July 2010 20–21 July 2010
Third qualifying round 16 July 2010 27–28 July 2010 3–4 August 2010
Play-off Play-off round 6 August 2010 17–18 August 2010 24–25 August 2010
Group stage Matchday 1 26 August 2010
(Monaco)
14–15 September 2010
Matchday 2 28–29 September 2010
Matchday 3 19–20 October 2010
Matchday 4 2–3 November 2010
Matchday 5 23–24 November 2010
Matchday 6 7–8 December 2010
Knockout phase Round of 16 17 December 2010 15–16 & 22–23 February 2011 8–9 & 15–16 March 2011
Quarter-finals 18 March 2011 5–6 April 2011 12–13 April 2011
Semi-finals 26–27 April 2011 3–4 May 2011
Final 28 May 2011 at Wembley Stadium, London

Seeding

The draws for the qualifying rounds, the play-off round and the group stage are all seeded based on the 2010 UEFA club coefficients.[5] The coefficients are calculated on the basis of a combination of 20% of the value of the respective national association’s coefficient for the period from 2005–06 to 2009–10 inclusive and the clubs’ individual performances in the UEFA club competitions during the same period. Clubs are ordered by their coefficients and then divided into pots as required.[6][3]

In the draws for the qualifying rounds and the play-off round, the teams are divided evenly into one seeded and one unseeded pot, based on their club coefficients. A seeded team will be drawn against an unseeded team, with the order of legs in each tie also being decided randomly. Due to the limited time between matches, the draws for the second and third qualifying rounds take place before the results of the previous round are known. The seeding in each draw is carried out under the assumption that all of the highest-ranked clubs of the previous round are victorious. If a lower-ranked club is victorious, it simply takes the place of its defeated opponent in the next round. Moreover, in the third qualifying round and play-off round, champion clubs and non-champion clubs are kept separated. Prior to these draws, UEFA may form "groups" in accordance with the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee, but they are purely for convenience of the draw and do not resemble any real groupings in the sense of the competition, while ensuring that teams from the same association not drawn against each other.

In the draw for the group stage, the 32 teams are split into four pots of eight teams, based on their club coefficients, with the title holder automatically placed into Pot 1. Each group contains one team from each pot, but teams from the same association cannot be drawn into the same group. The draw is controlled in order to split teams of the same national association evenly between Groups A-D and Groups E-H, where the two sets of groups alternate between playing on Tuesdays and Wednesdays for each matchday.

In the draw for the first knockout stage, the eight group winners are seeded, and the eight group runners-up are unseeded. A seeded team will be drawn against an unseeded team, with the seeded team hosting the second leg. Teams from the same group or the same association cannot be drawn against each other.

In the draws for the quarter-finals onwards, there are no seedings, and teams from the same group or the same association may be drawn with each other.

Qualifying rounds

The draws for the first two qualifying rounds were held on 21 June 2010 by UEFA General Secretary Gianni Infantino and Michael Heselschwerdt, Head of Club Competitions,[7][8] while the draw for the third qualifying round was held on 16 July 2010 by UEFA General Secretary Gianni Infantino and Giorgio Marchetti, Competitions Director.[9][10]

First qualifying round

The first legs were planned to be played on 29 and 30 June, and the second legs were played on 6 and 7 July 2010. However, the first match (29 June – FC Santa Coloma vs. Birkirkara) of the entire competition was cancelled due to the pitch being declared unfit.[11]

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Tre Fiori San Marino 1–7 Montenegro Rudar Pljevlja 0–3 1–4
FC Santa Coloma Andorra 3–7 Malta Birkirkara 0–31 3–4
Notes

Second qualifying round

The first legs were played on 13 and 14 July, and the second legs were played on 20 and 21 July 2010.

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Liepājas Metalurgs Latvia 0–5 Czech Republic Sparta Prague 0–3 0–2
Aktobe Kazakhstan 3–1 Georgia (country) Olimpi Rustavi 2–0 1–1
Levadia Estonia 3–4 Hungary Debrecen 1–1 2–3
Partizan Serbia 4–1 Armenia Pyunik 3–1 1–0
Inter Baku Azerbaijan 1–1 (8–9 p) Poland Lech Poznań 0–1 1–0 (aet)
Dinamo Zagreb Croatia 5–4 Slovenia Koper 5–1 0–3
Litex Lovech Bulgaria 5–0 Montenegro Rudar Pljevlja 1–0 4–0
Birkirkara Malta 1–3 Slovakia Žilina 1–0 0–3
Sheriff Tiraspol Moldova 3–2 Albania Dinamo Tirana 3–1 0–1
Hapoel Tel Aviv Israel 6–0 Bosnia and Herzegovina Željezničar 5–0 1–0
Omonia Cyprus 5–0 Republic of Macedonia Renova 3–0 2–0
Red Bull Salzburg Austria 5–1 Faroe Islands HB Tórshavn 5–0 0–1
Bohemians Republic of Ireland 1–4 Wales The New Saints 1–0 0–4
BATE Belarus 6–1 Iceland FH 5–1 1–0
AIK Sweden 1–0 Luxembourg Jeunesse Esch 1–0 0–0
Linfield Northern Ireland 0–2 Norway Rosenborg 0–0 0–2
Ekranas Lithuania 1–2 Finland HJK Helsinki 1–0 0–2 (aet)

Third qualifying round

The third qualifying round will be split into two separate sections: one for champions and one for non-champions. The losing teams in both sections will enter the play-off round of the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League. The first legs were played on 27 and 28 July, and the second legs were played on 3 and 4 August 2010.

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Champions Path
Sparta Prague Czech Republic 2–0 Poland Lech Poznań 1–0 1–0
Aktobe Kazakhstan 2–3 Israel Hapoel Tel Aviv 1–0 1–3
Sheriff Tiraspol Moldova 2–2 (6–5 p) Croatia Dinamo Zagreb 1–1 1–1 (aet)
Litex Lovech Bulgaria 2–4 Slovakia Žilina 1–1 1–3
Debrecen Hungary 1–5 Switzerland Basel 0–2 1–3
AIK Sweden 0–4 Norway Rosenborg 0–1 0–3
Partizan Serbia 5–1 Finland HJK Helsinki 3–0 2–1
BATE Belarus 2–3 Denmark Copenhagen 0–0 2–3
The New Saints Wales 1–6 Belgium Anderlecht 1–3 0–3
Omonia Cyprus 2–5 Austria Red Bull Salzburg 1–1 1–4
Non-Champions Path
Ajax Netherlands 4–4 (a) Greece PAOK 1–1 3–3
Dynamo Kyiv Ukraine 6–1 Belgium Gent 3–0 3–1
Young Boys Switzerland 3–2 Turkey Fenerbahçe 2–2 1–0
Braga Portugal 4–2 Scotland Celtic 3–0 1–2
Unirea Urziceni Romania 0–1 Russia Zenit St. Petersburg 0–0 0–1

Play-off round

The draw for the play-off round was held on 6 August 2010 by UEFA General Secretary Gianni Infantino and UEFA Competitions Director Giorgio Marchetti.[13][14] The play-off round was split into two separate sections: one for champions and one for non-champions. The losing teams in both sections will enter the group stage of the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League. The first legs were played on 17 and 18 August, and the second legs were played on 24 and 25 August 2010.

Following a trial at the previous year's UEFA Europa League, UEFA announced that in both the 2010–11 and 2011–12 competitions, two extra officials would be used – with one on each goal line.[15]

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Champions Path
Red Bull Salzburg Austria 3–4 Israel Hapoel Tel Aviv 2–3 1–1
Rosenborg Norway 2–2 (a) Denmark Copenhagen 2–1 0–1
Basel Switzerland 4–0 Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol 1–0 3–0
Sparta Prague Czech Republic 0–3 Slovakia Žilina 0–2 0–1
Partizan Serbia 4–4 (3–2 p) Belgium Anderlecht 2–2 2–2 (aet)
Non-Champions Path
Young Boys Switzerland 3–6 England Tottenham Hotspur 3–2 0–4
Braga Portugal 5–3 Spain Sevilla 1–0 4–3
Werder Bremen Germany 5–4 Italy Sampdoria 3–1 2–3 (aet)
Zenit St. Petersburg Russia 1–2 France Auxerre 1–0 0–2
Dynamo Kyiv Ukraine 2–3 Netherlands Ajax 1–1 1–2

Group stage

The 32 clubs were drawn into eight groups of four on 26 August 2010 in Monaco.[16] In each group, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round robin format. The matchdays are 14–15 September, 28–29 September, 19–20 October, 2–3 November, 23–24 November, and 7–8 December 2010. The group winners and runners-up will advance to the round of 16, while the third-placed teams will enter the round of 32 of the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League.

Bursaspor, Hapoel Tel Aviv, Braga, Tottenham Hotspur, Twente, and Žilina will make their debut in the group stage.

Key to colours in group tables
Group winners and runners-up advance to the round of 16
Third-placed teams enter the UEFA Europa League at the round of 32

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Italy Internazionale 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Germany Werder Bremen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
England Tottenham Hotspur 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Netherlands Twente 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  INT TOT TWE BRM
Internazionale 20 Oct 24 Nov 29 Sep
Tottenham Hotspur 2 Nov 29 Sep 24 Nov
Twente 14 Sep 7 Dec 20 Oct
Werder Bremen 7 Dec 14 Sep 2 Nov

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
France Lyon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Portugal Benfica 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Germany Schalke 04 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Israel Hapoel Tel Aviv 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  BEN HTA OL SCH
Benfica 14 Sep 2 Nov 7 Dec
Hapoel Tel Aviv 24 Nov 29 Sep 2 Nov
Lyon 20 Oct 7 Dec 14 Sep
Schalke 04 29 Sep 20 Oct 24 Nov

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
England Manchester United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Spain Valencia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland Rangers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkey Bursaspor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  BRS MU RAN VAL
Bursaspor 2 Nov 7 Dec 14 Sep
Manchester United 20 Oct 14 Sep 7 Dec
Rangers 29 Sep 24 Nov 20 Oct
Valencia 24 Nov 29 Sep 2 Nov

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Spain Barcelona 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Greece Panathinaikos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Denmark Copenhagen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Russia Rubin Kazan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  BAR FCK PAN RUB
Barcelona 20 Oct 14 Sep 7 Dec
Copenhagen 2 Nov 7 Dec 14 Sep
Panathinaikos 24 Nov 29 Sep 20 Oct
Rubin Kazan 29 Sep 24 Nov 2 Nov

Group E

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Germany Bayern Munich 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Italy Roma 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Switzerland Basel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Romania CFR Cluj 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  BSL BAY CFR ROM
Basel 28 Sep 23 Nov 3 Nov
Bayern Munich 8 Dec 19 Oct 15 Sep
CFR Cluj 15 Sep 3 Nov 8 Dec
Roma 19 Oct 23 Nov 28 Sep

Group F

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
England Chelsea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
France Marseille 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Russia Spartak Moscow 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slovakia Žilina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  CHL OM SPM ŽIL
Chelsea 28 Sep 3 Nov 23 Nov
Marseille 8 Dec 15 Sep 19 Oct
Spartak Moscow 19 Oct 23 Nov 28 Sep
Žilina 15 Sep 3 Nov 8 Dec

Group G

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Italy Milan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Spain Real Madrid 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Netherlands Ajax 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
France Auxerre 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  AJX AUX MIL RM
Ajax 19 Oct 28 Sep 23 Nov
Auxerre 3 Nov 23 Nov 28 Sep
Milan 8 Dec 15 Sep 3 Nov
Real Madrid 15 Sep 8 Dec 19 Oct

Group H

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
England Arsenal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Portugal Braga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Serbia Partizan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  ARS BRG PTZ SHK
Arsenal 15 Sep 8 Dec 19 Oct
Braga 23 Nov 19 Oct 28 Sep
Partizan 28 Sep 3 Nov 23 Nov
Shakhtar Donetsk 3 Nov 8 Dec 15 Sep

Knockout phase

In the knockout phase, teams play against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis, except for the one-match final played at Wembley Stadium in London.

See also

References