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.
Team allocation and distribution On 14 June 2010 UEFA announced the entry list.Potsdam lead 2010/11 lineup, uefa.com, 14 June 2010, retrieved 16 June 2010 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,UEFA Women's Champions League. Places for the 2010/11 Season UEFA 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 roundTeams advancing from previous roundCompetition format Qualifying round (28 teams)8 domestic league runners-up from associations 1–8 20 domestic league winners from associations ranked 24–537 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 1–237 group winners from qualifying round 2 best group runners-up from qualifying roundTwo-legged knockout, seeded by UEFA club coefficient
Teams
Round of 32 Turbine Potsdam (CH) Linköping (CH) Lyon (CH) Zvezda 2005 Perm (CH) Arsenal (CH) Fortuna Hjørring (CH) Torres (CH) Valur (CH) Røa (CH) Rayo Vallecano (CH) AZ (CH) Zorka-BDU Minsk (CH) Neulengbach (CH) Sparta Praha (CH) CSHVSM (CH) Sint-Truiden (CH) Unia Racibórz (CH) Zürich (CH) Lehenda-ShVSM (CH) Mašinac Niš (CH) Åland United (CH) MTK (CH) PAOK (CH) Qualifying round Duisburg (RU) Umeå (RU) Juvisy (RU) Rossiyanka (RU) Everton (RU) Brøndby (RU) Bardolino (RU) Breiðablik (RU) Glasgow City (CH) FCM Târgu Mureş (CH) 1º Dezembro (CH) SFK 2000 Sarajevo (CH) ASA Tel Aviv University (CH) Krka (CH) NSA Sofia (CH) FC Roma Calfa (CH) Gintra Universitetas (CH) Slovan Bratislava (CH) Swansea City (CH) St Francis (CH) Osijek (CH) KÍ Klaksvík (CH) Gazi Üniversitesi (CH) Borec Veles (CH) Crusaders Newtownabbey Strikers (CH) Apollon Limassol (CH) Levadia Tallinn (CH) FC Baia Zugdidi (CH)
Qualifying round
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:
Groups were played as mini tournaments over a span of six days.
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4
Group 5
Group 6
Group 7
Ranking of group runners-up
The two best runners-up also qualify for the round of 32. The match against the fourth-placed team in the group does not count for the purposes of the runners-up table. The tie-breakers in this ranking are:
Higher number of points obtained Superior goal difference Higher number of goals scored Higher number of club coefficient points Fair play conduct in all group matches
Knockout phase
The draw for the round of 32 and round of 16 was held on 19 August 2010. The draw for the quarter-finals and onwards was made on 19 November 2010. The bracket has been created in retrospect.
Bracket
Round of 32 16 teams are seeded in this round, and play the second leg at home. Teams from the same association may not play each other. The first leg is scheduled for the week of 22 September 2010, the second leg for the week of 13 October 2010. The draw was made on 19 August 2010.
Round of 16 The draws for this and all subsequent rounds are not seeded, and clubs from the same association may play each other. This round is scheduled for the week of 3 November and the week of 10 November 2010.
Quarter-finals The quarter final first ties were played on March 16 and 17, the second ties on March 23.
Semi-finals
Final
Top goalscorers The top goal scorers with the qualifying round excluded are: RankNameTeamGoalsAppearancesMinutes played1 Inka Grings Duisburg117630'2 Yuki Nagasato Turbine Potsdam98600' Lotta Schelin Lyon99745'4 Anja Mittag Turbine Potsdam89708'5 Cathrine Paaske-Sørensen Fortuna Hjørring74360'6 Eugénie Le Sommer Lyon59382' Brooke Chaplen Everton56439' Laëtitia Tonazzi Juvisy56567' Lara Dickenmann Lyon59617' Fatmire Bajramaj Turbine Potsdam58691'
Round and draw dates
UEFA has scheduled the competition as follows.Second Season Nears, UEFA, retrieved 10 June 2010
Round Draw First leg Second leg Qualifying round 23 June 2010 5–10 August 2010 Round of 32 19 August 2010 22–23 September 2010 13–14 October 2010 Round of 16 3–4 November 2010 10–11 November 2010 Quarter-final 19 November 2010 16–17 March 2011 23–24 March 2011 Semi-final 9–10 April 2011 16–17 April 2011 Final 26 May 2011
References
External links UEFA Site