2011–12 UEFA Champions League qualifying
European football tournament
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2011–12 UEFA Champions League qualifying was the preliminary phase of the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League, prior to the competition proper. Qualification consisted of the qualifying phase (first to third rounds) and the play-off round.
Round and draw dates
All draws held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.[1]
| Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
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| First qualifying round | 20 June 2011[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[3] | 26–27 July 2011 | 2–3 August 2011 |
| Play-off round | 5 August 2011[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 30 minutes of extra time are played, divided into two 15-minute 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 shoot-out.[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.
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| 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 |
Champions Route
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League Route
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- Notes
- ^ 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 |
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Summary
| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Tre Fiori  | 1–5 |  Valletta | 0–3 | 1–2 |
FC Santa Coloma  | 0–4 |  F91 Dudelange | 0–2 | 0–2 |
Matches
Valletta won 5–1 on aggregate.
| FC Santa Coloma | 0–2 | F91 Dudelange |
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| F91 Dudelange | 2–0 | FC Santa Coloma |
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F91 Dudelange won 4–0 on aggregate.
Second qualifying round
Seeding
| Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 | |||
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| Seeded | Unseeded | Seeded | Unseeded | Seeded | Unseeded |
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- † Winners of the previous qualifying round whose identity was not known at the time of the draw.
Summary
| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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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  | 0–6 |  APOEL | 0–2 | 0–4 |
Slovan Bratislava  | 3–1 |  Tobol | 2–0 | 1–1 |
Sturm Graz  | 4–3 |  Videoton | 2–0 | 2–3 |
Zestaponi  | 3–2 |  Dacia Chișinău | 3–0 | 0–2 |
Dinamo Zagreb  | 3–0 |  Neftçi | 3–0 | 0–0 |
Pyunik  | 1–9 |  Viktoria Plzeň | 0–4 | 1–5 |
Partizan  | 5–0 |  Shkëndija | 4–0 | 1–0 |
| Valletta | 2–4 |  Ekranas | 2–3 | 0–1 |
Malmö FF  | 3–1 |  HB | 2–0 | 1–1 |
Shamrock Rovers  | 1–0 |  Flora | 1–0 | 0–0 |
Rosenborg  | 5–2 |  Breiðablik | 5–0 | 0–2 |
Bangor City  | 0–13[a] |  HJK | 0–3 | 0–10 |
Skonto  | 0–3 |  Wisła Kraków | 0–1 | 0–2 |
Linfield  | 1–3 |  BATE Borisov | 1–1 | 0–2 |
- Order of legs reversed after original draw.
Matches
| Maccabi Haifa | 5–1 | Borac Banja Luka |
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| Borac Banja Luka | 3–2 | Maccabi Haifa |
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Maccabi Haifa won 7–4 on aggregate.
| Mogren | 1–2 | Litex Lovech |
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Litex Lovech won 5–1 on aggregate.
Maribor won 5–1 on aggregate.
| Skënderbeu | 0–2 | APOEL |
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| APOEL | 4–0 | Skënderbeu |
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APOEL won 6–0 on aggregate.
| Tobol | 1–1 | Slovan Bratislava |
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Slovan Bratislava won 3–1 on aggregate.
| Sturm Graz | 2–0 | Videoton |
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Sturm Graz won 4–3 on aggregate.
| Zestaponi | 3–0 | Dacia Chișinău |
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Zestaponi won 3–2 on aggregate.
| Dinamo Zagreb | 3–0 | Neftçi |
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Dinamo Zagreb won 3–0 on aggregate.
Viktoria Plzeň won 9–1 on aggregate.
Partizan won 5–0 on aggregate.
| Valletta | 2–3 | Ekranas |
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Ekranas won 4–2 on aggregate.
| HB | 1–1 | Malmö FF |
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Malmö FF won 3–1 on aggregate.
| Shamrock Rovers | 1–0 | Flora |
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Shamrock Rovers won 1–0 on aggregate.
| Breiðablik | 2–0 | Rosenborg |
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Rosenborg won 5–2 on aggregate.
| Bangor City | 0–3 | HJK |
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HJK won 13–0 on aggregate.
| Skonto | 0–1 | Wisła Kraków |
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| Wisła Kraków | 2–0 | Skonto |
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Wisła Kraków won 3–0 on aggregate.
| BATE Borisov | 2–0 | Linfield |
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BATE Borisov won 3–1 on aggregate.
Third qualifying round
Seeding
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| Seeded | Unseeded | Seeded | Unseeded | Seeded | Unseeded |
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- † Winners of the previous qualifying round whose identity was not known at the time of the draw.
Summary
| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| 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 |
| Zestaponi | 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 |
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| 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 |
Champions Route matches
| Litex Lovech | 1–2 | Wisła Kraków |
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| Wisła Kraków | 3–1 | Litex Lovech |
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Wisła Kraków won 5–2 on aggregate.
| Maccabi Haifa | 2–1 | Maribor |
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| Maribor | 1–1 | Maccabi Haifa |
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Maccabi Haifa won 3–2 on aggregate.
| Dinamo Zagreb | 1–0 | HJK |
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Dinamo Zagreb won 3–1 on aggregate.
APOEL won 2–0 on aggregate.
| Copenhagen | 1–0 | Shamrock Rovers |
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Copenhagen won 3–0 on aggregate.
Genk won 3–2 on aggregate.
| Rosenborg | 0–1 | Viktoria Plzeň |
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Viktoria Plzeň won 4–2 on aggregate.
| Zestaponi | 1–1 | Sturm Graz |
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| Sturm Graz | 1–0 | Zestaponi |
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Sturm Graz won 2–1 on aggregate.
| BATE Borisov | 3–1 | Ekranas |
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BATE Borisov won 3–1 on aggregate.
Malmö FF won 2–1 on aggregate.
League Route matches
| Standard Liège | 1–1 | Zürich |
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| Zürich | 1–0 | Standard Liège |
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Zürich won 2–1 on aggregate.
Twente won 2–0 on aggregate.
| Benfica | 2–0 | Trabzonspor |
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| Trabzonspor | 1–1 | Benfica |
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Benfica won 3–1 on aggregate.
| Rubin Kazan | 2–1 | Dynamo Kyiv |
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Rubin Kazan won 4–1 on aggregate.
| Odense | 1–1 | Panathinaikos |
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| Panathinaikos | 3–4 | Odense |
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Odense won 5–4 on aggregate.
Play-off round
Seeding
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| Seeded | Unseeded | Seeded | Unseeded |
Summary
| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
Champions Route matches
| Wisła Kraków | 1–0 | APOEL |
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APOEL won 3–2 on aggregate.
| Maccabi Haifa | 2–1 | Genk |
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3–3 on aggregate; Genk won 4–1 on penalties.
| Malmö FF | 2–0 | Dinamo Zagreb |
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Dinamo Zagreb won 4–3 on aggregate.
| Copenhagen | 1–3 | Viktoria Plzeň |
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| Viktoria Plzeň | 2–1 | Copenhagen |
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Viktoria Plzeň won 5–2 on aggregate.
| BATE Borisov | 1–1 | Sturm Graz |
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| Sturm Graz | 0–2 | BATE Borisov |
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BATE Borisov won 3–1 on aggregate.
League Route matches
| Odense | 1–0 | Villarreal |
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| Villarreal | 3–0 | Odense |
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Villarreal won 3–1 on aggregate.
Benfica won 5–3 on aggregate.
Arsenal won 3–1 on aggregate.
| Bayern Munich | 2–0 | Zürich |
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| Zürich | 0–1 | Bayern Munich |
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Bayern Munich won 3–0 on aggregate.
| Lyon | 3–1 | Rubin Kazan |
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| Rubin Kazan | 1–1 | Lyon |
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Lyon won 4–2 on aggregate.
Notes
- Mogren played their home match at Podgorica City Stadium, Podgorica as their own Stadion Lugovi did not meet UEFA criteria.
- 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 Championship.
- Škendija played their home match at Philip II Arena, Skopje as their own Gradski stadion Tetovo did not meet the UEFA criteria.
- Bangor City played their home match at Belle Vue, Rhyl as their own Farrar Road Stadium did not meet UEFA criteria.
- Zestaponi played their home match at Boris Paichadze National Stadium, Tbilisi as it has a greater capacity than their own David Abashidze Stadium.
- Twente played their home match at GelreDome, Arnhem due to the roof collapse at their own stadium De Grolsch Veste during expansion work on 7 July 2011.
- Vaslui played their home match at Stadionul Ceahlăul, Piatra Neamț as their own Stadionul Municipal did not meet UEFA criteria.
- 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.
- Maccabi Haifa played their home match at Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan as it has a greater capacity than their own Kiryat Eliezer Stadium.
- Viktoria Plzeň played their home match at Synot Tip Arena, Prague as it has a greater capacity than their own Stadion města Plzně.
- BATE Borisov played their home match at Dinamo Stadium, Minsk as their own City Stadium did not meet UEFA criteria.