76 teams from 52 UEFA member associations participated in the 2010–11 UEFA Champions League. The 2010–11 competition was the 8th season with 16 team knockout stage. England, Italy and Spain have 4 teams. France, Germany and Russia have 3 teams. Nine countries have 2 teams. The remaining 37 countries are only represented by their champions.
| 4 Teams | 3 Teams | 2 Teams | Champions only |
|---|---|---|---|
 England  Italy  Spain
|  France  Germany  Russia
|  Belgium  Greece  Netherlands  Portugal  Romania  Scotland  Switzerland  Turkey  Ukraine
|  Albania  Andorra  Armenia  Austria  Azerbaijan  Belarus  Bosnia and Herzegovina  Bulgaria  Croatia  Cyprus  Czech Republic  Denmark  Estonia  Faroe Islands  Finland  Georgia  Hungary  Iceland  Republic of Ireland  Israel  Kazakhstan  Latvia  Lithuania  Luxembourg  Macedonia  Malta  Moldova  Montenegro  Northern Ireland  Norway  Poland  San Marino  Serbia  Slovakia  Slovenia  Sweden  Wales
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Qualifying
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The 2010-11 competition had 4 qualification rounds to reach the group stage.
1st Qualifying
The 4 lower tier domestic champions played a home and away knockout round.
2nd Qualifying
The 2 winners from 1st Qualifying join 32 additional domestic champions, playing a home and away knockout round.
3rd Qualifying
The 17 winners from 2nd Qualifying join 13 additional teams, playing a home and away knockout round.
Play-offs
The 15 winners from 3rd Qualifying join the remaining 5 teams, playing a home and away knockout round.
| New teams | Teams in Champions League | |
|---|---|---|
| 1st Qualifying | 4 teams >>> | 4 teams |
| 2nd Qualifying | 32 teams >>> | 2 winners from 1st Qualifying 32 new teams -—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-— 34 teams |
| 3rd Qualifying | 13 teams >>> | 17 winners from 2nd Qualifying 13 new teams -—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-— 30 teams |
| Play-offs | 5 teams >>> | 15 winners from 3rd Qualifying 5 new teams -—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-— 20 teams |
| Group Stage | 22 teams >>> | 10 winners from Play-offs 22 new teams -—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-— 32 teams |
Group StageEdit
The 10 winners from the Play-offs joined with the 22 automatic qualifying teams to form 8 groups of 4 teams, playing a home and away series.
| Country[1] | 1st Qualifying | 2nd Qualifying | 3rd Qualifying | Play-offs | Group Stage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1
| Tottenham 4 | Chelsea Man United 2 Arsenal 3 Tottenham 4 | |||
| 2
| Sevilla 4 | Barcelona Real Madrid 2 Valencia 3 | |||
| 3
| Sampdoria 4 | Inter Milan Roma 2 AC Milan 3 | |||
| 4
| Werder Bremen 3 | Bayern Munich Schalke 2 Werder Bremen 3 | |||
| 5
| Auxerre 3 | Marseille Lyon 2 Auxerre 3 | |||
| 6
| Zenit 3 | Zenit 3 | Rubin Kazan Spartak Moscow 2 | ||
| 7
| Dynamo Kyiv 2 | Dynamo Kyiv 2 | Shakhtar Donetsk | ||
| 8
| Ajax 2 | Ajax 2 | Twente Ajax 2 | ||
| 9
| Unirea Urziceni 2 | CFR Cluj | |||
| 10
| Braga 2 | Braga 2 | Benfica Braga 2 | ||
| 11
| Fenerbahçe 2 | Bursaspor | |||
| 12
| PAOK 2 | Panathinaikos | |||
| 13
| Celtic 2 | Rangers | |||
| 14
| Anderlecht Genk 2 | Anderlecht | |||
| 15
| Basel Young Boys 2 | Basel Young Boys 2 | Basel | ||
| 16
| Copenhagen | Copenhagen | Copenhagen | ||
| 17
| Litex | Litex | |||
| 18
| Sparta Prague | Sparta Prague | Sparta Prague | ||
| 19
| Rosenborg | Rosenborg | Rosenborg | ||
| 20
| Salzburg | Salzburg | Salzburg | ||
| 21
| Partizan | Partizan | Partizan | Partizan | |
| 22
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | Hapoel Tel Aviv | Hapoel Tel Aviv | Hapoel Tel Aviv | |
| 23
| Omonia | Omonia | |||
| 24
| AIK Solna | AIK Solna | |||
| 25
| Žilina | Žilina | Žilina | Žilina | |
| 26
| Lech Poznań | Lech Poznań | |||
| 27
| Dinamo Zagreb | Dinamo Zagreb | |||
| 28
| HJK Helsinki | HJK Helsinki | |||
| 29
| Ekranas | ||||
| 30
| Bohemians | ||||
| 31
| Liepa-jas Metalurgs | ||||
| 32
| Koper | ||||
| 33
| BATE Borisov | BATE Borisov | |||
| 34
| Željezničar | ||||
| 35
| Debrecen | Debrecen | |||
| 36
| FH Hafnarfjördur | ||||
| 37
| Sheriff Tiraspol | Sheriff Tiraspol | Sheriff Tiraspol | ||
| 38
| Metalurgi Rustavi | ||||
39 
| Liechtenstein does not organise a domestic league | ||||
| 40
| Renova | ||||
| 41
| İnter Bakı | ||||
| 42
| Levadia | ||||
| 43
| Dinamo Tirana | ||||
| 44
| Aktobe | Aktobe | |||
| 45
| Pyunik | ||||
| 46
| New Saints | New Saints | |||
| 47
| Linfield | ||||
| 48
| HB Tórshavn | ||||
| 49
| Jeunesse Esch | ||||
| 50
| Rudar Pljevlja | Rudar Pljevlja | |||
| 51
| Santa Coloma | ||||
| 52
| Birkirkara | Birkirkara | |||
| 53
| Tre Fiori | ||||
- ↑ UEFA country coefficients
| 1st Qualifying | 2nd Qualifying | 3rd Qualifying | Play-offs | Group Stage | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tottenham 4
| Tottenham 4
| G R O U P A | ||||
| Young Boys 2
| Young Boys 2
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| Fenerbahçe 2
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| Inter Milan
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| Twente
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| Sampdoria 4
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| Bremen 3
| Bremen 3
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| Schalke 2
| G R O U P B | |||||
| Lyon 2
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| Benfica
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| Renova
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| Omonia
| Omonia
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| Salzburg
| Salzburg
| Salzburg
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| HB Tórshavn
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| Željezničar
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| Hapoel Tel Aviv
| Hapoel Tel Aviv
| Hapoel Tel Aviv
| Hapoel Tel Aviv
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| Aktobe
| Aktobe
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| Metalurgi
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| Man United 2
| C | |||||
| Valencia 3
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| Rangers
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| Bursaspor
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| Barcelona
| G R O U P D | |||||
| FH
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| BATE Borisov
| BATE Borisov
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| Copenhagen
| Copenhagen
| Copenhagen
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| Linfield
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| Rosenborg
| Rosenborg
| Rosenborg
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| AIK Solna
| AIK Solna
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| Jeunesse Esch
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| Rubin Kazan
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| Panathinaikos
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| Bayern Munich
| G R O U P E | |||||
| Roma 2
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| Levadia
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| Debrecen
| Debrecen
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| Basel
| Basel
| Basel
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| Dinamo Tirana
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| Sheriff Tiraspol
| Sheriff Tiraspol
| Sheriff Tiraspol
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| Dinamo Zagreb
| Dinamo Zagreb
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| Koper
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| CFR Cluj
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| Chelsea
| G R O U P F | |||||
| Marseille
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| Spartak 2
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| İnter Bakı
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| Lech Poznań
| Lech Poznań
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| Sparta Prague
| Sparta Prague
| Sparta Prague
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| Liepa-jas
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| Santa Coloma
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| Birkirkara
| Birkirkara
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| Žilina
| Žilina
| Žilina
| Žilina
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| Litex
| Litex
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| Rudar Pljevlja
| Rudar Pljevlja
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| Tre Fiori
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| Real Madrid 2
| G R O U P G | |||||
| AC Milan 3
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| Genk 2
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| Dynamo Kyiv 2
| Dynamo Kyiv 2
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| Ajax 2
| Ajax 2
| Ajax 2
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| PAOK 2
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| Auxerre 3
| Auxerre 3
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| Zenit 3
| Zenit 3
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| Unirea 2
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| Shakhtar
| G R O U P H | |||||
| Arsenal 3
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| Sevilla 4
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| Braga 2
| Braga 2
| Braga 2
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| Celtic 2
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| Bohemians
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| New Saints
| New Saints
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| Anderlecht
| Anderlecht
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| Pyunik
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| Partizan
| Partizan
| Partizan
| Partizan
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| HJK Helsinki
| HJK Helsinki
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| Ekranas
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TablesEdit
The top 2 in each group advanced to the knockout stage.
| Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tottenham
| Schalke
| Manchester United
| Barcelona
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| 2 | Inter Milan
| Lyon
| Valencia
| Copenhagen
|
| 3 | Twente
| Benfica
| Rangers
| Rubin Kazan
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| 4 | Werder Bremen
| Hapoel Tel Aviv
| Bursaspor
| Panathinaikos
|
| Group E | Group F | Group G | Group H | |
| 1 | Bayern Munich
| Chelsea
| Real Madrid
| Shakhtar Donetsk
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| 2 | Roma
| Marseille
| AC Milan
| Arsenal
|
| 3 | Basel
| Spartak Moscow
| Ajax
| Braga
|
| 4 | CFR Cluj
| Žilina
| Auxerre
| Partizan
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Knockout StageEdit
| Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
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| Winner A v Runner-up G | ||||||||||||||
| Tottenham
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| AC Milan
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| Tottenham
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| Winner G v Runner-up B | ||||||||||||||
| Real Madrid
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| Real Madrid
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| Lyon
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| Real Madrid
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| Winner D v Runner-up H | ||||||||||||||
| Barcelona
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| Barcelona
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| Arsenal
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| Barcelona
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| Winner H v Runner-up E | ||||||||||||||
| Shakhtar Donetsk
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| Shakhtar Donetsk
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| Roma
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| Barcelona (CHAMPIONS)
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| Winner B v Runner-up C | ||||||||||||||
| Manchester United
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| Schalke
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| Valencia
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| Schalke
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| Winner E v Runner-up A | ||||||||||||||
| Inter Milan
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| Bayern Munich
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| Inter Milan
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| Schalke
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| Winner C v Runner-up F | ||||||||||||||
| Manchester United
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| Manchester United
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| Marseille
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| Manchester United
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| Winner F v Runner-up D | ||||||||||||||
| Chelsea
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| Chelsea
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| Copenhagen
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FinalEdit
The final this season was played at Wembley Stadium, London where Barcelona defeated Manchester United.
