2010–11 UEFA Women's Champions League

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2010–11 UEFA Women's Champions League
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Craven Cottage in London hosted the final.
Tournament details
Dates5 August 2010 – 26 May 2011
Teams51 (from 43 confederations)
Final positions
ChampionsFrance Olympique Lyon (1st title)
Runners-upGermany Turbine Potsdam
Tournament statistics
Matches played103
Goals scored473 (4.59 per match)
Top scorer(s)Germany Inka Grings (13 goals)[1]
All statistics correct as of 26 May 2011.

The 2010–11 UEFA Women's Champions League was the tenth edition of the European women's championship for football clubs. The final was held in London, England on 26 May 2011 at Craven Cottage.

French side Olympique Lyon won the competition after finishing runner-up the previous year. Lyon became the first French team to win the competition.[2]

Team allocation and distribution[]

On 14 June 2010 UEFA announced the entry list.[3] A total of 51 teams from 43 UEFA associations will participate. This is two less than in 2009–10, as the title holder Turbine Potsdam also qualified through its domestic league, and the winners of the Maltese league were not entered. Countries are allocated places according to their 2009 UEFA league coefficient for women,[4] taking into account performances in women's club competitions between 2004–05 and 2008–09.

Associations 1–8 have two club qualify, the remaining associations have one team. Unlike the men's Champions League, not every association enters a team, and so the exact number of clubs in each round is only known shortly before the draw.

Teams entering in this round Teams advancing from previous round Competition format
Qualifying round
(28 teams)
  • 8 domestic league runners-up from associations 1–8
  • 20 domestic league winners from associations ranked 24–53

7 groups of 4 clubs, hosted by one club, seeded into four pots by UEFA club

Round of 32
(32 teams)
  • 23 domestic league winners from associations 1–23
  • 7 group winners from qualifying round
  • 2 best group runners-up from qualifying round

Two-legged knockout, seeded by UEFA club coefficient

Teams[]

Round of 32
Germany Turbine Potsdam Sweden Linköping France Lyon Russia Zvezda 2005 Perm
England Arsenal Denmark Fortuna Hjørring Italy Torres Iceland Valur
Norway Røa Spain Rayo Vallecano Netherlands AZ Belarus Zorka-BDU Minsk
Austria Neulengbach Czech Republic Sparta Praha Kazakhstan CSHVSM Belgium Sint-Truiden
Poland Unia Racibórz Switzerland Zürich Ukraine Lehenda-ShVSM Serbia Mašinac Niš
Finland Åland United Hungary MTK Greece PAOK
Qualifying round
Germany Duisburg Sweden Umeå France Juvisy Russia Rossiyanka
England Everton Denmark Brøndby Italy Bardolino Iceland Breiðablik
Scotland Glasgow City Romania FCM Târgu Mureş Portugal 1º Dezembro Bosnia and Herzegovina SFK 2000 Sarajevo
Israel ASA Tel Aviv University Slovenia Krka Bulgaria NSA Sofia Moldova
Lithuania Gintra Universitetas Slovakia Slovan Bratislava Wales Swansea City Republic of Ireland St Francis
Croatia Osijek Faroe Islands KÍ Klaksvík Turkey Gazi Üniversitesi North Macedonia Borec Veles
Northern Ireland Crusaders Newtownabbey Strikers Cyprus Apollon Limassol Estonia Levadia Tallinn Georgia (country) FC Baia Zugdidi

Qualifying round[]

Seeding and draw[]

The draw was held on 23 June 2010. 28 teams enter in the qualifying round, and were divided into seven groups of four teams, with one team from each seeding pot:

The seven hosts were confirmed by UEFA before the draw, and two hosts could not be placed in the same group. Brøndby, Gintra Universitetas, Krka, Osijek and Apollon Limassol also hosted tournaments last year. The other two hosts from last year (Linköping and ) did not enter the qualifying round this year.

Each team plays the other teams in the group once. The matches were played between 5 and 10 August 2010. Teams in italic hosted a mini-league.

Tie-breaker criteria[]

As usual in UEFA competitions, three points are awarded for a win, and one point for a draw. If teams are equal on points after all matches have been played, the following criteria applies:

  1. Higher number of points obtained in the matches among the teams in question.
  2. Superior goal difference resulting from the matches among the teams in question.
  3. Higher number of goals scored in the matches among the teams in question.
  4. Superior goal difference in all group matches
  5. Higher number of goals scored in all group matches
  6. Higher number of club coefficient points
  7. Drawing of lots

Criteria 1–3 are reapplied until the tie cannot be resolved; only then is criteria 4 used.

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