2009–10 UEFA Champions League

A total of 76 teams participated in the 2009–10 Champions League, from 52 UEFA associations (Liechtenstein organises no domestic league competition). Associations are allocated places according to their 2008 UEFA country coefficient, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 2003–04 to 2007–08.[4]

Below is the qualification scheme for the 2009–10 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 (except Liechtenstein)

Association ranking

Rank Association Coeff. Teams 1 England 75.749 4 2 Spain 75.266 3 Italy 60.410 4 France 52.668 3 5 Germany 48.722 6 Russia 43.750 7 Romania 40.599 2 8 Portugal 39.927 9 Netherlands 38.213 10 Scotland 33.375 11 Turkey 31.725 12 Ukraine 30.100 13 Belgium 26.700 14 Greece 25.831 15 Czech Republic 25.750 16 Switzerland 24.225 1 17 Bulgaria 23.166 18 Norway 22.425

Rank Association Coeff. Teams 19 Denmark 20.450 1 20 Austria 17.700 21 Serbia 16.750 22 Israel 15.750 23 Sweden 13.691 24 Slovakia 12.332 25 Poland 12.041 26 Hungary 11.999 27 Croatia 11.624 28 Cyprus 10.082 29 Slovenia 9.915 30 Finland 9.623 31 Latvia 8.831 32 Bosnia and Herzegovina 8.498 33 Lithuania 7.999 34 Moldova 7.499 35 Republic of Ireland 7.332 36 Macedonia 6.331

Rank Association Coeff. Teams 37 Iceland 5.999 1 38 Georgia 5.831 39 Liechtenstein 5.500 0 40 Belarus 5.332 1 41 Estonia 4.332 42 Azerbaijan 3.832 43 Albania 3.666 44 Armenia 3.665 45 Kazakhstan 2.582 46 Northern Ireland 2.332 47 Wales 2.331 48 Faroe Islands 1.832 49 Luxembourg 1.498 50 Malta 0.832 51 Montenegro 0.500 52 Andorra 0.500 53 San Marino 0.250

Teams

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

Group stage
BarcelonaTH (1st)	Inter Milan (1st)	Bayern Munich (2nd)	AZ (1st)
Manchester United (1st)	Juventus (2nd)	Rubin Kazan (1st)	Rangers (1st)
Liverpool (2nd)	Milan (3rd)	CSKA Moscow (2nd)	Beşiktaş (1st)
Chelsea (3rd)	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)	Timișoara (2nd)	Sivasspor (2nd)	Panathinaikos (2nd)
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 Borisov (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)

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

In a new system for the Champions League, there are two separate qualifying tournaments.[8] The Champions Path (which start from the first qualifying round) is for clubs which won their domestic league and did not automatically qualify for the group stage, while the Non-Champions Path (which start from the third qualifying round) is for clubs which did not win their domestic league and did not automatically qualify for the group stage.

In the qualifying phase and the play-off round, teams play against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis.

The draw for the first and second qualifying rounds, conducted by UEFA President Michel Platini and UEFA General Secretary David Taylor, was held on 22 June 2009, and the draw for the third qualifying round, conducted by UEFA Competitions Director Giorgio Marchetti and Head of Club Competitions Michael Heselschwerdt, was held on 17 July 2009. For the draws, clubs were separated into seeded and unseeded teams based on their club coefficient. Because the draws for the second and third qualifying rounds took place before the previous round was completed, the teams were seeded assuming the seeded side in the previous round would be victorious.

First qualifying round

The first legs were played on 30 June and 1 July, and the second legs were played on 7 and 8 July 2009.

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

Notes

1. ^
   Order of legs switched after original draw.

Second qualifying round

The first legs were played on 14 and 15 July, and the second legs were played on 21 and 22 July 2009.

Partizan's 8–0 win over Rhyl in the second leg equalled the record for the largest margin of victory in the current Champions League format.

As of November 2009, the second leg between Stabæk and Tirana was under investigation by UEFA and German authorities for possible match-fixing.[9]

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	2–0	1–3
Makedonija Gjorče Petrov	0–4	BATE Borisov	0–2	0–2
FH	0–6	Aktobe	0–4	0–2
Pyunik Yerevan	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 Tallinn	1–1	0–1
Levski Sofia	9–0	Sant Julià	4–0	5–0
Maccabi Haifa	10–0	Glentoran	6–0	4–0

Third qualifying round

The third qualifying round was split into two separate sections: one for champions and one for non-champions. The first legs were played on 28 and 29 July, and the second legs were played on 4 and 5 August 2009. The losing teams in both sections entered the play-off round of the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League.

Champions Path

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
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 Borisov	1–0	1–2
Levadia Tallinn	0–2	Debrecen	0–1	0–1
Copenhagen	3–1	Stabæk	3–1	0–0

Non-Champions Path

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sparta Prague	3–4	Panathinaikos	3–1	0–3
Shakhtar Donetsk	2–2 (a)	Timișoara	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

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

Champions Path

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
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

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Lyon	8–2	Anderlecht	5–1	3–1
Celtic	1–5	Arsenal	0–2	1–3
Timișoara	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

Liège

APOEL

London

Liverpool

Man. United

Madrid

Sevilla

Barcelona

Marseille

Bordeaux

Lyon

Bayern

Stuttgart

Wolfsburg

Olympiacos

Debrecen

M. Haifa

Fiorentina

Juventus

Milan

AZ

Porto

Unirea

CSKA

Rubin

Rangers

Zürich

Beşiktaş

Dynamo

Milan teams
Inter Milan
Milan

Madrid teams
Atlético Madrid
Real Madrd

London teams
Arsenal
Chelsea

Location of teams of the 2009–10 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 draw for the group stage was held 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 their club coefficient. Clubs from the same pot or the same association cannot be drawn into the same group.

In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away. The matchdays were 15–16 September, 29–30 September, 20–21 October, 3–4 November, 24–25 November, and 8–9 December 2009. The top two in each group advanced to the knockout phase, and the third-placed teams entered the round of 32 of the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League.

Based on Article 7.06 in the UEFA regulations, if two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings:[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 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.

AZ, Wolfsburg, Standard Liège, Zürich, APOEL, Rubin Kazan, Unirea Urziceni and Debrecen made their debut in the group stage.[10]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BDX	BAY	JUV	MHA
1	Bordeaux	6	5	1	0	9	2	+7	16	Advance to knockout phase		—	2–1	2–0	1–0
2	Bayern Munich	6	3	1	2	9	5	+4	10			0–2	—	0–0	1–0
3	Juventus	6	2	2	2	4	7	−3	8	Transfer to Europa League		1–1	1–4	—	1–0
4	Maccabi Haifa[lower-alpha 1]	6	0	0	6	0	8	−8	0			0–1	0–3	0–1	—

Source: RSSSF
Notes:

1. Maccabi Haifa was the first club to finish the Champions League group stage with 0 wins, 0 goals and 0 points.

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		MU	CSK	WOL	BJK
1	Manchester United	6	4	1	1	10	6	+4	13	Advance to knockout phase		—	3–3	2–1	0–1
2	CSKA Moscow	6	3	1	2	10	10	0	10			0–1	—	2–1	2–1
3	Wolfsburg	6	2	1	3	9	8	+1	7	Transfer to Europa League		1–3	3–1	—	0–0
4	Beşiktaş	6	1	1	4	3	8	−5	4			0–1	1–2	0–3	—

Source: RSSSF

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		RM	MIL	OM	ZÜR
1	Real Madrid	6	4	1	1	15	7	+8	13	Advance to knockout phase		—	2–3	3–0	1–0
2	Milan	6	2	3	1	8	7	+1	9			1–1	—	1–1	0–1
3	Marseille	6	2	1	3	10	10	0	7	Transfer to Europa League		1–3	1–2	—	6–1
4	Zürich	6	1	1	4	5	14	−9	4			2–5	1–1	0–1	—

Source: RSSSF

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		CHE	POR	ATL	APO
1	Chelsea	6	4	2	0	11	4	+7	14	Advance to knockout phase		—	1–0	4–0	2–2
2	Porto	6	4	0	2	8	3	+5	12			0–1	—	2–0	2–1
3	Atlético Madrid	6	0	3	3	3	12	−9	3	Transfer to Europa League		2–2	0–3	—	0–0
4	APOEL	6	0	3	3	4	7	−3	3			0–1	0–1	1–1	—

Source: RSSSF

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		FIO	OL	LIV	DEB
1	Fiorentina	6	5	0	1	14	7	+7	15	Advance to knockout phase		—	1–0	2–0	5–2
2	Lyon	6	4	1	1	12	3	+9	13			1–0	—	1–1	4–0
3	Liverpool	6	2	1	3	5	7	−2	7	Transfer to Europa League		1–2	1–2	—	1–0
4	Debrecen	6	0	0	6	5	19	−14	0			3–4	0–4	0–1	—

Source: RSSSF

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BAR	INT	RUB	DK
1	Barcelona	6	3	2	1	7	3	+4	11	Advance to knockout phase		—	2–0	1–2	2–0
2	Inter Milan	6	2	3	1	7	6	+1	9			0–0	—	2–0	2–2
3	Rubin Kazan	6	1	3	2	4	7	−3	6	Transfer to Europa League		0–0	1–1	—	0–0
4	Dynamo Kyiv	6	1	2	3	7	9	−2	5			1–2	1–2	3–1	—

Source: RSSSF

Group G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		SEV	STU	URZ	RAN
1	Sevilla	6	4	1	1	11	4	+7	13	Advance to knockout phase		—	1–1	2–0	1–0
2	Stuttgart	6	2	3	1	9	7	+2	9			1–3	—	3–1	1–1
3	Unirea Urziceni	6	2	2	2	8	8	0	8	Transfer to Europa League		1–0	1–1	—	1–1
4	Rangers	6	0	2	4	4	13	−9	2			1–4	0–2	1–4	—

Source: RSSSF

Group H

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ARS	OLY	STD	AZ
1	Arsenal	6	4	1	1	12	5	+7	13	Advance to knockout phase		—	2–0	2–0	4–1
2	Olympiacos	6	3	1	2	4	5	−1	10			1–0	—	2–1	1–0
3	Standard Liège	6	1	2	3	7	9	−2	5	Transfer to Europa League		2–3	2–0	—	1–1
4	AZ	6	0	4	2	4	8	−4	4			1–1	0–0	1–1	—

Source: RSSSF

In the knockout phase, teams play against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis, except for the one-match final.

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 18 December 2009, conducted by UEFA General Secretary Gianni Infantino and Giorgio Marchetti, the UEFA Director of Competitions.[11] The eight group winners, which would play the second leg at home, were drawn against the eight group runners-up, with the restriction that teams from the same group or the same association cannot be drawn with each other.

The draws for the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final (to determine the "home" team) was held on 19 March 2010, conducted by Gianni Infantino and Emilio Butragueño, the ambassador for the final in Madrid.[12] From the quarter-finals onwards, there were no seedings, and teams from the same group or the same association may be drawn with each other.

Bracket

	Round of 16						Quarter-finals						Semi-finals						Final
	Bayern Munich (a)	2	2	4
	Fiorentina	1	3	4
							Bayern Munich (a)	2	2	4
							Manchester United	1	3	4
	Milan	2	0	2
	Manchester United	3	4	7
													Bayern Munich	1	3	4
												Lyon	0	0	0
	Lyon	1	1	2
	Real Madrid	0	1	1
							Lyon	3	0	3
							Bordeaux	1	1	2
	Olympiacos	0	1	1
	Bordeaux	1	2	3
																		Bayern Munich	0
																			Inter Milan	2
	Inter Milan	2	1	3
	Chelsea	1	0	1
							Inter Milan	1	1	2
							CSKA Moscow	0	0	0
	CSKA Moscow	1	2	3
	Sevilla	1	1	2
													Inter Milan	3	0	3
												Barcelona	1	1	2
	Porto	2	0	2
	Arsenal	1	5	6
							Arsenal	2	1	3
							Barcelona	2	4	6
	Stuttgart	1	0	1
	Barcelona	1	4	5

Round of 16

Starting from this season, the matches in the round of 16 were held over four weeks, instead of the previous two weeks. The first legs were played on 16, 17, 23 and 24 February, and the second legs were played on 9, 10, 16 and 17 March 2010.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Stuttgart	1–5	Barcelona	1–1	0–4
Olympiacos	1–3	Bordeaux	0–1	1–2
Inter Milan	3–1	Chelsea	2–1	1–0
Bayern Munich	4–4 (a)	Fiorentina	2–1	2–3
CSKA Moscow	3–2	Sevilla	1–1	2–1
Lyon	2–1	Real Madrid	1–0	1–1
Porto	2–6	Arsenal	2–1	0–5
Milan	2–7	Manchester United	2–3	0–4

Quarter-finals

The first legs were played on 30 and 31 March, and the second legs were played on 6 and 7 April 2010.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Lyon	3–2	Bordeaux	3–1	0–1
Bayern Munich	(a) 4–4	Manchester United	2–1	2–3
Arsenal	3–6	Barcelona	2–2	1–4
Inter Milan	2–0	CSKA Moscow	1–0	1–0

Semi-finals

The first legs were played on 20 and 21 April, and the second legs were played on 27 and 28 April 2010.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Bayern Munich	4–0	Lyon	1–0	3–0
Inter Milan	3–2	Barcelona	3–1	0–1

Final

Main article: 2010 UEFA Champions League Final

The final of the 2009–10 UEFA Champions League was played at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in Madrid on 22 May 2010, between Germany's Bayern Munich and Italy's Inter Milan.[13] The stadium, home of Real Madrid, has hosted three previous European Cup finals, in 1957, 1969 and 1980.[14] It was the first time that a UEFA Champions League final has been played on a Saturday night.[15] England's Howard Webb was appointed to referee the Final.[16] The two clubs competing in the Final had each won their domestic league and cup competitions, meaning that the winner became only the sixth club in Europe to have achieved a continental treble, and the first such club from their respective countries. It was also the second consecutive treble, following that of Barcelona in the previous season.

22 May 2010

20:45 CEST

Bayern Munich	0–2	Inter Milan
	Report	Milito  35', 70'

Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid

Attendance: 73,490

Referee: Howard Webb (England)

Statistics exclude qualifying rounds and play-off round.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals	Minutes played
1	Lionel Messi	Barcelona	8	1033
2	Cristiano Ronaldo	Real Madrid	7	477
	Ivica Olić	Bayern Munich		721
4	Diego Milito	Inter Milan	6	966
5	Nicklas Bendtner	Arsenal	5	461
	Wayne Rooney	Manchester United		508
	Marouane Chamakh	Bordeaux		852
8	Michael Owen	Manchester United	4	293
	Stevan Jovetić	Fiorentina		302
	Edin Džeko	Wolfsburg		560
	Cesc Fàbregas	Arsenal		633
	Radamel Falcao	Porto		660
	Pedro	Barcelona		677
	Arjen Robben	Bayern Munich		717
	Miralem Pjanić	Lyon		780
	Zlatan Ibrahimović	Barcelona		790
	Miloš Krasić	CSKA Moscow		812

• Source: Top Scorers – Final – Saturday 22 May 2010 (after match) . Retrieved 23 April 2010

Top assists

Rank	Player	Team	Assists	Minutes played
1	Wesley Sneijder	Inter Milan	6	947
2	Andrey Arshavin	Arsenal	5	449
	Alberto Gilardino	Fiorentina		585
4	Luís Fabiano	Sevilla	4	423
	Juan Manuel Vargas	Fiorentina		612
	Nani	Manchester United		639
	Tomáš Necid	CSKA Moscow		749
	Miralem Pjanić	Lyon		750
	Wendel	Bordeaux		847
10	Clarence Seedorf	Milan	3	558
	Antonio Valencia	Manchester United		586
	Florent Malouda	Chelsea		645
	Jesús Navas	Sevilla		711
	Thomas Müller	Bayern Munich		935
	Xavi	Barcelona		990

Source:[17]

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• 2010 FIFA Club World Cup
• 2010 UEFA Super Cup
• 2009–10 UEFA Women's Champions League

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• 2009–10 UEFA Champions League, UEFA.com
• UEFA Executive Committee approves changes to UEFA club competitions (includes access list for this competition)
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