2010–11 UEFA Champions League
| Tournament details | |
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| Dates | 29 June 2010–28 May 2011 |
| Teams | 76 (from 52 associations) |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 114 |
| Goals scored | 325 (2.85 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Lionel Messi (9 goals) |
← 2009–10 2011–12 → | |
The 2010–11 UEFA Champions League is the 56th season of Europe's premier club football tournament and the 19th under the current UEFA Champions League format. The final will be held at Wembley Stadium in London on 28 May 2011.[1] Internazionale were the defending champions, but were eliminated by Schalke 04 in the quarter-finals. The winner earns a berth to the 2011 UEFA Super Cup and the 2011 FIFA Club World Cup.
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). Associations 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)
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 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.
(P-1st indicates end-of-season play-off winners)
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 coefficients and then divided into pots as required.[6][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, based on their club coefficients. 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. Prior to these draws, UEFA may form "groups" in accordance with the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee, but they are purely for convenience of the draw and do not resemble any real groupings in the sense of the competition, while ensuring that teams from the same association not drawn against each other.
In the draw for the group stage, the 32 teams are split into four pots of eight teams, based on their club coefficients, with the title holder automatically placed into Pot 1. Each group contains one team from each pot, but teams from the same association cannot be drawn into the same group. The draw is 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 alternate between playing on Tuesdays and Wednesdays for each matchday.
In the draw for the first knockout stage, the eight group winners are seeded, and the eight 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
In the qualifying and play-off rounds, teams play 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,[7][8] 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.[9][10]
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 (29 June – FC Santa Coloma vs. Birkirkara) of the entire competition was cancelled due to the pitch being declared unfit.[11]
| 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.[12]
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. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Liepājas Metalurgs 
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0–5 |  Sparta Prague
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0–3 | 0–2 |
Aktobe 
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3–1 |  Olimpi Rustavi
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2–0 | 1–1 |
Levadia 
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3–4 |  Debrecen
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1–1 | 2–3 |
Partizan 
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4–1 |  Pyunik
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3–1 | 1–0 |
Inter Baku 
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1–1 (8–9 p) |  Lech Poznań
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0–1 | 1–0 (aet) |
Dinamo Zagreb 
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5–4 |  Koper
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5–1 | 0–3 |
Litex Lovech 
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5–0 | Rudar Pljevlja
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1–0 | 4–0 |
| Birkirkara
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1–3 |  Žilina
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1–0 | 0–3 |
Sheriff Tiraspol 
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3–2 |  Dinamo Tirana
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3–1 | 0–1 |
Hapoel Tel Aviv 
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6–0 |  Željezničar
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5–0 | 1–0 |
Omonia 
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5–0 |  Renova
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3–0 | 2–0 |
Red Bull Salzburg 
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5–1 |  HB Tórshavn
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5–0 | 0–1 |
Bohemians 
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1–4 |  The New Saints
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1–0 | 0–4 |
BATE 
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6–1 |  FH
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5–1 | 1–0 |
AIK 
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1–0 |  Jeunesse Esch
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1–0 | 0–0 |
Linfield 
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0–2 |  Rosenborg
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0–0 | 0–2 |
Ekranas 
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1–2 |  HJK Helsinki
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1–0 | 0–2 (aet) |
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. 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. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | |
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| Sparta Prague
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2–0 | Lech Poznań
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1–0 | 1–0 | |
| Aktobe
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2–3 | Hapoel Tel Aviv
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1–0 | 1–3 | |
| Sheriff Tiraspol
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2–2 (6–5 p) | Dinamo Zagreb
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1–1 | 1–1 (aet) | |
| Litex Lovech
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2–4 | Žilina
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1–1 | 1–3 | |
| Debrecen
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1–5 |  Basel
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0–2 | 1–3 | |
| AIK
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0–4 | Rosenborg
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0–1 | 0–3 | |
| Partizan
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5–1 | HJK Helsinki
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3–0 | 2–1 | |
| BATE
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2–3 |  Copenhagen
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0–0 | 2–3 | |
| The New Saints
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1–6 |  Anderlecht
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1–3 | 0–3 | |
| Omonia
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2–5 | Red Bull Salzburg
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1–1 | 1–4 | |
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Ajax 
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4–4 (a) |  PAOK
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1–1 | 3–3 | |
Dynamo Kyiv 
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6–1 | Gent
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3–0 | 3–1 | |
| Young Boys
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3–2 |  Fenerbahçe
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2–2 | 1–0 | |
Braga 
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4–2 |  Celtic
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3–0 | 1–2 | |
Unirea Urziceni 
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0–1 |  Zenit St. Petersburg
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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.[13][14] The play-off round was 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. 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.[15]
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | |
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| Red Bull Salzburg
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3–4 | Hapoel Tel Aviv
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2–3 | 1–1 | |
| Rosenborg
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2–2 (a) | Copenhagen
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2–1 | 0–1 | |
| Basel
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4–0 | Sheriff Tiraspol
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1–0 | 3–0 | |
| Sparta Prague
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0–3 | Žilina
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0–2 | 0–1 | |
| Partizan
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4–4 (3–2 p) | Anderlecht
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2–2 | 2–2 (aet) | |
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| Young Boys
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3–6 |  Tottenham Hotspur
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3–2 | 0–4 | |
| Braga
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5–3 |  Sevilla
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1–0 | 4–3 | |
Werder Bremen 
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5–4 |  Sampdoria
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3–1 | 2–3 (aet) | |
| Zenit St. Petersburg
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1–2 |  Auxerre
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1–0 | 0–2 | |
| Dynamo Kyiv
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2–3 | Ajax
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1–1 | 1–2 | |
Group stage
The 32 clubs were drawn into eight groups of four on 26 August 2010 in Monaco.[16] In each group, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round robin format. The matchdays are 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 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.
If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings (in descending order):[3]
- higher number of points obtained in the group matches played among the teams in question;
- superior goal difference from the group matches played among the teams in question;
- higher number of goals scored away from home in the group matches played among the teams in question;
- superior goal difference from all group matches played;
- higher number of goals scored;
- 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 made their debut in the group stage. All but Tottenham Hotspur, Twente and Braga came last in their respective groups, Twente and Braga came third in their respective groups and will continue to play in the knockout stages of the Europa League, while Tottenham Hotspur came first in their group and will continue to play in the knockout stages of the tournament.
| Key to colours in group tables |
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| Group winners and runners-up advance to the round of 16 |
| Third-placed teams enter the UEFA Europa League at the round of 32 |
Group A
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Group B
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Group C
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Group D
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Group E
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Group F
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Group G
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Group H
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Knockout phase
In the knockout phase, teams play against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis, except for the one-match final.
The draw for the round of 16 was held on 17 December 2010.[17] The draws for the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final (to determine the "home" team) was held on 18 March 2011.[18]
Bracket
Round of 16
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 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Roma
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2–6 | Shakhtar Donetsk
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2–3 | 0–3 |
| Milan
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0–1 | Tottenham Hotspur
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0–1 | 0–0 |
| Valencia
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2–4 | Schalke 04
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1–1 | 1–3 |
| Internazionale
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3–3 (a) | Bayern Munich
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0–1 | 3–2 |
| Lyon
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1–4 | Real Madrid
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1–1 | 0–3 |
| Arsenal
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3–4 | Barcelona
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2–1 | 1–3 |
| Marseille
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1–2 | Manchester United
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0–0 | 1–2 |
| Copenhagen
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0–2 | Chelsea
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0–2 | 0–0 |
Quarter-finals
The first legs were played on 5 and 6 April, and the second legs were played on 12 and 13 April 2011.
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Real Madrid
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5–0 | Tottenham Hotspur
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4–0 | 1–0 |
| Chelsea
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1–3 | Manchester United
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0–1 | 1–2 |
| Barcelona
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6–1 | Shakhtar Donetsk
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5–1 | 1–0 |
| Internazionale
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3–7 | Schalke 04
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2–5 | 1–2 |
Semi-finals
The first legs will be played on 26 and 27 April, and the second legs will be played on 3 and 4 May 2011.
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Schalke 04
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Manchester United
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0–2 | 4 May | |
| Real Madrid
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Barcelona
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27 April | 3 May |
Final
The 2011 UEFA Champions League Final will be played on 28 May 2011 at Wembley Stadium in London, England.
| Winner of semi-final 2 | v | Winner of semi-final 1 |
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Top goalscorers
The top scorers from the 2010–11 UEFA Champions League (excluding qualifying rounds and play-off round) are as follows:
| Rank[19] | Name | Team | Goals | Appearances | Minutes played |
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| 1 |  Lionel Messi
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Barcelona
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9 | 10 | 777 |
| 2 | Mario Gómez
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Bayern Munich
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8 | 8 | 607 |
 Samuel Eto'o
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Internazionale
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8 | 10 | 900 | |
| 4 | Nicolas Anelka
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Chelsea
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7 | 9 | 584 |
| 5 | Karim Benzema
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Real Madrid
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6 | 8 | 372 |
| Roberto Soldado
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Valencia
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6 | 7 | 416 | |
| Cristiano Ronaldo
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Real Madrid
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6 | 10 | 841 | |
| 8 | Raúl González
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Schalke 04
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5 | 10 | 897 |
| 9 | Eduardo
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Shakhtar Donetsk
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4 | 8 | 253 |
 Javier Hernández
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Manchester United
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4 | 7 | 387 | |
| Marco Borriello
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Roma
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4 | 8 | 518 | |
| Peter Crouch
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Tottenham Hotspur
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4 | 8 | 581 | |
| Gareth Bale
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Tottenham Hotspur
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4 | 7 | 645 | |
 Jefferson Farfán
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Schalke 04
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4 | 8 | 651 | |
| Zlatan Ibrahimović
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Milan
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4 | 8 | 652 | |
 Luiz Adriano
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Shakhtar Donetsk
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4 | 10 | 811 |
- Players in bold are still active in the competition.
See also
References
- ^ Wembley to host 2011 Euro final BBC Sport, 29 January 2009
- ^ UEFA Country Ranking 2009 Bert Kassies' Site
- ^ a b c 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
- ^ http://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/PressRelease/uefaorg/MediaReleases/01/49/85/12/1498512_DOWNLOAD.pdf
- ^ Draws kick off race to London
- ^ http://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/PressRelease/uefaorg/MediaReleases/01/50/41/87/1504187_DOWNLOAD.pdf
- ^ Debutants Braga handed Celtic test
- ^ UEFA cancels B'Kara match because pitch unfit
- ^ "Santa Coloma ordered to forfeit cancelled match". uefa.com. UEFA. 2010-07-01. Retrieved 2010-07-01.
- ^ http://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/PressRelease/uefaorg/MediaReleases/01/50/85/27/1508527_DOWNLOAD.pdf
- ^ Derbies add spice to play-off draw
- ^ UEFA welcomes IFAB referee trial decision
- ^ Newcomers stand in Inter's path
- ^ Holders Inter face Bayern in final rematch
- ^ Champions League quarter-final draw
- ^ "Goals scored". UEFA. 15 September 2010. Retrieved 15 September 2010.
External links
- UEFA Champions League (official website)
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