2010–11 UEFA Champions League

2010–11 UEFA Champions League
Wembley Stadium in London hosted the final
Tournament details
DatesQualifying:
29 June – 25 August 2010
Competition proper:
14 September 2010 – 28 May 2011
TeamsCompetition proper: 32
Total: 76 (from 52 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsSpain Barcelona (4th title)
Runners-upEngland Manchester United
Tournament statistics
Matches played125
Goals scored355 (2.84 per match)
Top scorer(s)Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
12 goals

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,[1] 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.

Association team allocation

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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

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Distribution

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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 round Teams 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 round Champions
(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 round Champions
(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

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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
Italy Internazionale (1st)TH Spain Valencia (3rd) France Lyon (2nd) Romania CFR Cluj (1st)
England Chelsea (1st) Italy Roma (2nd) Russia Rubin Kazan (1st) Portugal Benfica (1st)
England Manchester United (2nd) Italy Milan (3rd) Russia Spartak Moscow (2nd) Turkey Bursaspor (1st)
England Arsenal (3rd) Germany Bayern Munich (1st) Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk (1st) Greece Panathinaikos (1st)
Spain Barcelona (1st) Germany Schalke 04 (2nd) Netherlands Twente (1st) Scotland Rangers (1st)
Spain Real Madrid (2nd) France Marseille (1st)
Play-off round
Champions Non-champions
England Tottenham Hotspur (4th) Italy Sampdoria (4th) France Auxerre (3rd)
Spain Sevilla (4th) Germany Werder Bremen (3rd)
Third qualifying round
Champions Non-champions
Belgium Anderlecht (1st) Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg (3rd) Portugal Braga (2nd) Scotland Celtic (2nd)
Switzerland Basel (1st) Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv (2nd) Turkey Fenerbahçe (2nd) Belgium Gent (2nd)
Denmark Copenhagen (1st) Netherlands Ajax (2nd) Greece PAOK (2nd) Switzerland Young Boys (2nd)
Romania Unirea Urziceni (2nd)
Second qualifying round
Bulgaria Litex Lovech (1st) Slovakia Žilina (1st) Belarus BATE Borisov (1st) Estonia Levadia (1st)
Czech Republic Sparta Prague (1st) Poland Lech Poznań (1st) Bosnia and Herzegovina Željezničar (1st) Albania Dinamo Tirana (1st)
Norway Rosenborg (1st) Croatia Dinamo Zagreb (1st) Hungary Debrecen (1st) Kazakhstan Aktobe (1st)
Austria Red Bull Salzburg (1st) Finland HJK (1st) Iceland FH (1st) Armenia Pyunik (1st)
Serbia Partizan (1st) Lithuania Ekranas (1st) Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol (1st) Wales The New Saints (1st)
Israel Hapoel Tel Aviv (1st) Republic of Ireland Bohemians (1st) Georgia (country) Olimpi Rustavi (1st) Northern Ireland Linfield (1st)
Cyprus Omonia (1st) Latvia Liepājas Metalurgs (1st) North Macedonia Renova (1st) Faroe Islands HB Tórshavn (1st)
Sweden AIK (1st) Slovenia Koper (1st) Azerbaijan Inter Baku (1st) Luxembourg Jeunesse Esch (1st)
First qualifying round
Montenegro Rudar Pljevlja (1st) Andorra FC Santa Coloma (1st) Malta Birkirkara (1st) San Marino Tre Fiori (1st)

Round and draw dates

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All draws held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland unless stated otherwise.[4]

Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg
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

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The draws for the qualifying rounds, the play-off round and the group stage were all seeded based on the 2010 UEFA club coefficients.[6] 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.[3][7]

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

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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,[8][9] 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.[10][11]

First qualifying round

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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.[12]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Tre Fiori San Marino 1–7 Montenegro Rudar Pljevlja 0–3 1–4
FC Santa Coloma Andorra 3–7 Malta Birkirkara 0–3[A] 3–4
Notes
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    Match originally 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.[13]

Second qualifying round

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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.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Liepājas Metalurgs Latvia 0–5 Czech Republic Sparta Prague 0–3 0–2
Aktobe Kazakhstan 3–1 Georgia (country) Olimpi Rustavi 2–0 1–1
Levadia Tallinn Estonia 3–4 Hungary Debrecen 1–1 2–3
Partizan Serbia 4–1 Armenia Pyunik 3–1 1–0
Inter Baku Azerbaijan 1–1 (8–9 p) Poland Lech Poznań 0–1 1–0 (a.e.t.)
Dinamo Zagreb Croatia 5–4 Slovenia Koper 5–1 0–3
Litex Lovech Bulgaria 5–0 Montenegro Rudar Pljevlja 1–0 4–0
Birkirkara Malta 1–3 Slovakia Žilina 1–0 0–3
Sheriff Tiraspol Moldova 3–2 Albania Dinamo Tirana 3–1 0–1
Hapoel Tel Aviv Israel 6–0 Bosnia and Herzegovina Željezničar 5–0 1–0
Omonia Cyprus 5–0 North Macedonia Renova 3–0 2–0
Red Bull Salzburg Austria 5–1 Faroe Islands HB Tórshavn 5–0 0–1
Bohemians Republic of Ireland 1–4 Wales The New Saints 1–0 0–4
BATE Borisov Belarus 6–1 Iceland FH 5–1 1–0
AIK Sweden 1–0 Luxembourg Jeunesse Esch 1–0 0–0
Linfield Northern Ireland 0–2 Norway Rosenborg 0–0 0–2
Ekranas Lithuania 1–2 Finland HJK 1–0 0–2 (a.e.t.)

Third qualifying round

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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 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Champions Path
Sparta Prague Czech Republic 2–0 Poland Lech Poznań 1–0 1–0
Aktobe Kazakhstan 2–3 Israel Hapoel Tel Aviv 1–0 1–3
Sheriff Tiraspol Moldova 2–2 (6–5 p) Croatia Dinamo Zagreb 1–1 1–1 (a.e.t.)
Litex Lovech Bulgaria 2–4 Slovakia Žilina 1–1 1–3
Debrecen Hungary 1–5 Switzerland Basel 0–2 1–3
AIK Sweden 0–4 Norway Rosenborg 0–1 0–3
Partizan Serbia 5–1 Finland HJK 3–0 2–1
BATE Borisov Belarus 2–3 Denmark Copenhagen 0–0 2–3
The New Saints Wales 1–6 Belgium Anderlecht 1–3 0–3
Omonia Cyprus 2–5 Austria Red Bull Salzburg 1–1 1–4
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Non-Champions Path
Ajax Netherlands 4–4 (a) Greece PAOK 1–1 3–3
Dynamo Kyiv Ukraine 6–1 Belgium Gent 3–0 3–1
Young Boys Switzerland 3–2 Turkey Fenerbahçe 2–2 1–0
Braga Portugal 4–2 Scotland Celtic 3–0 1–2
Unirea Urziceni Romania 0–1 Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg 0–0 0–1

Play-off round

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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.[14][15] 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.[16]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Champions Path
Red Bull Salzburg Austria 3–4 Israel Hapoel Tel Aviv 2–3 1–1
Rosenborg Norway 2–2 (a) Denmark Copenhagen 2–1 0–1
Basel Switzerland 4–0 Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol 1–0 3–0
Sparta Prague Czech Republic 0–3 Slovakia Žilina 0–2 0–1
Partizan Serbia 4–4 (3–2 p) Belgium Anderlecht 2–2 2–2 (a.e.t.)
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Non-Champions Path
Young Boys Switzerland 3–6 England Tottenham Hotspur 3–2 0–4
Braga Portugal 5–3 Spain Sevilla 1–0 4–3
Werder Bremen Germany 5–4 Italy Sampdoria 3–1 2–3 (a.e.t.)
Zenit Saint Petersburg Russia 1–2 France Auxerre 1–0 0–2
Dynamo Kyiv Ukraine 2–3 Netherlands Ajax 1–1 1–2

Group stage

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Location of teams of the 2010–11 UEFA Champions League group stage.
Brown: Group A; Red: Group B; Orange: Group C; Yellow: Group D;
Green: Group E; Blue: Group F; Purple: Group G; Pink: Group H.

The 32 clubs were drawn into eight groups of four on 26 August 2010 in Monaco.[17] 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):[3]

  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.[18]

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification TOT INT TWE BRM
1 England Tottenham Hotspur 6 3 2 1 18 11 +7 11 Advance to knockout phase 3–1 4–1 3–0
2 Italy Internazionale 6 3 1 2 12 11 +1 10 4–3 1–0 4–0
3 Netherlands Twente 6 1 3 2 9 11 −2 6 Transfer to Europa League 3–3 2–2 1–1
4 Germany Werder Bremen 6 1 2 3 6 12 −6 5 2–2 3–0 0–2
Source: Soccerway

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification SCH LYO BEN HTA
1 Germany Schalke 04 6 4 1 1 10 3 +7 13 Advance to knockout phase 3–0 2–0 3–1
2 France Lyon 6 3 1 2 11 10 +1 10 1–0 2–0 2–2
3 Portugal Benfica 6 2 0 4 7 12 −5 6 Transfer to Europa League 1–2 4–3 2–0
4 Israel Hapoel Tel Aviv 6 1 2 3 7 10 −3 5 0–0 1–3 3–0
Source: Soccerway

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MUN VAL RAN BUR
1 England Manchester United 6 4 2 0 7 1 +6 14 Advance to knockout phase 1–1 0–0 1–0
2 Spain Valencia 6 3 2 1 15 4 +11 11 0–1 3–0 6–1
3 Scotland Rangers 6 1 3 2 3 6 −3 6 Transfer to Europa League 0–1 1–1 1–0
4 Turkey Bursaspor 6 0 1 5 2 16 −14 1 0–3 0–4 1–1
Source: Soccerway

Group D

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BAR CPH RUB PAN
1 Spain Barcelona 6 4 2 0 14 3 +11 14 Advance to knockout phase 2–0 2–0 5–1
2 Denmark Copenhagen 6 3 1 2 7 5 +2 10 1–1 1–0 3–1
3 Russia Rubin Kazan 6 1 3 2 2 4 −2 6 Transfer to Europa League 1–1 1–0 0–0
4 Greece Panathinaikos 6 0 2 4 2 13 −11 2 0–3 0–2 0–0
Source: Soccerway

Group E

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BAY ROM BSL CLJ
1 Germany Bayern Munich 6 5 0 1 16 6 +10 15 Advance to knockout phase 2–0 3–0 3–2
2 Italy Roma 6 3 1 2 10 11 −1 10 3–2 1–3 2–1
3 Switzerland Basel 6 2 0 4 8 11 −3 6 Transfer to Europa League 1–2 2–3 1–0
4 Romania CFR Cluj 6 1 1 4 6 12 −6 4 0–4 1–1 2–1
Source: Soccerway

Group F

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification CHE MAR SPM ZIL
1 England Chelsea 6 5 0 1 14 4 +10 15 Advance to knockout phase 2–0 4–1 2–1
2 France Marseille 6 4 0 2 12 3 +9 12 1–0 0–1 1–0
3 Russia Spartak Moscow 6 3 0 3 7 10 −3 9 Transfer to Europa League 0–2 0–3 3–0
4 Slovakia Žilina 6 0 0 6 3 19 −16 0 1–4 0–7 1–2
Source: Soccerway

Group G

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification RMA MIL AJX AUX
1 Spain Real Madrid 6 5 1 0 15 2 +13 16 Advance to knockout phase 2–0 2–0 4–0
2 Italy Milan 6 2 2 2 7 7 0 8 2–2 0–2 2–0
3 Netherlands Ajax 6 2 1 3 6 10 −4 7 Transfer to Europa League 0–4 1–1 2–1
4 France Auxerre 6 1 0 5 3 12 −9 3 0–1 0–2 2–1
Source: Soccerway

Group H

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification SHK ARS BRA PTZ
1 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk 6 5 0 1 12 6 +6 15 Advance to knockout phase 2–1 2–0 1–0
2 England Arsenal 6 4 0 2 18 7 +11 12 5–1 6–0 3–1
3 Portugal Braga 6 3 0 3 5 11 −6 9 Transfer to Europa League 0–3 2–0 2–0
4 Serbia Partizan 6 0 0 6 2 13 −11 0 0–3 1–3 0–1
Source: Soccerway

Knockout phase

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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

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Round of 16

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The draw for the round of 16 was held on 17 December 2010.[19] 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.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Roma Italy 2–6 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk 2–3 0–3
Milan Italy 0–1 England Tottenham Hotspur 0–1 0–0
Valencia Spain 2–4 Germany Schalke 04 1–1 1–3
Internazionale Italy 3–3 (a) Germany Bayern Munich 0–1 3–2
Lyon France 1–4 Spain Real Madrid 1–1 0–3
Arsenal England 3–4 Spain Barcelona 2–1 1–3
Marseille France 1–2 England Manchester United 0–0 1–2
Copenhagen Denmark 0–2 England Chelsea 0–2 0–0

Quarter-finals

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The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 18 March 2011.[20] 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.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Real Madrid Spain 5–0 England Tottenham Hotspur 4–0 1–0
Chelsea England 1–3 England Manchester United 0–1 1–2
Barcelona Spain 6–1 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk 5–1 1–0
Internazionale Italy 3–7 Germany Schalke 04 2–5 1–2

Semi-finals

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The draw for the semi-finals was held on 18 March 2011, after the quarter-final draw.[20] The first legs were played on 26 and 27 April, and the second legs were played on 3 and 4 May 2011.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Schalke 04 Germany 1–6 England Manchester United 0–2 1–4
Real Madrid Spain 1–3 Spain Barcelona 0–2 1–1

Final

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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.[20]

Barcelona Spain3–1England Manchester United
Report Rooney 34'

Statistics

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Statistics exclude qualifying rounds and play-off round.

Top goalscorers

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Rank[23] Player Team Goals Minutes played
1 Argentina Lionel Messi Spain Barcelona 12 1,098
2 Germany Mario Gómez Germany Bayern Munich 8 634
Cameroon Samuel Eto'o Italy Internazionale 937
4 France Nicolas Anelka England Chelsea 7 600
5 France Karim Benzema Spain Real Madrid 6 398
Spain Roberto Soldado Spain Valencia 438
Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo Spain Real Madrid 1,067
8 Spain Pedro Spain Barcelona 5 812
Spain Raúl Germany Schalke 04 1,130
10 Croatia Eduardo Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk 4 279
Italy Marco Borriello Italy Roma 554
Mexico Javier Hernández England Manchester United 582
England Peter Crouch England Tottenham Hotspur 604
Sweden Zlatan Ibrahimović Italy Milan 689
Wales Gareth Bale England Tottenham Hotspur 770
Brazil Luiz Adriano Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk 833
England Wayne Rooney England Manchester United 839
Peru Jefferson Farfán Germany Schalke 04 847
Spain David Villa Spain Barcelona 954

Prize money

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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.[24] 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.[24]

See also

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