European Champions League Cup + European Europa LeagueMIDWEEK COMPETITION2010/2011 Season
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European Champions League Cup |
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Road to the final The UEFA Champions League comprises three qualifying rounds, a play-off round, a group stage and four knockout rounds. Qualifying In matches in the three qualifying rounds and the play-off stage, clubs play two matches against each other on a home-and-away basis. The club which scores the greater aggregate of goals qualifies for the next round, with away goals and then penalties used to determine the winner in the event of a draw. Group stage The ten winners in the play-off round ties – five from the best-placed path and five from the champions path – join 22 automatic entrants in the 32-team group stage. The clubs are split into eight groups of four teams, who play home and away against each of their pool opponents between September and December to decide which two teams from each section advance to the first knockout round. The third-place finishers in each group enter the UEFA Europa League round of 32. Knockout phase From the last 16 until the semi-finals, clubs play two matches against each other on a home-and-away basis with the same rules as the qualifying and play-off rounds applied. In the last 16, group winners play runners-up other than teams from their own pool or nation, while from the quarter-finals on the draw is free. Final The final is decided by a single match, which this season will be played at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 28 May. |
| Team Name | COUNTRY | GROUP |
| AC Milan | Italian Serie A League | Champions League - Group G |
| Ajax | Dutch | Champions League - Group G |
| Arsenal | English Premier League | Champions League - Group H |
| Auxerre | French Ligue 1 | Champions League - Group G |
| Barcelona | Spanish Liga BBVA | Champions League - Group D |
| Basle | Swiss | Champions League - Group E |
| Bayern Munich | German Bundesliga A | Champions League - Group E |
| Benfica | Portuguese | Champions League - Group B |
| Braga | Portuguese | Champions League - Group H |
| Bursaspor | Turkish Turkcell Super Lig | Champions League - Group C |
| CFR 1907 Cluj-Napoca | Romania | Champions League - Group E |
| Chelsea | English Premier League | Champions League - Group F |
| FC Copenhagen | Danish | Champions League - Group D |
| FC Twente | Dutch | Champions League - Group A |
| Hapoel Tel-Aviv | Israel | Champions League - Group B |
| Inter Milan | Italian Serie A League | Champions League - Group A |
| Lyon | French Ligue 1 | Champions League - Group B |
| Man Utd | English Premier League | Champions League - Group C |
| Marseille | French Ligue 1 | Champions League - Group F |
| MSK Zilina | Slovak Superliga | Champions League - Group F |
| Panathinaikos | Greece | Champions League - Group D |
| Partizan Belgrade | Serbia | Champions League - Group H |
| Rangers | Scottish Premier League | Champions League - Group C |
| Real Madrid | Spanish Liga BBVA | Champions League - Group G |
| Roma | Italian Serie A League | Champions League - Group E |
| Rubin Kazan | Russian Premier League | Champions League - Group D |
| Schalke 04 | German Bundesliga A | Champions League - Group B |
| Shakhtar Donetsk | Ukrainia | Champions League - Group H |
| Spartak Moscow | Russian Premier League | Champions League - Group F |
| Tottenham | English Premier League | Champions League - Group A |
| Valencia | Spanish Liga BBVA | Champions League - Group C |
| Werder Bremen | German Bundesliga A | Champions League - Group A |
| The 48 clubs were drawn into twelve groups of four on 27 August 2010 in Monaco. In each group, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round robin format. The matchdays are 16 September, 30 September, 21 October, 4 November, 1–2 December, and 15–16 December 2010. The group winners and runners-up will advance to the round of 32, where they will be joined by the eight third-placed teams from the group stage of the 2010–11 UEFA Champions League. Following a trial at last year's UEFA Europa League, UEFA have announced that in both this year's and the 2011–12 competition, two extra officials will be used – with one on each goal line. |
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