2010–11 UEFA Champions League qualifying was the preliminary phase of the 2010–11 UEFA Champions League, prior to the competition proper. Qualification consisted of the qualifying phase (first to third rounds) and the play-off round.
There were two paths: Champions Path, which included all domestic champions which did not automatically qualified for the group stage. Non-Champions Path (also called the Best-placed Path), which included all non-domestic champions which did not automatically qualified for the group stage.
Each tie was played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that had the higher aggregate score over the two legs progressed to the next round. In the event that aggregate scores finished level, the away goals rule was applied, i.e., the team that scored more goals away from home over the two legs progressed. If away goals were also equal, then 30 minutes of extra time were played, divided into two 15-minute halves. The away goals rule is again applied after extra time, i.e., if there were goals scored during extra time and the aggregate score was still level, the visiting team qualified by virtue of more away goals scored. If no goals were scored during extra time, the tie was decided via a penalty shoot-out.
All times are CEST (UTC+2), as listed by UEFA.
Round and draw dates All draws held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.
Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg Qualifying First qualifying round 21 June 2010 29–30 June 2010 6–7 July 2010 Second qualifying round 13–14 July 2010 20–21 July 2010 Third qualifying round 16 July 2010 27–28 July 2010 3–4 August 2010 Play-off Play-off round 6 August 2010 17–18 August 2010 24–25 August 2010
Teams Below are the 54 teams (39 in Champions Path, 15 in Non-Champions Path) that were involved in the qualifying phase and play-off round, grouped by their starting rounds. The ten winners of the play-off round (five in Champions Path, five in Non-Champions Path) qualified for the group stage to join the 22 automatic qualifiers. The losing teams from the third qualifying round and the play-off round entered the Europa League play-off round and the group stage, respectively.
In each round, teams were seeded based on their 2010 UEFA club coefficients. Prior to the draw, UEFA could form "groups" in accordance with the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee, but they were purely for convenience of the draw and did not resemble any real groupings in the sense of the competition, while ensuring that teams from the same association were not drawn against each other.
Key to coloursQualified for the group stageEliminated in the play-off round; Advanced to the Europa League group stageEliminated in the third qualifying round; Advanced to the Europa League play-off round
Champions Path Third qualifying round Team Coeff. Basel 48.675 Anderlecht 42.580 Copenhagen 34.470 Second qualifying round Team Coeff. Hapoel Tel Aviv 27.775 Sparta Prague 27.395 Rosenborg 23.980 Red Bull Salzburg 19.915 Litex Lovech 15.900 Dinamo Zagreb 14.466 Partizan 13.800 BATE Borisov 13.308 Lech Poznań 11.008 Žilina 10.666 Sheriff Tiraspol 5.458 Debrecen 5.350 Omonia 4.599 AIK 3.838 Bohemians 2.908 Ekranas 2.683 Aktobe 2.399 HJK 2.399 Levadia Tallinn 2.374 Liepājas Metalurgs 2.149 FH 2.083 Željezničar 1.749 Olimpi Rustavi 1.649 Pyunik 1.599 Koper 1.391 Inter Baku 1.349 Renova 1.316 Dinamo Tirana 1.049 HB 0.866 The New Saints 0.766 Linfield 0.574 Jeunesse Esch 0.249 First qualifying round Team Coeff. FC Santa Coloma 0.700 Tre Fiori 0.650 Birkirkara 0.433 Rudar Pljevlja 0.425
Non-Champions Path Play-off round Team Coeff. Sevilla 108.951 Werder Bremen 94.841 Tottenham Hotspur 56.371 Sampdoria 30.857 Auxerre 19.748 Third qualifying round Team Coeff. Zenit Saint Petersburg 61.258 Ajax 55.309 Fenerbahçe 54.890 Dynamo Kyiv 42.910 Braga 39.659 Celtic 38.158 Unirea Urziceni 18.898 PAOK 11.479 Young Boys 7.675 Gent 6.580
First qualifying round
Seeding SeededUnseeded FC Santa Coloma Tre Fiori Birkirkara Rudar Pljevlja
Summary
Matches
Rudar Pljevlja won 7–1 on aggregate.
Birkirkara won 7–3 on aggregate.
Second qualifying round
Seeding Group 1 Group 2 Group 3SeededUnseededSeededUnseededSeededUnseeded Sparta Prague Partizan Lech Poznań Debrecen Aktobe Levadia Tallinn Liepājas Metalurgs Olimpi Rustavi Pyunik Inter Baku Hapoel Tel Aviv Litex Lovech Dinamo Zagreb Žilina Sheriff Tiraspol Omonia Željezničar Koper Renova Dinamo Tirana Birkirkara Rudar Pljevlja Rosenborg Red Bull Salzburg BATE Borisov AIK Bohemians Ekranas HJK FH HB The New Saints Linfield Jeunesse Esch Notes
Summary
Matches
Sparta Prague won 5–0 on aggregate.
Aktobe won 3–1 on aggregate.
Debrecen won 4–3 on aggregate.
Partizan won 4–1 on aggregate.
1–1 on aggregate; Lech Poznań won 9–8 on penalties.
Dinamo Zagreb won 5–4 on aggregate.
Litex Lovech won 5–0 on aggregate.
Žilina won 3–1 on aggregate.
Sheriff Tiraspol won 3–2 on aggregate.
Hapoel Tel Aviv won 6–0 on aggregate.
Omonia won 5–0 on aggregate.
Red Bull Salzburg won 5–1 on aggregate.
The New Saints won 4–1 on aggregate.
BATE Borisov won 6–1 on aggregate.
AIK won 1–0 on aggregate.
Rosenborg won 2–0 on aggregate.
HJK won 2–1 on aggregate.
Third qualifying round
Seeding Champions Path Non-Champions Path Group 1 Group 2SeededUnseededSeededUnseededSeededUnseeded Basel Hapoel Tel Aviv Sparta Prague Litex Lovech Dinamo Zagreb Lech Poznań Žilina Sheriff Tiraspol Debrecen Aktobe Anderlecht Copenhagen Rosenborg Red Bull Salzburg Partizan BATE Borisov Omonia AIK The New Saints HJK Zenit Saint Petersburg Ajax Fenerbahçe Dynamo Kyiv Braga Celtic Unirea Urziceni PAOK Young Boys Gent Notes
Summary
Champions Path matches
Sparta Prague won 2–0 on aggregate.
Hapoel Tel Aviv won 3–2 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate; Sheriff Tiraspol won 6–5 on penalties.
Žilina won 4–2 on aggregate.
Basel won 5–1 on aggregate.
Rosenborg won 4–0 on aggregate.
Partizan won 5–1 on aggregate.
Copenhagen won 3–2 on aggregate.
Anderlecht won 6–1 on aggregate.
Red Bull Salzburg won 5–2 on aggregate.
Non-Champions Path matches
4–4 on aggregate; Ajax won on away goals.
Dynamo Kyiv won 6–1 on aggregate.
Young Boys won 3–2 on aggregate.
Braga won 4–2 on aggregate.
Zenit Saint Petersburg won 1–0 on aggregate.
Play-off round
Seeding Champions Path Non-Champions PathSeededUnseededSeededUnseeded Basel Anderlecht Copenhagen Hapoel Tel Aviv Sparta Prague Rosenborg Red Bull Salzburg Partizan Žilina Sheriff Tiraspol Sevilla Werder Bremen Zenit Saint Petersburg Tottenham Hotspur Ajax Dynamo Kyiv Braga Sampdoria Auxerre Young Boys
Summary
Champions Path matches
Hapoel Tel Aviv won 4–3 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate; Copenhagen won on away goals.
Basel won 4–0 on aggregate.
Žilina won 3–0 on aggregate.
4–4 on aggregate; Partizan won 3–2 on penalties.
Non-Champions Path matches
Tottenham Hotspur won 6–3 on aggregate.
Braga won 5–3 on aggregate.
Werder Bremen won 5–4 on aggregate.
Auxerre won 2–1 on aggregate.
Ajax won 3–2 on aggregate.
Notes
References
External links
2010–11 UEFA Champions League, UEFA.com