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2011–12 UEFA Champions League qualifying
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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]
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Format
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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.
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Teams
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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.
Champions Route
League Route
- 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]
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First qualifying round
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Seeding
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Matches
Valletta won 5–1 on aggregate.
Attendance: 300[11]
Referee: Elmir Pilav (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
F91 Dudelange won 4–0 on aggregate.
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Second qualifying round
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Seeding
- Notes
- † Winners of the previous qualifying round whose identity was not known at the time of the draw.
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Matches
Maccabi Haifa won 7–4 on aggregate.
Attendance: 1,500[15]
Referee: Gediminas Mažeika (Lithuania)
Litex Lovech won 5–1 on aggregate.
Maribor won 5–1 on aggregate.
APOEL won 6–0 on aggregate.
Slovan Bratislava won 3–1 on aggregate.
Sturm Graz won 4–3 on aggregate.
Zestaponi won 3–2 on aggregate.
Dinamo Zagreb won 3–0 on aggregate.
Viktoria Plzeň won 9–1 on aggregate.
Partizan won 5–0 on aggregate.
Ekranas won 4–2 on aggregate.
Malmö FF won 3–1 on aggregate.
Shamrock Rovers won 1–0 on aggregate.
Rosenborg won 5–2 on aggregate.
HJK won 13–0 on aggregate.
Wisła Kraków won 3–0 on aggregate.
BATE Borisov won 3–1 on aggregate.
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Third qualifying round
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Seeding
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- † Winners of the previous qualifying round whose identity was not known at the time of the draw.
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Wisła Kraków won 5–2 on aggregate.
Maccabi Haifa won 3–2 on aggregate.
Dinamo Zagreb won 3–1 on aggregate.
APOEL won 2–0 on aggregate.
Copenhagen won 3–0 on aggregate.
Genk won 3–2 on aggregate.
Viktoria Plzeň won 4–2 on aggregate.
Attendance: 14,700[60]
Referee: Anastassios Kakos (Greece)
Sturm Graz won 2–1 on aggregate.
BATE Borisov won 3–1 on aggregate.
Malmö FF won 2–1 on aggregate.
Zürich won 2–1 on aggregate.
Twente won 2–0 on aggregate.
Attendance: 32,060[72]
Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev (Macedonia)
Benfica won 3–1 on aggregate.
Referee: David Fernández Borbalán (Spain)
Rubin Kazan won 4–1 on aggregate.
Odense won 5–4 on aggregate.
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Play-off round
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APOEL won 3–2 on aggregate.
3–3 on aggregate; Genk won 4–1 on penalties.
Dinamo Zagreb won 4–3 on aggregate.
Viktoria Plzeň won 5–2 on aggregate.
BATE Borisov won 3–1 on aggregate.
Villarreal won 3–1 on aggregate.
Benfica won 5–3 on aggregate.
Arsenal won 3–1 on aggregate.
Bayern Munich won 3–0 on aggregate.
Lyon won 4–2 on aggregate.
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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.
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