2010–11 UEFA Champions League
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| Dates | 29 June 2010–28 May 2011 |
| Teams | 76 |
← 2009–10 2011–12 → | |
The 2010–11 UEFA Champions League is the 56th edition of the European Club Championship football tournament and the second edition under the latest qualifying format. The venue for the final will be Wembley Stadium in London, England.[1]
Internazionale are the defending champions.
Association team allocation
A total of 76 teams will participate in the 2010–11 Champions League, from 52 UEFA associations (Liechtenstein organizes no domestic league competition). Countries are allocated places according to their 2009 UEFA league coefficient, which takes 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 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)
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 defending champion spot in the group stage was vacated. To compensate:
- The champion of association 13 (Scotland) were promoted from the third qualifying round to the group stage.
- The champion 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.
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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. (PAOK qualified for the Champions League by winning the Greek end-of-season play-offs)
Matches
All Time from each country - except during the final individual
| FC Santa Coloma File:Santa-Coloma1.png | 0 – 3 Match forfeited |  Birkirkara F.C. |
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| SP Tre Fiori File:SP Tre Fiori logo.png | 0 – 3 (HT : 0 – 2) |  FK Rudar Pljevlja |
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| Report | Nermin Useni  31'Nedeljko Vlahović 40'Ivica Jovanović |
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 are all seeded based on the 2010 UEFA club coefficients.[5] The coefficients are 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 are ordered by their coefficient and then divided into pots as required.[6] For all of the stages before the quarter-finals, teams from the same association cannot be drawn against each other.[3]
In the draws for the qualifying rounds and the play-off round, the teams are divided evenly into one seeded and one unseeded pot. The highest-ranked teams are put into the seeded pot and the lowest-ranked teams are put into the unseeded pot. A seeded team will be 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 take place before the results of the previous round are known. The seeding in each draw is carried out under the assumption that all of the highest-ranked clubs of the previous round are victorious. If a lower-ranked club is victorious, it simply takes 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 are kept separated.
In the draw for the group stage, the 32 teams are split into 4 pots of 8 teams. The title holder and the 7 highest-ranked teams are put in Pot 1, the next 8 highest-ranked teams are put in Pot 2, the next 8 teams are put in Pot 3, and the next 8 in Pot 4. The teams are then drawn into 8 groups (labelled A-H) of 4 teams. The draw is controlled in order to split teams of the same national association evenly between Groups A-D and Groups E-H, which play on different matchdays.
In the draw for the first knockout stage, the 8 group winners are seeded, and the 8 group runners-up are unseeded. A seeded team will be drawn against an unseeded team, with the seeded team hosting the second leg. Teams from the same group or the same association cannot be drawn against each other.
In the draws for the quarter-finals onwards, there are no seedings, and teams from the same group or the same association may be drawn with each other.
Qualifying rounds
There will be two separate qualifying tournaments: one will be for the champion clubs that did not automatically qualify for the group stage, while the other will be for teams that did not win their domestic league and did not automatically qualify for the group stage. The draws for the first two qualifying rounds were held on 21 June 2010 in Nyon, Switzerland.[7]
First qualifying round
The first legs were planned to be played on 29 June and 30 June, and the second legs will be played on 6 July and 7 July 2010. However, the first match (29 June - FC Santa Coloma vs. Birkirkara) of the entire competition was cancelled due to the pitch being declared unfit.[8]
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Tre Fiori 
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1–7 |  Rudar Pljevlja
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0–3 | 1–4 |
FC Santa Coloma 
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3–7 | Birkirkara
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0–31 | 3–4 |
- Notes
- Note 1: 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.[9]
Second qualifying round
The first legs will be played on 13 July and 14 July, and the second legs will be played on 20 July and 21 July 2010.
Third qualifying round
The third qualifying round will be split into two separate sections: one for champions and one for non-champions. The losing teams in both sections will enter the play-off round of the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League.
Champions
20 clubs will play in the third qualifying round for champions: the 17 winners from the second qualifying round, and 3 clubs which will enter in this round. The seedings are as follows:
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Unseeded teams
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Non-champions
10 clubs will enter in the third qualifying round for non-champions. The seedings are as follows:
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Unseeded teams
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Play-off round
The play-off round will be split into two separate sections: one for champions and one for non-champions. The losing teams in both sections will enter the group stage of the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League.
Champions
The 10 winners from the third qualifying round for champions will play in the play-off round for champions.
Non-champions
10 clubs will play in the play-off round for non-champions: the 5 winners from the third qualifying round for non-champions, and the following 5 clubs which will enter in this round:
Group stage
32 clubs will play in the group stage: the 10 winners from the play-off round (5 champions and 5 non-champions), and the following 22 clubs which will enter in this stage:
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The 32 clubs will be drawn into eight groups of four. The group winners and runners-up will advance to the round of 16, while the third-placed teams will enter the round of 32 of the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League.
See also
References
- ^ Wembley to host 2011 Euro final BBC Sport, 29 January 2009
- ^ UEFA Country Ranking 2009 Bert Kassies' Site
- ^ a b Regulations of the UEFA Champions League 2010/11
- ^ 2010/11 draw and match calendar
- ^ UEFA Team Ranking 2010 Bert Kassies
- ^ Seeding in the 2010–11 Champions League Bert Kassies
- ^ Balls racked up for first draw
- ^ [1]
- ^ "Santa Coloma ordered to forfeit cancelled match". uefa.com. UEFA. 2010-07-01. Retrieved 2010-07-01.
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