UEFA Champions League 2011/12

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UEFA Champions League 2011/12
UEFA Champions League logo
Cup winners EnglandEngland Chelsea FC (1st title)
Beginning June 28, 2011
final May 19, 2012
Final stadium Allianz Arena , Munich
Teams 32 (76 with qualifying rounds)
Games 125
Gates 345  (ø 2.76 per game)
spectator 5,261,790  (ø 42,094 per game)
Top scorer ArgentiniansArgentinians Lionel Messi (14)
Yellow card.svg yellow cards 549  (ø 4.39 per game)
Yellow-red card.svg Yellow and red cards 15  (ø 0.12 per game)
Red card.svg Red cards 6  (ø 0.05 per game)
← UEFA Champions League 2010/11
The Munich Allianz Arena

The 2011/12 UEFA Champions League was the 20th season of the most important European competition for club teams in football under this name and the 57th overall. 76 clubs from 52 regional associations took part in the competition. Only Liechtenstein did not have a representative.

The season began with the first qualifying round on June 28, 2011 and ended with the final on May 19, 2012 in Munich's Allianz Arena , which was selected by the UEFA Executive Committee in January 2009. There, Chelsea defeated FC Bayern Munich 4: 3 on penalties after they had been drawn 1: 1 after 90 and 120 minutes.

Lionel Messi was the top scorer for the fourth year in a row with 14 goals.

qualification

During the draws, the teams were divided into seeded (stronger) and half unset (weaker) teams according to their club coefficients (given in brackets) and drawn among each other.

1st qualifying round

The draws for the first two qualifying rounds took place simultaneously on June 20, 2011. The first legs took place on June 28th, the second legs on June 5th and 6th. July 2011. Since the defending champions are also qualified for the Champions League through their national league, the champions of nations 48 and 49 of the UEFA five-year championship (Faroe Islands / Northern Ireland) advanced to qualifying round 2, while the third game was omitted in round 1.

total First leg Return leg
SP Tre Fiori  San MarinoSan Marino 1: 5 MaltaMalta Valletta FC 0: 3 1: 2
FC Santa Coloma  AndorraAndorra 0: 4 LuxembourgLuxembourg F91 Dudelange 0: 2 0: 2

2nd qualifying round

The first legs took place on 12./13. July, the second legs on 19./20. July 2011.

Before the draw, the participants were divided into three presumably regionally distributed groups (once 10, twice 12 clubs), each with an equal number of seeded and unset teams. Each seeded team was then drawn to an unseeded team from the same group, the order of play of each match was drawn.

total First leg Return leg
Group 1
Maccabi Haifa  IsraelIsrael 7: 4 Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina  FK Borac Banja Luka 5: 1 2: 3
FK Mogren  MontenegroMontenegro 1: 5 BulgariaBulgaria  Litex Lovech 1: 2 0: 3
NK Maribor  SloveniaSlovenia 5: 1 LuxembourgLuxembourg  F91 Dudelange 2-0 3: 1
KF Skënderbeu Korça  AlbaniaAlbania 0: 6 Cyprus RepublicRepublic of Cyprus  APOEL Nicosia 0: 2 0: 4
ŠK Slovan Bratislava  SlovakiaSlovakia 3: 1 KazakhstanKazakhstan  Tobyl Qostanai 2-0 1: 1
Group 2
SK Sturm Graz  AustriaAustria 4: 3 HungaryHungary  Videoton FC 12: 0 1 2: 3
FC Sestaponi  GeorgiaGeorgia 3: 2 Moldova RepublicRepublic of Moldova  FC Dacia Chișinău 3-0 0: 2
Dinamo Zagreb  CroatiaCroatia 3-0 AzerbaijanAzerbaijan  Neftçi Baku 3-0 0-0
FC Pyunik Yerevan  ArmeniaArmenia 1: 9 Czech RepublicCzech Republic  Viktoria Plzen 0: 4 1: 5
FK Partizan Belgrade  SerbiaSerbia 5-0 North MacedoniaNorth Macedonia  KF Shkëndija 4-0 1-0
Valletta FC  MaltaMalta 2: 4 LithuaniaLithuania  Ekranas Panevėžys 2: 3 0: 1
Group 3
Malmö FF  SwedenSweden 3: 1 FaroeseFaroe Islands  HB Tórshavn 2-0 1: 1
Shamrock Rovers  IrelandIreland 1-0 EstoniaEstonia  FC Flora Tallinn 1-0 0-0
Rosenborg Trondheim  NorwayNorway 5: 2 IcelandIceland  Breiðablik Kópavogur 5-0 0: 2
Bangor City  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg 00:13 FinlandFinland  HJK Helsinki 0: 3 00:10
Riga discount  LatviaLatvia 0: 3 PolandPoland  Wisła Krakow 0: 1 0: 2
Linfield FC  Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland 1: 3 Belarus 1995Belarus  BATE Baryssau 1: 1 0: 2
1Since the home stadium of SK Sturm Graz was not available due to the American Football World Cup 2011 , the game was played in the Wörthersee Stadium in Klagenfurt.

3rd qualifying round

From the third qualifying round onwards, there are two separate qualification paths: National champions are drawn only against other national champions, while “pursuers”, i.e. clubs placed second, third or fourth, are drawn only against other “pursuers”. Losing teams move to the play-offs of the 2011/12 UEFA Europa League .

Since the draw for round Q3 was already carried out on July 15, 2011 and the second qualifying round has not yet been completed, the coefficient of the club seeded was used for the winner of the match. The 20 champions in the champions path were divided into 2 regional groups before the draw and then the seeded against the unset teams in each group. The game was played on 26./27. July (first leg) and 2/3 August 2011 (second legs).

The draw resulted in the following matches:

Champions way

total First leg Return leg
Group 1
Litex Lovech  BulgariaBulgaria 2: 5 PolandPoland  Wisła Krakow 1: 2 1: 3
Maccabi Haifa  IsraelIsrael 3: 2 SloveniaSlovenia  NK Maribor 2: 1 1: 1
HJK Helsinki  FinlandFinland 1: 3 CroatiaCroatia  Dinamo Zagreb 1: 2 0: 1
APOEL Nicosia  Cyprus RepublicRepublic of Cyprus 2-0 SlovakiaSlovakia  ŠK Slovan Bratislava 0-0 2-0
FC Copenhagen  DenmarkDenmark 3-0 IrelandIreland  Shamrock Rovers 1-0 2-0
Group 2
KRC Genk  BelgiumBelgium 3: 2 SerbiaSerbia  FK Partizan Belgrade 2: 1 1: 1
Rosenborg Trondheim  NorwayNorway 2: 4 Czech RepublicCzech Republic  Viktoria Plzen 0: 1 2: 3
FC Sestaponi  GeorgiaGeorgia 1: 2 AustriaAustria  SK Sturm Graz 1: 1 0: 1
Ekranas Panevėžys  LithuaniaLithuania 1: 3 Belarus 1995Belarus  BATE Baryssau 0-0 1: 3
Glasgow Rangers  ScotlandScotland 1: 2 SwedenSweden  Malmö FF 0: 1 1: 1

Placement route

total First leg Return leg
Standard Liege  BelgiumBelgium 1: 2 SwitzerlandSwitzerland  FC Zurich 1: 1 0: 1
FC Twente Enschede  NetherlandsNetherlands 2-0 RomaniaRomania  FC Vaslui 2-0 0-0
Benfica Lisbon  PortugalPortugal 3: 1 TurkeyTurkey  Trabzonspor 2-0 1: 1
Dynamo Kiev  UkraineUkraine 1: 4 RussiaRussia  Rubin Kazan 0: 2 1: 2
Odense BK  DenmarkDenmark 5: 4 GreeceGreece  Panathinaikos Athens 1: 1 4: 3

Play-offs

The first legs took place on 16./17., The second legs on 23/24. August 2011.

The last qualifying round is called “play-offs” for the purpose of better marketing opportunities. From this round onwards, all games will be marketed centrally by UEFA in order to generate greater media attention and thus increased advertising income. Losing teams will compete in the 2011/12 UEFA Europa League group stage . The draw on August 5, 2011 resulted in the following matches:

Champions way

total First leg Return leg
Wisła Krakow  PolandPoland 2: 3 Cyprus RepublicRepublic of Cyprus  APOEL Nicosia 1-0 1: 3
Maccabi Haifa  IsraelIsrael 3: 3
(1: 4 i. E.) 		BelgiumBelgium  KRC Genk 2: 1 1: 2 a.d.
Dinamo Zagreb  CroatiaCroatia 4: 3 SwedenSweden  Malmö FF 4: 1 0: 2
FC Copenhagen  DenmarkDenmark 2: 5 Czech RepublicCzech Republic  Viktoria Plzen 1: 3 11: 2 2
BATE Baryssau  Belarus 1995Belarus 3: 1 AustriaAustria  SK Sturm Graz 1: 1 2-0
2The second leg was played in the Synot Tip Aréna in Prague, as the stadium města Plzně had no floodlights at the time.

Placement route

total First leg Return leg
Odense BK  DenmarkDenmark 1: 3 SpainSpain  Villarreal CF 1-0 0: 3
FC Twente Enschede  NetherlandsNetherlands 3: 5 PortugalPortugal  Benfica Lisbon 2: 2 1: 3
Arsenal FC  EnglandEngland 3: 1 ItalyItaly  Udinese Calcio 1-0 2: 1
FC Bayern Munich  GermanyGermany 3-0 SwitzerlandSwitzerland  FC Zurich 2-0 1-0
Olympique Lyon  FranceFrance 4: 2 RussiaRussia  Rubin Kazan 3: 1 1: 1

Group stage

32 teams from 18 nations take part in the group stage. 22 teams were directly qualified, plus ten clubs (five each via the champions path and the placement path) from the qualifying rounds.

The group winners and runners-up qualify for the round of 16, the thirds in the group play in the round of 32 of the UEFA Europa League , and the fourths are eliminated from the competition. If two or more teams are tied after the group matches, the placement is determined by the following criteria:

  1. Number of points in direct comparison
  2. Goal difference in direct comparison
  3. Number of goals in direct comparison
  4. Number of away goals in direct comparison
  5. If, after applying criteria 1-4, two teams still occupy the same place in the table, criteria 1-4 are reapplied for these teams. If this does not result in a definitive placement, criteria 6–8 will be applied.
  6. Goal difference from all group matches
  7. higher number of goals scored
  8. Club coefficients

The 32 teams qualified for the group stage were divided into four lottery pots of eight teams on the basis of their club coefficient (KK), and one team from each lottery pot was drawn into one of the eight groups (A to H); Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same group. The FC Barcelona was led as defending No. 1 on the seedings, regardless of its coefficients. The draw took place on August 25, 2011 in Monaco and resulted in the following groups:

Scene from the game Manchester City versus Bayern Munich

Group A

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. GermanyGermany FC Bayern Munich  6th  4th  1  1 011: 600  +5 13
 2. ItalyItaly SSC Naples  6th  3  2  1 010: 600  +4 11
 3. EnglandEngland Manchester City  6th  3  1  2 009: 600  +3 10
 4th SpainSpain Villarreal CF  6th  0  0  6th 002:140 −12 00
September 14, 2011
Manchester City 1: 1 SSC Naples Etihad Stadium
Villarreal CF 0: 2 FC Bayern Munich El Madrigal
September 27, 2011
FC Bayern Munich 2-0 Manchester City Allianz Arena
SSC Naples 2-0 Villarreal CF San Paolo Stadium
October 18, 2011
SSC Naples 1: 1 FC Bayern Munich San Paolo Stadium
Manchester City 2: 1 Villarreal CF Etihad Stadium
November 2, 2011
FC Bayern Munich 3: 2 SSC Naples Allianz Arena
Villarreal CF 0: 3 Manchester City El Madrigal
November 22, 2011
SSC Naples 2: 1 Manchester City San Paolo Stadium
FC Bayern Munich 3: 1 Villarreal CF Allianz Arena
December 7, 2011
Manchester City 2-0 FC Bayern Munich Etihad Stadium
Villarreal CF 0: 2 SSC Naples El Madrigal

Group B

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. ItalyItaly Inter Milan  6th  3  1  2 008: 700  +1 10
 2. RussiaRussia CSKA Moscow  6th  2  2  2 009: 800  +1 08th
 3. TurkeyTurkey Trabzonspor 3  6th  1  4th  1 003: 500  −2 07th
 4th FranceFrance Lille OSC  6th  1  3  2 006: 600  ± 0 06th
3 Trabzonspor advanced to the group stage of the Champions League for Fenerbahce Istanbul, which were disqualified by the Turkish association due to suspicion of manipulation.
September 14, 2011
Lille OSC 2: 2 CSKA Moscow Lille Métropole Stadium
Inter Milan 0: 1 Trabzonspor Giuseppe Meazza Stadium
September 27, 2011
Trabzonspor 1: 1 Lille OSC Huseyin Avni Aker Stadium
CSKA Moscow 2: 3 Inter Milan Luzhniki Olympic Stadium
October 18, 2011
CSKA Moscow 3-0 Trabzonspor Luzhniki Olympic Stadium
Lille OSC 0: 1 Inter Milan Lille Métropole Stadium
November 2, 2011
Trabzonspor 0-0 CSKA Moscow Huseyin Avni Aker Stadium
Inter Milan 2: 1 Lille OSC Giuseppe Meazza Stadium
November 22, 2011
CSKA Moscow 0: 2 Lille OSC Luzhniki Olympic Stadium
Trabzonspor 1: 1 Inter Milan Huseyin Avni Aker Stadium
December 7, 2011
Lille OSC 0-0 Trabzonspor Lille Métropole Stadium
Inter Milan 1: 2 CSKA Moscow Giuseppe Meazza Stadium

Group C

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. PortugalPortugal Benfica Lisbon  6th  3  3  0 008: 400  +4 12
 2. SwitzerlandSwitzerland FC Basel  6th  3  2  1 011:100  +1 11
 3. EnglandEngland Manchester United  6th  2  3  1 011: 800  +3 09
 4th RomaniaRomania Oțelul Galați  6th  0  0  6th 003:110  −8 00
September 14, 2011
FC Basel 2: 1 Oțelul Galați St. Jakob Park
Benfica Lisbon 1: 1 Manchester United Estádio da Luz
September 27, 2011
Manchester United 3: 3 FC Basel Old Trafford
Oțelul Galați 0: 1 Benfica Lisbon Arena Națională
October 18, 2011
Oțelul Galați 0: 2 Manchester United Arena Națională
FC Basel 0: 2 Benfica Lisbon St. Jakob Park
November 2, 2011
Manchester United 2-0 Oțelul Galați Old Trafford
Benfica Lisbon 1: 1 FC Basel Estádio da Luz
November 22, 2011
Oțelul Galați 2: 3 FC Basel Arena Națională
Manchester United 2: 2 Benfica Lisbon Old Trafford
December 7, 2011
Benfica Lisbon 1-0 Oțelul Galați Estádio da Luz
FC Basel 2: 1 Manchester United St. Jakob Park

Group D

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. SpainSpain real Madrid  6th  6th  0  0 019: 200 +17 18th
 2. FranceFrance Olympique Lyon  6th  2  2  2 009: 700  +2 08th
 3. NetherlandsNetherlands Ajax Amsterdam  6th  2  2  2 006: 600  ± 0 08th
 4th CroatiaCroatia Dinamo Zagreb  6th  0  0  6th 003:220 −19 00
September 14, 2011
Dinamo Zagreb 0: 1 real Madrid Maksimir Stadium
Ajax Amsterdam 0-0 Olympique Lyon Amsterdam arena
September 27, 2011
Olympique Lyon 2-0 Dinamo Zagreb Stade Gerland
real Madrid 3-0 Ajax Amsterdam Estadio Santiago Bernabéu
October 18, 2011
real Madrid 4-0 Olympique Lyon Estadio Santiago Bernabéu
Dinamo Zagreb 0: 2 Ajax Amsterdam Maksimir Stadium
November 2, 2011
Olympique Lyon 0: 2 real Madrid Stade Gerland
Ajax Amsterdam 4-0 Dinamo Zagreb Amsterdam ArenA
November 22, 2011
real Madrid 6: 2 Dinamo Zagreb Estadio Santiago Bernabéu
Olympique Lyon 0-0 Ajax Amsterdam Stade Gerland
December 7, 2011
Dinamo Zagreb 1: 7 Olympique Lyon Maksimir Stadium
Ajax Amsterdam 0: 3 real Madrid Amsterdam ArenA

Group E

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. EnglandEngland Chelsea FC  6th  3  2  1 013: 400  +9 11
 2. GermanyGermany Bayer 04 Leverkusen  6th  3  1  2 008: 800  ± 0 10
 3. SpainSpain Valencia CF  6th  2  2  2 012: 700  +5 08th
 4th BelgiumBelgium KRC Genk  6th  0  3  3 002:160 −14 03
September 13, 2011
KRC Genk 0-0 Valencia CF Cristal Arena
Chelsea FC 2-0 Bayer 04 Leverkusen Stamford Bridge
September 28, 2011
Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2-0 KRC Genk BayArena
Valencia CF 1: 1 Chelsea FC Estadio Mestalla
October 19, 2011
Chelsea FC 5-0 KRC Genk Stamford Bridge
Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2: 1 Valencia CF BayArena
November 1, 2011
KRC Genk 1: 1 Chelsea FC Cristal Arena
Valencia CF 3: 1 Bayer 04 Leverkusen Estadio Mestalla
November 23, 2011
Valencia CF 7-0 KRC Genk Estadio Mestalla
Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2: 1 Chelsea FC BayArena
December 6, 2011
KRC Genk 1: 1 Bayer 04 Leverkusen Cristal Arena
Chelsea FC 3-0 Valencia CF Stamford Bridge

Group F.

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. EnglandEngland Arsenal FC  6th  3  2  1 007: 600  +1 11
 2. FranceFrance Olympique Marseille  6th  3  1  2 007: 400  +3 10
 3. GreeceGreece Olympiacos Piraeus  6th  3  0  3 008: 600  +2 09
 4th GermanyGermany Borussia Dortmund  6th  1  1  4th 006:120  −6 04th
September 13, 2011
Borussia Dortmund 1: 1 Arsenal FC Westfalenstadion
Olympiacos Piraeus 0: 1 Olympique Marseille Karaiskakis Stadium
September 28, 2011
Olympique Marseille 3-0 Borussia Dortmund Stade Velodrome
Arsenal FC 2: 1 Olympiacos Piraeus Emirates Stadium
October 19, 2011
Olympiacos Piraeus 3: 1 Borussia Dortmund Karaiskakis Stadium
Olympique Marseille 0: 1 Arsenal FC Stade Velodrome
November 1, 2011
Borussia Dortmund 1-0 Olympiacos Piraeus Westfalenstadion
Arsenal FC 0-0 Olympique Marseille Emirates Stadium
November 23, 2011
Arsenal FC 2: 1 Borussia Dortmund Emirates Stadium
Olympique Marseille 0: 1 Olympiacos Piraeus Stade Velodrome
December 6, 2011
Borussia Dortmund 2: 3 Olympique Marseille Westfalenstadion
Olympiacos Piraeus 3: 1 Arsenal FC Karaiskakis Stadium

Group G

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. Cyprus RepublicRepublic of Cyprus APOEL Nicosia  6th  2  3  1 006: 600  ± 0 09
 2. RussiaRussia Zenit St. Petersburg  6th  2  3  1 007: 500  +2 09
 3. PortugalPortugal FC Porto  6th  2  2  2 007: 700  ± 0 08th
 4th UkraineUkraine Shakhtar Donetsk  6th  1  2  3 006: 800  −2 05
September 13, 2011
FC Porto 2: 1 Shakhtar Donetsk Estádio do Dragão
APOEL Nicosia 2: 1 Zenit St. Petersburg GSP stadium
September 28, 2011
Shakhtar Donetsk 1: 1 APOEL Nicosia Donbass Arena
Zenit St. Petersburg 3: 1 FC Porto Petrovsky Stadium
October 19, 2011
FC Porto 1: 1 APOEL Nicosia Estádio do Dragão
Shakhtar Donetsk 2: 2 Zenit St. Petersburg Donbass Arena
November 1, 2011
APOEL Nicosia 2: 1 FC Porto GSP stadium
Zenit St. Petersburg 1-0 Shakhtar Donetsk Petrovsky
November 23, 2011
Shakhtar Donetsk 0: 2 FC Porto Donbass Arena
Zenit St. Petersburg 0-0 APOEL Nicosia Petrovsky
December 6, 2011
APOEL Nicosia 0: 2 Shakhtar Donetsk GSP stadium
FC Porto 0-0 Zenit St. Petersburg Estádio do Dragão

Group H.

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. SpainSpain FC Barcelona  6th  5  1  0 020: 400 +16 16
 2. ItalyItaly AC Milan  6th  2  3  1 011: 800  +3 09
 3. Czech RepublicCzech Republic Viktoria Plzen  6th  1  2  3 004:110  −7 05
 4th Belarus 1995Belarus BATE Baryssau  6th  0  2  4th 002:140 −12 02
September 13, 2011
Viktoria Plzen 1: 1 BATE Baryssau Synot Tip Aréna
FC Barcelona 2: 2 AC Milan Camp Nou
September 28, 2011
AC Milan 2-0 Viktoria Plzen Giuseppe Meazza Stadium
BATE Baryssau 0: 5 FC Barcelona Dinamo stadium
October 19, 2011
FC Barcelona 2-0 Viktoria Plzen Camp Nou
AC Milan 2-0 BATE Baryssau Giuseppe Meazza Stadium
November 1, 2011
Viktoria Plzen 0: 4 FC Barcelona Synot Tip Aréna
BATE Baryssau 1: 1 AC Milan Dinamo stadium
November 23, 2011
BATE Baryssau 0: 1 Viktoria Plzen Dinamo stadium
AC Milan 2: 3 FC Barcelona Giuseppe Meazza Stadium
December 6, 2011
Viktoria Plzen 2: 2 AC Milan Synot Tip Aréna
FC Barcelona 4-0 BATE Baryssau Camp Nou

Knockout phase

Round of 16

Basel fan curve in St. Jakob-Park during the first leg of the first leg between FC Basel and FC Bayern on February 22, 2012

In the round of 16, each group winner was assigned a group runner-up from another group. Teams from a national association could not be drawn against each other. The draw for the round of 16 pairings took place on December 16, 2011 in Nyon , Switzerland . The first legs took place on 14./15. and 21/22 February. The second legs were on 6./7. and 13./14. March 2012.

total First leg Return leg
Olympique Lyon  FranceFrance 1: 1
(3: 4 on account) 		Cyprus RepublicRepublic of Cyprus APOEL Nicosia 1-0 0: 1 a.d.
SSC Naples  ItalyItaly 4: 5 EnglandEngland Chelsea FC 3: 1 1: 4 a.d.
AC Milan  ItalyItaly 4: 3 EnglandEngland Arsenal FC 4-0 0: 3
FC Basel  SwitzerlandSwitzerland 1: 7 GermanyGermany FC Bayern Munich 1-0 0: 7
Bayer 04 Leverkusen  GermanyGermany 02:10 SpainSpain FC Barcelona 1: 3 1: 7
CSKA Moscow  RussiaRussia 2: 5 SpainSpain real Madrid 1: 1 1: 4
Zenit St. Petersburg  RussiaRussia 3: 4 PortugalPortugal Benfica Lisbon 3: 2 0: 2
Olympique Marseille  FranceFrance ( a ) 2: 2(a) ItalyItaly Inter Milan 1-0 1: 2

Quarter finals

The draw for the quarter-final pairings took place on March 16 in Nyon , Switzerland . March and 3rd / 4th April 2012.

total First leg Return leg
APOEL Nicosia  Cyprus RepublicRepublic of Cyprus 2: 8 SpainSpain  real Madrid 0: 3 2: 5
Olympique Marseille  FranceFrance 0: 4 GermanyGermany  FC Bayern Munich 0: 2 0: 2
Benfica Lisbon  PortugalPortugal 1: 3 EnglandEngland  Chelsea FC 0: 1 1: 2
AC Milan  ItalyItaly 1: 3 SpainSpain  FC Barcelona 0-0 1: 3

Semifinals

The draw for the semi-final pairings took place in the course of the draw for the quarter-final pairings, also on March 16 in Nyon , Switzerland , and on 17/18. and on 24./25. April 2012.

total First leg Return leg
FC Bayern Munich  GermanyGermany 3: 3
(3: 1 i. E.) 		SpainSpain real Madrid 2: 1 1: 2 a.d.
Chelsea FC  EnglandEngland 3: 2 SpainSpain FC Barcelona 1-0 2: 2

final

"Finale at home"

Many fans of FC Bayern Munich (FCB) also called the final played in the home stadium “Finale dahoam” ( Bavarian for final at home ). No team has been able to play such a final since the introduction of the Champions League for the 1992/93 season, but in the previous European Cup: Real Madrid ( 1957 ), Inter Milan ( 1965 ), both of which won, and AS Roma ( 1984 ) who lost on penalties.

Starting situation before the game

Both teams had to do without regular players: FCB missed defenders David Alaba , Holger Badstuber and Luiz Gustavo (yellow card suspensions); Branislav Ivanović , Raúl Meireles , Ramires (yellow card suspension) and John Terry (red card suspension) were absent from Chelsea .

Course of the game

The FCB had a higher ball possession rate and came to significantly more corner kicks (16-0 up to the 88th minute). Thomas Müller and Mario Gómez missed scoring opportunities; Arjen Robben hit the post. Only in the 34th minute was Chelsea's first shot on Bayern's goal. In the 53rd minute, Franck Ribéry scored a goal, which was not given due to a clear offside position. In the 83rd minute, Thomas Müller finally scored a header from a Toni Kroos cross. Müller put the ball on, it flew over the 1.96 meter tall goalkeeper Petr Čech and dripped from the crossbar into the goal. Chelsea coach Roberto Di Matteo replaced striker Fernando Torres and Chelsea began to play more offensively. Chelsea took their first corner in the 88th minute; Didier Drogba scored a header. The game went into extra time with 1: 1. In the 95th minute, Ribéry penetrated the Chelsea penalty area and was fouled by Drogba; the referee gave a foul penalty. Goalkeeper Čech saved the penalty shot by Arjen Robben. After 120 minutes, the penalty shootout had to bring the decision. Bayern initially led after Manuel Neuer parried Juan Mata's first penalty, but after two missed penalties from Ivica Olić (saved by Čech) and Bastian Schweinsteiger (deflected by Čech to the inside post) Chelsea were ahead. Didier Drogba converted the decisive final penalty.

Chelsea FC FC Bayern Munich Lineup
Chelsea FC
final
May 19, 2012 in Munich ( Allianz Arena )
Result: 1: 1 n.V. (1: 1, 0: 0), 4: 3 i. E.
Spectators: 62,500 (sold out)
Referee: Pedro Proença ( Portugal ) PortugalPortugal 
FC Bayern Munich
Line-up between Chelsea and Bayern Munich
Petr Čech - José Bosingwa , David Luiz , Gary Cahill , Ashley Cole - John Obi Mikel - Frank Lampard - Salomon Kalou (84th Fernando Torres ), Juan Mata , Ryan Bertrand (73rd Florent Malouda ) - Didier Drogba Trainer: Roberto Di Matteo ( Italy ) (C)Captain of the crew
ItalyItaly 		 Manuel Neuer - Philipp Lahm , Jérôme Boateng , Anatolij Tymoschtschuk , Diego Contento - Bastian Schweinsteiger , Toni Kroos - Arjen Robben , Thomas Müller (87th Daniel Van Buyten ), Franck Ribéry (96th Ivica Olić ) - Mario Gómez Trainer: Jupp Heynckes(C)Captain of the crew

goal 1: 1 Didier Drogba (88.) 		goal 0: 1 Thomas Müller (83.)
penalties shoot

Penalty missedNeuer holds against Mata

Penalty converted1: 2 David Luiz

Penalty converted2: 3 Frank Lampard

Penalty converted3: 3 Ashley Cole

Penalty converted4: 3 Didier Drogba 		Penalty converted0: 1 Philipp Lahm

Penalty converted0: 2 Mario Gómez

Penalty converted1: 3 Manuel Neuer

Penalty missedČech saves against Olić

Penalty missedSchweinsteiger and hits the post
yellow cards Ashley Cole (81.), David Luiz (86.), Didier Drogba (93.), Fernando Torres (120.) yellow cards Bastian Schweinsteiger (2nd)
missed penalty Čech saves Robben's penalty kick (95.)
Player of the Match: Didier Drogba (Chelsea FC)
2011/2012 UEFA Champions League final
Didier Drogba Manuel Neuer last penalty kick Champions League Final 2012.jpg
Didier Drogba before the decisive penalty in the final
Chelsea Champions League Winners 2012.jpg
Handover of the trophy to Chelsea


Best goal scorers

Below are the top scorers of the Champions League season (without qualification). They are sorted alphabetically according to the number of hits and if the number of goals is the same.

rank player club Gates
1 ArgentiniansArgentinians Lionel Messi FC Barcelona 14th
2 GermanGerman Mario Gomez FC Bayern Munich 12
3 PortuguesePortuguese Cristiano Ronaldo real Madrid 10
4th FrenchmanFrenchman Karim Benzema real Madrid 7th
5 IvoriansIvorians Didier Drogba Chelsea FC 6th
6th SpaniardsSpaniards José Callejón real Madrid 5
UruguayanUruguayan Edinson Cavani SSC Naples 5
IvoriansIvorians Seydou Doumbia CSKA Moscow 5
SwissSwiss Alexander Frei FC Basel 5
FrenchmanFrenchman Bafétimbi Gomis Olympique Lyon 5
SwedeSwede Zlatan Ibrahimović AC Milan 5
RussianRussian Roman Shirokov Zenit St. Petersburg 5
SpaniardsSpaniards Roberto Soldado Valencia CF 5
14th DutchDutch Robin van Persie Arsenal FC 4th
SpaniardsSpaniards Pedro FC Barcelona 4th
BrazilianBrazilian Hulk FC Porto 4th
ParaguayansParaguayans Óscar Cardozo Benfica Lisbon 4th
SwissSwiss Gustavo Manduca APOEL Nicosia 4th
GhanaiansGhanaians André Ayew Olympique Marseille 4th
Lionel Messi - sole top scorer for the fourth year in a row

Players used Chelsea FC

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Chelsea FC
Chelsea FC

* Nicolas Anelka (4 / -) and Alex (3 / -) left the club during the season.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Frame diary 2011/12 ( memento of the original from January 31, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 446 kB) of the DFL @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / s.bundesliga.de
  2. ↑ Regulations of the UEFA Champions League 2011/12 , page 11f
  3. ↑ Fenerbahçe will be replaced in the UEFA Champions League. UEFA , August 24, 2011, accessed August 24, 2011 .
  4. ↑ Matt Zuvela: Bayern in Champions League final after Madrid thriller . In: Deutsche Welle , April 25, 2012. 
  5. ↑ Florian Haupt: Shock for Barcelona, ​​triumph and tragedy for Chelsea . In: Die Welt , April 25, 2012. 
  6. ↑ List of goalscorers on UEFA.com

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