2010–11 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round

This article details the 2010–11 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and 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 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.

All times CEST (UTC+2)

Round and draw dates

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

Phase	Round	Draw date and time	First leg	Second leg
Qualifying	First qualifying round	21 June 2010 12:00 CEST	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 12:00 CEST	27–28 July 2010	3–4 August 2010
Play-off	Play-off round	6 August 2010 12:00 CEST	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.^[2] The 10 winners of the play-off round (5 in Champions Path, 5 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.^[3]

In each round, teams were seeded based on their 2010 UEFA club coefficients.^[4] 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 not drawn against each other.

Key to colours
Qualify 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. Non-Champions Path Sevilla 108.951 Werder Bremen 94.841 Tottenham Hotspur 56.371 Sampdoria 30.857 Auxerre 19.748

Third qualifying round Team Coeff. Champions Path Basel 48.675 Anderlecht 42.580 Copenhagen 34.470 Non-Champions Path Zenit St. 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

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 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 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 Tórshavn 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

First qualifying round

Seeding

Seeded	Unseeded
FC Santa Coloma Tre Fiori	Birkirkara Rudar Pljevlja

Matches

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Tre Fiori	1–7	Rudar Pljevlja	0–3	1–4
FC Santa Coloma	3–7	Birkirkara	0–31	3–4

First leg

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Notes

• Note 1: Postponed due to bad pitch conditions caused by heavy rain. FC Santa Coloma suggested an alternative on 30 June, but UEFA awarded Birkirkara a 3–0 away win on 1 July.^[5]

Second leg

Birkirkara won 7–3 on aggregate.

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Rudar Pljevlja won 7–1 on aggregate.

Notes

• Note 2: Played in Podgorica at Stadion Pod Goricom as Rudar Pljevlja's Stadion Gradski did not meet UEFA criteria.

Second qualifying round

Seeding

Group 1		Group 2		Group 3
Seeded	Unseeded	Seeded	Unseeded	Seeded	Unseeded
Sparta Prague Partizan Lech Poznań Debrecen Aktobe	Levadia 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 AIK Bohemians Ekranas	HJK FH HB Tórshavn The New Saints Linfield Jeunesse Esch

^*Unseeded teams from the first qualifying round that qualified for the second qualifying round, effectively taking the coefficient and seeding of their first qualifying round opponents in this draw.

Matches

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Liepājas Metalurgs	0–5	Sparta Prague	0–3	0–2
Aktobe	3–1	Olimpi Rustavi	2–0	1–1
Levadia	3–4	Debrecen	1–1	2–3
Partizan	4–1	Pyunik	3–1	1–0
Inter Baku	1–1 (8–9 p)	Lech Poznań	0–1	1–0 (aet)
Dinamo Zagreb	5–4	Koper	5–1	0–3
Litex Lovech	5–0	Rudar Pljevlja	1–0	4–0
Birkirkara	1–3	Žilina	1–0	0–3
Sheriff Tiraspol	3–2	Dinamo Tirana	3–1	0–1
Hapoel Tel Aviv	6–0	Željezničar	5–0	1–0
Omonia	5–0	Renova	3–0	2–0
Red Bull Salzburg	5–1	HB Tórshavn	5–0	0–1
Bohemians	1–4	The New Saints	1–0	0–4
BATE	6–1	FH	5–1	1–0
AIK	1–0	Jeunesse Esch	1–0	0–0
Linfield	0–2	Rosenborg	0–0	0–2
Ekranas	1–2	HJK	1–0	0–2 (aet)

First leg

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• Note 3: Played in Baku at Tofik Bakhramov Stadium as Inter Baku's Shafa Stadium did not meet UEFA criteria.

Second leg

Omonia won 5–0 on aggregate.

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Sheriff Tiraspol won 3–2 on aggregate.

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Red Bull Salzburg won 5–1 on aggregate.

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The New Saints won 4–1 on aggregate.

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Dinamo Zagreb won 5–4 on aggregate.

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Litex Lovech won 5–0 on aggregate.

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Aktobe won 3–1 on aggregate.

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Partizan won 4–1 on aggregate.

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AIK won 1–0 on aggregate.

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HJK won 2–1 on aggregate.

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Žilina won 3–1 on aggregate.

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Sparta Prague won 5–0 on aggregate.

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Debrecen won 4–3 on aggregate.

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1–1 on aggregate. Lech Poznań won 9–8 on penalties.

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Hapoel Tel Aviv won 6–0 on aggregate.

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Rosenborg won 2–0 on aggregate.

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BATE won 6–1 on aggregate.

Notes

• Note 4: Played in Skopje at Philip II Arena as Renova's City Stadium Tetovo did not meet UEFA criteria.
• Note 5: Played in Tirana at Qemal Stafa Stadium as Dinamo Tirana's Selman Stërmasi Stadium did not meet UEFA criteria.
• Note 6: Played in Nova Gorica at Stadion Športni Park as Koper's SRC Bonifika Stadion did not meet UEFA criteria.
• Note 7: Played in Podgorica at Stadion Pod Goricom as Rudar Pljevlja's Stadion Gradski did not meet UEFA criteria.
• Note 8: Played in Sarajevo at Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium as Željezničar's Grbavica Stadium did not meet UEFA criteria.

Third qualifying round

Seeding

Champions Path				Non-Champions Path
Group 1		Group 2
Seeded	Unseeded	Seeded	Unseeded	Seeded	Unseeded
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

^*Unseeded teams from the second qualifying round that qualified for the third qualifying round, effectively taking the coefficient and seeding of their second qualifying round opponents in this draw.

Matches

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Champions Path
Sparta Prague	2–0	Lech Poznań	1–0	1–0
Aktobe	2–3	Hapoel Tel Aviv	1–0	1–3
Sheriff Tiraspol	2–2 (6–5 p)	Dinamo Zagreb	1–1	1–1 (aet)
Litex Lovech	2–4	Žilina	1–1	1–3
Debrecen	1–5	Basel	0–2	1–3
AIK	0–4	Rosenborg	0–1	0–3
Partizan	5–1	HJK	3–0	2–1
BATE Borisov	2–3	Copenhagen	0–0	2–3
The New Saints	1–6	Anderlecht	1–3	0–3
Omonia	2–5	Red Bull Salzburg	1–1	1–4
Non-Champions Path
Ajax	4–4 (a)	PAOK	1–1	3–3
Dynamo Kyiv	6–1	Gent	3–0	3–1
Young Boys	3–2	Fenerbahçe	2–2	1–0
Braga	4–2	Celtic	3–0	1–2
Unirea Urziceni	0–1	Zenit Saint Petersburg	0–0	0–1

First leg

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• Note 9: Played in Bucharest at Stadionul Steaua as Unirea Urziceni's Stadionul Tineretului did not meet UEFA criteria.
• Note 10: Played in Wrexham at Racecourse Ground as The New Saints chose to move the match from their Park Hall ground to increase revenue.^[6]
• Note 11: Played in Budapest at Szusza Ferenc Stadium as Debrecen's Stadion Oláh Gábor Út did not meet UEFA criteria.

Second leg

Hapoel Tel Aviv won 3–2 on aggregate.

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Anderlecht won 6–1 on aggregate.

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Partizan won 5–1 on aggregate.

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Zenit St. Petersburg won 1–0 on aggregate.

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Copenhagen won 3–2 on aggregate.

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Žilina won 4–2 on aggregate.

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Basel won 5–1 on aggregate.

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Sparta won 2–0 on aggregate.

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2–2 on aggregate. Sheriff Tiraspol won 6–5 on penalties.

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Young Boys won 3–2 on aggregate.

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Red Bull Salzburg won 5–2 on aggregate.

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Dynamo Kyiv won 6–1 on aggregate.

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Rosenborg won 4–0 on aggregate.

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4–4 on aggregate. Ajax won on away goals.

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Braga won 4–2 on aggregate.

Play-off round

Seeding

Champions Path		Non-Champions Path
Seeded	Unseeded	Seeded	Unseeded
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

Matches

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Champions Path
Red Bull Salzburg	3–4	Hapoel Tel Aviv	2–3	1–1
Rosenborg	2–2 (a)	Copenhagen	2–1	0–1
Basel	4–0	Sheriff Tiraspol	1–0	3–0
Sparta Prague	0–3	Žilina	0–2	0–1
Partizan	4–4 (3–2 p)	Anderlecht	2–2	2–2 (aet)
Non-Champions Path
Young Boys	3–6	Tottenham Hotspur	3–2	0–4
Braga	5–3	Sevilla	1–0	4–3
Werder Bremen	5–4	Sampdoria	3–1	2–3 (aet)
Zenit Saint Petersburg	1–2	Auxerre	1–0	0–2
Dynamo Kyiv	2–3	Ajax	1–1	1–2

First leg

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Second leg

Hapoel Tel Aviv won 4–3 on aggregate.

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Basel won 4–0 on aggregate.

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4–4 on aggregate. Partizan won 3–2 on penalties.

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Braga won 5–3 on aggregate.

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Werder Bremen won 5–4 on aggregate.

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2–2 on aggregate. Copenhagen won on away goals.

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Žilina won 3–0 on aggregate.

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Tottenham won 6–3 on aggregate.

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Auxerre won 2–1 on aggregate.

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Ajax won 3–2 on aggregate.

References

External links

• 2010–11 UEFA Champions League, UEFA.com

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