2009–10 UEFA Women's Champions League

2009–10 UEFA Women's Champions League

Tournament details
Dates	30 July 2009 – 20 May 2010[1]
Teams	53 (from 44 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Turbine Potsdam (2nd title)
Runners-up	Lyon
Tournament statistics
Matches played	103
Goals scored	428 (4.16 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Vanessa Bürki (11)[2]

The UEFA Women's Champions League 2009–10 was the first edition of the newly branded tournament, and the ninth edition of a UEFA tournament for women's champion football clubs.

For the first time the top 8 leagues of the UEFA were awarded two entry places in this year's season. Germany even got 3 entries, as FCR 2001 Duisburg finished outside the top 2 in Germany's league but gained entry as the title holder.

Teams

Round of 32
Duisburg	Turbine Potsdam[3]	Umeå[4]	Arsenal[5]
Lyon[6]	Fortuna Hjørring[7]	Zvezda 2005 Perm[8]	Røa[9]
Bardolino[10]	Valur[11]	Universitet Vitebsk[12]	AZ [13]
Rayo Vallecano[14]	Sparta Praha[15]	Neulengbach[16]	Standard Liège[17]
Alma[18]	Unia Racibórz[19]	Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv[20]	Zürich[21]
Mašinac Niš	PAOK	Viktória[22]	Honka
ZNK-SFK 2000
Qualifying round
Bayern Munich	Linköping	Everton	Montpellier[23]
Brøndby[7]	Rossiyanka	Team Strømmen	Torres
Roma Calfa	Maccabi Holon	CFF Clujana[24]	Glasgow City
1° Dezembro	NSA Sofia	ŽNK Krka	Slovan Duslo Sala
Cardiff City	Osijek	Gintra Universitetas	Tikvesanka
KÍ Klaksvík	St Francis	Glentoran	Apollon Limassol
Levadia Tallinn	Norchi Dinamoeli	Birkirkara	Trabzonspor

Qualifying round

The draw was made on 24 June 2009.^[25] Teams in bold hosted a mini-league. The winners of each group qualified for the next round.

Group A Matches were played at City Stadium, Šiauliai and at the Aukštaitija Stadium, Panevėžys. Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Bayern Munich 3 3 0 0 32 2 +30 9 Glasgow City 3 2 0 1 13 5 +8 6 Gintra Universitetas 3 1 0 2 7 11 −4 3 Norchi Dinamoeli 3 0 0 3 1 35 −34 0 30 July 2009 Bayern Munich 5–2 Glasgow City Gintra Universitetas 7–1 Norchi 1 August 2009 Bayern Munich 19–0 Norchi Glasgow City 2–0 Gintra Universitetas 4 August 2009 Gintra Universitetas 0–8 Bayern Munich Norchi 0–9 Glasgow City

Group B Matches were played at Mladost Stadium, Strumica and Kukuš Stadium, Turnovo. Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Montpellier 3 3 0 0 12 1 +11 9 NSA Sofia 3 2 0 1 7 4 +3 6 KÍ Klaksvík 3 1 0 2 5 6 −1 3 Tikvesanka 3 0 0 3 3 16 −13 0 30 July 2009 Montpellier 2–0 KÍ NSA 5–0 Tikvesanka 1 August 2009 Montpellier 7–1 Tikvesanka KÍ 1–2 NSA 4 August 2009 NSA 0–3 Montpellier KÍ 4–2 Tikvesanka

Group C Matches were played at Brøndby IF's bane 2 and Brøndby Stadium. Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Brøndby 3 3 0 0 12 0 +12 9 1° Dezembro 3 2 0 1 13 1 +12 6 Cardiff City 3 1 0 2 10 9 +1 3 Birkirkara 3 0 0 3 1 26 −25 0 30 July 2009 1° Dezembro 10–0 Birkirkara Brøndby 5–0 Cardiff 1 August 2009 Cardiff 0–3 1° Dezembro Brøndby 6–0 Birkirkara 4 August 2009 1° Dezembro 0–1 Brøndby Birkirkara 1–10 Cardiff

Group D Matches were played at Matija Gubec Stadium, Krško and Ivančna Gorica Stadium, Ivančna Gorica. Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Torres 3 3 0 0 13 0 +13 9 Slovan Duslo Šaľa 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4 Trabzonspor 3 1 0 2 3 11 −8 3 ŽNK Krka 3 0 1 2 2 7 −5 1 30 July 2009 Torres 1–0 Slovan Krka 0–2 Trabzonspor 1 August 2009 Torres 9–0 Trabzonspor Slovan 2–2 Krka 4 August 2009 Krka 0–3 Torres Slovan 2–1 Trabzonspor

Group E Matches were played at Folkungavallen, Linköping. Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Linköping 3 3 0 0 20 0 +20 9 CFF Clujana 3 2 0 1 10 6 +4 6 Glentoran 3 1 0 2 2 4 −2 3 Roma Calfa 3 0 0 3 0 22 −22 0 30 July 2009 Clujana 1–0 Glentoran Linköping 11–0 Roma Calfa 1 August 2009 Roma Calfa 0–9 Clujana Linköping 3–0 Glentoran 4 August 2009 Clujana 0–6 Linköping Glentoran 2–0 Roma Calfa

Group F Matches were played at Tsirion Stadium, Limassol and Pafiako Stadium, Paphos. Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Rossiyanka 3 3 0 0 19 0 +19 9 Apollon Limassol 3 2 0 1 6 1 +5 6 Maccabi Holon 3 1 0 2 2 11 −9 3 St Francis 3 0 0 3 0 15 −15 0 30 July 2009 Rossiyanka 11–0 St Francis Maccabi Holon 0–4 Apollon 1 August 2009 Rossiyanka 1–0 Apollon St Francis 0–2 Maccabi Holon 4 August 2009 Maccabi Holon 0–7 Rossiyanka St Francis 0–2 Apollon

Group G Matches were played at Gradski vrt, Osijek and Stadion Cibalia, Vinkovci. Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Everton 3 3 0 0 11 1 +10 9 Team Strømmen 3 2 0 1 14 1 +13 6 Levadia Tallinn 3 1 0 2 4 13 −9 3 Osijek 3 0 0 3 2 16 −14 0 30 July 2009 Everton 3–1 Osijek Team Strømmen 5–0 Levadia 1 August 2009 Everton 7–0 Levadia Osijek 0–9 Team Strømmen 4 August 2009 Team Strømmen 0–1 Everton Osijek 1–4 Levadia

Main round

Bracket

Round of 32						Round of 16						Quarter-finals						Semi-finals						Final
Fortuna Hjørring	4	1	5
Bardolino	0	2	2			Fortuna Hjørring	0	0	0
Mašinac Niš	0	0	0			Lyon	1	5	6
Lyon	1	5	6									Lyon	3	0	3
Unia Racibórz	1	1	2									Torres	0	1	1
Neulengbach	3	0	3			Neulengbach	1	1	2
Torres	4	2	6			Torres	4	4	8
Valur	1	1	2															Lyon	3	0	3
Rayo Vallecano	1	1	2															Umeå	2	0	2
Rossiyanka	3	2	5			Rossiyanka	0	1	1
Zhytlobud-1	0	0	0			Umeå	1	1	2
Umeå	5	6	11									Umeå (a)	0	2	2
Standard Liège	0	1	1									Montpellier	0	2	2
Montpellier	0	3	3			Montpellier (a.e.t.)	0	1	1
Viktória	0	2	2			Bayern Munich	0	0	0
Bayern Munich	5	4	9																					Lyon	0(6)
Universitet Vitebsk	1	3	4																					Turbine Potsdam (p)	0(7)
Duisburg	5	6	11			Duisburg	1	2	3
Zürich	0	0	0			Linköping	1	0	1
Linköping	2	3	5									Duisburg	2	2	4
Alma	1	0	1									Arsenal	1	0	1
Sparta Praha	0	2	2			Sparta Praha	0	0	0
PAOK	0	0	0			Arsenal	3	2	5
Arsenal	9	9	18															Duisburg	1	0	1(1)
Honka	1	0	1															Turbine Potsdam (p)	0	1	1(3)
Turbine Potsdam	8	8	16			Turbine Potsdam	1	4	5
AZ	1	1	2			Brøndby	0	0	0
Brøndby	2	1	3									Turbine Potsdam	5	5	10
Røa	3	0	3									Røa	0	0	0
Everton	0	2	2			Røa (a)	0	1	1
ZNK-SFK 2000	0	0	0			Zvezda 2005 Perm	0	1	1
Zvezda 2005 Perm	3	5	8

Round of 32

The 16 seeded teams were drawn one opponent each from the pool of 16 unseeded teams. Teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other. The seeded team played the second leg at home.^[26] Matches were played on 30 September and 7 October.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Standard Liège	1–3	Montpellier	0–0	1–3
Unia Racibórz	2–3	Neulengbach	1–3	1–0
Torres	6–2	Valur	4–1	2–1
Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv	0–11	Umeå	0–5	0–6
AZ	2–3	Brøndby	1–2	1–1
Alma	1–2	Sparta Praha	1–0	0–2
Mašinac Niš	0–6	Lyon	0–1	0–5
Universitet Vitebsk	4–11	Duisburg	1–5	3–6
Rayo Vallecano	2–5	Rossiyanka	1–3	1–2
Viktória	2–9	Bayern Munich	0–5	2–4
ZNK-SFK 2000	0–8	Zvezda 2005 Perm	0–3	0–5
Honka	1–16	Turbine Potsdam	1–8	0–8
PAOK	0–18	Arsenal	0–9	0–9
Røa	3–2	Everton	3–0	0–2
Zürich	0–5	Linköping	0–2	0–3
Fortuna Hjørring	5–2	Bardolino	4–0	1–2

Round of 16

From this round onwards, there was no seeding, and clubs from the same association could be drawn against each other. The drawing for this round was held immediately after the drawing for the round of 32. Therefore instead of drawing specific teams matches were drawn with the winners playing each other in this round.^[26] Matches were played on 4–5 November and 11–12 November.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Duisburg	3–1	Linköping	1–1	2–0
Rossiyanka	1–2	Umeå	0–1	1–1
Montpellier	1–0	Bayern Munich	0–0	1–0 (a.e.t.)
Turbine Potsdam	5–0	Brøndby	1–0	4–0
Neulengbach	2–8	Torres	1–4	1–4
Sparta Praha	0–5	Arsenal	0–3	0–2
Røa	1–1 (a)	Zvezda 2005 Perm	0–0	1–1
Fortuna Hjørring	0–6	Lyon	0–1	0–51

• ¹ Lyon originally won their match 5–0, but the UEFA Appeals Body awarded them a 0–3 defeat as they found Lyon guilty of fielding two ineligible appeals. Five weeks later, the Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld Lyon's appeal and reinstated the original result.^[27]

Quarter-finals

Matches were played on 10 March and 14–17 March.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Duisburg	4–1	Arsenal	2–1	2–0
Umeå	2–2 (a)	Montpellier	0–0	2–2
Lyon	3–1	Torres	3–0	0–1
Turbine Potsdam	10–0	Røa	5–0	5–0

First Leg

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Second Leg

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Semi-finals

Matches were played on 10–11 April and 17–18 April 2010.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Lyon	3–2	Umeå	3–2	0–0
Duisburg	1–1 (1-3p)	Turbine Potsdam	1–0	0–1 (aet)

First Leg

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Second Leg

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Final

UEFA Women's Champions League 2009–10 Winners
Turbine Potsdam Second Title

Top goalscorers

The top goal scorers including qualifying rounds were:

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Vanessa Bürki	Bayern Munich	11
2	Ida Brännström	Linköping	10
3	Inka Grings	Duisburg	9
	Kim Little	Arsenal
	Anja Mittag	Turbine Potsdam

Round dates

Phase	Round	First leg	Second leg
Qualifying round	Group stage	30 July 2009 – 4 August 2009
Knockout stage	Round of 32	30 September 2009	7 October 2009
	Round of 16	4 November 2009	11 November 2009
	Quarter-final	10 March 2010	17 March 2010
	Semi-final	10 April or 11 April 2010	17 April or 18 April 2010
	Final	20 May 2010

References

Women's Cup and UEFA Women's Champions League UEFA Women's Cup era, 2001–2009 Seasons 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 Finals 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Women's Champions League era, 2009–present Seasons 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 Finals 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Winning managers Winning teams