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.
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]
- Associations 1–3 each have four teams qualify
- Associations 4–6 each have three teams qualify
- Associations 7–15 each have two teams qualify
- Associations 16–53 each have one team qualify (excluding Liechtenstein)
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:
- The champion of association 13 (Scotland) were promoted from the third qualifying round to the group stage.
- The champion of association 16 (Denmark) were promoted from the second qualifying round to the third qualifying round.
- The champions of associations 48 and 49 (Faroe Islands and Luxembourg) were promoted from the first qualifying round to the second qualifying round.
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Teams entering in this round |
Teams advancing from previous round |
First qualifying round
(4 teams) |
- 4 champions from associations 50–53
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Second qualifying round
(34 teams) |
- 32 champions from associations 17–49 (except Liechtenstein)
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- 2 winners from the first qualifying round
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Third qualifying round |
Champions
(20 teams) |
- 3 champions from associations 14–16
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- 17 winners from the second qualifying round
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Non-champions
(10 teams) |
- 9 runners-up from associations 7–15
- 1 third-placed team from association 6
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Play-off round |
Champions
(10 teams) |
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- 10 winners from the third qualifying round for champions
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Non-champions
(10 teams) |
- 2 third-placed teams from associations 4 and 5
- 3 fourth-placed teams from associations 1–3
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- 5 winners from the third qualifying round for non-champions
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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
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- 5 winners from the play-off round for champions
- 5 winners from the play-off round for non-champions
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Knockout phase
(16 teams) |
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- 8 group winners from the group stage
- 8 group runners-up from the group stage
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Teams
League positions of the previous season shown in parentheses.
(P-1st indicates end-of-season play-off winners)
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 |
1–7 |
Rudar Pljevlja |
0–3 |
1–4 |
FC Santa Coloma |
3–7 |
Birkirkara |
0–31 |
3–4 |
- Notes
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Note 1: Postponed due to bad pitch conditions caused by heavy rain. FC Santa Coloma suggested an alternative on 30 June, but UEFA awarded Birkirkara a 3–0 away win on 1 July.[12]
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.
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.
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]
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.
Group A
Group B
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
Lyon |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Benfica |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Schalke 04 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Hapoel Tel Aviv |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
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
2010–11 UEFA Champions League |
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Birkirkara · Bohemians · Dinamo Tirana · Ekranas · FH · HB Tórshavn · Inter Baku · Jeunesse Esch · Koper · Levadia · Liepājas Metalurgs · Linfield · Olimpi Rustavi · Pyunik · Renova · Rudar Pljevlja · Željezničar
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