Holders FC Barcelona will meet AC Milan, FC BATE Borisov and FC Viktoria Plzeň in the UEFA Champions League group stage following the draw in Monaco. The top seeds in Group H, Josep Guardiola’s side are looking to become the first team to win the competition in successive seasons since Milan in 1989 and 1990, while FC Bayern München are targeting a place in the final at their home stadium, the Fußball Arena München, on Saturday 19 May 2012. If they are to reach the knockout phase, they must finish in the top two in Group A, which also features Villarreal CF, Manchester City FC and SSC Napoli.
Group Stage of UEFA Champions League edition 2011 / 2012, where 32 top European teams will continue the competition.
The Group Stage draw will take place in Monaco on Thursday, tournament ends on May 19, 2012 with UEFA Champions League Final on Fussball Arena in Munich, Germany.
76 top European teams entered the 2011 / 2012 edition of UEFA Champions League. The clubs world most prestigious competition started on June 28, 2011 and ends on May 19, 2012 UEFA Champions League Final on Fussball Arena in Munich, Germany – with the city also staging the UEFA Women’s Champions League final two days before.
ROAD to The Final
The UEFA Champions League comprises three qualifying rounds, a play-off round, a group stage and four knockout rounds.
Qualifying
In matches in the three qualifying rounds and the play-off stage, clubs play two matches against each other on a home-and-away basis. The club which scores the greater aggregate of goals qualifies for the next round, with away goals and then penalties used to determine the winner in the event of a draw.
Group stage
The ten winners in the play-off round ties – five from the best-placed path and five from the champions path – join 22 automatic entrants in the 32-team group stage. The clubs are split into eight groups of four teams, who play home and away against each of their pool opponents between September and December to decide which two teams from each section advance to the first knockout round. The third-place finishers in each group enter the UEFA Europa League round of 32.
Knockout phase
From the last 16 until the semi-finals, clubs play two matches against each other on a home-and-away basis with the same rules as the qualifying and play-off rounds applied. In the last 16, group winners play runners-up other than teams from their own pool or nation, while from the quarter-finals on the draw is free.
Final
The final is decided by a single match, which this season will be played at Fußball Arena München on Saturday 19 May 2012.
Further details, including the criteria for separating teams that finish level on points in a group, can be found in the official competition regulations.
GROUP STAGE DRAW
Group A
Bayern Munich
Villarreal
Manchester City
SSC Napoli
Group B
Inter Milan
CSKA Moscow
Lille
Trabzonspor
Group C
Manchester United
Benfica
FC Basel
FC Oţelul Galaţi
Group D
Real Madrid
Olympique Lyonnais
Ajax
Dinamo Zagreb
Group E
Chelsea FC
Valencia
Bayer Leverkusen
Genk
Group F
Arsenal FC
Olympique de Marseille
Olympiakos
Borussia Dortmund
Group G
FC Porto
FC Shakhtar Donetsk
Zenit St. Petersburg
APOEL FC
Group H
FC Barcelona
AC Milan
FC BATE Borisov
FC Viktoria Plzeň
Playoffs Round
Tuesday/Wednesday August 16/17 and 23 / 24
WINNERS Qualify to Group Stage
APOEL FC (CYP) - Wisła Kraków (POL) 3-1 agg. 3-2
Genk (BEL) - Maccabi Haifa FC (ISR) 2-1 agg. 3-3, 4-1 in PK
Malmö FF (SWE) - NK Dinamo Zagreb (CRO) 2-0 agg. 3-4
Villarreal (SPA) - OB (DEN) 3-0 agg. 3-1
FC Zürich (SUI) - Bayer Munich (GER) 0-1 agg. 0-3
FC Viktoria Plzen (CZE) - FC Kobenhavn (DEN) 2-1 agg. 5-2
Rubin Kazan (RUS) - Olympique Lyonnais (FRA) 1-1 agg. 2-4
SK Sturm Graz (AUT) - FC BATE Borisov (BLR) 0-2 agg. 1-3
Benfica (POR) - Twente Enschede (NED) 3-1 agg. 5-3
Udinese (ITA) - Arsenal (ENG) 1-2 agg. 1-3
Third Qualifying Round
Tuesday/Wednesday August 2/3
FC BATE Borisov (BLR) - FK Ekranas (LTU) 3-1 agg. 3-1
Shamrock Rovers FC (IRL) – FC Viktoria Plzen (CZE) 0-2 agg. 0-3
Panathinaikos Athens (GRE) - OB (DEN) 3-4 agg. 4-5
Rubin Kazan (RUS) – Dynamo Kyiv 2-1 agg. 4-1
Malmö FF (SWE) – Glasgow Rangers (SCO) 1-1 agg. 2-1
Vaslui (ROU) – Twente Enschede (NED) 0-0 agg. 0-2
ŠK Slovan Bratislava (SVK) - APOEL FC (CYP) 0-2 agg. 0-2
FC Viktoria Plzen (CZE) – Rosenborg (NOR) 3-2 agg. 4-1
FC Zürich (SUI) - Standard de Liège (BEL) 1-0 agg. 2-1
Wisła Kraków (POL) – Litex Lovetch (BUL) 3-1 agg. 5-2
SK Sturm Graz (AUT) - FC Zestafoni (GEO) 1-0 agg. 2-1
NK Maribor (SVN) - Maccabi Haifa FC (ISR) 1-1 agg. 2-3
NK Dinamo Zagreb (CRO) - HJK Helsinki (FIN) 1-0 agg. 3-1
FK Partizan (SRB) - Genk (BEL) 1-1 agg. 2-3
Trabzonspor (TUR) – Benfica (POR) 1-1 agg. 1-3
Second Qualifying Round
Tuesday/Wednesday 12-13 and 19-20 July 2011
Maccabi Haifa FC (ISR) – FK Borac Banja Luka (BIH) 2-3, 5-1
FK Mogren (MNE) - PFC Litex Lovech (BUL) 0-3, 1-2
NK Maribor (SVN) – F91 Dudelange (LUX) 3-1 and 2-0
KS Skënderbeu (ALB) - APOEL FC (CYP) 0-4, 0-2
ŠK Slovan Bratislava (SVK) – FC Tobol Kostanay (KAZ) 1-1, 2-0
SK Sturm Graz (AUT) – Videoton FC (HUN) 2-3, 1-1
FC Zestafoni (GEO) – FC Dacia Chisinau (MDA) 0-2, 3-0
NK Dinamo Zagreb (CRO) – Neftçi PFK (AZE) 0-0, 3-0
FC Pyunik (ARM) - FC Viktoria Plzen (CZE) 1-5, 0-4
FK Partizan (SRB) – FK Skendija 79 (MKD) 1-0, 4-0
Valletta FC (MLT) - FK Ekranas (LTU) 0-1, 1-3
Malmö FF (SWE) – HB Tórshavn (FRO) 1-1, 2-0
Shamrock Rovers FC (IRL) – FC Flora Tallinn (EST) 1-0, 0-0
Rosenborg BK (NOR) – Breidablik (ISL) 0-2, 5-0
HJK Helsinki (FIN) – Bangor City FC (WAL) 10-0, 3-0
Skonto FC (LVA) - Wisła Kraków (POL) 0-2, 0-1
Linfield FC (NIR) - FC BATE Borisov (BLR) 0-2, 1-1
First qualifying round (28/29 June and 5/6 July)
SP Tre Fiori (SMN) v Valletta FC (MLT) 0-3
FC Santa Coloma (AND) v F91 Dudelange (LUX) 0-2
Valletta FC (MLT) vs SP Tre Fiori (SMN) 2-1 (5-1 on Aggregate )
F91 Dudelange (LUX) vs FC Santa Coloma (AND) 2-0 (4-0 on Aggregate )
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The 32 teams will be split into four seeding pots of eight, and one from each pot will be drawn into eight groups at the group stage draw in Monaco in August 25 .
| UEFA Champions League group stage | ||
| Pos | Club | Coefficient |
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1 |
FC Barcelona (ESP) – holders |
141.465 |
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2 |
Manchester United FC (ENG) |
151.157 |
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3 |
Chelsea FC (ENG) |
129.157 |
|
4 |
FC Bayern München (GER) |
118.887 |
|
5 |
Arsenal FC (ENG) |
108.157 |
|
6 |
Real Madrid CF (ESP) |
103.465 |
|
7 |
FC Porto (POR) |
100.319 |
|
8 |
FC Internazionale Milano (ITA) |
100.11 |
|
9 |
AC Milan (ITA) |
94.11 |
|
10 |
Olympique Lyonnais (FRA) |
92.735 |
|
11 |
FC Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR) |
87.776 |
|
12 |
Valencia CF (ESP) |
85.465 |
|
13 |
Benfica (POR) |
81.319 |
|
14 |
Villarreal CF (ESP) |
75.465 |
|
15 |
PFC CSKA Moskva (RUS) |
73.941 |
|
16 |
Olympique de Marseille (FRA) |
68.735 |
|
17 |
FC Zenit St Petersburg (RUS) |
60.441 |
|
18 |
AFC Ajax (NED) |
56.025 |
|
19 |
Bayer 04 Leverkusen (GER) |
54.887 |
|
20 |
Olympiacos FC (GRE) |
50.833 |
|
21 |
Fenerbahçe SK (TUR) |
50.51 |
|
22 |
Manchester City FC (ENG) |
47.157 |
|
23 |
LOSC Lille Métropole (FRA) |
40.735 |
|
24 |
FC Basel 1893 (SUI) |
39.98 |
|
25 |
FC BATE Borisov (BLR) |
23.216 |
|
26 |
Borussia Dortmund (GER) |
22.887 |
|
27 |
SSC Napoli (ITA) |
21.11 |
|
28 |
NK Dinamo Zagreb (CRO) |
20.224 |
|
29 |
APOEL FC (CYP) |
13.124 |
|
30 |
KRC Genk (BEL) |
8.4 |
|
31 |
FC Viktoria Plzeň (CZE) |
5.17 |
|
32 |
FC Oţelul Galaţi (ROU) |
5.164 |
UEFA Champions League play-off – League Route |
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| Position | Club | Coefficient |
| 1 | FC Bayern München (GER) | 118.887 |
| 2 | Arsenal FC (ENG) | 108.157 |
| 3 | Olympique Lyonnais (FRA) | 92.735 |
| 4 | Villarreal CF (ESP) | 75.465 |
| 5 | Udinese Calcio (ITA) | 27.110 |
| 6 | Club qualified from third qualifying round | |
| 7 | Club qualified from third qualifying round | |
| 8 | Club qualified from third qualifying round | |
| 9 | Club qualified from third qualifying round | |
| 10 | Club qualified from third qualifying round | |
Twenty-two teams automatically enter the 2011/12 UEFA Champions League in the group stage, with a further 54 teams taking part in the qualifying competition.
The five clubs with the best coefficients will be seeded and drawn against the other five clubs reaching this stage from the third qualifying round.
UEFA Champions League play-off – Champions Route |
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| Position | Club | Coefficient |
| 1 | Club qualified from third qualifying round | |
| 2 | Club qualified from third qualifying round | |
| 3 | Club qualified from third qualifying round | |
| 4 | Club qualified from third qualifying round | |
| 5 | Club qualified from third qualifying round | |
| 6 | Club qualified from third qualifying round | |
| 7 | Club qualified from third qualifying round | |
| 8 | Club qualified from third qualifying round | |
| 9 | Club qualified from third qualifying round | |
| 10 | Club qualified from third qualifying round | |
The five clubs with the best coefficients will be seeded and drawn against the other five clubs.
UEFA Champions League third qualifying round – League Route |
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| Position | Club | Coefficient |
| 1 | SL Benfica (POR) | 81.319 |
| 2 | FC Dynamo Kyiv (UKR) | 60.776 |
| 3 | Panathinaikos FC (GRE) | 57.833 |
| 4 | FC Twente (NED) | 41.025 |
| 5 | R. Standard de Liège (BEL) | 32.400 |
| 6 | FC Rubin Kazan (RUS) | 31.941 |
| 7 | FC Zürich (SUI) | 18.980 |
| 8 | Odense BK (DEN) | 18.610 |
| 9 | Trabzonspor AŞ (TUR) | 12.010 |
| 10 | FC Vaslui (ROU) | 10.164 |
The five clubs with the best coefficients will be seeded and drawn against the other five clubs.
UEFA Champions League third qualifying round – Champions Route |
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| Position | Club | Coefficient |
| 1 | Rangers FC (SCO) | 56.028 |
| 2 | FC København (DEN) | 51.110 |
| 3 | KRC Genk (BEL) | 8.400 |
| 4 | Club qualified from second qualifying round | |
| 5 | Club qualified from second qualifying round | |
| 6 | Club qualified from second qualifying round | |
| 7 | Club qualified from second qualifying round | |
| 8 | Club qualified from second qualifying round | |
| 9 | Club qualified from second qualifying round | |
| 10 | Club qualified from second qualifying round | |
| 11 | Club qualified from second qualifying round | |
| 12 | Club qualified from second qualifying round | |
| 13 | Club qualified from second qualifying round | |
| 14 | Club qualified from second qualifying round | |
| 15 | Club qualified from second qualifying round | |
| 16 | Club qualified from second qualifying round | |
| 17 | Club qualified from second qualifying round | |
| 18 | Club qualified from second qualifying round | |
| 19 | Club qualified from second qualifying round | |
| 20 | Club qualified from second qualifying round | |
The ten clubs with the best coefficients will be seeded and drawn against the other ten clubs.
UEFA Champions League second qualifying round |
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| Position | Club | Coefficient |
| 1 | FC BATE Borisov (BLR) | 23.216 |
| 2 | Macabi Haifa FC (ISR) | 21.400 |
| 3 | NK Dinamo Zagreb (CRO) | 20.224 |
| 4 | Rosenborg BK (NOR) | 19.375 |
| 5 | FK Partizan (SRB) | 15.850 |
| 6 | APOEL FC (CYP) | 13.124 |
| 7 | Wisła Kraków (POL) | 10.183 |
| 8 | SK Sturm Graz (AUT) | 8.640 |
| 9 | PFC Litex Lovech (BUL) | 8.575 |
| 10 | ŠK Slovan Bratislava (SVK) | 5.899 |
| 11 | FC Viktoria Plzeň (CZE) | 5.170 |
| 12 | NK Maribor (SVN) | 4.224 |
| 13 | HJK Helsinki (FIN) | 3.793 |
| 14 | FK Ekranas (LTU) | 3.541 |
| 15 | FC Zestafoni (GEO) | 2.891 |
| 16 | Malmö FF (SWE) | 2.825 |
| 17 | Shamrock Rovers FC (IRL) | 2.741 |
| 18 | FC Dacia Chisinau (MDA) | 2.549 |
| 19 | FC Pyunik (ARM) | 2.516 |
| 20 | FK Borac Banja Luka (BIH) | 2.324 |
| 21 | FK Mogren (MNE) | 2.275 |
| 22 | Skonto FC (LVA) | 2.233 |
| 23 | Videoton FC (HUN) | 2.200 |
| 24 | Bangor City FC (WAL) | 2.058 |
| 25 | HB Tórshavn (FRO) | 1.783 |
| 26 | Linfield FC (NIR) | 1.699 |
| 27 | FC Tobol Kostanay (KAZ) | 1.624 |
| 28 | FC Flora Tallinn (EST) | 1.508 |
| 29 | Breidablik (ISL) | 1.491 |
| 30 | Neftçi PFK (AZE) | 1.233 |
| 31 | FK Skendija 79 (MKD) | 1.041 |
| 32 | KS Skënderbeu (ALB) | 0.774 |
| 33 | Club qualified from first qualifying round | |
| 34 | Club qualified from first qualifying round | |
The 17 clubs with the best coefficients will be seeded and drawn against the other 17 clubs.
UEFA Champions League first qualifying round |
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| Position | Club | Coefficient |
| 1 | F91 Dudelange (LUX) | 1.524 |
| 2 | Valletta FC (MLT) | 1.483 |
| 3 | FC Santa Coloma (AND) | 1.200 |
| 4 | SP Tre Fiori (SMR) | 1.183 |
The two clubs with the best coefficients will be seeded and drawn against the other two clubs.
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