2011–12 UEFA Champions League

European football tournament September 2021 UEFA Champions League 2011–12 Allianz-Arena-München.jpg 275px The Allianz Arena in Munich hosted the final Qualifying:28 June – 24 August 2011Competition proper:13 September 2011 – 19 May 2012 Competition proper: 32Total: 76 52 ENG Chelsea 1 GER Bayern Munich 125 345 Lionel Messi (Barcelona)14 goals 2010–11 2012–13 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.UEFA welcomes IFAB referee trial decision https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/0252-0ce1fa43099d-a7161bbf372c-1000/ UEFA The final was held at the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany.UEFA announces 2011 and 2012 final venues http://www.unian.net/eng/news/news-297963.html UEFA UNIAN 28 April 2010 28 April 2010 Chelsea's caretaker manager Roberto Di Matteo led the club to win their first Champions League title after beating Bayern Munich 4–3 on penalties in the final.https://www.theguardian.com/football/2012/may/19/bayern-munich-chelsea-champions-league-final Chelsea win Champions League on penalties over Bayern Munich The Guardian Daniel Taylor 19 May 2012 19 December 2018 As tenants of the Allianz Arena (known as Fußball Arena München for the final), Bayern were the first finalists to have home advantage since 1984. By winning the tournament, Chelsea earned a berth at the 2012 FIFA Club World Cup and 2012 UEFA Super Cup. Barcelona were the defending champions, but were eliminated by the eventual winners Chelsea in the semi-finals. Association team allocation A total of 76 teams participated in the 2011–12 Champions League from 52 UEFA associations (Liechtenstein organises no domestic league competition). Associations are allocated places according to their 2010 UEFA country coefficients, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 2005–06 to 2009–10.https://kassiesa.net/uefa/data/method4/crank2010.html UEFA Country Ranking 2010 Bert Kassies Below is the qualification scheme for the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League:https://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/Regulations/competitions/Regulations/01/63/02/44/1630244_DOWNLOAD.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20110616163203/http://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/Regulations/competitions/Regulations/01/63/02/44/1630244_DOWNLOAD.pdf dead 16 June 2011 Regulations of the UEFA Champions League 2011/12 UEFA Nyon 1 June 2011 March 2011 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 RankAssociationCoeff.Teams 1 ENG 81.856 4 2 ESP 79.757 3 ITA 64.338 4 GER 64.207 3 5 FRA 1974 53.740 6 RUS 43.791 7 UKR 39.550 2 8 ROU 39.491 9 POR 38.296 10 NED 36.546 11 TUR 34.450 12 GRE 29.899 13 SUI 28.375 14 BEL 27.900 15 DEN 27.350 16 SCO 25.791 1 17 BUL 22.000 18 CZE 21.975RankAssociationCoeff.Teams 19 AUT 19.575 1 20 ISR 18.875 21 CYP 17.999 22 NOR 17.400 23 SVK 15.832 24 SWE 14.191 25 SRB 14.000 26 POL 12.541 27 CRO 12.332 28 BLR 1995 11.541 29 IRL 9.541 30 FIN 9.499 31 BIH 8.749 32 LTU 8.416 33 LVA 8.248 34 MDA 7.290 35 SVN 6.957 36 HUN 6.750RankAssociationCoeff.Teams 37 GEO 5.748 1 38 AZE 5.498 39 ISL 5.415 40 MKD Macedonia 5.332 41 LIE 4.500 0 42 KAZ 4.499 1 43 EST 4.374 44 ALB 3.999 45 ARM 2.999 46 WAL 2.581 47 MNE 2.125 48 FRO 1.832 49 NIR 1.624 50 LUX 1.249 51 AND 1.000 52 MLT 0.916 53 SMR 1862 0.750 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:https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/01f1-0e7845105196-595a1c108040-1000--2011-12-uefa-champions-league-access-list/ 2011/12 UEFA Champions League access list and calendar UEFA 24 August 2011 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. Teams entering in this roundTeams advancing from previous roundFirst qualifying round(4 teams)4 champions from associations 50–53Second qualifying round(34 teams)32 champions from associations 17–49 (except Liechtenstein)2 winners from the first qualifying roundThird qualifying roundChampions Route(20 teams)3 champions from associations 14–1617 winners from the second qualifying roundLeague Route(10 teams)9 runners-up from associations 7–15 1 third-placed team from association 6Play-off roundChampions Route(10 teams)10 winners from the third qualifying round Champions RouteLeague Route(10 teams)2 third-placed teams from associations 4 and 5 3 fourth-placed teams from associations 1–35 winners from the third qualifying round League RouteGroup stage(32 teams)13 champions from associations 1–13 6 runners-up from associations 1–6 3 third-placed teams from associations 1–35 winners from the play-off round Champions Route 5 winners from the play-off round League RouteKnockout 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:https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/01f2-0e123b0dd589-2364a609291f-1000--2011-12-list-of-participants/ 2011/12 UEFA Champions League list of participants UEFA 26 August 2011https://kassiesa.net/uefa/qual2011.html Qualification for European Cup Football 2011/2012 Bert Kassies 15 May 2011 https://archive.today/20120529202747/http://www.xs4all.nl/~kassiesa/bert/uefa/qual2011.html 29 May 2012 dead TH: Champions League title holders 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th: League positions of the previous season Group stageESP Barcelona (1st)THITA Milan (1st)FRA 1974 Marseille (2nd)POR Porto (1st)ENG Manchester United (1st)ITA Internazionale (2nd)RUS Zenit Saint Petersburg (1st)NED Ajax (1st)ENG Chelsea (2nd)ITA Napoli (3rd)RUS CSKA Moscow (2nd)TUR Trabzonspor (2nd)Note TURENG Manchester City (3rd)GER Borussia Dortmund (1st)UKR Shakhtar Donetsk (1st)GRE Olympiacos (1st)ESP Real Madrid (2nd)GER Bayer Leverkusen (2nd)ROU Oțelul Galați (1st)SUI Basel (1st)ESP Valencia (3rd)FRA 1974 Lille (1st)Play-off roundChampions RouteLeague RouteENG Arsenal (4th)ITA Udinese (4th)FRA 1974 Lyon (3rd)ESP Villarreal (4th)GER Bayern Munich (3rd)Third qualifying roundChampions RouteLeague RouteBEL Genk (1st)RUS Rubin Kazan (3rd)NED Twente (2nd)SUI Zürich (2nd)DEN Copenhagen (1st)UKR Dynamo Kyiv (2nd)TUR Trabzonspor (2nd)Note TURBEL Standard Liège (2nd)SCO Rangers (1st)ROU Vaslui (3rd)Note ROUGRE Panathinaikos (2nd)DEN Odense (2nd)POR Benfica (2nd)Second qualifying roundBUL Litex Lovech (1st)SRB Partizan (1st)LVA Skonto (1st)KAZ Tobol (1st)CZE Viktoria Plzeň (1st)POL Wisła Kraków (1st)MDA Dacia Chișinău (1st)EST Flora (1st)AUT Sturm Graz (1st)CRO Dinamo Zagreb (1st)SVN Maribor (1st)ALB Skënderbeu (1st)ISR Maccabi Haifa (1st)BLR 1995 BATE Borisov (1st)HUN Videoton (1st)ARM Pyunik (1st)CYP APOEL (1st)IRL Shamrock Rovers (1st)GEO Zestaponi (1st)WAL Bangor City (1st)NOR Rosenborg (1st)FIN HJK (1st)AZE Neftçi (1st)MNE Mogren (1st)SVK Slovan Bratislava (1st)BIH Borac Banja Luka (1st)ISL Breiðablik (1st)FRO HB (1st)SWE Malmö FF (1st)LTU Ekranas (1st)MKD Shkëndija (1st)NIR Linfield (1st)First qualifying roundLUX F91 Dudelange (1st)AND FC Santa Coloma (1st)MLT Valletta (1st)SMR 1862 Tre Fiori (1st) disc Note ROU Romania (ROU): Because Politehnica Timișoara, the 2010–11 Liga I runners-up, were denied a domestic licence for the 2011–12 season, Vaslui, the third-placed team of the league, claimed the Champions League spot in the third qualifying round League Route.Timișoara si Bistrita nu au primit licenta si sunt retrogradate http://www.onlinesport.ro/stiri/fotbal/fotbal-intern/liga-1/poli-timisoara/75710/timisoara-si-bistrita-nu-au-primit-licenta-si-sunt-retrogradate.htm Onlinesport.ro 31 May 2011 https://archive.today/20120529190506/http://www.onlinesport.ro/stiri/fotbal/fotbal-intern/liga-1/poli-timisoara/75710/timisoara-si-bistrita-nu-au-primit-licenta-si-sunt-retrogradate.htm 29 May 2012 dead Note TUR Turkey (TUR): Fenerbahçe, the 2010–11 Süper Lig champions, was banned by the Turkish Football Federation on 24 August 2011 from participating in the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League due to the ongoing investigation into match-fixing.Fenerbahce withdrawn from Europe because of match-fix probe https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/14656932 BBC 24 August 2011 25 August 2011http://www.tff.org/default.aspx?pageID=471&ftxtID=13258 Fenerbahçe is out from UEFA Champions League for this season Turkish Football Federation 24 August 2011 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.http://www.uefa.org/news/newsid=1666823.html Fenerbahçe replaced in UEFA Champions League UEFA 24 August 2011 Round and draw dates All draws held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland unless stated otherwise. Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg Qualifying First qualifying round 20 June 2011 28–29 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 2011–12 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round 2011–12 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase In the qualifying rounds and the play-off round, teams were divided into seeded and unseeded teams based on their 2011 UEFA club coefficients,https://kassiesa.net/uefa/data/method4/trank2011.html UEFA Team Ranking 2011 Bert Kassieshttps://kassiesa.net/uefa/seedcl2011.html Seeding in the Champions League 2011/2012 Bert Kassies 19 May 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110626131151/http://www.xs4all.nl/~kassiesa/bert/uefa/seedcl2011.html 26 June 2011 dead and then drawn into two-legged home-and-away ties. 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.Newcomers Skendija meet Partizan in second round https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/01f2-0e78b96d8a5c-ebe93e5d35c8-1000--newcomers-skendija-meet-partizan-in-second-round/ 24 August 2011 UEFA 20 June 2011 The first legs were played on 28 June, and the second legs were played on 5 and 6 July 2011. Q1 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. HJK's 10–0 win over Bangor City in the second leg broke the record for the largest margin of victory in the current Champions League format. Q2 Third qualifying round The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 15 July 2011.Draw throws up Dynamo-Rubin rematch https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/025a-0ea66958a16c-f05f4d5e6754-1000--draw-throws-up-dynamo-rubin-rematch/ 24 August 2011 UEFA 15 July 2011 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. Q3 Play-off round 2011–12 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round#Play-off round 2011–12 UEFA Champions League play-off round The draw for the play-off round was held on 5 August 2011.Bayern face Zürich, Arsenal draw Udinese https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/01f4-0e791bff653d-606b9f5cff5c-1000--bayern-face-zurich-arsenal-draw-udinese/ 24 August 2011 UEFA 5 August 2011 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. play-off Group stage 2011–12 UEFA Champions League group stage Europe 600 right Location of teams of the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League group stage.8px Brown: Group A; 8px Red: Group B; 8px Orange: Group C; 8px Yellow: Group D; 8px Green: Group E; 8px Blue: Group F; 8px Purple: Group G; 8px Pink: Group H. Europe 51.005 5.533333 Genk Green_pog.svg bottom Europe 54.222442 28.490456 BATE Pink_pog.svg right Europe 45.818858 16.018078 Din. Zagreb Yellow_pog.svg right Europe 35.114542 33.362864 APOEL Purple_pog.svg right Europe 49.75 13.385556 Plzeň Pink_pog.svg right Europe 51.481667 -0.191111 London Black_pog.svg left Europe 53.483056 -2.200278 Manchester Black_pog.svg right Europe 39.474656 -0.358361 Valencia Green_pog.svg left Europe 39.944167 -0.103611 Villarreal Brown_pog.svg right Europe 40.45306 -3.68835 Real Madrid Yellow_pog.svg top Europe 41.38087 2.122802 Barcelona Pink_pog.svg right Europe 43.269722 5.395833 Marseille Blue_pog.svg right Europe 45.723889 4.832222 Lyon Yellow_pog.svg left Europe 50.611883 3.130428 Lille Red_pog.svg left Europe 48.218775 11.624753 Bayern Brown_pog.svg right Europe 51.038256 7.002206 Leverkusen Green_pog.svg right Europe 51.492569 7.451842 Dortmund Blue_pog.svg left Europe 37.946447 23.664317 Olympiacos Blue_pog.svg right Europe 40.827967 14.193008 Napoli Brown_pog.svg right Europe 45.47808 9.124 Milan Black_pog.svg right Europe 52.314167 4.941944 Ajax Yellow_pog.svg right Europe 38.752678 -9.184681 Benfica Orange_pog.svg right Europe 41.161758 -8.583933 Porto Purple_pog.svg top Europe 45.430236 28.022378 Oțelul Orange_pog.svg right Europe 55.791389 37.516111 CSKA Red_pog.svg right Europe 59.972953 30.220533 Zenit Purple_pog.svg right Europe 47.541575 7.620181 Basel Orange_pog.svg right Europe 41.003889 39.705 Trabzonspor Red_pog.svg right Europe 48.020833 37.809722 Shakhtar Purple_pog.svg Europe TransparentPlaceholder.png 1 67 -26 London teams 8px Arsenal 8px Chelsea Manchester teams 8px Manchester City 8px Manchester United Milan teams 8px Internazionale 8px Milan right The group stage features 32 teams, which were allocated into pots based on their 2011 UEFA club coefficients (except the title holders, Barcelona, who were placed in Pot 1 automatically), and then drawn into eight groups of four. Teams from the same association cannot be drawn against each other. The draw was held on 25 August 2011 in Monaco.https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/0250-0c50f52cbff0-284660c12131-1000--barcelona-get-milan-in-group-stage-draw/ Barcelona get Milan in group stage draw UEFA 25 August 2011 In each group, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The matchdays are 13–14 September, 27–28 September, 18–19 October, 1–2 November, 22–23 November, and 6–7 December 2011. The group winners and runners-up advanced to the round of 16, while the third-placed teams entered the round of 32 of the 2011–12 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): 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 in 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; If, after applying criteria 1) to 4) to several teams, two teams still have an equal ranking, the criteria 1) to 4) will be reapplied to determine the ranking of these teams; superior goal difference from all group matches played; higher number of goals scored from all group matches played; higher number of coefficient points accumulated by the club in question, as well as its association, over the previous five seasons. Manchester City, Napoli, Oțelul Galați, Trabzonspor and Viktoria Plzeň made their debut appearances in the group stage.https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/01f4-0ea29d17cbb4-bc035e628c88-1000--eleven-former-winners-grace-group-stage-draw/ Eleven former winners grace group stage draw UEFA 24 August 2011 Group A Group A yes no_hide_class_rules Group B Group B yes no_hide_class_rules Group C Group C yes no_hide_class_rules Group D Group D yes no_hide_class_rules Group E Group E yes no_hide_class_rules Group F Group F yes no_hide_class_rules Group G Group G yes no_hide_class_rules Group H Group H yes no_hide_class_rules Knockout phase 2011–12 UEFA Champions League 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. In the draw for the round of 16, the eight group winners were seeded, and the eight group runners-up were unseeded. The seeded teams were drawn against the unseeded teams, 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 are no seedings, and teams from the same group or the same association may be drawn with each other. Bracket Bracket Round of 16 R16 Quarter-finals QF Semi-finals SF Final F Statistics Statistics exclude qualifying rounds and play-off round. Top goalscorers RankPlayerTeamGoalsMinutes played1ARG Lionel MessiESP Barcelona149902GER Mario GómezGER Bayern Munich121,0033POR Cristiano RonaldoESP Real Madrid109304FRA 1974 Karim BenzemaESP Real Madrid77605CIV Didier DrogbaENG Chelsea66706ESP José CallejónESP Real Madrid5307ESP Roberto SoldadoESP Valencia515FRA 1974 Bafétimbi GomisFRA 1974 Lyon530SUI Alexander FreiSUI Basel611CIV Seydou DoumbiaRUS CSKA Moscow611RUS Roman ShirokovRUS Zenit Saint Petersburg658URU Edinson CavaniITA Napoli701SWE Zlatan IbrahimovićITA Milan720 Source:http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2012/statistics/round=2000263/players/type=topscorers/index.html https://web.archive.org/web/20110924071814/http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2012/statistics/round=2000263/players/type=topscorers/index.html dead 24 September 2011 Statistics — Tournament phase — Goals scored UEFA 28 September 2011 Squad of the season The UEFA technical observers selected the following 21 players as the squad of the tournament.https://www.uefa.com/multimediafiles/download/technicalreport/competitions/ucl/01/85/88/06/1858806_download.pdf 2011/12 UEFA Champions League technical report UEFA.com Union of European Football Associations 2012 Pos. PositionPlayerTeamGK GoalkeeperCZE Petr ČechENG ChelseaGER Manuel NeuerGER Bayern MunichESP Iker CasillasESP Real MadridDF DefenderESP Sergio RamosESP Real MadridGER Philipp LahmGER Bayern MunichENG Ashley ColeENG ChelseaBRA Dani AlvesESP BarcelonaESP Gerard PiquéESP BarcelonaPOR PepeESP Real MadridMF MidfielderESP Xabi AlonsoESP Real MadridENG Frank LampardENG ChelseaESP XaviESP BarcelonaESP Andrés IniestaESP BarcelonaBRA RamiresENG ChelseaGER Bastian SchweinsteigerGER Bayern MunichFW ForwardARG Lionel MessiESP BarcelonaPOR Cristiano RonaldoESP Real MadridSWE Zlatan IbrahimovićITA AC MilanNED Robin van PersieENG ArsenalGER Mesut ÖzilESP Real MadridCIV Didier DrogbaENG Chelsea See also 2011–12 UEFA Europa League 2012 FIFA Club World Cup 2012 UEFA Super Cup 2011–12 UEFA Women's Champions League References External links 2011–12 All matches – season at UEFA website 2011–12 UEFA Champions League, UEFA.com All scorers 2011–12 UEFA Champions League (excluding qualifying round) according to protocols UEFA + all scorers qualifying round 2011/12 UEFA Champions LeagueMarch 2025 medicmedic – results and line-ups (archive) Category:UEFA Champions League seasons 1