2011–12 UEFA Champions League
Tournament details | |
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Dates | Qualifying: 28 June – 24 August 2011 Competition proper: 13 September 2011 – 19 May 2012 |
Teams | Competition proper: 32 Total: 76 (from 52 associations) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Chelsea (1st title) |
Runners-up | Bayern Munich |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 125 |
Goals scored | 345 (2.76 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Lionel Messi (Barcelona) 14 goals |
The 2011–12 UEFA Champions League was the 57th season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 20th season in its current Champions League format. As part of a trial that started in the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League, two extra officials – one behind each goal – were used in all matches of the competition from the play-off round.[1]
Association team allocation
A total of 76 teams participated in the 2011–12 Champions League from 52 UEFA associations (
Below is the qualification scheme for the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League:[5]
- Associations 1–3 each have four teams qualify
- Associations 4–6 each have three teams qualify
- Associations 7–15 each have two teams qualify
- Associations 16–53 each have one team qualify (excluding Liechtenstein)
Association ranking
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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 title holder spot in the group stage was effectively vacated. To compensate:[6]
- The champions of association 13 (Switzerland) were promoted from the third qualifying round to the group stage.
- The champions of association 16 (Scotland) were promoted from the second qualifying round to the third qualifying round.
- The champions of associations 48 and 49 (Faroe Islands and Northern Ireland) were promoted from the first qualifying round to the second qualifying 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 Route (20 teams) |
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League Route (10 teams) |
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Play-off round | Champions Route (10 teams) |
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League Route (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.[7] [8]
- Notes
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- Romania (ROU): Because Vaslui, the third-placed team of the league, claimed the Champions League spot in the third qualifying round League Route.[9]
- Turkey (TUR): match-fixing.[10][11] UEFA decided to replace them in the group stage with Trabzonspor, the league runners-up, who had lost in the Champions League third qualifying round and were participating in the Europa League play-off round at that time.[12]
Round and draw dates
All draws held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland unless stated otherwise.[6]
Phase | Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
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Qualifying | First qualifying round | 20 June 2011 | 28 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 Allianz Arena, Munich |
Qualifying rounds
In the qualifying rounds and the play-off round, teams were divided into seeded and unseeded teams based on their 2011
. 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.[15] The first legs were played on 28 June, and the second legs were played on 5 and 6 July 2011.
Team 1 | Agg.
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Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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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.
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Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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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 | 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 Chișinău | 3–0 | 0–2 |
Dinamo Zagreb | 3–0 | Neftchi Baku
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3–0 | 0–0 |
Pyunik | 1–9 | Viktoria Plzeň | 0–4 | 1–5 |
Partizan | 5–0 | Shkëndija | 4–0 | 1–0 |
Valletta | 2–4 | Ekranas | 2–3 | 0–1 |
Malmö | 3–1 | HB Tórshavn | 2–0 | 1–1 |
Shamrock Rovers | 1–0 | Flora Tallinn
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1–0 | 0–0 |
Rosenborg | 5–2 | Breiðablik | 5–0 | 0–2 |
Bangor City | 0–13[B] | HJK
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0–3 | 0–10 |
Skonto | 0–3 | Wisła Kraków | 0–1 | 0–2 |
Linfield | 1–3 | BATE Borisov | 1–1 | 0–2 |
- Notes
- ^ Order of legs reversed after original draw.
Third qualifying round
The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 15 July 2011.[16] 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.
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Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Litex Lovech | 2–5 | Wisła Kraków | 1–2 | 1–3 |
Maccabi Haifa | 3–2 | Maribor | 2–1 | 1–1 |
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 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
Team 1 | Agg.
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Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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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.[17] 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.
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Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Wisła Kraków | 2–3 | APOEL | 1–0 | 1–3 |
Maccabi Haifa | 3–3 (1–4 p) | Genk | 2–1 | a.e.t. )
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Dinamo Zagreb | 4–3 | Malmö | 4–1 | 0–2 |
Copenhagen | 2–5 | Viktoria Plzeň | 1–3 | 1–2 |
BATE Borisov | 3–1 | Sturm Graz | 1–1 | 2–0 |
Team 1 | Agg.
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Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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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 |