2009–10 UEFA Women's Champions League

The UEFA Women's Champions League 2009–10 was the first edition of the newly branded tournament, and the ninth edition of a UEFA tournament for women's champion football clubs.^[3]

2009–10 UEFA Women's Champions League

The Coliseum Alfonso Pérez in Getafe hosted the final.
Tournament details
Dates	30 July 2009 – 20 May 2010[1]
Teams	53 (from 44 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Turbine Potsdam (2nd title)
Runners-up	Lyon
Tournament statistics
Matches played	103
Goals scored	428 (4.16 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Vanessa Bürki (11)[2]
← 2008–09 2010–11 → All statistics correct as of 17 March 2010.

For the first time the top 8 leagues of the UEFA were awarded two entry places in this year's season. Germany even got 3 entries, as FCR 2001 Duisburg finished outside the top 2 in Germany's league but gained entry as the title holder.

Teams

Round of 32
Duisburg (TH)	Turbine Potsdam[4] (CH)	Umeå[5] (CH)	Arsenal[6] (CH)
Lyon[7] (CH)	Fortuna Hjørring[8] (CH)	Zvezda 2005 Perm[9] (CH)	Røa[10] (CH)
Bardolino[11] (CH)	Valur[12] (CH)	Universitet Vitebsk[13] (CH)	AZ[14] (CH)
Rayo Vallecano[15] (CH)	Sparta Praha[16] (CH)	Neulengbach[17] (CH)	Standard Liège[18] (CH)
Alma[19] (CH)	Unia Racibórz[20] (CH)	Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv[21] (CH)	Zürich[22] (CH)
Mašinac Niš (CH)	PAOK (CH)	Viktória[23] (CH)	Honka (CH)
ZNK-SFK 2000 (CH)
Qualifying round
Bayern Munich (RU)	Linköping (RU)	Everton (RU)	Montpellier[24] (RU)
Brøndby[8] (RU)	Rossiyanka (RU)	Team Strømmen (RU)	Torres (RU)
Roma Calfa (CH)	Maccabi Holon(CH)	CFF Clujana[25] (CH)	Glasgow City (CH)
1° Dezembro (CH)	NSA Sofia (CH)	ŽNK Krka (CH)	Slovan Duslo Sala (CH)
Cardiff City (CW)	Osijek (CH)	Gintra Universitetas (CH)	Tikvesanka (CH)
KÍ Klaksvík (CH)	St Francis (CW)	Glentoran (CH)	Apollon Limassol (CH)
Levadia Tallinn (CH)	Norchi Dinamoeli (CH)	Birkirkara (CH)	Trabzonspor (CH)

Qualifying round

Main article: 2009–10 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round

The draw was made on 24 June 2009.^[26] Teams marked (H) hosted a mini-league. The winners of each group qualified for the next round.

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BAY	GLA	GIN	NDI
1	Bayern Munich	3	3	0	0	32	2	+30	9	Advance to main round		—	5–2	–	19–0
2	Glasgow City	3	2	0	1	13	5	+8	6			–	—	2–0	–
3	Gintra Universitetas (H)	3	1	0	2	7	11	−4	3			0–8	–	—	7–1
4	Norchi Dinamoeli	3	0	0	3	1	35	−34	0			–	0–9	–	—

Source: RSSSF^[3]
(H) Hosts

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		MH	NSA	KIK	TIK
1	Montpellier	3	3	0	0	12	1	+11	9	Advance to main round		—	–	2–0	7–1
2	NSA Sofia	3	2	0	1	7	4	+3	6			0–3	—	–	5–0
3	KÍ Klaksvík	3	1	0	2	5	6	−1	3			–	1–2	—	–
4	Tikvesanka (H)	3	0	0	3	3	16	−13	0			–	–	2–4	—

Source: RSSSF^[3]
(H) Hosts

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BRØ	DEZ	CAR	BIR
1	Brøndby (H)	3	3	0	0	12	0	+12	9	Advance to main round		—	–	5–0	6–0
2	1° Dezembro	3	2	0	1	13	1	+12	6			0–1	—	–	10–0
3	Cardiff City	3	1	0	2	10	9	+1	3			–	0–3	—	–
4	Birkirkara	3	0	0	3	1	26	−25	0			–	–	1–10	—

Source: RSSSF^[3]
(H) Hosts

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		TOR	SDŠ	TRA	KRK
1	Torres	3	3	0	0	13	0	+13	9	Advance to main round		—	1–0	9–0	–
2	Slovan Duslo Šaľa	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4			–	—	–	2–2
3	Trabzonspor	3	1	0	2	3	11	−8	3			–	1–2	—	–
4	ŽNK Krka (H)	3	0	1	2	2	7	−5	1			0–3	–	0–2	—

Source: RSSSF^[3]
(H) Hosts

Group E

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		LIN	CLU	GLE	RCA
1	Linköping (H)	3	3	0	0	20	0	+20	9	Advance to main round		—	–	3–0	11–0
2	CFF Clujana	3	2	0	1	10	6	+4	6			0–6	—	1–0	–
3	Glentoran	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2	3			–	–	—	2–0
4	Roma Calfa	3	0	0	3	0	22	−22	0			–	0–9	–	—

Source: RSSSF^[3]
(H) Hosts

Group F

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ROS	APL	MHO	SFR
1	Rossiyanka	3	3	0	0	19	0	+19	9	Advance to main round		—	1–0	–	11–0
2	Apollon Limassol (H)	3	2	0	1	6	1	+5	6			–	—	–	2–0
3	Maccabi Holon	3	1	0	2	2	11	−9	3			0–7	0–4	—	–
4	St Francis	3	0	0	3	0	15	−15	0			–	–	0–2	—

Source: RSSSF^[3]
(H) Hosts

Group G

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		EVE	STR	LTA	OSI
1	Everton	3	3	0	0	11	1	+10	9	Advance to main round		—	–	7–0	3–1
2	Team Strømmen	3	2	0	1	14	1	+13	6			0–1	—	5–0	–
3	Levadia Tallinn	3	1	0	2	4	13	−9	3			–	–	—	–
4	Osijek (H)	3	0	0	3	2	16	−14	0			–	0–9	4–1	—

Source: RSSSF^[3]
(H) Hosts

Knockout phase

Main article: 2009–10 UEFA Women's Champions League knockout phase

Bracket

	Round of 32						Round of 16						Quarter-finals						Semi-finals						Final
	Fortuna Hjørring	4	1	5
	Bardolino	0	2	2
							Fortuna Hjørring	0	0	0
							Lyon	1	5	6
	Mašinac Niš	0	0	0
	Lyon	1	5	6
													Lyon	3	0	3
													Torres	0	1	1
	Unia Racibórz	1	1	2
	Neulengbach	3	0	3
							Neulengbach	1	1	2
							Torres	4	4	8
	Torres	4	2	6
	Valur	1	1	2
																			Lyon	3	0	3
																			Umeå	2	0	2
	Rayo Vallecano	1	1	2
	Rossiyanka	3	2	5
							Rossiyanka	0	1	1
							Umeå	1	1	2
	Zhytlobud-1	0	0	0
	Umeå	5	6	11
													Umeå (a)	0	2	2
													Montpellier	0	2	2
	Standard Liège	0	1	1
	Montpellier	0	3	3
							Montpellier (a.e.t.)	0	1	1
							Bayern Munich	0	0	0
	Viktória	0	2	2
	Bayern Munich	5	4	9
																									Lyon	0(6)
																									Turbine Potsdam (p)	0(7)
	Universitet Vitebsk	1	3	4
	Duisburg	5	6	11
							Duisburg	1	2	3
							Linköping	1	0	1
	Zürich	0	0	0
	Linköping	2	3	5
													Duisburg	2	2	4
													Arsenal	1	0	1
	Alma	1	0	1
	Sparta Prague	0	2	2
							Sparta Prague	0	0	0
							Arsenal	3	2	5
	PAOK	0	0	0
	Arsenal	9	9	18
																			Duisburg	1	0	1(1)
																			Turbine Potsdam (p)	0	1	1(3)
	Honka	1	0	1
	Turbine Potsdam	8	8	16
							Turbine Potsdam	1	4	5
							Brøndby	0	0	0
	AZ	1	1	2
	Brøndby	2	1	3
													Turbine Potsdam	5	5	10
													Røa	0	0	0
	Røa	3	0	3
	Everton	0	2	2
							Røa (a)	0	1	1
							Zvezda 2005 Perm	0	1	1
	ZNK-SFK 2000	0	0	0
	Zvezda 2005 Perm	3	5	8

Round of 32

The 16 seeded teams were drawn one opponent each from the pool of 16 unseeded teams. Teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other. The seeded team played the second leg at home.^[27] Matches were played on 30 September and 7 October.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Fortuna Hjørring	5–2	Bardolino	4–0	1–2
Mašinac Niš	0–6	Lyon	0–1	0–5
Unia Racibórz	2–3	Neulengbach	1–3	1–0
Torres	6–2	Valur	4–1	2–1
Rayo Vallecano	2–5	Rossiyanka	1–3	1–2
Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv	0–11	Umeå	0–5	0–6
Standard Liège	1–3	Montpellier	0–0	1–3
Viktória	2–9	Bayern Munich	0–5	2–4
Universitet Vitebsk	4–11	Duisburg	1–5	3–6
Zürich	0–5	Linköping	0–2	0–3
Alma	1–2	Sparta Prague	1–0	0–2
PAOK	0–18	Arsenal	0–9	0–9
Honka	1–16	Turbine Potsdam	1–8	0–8
AZ	2–3	Brøndby	1–2	1–1
Røa	3–2	Everton	3–0	0–2
ZNK-SFK 2000	0–8	Zvezda 2005 Perm	0–3	0–5

Round of 16

From this round onwards, there was no seeding, and clubs from the same association could be drawn against each other. The drawing for this round was held immediately after the drawing for the round of 32. Therefore, instead of drawing specific teams matches were drawn with the winners playing each other in this round.^[27] Matches were played on 4–5 November and 11–12 November.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Fortuna Hjørring	0–6	Lyon	0–1	0–51
Neulengbach	2–8	Torres	1–4	1–4
Rossiyanka	1–2	Umeå	0–1	1–1
Montpellier	1–0	Bayern Munich	0–0	1–0 (a.e.t.)
Duisburg	3–1	Linköping	1–1	2–0
Sparta Prague	0–5	Arsenal	0–3	0–2
Turbine Potsdam	5–0	Brøndby	1–0	4–0
Røa	1–1 (a)	Zvezda 2005 Perm	0–0	1–1

• ¹ Lyon originally won their match 5–0, but the UEFA Appeals Body awarded them a 0–3 defeat as they found Lyon guilty of fielding two ineligible players. Five weeks later, the Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld Lyon's appeal and reinstated the original result.^[28]

Quarter-finals

Matches were played on 10 March and 14–17 March.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Lyon	3–1	Torres	3–0	0–1
Umeå	2–2 (a)	Montpellier	0–0	2–2
Duisburg	4–1	Arsenal	2–1	2–0
Turbine Potsdam	10–0	Røa	5–0	5–0

Semi-finals

Matches were played on 10–11 April and 17–18 April 2010.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Lyon	3–2	Umeå	3–2	0–0
Duisburg	1–1 (1–3 p)	Turbine Potsdam	1–0	0–1 (a.e.t.)

Final

Main article: 2010 UEFA Women's Champions League final

20 May 2010 (2010-05-20)

20:30 (CEST)

Lyon	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Turbine Potsdam
	Report
Penalties
Franco Dickenmann Kaci Henry Herlovsen Renard Simone Bouhaddi Thomis	6–7	Zietz Peter Odebrecht Mittag Kerschowski Nagasato Bajramaj Sarholz Schmidt

Coliseum Alfonso Pérez, Getafe

Attendance: 10,372

Referee: Kirsi Heikkinen (Finland)

UEFA Women's Champions League 2009–10 winners
Turbine Potsdam Second title

Top goalscorers

The top goal scorers including qualifying rounds were:

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Vanessa Bürki	Bayern Munich	11
2	Ida Brännström	Linköping	10
3	Inka Grings	Duisburg	9
	Kim Little	Arsenal
	Anja Mittag	Turbine Potsdam

Round dates

Phase	Round	First leg	Second leg
Qualifying round	Group stage	30 July 2009 – 4 August 2009
Knockout stage	Round of 32	30 September 2009	7 October 2009
	Round of 16	4 November 2009	11 November 2009
	Quarter-final	10 March 2010	17 March 2010
	Semi-final	10 April or 11 April 2010	17 April or 18 April 2010
	Final	20 May 2010