2010–11 UEFA Champions League

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2010–11 UEFA Champions League
Wembley Stadium in London hosted the final
Tournament details
DatesQualifying:
29 June – 25 August 2010
Competition proper:
14 September 2010 – 28 May 2011
TeamsCompetition proper: 32
Total: 76 (from 52 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsSpain Barcelona (4th title)
Runners-upEngland Manchester United
Tournament statistics
Matches played125
Goals scored355 (2.84 per match)
Top scorer(s)Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
12 goals

The 2010–11 UEFA Champions League was the 56th season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 19th under the UEFA Champions League format. The final was held at Wembley Stadium in London on 28 May 2011,[1] where Barcelona defeated Manchester United 3–1.

Internazionale were the defending champions, but were eliminated by Schalke 04 in the quarter-finals. As winners, Barcelona earned berths in the 2011 UEFA Super Cup and the 2011 FIFA Club World Cup.

Association team allocation

A total of 76 teams participated in the 2010–11 Champions League, from 52

UEFA country coefficient, which took 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 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 (excluding Liechtenstein)

Association ranking

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 title holder spot in the group stage was effectively vacated. To compensate:[4]

  • The champions of association 13 (Scotland) were promoted from the third qualifying round to the group stage.
  • The champions 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.
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.[5]

Group stage
Italy InternazionaleTH (1st) Spain Valencia (3rd) France Lyon (2nd) Romania CFR Cluj (1st)
England Chelsea (1st)
Roma (2nd
)
Russia Rubin Kazan (1st)
1st
)
England Manchester United (2nd)
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)
Real Madrid (2nd
)
France Marseille (1st)
Play-off round
Champions Non-champions
England Tottenham Hotspur (4th)
Sampdoria (4th
)
France Auxerre (3rd)
Spain Sevilla (4th) Germany Werder Bremen (3rd)
Third qualifying round
Champions Non-champions
1st
)
Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg (3rd)
2nd
)
Scotland Celtic (2nd)
Switzerland Basel (1st) Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv (2nd) Turkey Fenerbahçe (2nd)
2nd
)
Denmark Copenhagen (1st) Netherlands Ajax (2nd) Greece PAOK (2nd) Switzerland Young Boys (2nd)
Romania Unirea Urziceni (2nd)
Second qualifying round
1st
)
Slovakia Žilina (1st) Belarus BATE Borisov (1st)
Levadia (1st
)
1st
)
Poland Lech Poznań (1st) Bosnia and Herzegovina Željezničar (1st)
1st
)
1st
)
1st
)
1st
)
Kazakhstan Aktobe (1st)
Austria Red Bull Salzburg (1st)
HJK (1st
)
Iceland FH (1st)
Pyunik (1st
)
1st
)
Lithuania Ekranas (1st) Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol (1st) Wales The New Saints (1st)
Israel Hapoel Tel Aviv (1st)
1st
)
Olimpi Rustavi (1st
)
Northern Ireland Linfield (1st)
Cyprus Omonia (1st) Latvia Liepājas Metalurgs (1st)
1st
)
1st
)
Sweden AIK (1st) Slovenia Koper (1st)
Inter Baku (1st
)
Luxembourg Jeunesse Esch (1st)
First qualifying round
Montenegro Rudar Pljevlja (1st) Andorra FC Santa Coloma (1st) Malta Birkirkara (1st)
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 were all seeded based on the 2010

UEFA club coefficients.[6] The coefficients were 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 were ordered by their coefficients and then divided into pots as required.[3][7]

In the draws for the qualifying rounds and the play-off round, the teams were divided evenly into one seeded and one unseeded pot, based on their club coefficients. A seeded team was 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 took place before the results of the previous round were known. The seeding in each draw was carried out under the assumption that all of the highest-ranked clubs of the previous round were victorious. If a lower-ranked club was victorious, it simply took 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 were kept separated. Prior to these draws, UEFA could form "groups" in accordance with the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee, but they were purely for convenience of the draw and did not resemble any real groupings in the sense of the competition, while ensuring that teams from the same association were not drawn against each other.

In the draw for the group stage, the 32 teams were split into four pots of eight teams, based on their club coefficients, with the title holder automatically placed into Pot 1. Each group contained one team from each pot, but teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same group. The draw was 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 alternated between playing on Tuesdays and Wednesdays for each matchday.

In the draw for the first knockout round, the eight group winners were seeded, and the eight group runners-up were unseeded. A seeded team was drawn against an unseeded team, 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 were no seedings, and teams from the same group or the same association could be drawn with each other.

Qualifying rounds

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

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,[8][9] 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.[10][11]

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 of the entire competition (FC Santa Coloma v Birkirkara on 29 June) was cancelled due to the pitch being declared unfit.[12]

Team 1
Agg.
Tooltip Aggregate score
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 0–3[A] 3–4
Notes
  1. ^
    Match originally 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.[13]


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.
Tooltip Aggregate score
Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Liepājas Metalurgs Latvia 0–5 Czech Republic Sparta Prague 0–3 0–2
Aktobe Kazakhstan 3–1
Olimpi Rustavi
2–0 1–1
Levadia Tallinn Estonia
3–4 Hungary Debrecen 1–1 2–3
Partizan Serbia 4–1
Pyunik
3–1 1–0
Inter Baku Azerbaijan
1–1 (8–9 p) Poland Lech Poznań 0–1
a.e.t.
)
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
Dinamo Tirana
3–1 0–1
Hapoel Tel Aviv Israel 6–0 Bosnia and Herzegovina Željezničar 5–0 1–0
Omonia Cyprus 5–0 North 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 Borisov 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
HJK
1–0
a.e.t.
)


Third qualifying round

The third qualifying round was split into two separate sections: one for champions and one for non-champions. The losing teams in both sections entered 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.
Tooltip Aggregate score
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
a.e.t.
)
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
HJK
3–0 2–1
BATE Borisov 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
Team 1
Agg.
Tooltip Aggregate score
Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
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 Saint 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.[14][15] The play-off round was split into two separate sections: one for champions and one for non-champions. The losing teams in both sections entered 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.[16]

Team 1
Agg.
Tooltip Aggregate score
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
a.e.t.
)
Team 1
Agg.
Tooltip Aggregate score
Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
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
Sampdoria
3–1
a.e.t.
)
Zenit Saint Petersburg Russia 1–2 France Auxerre 1–0 0–2
Dynamo Kyiv Ukraine 2–3 Netherlands Ajax 1–1 1–2


Group stage

Location of teams of the 2010–11 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.