The 2010–11 UEFA Women's Champions League was the tenth edition of the European women's championship for football clubs. The final was held in London, England on 26 May 2011 at Craven Cottage.
French side Olympique Lyon won the competition after finishing runner-up the previous year. Lyon became the first French team to win the competition.
Team allocation and distribution
On 14 June 2010 UEFA announced the entry list. A total of 51 teams from 43 UEFA associations will participate. This is two less than in 2009–10, as the title holder Turbine Potsdam also qualified through its domestic league, and the winners of the Maltese league were not entered. Countries are allocated places according to their 2009 UEFA league coefficient for women, taking into account performances in women's club competitions between 2004–05 and 2008–09.
Associations 1–8 have two club qualify, the remaining associations have one team. Unlike the men's Champions League, not every association enters a team, and so the exact number of clubs in each round is only known shortly before the draw.
Teams
Qualifying round
Seeding and draw
The draw was held on 23 June 2010. 28 teams enter in the qualifying round, and were divided into seven groups of four teams, with one team from each seeding pot:
Pot 1
Umeå
Duisburg
Brøndby (host) Rossiyanka Bardolino Everton Juvisy
Pot 2
Breiðablik (host) SFK 2000 Sarajevo 1º Dezembro NSA Sofia Glasgow City Gintra Universitetas (host) Krka (host)
Pot 3
FCM Târgu Mureş
KÍ Klaksvík
Osijek (host) ASA Tel Aviv University FC Roma Calfa Slovan Bratislava Swansea City
Pot 4
St Francis
Apollon Limassol (host) Levadia Tallinn Crusaders Newtownabbey Strikers (host) Borec Veles Gazi Üniversitesi FC Baia Zugdidi
The seven hosts were confirmed by UEFA before the draw, and two hosts could not be placed in the same group. Brøndby, Gintra Universitetas, Krka, Osijek and Apollon Limassol also hosted tournaments last year. The other two hosts from last year (Linköping and Tikvesanka) did not enter the qualifying round this year.
Each team plays the other teams in the group once. The matches were played between 5 and 10 August 2010. Teams in italic hosted a mini-league.
Tie-breaker criteria
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
Matches were played at Brøndby IF's bane 2 and Brøndby Stadium.
Group 2
Matches were played at Savivaldybė Stadium, Šiauliai and City Stadium, Pakruojis.
Group 3
Matches were played at Neo GSZ Stadium, Larnaca and Tsirion Stadium, Limassol.
Group 4
Matches were played at Kópavogsvöllur, Kópavogur and Vikin, Reykjavík.
Group 5
Matches were played at Matija Gubec Stadium, Krško and Ivančna Gorica Stadium, Ivančna Gorica.
Krka vs Baia Zugdidi was abandoned due to bad pitch conditions. The match was replayed on 8 August 2010.
Group 6
Matches were played at Gradski vrt, Osijek and Stadion HNK Cibalia, Vinkovci.
Group 7
Matches were played at the Showgrounds, Ballymena; Stangmore Park, Dungannon and Mill Meadow, Castledawson.
Ranking of group runners-up
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
Knockout phase
The draw for the round of 32 and round of 16 was held on 19 August 2010. The draw for the quarter-finals and onwards was made on 19 November 2010. The bracket has been created in retrospect.