2011–12 UEFA Women's Champions League

The 2011–12 UEFA Women's Champions League was the eleventh edition of the European women's championship for football clubs. The final was held in the Olympiastadion in Munich, Germany on 17 May 2012.^[2]

2011–12 UEFA Women's Champions League

The Olympiastadion in Munich hosted the final.
Tournament details
Dates	11 August 2011 to 17 May 2012[1]
Teams	54
Final positions
Champions	Lyon (2nd title)
Runners-up	Frankfurt
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s)	Eugénie Le Sommer Camille Abily (9 goals)
← 2010–11 2012–13 →

As in the past two Champions League seasons, the eight highest ranked nations got two entries to the tournament. The point of entry was changed this season however. In the previous years the national runners-up had to enter the qualification round. With those teams always easing through their groups, with the exception of Umeå in 2010–11, UEFA decided to give those a direct entry to the round of 32. As a result, eight nations which under previous rules would have had direct entry to that round now had to go through the qualifying stage.

Team allocation and distribution

A total of 54 teams from 46 UEFA associations were confirmed to be entering this year's competition by UEFA on 15 June 2011.^[3] This is a new record for the Women's Champions league, as Albania and Latvia are represented for the first time, and the winners of the Luxembourg league entered for the first time since 2001–02. In total 11 teams got their European debut.^[4] Countries are allocated places according to their 2010 UEFA league coefficient for women,^[5][6] taking into account performances in women's club competitions between 2005–06 and 2009–10.

Associations ranked 1–8 entered two clubs, the remaining associations entered one team. Unlike the men's Champions League, not every association have entered teams in the past, so the exact number of clubs in each round was only known shortly before the draw.

	Teams entering in this round	Teams advancing from previous round	Competition format
Qualifying round (32 teams)	32 domestic league winners from associations ranked 15–53		8 groups of 4 clubs, hosted by one club, seeded into four pots by UEFA club coefficient
Round of 32 (32 teams)	14 domestic league winners from associations 1–14 8 domestic league runners-up from associations 1–8	8 group winners from qualifying round 2 best group runners-up from qualifying round	Two-legged knockout, seeded by UEFA club coefficient

Round and draw dates

UEFA has scheduled the competition as follows.^[7]

Round	Draw	First leg	Second leg
Qualifying round	23 June 2011	11–16 August 2011
Round of 32	23 August 2011	28–29 September 2011	5–6 October 2011
Round of 16		2–3 November 2011	9–10 November 2011
Quarterfinal	17 November 2011	14–15 March 2012	21–22 March 2012
Semifinal		14–15 April 2012	21–22 April 2012
Final		17 May 2012

Teams

Round of 32
Turbine Potsdam (CH)	Frankfurt (RU)	Malmö (CH)	Göteborg (RU)
Lyon (CH)	Paris Saint-Germain (RU)	Rossiyanka (CH)	Energy Voronezh (RU)
Arsenal (CW)1	Bristol Academy (CR)	Brøndby (CH)	Fortuna Hjørring (RU)
Torres (CH)	Tavagnacco (RU)	Valur (CH)	Þór/KA (RU)
Stabæk (CH)	Neulengbach (CH)	Sparta Prague (CH)	Twente (CH)
Standard Liège (CH)	CSHVSM (CH)
Qualifying round
Rayo Vallecano (CH)	YB Frauen (CH)	Bobruichanka (CH)	Unia Racibórz (CH)
Lehenda-ShVSM (CH)	PK-35 Vantaa (CH)	MTK (CH)	SFK 2000 (CH)
PAOK (CH)	1° Dezembro (CH)	Olimpia Cluj (CH)	Glasgow City (CH)
Spartak Subotica(CH)	NSA Sofia (CH)	ASA Tel Aviv University (CH)	Slovan Bratislava (CH)
Gintra Universitetas (CH)	Swansea City (CH)	Krka (CH)	Goliador Chişinău (CH)
KÍ Klaksvík (CH)	Peamount United (CW)	Osijek (CH)	Apollon Limassol (CH)
Newtownabbey Strikers (CH)	ZFK Nashe Taksi (CH)	Pärnu JK (CH)	Ataşehir Belediyesi (CH)
Mosta (CH)	Ada (CH)	Liepājas Metalurgs (CH)	Progrès Niedercorn (CH)

• ¹ As the new English Super League did not start until May 2011, the FA decided to give their spots to the two finalists of the 2010–11 FA Women's Cup.^[8]
• CH denotes the national champion, RU the national runner-up, CW the cup-winner, CR losing cup finalist.

Qualifying round

Main article: 2011–12 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round

32 teams entered in the qualifying round, and were divided into eight groups of four teams, with one team from each seeding pot. Host countries won't be drawn together.

Groups were played as mini tournaments over a span of six days.

Group 1

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		YBF	NTA	PAOK	GOL
1	YB Frauen	3	2	1	0	11	2	+9	7	Advance to main round		—	3–1	1–1	–
2	ZFK Naše Taksi (H)	3	2	0	1	8	3	+5	6			–	—	–	6–0
3	PAOK	3	1	1	1	4	2	+2	4			–	0–1	—	3–0
4	Goliador Chişinău	3	0	0	3	0	16	−16	0			0–7	–	–	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(H) Hosts

Group 2

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ASA	DEZ	MTK	LIE
1	ASA Tel Aviv University	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	7	Advance to main round		—	–	1–0	–
2	1° Dezembro (H)	3	1	2	0	5	1	+4	5			1–1	—	–	4–0
3	MTK	3	1	1	1	12	1	+11	4			–	0–0	—	12–0
4	Liepājas Metalurgs	3	0	0	3	1	20	−19	0			1–4	–	–	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(H) Hosts

Group 3

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		RVA	PEA	PAR	KRK
1	Rayo Vallecano	3	3	0	0	9	1	+8	9	Advance to main round		—	1–0	4–1	–
2	Peamount United	3	2	0	1	12	2	+10	6			–	—	–	7–0
3	Pärnu JK	3	1	0	2	4	10	−6	3			–	1–5	—	–
4	Krka (H)	3	0	0	3	1	13	−12	0			0–4	–	1–2	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(H) Hosts

Group 4

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		CLU	2KS	ABE	GIN
1	Olimpia Cluj	3	3	0	0	12	2	+10	9	Advance to main round		—	–	–	5–0
2	SFK 2000 (H)	3	2	0	1	7	5	+2	6			1–3	—	4–1	–
3	Ataşehir Belediyesi	3	0	1	2	3	9	−6	1			1–4	–	—	–
4	Gintra Universitetas	3	0	1	2	2	8	−6	1			–	1–2	1–1	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(H) Hosts

Group 5

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		GLA	SUB	KIK	MOS
1	Glasgow City	3	3	0	0	17	0	+17	9	Advance to main round		—	4–0	–	8–0
2	Spartak Subotica (H)	3	2	0	1	15	6	+9	6			–	—	4–2	–
3	KÍ Klaksvík	3	1	0	2	3	9	−6	3			0–5	–	—	1–0
4	Mosta	3	0	0	3	0	20	−20	0			–	0–11	–	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(H) Hosts

Group 6

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		P35	SBR	UNR	ADA
1	PK-35 Vantaa (H)	3	2	1	0	12	1	+11	7	Advance to main round		—	–	1–1	10–0
2	Slovan Bratislava	3	2	0	1	17	1	+16	6			0–1	—	–	–
3	Unia Racibórz	3	1	1	1	9	2	+7	4			–	0–1	—	8–0
4	Ada	3	0	0	3	0	34	−34	0			–	0–16	–	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(H) Hosts

Group 7

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		APL	LSH	SWA	PNI
1	Apollon Limassol (H)	3	3	0	0	24	1	+23	9	Advance to main round		—	2–1	–	14–0
2	Lehenda-ShVSM	3	2	0	1	11	2	+9	6			–	—	2–0	8–0
3	Swansea City	3	1	0	2	4	10	−6	3			0–8	–	—	–
4	Progrès Niedercorn	3	0	0	3	0	26	−26	0			–	–	0–4	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(H) Hosts

Group 8

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		OSI	BOB	NSA	CNS
1	Osijek (H)	3	2	1	0	7	2	+5	7	Advance to main round		—	1–0	–	–
2	Bobruichanka	3	2	0	1	10	1	+9	6			–	—	3–0	7–0
3	NSA Sofia	3	1	1	1	2	4	−2	4			1–1	–	—	1–0
4	Newtownabbey Strikers	3	0	0	3	1	13	−12	0			1–5	–	–	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(H) Hosts

Ranking of group runners-up

The two best runners-up also qualify for the round of 32. The match against the fourth-placed team in the group does not count for the purposes of the runners-up table. The tie-breakers in this ranking are:

1. Higher number of points obtained
2. Superior goal difference
3. Higher number of goals scored
4. Higher number of club coefficient points
5. Fair play conduct in all group matches

Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
3	Peamount United	2	1	0	1	5	2	+3	3
8	Bobruichanka	2	1	0	1	3	1	+2	3
4	SFK 2000 Sarajevo	2	1	0	1	5	4	+1	3
7	Lehenda-ShVSM	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1	3
6	Slovan Bratislava	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	3
1	ZFK Naše Taksi	2	1	0	1	2	3	−1	3
5	Spartak Subotica	2	1	0	1	4	6	−2	3
2	1° Dezembro	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Debutants Peamount and 2004–05 quarter-finalists Bobruichanka qualified for the round of 32 as best runners-up.^[9]

Knockout phase

Main article: 2011–12 UEFA Women's Champions League knockout phase

Bracket

As there were two draws, one for Round of 32 and 16 and another draw for the Quarter-finals to the final, the bracket has been created in retrospect.

	Round of 32						Round of 16						Quarter-finals						Semi-finals						Final
	Apollon	2	1	3
	Sparta Prague	2	2	4
							Sparta Prague	0	0	0
							Lyon	6	6	12
	Olimpia Cluj	0	0	0
	Lyon	9	3	12
													Lyon	4	4	8
													Brøndby IF	0	0	0
	Standard Liège	0	4	4
	Brøndby IF	2	3	5
							Brøndby IF	2	3	5
							Torres	1	1	2
	ASA Tel Aviv	0	2	2
	Torres	2	3	5
																			Lyon	5	0	5
																			Turbine Potsdam	1	0	1
	Þór/KA	0	2	2
	Turbine Potsdam	6	8	14
							Turbine Potsdam	10	7	17
							Glasgow City	0	0	0
	Glasgow City	1	3	4
	Valur	1	0	1
													Turbine Potsdam	2	3	5
													Rossiyanka	0	0	0
	Bristol Academy	1	2	3
	Energiya Voronezh	1	4	5
							Energiya Voronezh	0	3	3
							Rossiyanka	4	3	7
	Twente	0	0	0
	Rossiyanka	2	1	3
																									Lyon	2
																									Frankfurt	0
	PK-35 Vantaa	1	0	1
	Rayo Vallecano	4	3	7
							Rayo Vallecano	1	1	2
							Arsenal	1	5	6
	Bobruichanka	0	0	0
	Arsenal	4	6	10
													Arsenal	3	0	3
													Göteborg	1	1	2
	YB Frauen	0	1	1
	Fortuna Hjørring	3	2	5
							Fortuna Hjørring	0	2	2
							Göteborg	1	3	4
	Osijek	0	0	0
	Göteborg	4	7	11
																			Arsenal	1	0	1
																			Frankfurt	2	2	4
	CSHVSM	2	0	2
	Neulengbach	1	5	6
							Neulengbach	1	0	1
							Malmö	3	1	4
	Tavagnacco	2	0	2
	Malmö	1	5	6
													Malmö	1	0	1
													Frankfurt	0	3	3
	Stabæk	1	1	2
	Frankfurt	0	4	4
							Frankfurt	3	1	4
							PSG	0	2	2
	Peamount	0	0	0
	PSG	2	3	5

Round of 32

Of the 32 teams that will participate in this round, 22 are directly qualified, and the last 10 qualify from the qualification groups above. Eight as group winners, and two as the best runners-up. When determining the best runners-up, matches against the fourth placed team in the group is not taken into account.^[10] 16 seeded teams will be drawn against 16 unseeded teams. The title holder is the number 1 seed all other are seeded by their UEFA coefficient.^[11] The following teams are qualified for the round of 32.

The round of 32 and round of 16 were drawn on 23 August 2011 at UEFA headquarters. In the round of 32 no teams from the same country could be drawn against each other, same with teams from the same qualifying group. A change made to last year, when Breiðablik UBK and FCF Juvisy met in qualifying and the round of 32. There are no restrictions to the round of 16.^[12] Seeded teams play their second leg at home.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Apollon Limassol	3–4	Sparta Prague	2–2	1–2
Olimpia Cluj	0–12	Lyon	0–9	0–3
Standard Liège	4–5	Brøndby	0–2	4–3
ASA Tel Aviv University	2–5	Torres	0–2	2–3
Þór/KA	2–14	Turbine Potsdam	0–6	2–8
Glasgow City	4–1	Valur	1–1	3–0
Bristol Academy	3–5	Energiya Voronezh	1–1	2–4
Twente	0–3	Rossiyanka	0–2	0–1
PK-35 Vantaa	1–7	Rayo Vallecano	1–4	0–3
Bobruichanka	0–10	Arsenal	0–4	0–6
YB Frauen	1–5	Fortuna Hjørring	0–3	1–2
Osijek	0–11	Göteborg	0–4	0–7
CSHVSM	2–6	Neulengbach	2–1	0–5
Tavagnacco	2–6	Malmö	2–1	0–5
Stabæk	2–4	Frankfurt	1–0	1–4
Peamount United	0–5	Paris Saint-Germain	0–2	0–3

Round of 16

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sparta Prague	0–121	Lyon	0–6	0–6
Brøndby	5–2	Torres	2–1	3–1
Turbine Potsdam	17–0	Glasgow City	10–0	7–0
Energy Voronezh	3–7	Rossiyanka	0–4	3–3
Rayo Vallecano	2–6	Arsenal	1–1	1–5
Fortuna Hjørring	2–4	Göteborg	0–1	2–3
Neulengbach	1–4	Malmö	1–3	0–1
Frankfurt	4–2	Paris Saint-Germain	3–0	1–2

Note 1: Order of legs reversed after original draw.

Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarterfinals was held on 17 November 2011.^[13] Matches were played on 14–15 March 2012 and 21–22 March 2012.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Lyon	8–0	Brøndby	4–0	4–0
Turbine Potsdam	5–0	Rossiyanka	2–0	3–0
Arsenal	3–2	Göteborg	3–1	0–1
Malmö	1–3	Frankfurt	1–0	0–3

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Lyon	5–1	Turbine Potsdam	5–1	0–0
Arsenal	1–4	Frankfurt	1–2	0–2

Final

Main article: 2012 UEFA Women's Champions League final

17 May 2012 (2012-05-17)

18:00 CET

Lyon	2–0	Frankfurt
Le Sommer 15' (pen.) Abily 28'	Report

Olympiastadion, Munich

Attendance: 50,212^[14]

Referee: Jenny Palmqvist (Sweden)

Top goalscorers

Rank	Name	Team	Goals	Minutes played
1	Eugénie Le Sommer	Lyon	9	609'
	Camille Abily	Lyon	9	659'
3	Anja Mittag	Turbine Potsdam	7	360'
	Yuki Nagasato	Turbine Potsdam	7	532'
5	Lise Munk	Brøndby	6	448'
6	Sara Björk Gunnarsdóttir	LdB Malmö	5	532'
	Lotta Schelin	Lyon	5	587'
8	Natalia	Rayo Vallecano	4	313'
	Manon Melis	LdB Malmö	4	328'
	Jordan Nobbs	Arsenal	4	377'
	Sofia Jakobsson	Rossiyanka	4	444'
	Cristiane	Rossiyanka	4	519'
	Jane Törnqvist	Göteborg	4	540'
	Kerstin Garefrekes	Frankfurt	4	810'

Source:^[15]