2011–12 UEFA Champions League

57th season of the UEFA club football tournament

2011–12 UEFA Champions League

The Allianz Arena in Munich hosted the final

Tournament details
Dates| Qualifying:
28 June – 24 August 2011
Competition proper:
13 September 2011 – 19 May 2012
Teams| Competition proper: 32
Total: 75 (from 52 associations)
Final positions
Champions|  Chelsea (1st title)
Runners-up|  Bayern Munich
Tournament statistics
Matches played| 125
Goals scored| 345 (2.76 per match)
Top scorer(s)| Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
14 goals

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International football competition

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

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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
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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
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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

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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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The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:[7][8]

* TH: Champions League title holders
* 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th: League positions of the previous season

Group stage

BarcelonaTH (1st) |  Milan (1st) |  Marseille (2nd) |  Porto (1st)
Manchester United (1st) |  Internazionale (2nd) |  Zenit St. Petersburg (1st) |  Ajax (1st)
Chelsea (2nd) |  Napoli (3rd) |  CSKA Moscow (2nd) |  Trabzonspor (2nd)[Note TUR]
Manchester City (3rd) |  Borussia Dortmund (1st) |  Shakhtar Donetsk (1st) |  Olympiacos (1st)
Real Madrid (2nd) |  Bayer Leverkusen (2nd) |  Oțelul Galați (1st) |  Basel (1st)
Valencia (3rd) |  Lille (1st) |
Play-off round
Champions Route  | League Route
|  Arsenal (4th) |  Udinese (4th) |  Lyon (3rd)
Villarreal (4th) |  Bayern Munich (3rd) |
Third qualifying round
Champions Route  | League Route
Genk (1st) |  Rubin Kazan (3rd) |  Twente (2nd) |  Zürich (2nd)
Copenhagen (1st) |  Dynamo Kyiv (2nd) |  Trabzonspor (2nd)[Note TUR] |  Standard Liège (2nd)
Rangers (1st) |  Vaslui (3rd)[Note ROU] |  Panathinaikos (2nd) |  Odense (2nd)
|  Benfica (2nd) |
Second qualifying round
Litex Lovech (1st) |  Partizan (1st) |  Skonto (1st) |  Tobol Kostanay (1st)
Viktoria Plzeň (1st) |  Wisła Kraków (1st) |  Dacia Chişinău (1st) |  Flora Tallinn (1st)
Sturm Graz (1st) |  Dinamo Zagreb (1st) |  Maribor (1st) |  Skënderbeu (1st)
Maccabi Haifa (1st) |  BATE Borisov (1st) |  Videoton (1st) |  Pyunik (1st)
APOEL (1st) |  Shamrock Rovers (1st) |  Zestaponi (1st) |  Bangor City (1st)
Rosenborg (1st) |  HJK (1st) |  Neftchi Baku (1st) |  Mogren (1st)
Slovan Bratislava (1st) |  Borac Banja Luka (1st) |  Breiðablik (1st) |  HB Tórshavn (1st)
Malmö FF (1st) |  Ekranas (1st) |  Shkëndija (1st) |  Linfield (1st)
First qualifying round
F91 Dudelange (1st) |  FC Santa Coloma (1st) |  Valletta (1st) |  Tre Fiori (1st)

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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]

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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

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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

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Tre Fiori | 1–5  |  Valletta | 0–3 | 1–2
FC Santa Coloma | 0–4  |  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

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Maccabi Haifa | 7–4  |  Borac Banja Luka | 5–1 | 2–3
Mogren | 1–5  |  Litex Lovech | 1–2 | 0–3
Maribor | 5–1  |  F91 Dudelange | 2–0 | 3–1
Skënderbeu | 0–6  |  APOEL | 0–2 | 0–4
Slovan Bratislava | 3–1  |  Tobol Kostanay | 2–0 | 1–1
Sturm Graz | 4–3  |  Videoton | 2–0 | 2–3
Zestaponi | 3–2  |  Dacia Chișinău | 3–0 | 0–2
Dinamo Zagreb | 3–0  |  Neftchi Baku | 3–0 | 0–0
Pyunik | 1–9  |  Viktoria Plzeň | 0–4 | 1–5
Partizan | 5–0  |  Shkëndija | 4–0 | 1–0
Valletta | 2–4  |  Ekranas | 2–3 | 0–1
Malmö | 3–1  |  HB Tórshavn | 2–0 | 1–1
Shamrock Rovers | 1–0  |  Flora Tallinn | 1–0 | 0–0
Rosenborg | 5–2  |  Breiðablik | 5–0 | 0–2
Bangor City | 0–13[A] |  HJK | 0–3 | 0–10
Skonto | 0–3  |  Wisła Kraków | 0–1 | 0–2
Linfield | 1–3  |  BATE Borisov | 1–1 | 0–2

Notes

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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

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Champions Route  Litex Lovech | 2–5  |  Wisła Kraków | 1–2 | 1–3
Maccabi Haifa | 3–2  |  Maribor | 2–1 | 1–1
HJK | 1–3  |  Dinamo Zagreb | 1–2 | 0–1
APOEL | 2–0  |  Slovan Bratislava | 0–0 | 2–0
Copenhagen | 3–0  |  Shamrock Rovers | 1–0 | 2–0
Genk | 3–2  |  Partizan | 2–1 | 1–1
Rosenborg | 2–4  |  Viktoria Plzeň | 0–1 | 2–3
Zestaponi | 1–2  |  Sturm Graz | 1–1 | 0–1
Ekranas | 1–3  |  BATE Borisov | 0–0 | 1–3
Rangers | 1–2  |  Malmö | 0–1 | 1–1
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League Route  Standard Liège | 1–2  |  Zürich | 1–1 | 0–1
Twente | 2–0  |  Vaslui | 2–0 | 0–0
Benfica | 3–1  |  Trabzonspor | 2–0 | 1–1
Dynamo Kyiv | 1–4  |  Rubin Kazan | 0–2 | 1–2
Odense | 5–4  |  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

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Champions Route  Wisła Kraków | 2–3  |  APOEL | 1–0 | 1–3
Maccabi Haifa | 3–3 (1–4 p)  |  Genk | 2–1 | 1–2 (a.e.t.)
Dinamo Zagreb | 4–3  |  Malmö | 4–1 | 0–2
Copenhagen | 2–5  |  Viktoria Plzeň | 1–3 | 1–2
BATE Borisov | 3–1  |  Sturm Graz | 1–1 | 2–0
Team 1  | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2  | 1st leg  | 2nd leg

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League Route  Odense | 1–3  |  Villarreal | 1–0 | 0–3
Twente | 3–5  |  Benfica | 2–2 | 1–3
Arsenal | 3–1  |  Udinese | 1–0 | 2–1
Bayern Munich | 3–0  |  Zürich | 2–0 | 1–0
Lyon | 4–2  |  Rubin Kazan | 3–1 | 1–1

## Group stage

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Main article: 2011–12 UEFA Champions League group stage

Genk

BATE

Din. Zagreb

APOEL

Plzeň

London

Manchester

Valencia

Villarreal

Real Madrid

Barcelona

Marseille

Lyon

Lille

Bayern

Leverkusen

Dortmund

Olympiacos

Napoli

Milan

Ajax

Benfica

Porto

Oțelul

CSKA

Zenit

Basel

Trabzonspor

Shakhtar

London teams
Arsenal
Chelsea

Manchester teams
Manchester City
Manchester United

Milan teams
Internazionale
Milan

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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

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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification  |  |  BAY |  NAP |  MCI |  VIL

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1  |  Bayern Munich | 6  | 4  | 1  | 1  | 11  | 6  | +5  | 13  | Advance to knockout phase |  | -- | 3–2 | 2–0 | 3–1
2  |  Napoli | 6  | 3  | 2  | 1  | 10  | 6  | +4  | 11  |  | 1–1 | -- | 2–1 | 2–0
3  |  Manchester City | 6  | 3  | 1  | 2  | 9  | 6  | +3  | 10  | Transfer to Europa League |  | 2–0 | 1–1 | -- | 2–1
4  |  Villarreal | 6  | 0  | 0  | 6  | 2  | 14  | −12  | 0  |  |  | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–3 | --

Source: Soccerway

### Group B

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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification  |  |  INT |  CSKA |  TRA |  LIL

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1  |  Internazionale | 6  | 3  | 1  | 2  | 8  | 7  | +1  | 10  | Advance to knockout phase |  | -- | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–1
2  |  CSKA Moscow | 6  | 2  | 2  | 2  | 9  | 8  | +1  | 8  |  | 2–3 | -- | 3–0 | 0–2
3  |  Trabzonspor | 6  | 1  | 4  | 1  | 3  | 5  | −2  | 7  | Transfer to Europa League |  | 1–1 | 0–0 | -- | 1–1
4  |  Lille | 6  | 1  | 3  | 2  | 6  | 6  | 0  | 6  |  |  | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | --

Source: Soccerway

### Group C

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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification  |  |  BEN |  BSL |  MUN |  OTE

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1  |  Benfica | 6  | 3  | 3  | 0  | 8  | 4  | +4  | 12  | Advance to knockout phase |  | -- | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0
2  |  Basel | 6  | 3  | 2  | 1  | 11  | 10  | +1  | 11  |  | 0–2 | -- | 2–1 | 2–1
3  |  Manchester United | 6  | 2  | 3  | 1  | 11  | 8  | +3  | 9  | Transfer to Europa League |  | 2–2 | 3–3 | -- | 2–0
4  |  Oțelul Galați | 6  | 0  | 0  | 6  | 3  | 11  | −8  | 0  |  |  | 0–1 | 2–3 | 0–2 | --

Source: Soccerway

### Group D

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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification  |  |  RMA |  LYO |  AJX |  DZG

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1  |  Real Madrid | 6  | 6  | 0  | 0  | 19  | 2  | +17  | 18  | Advance to knockout phase |  | -- | 4–0 | 3–0 | 6–2
2  |  Lyon | 6  | 2  | 2  | 2  | 9  | 7  | +2  | 8[a] |  | 0–2 | -- | 0–0 | 2–0
3  |  Ajax | 6  | 2  | 2  | 2  | 6  | 6  | 0  | 8[a] | Transfer to Europa League |  | 0–3 | 0–0 | -- | 4–0
4  |  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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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification  |  |  CHE |  LEV |  VAL |  GNK

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1  |  Chelsea | 6  | 3  | 2  | 1  | 13  | 4  | +9  | 11  | Advance to knockout phase |  | -- | 2–0 | 3–0 | 5–0
2  |  Bayer Leverkusen | 6  | 3  | 1  | 2  | 8  | 8  | 0  | 10  |  | 2–1 | -- | 2–1 | 2–0
3  |  Valencia | 6  | 2  | 2  | 2  | 12  | 7  | +5  | 8  | Transfer to Europa League |  | 1–1 | 3–1 | -- | 7–0
4  |  Genk | 6  | 0  | 3  | 3  | 2  | 16  | −14  | 3  |  |  | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | --

Source: Soccerway

### Group F

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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification  |  |  ARS |  MAR |  OLY |  DOR

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1  |  Arsenal | 6  | 3  | 2  | 1  | 7  | 6  | +1  | 11  | Advance to knockout phase |  | -- | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1
2  |  Marseille | 6  | 3  | 1  | 2  | 7  | 4  | +3  | 10  |  | 0–1 | -- | 0–1 | 3–0
3  |  Olympiacos | 6  | 3  | 0  | 3  | 8  | 6  | +2  | 9  | Transfer to Europa League |  | 3–1 | 0–1 | -- | 3–1
4  |  Borussia Dortmund | 6  | 1  | 1  | 4  | 6  | 12  | −6  | 4  |  |  | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | --

Source: Soccerway

### Group G

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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification  |  |  APO |  ZEN |  POR |  SHK

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1  |  APOEL | 6  | 2  | 3  | 1  | 6  | 6  | 0  | 9[a] | Advance to knockout phase |  | -- | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–2
2  |  Zenit Saint Petersburg | 6  | 2  | 3  | 1  | 7  | 5  | +2  | 9[a] |  | 0–0 | -- | 3–1 | 1–0
3  |  Porto | 6  | 2  | 2  | 2  | 7  | 7  | 0  | 8  | Transfer to Europa League |  | 1–1 | 0–0 | -- | 2–1
4  |  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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1  |  Barcelona | 6  | 5  | 1  | 0  | 20  | 4  | +16  | 16  | Advance to knockout phase |  | -- | 2–2 | 2–0 | 4–0
2  |  Milan | 6  | 2  | 3  | 1  | 11  | 8  | +3  | 9  |  | 2–3 | -- | 2–0 | 2–0
3  |  Viktoria Plzeň | 6  | 1  | 2  | 3  | 4  | 11  | −7  | 5  | Transfer to Europa League |  | 0–4 | 2–2 | -- | 1–1
4  |  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
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|  Marseille (a)| 1| 1| 2
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|  Internazionale| 0| 2| 2 | |
| | |  Marseille| 0| 0| 0
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| | |  Bayern Munich| 2| 2| 4 | |
|  Basel| 1| 0| 1| | | |
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|  Bayern Munich| 0| 7| 7 | |
| | |  Bayern Munich (p)| 2| 1| 3 (3)
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| | |  Real Madrid| 1| 2| 3 (1) | |
|  Lyon| 1| 0| 1 (3)| | | | | | |
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|  APOEL (p)| 0| 1| 1 (4) | |
| | |  APOEL| 0| 2| 2
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| | |  Real Madrid| 3| 5| 8 | |
|  CSKA Moscow| 1| 1| 2| | | |
| | | | 19 May – Munich
|  Real Madrid| 1| 4| 5 | |
| | |  Bayern Munich| 1 (3)
| | |
| | |  Chelsea (p)| 1 (4)
|  Zenit Saint Petersburg| 3| 0| 3| | | | | | | |
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|  Benfica| 2| 2| 4 | |
| | |  Benfica| 0| 1| 1
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| | |  Chelsea| 1| 2| 3 | |
|  Napoli| 3| 1| 4| | | |
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|  Chelsea (a.e.t.)| 1| 4| 5 | |
| | |  Chelsea| 1| 2| 3
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| | |  Barcelona| 0| 2| 2 | | |
|  Milan| 4| 0| 4| | | | | | |
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|  Arsenal| 0| 3| 3 | |
| | |  Milan| 0| 1| 1|
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| | |  Barcelona| 0| 3| 3 | | |
|  Bayer Leverkusen| 1| 1| 2| | | |
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|  Barcelona| 3| 7| 10 | |
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### 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

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Lyon | 1–1 (3–4 p)  |  APOEL | 1–0 | 0–1 (a.e.t.)
Napoli | 4–5  |  Chelsea | 3–1 | 1–4 (a.e.t.)
Milan | 4–3  |  Arsenal | 4–0 | 0–3
Basel | 1–7  |  Bayern Munich | 1–0 | 0–7
Bayer Leverkusen | 2–10  |  Barcelona | 1–3 | 1–7
CSKA Moscow | 2–5  |  Real Madrid | 1–1 | 1–4
Zenit Saint Petersburg | 3–4  |  Benfica | 3–2 | 0–2
Marseille | 2–2 (a)  |  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

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APOEL | 2–8  |  Real Madrid | 0–3 | 2–5
Marseille | 0–4  |  Bayern Munich | 0–2 | 0–2
Benfica | 1–3  |  Chelsea | 0–1 | 1–2
Milan | 1–3  |  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

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Bayern Munich | 3–3 (3–1 p)  |  Real Madrid | 2–1 | 1–2 (a.e.t.)
Chelsea | 3–2  |  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]

19 May 2012

20:45 CEST

Bayern Munich | 1–1 (a.e.t.)|  Chelsea

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* Müller 83'

| Report |

* Drogba 88'

Penalties

* Lahm
* Gómez
* Neuer
* Olić
* Schweinsteiger

| 3–4 |

* Mata
* David Luiz
* Lampard
* Cole
* Drogba

Allianz Arena, Munich

Attendance: 62,500[22]

Referee: Pedro Proença (Portugal)

## 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

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1  |  Lionel Messi |  Barcelona | 14  | 990
2  |  Mario Gómez |  Bayern Munich | 12  | 1,003
3  |  Cristiano Ronaldo |  Real Madrid | 10  | 930
4  |  Karim Benzema |  Real Madrid | 7  | 760
5  |  Didier Drogba |  Chelsea | 6  | 670
6  |  José Callejón |  Real Madrid | 5  | 307
Roberto Soldado |  Valencia | 515
Bafétimbi Gomis |  Lyon | 530
Alexander Frei |  Basel | 611
Seydou Doumbia |  CSKA Moscow | 611
Roman Shirokov |  Zenit Saint Petersburg | 658
Edinson Cavani |  Napoli | 701
Zlatan Ibrahimović |  Milan | 720

Source:[23]

## See also

[edit]

* 2011–12 UEFA Europa League
* 2012 FIFA Club World Cup
* 2012 UEFA Super Cup
* 2011–12 UEFA Women's Champions League

## References

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1. ^ UEFA welcomes IFAB referee trial decision, UEFA.com.
2. ^ "UEFA announces 2011 and 2012 final venues". UEFA.com. UNIAN. 28 April 2010. Retrieved 28 April 2010.
3. ^ Taylor, Daniel (19 May 2012). "Chelsea win Champions League on penalties over Bayern Munich". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
4. ^ "UEFA Country Ranking 2010". Bert Kassies.
5. ^ a b "Regulations of the UEFA Champions League 2011/12" (PDF). Nyon: UEFA. March 2011. Retrieved 1 June 2011.
6. ^ a b "2011/12 UEFA Champions League access list and calendar". UEFA.com. 24 August 2011.
7. ^ "2011/12 UEFA Champions League list of participants". UEFA.com. 26 August 2011.
8. ^ "Qualification for European Cup Football 2011/2012". Bert Kassies. Archived from the original on 29 May 2012. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
9. ^ "Timișoara si Bistrita nu au primit licenta si sunt retrogradate". Onlinesport.ro. Archived from the original on 29 May 2012. Retrieved 31 May 2011.
10. ^ "Fenerbahce withdrawn from Europe because of match-fix probe". BBC. 25 August 2011. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
11. ^ "Fenerbahçe is out from UEFA Champions League for this season". Turkish Football Federation. 24 August 2011.
12. ^ "Fenerbahçe replaced in UEFA Champions League". UEFA.com. 24 August 2011.
13. ^ a b "UEFA Team Ranking 2011". Bert Kassies.
14. ^ a b "Seeding in the Champions League 2011/2012". Bert Kassies. Archived from the original on 26 June 2011. Retrieved 19 May 2011.
15. ^ "Newcomers Skendija meet Partizan in second round". UEFA. 20 June 2011. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
16. ^ "Draw throws up Dynamo-Rubin rematch". UEFA. 15 July 2011. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
17. ^ "Bayern face Zürich, Arsenal draw Udinese". UEFA. 5 August 2011. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
18. ^ "Barcelona get Milan in group stage draw". UEFA.com. 25 August 2011.
19. ^ "Eleven former winners grace group stage draw". UEFA.com. 24 August 2011.
20. ^ "Barcelona handed Leverkusen tie". UEFA.com. 16 December 2011.
21. ^ a b c "Milan-Barça takes top billing in quarter-final draw". UEFA.com. 16 March 2011.
22. ^ "Full Time Report, Final – Saturday 19 May 2012" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 19 May 2012. Retrieved 19 May 2012.
23. ^ "Statistics — Tournament phase — Goals scored". UEFA.com. UEFA. Retrieved 28 September 2011.

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