The UEFA Women's Champions League 2009–10 was the first edition of the newly branded tournament, and the ninth edition of a UEFA tournament for women's champion football clubs.
For the first time the top 8 leagues of the UEFA were awarded two entry places in this year's season. Germany even got 3 entries, as FCR 2001 Duisburg finished outside the top 2 in Germany's league but gained entry as the title holder.
Teams
Round of 32 Duisburg (TH) Turbine PotsdamFrauenfußball: Turbine Potsdam ist deutscher Meister 2009, Frankfurter Allgemeine, retrieved 2009-06-13 (CH) UmeåDamallsvenskan 2008, retrieved 2009-05-11. (CH) ArsenalArsenal Ladies seal league title, Tony Leighton, BBC, retrieved 2009-05-11. (CH) LyonD1 Féminine : Lyon champion - Féminines - Football 365, toute l'actualité du foot: , football365.fr, retrieved 2009-05-18. (CH) Fortuna HjørringFortuna stødte Brøndby fra tronen, DR, retrieved 2009-06-13. (CH) Zvezda 2005 PermЧемпионат России 2008 по футболу среди женских команд ::: Women Football :::: , womenfootball.ru, retrieved 2009-05-11. (CH) RøaToppserien 2008, NRK, retrieved 2009-05-11. (CH) BardolinoDonne, Bardolino-Torres 1-0: è il quarto scudetto , Tuttosport, retrieved 2009-05-11. (CH) ValurValur Íslandsmeistari 2008, mbl.is, retrieved 2009-05-11. (CH) Universitet VitebskЧЕМПИОНАТ РЕСПУБЛИКИ БЕЛАРУСЬ , BFF, retrieved 2009-05-11. (CH) AZVrouwen AZ prolongeren landstitel , KNVB, retrieved 2009-05-29. (CH) Rayo VallecanoEl Rayo Vallecano viaja a Málaga a cantar el alirón, Marca, retrieved 2009-05-11. (CH) Sparta PrahaFOTBAL.CZ - Soutěže žen: , fotbal.cz, retrieved 2009-05-18. (CH) Neulengbach, Fussball Online, retrieved 2009-05-17. (CH) Standard LiègeStandard Femina landskampioen, De Morgen, retrieved 2009-05-17. (CH) AlmaЧемпионат Казахстана среди женских команд 2008 год — Женский футбол — Федерация Футбола Казахстана: , KFF, retrieved 2009-05-11. (CH) Unia RacibórzPiłkarki Unii Racibórz mistrzyniami Polski, gazeta.pl, retrieved 2009-05-17. (CH) Zhytlobud-1 KharkivЖіночий футбольний клуб "Нафтохімік", неофіційний сайт - Головна сторінка:, WFC Naftokhimik, retrieved 2009-05-11. (CH) Zürich, sportalplus.com, retrieved 2009-05-16. (CH) Mašinac Niš (CH) PAOK (CH) ViktóriaOddsen.nu - Statistikk - Hungary - Nöi NB I, retrieved 2009-06-14 (CH) Honka (CH) ZNK-SFK 2000 (CH) Qualifying round Bayern Munich (RU) Linköping (RU) Everton (RU) MontpellierOddsen.nu Statistikk - France - Feminine Division 1 Stats:, retrieved 2009-06-01 (RU) Brøndby (RU) Rossiyanka (RU) Team Strømmen (RU) Torres (RU) Roma Calfa (CH) Maccabi Holon(CH) CFF ClujanaSmart Fotbal. Campionatul Nationalul de Fotbal Feminin, retrieved 2009-06-13 (CH) Glasgow City (CH) 1° Dezembro (CH) NSA Sofia (CH) ŽNK Krka (CH) Slovan Duslo Sala (CH) Cardiff City (CW) Osijek (CH) Gintra Universitetas (CH) Tikvesanka (CH) KÍ Klaksvík (CH) St Francis (CW) Glentoran (CH) Apollon Limassol (CH) Levadia Tallinn (CH) Norchi Dinamoeli (CH) Birkirkara (CH) Trabzonspor (CH)
Qualifying round
The draw was made on 24 June 2009.Brøndby and Bayern learn qualifying fate, Paul Saffer, uefa.com, retrieved 2009-06-24. Teams marked (H) hosted a mini-league. The winners of each group qualified for the next round.
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Knockout phase
Bracket
Round of 32
The 16 seeded teams were drawn one opponent each from the pool of 16 unseeded teams. Teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other. The seeded team played the second leg at home. Matches were played on 30 September and 7 October.
Round of 16 From this round onwards, there was no seeding, and clubs from the same association could be drawn against each other. The drawing for this round was held immediately after the drawing for the round of 32. Therefore, instead of drawing specific teams matches were drawn with the winners playing each other in this round. Matches were played on 4–5 November and 11–12 November.
1 Lyon originally won their match 5–0, but the UEFA Appeals Body awarded them a 0–3 defeat as they found Lyon guilty of fielding two ineligible players. Five weeks later, the Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld Lyon's appeal and reinstated the original result.Lyon restored to Women's Champions League, UEFA, retrieved 25 February 2010 Quarter-finals
Matches were played on 10 March and 14–17 March.
Semi-finals
Matches were played on 10–11 April and 17–18 April 2010.
Final
Top goalscorers The top goal scorers including qualifying rounds were: Rank Player Team Goals 1 Vanessa Bürki Bayern Munich 11 2 Ida Brännström Linköping 103 Inka GringsDuisburg9 Kim LittleArsenal Anja MittagTurbine Potsdam
Round dates Phase Round First leg Second leg Qualifying round Group stage 30 July 2009 – 4 August 2009 Knockout stage Round of 32 30 September 2009 7 October 2009 Round of 16 4 November 2009 11 November 2009 Quarter-final 10 March 2010 17 March 2010 Semi-final 10 April or 11 April 2010 17 April or 18 April 2010 Final 20 May 2010
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