2011–12 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round

This article details the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round.

All times are CEST (UTC+02:00).

Round and draw dates

All draws held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.^[1]

Round	Draw date and time	First leg	Second leg
First qualifying round	20 June 2011 12:00[2]	28–29 June 2011	5–6 July 2011
Second qualifying round		12–13 July 2011	19–20 July 2011
Third qualifying round	15 July 2011 12:00[3]	26–27 July 2011	2–3 August 2011
Play-off round	5 August 2011 12:00[4]	16–17 August 2011	23–24 August 2011

Format

There are two routes which the teams are separated into during qualifying:

• Champions Route, which includes all domestic champions which did not automatically qualify for the group stage.
• League Route (also called the Non-champions Path or the Best-placed Path), which includes all non-domestic champions which did not automatically qualify for the group stage.

Each tie is played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that has the higher aggregate score over the two legs progresses to the next round. In the event that aggregate scores finish level, the away goals rule is applied, i.e., the team that scored more goals away from home over the two legs progresses. If away goals are also equal, then thirty minutes of extra time are played, divided into two fifteen-minutes halves. The away goals rule is again applied after extra time, i.e., if there are goals scored during extra time and the aggregate score is still level, the visiting team qualifies by virtue of more away goals scored. If no goals are scored during extra time, the tie is decided by penalty shootout.^[5]

In the draw for each round, teams are seeded based on their 2011 UEFA club coefficients,^[6] with the teams divided into seeded and unseeded pots. A seeded team is drawn against an unseeded team, with the order of legs in each tie decided randomly. Due to the limited time between matches, the draws for the second and third qualifying rounds take place before the results of the previous round are known. The seeding in each draw is carried out under the assumption that all of the highest-ranked clubs of the previous round are victorious. If a lower-ranked club is victorious, it simply takes the place of its defeated opponent in the next round. Prior to the draw, UEFA may form "groups" in accordance with the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee, but they are purely for convenience of the draw and do not resemble any real groupings in the sense of the competition, while ensuring that teams from the same association are not drawn against each other.

Teams

Below are the 54 teams (39 in Champions Route, 15 in League Route) involved in the qualifying phase and play-off round, grouped by their starting rounds.^[7] The 10 winners of the play-off round (5 in Champions Route, 5 in League Route) qualify for the group stage to join the 22 automatic qualifiers. The losing teams from the third qualifying round and the play-off round enter the Europa League play-off round and group stage respectively.

Key to colours
Qualified for the group stage
Eliminated in the play-off round; Advanced to the Europa League group stage
Eliminated in the third qualifying round; Advanced to the Europa League play-off round

Play-off round Team Coeff League Route Bayern Munich 118.887 Arsenal 108.157 Lyon 92.735 Villarreal 75.465 Udinese 27.110

Third qualifying round Team Coeff Champions Route Rangers 56.028 Copenhagen 51.110 Genk 8.400 League Route Benfica 81.319 Dynamo Kyiv 60.776 Panathinaikos 57.833 Twente 41.025 Standard Liège 32.400 Rubin Kazan 31.941 Zürich 18.980 Odense 18.610 Trabzonspor † 12.010 Vaslui 10.164

Second qualifying round Team Coeff Champions Route BATE Borisov 23.216 Maccabi Haifa 21.400 Dinamo Zagreb 20.224 Rosenborg 19.375 Partizan 15.850 APOEL 13.124 Wisła Kraków 10.183 Sturm Graz 8.640 Litex Lovech 8.575 Slovan Bratislava 5.899 Viktoria Plzeň 5.170 Maribor 4.224 HJK 3.793 Ekranas 3.541 Zestafoni 2.891 Malmö FF 2.825 Shamrock Rovers 2.741 Dacia Chișinău 2.549 Pyunik 2.516 Borac Banja Luka 2.324 Mogren 2.275 Skonto 2.233 Videoton 2.200 Bangor City 2.058 HB Tórshavn 1.783 Linfield 1.699 Tobol Kostanay 1.624 Flora Tallinn 1.508 Breiðablik 1.491 Neftchi Baku 1.233 Škendija 1.041 Skënderbeu Korçë 0.774

First qualifying round Team Coeff Champions Route F91 Dudelange 1.524 Valletta 1.483 FC Santa Coloma 1.200 Tre Fiori 1.183

^† Trabzonspor also qualified for the group stage after they replaced Fenerbahçe, which was suspended by the Turkish Football Federation on 24 August 2011 from participating in the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League due to the ongoing investigation into match-fixing.^[8]

First qualifying round

Seeding

Seeded	Unseeded
F91 Dudelange Valletta	FC Santa Coloma Tre Fiori

Matches

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Tre Fiori	1–5	Valletta	0–3	1–2
FC Santa Coloma	0–4	F91 Dudelange	0–2	0–2

First leg

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Second leg

F91 Dudelange won 4–0 on aggregate.

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Valletta won 5–1 on aggregate.

Second qualifying round

Seeding

Group 1		Group 2		Group 3
Seeded	Unseeded	Seeded	Unseeded	Seeded	Unseeded
Maccabi Haifa APOEL Litex Lovech Slovan Bratislava Maribor	Borac Banja Luka Mogren Tobol Kostanay F91 Dudelange† Skënderbeu Korçë	Dinamo Zagreb Partizan Sturm Graz Viktoria Plzeň Ekranas Zestafoni	Dacia Chișinău Pyunik Videoton Valletta† Neftchi Baku Škendija	BATE Borisov Rosenborg Wisła Kraków HJK Malmö FF Shamrock Rovers	Skonto Bangor City HB Tórshavn Linfield Flora Tallinn Breiðablik

^† Winners of the previous round whose identity was not known at the time of the draw

Matches

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Maccabi Haifa	7–4	Borac Banja Luka	5–1	2–3
Mogren	1–5	Litex Lovech	1–2	0–3
Maribor	5–1	F91 Dudelange	2–0	3–1
Skënderbeu Korçë	0–6	APOEL	0–2	0–4
Slovan Bratislava	3–1	Tobol Kostanay	2–0	1–1
Sturm Graz	4–3	Videoton	2–0	2–3
Zestafoni	3–2	Dacia Chișinău	3–0	0–2
Dinamo Zagreb	3–0	Neftchi Baku	3–0	0–0
Pyunik	1–9	Viktoria Plzeň	0–4	1–5
Partizan	5–0	Škendija	4–0	1–0
Valletta	2–4	Ekranas	2–3	0–1
Malmö FF	3–1	HB Tórshavn	2–0	1–1
Shamrock Rovers	1–0	Flora Tallinn	1–0	0–0
Rosenborg	5–2	Breiðablik	5–0	0–2
Bangor City	0–131	HJK	0–3	0–10
Skonto	0–3	Wisła Kraków	0–1	0–2
Linfield	1–3	BATE Borisov	1–1	0–2

Notes

• Note 1: Order of legs reversed after original draw.

First leg

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• Note 2: Mogren played their home match at Podgorica City Stadium, Podgorica as their own Stadion Lugovi did not meet UEFA criteria.
• Note 3: Bangor City played their home match at Belle Vue, Rhyl as their own Farrar Road Stadium did not meet UEFA criteria.
• Note 4: Sturm Graz played their home match at Hypo-Arena, Klagenfurt as their own UPC-Arena was one of the venues for the 2011 IFAF World Cup.

Second leg

Shamrock Rovers won 1–0 on aggregate.

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Maribor won 5–1 on aggregate.

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Slovan Bratislava won 3–1 on aggregate.

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Dinamo Zagreb won 3–0 on aggregate.

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Ekranas won 4–2 on aggregate.

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HJK won 13–0 on aggregate.

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BATE Borisov won 3–1 on aggregate.

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Litex Lovech won 5–1 on aggregate.

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Malmö FF won 3–1 on aggregate.

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Viktoria Plzeň won 9–1 on aggregate.

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Wisła Kraków won 3–0 on aggregate.

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Partizan won 5–0 on aggregate.

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APOEL won 6–0 on aggregate.

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Zestafoni won 3–2 on aggregate.

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Sturm Graz won 4–3 on aggregate.

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Maccabi Haifa won 7–4 on aggregate.

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Rosenborg won 5–2 on aggregate.

Notes

• Note 5: Škendija played their home match at Philip II Arena, Skopje as their own Gradski stadion Tetovo did not meet the UEFA criteria.

Third qualifying round

Seeding

Champions Route				League Route
Group 1		Group 2
Seeded	Unseeded	Seeded	Unseeded	Seeded	Unseeded
Copenhagen Maccabi Haifa† Dinamo Zagreb† APOEL† Wisła Kraków†	Litex Lovech† Slovan Bratislava† Maribor† HJK† Shamrock Rovers†	Rangers BATE Borisov† Rosenborg† Partizan† Sturm Graz†	Genk Viktoria Plzeň† Ekranas† Zestafoni† Malmö FF†	Benfica Dynamo Kyiv Panathinaikos Twente Standard Liège	Rubin Kazan Zürich Odense Trabzonspor Vaslui

^† Winners of the previous round whose identity was not known at the time of the draw

Matches

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Champions Route
Litex Lovech	2–5	Wisła Kraków	1–2	1–3
Maccabi Haifa	3–2	Maribor	2–1	1–1
HJK	1–3	Dinamo Zagreb	1–2	0–1
APOEL	2–0	Slovan Bratislava	0–0	2–0
Copenhagen	3–0	Shamrock Rovers	1–0	2–0
Genk	3–2	Partizan	2–1	1–1
Rosenborg	2–4	Viktoria Plzeň	0–1	2–3
Zestafoni	1–2	Sturm Graz	1–1	0–1
Ekranas	1–3	BATE Borisov	0–0	1–3
Rangers	1–2	Malmö FF	0–1	1–1
League Route
Standard Liège	1–2	Zürich	1–1	0–1
Twente	2–0	Vaslui	2–0	0–0
Benfica	3–1	Trabzonspor	2–0	1–1
Dynamo Kyiv	1–4	Rubin Kazan	0–2	1–2
Odense	5–4	Panathinaikos	1–1	4–3

First leg

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• Note 6: Zestafoni played their home match at Boris Paichadze National Stadium, Tbilisi as it has a greater capacity than their own David Abashidze Stadium.
• Note 7: Twente played their home match at GelreDome, Arnhem as their own De Grolsch Veste was the place of a roof collapse during expansion work on 7 July 2011, killing two workers and injuring 14 people.

Second leg

BATE Borisov won 3–1 on aggregate.

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Copenhagen won 3–0 on aggregate.

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Odense won 5–4 on aggregate.

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Rubin Kazan won 4–1 on aggregate.

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Malmö FF won 2–1 on aggregate.

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Twente won 2–0 on aggregate.

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APOEL won 2–0 on aggregate.

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Viktoria Plzeň won 4–2 on aggregate.

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Zürich won 2–1 on aggregate.

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Wisła Kraków won 5–2 on aggregate.

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Sturm Graz won 2–1 on aggregate.

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Maccabi Haifa won 3–2 on aggregate.

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Dinamo Zagreb won 3–1 on aggregate.

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Genk won 3–2 on aggregate.

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Benfica won 3–1 on aggregate.

Notes

• Note 8: Vaslui played their home match at Stadionul Ceahlăul, Piatra Neamţ as their own Stadionul Municipal did not meet UEFA criteria.
• Note 9: Trabzonspor played their home match at Atatürk Olympic Stadium, Istanbul as their own Hüseyin Avni Aker Stadium needed maintenance work after the 2011 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival.

Play-off round

Seeding

Champions Route		League Route
Seeded	Unseeded	Seeded	Unseeded
Copenhagen BATE Borisov Maccabi Haifa Dinamo Zagreb APOEL	Wisła Kraków Sturm Graz Genk Viktoria Plzeň Malmö FF	Bayern Munich Arsenal Lyon Benfica Villarreal	Twente Rubin Kazan Udinese Zürich Odense

Matches

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Champions Route
Wisła Kraków	2–3	APOEL	1–0	1–3
Maccabi Haifa	3–3 (1–4 p)	Genk	2–1	1–2 (a.e.t.)
Dinamo Zagreb	4–3	Malmö FF	4–1	0–2
Copenhagen	2–5	Viktoria Plzeň	1–3	1–2
BATE Borisov	3–1	Sturm Graz	1–1	2–0
League Route
Odense	1–3	Villarreal	1–0	0–3
Twente	3–5	Benfica	2–2	1–3
Arsenal	3–1	Udinese	1–0	2–1
Bayern Munich	3–0	Zürich	2–0	1–0
Lyon	4–2	Rubin Kazan	3–1	1–1

First leg

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• Note 10: BATE Borisov played their home match at Stadion Dynama, Minsk as it has a greater capacity than their own Haradzki Stadium.
• Note 11: Maccabi Haifa played their home match at Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan as it has a greater capacity than their own Kiryat Eliezer Stadium.

Second leg

APOEL won 3–2 on aggregate.

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3–3 on aggregate. Genk won 4–1 on penalties.

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Dinamo Zagreb won 4–3 on aggregate.

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Villarreal won 3–1 on aggregate.

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Bayern Munich won 3–0 on aggregate.

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Lyon won 4–2 on aggregate.

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Viktoria Plzeň won 5–2 on aggregate.

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BATE Borisov won 3–1 on aggregate.

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Benfica won 5–3 on aggregate.

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Arsenal won 3–1 on aggregate.

Notes

• Note 12: Viktoria Plzeň played their home match at Synot Tip Arena, Prague as it has a greater capacity than their own Stadion města Plzně.

References

External links

• 2011–12 UEFA Champions League, UEFA.com