The 2009–10 UEFA Champions League is the 55th edition of Europe's premier club football tournament and the eighteenth edition under the current UEFA Champions League format. It is also the first edition under the new qualifying format. Barcelona are the defending champions. The final will be played on 22 May 2010, at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, home ground of Real Madrid, in Madrid, Spain.^[1] This year's final will be the first to be played on a Saturday night, and the matches from the first knockout round will be spread over four weeks instead of two.

[edit] Association team allocation

A total of 76 teams will participate in the 2009–10 Champions League, from 52 UEFA associations (Liechtenstein organizes no domestic league competition). Countries are allocated places according to the 2008 UEFA league coefficient.^[2] The UEFA ranking determines the number of teams competing in the season after the next, not in the first season after the publication of the ranking. Thus, the 2008 ranking determines the proportion in 2009–10, not 2008–09.

Since Barcelona, the Champions League title holder, have obtained a place in the group stage through their domestic league placing, the reserved defending champion spot will not be used. To compensate, the champion of association 13 (Belgium) will be entered into the group stage, the champion of association 16 (Switzerland) will be promoted to the third qualifying round and the champions of associations 48 and 49 (Faroe Islands and Luxembourg, respectively) to the second qualifying round.^[3]

Below is the qualification scheme for the 2009–10 UEFA Champions League:

• 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)

[edit] Distribution

First qualifying round (4 teams)

• 4 champions from associations 50–53

Second qualifying round (34 teams)

• 2 winners from the first qualifying round
• 32 champions from associations 17–49 (excluding Liechtenstein)

Third qualifying round for champions (20 teams)

• 17 winners from the second qualifying round
• 3 champions from associations 14–16

Third qualifying round for non-champions (10 teams)

• 9 runners-up from associations 7–15
• 1 third-placed team from association 6

Play-off round for champions (10 teams)

• 10 winners from the third qualifying round for champions

Play-off round for non-champions (10 teams)

• 5 winners from the third qualifying round for non-champions
• 2 third-placed teams from associations 4 and 5
• 3 fourth-placed teams from associations 1–3

Group stage (32 teams)

• 5 winners from the play-off round for champions
• 5 winners from the play-off round for non-champions
• 13 champions from associations 1–13
• 6 runners-up from associations 1–6
• 3 third-placed teams from associations 1–3

[edit] Teams

League positions of the previous season shown in parentheses. (Panathinaikos qualified for the Champions League by winning the Greek end-of-season play-offs)

Number of still active teams per country in 2009–10 UEFA Champions League.

Group stage
Manchester United (1st)	Internazionale (1st)	Bayern Munich (2nd)	AZ (1st)
Liverpool (2nd)	Juventus (2nd)	Rubin Kazan (1st)	Rangers (1st)
Chelsea (3rd)	Milan (3rd)	CSKA Moscow (2nd)	Beşiktaş (1st)
BarcelonaTH (1st)	Bordeaux (1st)	Unirea Urziceni (1st)	Dynamo Kyiv (1st)
Real Madrid (2nd)	Marseille (2nd)	Porto (1st)	Standard Liège (1st)
Sevilla (3rd)	Wolfsburg (1st)
Play-off round
Champions	Non-champions
	Arsenal (4th)	Fiorentina (4th)	Stuttgart (3rd)
	Atlético Madrid (4th)	Lyon (3rd)
Third qualifying round
Champions	Non-champions
Olympiacos (1st)	Dynamo Moscow (3rd)	Celtic (2nd)	Anderlecht (2nd)
Slavia Prague (1st)	Timişoara (2nd)	Sivasspor (2nd)	Panathinaikos (P-1st)
Zürich (1st)	Sporting CP (2nd)	Shakhtar Donetsk (2nd)	Sparta Prague (2nd)
	Twente (2nd)
Second qualifying round
Levski Sofia (1st)	Wisła Kraków (1st)	Ekranas (1st)	Baku (1st)
Stabæk (1st)	Debrecen (1st)	Sheriff Tiraspol (1st)	Tirana (1st)
Copenhagen (1st)	Dinamo Zagreb (1st)	Bohemians (1st)	Pyunik (1st)
Red Bull Salzburg (1st)	APOEL (1st)	Makedonija (1st)	Aktobe (1st)
Partizan (1st)	Maribor (1st)	FH (1st)	Glentoran (1st)
Maccabi Haifa (1st)	Inter Turku (1st)	WIT Georgia (1st)	Rhyl (1st)
Kalmar FF (1st)	Ventspils (1st)	BATE (1st)	EB/Streymur (1st)
Slovan Bratislava (1st)	Zrinjski (1st)	Levadia (1st)	F91 Dudelange (1st)
First qualifying round
Hibernians (1st)	Mogren (1st)	Sant Julià (1st)	Tre Fiori (1st)

^TH Title Holder

[edit] Round and draw dates

[edit] Qualifying phase

In a new system for the Champions League,^[4] there are two separate qualifying tournaments. One is for the Champion clubs who did not automatically qualify for the group stage. The other one is for teams who did not win their domestic league and did not automatically qualify for the group stage.

For both sections, the losing teams from the third qualifying round are entered into the UEFA Europa League play-off round and the losing teams from the play-off round are entered into the UEFA Europa League group stage.

[edit] First qualifying round

The draw for the first and second qualifying rounds was held on Monday, 22 June 2009 in Nyon, Switzerland. The first leg matches were played on 30 June and 1 July, while the second legs were played on 7 July and 8 July 2009.

None of the seeded teams were eliminated.

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Tre Fiori	2–2 (4–5p)1	Sant Julià	1–1	1–1 (aet)
Hibernians	0–6	Mogren	0–2	0–4

Notes

• Note 1: Sant Julià was originally drawn to play the first leg at home, but the tie was reversed and Tre Fiori hosted the first leg instead.

[edit] Second qualifying round

For the draw clubs were separated into seeded and unseeded teams based on their club coefficient, and because the draw for this round took place before the first qualifying round matches were played, the teams were seeded as if the higher-ranked side in the previous round would be victorious. The first leg matches were played on 14 July and 15 July, while the second legs were played on 21 July and 22 July 2009.

Five of the seeded teams were eliminated: Wisła Kraków, Kalmar FF, FH, Inter Turku, and Ekranas.

Partizan's 8–0 win over Rhyl in the 2nd leg of the second qualifying round represents the largest margin of victory in the current Champions League format.

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Tirana	1–5	Stabæk	1–1	0–4
WIT Georgia	1–3	Maribor	0–0	1–3
EB/Streymur	0–5	APOEL	0–2	0–3
Copenhagen	12–0	Mogren	6–0	6–0
Debrecen	3–3 (a)	Kalmar FF	2–0	1–3
Makedonija Gjorče Petrov	0–4	BATE	0–2	0–2
FH	0–6	Aktobe	0–4	0–2
Pyunik	0–3	Dinamo Zagreb	0–0	0–3
Ventspils	6–1	F91 Dudelange	3–0	3–1
Ekranas	4–6	Baku	2–2	2–4
Red Bull Salzburg	2–1	Bohemians	1–1	1–0
Zrinjski	1–4	Slovan Bratislava	1–0	0–4
Inter Turku	0–2	Sheriff Tiraspol	0–1	0–1
Rhyl	0–12	Partizan	0–4	0–8
Wisła Kraków	1–2	Levadia	1–1	0–1
Levski Sofia	9–0	Sant Julià	4–0	5–0
Maccabi Haifa	10–0	Glentoran	6–0	4–0

[edit] Third qualifying round

The third qualifying round was split into two separate sections: one for champions and one for non-champions. The losing teams in both sections were entered into the play-off round of the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League. The draw for the third qualifying round, which was conducted by UEFA Competitions Director Giorgio Marchetti and Michael Heselschwerdt, Head of Club Competitions, was held on Friday, 17 July 2009 in Nyon, Switzerland. The first leg matches were played on 28 July and 29 July, while the second legs were played on 4 August and 5 August 2009.

Six of the seeded teams were eliminated: Shakhtar Donetsk, Slavia Prague, Partizan, Dinamo Zagreb, BATE and Levadia.

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Champions Path
Red Bull Salzburg	3–2	Dinamo Zagreb	1–1	2–1
Slovan Bratislava	0–4	Olympiacos	0–2	0–2
Zürich	5–3	Maribor	2–3	3–0
APOEL	2–1	Partizan	2–0	0–1
Sheriff Tiraspol	1–1 (a)	Slavia Prague	0–0	1–1
Aktobe	3–4	Maccabi Haifa	0–0	3–4
Baku	0–2	Levski Sofia	0–0	0–2
Ventspils	2–2 (a)	BATE	1–0	1–2
Levadia	0–2	Debrecen	0–1	0–1
Copenhagen	3–1	Stabæk	3–1	0–0
Non-Champions Path
Sparta Prague	3–4	Panathinaikos	3–1	0–3
Shakhtar Donetsk	2–2 (a)	Timişoara	2–2	0–0
Sporting CP	1–1 (a)	Twente	0–0	1–1
Celtic	2–1	Dynamo Moscow	0–1	2–0
Anderlecht	6–3	Sivasspor	5–0	1–3

[edit] Play-off round

The play-off round was split into two separate sections: one for champions and one for non-champions. The losing teams in both sections were entered into the group stage of the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League. The draw ceremony for the play-off round, which was conducted by UEFA General Secretary David Taylor and UEFA Competitions Director Giorgio Marchetti, was held on Friday, 7 August 2009 in Nyon, Switzerland. For the draw, clubs were separated into seeded and unseeded teams based on their club coefficient. The first leg matches were played on 18 August and 19 August, while the second legs were played on 25 August and 26 August 2009.

Four of the seeded teams were eliminated: Sporting CP, Panathinaikos, Copenhagen, and Levski Sofia.

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Champions Path
Sheriff Tiraspol	0–3	Olympiacos	0–2	0–1
Red Bull Salzburg	1–5	Maccabi Haifa	1–2	0–3
Ventspils	1–5	Zürich	0–3	1–2
Copenhagen	2–3	APOEL	1–0	1–3
Levski Sofia	1–4	Debrecen	1–2	0–2
Non-Champions Path
Lyon	8–2	Anderlecht	5–1	3–1
Celtic	1–5	Arsenal	0–2	1–3
Timişoara	0–2	Stuttgart	0–2	0–0
Sporting CP	3–3 (a)	Fiorentina	2–2	1–1
Panathinaikos	2–5	Atlético Madrid	2–3	0–2

[edit] Group stage

The draw for the group stage took place at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco on 27 August 2009. A total of 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four. Teams were divided into four pots, based on UEFA coefficients. Clubs from the same pot or the same association cannot be drawn into the same group.

Each team will play against each other in its group twice. The top two in each group will proceed to the knockout stage, and the third-placed teams will enter the UEFA Europa League Round of 32.

AZ, Wolfsburg, Standard Liège, Zürich, APOEL, Rubin Kazan, Unirea Urziceni and Debrecen made their debut in the group stage.

[edit] Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Bordeaux 4 3 1 0 6 2 +4 10 Juventus 4 2 2 0 3 1 +2 8 Bayern Munich 4 1 1 2 4 4 0 4 Maccabi Haifa 4 0 0 4 0 6 −6 0

BAY BDX JUV MHA Bayern Munich – 0–2 0–0 25 Nov Bordeaux 2–1 – 25 Nov 1–0 Juventus 8 Dec 1–1 – 1–0 Maccabi Haifa 0–3 8 Dec 0–1 –

[edit] Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Manchester United 4 3 1 0 7 4 +3 10 Wolfsburg 4 2 1 1 7 3 +4 7 CSKA Moscow 4 1 1 2 6 8 −2 4 Beşiktaş 4 0 1 3 1 6 −5 1

BJK CSM MAN WOL Beşiktaş – 8 Dec 0–1 0–3 CSKA Moscow 2–1 – 0–1 25 Nov Manchester United 25 Nov 3–3 – 2–1 Wolfsburg 0–0 3–1 8 Dec –

[edit] Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Milan 4 2 1 1 6 5 +1 7 Real Madrid 4 2 1 1 11 6 +5 7 Marseille 4 2 0 2 8 6 +2 6 Zürich 4 1 0 3 4 12 −8 3

OM ACM RM FCZ Marseille – 1–2 8 Dec 6–1 Milan 25 Nov – 1–1 0–1 Real Madrid 3–0 2–3 – 25 Nov Zürich 0–1 8 Dec 2–5 –

[edit] Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Chelsea 4 3 1 0 8 2 +6 10 Porto 4 3 0 1 5 2 +3 9 Atlético Madrid 4 0 2 2 2 8 −6 2 APOEL 4 0 1 3 1 4 −3 1

APO ATL CHL POR APOEL – 25 Nov 0–1 0–1 Atlético Madrid 0–0 – 2–2 8 Dec Chelsea 8 Dec 4–0 – 1–0 Porto 2–1 2–0 25 Nov –

[edit] Group E

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Lyon 4 3 1 0 8 2 +6 10 Fiorentina 4 3 0 1 11 6 +5 9 Liverpool 4 1 1 2 3 5 −2 4 Debrecen 4 0 0 4 5 14 −9 0

DEB FIO LIV LYO Debrecen – 3–4 24 Nov 0–4 Fiorentina 5–2 – 2–0 24 Nov Liverpool 1–0 9 Dec – 1–2 Lyon 9 Dec 1–0 1–1 –

[edit] Group F

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Internazionale 4 1 3 0 5 4 +1 6 Rubin Kazan 4 1 2 1 4 5 −1 5 Barcelona 4 1 2 1 3 2 +1 5 Dynamo Kyiv 4 1 1 2 6 7 −1 4

BAR DK INT RUB Barcelona – 2–0 24 Nov 1–2 Dynamo Kyiv 9 Dec – 1–2 3–1 Internazionale 0–0 2–2 – 9 Dec Rubin Kazan 0–0 24 Nov 1–1 –

[edit] Group G

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Sevilla 4 3 1 0 10 3 +7 10 Unirea Urziceni 4 1 2 1 6 5 +1 5 Stuttgart 4 0 3 1 4 6 −2 3 Rangers 4 0 2 2 4 10 −6 2

RAN SEV STU UNI Rangers – 1–4 24 Nov 1–4 Sevilla 9 Dec – 1–1 2–0 Stuttgart 1–1 1–3 – 9 Dec Unirea Urziceni 1–1 24 Nov 1–1 –

[edit] Group H

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Arsenal 4 3 1 0 10 4 +6 10 Olympiacos 4 2 0 2 3 5 −2 6 Standard Liège 4 1 1 2 6 6 0 4 AZ 4 0 2 2 3 7 −4 2

ARS AZ OLY STA Arsenal – 4–1 2–0 24 Nov AZ 1–1 – 24 Nov 1–1 Olympiacos 9 Dec 1–0 – 2–1 Standard Liège 2–3 9 Dec 2–0 –

[edit] Knockout stage

[edit] First knockout round

The eight group winners and eight runners-up from the group stage are drawn into eight pairs of home-and-away matches. In this round, neither teams from the same group, nor teams from the same association, may be drawn with each other. Group winners play the second leg at home.

[edit] Quarter-finals

The eight winners from the first knockout round are drawn into four pairs of home-and-away matches. Starting from this round, the draw is made regardless of association or previous group status.

[edit] Semi-finals

The four quarter-final winners are drawn into two pairs of home-and-away matches.

[edit] Final

The 2010 UEFA Champions League Final is scheduled to be played at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in Madrid on 22 May 2010. If the scores are level after 90 minutes, two 15-minute periods of extra time will be played. If the game remains tied after extra time has been played, a penalty shootout will determine the winner. It will be the first time that a UEFA Champions League final will be played on a Saturday night.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Top goalscorers

The top scorers from the 2009–10 UEFA Champions League (excluding qualifying rounds and play-off round) are as follows:

Rank	Name	Team	Goals	Time played	Minutes per goal
1	Cristiano Ronaldo	Real Madrid	4	166'47"	041'42"
2	Grafite	Wolfsburg	3	247'55"	082'38"
	Adrian Mutu	Fiorentina	3	331'22"	110'27"
	Cesc Fàbregas	Arsenal	3	349'06"	116'22"
	Alan Dzagoev	CSKA Moscow	3	355'05"	140'59"
6	27 players		2	–

• Source: Top Scorers - Matchday 4 - Wednesday 4 November 2009 (after matches) (accessed 4 November 2009)

[edit] See also

• 2009–10 UEFA Europa League
• UEFA Champions League

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• UEFA Executive Committee approves changes to UEFA club competitions (includes access list for this competition)
• Access list 2009/2010 (UEFA European Cup Football by Bert Kassies)

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