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
Tournament details
The Olympiastadion in Munich hosted the final.
Dates	11 August 2011 to 17 May 2012^[1]
Teams	54
Final positions
Champions	Olympique Lyon (2nd title)
Runners-up	1. FFC 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 Edit

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

Teams Edit

Round of 32
Turbine Potsdam (CH)	FFC Frankfurt (RU)	LdB Malmö (CH)	Göteborg (RU)
Lyon (CH)	Paris Saint-Germain (RU)	Rossiyanka (CH)	Energiya Voronezh (RU)
Arsenal (CW)¹	Bristol Academy (CR)	Brøndby IF (CH)	Fortuna Hjørring (RU)
Torres (CH)	Tavagnacco (RU)	Valur (CH)	Þór/KA (RU)
Stabæk (CH)	Neulengbach (CH)	Sparta Praha (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 Sarajevo(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.^[7]
CH denotes the national champion, RU the national runner-up, CW the cup-winner, CR losing cup finalist.

Qualifying round Edit

Seeding and draw Edit

The draw was held on 23 June 2011.^[8] 32 teams entered in the qualifying round, and were divided into eight groups of four teams, with one team from each seeding pot:

Pot 1

Pot 2

Pot 3

Pot 4

The eight hosts were confirmed by UEFA before the draw, and two hosts could not be placed in the same group. Krka, Osijek and Apollon Limassol also hosted tournaments in 2009 and 2010.

Each team plays the other teams in the group once. The matches are to be played between 11 and 16 August 2011.

Tie-breaker criteria Edit

As usual in UEFA competitions, three points are awarded for a win, and one point for a draw. If teams are equal on points after all matches have been played, the following criteria applies:

Higher number of points obtained in the matches among the teams in question.
Superior goal difference resulting from the matches among the teams in question.
Higher number of goals scored in the matches among the teams in question.
Superior goal difference in all group matches
Higher number of goals scored in all group matches
Higher number of club coefficient points
Drawing of lots

Criteria 1–3 are reapplied until the tie cannot be resolved; only then is criteria 4 used.

Group 1 Edit

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
YB Frauen	3	2	1	0	11	2	+9	7
ZFK Naše Taksi (H)	3	2	0	1	8	3	+5	6
PAOK	3	1	1	1	4	2	+2	4
Goliador Chişinău	3	0	0	3	0	16	−16	0

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


11 August 2011
PAOK	3 – 0	Goliador Chişinău
Panteliadou 54', 62' Dimitrijević 79'
YB Frauen	3 – 1	Naše Taksi
M. Wälti 45+3' Stöckli 68' Zahno 71' 0		Rochi 52' 0 0 0
13 August 2011
PAOK	0–1	Naše Taksi
		Andreevska 42'
Goliador Chişinău	0–7	YB Frauen
		Ismaili 4' Heule 13', 45+2' Stöckli 14' L. Wälti 43' Schenkel 86', 90+2'
16 August 2011
YB Frauen	1–1	PAOK
Spahr 11'		Dimitrijević 49'
Naše Taksi	6–0	Goliador Chişinău
Stankovska 45' Brahimi 61', 62', 67' Andreevska 63' Naceva 73'

Group 2 Edit

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
ASA Tel Aviv University	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	7
1° Dezembro (H)	3	1	2	0	5	1	+4	5
MTK	3	1	1	1	12	1	+11	4
Liepājas Metalurgs	3	0	0	3	1	20	−19	0

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


11 August 2011
MTK	12–0	Liepājas Metalurgs
Méry 44', 45+3', 60', 66' Papp 51', 58', 65', 89' Nagy 74', 90+1' Godvár 77' Gál 80'
1° Dezembro	1–1	Tel Aviv University
Carvalhas 83'		Lavi 90+5'
13 August 2011
Tel Aviv University	1–0	MTK
Shenar 84'
1° Dezembro	4–0	Liepājas Metalurgs
Matos 4' Caleja 45+1' Alves 70' Couto 83' 0
16 August 2011
MTK	0–0	1° Dezembro
Liepājas Metalurgs	1–4	Tel Aviv University
Greijere 88'		Israel 55' Cohen 60' Jan 69', 90+2'

Group 3 Edit

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Rayo Vallecano	3	3	0	9	1	+8	9
Peamount United	3	2	1	12	2	+10	6
Pärnu JK	3	1	2	4	10	−6	3
Krka (H)	3	0	3	1	13	−12	0

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


11 August 2011
Rayo Vallecano	1–0	Peamount United
Natalia 90'
Krka	1–2	Pärnu JK
Benak 90+2' 0		Lilleste 25' Morkovkina 66'
13 August 2011
Rayo Vallecano	4–1	Pärnu JK
Jennifer 43', 51' Pilar 60' Albita 68'		Palmaru 10' 0 0
Peamount United	7–0	Krka
Roche 18', 33' Lawlor 31', 78' Quinn 37', 52', 65'
16 August 2011
Krka	0–4	Rayo Vallecano
		Jennifer 12', 58', 82' Pilar 79'
Pärnu JK	1–5	Peamount United
Ivanova 56' 0 0		Jenkins 5' Lawlor 30', 33' Roche 80', 90+2'

Group 4 Edit

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Olimpia Cluj	3	3	0	0	12	2	+10	9
SFK 2000 Sarajevo (H)	3	2	0	1	7	5	+2	6
Ataşehir Belediyesi	3	0	1	2	3	9	−6	1
Gintra Universitetas	3	0	1	2	2	8	−6	1

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


11 August 2011
Gintra Universitetas	1–1	Ataşehir Belediyesi
Budrytė 38'		Stasiulytė 29' (o.g.)
SFK 2000 Sarajevo	1–3	Olimpia Cluj
Hamzić 61' 0		Duşa 4', 53' Giurgiu 78'
13 August 2011
Olimpia Cluj	5–0	Gintra Universitetas
Cosma 33', 43' Vătafu 41' Duşa 80', 90+5'
SFK 2000 Sarajevo	4–1	Ataşehir Belediyesi
Kršo 10', 51' Fetahović 43' Hršum 75'		Aladağ 71' 0 0
16 August 2011
Gintra Universitetas	1–2	SFK 2000 Sarajevo
Budrytė 27' 0		Salkanović 33' Ivanović 85'
Ataşehir Belediyesi	1–4	Olimpia Cluj
Aladağ 26' 0 0		Duşa 24' Lunca 64', 77' Cosma 85'

Group 5 Edit

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Glasgow City	3	3	0	17	0	+17	9
Spartak Subotica (H)	3	2	1	15	6	+9	6
KÍ Klaksvík	3	1	2	3	9	−6	3
Mosta	3	0	3	0	20	−20	0

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


11 August 2011
KÍ Klaksvík	1–0	Mosta
Purkhús 59'
Glasgow City	4–0	Spartak Subotica
Murray 7', 28' Lindner 23', 90+3' 0 0 0 0
13 August 2011
Glasgow City	8–0	Mosta
J. Ross 15', 47' Mitchell 33' Dalziel 38' L. Ross 42' Wooley 51' Evans 60' Corsie 84'
Spartak Subotica	4–2	KÍ Klaksvík
Damjanović 1', 67' Ilić 55' Čubrilo 76'		Purkhús 14', 41' 0 0
16 August 2011
KÍ Klaksvík	0–5	Glasgow City
		Lindner 4', 8' L. Ross 13' Love 41' McSorley 64'
Mosta	0–11	Spartak Subotica
		Damjanović 1', 28', 48', 51' Čubrilo 4', 6', 34', 37', 53' Jovanović 45+1' Čanković 67'

Group 6 Edit

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
PK-35 Vantaa (H)	3	2	1	0	12	1	+11	7
Slovan Bratislava	3	2	0	1	17	1	+16	6
Unia Racibórz	3	1	1	1	9	2	+7	4
Ada	3	0	0	3	0	34	−34	0

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


11 August 2011
Unia Racibórz	0–1	Slovan Bratislava
		Šušková 45+1'
PK-35 Vantaa	10–0	Ada
Sormunen 9' Parikka 13', 15', 34', 44' Saarinen 38', 45+1' Vlasoff 55' Hirvonen 60' Jåfs 64'
13 August 2011
Slovan Bratislava	0–1	PK-35 Vantaa
		Seppälä 76'
Unia Racibórz	8–0	Ada
Leśnik 1' Landeka 8' Chudzik 13', 81' Paco 56' (o.g.) Tarczyńska 72', 73' Pożerska 90+1' 0 0 0
16 August 2011
PK-35 Vantaa	1–1	Unia Racibórz
Seppälä 22'		Chinasa 28'
Ada	0–16	Slovan Bratislava
		Balážiková 6', 21' Mravíková 11', 44', 90+1' Klechová 12', 87' Šušková 14', 42', 50' Fecková 28', 35', 54', 78', 83' Vargovčiková 57'

Group 7 Edit

Matches were played at Stelios Kyriakides Stadium, Paphos, at GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, and Tsirio Stadium, Limassol.

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Apollon Limassol (H)	3	3	0	24	1	+23	9
Lehenda-ShVSM	3	2	1	11	2	+9	6
Swansea City	3	1	2	4	10	−6	3
Progrès Niedercorn	3	0	3	0	26	−26	0

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


11 August 2011
Lehenda-ShVSM	2–0	Swansea City
Kornievets 86' Melkonyants 90'
Apollon Limassol	14–0	Progrès Niedercorn
Rus 4', 12', 43' Solomou 6', 17' Kostova 10', 14' Lauder 53', 74', 88' Spânu 58', 71' Sofocleous 85' Olăr 90'
13 August 2011
Lehenda-ShVSM	8–0	Progrès Niedercorn
Gnydyuk 12' Stankevich 18' Kornievets 20', 26', 56' Melkonyants 60' Ovdiychuk 68' Shramok 80'
Swansea City	0–8	Apollon Limassol
		Rus 12', 45' Kostova 29' Lauder 39', 58' Spânu 62' Solomou 76' Laiu 80'
16 August 2011
Apollon Limassol	2–1	Lehenda-ShVSM
Kostova 78' Rus 89'		Vaschenko 45+3' 0
Progrès Niedercorn	0–4	Swansea City
		O'Connor 34' Richardson 53' Britton 87' Passmore 90+1'

Group 8 Edit

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Osijek (H)	3	2	1	0	7	2	+5	7
Bobruichanka	3	2	0	1	10	1	+9	6
NSA Sofia	3	1	1	1	2	4	−2	4
Newtownabbey Strikers	3	0	0	3	1	13	−12	0

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


11 August 2011
Bobruichanka	7–0	Newtownabbey Strikers
NSA Sofia	1–1	Osijek
13 August 2011
NSA Sofia	1–0	Newtownabbey Strikers
Osijek	1–0	Bobruichanka
16 August 2011
Bobruichanka	3–0	NSA Sofia
Newtownabbey Strikers	1–5	Osijek

Ranking of group runners-up Edit

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:

Higher number of points obtained
Superior goal difference
Higher number of goals scored
Higher number of club coefficient points
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-stage Edit

Bracket Edit

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

Round of 32 Edit

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

First leg Edit

27 September 2011