2011–12 UEFA Champions League qualifying

Round and draw dates

All draws held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.

Format

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.

In the draw for each round, teams are seeded based on their 2011 UEFA club coefficients, 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.

Teams

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. 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

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League Route

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First qualifying round

Seeding

Summary

|Tre Fiori|SMR+1862|1–5|Valletta|MLT|0–3|1–2 |FC Santa Coloma|AND|0–4|F91 Dudelange|LUX|0–2|0–2

Matches

• Denni
• Effiong
• G. Agius
• Zammit
• William Barbosa
• Lisi Valletta won 5–1 on aggregate.

• Legros
• Caillet
• Abdullei F91 Dudelange won 4–0 on aggregate.

Second qualifying round

Seeding

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Summary

|Maccabi Haifa|ISR|7–4|Borac Banja Luka|BIH|5–1|2–3 |Mogren|MNE|1–5|Litex Lovech|BUL|1–2|0–3 |Maribor|SVN|5–1|F91 Dudelange|LUX|2–0|3–1 |Skënderbeu|ALB|0–6|APOEL|CYP|0–2|0–4 |Slovan Bratislava|SVK|3–1|Tobol|KAZ|2–0|1–1 |Sturm Graz|AUT|4–3|Videoton|HUN|2–0|2–3 |Zestaponi|GEO|3–2|Dacia Chișinău|MDA|3–0|0–2 |Dinamo Zagreb|CRO|3–0|Neftçi|AZE|3–0|0–0 |Pyunik|ARM|1–9|Viktoria Plzeň|CZE|0–4|1–5 |Partizan|SRB|5–0|Shkëndija|MKD|4–0|1–0 |Valletta|MLT|2–4|Ekranas|LTU|2–3|0–1 |Malmö FF|SWE|3–1|HB|FRO|2–0|1–1 |Shamrock Rovers|IRL|1–0|Flora|EST|1–0|0–0 |Rosenborg|NOR|5–2|Breiðablik|ISL|5–0|0–2 |Bangor City|WAL|0–13|HJK|FIN|0–3|0–10 |Skonto|LVA|0–3|Wisła Kraków|POL|0–1|0–2 |Linfield|NIR|1–3|BATE Borisov|BLR+1995|1–1|0–2

Matches

• Amasha
• Yampolsky
• Golasa
• Raspudić
• Krunić
• Vidaković
• Dvalishvili Maccabi Haifa won 7–4 on aggregate.

• M. Zec
• Todorov
• Zanev
• Todorov
• Yanev Litex Lovech won 5–1 on aggregate.

• Arghus
• Ibraimi
• da Mota
• Mezga
• Berić Maribor won 5–1 on aggregate.

• Morais
• Manduca
• Solari
• Aílton
• Adorno
• Charalambidis APOEL won 6–0 on aggregate.

• Šebo
• Guédé
• Štepanovský
• Kladrubský Slovan Bratislava won 3–1 on aggregate.

• Szabics
• Kienast
• Elek
• Sándor
• Lipták
• Hölzl
• Feldhofer Sturm Graz won 4–3 on aggregate.

• Gelashvili
• Dvali
• Popovici
• Orbu Zestaponi won 3–2 on aggregate.

• Badelj
• Krstanović Dinamo Zagreb won 3–0 on aggregate.

• Bakoš
• Horváth
• Kolář
• Bakoš
• Kolář
• Pilař
• Malakyan Viktoria Plzeň won 9–1 on aggregate.

• Vukić
• Edu
• Šćepović
• Berisha
• Jovančić Partizan won 5–0 on aggregate.

• Mifsud
• William Barbosa
• Umeh
• Gleveckas
• Radavičius
• Dedura Ekranas won 4–2 on aggregate.

• Rexhepi
• Holm
• Benjaminsen
• Figueiredo Malmö FF won 3–1 on aggregate.

• Turner Shamrock Rovers won 1–0 on aggregate.

• Skjelbred
• Dorsin
• Henriksen
• Prica
• Olsen
• Macallister
• Steindórsson Rosenborg won 5–2 on aggregate.

• Sadik
• Sorsa
• Ring
• Sadik
• Zeneli
• Rafinha
• Pukki
• Kastrati
• Parikka HJK won 13–0 on aggregate.

• Rode
• Małecki
• Iliev Wisła Kraków won 3–0 on aggregate.

• Fordyce
• Bressan
• Nyakhaychyk
• Pawlaw BATE Borisov won 3–1 on aggregate.

Third qualifying round

Seeding

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Summary

|Litex Lovech|BUL|2–5|Wisła Kraków|POL|1–2|1–3 |Maccabi Haifa|ISR|3–2|Maribor|SVN|2–1|1–1 |HJK|FIN|1–3|Dinamo Zagreb|CRO|1–2|0–1 |APOEL|CYP|2–0|Slovan Bratislava|SVK|0–0|2–0 |Copenhagen|DEN|3–0|Shamrock Rovers|IRL|1–0|2–0 |Genk|BEL|3–2|Partizan|SRB|2–1|1–1 |Rosenborg|NOR|2–4|Viktoria Plzeň|CZE|0–1|2–3 |Zestaponi|GEO|1–2|Sturm Graz|AUT|1–1|0–1 |Ekranas|LTU|1–3|BATE Borisov|BLR+1995|0–0|1–3 |Rangers|SCO|1–2|Malmö FF|SWE|0–1|1–1 |Standard Liège|BEL|1–2|Zürich|SUI|1–1|0–1 |Twente|NED|2–0|Vaslui|ROU|2–0|0–0 |Benfica|POR|3–1|Trabzonspor|TUR|2–0|1–1 |Dynamo Kyiv|UKR|1–4|Rubin Kazan|RUS|0–2|1–2 |Odense|DEN|5–4|Panathinaikos|GRE|1–1|4–3

Champions Route matches

• Tom
• Lamey
• Melikson
• Melikson
• Wilk
• Bodurov Wisła Kraków won 5–2 on aggregate.

• Dvalishvili
• Yampolsky
• Tavares
• Tavares
• Vered Maccabi Haifa won 3–2 on aggregate.

• Ring
• Rafinha
• Sammir
• Ibáñez Dinamo Zagreb won 3–1 on aggregate.

• Aílton
• Manduca APOEL won 2–0 on aggregate.

• Ottesen
• N'Doye
• Bolaños Copenhagen won 3–0 on aggregate.

• Vossen
• Ogunjimi
• Tomić
• Tomić
• Vossen Genk won 3–2 on aggregate.

• Pilař
• Bakoš
• Kolář
• Petržela
• Lustig
• Prica Viktoria Plzeň won 4–2 on aggregate.

• Gelashvili
• Wolf
• Kienast Sturm Graz won 2–1 on aggregate.

• Rodionov
• Bressan
• Gordeichuk
• Velička BATE Borisov won 3–1 on aggregate.

• Larsson
• Hamad
• Jelavić Malmö FF won 2–1 on aggregate.

League Route matches

• González
• Mehmedi
• Mehmedi Zürich won 2–1 on aggregate.

• Janko Twente won 2–0 on aggregate.

• Nolito
• Gaitán
• Paulo Henrique
• Nolito Benfica won 3–1 on aggregate.

• Kasaev
• Natcho
• Dyadyun
• Medvedev
• Husyev Rubin Kazan won 4–1 on aggregate.

• Reginiussen
• Leto
• Boumsong
• Toché
• Petropoulos
• Johansson
• Ruud
• Kadrii
• Andreasen Odense won 5–4 on aggregate.

Play-off round

Seeding

Summary

|Wisła Kraków|POL|2–3|APOEL|CYP|1–0|1–3 |Maccabi Haifa|ISR|3–3 (1–4 p)|Genk|BEL|2–1|1–2 (aet) |Dinamo Zagreb|CRO|4–3|Malmö FF|SWE|4–1|0–2 |Copenhagen|DEN|2–5|Viktoria Plzeň|CZE|1–3|1–2 |BATE Borisov|BLR+1995|3–1|Sturm Graz|AUT|1–1|2–0 |Odense|DEN|1–3|Villarreal|ESP|1–0|0–3 |Twente|NED|3–5|Benfica|POR|2–2|1–3 |Arsenal|ENG|3–1|Udinese|ITA|1–0|2–1 |Bayern Munich|GER|3–0|Zürich|SUI|2–0|1–0 |Lyon|FRA+1974|4–2|Rubin Kazan|RUS|3–1|1–1

Champions Route matches

• Małecki
• Pareiko
• Aílton
• Wilk APOEL won 3–2 on aggregate.

• Amasha
• Dvalishvili
• Barda
• Vossen
• Buffel
• Golasa
• Vossen
• Hubert
• Tőzsér
• Pudil
• Dvalishvili
• Golasa
• Tawatha 3–3 on aggregate; Genk won 4–1 on penalties.

• Sammir
• Rukavina
• Bećiraj
• Mehmeti
• Figueiredo
• Jansson Dinamo Zagreb won 4–3 on aggregate.

• Ottesen
• Ottesen
• Pilař
• Fillo
• Bakoš
• Ďuriš
• Bolaños Viktoria Plzeň won 5–2 on aggregate.

• Simić
• Weber
• A. Valadzko
• Simić BATE Borisov won 3–1 on aggregate.

League Route matches

• Andreasen
• Rossi
• Marchena Villarreal won 3–1 on aggregate.

• de Jong
• Ruiz
• Cardozo
• Nolito
• Witsel
• Luisão
• Ruiz Benfica won 5–3 on aggregate.

• Walcott
• Di Natale
• Van Persie
• Walcott Arsenal won 3–1 on aggregate.

• Schweinsteiger
• Robben
• Gómez Bayern Munich won 3–0 on aggregate.

• Gomis
• Kvirkvelia
• Briand
• Dyadyun
• Natcho
• B. Koné Lyon won 4–2 on aggregate.

Notes

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