2011–12 UEFA Champions League

2011–12 UEFA Champions League
The Allianz Arena in Munich hosted the final
Tournament details
DatesQualifying:
28 June – 24 August 2011
Competition proper:
13 September 2011 – 19 May 2012
TeamsCompetition proper: 32
Total: 75 (from 52 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsEngland Chelsea (1st title)
Runners-upGermany Bayern Munich
Tournament statistics
Matches played125
Goals scored345 (2.76 per match)
Top scorer(s)Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
14 goals

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.[1]

The final was held at the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany.[2] 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.[3] As tenants of the Allianz Arena (known as Fußball Arena München for the final), this meant that 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

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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.[4]

Below is the qualification scheme for the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League:[5]

  • 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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Rank Association Coeff. Teams
1  England 81.856 4
2  Spain 79.757
3  Italy 64.338
4  Germany 64.207 3
5  France 53.740
6  Russia 43.791
7  Ukraine 39.550 2
8  Romania 39.491
9  Portugal 38.296
10  Netherlands 36.546
11  Turkey 34.450
12  Greece 29.899
13  Switzerland 28.375
14  Belgium 27.900
15  Denmark 27.350
16  Scotland 25.791 1
17  Bulgaria 22.000
18  Czech Republic 21.975
Rank Association Coeff. Teams
19  Austria 19.575 1
20  Israel 18.875
21  Cyprus 17.999
22  Norway 17.400
23  Slovakia 15.832
24  Sweden 14.191
25  Serbia 14.000
26  Poland 12.541
27  Croatia 12.332
28  Belarus 11.541
29  Republic of Ireland 9.541
30  Finland 9.499
31  Bosnia and Herzegovina 8.749
32  Lithuania 8.416
33  Latvia 8.248
34  Moldova 7.290
35  Slovenia 6.957
36  Hungary 6.750
Rank Association Coeff. Teams
37  Georgia 5.748 1
38  Azerbaijan 5.498
39  Iceland 5.415
40  Macedonia 5.332
41  Liechtenstein 4.500 0
42  Kazakhstan 4.499 1
43  Estonia 4.374
44  Albania 3.999
45  Armenia 2.999
46  Wales 2.581
47  Montenegro 2.125
48  Faroe Islands 1.832
49  Northern Ireland 1.624
50  Luxembourg 1.249
51  Andorra 1.000
52  Malta 0.916
53  San Marino 0.750

Distribution

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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:[6]

  • 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 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 Route
(20 teams)
  • 3 champions from associations 14–16
  • 17 winners from the second qualifying round
League Route
(10 teams)
  • 9 runners-up from associations 7–15
  • 1 third-placed team from association 6
Play-off round Champions Route
(10 teams)
  • 10 winners from the third qualifying round Champions Route
League Route
(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 League Route
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 Champions Route
  • 5 winners from the play-off round League Route
Knockout phase
(16 teams)
  • 8 group winners from the group stage
  • 8 group runners-up from the group stage

Teams

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League positions of the previous season shown in parentheses.[7] [8]

Group stage
Spain BarcelonaTH (1st) Italy Milan (1st) France Marseille (2nd) Portugal Porto (1st)
England Manchester United (1st) Italy Internazionale (2nd) Russia Zenit St. Petersburg (1st) Netherlands Ajax (1st)
England Chelsea (2nd) Italy Napoli (3rd) Russia CSKA Moscow (2nd) Turkey Trabzonspor (2nd)Note TUR
England Manchester City (3rd) Germany Borussia Dortmund (1st) Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk (1st) Greece Olympiacos (1st)
Spain Real Madrid (2nd) Germany Bayer Leverkusen (2nd) Romania Oțelul Galați (1st) Switzerland Basel (1st)
Spain Valencia (3rd) France Lille (1st)
Play-off round
Champions Route League Route
England Arsenal (4th) Italy Udinese (4th) France Lyon (3rd)
Spain Villarreal (4th) Germany Bayern Munich (3rd)
Third qualifying round
Champions Route League Route
Belgium Genk (1st) Russia Rubin Kazan (3rd) Netherlands Twente (2nd) Switzerland Zürich (2nd)
Denmark Copenhagen (1st) Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv (2nd) Turkey Trabzonspor (2nd)Note TUR Belgium Standard Liège (2nd)
Scotland Rangers (1st) Romania Vaslui (3rd)Note ROU Greece Panathinaikos (2nd) Denmark Odense (2nd)
Portugal Benfica (2nd)
Second qualifying round
Bulgaria Litex Lovech (1st) Serbia Partizan (1st) Latvia Skonto (1st) Kazakhstan Tobol Kostanay (1st)
Czech Republic Viktoria Plzeň (1st) Poland Wisła Kraków (1st) Moldova Dacia Chişinău (1st) Estonia Flora Tallinn (1st)
Austria Sturm Graz (1st) Croatia Dinamo Zagreb (1st) Slovenia Maribor (1st) Albania Skënderbeu (1st)
Israel Maccabi Haifa (1st) Belarus BATE Borisov (1st) Hungary Videoton (1st) Armenia Pyunik (1st)
Cyprus APOEL (1st) Republic of Ireland Shamrock Rovers (1st) Georgia (country) Zestaponi (1st) Wales Bangor City (1st)
Norway Rosenborg (1st) Finland HJK (1st) Azerbaijan Neftchi Baku (1st) Montenegro Mogren (1st)
Slovakia Slovan Bratislava (1st) Bosnia and Herzegovina Borac Banja Luka (1st) Iceland Breiðablik (1st) Faroe Islands HB Tórshavn (1st)
Sweden Malmö FF (1st) Lithuania Ekranas (1st) North Macedonia Shkëndija (1st) Northern Ireland Linfield (1st)
First qualifying round
Luxembourg F91 Dudelange (1st) Andorra FC Santa Coloma (1st) Malta Valletta (1st) San Marino Tre Fiori (1st)
Notes
  • th Title Holder
  • 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.[9]
  • 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.[10][11] 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.[12]

Round and draw dates

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

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

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Main article: 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,[13][14] and then drawn into two-legged home-and-away ties. Teams from the same association cannot be drawn against each other.

First qualifying round

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The draw for the first and second qualifying rounds was held on 20 June 2011.[15] The first legs were played on 28 June, and the second legs were played on 5 and 6 July 2011.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Tre Fiori San Marino 1–5 Malta Valletta 0–3 1–2
FC Santa Coloma Andorra 0–4 Luxembourg F91 Dudelange 0–2 0–2

Second qualifying round

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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.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Maccabi Haifa Israel 7–4 Bosnia and Herzegovina Borac Banja Luka 5–1 2–3
Mogren Montenegro 1–5 Bulgaria Litex Lovech 1–2 0–3
Maribor Slovenia 5–1 Luxembourg F91 Dudelange 2–0 3–1
Skënderbeu Albania 0–6 Cyprus APOEL 0–2 0–4
Slovan Bratislava Slovakia 3–1 Kazakhstan Tobol Kostanay 2–0 1–1
Sturm Graz Austria 4–3 Hungary Videoton 2–0 2–3
Zestaponi Georgia (country) 3–2 Moldova Dacia Chișinău 3–0 0–2
Dinamo Zagreb Croatia 3–0 Azerbaijan Neftchi Baku 3–0 0–0
Pyunik Armenia 1–9 Czech Republic Viktoria Plzeň 0–4 1–5
Partizan Serbia 5–0 North Macedonia Shkëndija 4–0 1–0
Valletta Malta 2–4 Lithuania Ekranas 2–3 0–1
Malmö Sweden 3–1 Faroe Islands HB Tórshavn 2–0 1–1
Shamrock Rovers Republic of Ireland 1–0 Estonia Flora Tallinn 1–0 0–0
Rosenborg Norway 5–2 Iceland Breiðablik 5–0 0–2
Bangor City Wales 0–13[A] Finland HJK 0–3 0–10
Skonto Latvia 0–3 Poland Wisła Kraków 0–1 0–2
Linfield Northern Ireland 1–3 Belarus BATE Borisov 1–1 0–2
Notes
  1. ^
    Order of legs reversed after original draw.

Third qualifying round

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The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 15 July 2011.[16] 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.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Champions Route
Litex Lovech Bulgaria 2–5 Poland Wisła Kraków 1–2 1–3
Maccabi Haifa Israel 3–2 Slovenia Maribor 2–1 1–1
HJK Finland 1–3 Croatia Dinamo Zagreb 1–2 0–1
APOEL Cyprus 2–0 Slovakia Slovan Bratislava 0–0 2–0
Copenhagen Denmark 3–0 Republic of Ireland Shamrock Rovers 1–0 2–0
Genk Belgium 3–2 Serbia Partizan 2–1 1–1
Rosenborg Norway 2–4 Czech Republic Viktoria Plzeň 0–1 2–3
Zestaponi Georgia (country) 1–2 Austria Sturm Graz 1–1 0–1
Ekranas Lithuania 1–3 Belarus BATE Borisov 0–0 1–3
Rangers Scotland 1–2 Sweden Malmö 0–1 1–1
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
League Route
Standard Liège Belgium 1–2 Switzerland Zürich 1–1 0–1
Twente Netherlands 2–0 Romania Vaslui 2–0 0–0
Benfica Portugal 3–1 Turkey Trabzonspor 2–0 1–1
Dynamo Kyiv Ukraine 1–4 Russia Rubin Kazan 0–2 1–2
Odense Denmark 5–4 Greece Panathinaikos 1–1 4–3

Play-off round

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Main article: 2011–12 UEFA Champions League play-off round

The draw for the play-off round was held on 5 August 2011.[17] 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.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Champions Route
Wisła Kraków Poland 2–3 Cyprus APOEL 1–0 1–3
Maccabi Haifa Israel 3–3 (1–4 p) Belgium Genk 2–1 1–2 (a.e.t.)
Dinamo Zagreb Croatia 4–3 Sweden Malmö 4–1 0–2
Copenhagen Denmark 2–5 Czech Republic Viktoria Plzeň 1–3 1–2
BATE Borisov Belarus 3–1 Austria Sturm Graz 1–1 2–0
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
League Route
Odense Denmark 1–3 Spain Villarreal 1–0 0–3
Twente Netherlands 3–5 Portugal Benfica 2–2 1–3
Arsenal England 3–1 Italy Udinese 1–0 2–1
Bayern Munich Germany 3–0 Switzerland Zürich 2–0 1–0
Lyon France 4–2 Russia Rubin Kazan 3–1 1–1

Group stage

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Main article: 2011–12 UEFA Champions League group stage
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Location of teams of the 2011–12 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 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),[13][14] 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.[18]

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):[5]

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

The 32 teams comprise 11 former winners of the European Cup/Champions League (40 titles combined), and five teams (Manchester City, Napoli, Trabzonspor, Viktoria Plzeň and Oțelul Galați) making their debut appearance in the group stage.[19] Eighteen UEFA member associations are represented in this group stage: England and Spain by four clubs, Italy, Germany and France by three, Russia and Portugal by two, while eleven associations are represented by one club, which are all domestic champions except Trabzonspor, which replaced Fenerbahçe due to match-fixing allegations.

Group A

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BAY NAP MCI VIL
1 Germany Bayern Munich 6 4 1 1 11 6 +5 13 Advance to knockout phase — 3–2 2–0 3–1
2 Italy Napoli 6 3 2 1 10 6 +4 11 1–1 — 2–1 2–0
3 England Manchester City 6 3 1 2 9 6 +3 10 Transfer to Europa League 2–0 1–1 — 2–1
4 Spain Villarreal 6 0 0 6 2 14 −12 0 0–2 0–2 0–3 —
Source: Soccerway

Group B

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification INT CSKA TRA LIL
1 Italy Internazionale 6 3 1 2 8 7 +1 10 Advance to knockout phase — 1–2 0–1 2–1
2 Russia CSKA Moscow 6 2 2 2 9 8 +1 8 2–3 — 3–0 0–2
3 Turkey Trabzonspor 6 1 4 1 3 5 −2 7 Transfer to Europa League 1–1 0–0 — 1–1
4 France Lille 6 1 3 2 6 6 0 6 0–1 2–2 0–0 —
Source: Soccerway

Group C

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BEN BSL MUN OTE
1 Portugal Benfica 6 3 3 0 8 4 +4 12 Advance to knockout phase — 1–1 1–1 1–0
2 Switzerland Basel 6 3 2 1 11 10 +1 11 0–2 — 2–1 2–1
3 England Manchester United 6 2 3 1 11 8 +3 9 Transfer to Europa League 2–2 3–3 — 2–0
4 Romania Oțelul Galați 6 0 0 6 3 11 −8 0 0–1 2–3 0–2 —
Source: Soccerway

Group D

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification RMA LYO AJX DZG
1 Spain Real Madrid 6 6 0 0 19 2 +17 18 Advance to knockout phase — 4–0 3–0 6–2
2 France Lyon 6 2 2 2 9 7 +2 8[a] 0–2 — 0–0 2–0
3 Netherlands Ajax 6 2 2 2 6 6 0 8[a] Transfer to Europa League 0–3 0–0 — 4–0
4 Croatia Dinamo Zagreb 6 0 0 6 3 22 −19 0 0–1 1–7 0–2 —
Source: Soccerway
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Tied on head-to-head results. Overall goal difference was used as the tiebreaker.

Group E

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification CHE LEV VAL GNK
1 England Chelsea 6 3 2 1 13 4 +9 11 Advance to knockout phase — 2–0 3–0 5–0
2 Germany Bayer Leverkusen 6 3 1 2 8 8 0 10 2–1 — 2–1 2–0
3 Spain Valencia 6 2 2 2 12 7 +5 8 Transfer to Europa League 1–1 3–1 — 7–0
4 Belgium Genk 6 0 3 3 2 16 −14 3 1–1 1–1 0–0 —
Source: Soccerway

Group F

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ARS MAR OLY DOR
1 England Arsenal 6 3 2 1 7 6 +1 11 Advance to knockout phase — 0–0 2–1 2–1
2 France Marseille 6 3 1 2 7 4 +3 10 0–1 — 0–1 3–0
3 Greece Olympiacos 6 3 0 3 8 6 +2 9 Transfer to Europa League 3–1 0–1 — 3–1
4 Germany Borussia Dortmund 6 1 1 4 6 12 −6 4 1–1 2–3 1–0 —
Source: Soccerway

Group G

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification APO ZEN POR SHK
1 Cyprus APOEL 6 2 3 1 6 6 0 9[a] Advance to knockout phase — 2–1 2–1 0–2
2 Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg 6 2 3 1 7 5 +2 9[a] 0–0 — 3–1 1–0
3 Portugal Porto 6 2 2 2 7 7 0 8 Transfer to Europa League 1–1 0–0 — 2–1
4 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk 6 1 2 3 6 8 −2 5 1–1 2–2 0–2 —
Source: Soccerway
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head points: APOEL 4, Zenit Saint Petersburg 1.

Group H

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BAR MIL PLZ BATE
1 Spain Barcelona 6 5 1 0 20 4 +16 16 Advance to knockout phase — 2–2 2–0 4–0
2 Italy Milan 6 2 3 1 11 8 +3 9 2–3 — 2–0 2–0
3 Czech Republic Viktoria Plzeň 6 1 2 3 4 11 −7 5 Transfer to Europa League 0–4 2–2 — 1–1
4 Belarus BATE Borisov 6 0 2 4 2 14 −12 2 0–5 1–1 0–1 —
Source: Soccerway

Knockout phase

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Main article: 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

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Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
              
France Marseille (a) 1 1 2
Italy Internazionale 0 2 2
France Marseille 0 0 0
Germany Bayern Munich 2 2 4
Switzerland Basel 1 0 1
Germany Bayern Munich 0 7 7
Germany Bayern Munich (p) 2 1 3 (3)
Spain Real Madrid 1 2 3 (1)
France Lyon 1 0 1 (3)
Cyprus APOEL (p) 0 1 1 (4)
Cyprus APOEL 0 2 2
Spain Real Madrid 3 5 8
Russia CSKA Moscow 1 1 2
Spain Real Madrid 1 4 5
Germany Bayern Munich 1 (3)
England Chelsea (p) 1 (4)
Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg 3 0 3
Portugal Benfica 2 2 4
Portugal Benfica 0 1 1
England Chelsea 1 2 3
Italy Napoli 3 1 4
England Chelsea (a.e.t.) 1 4 5
England Chelsea 1 2 3
Spain Barcelona 0 2 2
Italy Milan 4 0 4
England Arsenal 0 3 3
Italy Milan 0 1 1
Spain Barcelona 0 3 3
Germany Bayer Leverkusen 1 1 2
Spain Barcelona 3 7 10

Round of 16

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The draw for the round of 16 was held on 16 December 2011.[20] The first legs were played on 14, 15, 21 and 22 February, and the second legs were played on 6, 7, 13 and 14 March 2012.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Lyon France 1–1 (3–4 p) Cyprus APOEL 1–0 0–1 (a.e.t.)
Napoli Italy 4–5 England Chelsea 3–1 1–4 (a.e.t.)
Milan Italy 4–3 England Arsenal 4–0 0–3
Basel Switzerland 1–7 Germany Bayern Munich 1–0 0–7
Bayer Leverkusen Germany 2–10 Spain Barcelona 1–3 1–7
CSKA Moscow Russia 2–5 Spain Real Madrid 1–1 1–4
Zenit Saint Petersburg Russia 3–4 Portugal Benfica 3–2 0–2
Marseille France 2–2 (a) Italy Internazionale 1–0 1–2

Quarter-finals

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The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 16 March 2012.[21] The first legs were played on 27 and 28 March, and the second legs were played on 3 and 4 April 2012.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
APOEL Cyprus 2–8 Spain Real Madrid 0–3 2–5
Marseille France 0–4 Germany Bayern Munich 0–2 0–2
Benfica Portugal 1–3 England Chelsea 0–1 1–2
Milan Italy 1–3 Spain Barcelona 0–0 1–3

Semi-finals

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The draw for the semi-finals was held on 16 March 2012, after the quarter-final draw.[21] The first legs were played on 17 and 18 April, and the second legs were played on 24 and 25 April 2012.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Bayern Munich Germany 3–3 (3–1 p) Spain Real Madrid 2–1 1–2 (a.e.t.)
Chelsea England 3–2 Spain Barcelona 1–0 2–2

Final

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Main article: 2012 UEFA Champions League final

The final was played on 19 May 2012 at the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany. A draw was held on 16 March 2012, after the quarter-final and semi-final draws, to determine the "home" team for administrative purposes.[21]

Bayern Munich Germany1–1 (a.e.t.)England Chelsea
  • Müller 83'
 Report
Penalties
 3–4
Attendance: 62,500[22]

Statistics

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Statistics exclude qualifying rounds and play-off round.

Top goalscorers

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Rank Player Team Goals Minutes played
1 Argentina Lionel Messi Spain Barcelona 14 990
2 Germany Mario Gómez Germany Bayern Munich 12 1,003
3 Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo Spain Real Madrid 10 930
4 France Karim Benzema Spain Real Madrid 7 760
5 Ivory Coast Didier Drogba England Chelsea 6 670
6 Spain José Callejón Spain Real Madrid 5 307
Spain Roberto Soldado Spain Valencia 515
France Bafétimbi Gomis France Lyon 530
Switzerland Alexander Frei Switzerland Basel 611
Ivory Coast Seydou Doumbia Russia CSKA Moscow 611
Russia Roman Shirokov Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg 658
Uruguay Edinson Cavani Italy Napoli 701
Sweden Zlatan Ibrahimović Italy Milan 720

Source:[23]

See also

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