2011–12 UEFA Champions League

2011–12 UEFA Champions League
Tournament details
Dates 13 September 2011 – 19 May 2012 (competition proper)
28 June – 24 August 2011 (qualifying)
Teams 32 (group stage)
76 (total) (from 52 associations)
Tournament statistics
Matches played 96
Goals scored 232 (2.42 per match)
Top scorer(s) Mario Gómez
Lionel Messi
(6 goals each)

The 2011–12 UEFA Champions League is the 57th season of the European Cup, Europe's premier football tournament, and the 20th season in its current Champions League format. The final venue will be the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany.[1] As part of a trial that started in the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League, two extra officials – one behind each goal – are being used in all matches of the competition.[2] Barcelona are the defending champions. The winner earns a berth at the 2012 FIFA Club World Cup and 2012 UEFA Super Cup.

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Association team allocation

A total of 76 teams are participating in the 2011–12 Champions League from 52 UEFA associations. Associations are allocated places according to their 2010 UEFA league coefficient, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 2005–06 to 2009–10.[3]

Below is the qualification scheme for the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League:[4]

The winners of the 2010–11 UEFA Champions League would have been given an additional entry if they did not qualify for the tournament through their domestic performance; however, this additional entry will not be necessary as Barcelona, winners of the 2010–11 UEFA Champions League, qualified for the Champions League through domestic performance.

Association ranking

Rank Association Coeff. Teams
1 England 81.856 4
2 Spain 79.757
3 Italy 64.338
4 Germany 64.207 3
5 France 53.740
6 Russia 43.791
7 Ukraine 39.550 2
8 Romania 39.491
9 Portugal 38.296
10 Netherlands 36.546
11 Turkey 34.450
12 Greece 29.899
13 Switzerland 28.375
14 Belgium 27.900
15 Denmark 27.350
16 Scotland 25.791 1
17 Bulgaria 22.000
18 Czech Republic 21.975
Rank Association Coeff. Teams
19 Austria 19.575 1
20 Israel 18.875
21 Cyprus 17.999
22 Norway 17.400
23 Slovakia 15.832
24 Sweden 14.191
25 Serbia 14.000
26 Poland 12.541
27 Croatia 12.332
28 Belarus 11.541
29 Republic of Ireland 9.541
30 Finland 9.499
31 Bosnia and Herzegovina 8.749
32 Lithuania 8.416
33 Latvia 8.248
34 Moldova 7.290
35 Slovenia 6.957
36 Hungary 6.750
Rank Association Coeff. Teams
37 Georgia 5.748 1
38 Azerbaijan 5.498
39 Iceland 5.415
40 Macedonia 5.332
41 Liechtenstein 4.500 0
42 Kazakhstan 4.499 1
43 Estonia 4.374
44 Albania 3.999
45 Armenia 2.999
46 Wales 2.581
47 Montenegro 2.125
48 Faroe Islands 1.832
49 Northern Ireland 1.624
50 Luxembourg 1.249
51 Andorra 1.000
52 Malta 0.916
53 San Marino 0.750

Distribution

Since the winners of the 2010–11 UEFA Champions League, Barcelona, 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:[5]

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 Route
(20 teams)
  • 3 champions from associations 14–16
  • 17 winners from the second qualifying round
League Route
(10 teams)
  • 9 runners-up from associations 7–15
  • 1 third-placed team from association 6
Play-off round Champions Route
(10 teams)
  • 10 winners from the third qualifying round Champions Route
League Route
(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 League Route
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 Champions Route
  • 5 winners from the play-off round League Route
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.[6]
(P-1st indicates end-of-season play-off winners)

Group stage
BarcelonaTH (1st) Milan (1st) Marseille (2nd) Porto (1st)
Manchester United (1st) Internazionale (2nd) Zenit St. Petersburg (1st) Ajax (1st)
Chelsea (2nd) Napoli (3rd) CSKA Moscow (2nd) Trabzonspor (2nd)Note TUR
Manchester City (3rd) Borussia Dortmund (1st) Shakhtar Donetsk (1st) Olympiacos (1st)
Real Madrid (2nd) Bayer Leverkusen (2nd) Oțelul Galați (1st) Basel (1st)
Valencia (3rd) Lille (1st)
Play-off round
Champions Route League Route
Arsenal (4th) Udinese (4th) Lyon (3rd)
Villarreal (4th) Bayern Munich (3rd)
Third qualifying round
Champions Route League Route
Genk (1st) Rubin Kazan (3rd) Twente (2nd) Zürich (2nd)
Copenhagen (1st) Dynamo Kyiv (2nd) Trabzonspor (2nd)Note TUR Standard Liège (2nd)
Rangers (1st) Vaslui (3rd)Note ROU Panathinaikos (P-1st) Odense (2nd)
Benfica (2nd)
Second qualifying round
Litex Lovech (1st) Partizan (1st) Skonto (1st) Tobol Kostanay (1st)
Viktoria Plzeň (1st) Wisła Kraków (1st) Dacia Chişinău (1st) Flora Tallinn (1st)
Sturm Graz (1st) Dinamo Zagreb (1st) Maribor (1st) Skënderbeu Korçë (1st)
Maccabi Haifa (1st) BATE Borisov (1st) Videoton (1st) Pyunik (1st)
APOEL (1st) Shamrock Rovers (1st) Zestafoni (1st) Bangor City (1st)
Rosenborg (1st) HJK Helsinki (1st) Neftchi Baku (1st) Mogren (1st)
Slovan Bratislava (1st) Borac Banja Luka (1st) Breiðablik (1st) HB Tórshavn (1st)
Malmö FF (1st) Ekranas (1st) Škendija (1st) Linfield (1st)
First qualifying round
F91 Dudelange (1st) FC Santa Coloma (1st) Valletta (1st) Tre Fiori (1st)
Notes

Round and draw dates

All draws held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland unless stated otherwise.[11]

Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Qualifying First qualifying round 20 June 2011 28–29 June 2011 5–6 July 2011
Second qualifying round 12–13 July 2011 19–20 July 2011
Third qualifying round 15 July 2011 26–27 July 2011 2–3 August 2011
Play-off Play-off round 5 August 2011 16–17 August 2011 23–24 August 2011
Group stage Matchday 1 25 August 2011
(Monaco)
13–14 September 2011
Matchday 2 27–28 September 2011
Matchday 3 18–19 October 2011
Matchday 4 1–2 November 2011
Matchday 5 22–23 November 2011
Matchday 6 6–7 December 2011
Knockout phase Round of 16 16 December 2011 14–15 & 21–22 February 2012 6–7 & 13–14 March 2012
Quarter-finals 16 March 2012 27–28 March 2012 3–4 April 2012
Semi-finals 17–18 April 2012 24–25 April 2012
Final 19 May 2012 at Fußball Arena München, Munich

Qualifying rounds

In the qualifying rounds and the play-off round, teams were divided into seeded and unseeded teams based on their 2011 UEFA club coefficients,[12][13] and then drawn into two-legged home-and-away ties. Teams from the same association cannot be drawn against each other.

First qualifying round

The draw for the first and second qualifying rounds was held on 20 June 2011.[14] The first legs were played on 28 June, and the second legs were played on 5 and 6 July 2011.

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Tre Fiori 1–5 Valletta 0–3 1–2
FC Santa Coloma 0–4 F91 Dudelange 0–2 0–2

Second qualifying round

The first legs were played on 12 and 13 July, and the second legs were played on 19 and 20 July 2011.

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Maccabi Haifa 7–4 Borac Banja Luka 5–1 2–3
Mogren 1–5 Litex Lovech 1–2 0–3
Maribor 5–1 F91 Dudelange 2–0 3–1
Skënderbeu Korçë 0–6 APOEL 0–2 0–4
Slovan Bratislava 3–1 Tobol Kostanay 2–0 1–1
Sturm Graz 4–3 Videoton 2–0 2–3
Zestafoni 3–2 Dacia Chişinău 3–0 0–2
Dinamo Zagreb 3–0 Neftchi Baku 3–0 0–0
Pyunik 1–9 Viktoria Plzeň 0–4 1–5
Partizan 5–0 Škendija 4–0 1–0
Valletta 2–4 Ekranas 2–3 0–1
Malmö FF 3–1 HB Tórshavn 2–0 1–1
Shamrock Rovers 1–0 Flora Tallinn 1–0 0–0
Rosenborg 5–2 Breiðablik 5–0 0–2
Bangor City 0–131 HJK Helsinki 0–3 0–10
Skonto 0–3 Wisła Kraków 0–1 0–2
Linfield 1–3 BATE Borisov 1–1 0–2
Notes

Third qualifying round

The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 15 July 2011.[15] The first legs were played on 26 and 27 July, and the second legs were played on 2 and 3 August 2011.

The third qualifying round was split into two separate sections: one for champions (called the Champions Route) and one for non-champions (called the League Route). The losing teams in both sections entered the play-off round of the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League.

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Champions Route
Litex Lovech 2–5 Wisła Kraków 1–2 1–3
Maccabi Haifa 3–2 Maribor 2–1 1–1
HJK Helsinki 1–3 Dinamo Zagreb 1–2 0–1
APOEL 2–0 Slovan Bratislava 0–0 2–0
Copenhagen 3–0 Shamrock Rovers 1–0 2–0
Genk 3–2 Partizan 2–1 1–1
Rosenborg 2–4 Viktoria Plzeň 0–1 2–3
Zestafoni 1–2 Sturm Graz 1–1 0–1
Ekranas 1–3 BATE Borisov 0–0 1–3
Rangers 1–2 Malmö FF 0–1 1–1
League Route
Standard Liège 1–2 Zürich 1–1 0–1
Twente 2–0 Vaslui 2–0 0–0
Benfica 3–1 Trabzonspor 2–0 1–1
Dynamo Kyiv 1–4 Rubin Kazan 0–2 1–2
Odense 5–4 Panathinaikos 1–1 4–3

Play-off round

The draw for the play-off round was held on 5 August 2011.[16] The first legs were played on 16 and 17 August, and the second legs were played on 23 and 24 August 2011.

The play-off round was split into two separate sections: one for champions (called the Champions Route) and one for non-champions (called the League Route). The losing teams in both sections entered the group stage of the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League.

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Champions Route
Wisła Kraków 2–3 APOEL 1–0 1–3
Maccabi Haifa 3–3 (1–4p) Genk 2–1 1–2 (aet)
Dinamo Zagreb 4–3 Malmö FF 4–1 0–2
Copenhagen 2–5 Viktoria Plzeň 1–3 1–2
BATE Borisov 3–1 Sturm Graz 1–1 2–0
League Route
Odense 1–3 Villarreal 1–0 0–3
Twente 3–5 Benfica 2–2 1–3
Arsenal 3–1 Udinese 1–0 2–1
Bayern Munich 3–0 Zürich 2–0 1–0
Lyon 4–2 Rubin Kazan 3–1 1–1

Group stage

The group stage features 32 teams, which were allocated into pots based on their 2011 UEFA club coefficients (except the title holders, Barcelona, who were placed in Pot 1 automatically),[12][13] and then drawn into eight groups of four. Teams from the same association cannot be drawn against each other. The draw was held on 25 August 2011 in Monaco.[17]

In each group, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The matchdays are 13–14 September, 27–28 September, 18–19 October, 1–2 November, 22–23 November, and 6–7 December 2011. 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 2011–12 UEFA Europa League.

If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings (in descending order):[4]

  1. higher number of points obtained in the group matches played among the teams in question;
  2. superior goal difference from the group matches played among the teams in question;
  3. higher number of goals scored in the group matches played among the teams in question;
  4. higher number of goals scored away from home in the group matches played among the teams in question;
  5. If, after applying criteria 1) to 4) to several teams, two teams still have an equal ranking, the criteria 1) to 4) will be reapplied to determine the ranking of these teams;
  6. superior goal difference from all group matches played;
  7. higher number of goals scored from all group matches played;
  8. higher number of coefficient points accumulated by the club in question, as well as its association, over the previous five seasons.

The 32 teams contain eleven former winners of the European Cup/Champions League (40 titles combined), and five teams (Manchester City, Napoli, Trabzonspor, Viktoria Plzeň and Oțelul Galați) which made their début appearance in the group stage.[18] Eighteen UEFA member associations are represented in this group stage: England and Spain by four clubs, Italy, Germany and France by three, Russia and Portugal by two, while eleven associations are represented by one club, which are all domestic champions except Trabzonspor, which replaced Fenerbahçe due to match-fixing allegations.

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
Bayern Munich 6 4 1 1 11 6 +5 13
Napoli 6 3 2 1 10 6 +4 11
Manchester City 6 3 1 2 9 6 +3 10
Villarreal 6 0 0 6 2 14 −12 0
  BM MC NAP VIL
Bayern Munich 2–0 3–2 3–1
Manchester City 2–0 1–1 2–1
Napoli 1–1 2–1 2–0
Villarreal 0–2 0–3 0–2

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Internazionale 6 3 1 2 8 7 +1 10
CSKA Moscow 6 2 2 2 9 8 +1 8
Trabzonspor 6 1 4 1 3 5 −2 7
Lille 6 1 3 2 6 6 0 6
  CM INT LIL TRA
CSKA Moscow 2–3 0–2 3–0
Internazionale 1–2 2–1 0–1
Lille 2–2 0–1 0–0
Trabzonspor 0–0 1–1 1–1

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Benfica 6 3 3 0 8 4 +4 12
Basel 6 3 2 1 11 10 +1 11
Manchester United 6 2 3 1 11 8 +3 9
Oțelul Galați 6 0 0 6 3 11 −8 0
  BAS SLB MU OG
Basel 0–2 2–1 2–1
Benfica 1–1 1–1 1–0
Manchester United 3–3 2–2 2–0
Oțelul Galați 2–3 0–1 0–2

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Real Madrid 6 6 0 0 19 2 +17 18
Lyon 6 2 2 2 9 7 +2 8
Ajax 6 2 2 2 6 6 0 8
Dinamo Zagreb 6 0 0 6 3 22 −19 0
  AJA DZ OL RM
Ajax 4–0 0–0 0–3
Dinamo Zagreb 0–2 1–7 0–1
Lyon 0–0 2–0 0–2
Real Madrid 3–0 6–2 4–0

Group E

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Chelsea 6 3 2 1 13 4 +9 11
Bayer Leverkusen 6 3 1 2 8 8 0 10
Valencia 6 2 2 2 12 7 +5 8
Genk 6 0 3 3 2 16 −14 3
  BL CHL GNK VAL
Bayer Leverkusen 2–1 2–0 2–1
Chelsea 2–0 5–0 3–0
Genk 1–1 1–1 0–0
Valencia 3–1 1–1 7–0

Group F

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Arsenal 6 3 2 1 7 6 +1 11
Marseille 6 3 1 2 7 4 +3 10
Olympiacos 6 3 0 3 8 6 +2 9
Borussia Dortmund 6 1 1 4 6 12 −6 4
  ARS BD OM OLY
Arsenal 2–1 0–0 2–1
Borussia Dortmund 1–1 2–3 1–0
Marseille 0–1 3–0 0–1
Olympiacos 3–1 3–1 0–1

Group G

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
APOEL 6 2 3 1 6 6 0 9
Zenit St. Petersburg 6 2 3 1 7 5 +2 9
Porto 6 2 2 2 7 7 0 8
Shakhtar Donetsk 6 1 2 3 6 8 −2 5
  APO POR SD ZSP
APOEL 2–1 0–2 2–1
Porto 1–1 2–1 0–0
Shakhtar Donetsk 1–1 0–2 2–2
Zenit St. Petersburg 0–0 3–1 1–0

Group H

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Barcelona 6 5 1 0 20 4 +16 16
Milan 6 2 3 1 11 8 +3 9
Viktoria Plzeň 6 1 2 3 4 11 −7 5
BATE Borisov 6 0 2 4 2 14 −12 2
  BAR BAT MIL VP
Barcelona 4–0 2–2 2–0
BATE Borisov 0–5 1–1 0–1
Milan 2–3 2–0 2–0
Viktoria Plzeň 0–4 1–1 2–2

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. The draw for the round of 16 was held on 16 December 2011.[19] The draws for the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final (to determine the "home" team) will be held on 16 March 2012.

In the draw for the round of 16, the eight group winners were seeded, and the eight group runners-up were unseeded. The seeded teams were drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded team hosting the second leg. Teams from the same group or the same association could not 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.

Round of 16

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Lyon APOEL 14 February 7 March
Napoli Chelsea 21 February 14 March
Milan Arsenal 15 February 6 March
Basel Bayern Munich 22 February 13 March
Bayer Leverkusen Barcelona 14 February 7 March
CSKA Moscow Real Madrid 21 February 14 March
Zenit St. Petersburg Benfica 15 February 6 March
Marseille Internazionale 22 February 13 March

Quarter-finals

The first legs will be played on 27 and 28 March, and the second legs will be played on 3 and 4 April 2012.

Semi-finals

The first legs will be played on 17 and 18 April, and the second legs will be played on 24 and 25 April 2012.

Final

The final will be played on 19 May 2012 at the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany.

Statistics

Top scorers and assists (excluding qualifying rounds and play-off round):
Players highlighted in bold are still active in the competition.

Top goalscorers

Rank Name Team Goals Minutes played
1 Mario Gómez Bayern Munich 6 388'
Lionel Messi Barcelona 6 450'
3 Seydou Doumbia CSKA Moscow 5 430'
Alexander Frei Basel 5 431'
Bafétimbi Gomis Lyon 5 483'
Roberto Soldado Valencia 5 515'
7 José Callejón Real Madrid 4 187'
Pedro Rodríguez Barcelona 4 349'
Zlatan Ibrahimović Milan 4 360'
Karim Benzema Real Madrid 4 444'
Edinson Cavani Napoli 4 491'
Hulk Porto 4 528'

Source: [20]

Top assists

Rank Name Team Assists Minutes played
1 Nicolás Gaitán Benfica 5 497'
2 Karim Benzema Real Madrid 4 444'
3 Isaac Cuenca Barcelona 3 182'
Fernando Torres Chelsea 3 354'
Aly Cissokho Lyon 3 450'
Lionel Messi Barcelona 3 450'
Ezequiel Lavezzi Napoli 3 506'

Source: [21]

See also

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