2010–11 UEFA Champions League
Tournament details | |
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Dates | Qualifying: 29 June – 25 August 2010 Competition proper: 14 September 2010 – 28 May 2011 |
Teams | Competition proper: 32 Total: 76 (from 52 associations) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Barcelona (4th title) |
Runners-up | Manchester United |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 125 |
Goals scored | 355 (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
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
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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 | ||
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First qualifying round (4 teams) |
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Second qualifying round (34 teams) |
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Third qualifying round | Champions (20 teams) |
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Non-champions (10 teams) |
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Play-off round | Champions (10 teams) |
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Non-champions (10 teams) |
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Group stage (32 teams) |
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Knockout phase (16 teams) |
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Teams
League positions of the previous season shown in parentheses.[5]
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 |
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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
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.
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Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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1–7 | Rudar Pljevlja | 0–3 | 1–4 | |
FC Santa Coloma | 3–7 | Birkirkara | 0–3[A] | 3–4 |
- Notes
- ^ 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.
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Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Liepājas Metalurgs | 0–5 | Sparta Prague | 0–3 | 0–2 |
Aktobe | 3–1 | Olimpi Rustavi
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2–0 | 1–1 |
3–4 | Debrecen | 1–1 | 2–3 | |
Partizan | 4–1 | Pyunik
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3–1 | 1–0 |
1–1 (8–9 p) | Lech Poznań | 0–1 | a.e.t. )
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Dinamo Zagreb | 5–4 | Koper | 5–1 | 0–3 |
Litex Lovech | 5–0 | Rudar Pljevlja | 1–0 | 4–0 |
Birkirkara | 1–3 | Žilina | 1–0 | 0–3 |
Sheriff Tiraspol | 3–2 | Dinamo Tirana
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3–1 | 0–1 |
Hapoel Tel Aviv | 6–0 | Željezničar | 5–0 | 1–0 |
Omonia | 5–0 | Renova | 3–0 | 2–0 |
Red Bull Salzburg | 5–1 | HB Tórshavn | 5–0 | 0–1 |
Bohemians | 1–4 | The New Saints | 1–0 | 0–4 |
BATE Borisov | 6–1 | FH | 5–1 | 1–0 |
AIK | 1–0 | Jeunesse Esch | 1–0 | 0–0 |
Linfield | 0–2 | Rosenborg | 0–0 | 0–2 |
Ekranas | 1–2 | HJK
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1–0 | a.e.t. )
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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.
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Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Sparta Prague | 2–0 | Lech Poznań | 1–0 | 1–0 |
Aktobe | 2–3 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 1–0 | 1–3 |
Sheriff Tiraspol | 2–2 (6–5 p) | Dinamo Zagreb | 1–1 | a.e.t. )
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Litex Lovech | 2–4 | Žilina | 1–1 | 1–3 |
Debrecen | 1–5 | Basel | 0–2 | 1–3 |
AIK | 0–4 | Rosenborg | 0–1 | 0–3 |
Partizan | 5–1 | HJK
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3–0 | 2–1 |
BATE Borisov | 2–3 | Copenhagen | 0–0 | 2–3 |
The New Saints | 1–6 | Anderlecht | 1–3 | 0–3 |
Omonia | 2–5 | Red Bull Salzburg | 1–1 | 1–4 |
Team 1 | Agg.
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Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Ajax | 4–4 (a) | PAOK | 1–1 | 3–3 |
Dynamo Kyiv | 6–1 | Gent | 3–0 | 3–1 |
Young Boys | 3–2 | Fenerbahçe | 2–2 | 1–0 |
Braga | 4–2 | Celtic | 3–0 | 1–2 |
Unirea Urziceni | 0–1 | 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.
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Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Red Bull Salzburg | 3–4 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 2–3 | 1–1 |
Rosenborg | 2–2 (a) | Copenhagen | 2–1 | 0–1 |
Basel | 4–0 | Sheriff Tiraspol | 1–0 | 3–0 |
Sparta Prague | 0–3 | Žilina | 0–2 | 0–1 |
Partizan | 4–4 (3–2 p) | Anderlecht | 2–2 | a.e.t. )
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Team 1 | Agg.
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Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Young Boys | 3–6 | Tottenham Hotspur | 3–2 | 0–4 |
Braga | 5–3 | Sevilla | 1–0 | 4–3 |
Werder Bremen | 5–4 | Sampdoria
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3–1 | a.e.t. )
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Zenit Saint Petersburg | 1–2 | Auxerre | 1–0 | 0–2 |
Dynamo Kyiv | 2–3 | Ajax | 1–1 | 1–2 |