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2010–11 UEFA Champions League
56th season of the UEFA club football tournament

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, 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.

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Association team allocation

A total of 76 teams participated in the 2010–11 Champions League, from 52 UEFA associations (Liechtenstein organised no domestic league competition). Associations were allocated places according to their 2009 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

RankAssociationCoeff.Teams
1 England79.4994
2 Spain74.266
3 Italy62.910
4 Germany56.6953
5 France50.168
6 Russia47.625
7 Ukraine41.8502
8 Netherlands39.130
9 Romania38.908
10 Portugal36.462
11 Turkey32.225
12 Greece28.165
13 Scotland27.875
14 Belgium25.325
15 Switzerland25.250
16 Denmark24.4501
17 Bulgaria21.250
18 Czech Republic20.750
RankAssociationCoeff.Teams
19 Norway18.8001
20 Austria17.825
21 Serbia15.250
22 Israel15.250
23 Cyprus15.082
24 Sweden14.691
25 Slovakia14.665
26 Poland12.916
27 Croatia12.332
28 Finland9.790
29 Lithuania9.666
30 Republic of Ireland9.499
31 Latvia9.164
32 Slovenia9.082
33 Belarus8.666
34 Bosnia and Herzegovina8.665
35 Hungary8.166
36 Iceland6.665
RankAssociationCoeff.Teams
37 Moldova6.6651
38 Georgia6.664
39 Liechtenstein5.5000
40 Macedonia5.1651
41 Azerbaijan4.498
42 Estonia4.332
43 Albania3.999
44 Kazakhstan3.249
45 Armenia2.999
46 Wales2.331
47 Northern Ireland2.165
48 Faroe Islands2.165
49 Luxembourg1.332
50 Montenegro1.000
51 Andorra0.500
52 Malta0.499
53 San Marino0.250

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 roundTeams 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 roundChampions (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 roundChampions (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

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:5

  • TH: Champions League title holders
  • 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th: League positions of the previous season
Group stage
Internazionale (1st)TH Valencia (3rd) Lyon (2nd) CFR Cluj (1st)
Chelsea (1st) Roma (2nd) Rubin Kazan (1st) Benfica (1st)
Manchester United (2nd) Milan (3rd) Spartak Moscow (2nd) Bursaspor (1st)
Arsenal (3rd) Bayern Munich (1st) Shakhtar Donetsk (1st) Panathinaikos (1st)
Barcelona (1st) Schalke 04 (2nd) Twente (1st) Rangers (1st)
Real Madrid (2nd) Marseille (1st)
Play-off round
ChampionsNon-champions
Tottenham Hotspur (4th) Sampdoria (4th) Auxerre (3rd)
Sevilla (4th) Werder Bremen (3rd)
Third qualifying round
ChampionsNon-champions
Anderlecht (1st) Zenit Saint Petersburg (3rd) Braga (2nd) Celtic (2nd)
Basel (1st) Dynamo Kyiv (2nd) Fenerbahçe (2nd) Gent (2nd)
Copenhagen (1st) Ajax (2nd) PAOK (2nd) Young Boys (2nd)
Unirea Urziceni (2nd)
Second qualifying round
Litex Lovech (1st) Žilina (1st) BATE Borisov (1st) Levadia Tallinn (1st)
Sparta Prague (1st) Lech Poznań (1st) Željezničar (1st) Dinamo Tirana (1st)
Rosenborg (1st) Dinamo Zagreb (1st) Debrecen (1st) Aktobe (1st)
Red Bull Salzburg (1st) HJK (1st) FH (1st) Pyunik (1st)
Partizan (1st) Ekranas (1st) Sheriff Tiraspol (1st) The New Saints (1st)
Hapoel Tel Aviv (1st) Bohemians (1st) Olimpi Rustavi (1st) Linfield (1st)
Omonia (1st) Liepājas Metalurgs (1st) Renova (1st) HB (1st)
AIK (1st) Koper (1st) Inter Baku (1st) Jeunesse Esch (1st)
First qualifying round
Rudar Pljevlja (1st) FC Santa Coloma (1st) Birkirkara (1st) Tre Fiori (1st)

Round and draw dates

All draws held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland unless stated otherwise.6

PhaseRoundDraw dateFirst legSecond leg
QualifyingFirst qualifying round21 June 201029–30 June 20106–7 July 2010
Second qualifying round13–14 July 201020–21 July 2010
Third qualifying round16 July 201027–28 July 20103–4 August 2010
Play-offPlay-off round6 August 201017–18 August 201024–25 August 2010
Group stageMatchday 126 August 2010(Monaco)14–15 September 2010
Matchday 228–29 September 2010
Matchday 319–20 October 2010
Matchday 42–3 November 2010
Matchday 523–24 November 2010
Matchday 67–8 December 2010
Knockout phaseRound of 1617 December 201015–16 & 22–23 February 20118–9 & 15–16 March 2011
Quarter-finals18 March 20115–6 April 201112–13 April 2011
Semi-finals26–27 April 20113–4 May 2011
Final28 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.7 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.89

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

Main article: 2010–11 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase

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,1011 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.1213

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.14

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Tre Fiori 1–7 Rudar Pljevlja0–31–4
FC Santa Coloma 3–7 Birkirkara0–3153–4
Notes:

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 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Liepājas Metalurgs 0–5 Sparta Prague0–30–2
Aktobe 3–1 Olimpi Rustavi2–01–1
Levadia Tallinn 3–4 Debrecen1–12–3
Partizan 4–1 Pyunik3–11–0
Inter Baku 1–1 (8–9 p) Lech Poznań0–11–0 (a.e.t.)
Dinamo Zagreb 5–4 Koper5–10–3
Litex Lovech 5–0 Rudar Pljevlja1–04–0
Birkirkara 1–3 Žilina1–00–3
Sheriff Tiraspol 3–2 Dinamo Tirana3–10–1
Hapoel Tel Aviv 6–0 Željezničar5–01–0
Omonia 5–0 Renova3–02–0
Red Bull Salzburg 5–1 HB5–00–1
Bohemians 1–4 The New Saints1–00–4
BATE Borisov 6–1 FH5–11–0
AIK 1–0 Jeunesse Esch1–00–0
Linfield 0–2 Rosenborg0–00–2
Ekranas 1–2 HJK1–00–2 (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 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Champions Path
Sparta Prague 2–0 Lech Poznań1–01–0
Aktobe 2–3 Hapoel Tel Aviv1–01–3
Sheriff Tiraspol 2–2 (6–5 p) Dinamo Zagreb1–11–1 (a.e.t.)
Litex Lovech 2–4 Žilina1–11–3
Debrecen 1–5 Basel0–21–3
AIK 0–4 Rosenborg0–10–3
Partizan 5–1 HJK3–02–1
BATE Borisov 2–3 Copenhagen0–02–3
The New Saints 1–6 Anderlecht1–30–3
Omonia 2–5 Red Bull Salzburg1–11–4
Non-Champions Path
Ajax 4–4 (a) PAOK1–13–3
Dynamo Kyiv 6–1 Gent3–03–1
Young Boys 3–2 Fenerbahçe2–21–0
Braga 4–2 Celtic3–01–2
Unirea Urziceni 0–1 Zenit Saint Petersburg0–00–1

Play-off round

Main article: 2010–11 UEFA Champions League 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.1617 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.18

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Champions Path
Red Bull Salzburg 3–4 Hapoel Tel Aviv2–31–1
Rosenborg 2–2 (a) Copenhagen2–10–1
Basel 4–0 Sheriff Tiraspol1–03–0
Sparta Prague 0–3 Žilina0–20–1
Partizan 4–4 (3–2 p) Anderlecht2–22–2 (a.e.t.)
Non-Champions Path
Young Boys 3–6 Tottenham Hotspur3–20–4
Braga 5–3 Sevilla1–04–3
Werder Bremen 5–4 Sampdoria3–12–3 (a.e.t.)
Zenit Saint Petersburg 1–2 Auxerre1–00–2
Dynamo Kyiv 2–3 Ajax1–11–2

Group stage

Main article: 2010–11 UEFA Champions League group stage

The 32 clubs were drawn into eight groups of four on 26 August 2010 in Monaco.19 In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The matchdays were 14–15 September, 28–29 September, 19–20 October, 2–3 November, 23–24 November, and 7–8 December 2010. The group winners and runners-up advanced to the round of 16, while the third-placed teams entered the round of 32 of the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League.

If two or more teams were equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria were applied to determine the rankings (in descending order):20

  1. higher number of points obtained in the group matches played among the teams in question;
  2. superior goal difference from the group matches played among the teams in question;
  3. higher number of goals scored away from home in the group matches played among the teams in question;
  4. superior goal difference from all group matches played;
  5. higher number of goals scored;
  6. higher number of coefficient points accumulated by the club in question, as well as its association, over the previous five seasons.

Bursaspor, Hapoel Tel Aviv, Braga, Tottenham Hotspur, Twente and Žilina all made their debuts in the group stage.21

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification TOT INT TWE BRM
1 Tottenham Hotspur63211811+711Advance to knockout phase3–14–13–0
2 Internazionale63121211+1104–31–04–0
3 Twente6132911−26Transfer to Europa League3–32–21–1
4 Werder Bremen6123612−652–23–00–2
Source: Soccerway

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification SCH LYO BEN HTA
1 Schalke 046411103+713Advance to knockout phase3–02–03–1
2 Lyon63121110+1101–02–02–2
3 Benfica6204712−56Transfer to Europa League1–24–32–0
4 Hapoel Tel Aviv6123710−350–01–33–0
Source: Soccerway

Group C

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification MUN VAL RAN BUR
1 Manchester United642071+614Advance to knockout phase1–10–01–0
2 Valencia6321154+11110–13–06–1
3 Rangers613236−36Transfer to Europa League0–11–11–0
4 Bursaspor6015216−1410–30–41–1
Source: Soccerway

Group D

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification BAR CPH RUB PAN
1 Barcelona6420143+1114Advance to knockout phase2–02–05–1
2 Copenhagen631275+2101–11–03–1
3 Rubin Kazan613224−26Transfer to Europa League1–11–00–0
4 Panathinaikos6024213−1120–30–20–0
Source: Soccerway

Group E

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification BAY ROM BSL CLJ
1 Bayern Munich6501166+1015Advance to knockout phase2–03–03–2
2 Roma63121011−1103–21–32–1
3 Basel6204811−36Transfer to Europa League1–22–31–0
4 CFR Cluj6114612−640–41–12–1
Source: Soccerway

Group F

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification CHE MAR SPM ZIL
1 Chelsea6501144+1015Advance to knockout phase2–04–12–1
2 Marseille6402123+9121–00–11–0
3 Spartak Moscow6303710−39Transfer to Europa League0–20–33–0
4 Žilina6006319−1601–40–71–2
Source: Soccerway

Group G

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification RMA MIL AJX AUX
1 Real Madrid6510152+1316Advance to knockout phase2–02–04–0
2 Milan622277082–20–22–0
3 Ajax6213610−47Transfer to Europa League0–41–12–1
4 Auxerre6105312−930–10–22–1
Source: Soccerway

Group H

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification SHK ARS BRA PTZ
1 Shakhtar Donetsk6501126+615Advance to knockout phase2–12–01–0
2 Arsenal6402187+11125–16–03–1
3 Braga6303511−69Transfer to Europa League0–32–02–0
4 Partizan6006213−1100–31–30–1
Source: Soccerway

Knockout phase

Main article: 2010–11 UEFA Champions League knockout phase

In the knockout phase, teams played against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis, except for the one-match final.

Bracket

Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
Lyon101
Real Madrid134
Real Madrid415
Tottenham Hotspur000
Milan000
Tottenham Hotspur101
Real Madrid011
Barcelona213
Arsenal213
Barcelona134
Barcelona516
Shakhtar Donetsk101
Roma202
28 May – London
Shakhtar Donetsk336
Barcelona3
Manchester United1
Internazionale (a)033
Bayern Munich123
Internazionale213
Schalke 04527
Valencia112
Schalke 04134
Schalke 04011
Manchester United246
Copenhagen000
Chelsea202
Chelsea011
Manchester United123
Marseille011
Manchester United022

Round of 16

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 17 December 2010.22 The first legs of the round of 16 were played on 15, 16, 22 and 23 February, and the second legs were played on 8, 9, 15 and 16 March 2011.

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Roma 2–6 Shakhtar Donetsk2–30–3
Milan 0–1 Tottenham Hotspur0–10–0
Valencia 2–4 Schalke 041–11–3
Internazionale 3–3 (a) Bayern Munich0–13–2
Lyon 1–4 Real Madrid1–10–3
Arsenal 3–4 Barcelona2–11–3
Marseille 1–2 Manchester United0–01–2
Copenhagen 0–2 Chelsea0–20–0

Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 18 March 2011.23 The first legs were played on 5 and 6 April, and the second legs were played on 12 and 13 April 2011.

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Real Madrid 5–0 Tottenham Hotspur4–01–0
Chelsea 1–3 Manchester United0–11–2
Barcelona 6–1 Shakhtar Donetsk5–11–0
Internazionale 3–7 Schalke 042–51–2

Semi-finals

The draw for the semi-finals was held on 18 March 2011, after the quarter-final draw.24 The first legs were played on 26 and 27 April, and the second legs were played on 3 and 4 May 2011.

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Schalke 04 1–6 Manchester United0–21–4
Real Madrid 1–3 Barcelona0–21–1

Final

Main article: 2011 UEFA Champions League final

The 2011 UEFA Champions League Final was played on 28 May 2011 at Wembley Stadium in London, England. A draw was held on 18 March 2011, after the quarter-final and semi-final draws, to determine the "home" team for administrative purposes.25

28 May 2011 (2011-05-28)19:45 UTC+1
Barcelona 3–1 Manchester United
Report
Wembley Stadium, LondonAttendance: 87,69526Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

Statistics

Statistics exclude qualifying rounds and play-off round.

Top goalscorers

Rank2728PlayerTeamGoalsMinutes played
1 Lionel Messi Barcelona121,098
2 Mario Gómez Bayern Munich8634
Samuel Eto'o Internazionale937
4 Nicolas Anelka Chelsea7600
5 Karim Benzema Real Madrid6398
Roberto Soldado Valencia438
Cristiano Ronaldo Real Madrid1,067
8 Pedro Barcelona5812
Raúl Schalke 041,130
10 Eduardo Shakhtar Donetsk4279
Marco Borriello Roma554
Javier Hernández Manchester United582
Peter Crouch Tottenham Hotspur604
Zlatan Ibrahimović Milan689
Gareth Bale Tottenham Hotspur770
Luiz Adriano Shakhtar Donetsk833
Wayne Rooney Manchester United839
Jefferson Farfán Schalke 04847
David Villa Barcelona954

Prize money

Just for being in the group stage, each club received €3.9 million (compared with €3.8 million last season 2009–2010), followed by €550,000 for each group match they played, or €3.3 million for the whole group stage, giving them each a total of €7.2 million in participation bonuses. In addition, each club had the possibility of netting up to €4.8m in group stage performance bonuses (€800,000 for a win; €400,000 for a draw). Real Madrid CF took the most from this pot, with a near-maximum €4.4 million. A place in the round of 16 was worth €3 million, in the quarter-finals €3.3 million and in the semi-finals €4.2 million. The overall winners, FC Barcelona, received an additional €9 million, bringing their total bonuses to €30.7 million (out of a maximum €31.5 million). Manchester United FC, the runners-up, received a final match bonus of €5.6 million.29 The second payments category, the market pool, depends primarily on the value of the clubs' domestic markets. If an association is represented by more than one club, however, the clubs' shares are calculated, first, on the basis of their position in the previous season's domestic championship and, second, on the basis of the number of matches they play in the competition (group stage onwards). With €27.023m, Chelsea FC received the largest market pool share of all the clubs in the 2010/11 UEFA Champions League. In addition, the clubs all keep their own gate receipts.30

See also

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