2009–10 UEFA Champions League

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2009–10 UEFA Champions League
The Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in Madrid hosted the final
Tournament details
DatesQualifying:
30 June – 26 August 2009
Competition proper:
15 September 2009 – 22 May 2010
TeamsCompetition proper: 32
Total: 76 (from 52 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsItaly Inter Milan (3rd title)
Runners-upGermany Bayern Munich
Tournament statistics
Matches played125
Goals scored318 (2.54 per match)
Attendance5,193,947 (41,552 per match)
Top scorer(s)Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
8 goals

The 2009–10 UEFA Champions League was the 55th season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 18th under the current UEFA Champions League format. The final was played on 22 May 2010 at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in Madrid, Spain, the first time the final was played on a Saturday.[1][2] The final was won by Italian club Inter Milan, who beat German side Bayern Munich 2–0.

Inter Milan went on to represent Europe in the 2010 FIFA Club World Cup, beating Congolese side TP Mazembe 3–0 in the final, and played in the 2010 UEFA Super Cup against Europa League winners Atlético Madrid, losing 2–0.

defending champions, but they were eliminated by eventual winners Inter Milan in the semi-finals.[3][4]

Association team allocation

A total of 76 teams participated in the 2009–10 Champions League, from 52

UEFA country coefficient, which took into account their performance in European competitions from 2003–04 to 2007–08.[5]

Below is the qualification scheme for the 2009–10 UEFA Champions League:[6]

  • Associations 1–3 each had four teams qualify
  • Associations 4–6 each had three teams qualify
  • Associations 7–15 each had two teams qualify
  • Associations 16–53 each had one team qualify (except Liechtenstein)

Association ranking

Rank Association Coeff. Teams
1 England England 75.749 4
2 Spain Spain 75.266
3 Italy Italy 60.410
4 France France 52.668 3
5 Germany Germany 48.722
6 Russia Russia 43.750
7 Romania Romania 40.599 2
8 Portugal Portugal 39.927
9 Netherlands Netherlands 38.213
10 Scotland Scotland 33.375
11 Turkey Turkey 31.725
12
Ukraine
 30.100
13 Belgium Belgium 26.700
14 Greece Greece 25.831
15
Czech Republic
 25.750
16 Switzerland Switzerland 24.225 1
17 Bulgaria Bulgaria 23.166
18
Norway
 22.425
Rank Association Coeff. Teams
19 Denmark Denmark 20.450 1
20 Austria Austria 17.700
21 Serbia Serbia 16.750
22 Israel Israel 15.750
23 Sweden Sweden 13.691
24 Slovakia Slovakia 12.332
25 Poland Poland 12.041
26 Hungary Hungary 11.999
27 Croatia Croatia 11.624
28 Cyprus Cyprus 10.082
29 Slovenia Slovenia 9.915
30 Finland Finland 9.623
31 Latvia Latvia 8.831
32
Bosnia and Herzegovina
 8.498
33 Lithuania Lithuania 7.999
34
Moldova
 7.499
35 Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland 7.332
36 North Macedonia Macedonia 6.331
Rank Association Coeff. Teams
37 Iceland Iceland 5.999 1
38 Georgia (country) Georgia 5.831
39 Liechtenstein Liechtenstein 5.500 0
40 Belarus Belarus 5.332 1
41 Estonia Estonia 4.332
42 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan 3.832
43
Albania
 3.666
44 Armenia Armenia 3.665
45
Kazakhstan
 2.582
46 Northern Ireland Northern Ireland 2.332
47 Wales Wales 2.331
48 Faroe Islands Faroe Islands 1.832
49 Luxembourg Luxembourg 1.498
50 Malta Malta 0.832
51 Montenegro Montenegro 0.500
52 Andorra Andorra 0.500
53 San Marino San Marino 0.250

Distribution

Since the winners of the 2008–09 UEFA Champions League, Barcelona, obtained a place in the group stage through their domestic league placing, the reserved title holder spot in the group stage was effectively vacated. To compensate:[7]

  • The champions of association 13 (Belgium) were promoted from the third qualifying round to the group stage.
  • The champions of association 16 (Switzerland) 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.
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.[8]

Group stage
Spain BarcelonaTH (1st) Italy Inter Milan (1st) Germany Bayern Munich (2nd) Netherlands AZ (1st)
England Manchester United (1st) Italy Juventus (2nd) Russia Rubin Kazan (1st) Scotland Rangers (1st)
England Liverpool (2nd)
Milan (3rd
) 		Russia CSKA Moscow (2nd) Turkey Beşiktaş (1st)
England Chelsea (3rd) France Bordeaux (1st) Romania Unirea Urziceni (1st) Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv (1st)
Real Madrid (2nd
) 		France Marseille (2nd)
1st
) 		Belgium Standard Liège (1st)
Spain Sevilla (3rd) Germany VfL Wolfsburg (1st)
Play-off round
Champions Non-champions
England Arsenal (4th) Italy Fiorentina (4th) Germany VfB Stuttgart (3rd)
Spain Atlético Madrid (4th) France Lyon (3rd)
Third qualifying round
Champions Non-champions
Greece Olympiacos (1st) Russia Dynamo Moscow (3rd) Scotland Celtic (2nd) Belgium Anderlecht (2nd)
1st
) 		Romania Timișoara (2nd) Turkey Sivasspor (2nd) Greece Panathinaikos (2nd)
Switzerland Zürich (1st)
2nd
) 		Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk (2nd)
2nd
)
Netherlands Twente (2nd)
Second qualifying round
1st
) 		Poland Wisła Kraków (1st) Lithuania Ekranas (1st)
Baku (1st
)
1st
) 		Hungary Debrecen (1st) Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol (1st)
1st
)
Denmark Copenhagen (1st)
1st
)
1st
)
Pyunik (1st
)
Austria Red Bull Salzburg (1st) Cyprus APOEL (1st)
1st
) 		Kazakhstan Aktobe (1st)
1st
) 		Slovenia Maribor (1st) Iceland FH (1st) Northern Ireland Glentoran (1st)
Israel Maccabi Haifa (1st) Finland Inter Turku (1st) Georgia (country) WIT Georgia (1st) Wales Rhyl (1st)
Sweden Kalmar FF (1st) Latvia Ventspils (1st) Belarus BATE Borisov (1st)
1st
)
Slovakia Slovan Bratislava (1st) Bosnia and Herzegovina Zrinjski (1st)
Levadia (1st
) 		Luxembourg F91 Dudelange (1st)
First qualifying round
Malta Hibernians (1st) Montenegro Mogren (1st) Andorra Sant Julià (1st)
Tre Fiori (1st
)

TH Title Holder

Round and draw dates

All draws held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland unless stated otherwise.[7]

Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Qualifying First qualifying round 22 June 2009 30 June – 1 July 2009 7–8 July 2009
Second qualifying round 14–15 July 2009 21–22 July 2009
Third qualifying round 17 July 2009 28–29 July 2009 4–5 August 2009
Play-off Play-off round 7 August 2009 18–19 August 2009 25–26 August 2009
Group stage Matchday 1 27 August 2009
(Monaco) 		15–16 September 2009
Matchday 2 29–30 September 2009
Matchday 3 20–21 October 2009
Matchday 4 3–4 November 2009
Matchday 5 24–25 November 2009
Matchday 6 8–9 December 2009
Knockout phase Round of 16 18 December 2009 16–17 & 23–24 February 2010 9–10 & 16–17 March 2010
Quarter-finals 19 March 2010 30–31 March 2010 6–7 April 2010
Semi-finals 20–21 April 2010 27–28 April 2010
Final 22 May 2010 at Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid

Qualifying rounds

Main article: 2009–10 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds

In a new system for the Champions League, there were two separate qualifying tournaments.[9] The Champions Path (which started from the first qualifying round) was for clubs which won their domestic league and did not automatically qualify for the group stage, while the Non-Champions Path (which started from the third qualifying round) was for clubs which did not win their domestic league and did not automatically qualify for the group stage.

In the qualifying phase and the play-off round, teams played against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis.

The draw for the first and second qualifying rounds, conducted by UEFA President

David Taylor, was held on 22 June 2009, and the draw for the third qualifying round, conducted by UEFA Competitions Director Giorgio Marchetti and Head of Club Competitions Michael Heselschwerdt, was held on 17 July 2009. For the draws, clubs were separated into seeded and unseeded teams based on their club coefficient
. Because the draws for the second and third qualifying rounds took place before the previous round was completed, the teams were seeded assuming the seeded side in the previous round would be victorious.

First qualifying round

The first legs were played on 30 June and 1 July, and the second legs were played on 7 and 8 July 2009.

Team 1
Agg.
Tooltip Aggregate score 		Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Tre Fiori San Marino
 2–2 (4–5 p)[A] Andorra Sant Julià 1–1 1–1 (
a.e.t.
)
Hibernians Malta 0–6 Montenegro Mogren 0–2 0–4
Notes
  1. ^
    Order of legs switched after original draw.


Second qualifying round

The first legs were played on 14 and 15 July, and the second legs were played on 21 and 22 July 2009.

the largest margin of victory in the current Champions League format
.

As of November 2009, the second leg between Stabæk and Tirana was under investigation by UEFA and German authorities for possible match-fixing.[10]

Team 1
Agg.
Tooltip Aggregate score 		Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Tirana Albania 1–5 Norway Stabæk 1–1 0–4
WIT Georgia Georgia (country) 1–3 Slovenia Maribor 0–0 1–3
EB/Streymur Faroe Islands 0–5 Cyprus APOEL 0–2 0–3
Copenhagen Denmark 12–0 Montenegro Mogren 6–0 6–0
Debrecen Hungary 3–3 (a) Sweden Kalmar FF 2–0 1–3
Makedonija GP North Macedonia 0–4 Belarus BATE Borisov 0–2 0–2
FH Iceland 0–6 Kazakhstan Aktobe 0–4 0–2
Pyunik Yerevan Armenia 0–3 Croatia Dinamo Zagreb 0–0 0–3
Ventspils Latvia 6–1 Luxembourg F91 Dudelange 3–0 3–1
Ekranas Lithuania 4–6 Azerbaijan Baku 2–2 2–4
Red Bull Salzburg Austria 2–1 Republic of Ireland Bohemians 1–1 1–0
Zrinjski Bosnia and Herzegovina 1–4 Slovakia Slovan Bratislava 1–0 0–4
Inter Turku Finland 0–2 Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol 0–1 0–1
Rhyl Wales 0–12 Serbia Partizan 0–4 0–8
Wisła Kraków Poland 1–2
Levadia Tallinn
 1–1 0–1
Levski Sofia Bulgaria 9–0 Andorra Sant Julià 4–0 5–0
Maccabi Haifa Israel 10–0 Northern Ireland Glentoran 6–0 4–0


Third qualifying round

The third qualifying round was split into two separate sections: one for champions and one for non-champions. The first legs were played on 28 and 29 July, and the second legs were played on 4 and 5 August 2009. The losing teams in both sections entered the play-off round of the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League.

Team 1
Agg.
Tooltip Aggregate score 		Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Champions Path
Red Bull Salzburg Austria 3–2 Croatia Dinamo Zagreb 1–1 2–1
Slovan Bratislava Slovakia 0–4 Greece Olympiacos 0–2 0–2
Zürich Switzerland 5–3 Slovenia Maribor 2–3 3–0
APOEL Cyprus 2–1 Serbia Partizan 2–0 0–1
Sheriff Tiraspol Moldova 1–1 (a) Czech Republic Slavia Prague 0–0 1–1
Aktobe Kazakhstan 3–4 Israel Maccabi Haifa 0–0 3–4
Baku Azerbaijan 0–2 Bulgaria Levski Sofia 0–0 0–2
Ventspils Latvia 2–2 (a) Belarus BATE Borisov 1–0 1–2
Levadia Tallinn Estonia
 0–2 Hungary Debrecen 0–1 0–1
Copenhagen Denmark 3–1 Norway Stabæk 3–1 0–0
Team 1
Agg.
Tooltip Aggregate score 		Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Non-Champions Path
Sparta Prague Czech Republic 3–4 Greece Panathinaikos 3–1 0–3
Shakhtar Donetsk Ukraine 2–2 (a)
Timișoara
 2–2 0–0
Sporting CP Portugal 1–1 (a) Netherlands Twente 0–0 1–1
Celtic Scotland 2–1 Russia Dynamo Moscow 0–1 2–0
Anderlecht Belgium 6–3 Turkey Sivasspor 5–0 1–3


Play-off round

Main article: 2009–10 UEFA Champions League play-off round

An extra qualifying round, the play-off round, was introduced from this season. The teams were split into two separate sections: one for champions and one for non-champions. The draw for the play-off round, conducted by UEFA General Secretary

David Taylor and UEFA Competitions Director Giorgio Marchetti, was held on 7 August 2009. For the draw, clubs were separated into seeded and unseeded teams based on their club coefficient. The first legs were played on 18 and 19 August, and the second legs were played on 25 and 26 August 2009. The losing teams in both sections entered the group stage of the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League
.

Team 1
Agg.
Tooltip Aggregate score 		Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Champions Path
Sheriff Tiraspol Moldova 0–3 Greece Olympiacos 0–2 0–1
Red Bull Salzburg Austria 1–5 Israel Maccabi Haifa 1–2 0–3
Ventspils Latvia 1–5 Switzerland Zürich 0–3 1–2
Copenhagen Denmark 2–3 Cyprus APOEL 1–0 1–3
Levski Sofia Bulgaria 1–4 Hungary Debrecen 1–2 0–2
Team 1
Agg.
Tooltip Aggregate score 		Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Non-Champions Path
Lyon France 8–2 Belgium Anderlecht 5–1 3–1
Celtic Scotland 1–5 England Arsenal 0–2 1–3
Timișoara Romania
 0–2 Germany VfB Stuttgart 0–2 0–0
Sporting CP Portugal 3–3 (a) Italy Fiorentina 2–2 1–1
Panathinaikos Greece 2–5 Spain Atlético Madrid 2–3 0–2


Group stage

Main article: 2009–10 UEFA Champions League group stage
Real Madrid
London teams
Arsenal
Chelsea
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Location of teams of the 2009–10 UEFA Champions League group stage.
Brown: Group A; Red: Group B; Orange: Group C; Yellow: Group D;
Green: Group E; Blue: Group F; Purple: Group G;
Pink: Group H.