2011–12 UEFA Women's Champions League
11th edition of the European women's club football championship organized by UEFA / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
Tournament details | |
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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.
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 | |
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Qualifying round (32 teams) |
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8 groups of 4 clubs, hosted by one club, seeded into four pots by UEFA club coefficient | |
Round of 32 (32 teams) |
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Two-legged knockout, seeded by UEFA club coefficient |
Round of 32 | |||
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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.