2010–11_UEFA_Champions_League_group_stage
The group stage of the 2010–11 UEFA Champions League featured 32 teams: the 22 automatic qualifiers and the 10 winners of the play-off round (five through the Champions Path, five through the Non-Champions Path).[1]
The teams were drawn into eight groups of four, and played each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The matchdays were 14–15 September, 28–29 September, 19–20 October, 2–3 November, 23–24 November, and 7–8 December 2010.
The top two teams in each group advanced to the first knockout round, while the third-placed teams dropped down to the Europa League round of 32.
Partizan and Žilina became only the eleventh and twelfth teams in UEFA Champions League history to lose all six group stage matches.[citation needed]
The draw for the group stage was held in Monaco on 26 August 2010 at 18:00 CEST (UTC+2).
Teams were seeded into four pots[2][3] based on their 2010 UEFA club coefficients.[4] The title holders, Internazionale, were automatically seeded into Pot 1. Teams from the same national association could not be drawn against each other. Pot 1 held teams ranked 1–10, Pot 2 held teams ranked 11–29, Pot 3 held teams ranked 30–63, while Pot 4 held teams ranked 73–180 and unranked teams.
| Group winners and runners-up advanced to the first knockout round |
| Third-placed teams entered the UEFA Europa League at the round of 32 |
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TH Title holder
c Qualified through Play-off round (Champions Path)
n Qualified through Play-off round (Non-Champions Path)
On each matchday, four groups played their matches on Tuesday, while the other four groups played their matches on Wednesday, with the two sets of groups (A–D, E–H) alternating between each matchday. Based on this principle, the draw was controlled for clubs from the same association in order to split the teams evenly into the two sets of groups.
The fixtures were decided after the draw. There were certain restrictions, e.g., teams from the same city (e.g. Milan and Internazionale, which also shared a stadium) did not play at home on the same matchday (UEFA tried to avoid teams from the same city playing at home on the same day or on consecutive days), and Russian teams did not play at home on the last matchday due to cold weather.
If two or more teams were equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria would be applied to determine the rankings:[5]
- higher number of points obtained in the group matches played among the teams in question;
- superior goal difference from the group matches played among the teams in question;
- higher number of goals scored away from home in the group matches played among the teams in question;
- superior goal difference from all group matches played;
- higher number of goals scored;
- higher number of coefficient points accumulated by the club in question, as well as its association, over the previous five seasons.
Times are CET/CEST,[note 1] as listed by UEFA (local times are in parentheses).
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Tottenham Hotspur |
6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 11 | +7 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 2 |  Internazionale |
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 11 | +1 | 10 | |
| 3 |  Twente |
6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 6 | Transfer to Europa League |
| 4 |  Werder Bremen |
6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | −6 | 5 |
| Werder Bremen | 2–2 | Tottenham Hotspur |
|---|---|---|
Almeida  43'Marin 47' |
Report | Pasanen 12' (o.g.) Crouch 18' |
| Tottenham Hotspur | 4–1 | Twente |
|---|---|---|
| Van der Vaart 47' Pavlyuchenko 50' (pen.), 64' (pen.)Bale 85' |
Report | Chadli 56' |
| Internazionale | 4–0 | Werder Bremen |
|---|---|---|
| Eto'o 21', 27', 81' Sneijder 34' |
Report |
| Internazionale | 4–3 | Tottenham Hotspur |
|---|---|---|
| Zanetti 2' Eto'o 11' (pen.), 35'Stanković 14' |
Report | Bale 52', 90', 90+1' |
| Tottenham Hotspur | 3–1 | Internazionale |
|---|---|---|
| Van der Vaart 18' Crouch 61'Pavlyuchenko 89' |
Report | Eto'o 80' |
| Tottenham Hotspur | 3–0 | Werder Bremen |
|---|---|---|
| Kaboul 6' Modrić 45+1'Crouch 79' |
Report |
| Twente | 3–3 | Tottenham Hotspur |
|---|---|---|
| Landzaat 22' (pen.) Rosales 56'Chadli 64' |
Report | Wisgerhof 12' (o.g.) Defoe 47', 59' |
| Werder Bremen | 3–0 | Internazionale |
|---|---|---|
| Prödl 39' Arnautović 49'Pizarro 88' |
Report |
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Schalke 04 |
6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 13 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 2 |  Lyon |
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 10 | +1 | 10 | |
| 3 |  Benfica |
6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 12 | −5 | 6 | Transfer to Europa League |
| 4 |  Hapoel Tel Aviv |
6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 5 |
| Schalke 04 | 3–1 | Hapoel Tel Aviv |
|---|---|---|
| Raúl 3', 58' Jurado 68' |
Report | Shechter 90+3' |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | 3–0 | Benfica |
|---|---|---|
| Zahavi 24', 90+2' Douglas da Silva 74' |
Report |
Group C
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manchester United |
6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 14 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 2 |  Valencia |
6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 4 | +11 | 11 | |
| 3 |  Rangers |
6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 6 | Transfer to Europa League |
| 4 |  Bursaspor |
6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 16 | −14 | 1 |
| Valencia | 6–1 | Bursaspor |
|---|---|---|
| Mata 17' (pen.) Soldado 21', 55'Aduriz 30'Joaquín 37'Domínguez 78' |
Report | Batalla 69' |
| Manchester United | 1–1 | Valencia |
|---|---|---|
| Anderson 62' |
Report | Hernández 32' |
Group D
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barcelona |
6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 3 | +11 | 14 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 2 |  Copenhagen |
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 10 | |
| 3 |  Rubin Kazan |
6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 6 | Transfer to Europa League |
| 4 |  Panathinaikos |
6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 13 | −11 | 2 |
| Barcelona | 5–1 | Panathinaikos |
|---|---|---|
| Messi 22', 45' Villa 33'Pedro 78'Dani Alves 90+3' |
Report | Govou 20' |
| Panathinaikos | 0–2 | Copenhagen |
|---|---|---|
| Report | N'Doye 28' Vingaard 37' |
| Panathinaikos | 0–3 | Barcelona |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Pedro 27', 69' Messi 62' |
| Copenhagen | 3–1 | Panathinaikos |
|---|---|---|
| Vingaard 26' Grønkjær 50' (pen.)Cissé 73' (o.g.) |
Report | Kanté 90+2' |
Group E
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bayern Munich |
6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 6 | +10 | 15 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 2 | Roma |
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 10 | |
| 3 |  Basel |
6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 11 | −3 | 6 | Transfer to Europa League |
| 4 |  CFR Cluj |
6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | −6 | 4 |
| Basel | 1–2 | Bayern Munich |
|---|---|---|
| Frei 18' |
Report | Schweinsteiger 56' (pen.), 89' |
| CFR Cluj | 0–4 | Bayern Munich |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Gómez 12', 24', 71' Müller 90' |
| Bayern Munich | 3–0 | Basel |
|---|---|---|
| Ribéry 35', 50' Tymoshchuk 37' |
Report |
Group F
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chelsea |
6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 15 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 2 | Marseille |
6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 12 | |
| 3 | Spartak Moscow |
6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 9 | Transfer to Europa League |
| 4 |  Žilina |
6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 19 | −16 | 0 |
| Marseille | 0–1 | Spartak Moscow |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Azpilicueta 81' (o.g.) |
| Spartak Moscow | 3–0 | Žilina |
|---|---|---|
| Ari 34', 61' Ibson 89' |
Report |
| Spartak Moscow | 0–2 | Chelsea |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Zhirkov 23' Anelka 43' |
Group G
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Real Madrid |
6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 2 | +13 | 16 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 2 | Milan |
6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 8 | |
| 3 | Ajax |
6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 7 | Transfer to Europa League |
| 4 | Auxerre |
6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 12 | −9 | 3 |
| Auxerre | 2–1 | Ajax |
|---|---|---|
| Sammaritano 9' Langil 84' |
Report | Alderweireld 79' |
| Real Madrid | 4–0 | Auxerre |
|---|---|---|
| Benzema 12', 72', 88' Ronaldo 49' |
Report |
Group H
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Shakhtar Donetsk |
6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 15 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 2 | Arsenal |
6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 7 | +11 | 12 | |
| 3 | Braga |
6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 9 | Transfer to Europa League |
| 4 |  Partizan |
6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 13 | −11 | 0 |
| Braga | 0–3 | Shakhtar Donetsk |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Luiz Adriano 56', 72' Douglas Costa 90+2' (pen.) |
| Arsenal | 5–1 | Shakhtar Donetsk |
|---|---|---|
| Song 19' Nasri 42'Fàbregas 60' (pen.)Wilshere 66'Chamakh 69' |
Report | Eduardo 82' |
| Shakhtar Donetsk | 2–1 | Arsenal |
|---|---|---|
| Chyhrynskyi 28' Eduardo 45' |
Report | Walcott 10' |
| Partizan | 0–3 | Shakhtar Donetsk |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Stepanenko 52' Jádson 59'Eduardo 68' |
| Shakhtar Donetsk | 2–0 | Braga |
|---|---|---|
| Raț 78' Luiz Adriano 83' |
Report |
- "Lineup complete for group-stage draw". UEFA.com. 26 August 2010.
- "Club coefficients 2010". UEFA.com.
- "2010/11 Regulations of the UEFA Champions League" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-05. Retrieved 2010-06-21.
- 2010–11 UEFA Champions League, UEFA.com