2009–10 UEFA Champions League
| File:Panoramic santiago bernabeu.jpg The Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in Madrid hosted the final | |
| Tournament details | |
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| Dates | Qualifying: 30 June – 26 August 2009 Competition proper: 15 September 2009 – 22 May 2010 |
| Teams | Competition proper: 32 Total: 76 (from 52 associations) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Italy Inter Milan (3rd title) |
| Runners-up | Germany Bayern Munich |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 125 |
| Goals scored | 318 (2.54 per match) |
| Attendance | 5,193,947 (41,552 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Lionel Messi (Barcelona) 8 goals |
← 2008–09 2010–11 → | |
The 2009–10 UEFA Champions League was the 55th season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 18th under the current UEFA Champions League format. The final was played on 22 May 2010 at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in Madrid, Spain, the first time the final was played on a Saturday.[1][2] The final was won by Italian club Inter Milan, who beat German side Bayern Munich 2–0. Inter Milan went on to represent Europe in the 2010 FIFA Club World Cup, beating Congolese side TP Mazembe 3–0 in the final, and played in the 2010 UEFA Super Cup against Europa League winners Atlético Madrid, losing 2–0. Barcelona were the defending champions, but they were eliminated by eventual winners Inter Milan in the semi-finals.[3][4]
Association team allocation
A total of 76 teams participated in the 2009–10 Champions League, from 52 UEFA associations (Liechtenstein organises no domestic league competition). Associations were allocated places according to their 2008 UEFA country coefficient, which took into account their performance in European competitions from 2003–04 to 2007–08.[5] Below is the qualification scheme for the 2009–10 UEFA Champions League:[6]
- Associations 1–3 each had four teams qualify
- Associations 4–6 each had three teams qualify
- Associations 7–15 each had two teams qualify
- Associations 16–53 each had one team qualify (except Liechtenstein)
Association ranking
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Distribution
Since the winners of the 2008–09 UEFA Champions League, Barcelona, obtained a place in the group stage through their domestic league placing, the reserved title holder spot in the group stage was effectively vacated. To compensate:[7]
- The champions of association 13 (Belgium) were promoted from the third qualifying round to the group stage.
- The champions of association 16 (Switzerland) were promoted from the second qualifying round to the third qualifying round.
- The champions of associations 48 and 49 (Faroe Islands and Luxembourg) were promoted from the first qualifying round to the second qualifying round.
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| First qualifying round (4 teams) |
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| Second qualifying round (34 teams) |
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| Third qualifying round | Champions (20 teams) |
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| Non-champions (10 teams) |
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| Play-off round | Champions (10 teams) |
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| Group stage (32 teams) |
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| Knockout phase (16 teams) |
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Teams
League positions of the previous season shown in parentheses.[8]
| Group stage | |||
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| Spain BarcelonaTH (1st) | Italy Inter Milan (1st) | Germany Bayern Munich (2nd) | Netherlands AZ (1st) |
| England Manchester United (1st) | Italy Juventus (2nd) | Russia Rubin Kazan (1st) | Scotland Rangers (1st) |
| England Liverpool (2nd) | Italy Milan (3rd) | Russia CSKA Moscow (2nd) | Turkey Beşiktaş (1st) |
| England Chelsea (3rd) | France Bordeaux (1st) | Romania Unirea Urziceni (1st) | Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv (1st) |
| Spain Real Madrid (2nd) | France Marseille (2nd) | Portugal Porto (1st) | Belgium Standard Liège (1st) |
| Spain Sevilla (3rd) | Germany VfL Wolfsburg (1st) | ||
| Play-off round | |||
| Champions | Non-champions | ||
| England Arsenal (4th) | Italy Fiorentina (4th) | Germany VfB Stuttgart (3rd) | |
| Spain Atlético Madrid (4th) | France Lyon (3rd) | ||
| Third qualifying round | |||
| Champions | Non-champions | ||
| Greece Olympiacos (1st) | Russia Dynamo Moscow (3rd) | Scotland Celtic (2nd) | Belgium Anderlecht (2nd) |
| Czech Republic Slavia Prague (1st) | Romania Timișoara (2nd) | Turkey Sivasspor (2nd) | Greece Panathinaikos (2nd) |
| Switzerland Zürich (1st) | Portugal Sporting CP (2nd) | Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk (2nd) | Czech Republic Sparta Prague (2nd) |
| Netherlands Twente (2nd) | |||
| Second qualifying round | |||
| Bulgaria Levski Sofia (1st) | Poland Wisła Kraków (1st) | Lithuania Ekranas (1st) | Azerbaijan Baku (1st) |
| Norway Stabæk (1st) | Hungary Debrecen (1st) | Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol (1st) | Albania Tirana (1st) |
| Denmark Copenhagen (1st) | Croatia Dinamo Zagreb (1st) | Republic of Ireland Bohemians (1st) | Armenia Pyunik (1st) |
| Austria Red Bull Salzburg (1st) | Cyprus APOEL (1st) | North Macedonia Makedonija (1st) | Kazakhstan Aktobe (1st) |
| Serbia Partizan (1st) | Slovenia Maribor (1st) | Iceland FH (1st) | Northern Ireland Glentoran (1st) |
| Israel Maccabi Haifa (1st) | Finland Inter Turku (1st) | Georgia (country) WIT Georgia (1st) | Wales Rhyl (1st) |
| Sweden Kalmar FF (1st) | Latvia Ventspils (1st) | Belarus BATE Borisov (1st) | Faroe Islands EB/Streymur (1st) |
| Slovakia Slovan Bratislava (1st) | Bosnia and Herzegovina Zrinjski (1st) | Estonia Levadia (1st) | Luxembourg F91 Dudelange (1st) |
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| Malta Hibernians (1st) | Montenegro Mogren (1st) | Andorra Sant Julià (1st) | San Marino Tre Fiori (1st) |
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Round and draw dates
All draws held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland unless stated otherwise.[7]
| Phase | Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
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| Qualifying | First qualifying round | 22 June 2009 | 30 June – 1 July 2009 | 7–8 July 2009 |
| Second qualifying round | 14–15 July 2009 | 21–22 July 2009 | ||
| Third qualifying round | 17 July 2009 | 28–29 July 2009 | 4–5 August 2009 | |
| Play-off | Play-off round | 7 August 2009 | 18–19 August 2009 | 25–26 August 2009 |
| Group stage | Matchday 1 | 27 August 2009 (Monaco) |
15–16 September 2009 | |
| Matchday 2 | 29–30 September 2009 | |||
| Matchday 3 | 20–21 October 2009 | |||
| Matchday 4 | 3–4 November 2009 | |||
| Matchday 5 | 24–25 November 2009 | |||
| Matchday 6 | 8–9 December 2009 | |||
| Knockout phase | Round of 16 | 18 December 2009 | 16–17 & 23–24 February 2010 | 9–10 & 16–17 March 2010 |
| Quarter-finals | 19 March 2010 | 30–31 March 2010 | 6–7 April 2010 | |
| Semi-finals | 20–21 April 2010 | 27–28 April 2010 | ||
| Final | 22 May 2010 at Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid | |||
Qualifying rounds
In a new system for the Champions League, there were two separate qualifying tournaments.[9] The Champions Path (which started from the first qualifying round) was for clubs which won their domestic league and did not automatically qualify for the group stage, while the Non-Champions Path (which started from the third qualifying round) was for clubs which did not win their domestic league and did not automatically qualify for the group stage. In the qualifying phase and the play-off round, teams played against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis. The draw for the first and second qualifying rounds, conducted by UEFA President Michel Platini and UEFA General Secretary David Taylor, was held on 22 June 2009, and the draw for the third qualifying round, conducted by UEFA Competitions Director Giorgio Marchetti and Head of Club Competitions Michael Heselschwerdt, was held on 17 July 2009. For the draws, clubs were separated into seeded and unseeded teams based on their club coefficient. Because the draws for the second and third qualifying rounds took place before the previous round was completed, the teams were seeded assuming the seeded side in the previous round would be victorious.
First qualifying round
The first legs were played on 30 June and 1 July, and the second legs were played on 7 and 8 July 2009. {{#lst:2009-10 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round|Q1}}
Second qualifying round
The first legs were played on 14 and 15 July, and the second legs were played on 21 and 22 July 2009. Partizan's 8–0 win over Rhyl in the second leg equalled the record for the largest margin of victory in the current Champions League format. As of November 2009[update], the second leg between Stabæk and Tirana was under investigation by UEFA and German authorities for possible match-fixing.[10] {{#lst:2009-10 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round|Q2}}
Third qualifying round
The third qualifying round was split into two separate sections: one for champions and one for non-champions. The first legs were played on 28 and 29 July, and the second legs were played on 4 and 5 August 2009. The losing teams in both sections entered the play-off round of the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League. {{#lst:2009-10 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round|Q3}}
Play-off round
An extra qualifying round, the play-off round, was introduced from this season. The teams were split into two separate sections: one for champions and one for non-champions. The draw for the play-off round, conducted by UEFA General Secretary David Taylor and UEFA Competitions Director Giorgio Marchetti, was held on 7 August 2009. For the draw, clubs were separated into seeded and unseeded teams based on their club coefficient. The first legs were played on 18 and 19 August, and the second legs were played on 25 and 26 August 2009. The losing teams in both sections entered the group stage of the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League. {{#lst:2009-10 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round|play-off}}
Group stage
File:Brown pog.svg Brown: Group A; File:Red pog.svg Red: Group B; File:Orange pog.svg Orange: Group C; File:Yellow pog.svg Yellow: Group D;
File:Green pog.svg Green: Group E; File:Blue pog.svg Blue: Group F; File:Purple pog.svg Purple: Group G; File:Pink pog.svg Pink: Group H.
The draw for the group stage was held at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco on 27 August 2009. A total of 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four. Teams were divided into four pots, based on their club coefficient. Clubs from the same pot or the same association cannot be drawn into the same group. In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away. The matchdays were 15–16 September, 29–30 September, 20–21 October, 3–4 November, 24–25 November, and 8–9 December 2009. The top two in each group advanced to the knockout phase, and the third-placed teams entered the round of 32 of the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League. Based on Article 7.06 in the UEFA regulations, if two or more teams were equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria were applied to determine the rankings:[6]
- higher number of points obtained in the group matches played among the teams in question;
- superior goal difference from the group matches played among the teams in question;
- higher number of goals scored away from home in the group matches played among the teams in question;
- superior goal difference from all group matches played;
- higher number of goals scored;
- higher number of coefficient points accumulated by the club in question, as well as its association, over the previous five seasons.
AZ, VfL Wolfsburg, Standard Liège, Zürich, APOEL, Rubin Kazan, Unirea Urziceni and Debrecen all made their debuts in the group stage.[11]
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | BOR | BAY | JUV | MHA | |
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| 1 | France Bordeaux | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 16 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | |
| 2 | Germany Bayern Munich | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 10 | 0–2 | — | 0–0 | 1–0 | ||
| 3 | Italy Juventus | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 8 | Transfer to Europa League | 1–1 | 1–4 | — | 1–0 | |
| 4 | Israel Maccabi Haifa | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 8 | −8 | 0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | — |
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MUN | CSKA | WOL | BES | |
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| 1 | England Manchester United | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 13 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 3–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | |
| 2 | Russia CSKA Moscow | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0–1 | — | 2–1 | 2–1 | ||
| 3 | Germany VfL Wolfsburg | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 7 | Transfer to Europa League | 1–3 | 3–1 | — | 0–0 | |
| 4 | Turkey Beşiktaş | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 4 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | — |
Group C
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | RMA | MIL | MAR | ZUR | |
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| 1 | Spain Real Madrid | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 7 | +8 | 13 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 2–3 | 3–0 | 1–0 | |
| 2 | Italy Milan | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 9 | 1–1 | — | 1–1 | 0–1 | ||
| 3 | France Marseille | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 7 | Transfer to Europa League | 1–3 | 1–2 | — | 6–1 | |
| 4 | Switzerland Zürich | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 14 | −9 | 4 | 2–5 | 1–1 | 0–1 | — |
Group D
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | CHE | POR | ATM | APO | |
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| 1 | England Chelsea | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 14 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–2 | |
| 2 | Portugal Porto | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 12 | 0–1 | — | 2–0 | 2–1 | ||
| 3 | Spain Atlético Madrid | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | −9 | 3 | Transfer to Europa League | 2–2 | 0–3 | — | 0–0 | |
| 4 | Cyprus APOEL | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | — |
Group E
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | FIO | LYO | LIV | DEB | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italy Fiorentina | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 7 | +7 | 15 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | 5–2 | |
| 2 | France Lyon | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 13 | 1–0 | — | 1–1 | 4–0 | ||
| 3 | England Liverpool | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 7 | Transfer to Europa League | 1–2 | 1–2 | — | 1–0 | |
| 4 | Hungary Debrecen | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 19 | −14 | 0 | 3–4 | 0–4 | 0–1 | — |
Group F
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | BAR | INT | RUB | DKV | |
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| 1 | Spain Barcelona | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | |
| 2 | Italy Inter Milan | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 9 | 0–0 | — | 2–0 | 2–2 | ||
| 3 | Russia Rubin Kazan | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 6 | Transfer to Europa League | 0–0 | 1–1 | — | 0–0 | |
| 4 | Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 5 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | — |
Group G
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | SEV | STU | URZ | RAN | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spain Sevilla | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 13 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | |
| 2 | Germany VfB Stuttgart | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 9 | 1–3 | — | 3–1 | 1–1 | ||
| 3 | Romania Unirea Urziceni | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 8 | Transfer to Europa League | 1–0 | 1–1 | — | 1–1 | |
| 4 | Scotland Rangers | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | −9 | 2 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 1–4 | — |
Group H
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ARS | OLY | STL | AZ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | England Arsenal | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 13 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | |
| 2 | Greece Olympiacos | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 10 | 1–0 | — | 2–1 | 1–0 | ||
| 3 | Belgium Standard Liège | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 5 | Transfer to Europa League | 2–3 | 2–0 | — | 1–1 | |
| 4 | Netherlands AZ | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 4 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | — |
Knockout phase
In the knockout phase, teams played against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis, except for the one-match final. The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follows:
- In the draw for the round of 16, the eight group winners were seeded, and the eight group runners-up were unseeded. The seeded teams were drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. Teams from the same group or the same association could not be drawn against each other.
- In the draws for the quarter-finals and semi-finals, there were no seedings, and teams from the same group or the same association could be drawn against each other. As the draws for the quarter-finals and semi-finals were held together before the quarter-finals were played, the identity of the quarter-final winners was not known at the time of the semi-final draw. A draw was also held to determine which semi-final winner was designated as the "home" team for the final (for administrative purposes as it was played at a neutral venue).
Bracket
{{#section-h:2009–10 UEFA Champions League knockout phase|Bracket}}
Round of 16
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Quarter-finals
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Semi-finals
{{#lst:2009–10 UEFA Champions League knockout phase|SF}}
Final
{{#lst:2009–10 UEFA Champions League knockout phase|F}}
Statistics
Statistics exclude qualifying rounds and play-off round.
Top goalscorers
| Rank | Player | Team | Goals | Minutes played |
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| 1 | Argentina Lionel Messi | Spain Barcelona | 8 | 1033 |
| 2 | Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo | Spain Real Madrid | 7 | 477 |
| Croatia Ivica Olić | Germany Bayern Munich | 721 | ||
| 4 | Argentina Diego Milito | Italy Inter Milan | 6 | 966 |
| 5 | Denmark Nicklas Bendtner | England Arsenal | 5 | 461 |
| England Wayne Rooney | England Manchester United | 508 | ||
| Morocco Marouane Chamakh | France Bordeaux | 852 | ||
| 8 | England Michael Owen | England Manchester United | 4 | 293 |
| Montenegro Stevan Jovetić | Italy Fiorentina | 302 | ||
| Bosnia and Herzegovina Edin Džeko | Germany VfL Wolfsburg | 560 | ||
| Spain Cesc Fàbregas | England Arsenal | 633 | ||
| Colombia Radamel Falcao | Portugal Porto | 660 | ||
| Spain Pedro | Spain Barcelona | 677 | ||
| Netherlands Arjen Robben | Germany Bayern Munich | 717 | ||
| Bosnia and Herzegovina Miralem Pjanić | France Lyon | 780 | ||
| Sweden Zlatan Ibrahimović | Spain Barcelona | 790 | ||
| Serbia Miloš Krasić | Russia CSKA Moscow | 812 |
- Source: Top Scorers – Final – Saturday 22 May 2010 (after match) . Retrieved 23 April 2010
See also
- 2009–10 UEFA Europa League
- 2010 FIFA Club World Cup
- 2010 UEFA Super Cup
- 2009–10 UEFA Women's Champions League
References
- ↑ UEFA.com (28 March 2008). "Madrid and Hamburg awarded 2010 finals | Inside UEFA". UEFA.com. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
- ↑ "UEFA Executive Committee approves changes to UEFA club competitions" (PDF). UEFA.com. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
- ↑ Lyon, Sam (28 April 2010). "Barcelona 1-0 Inter Milan (agg 2-3)". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 24 May 2010.
- ↑ Lyon, Sam (22 May 2010). "Bayern Munich 0–2 Inter Milan". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 24 May 2010.
- ↑ "Country coefficients 2007/08". UEFA.com.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Regulations of the UEFA Champions League 2009/10" (PDF). uefa.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 7 August 2009.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "2009/10 Champions League access list and calendar". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 17 July 2009.
- ↑ "2009/10 UEFA Champions League list of participants". UEFA.com. 7 September 2009.
- ↑ "2009/10 Competition format". UEFA. 18 December 2008. Archived from the original on 21 December 2008. Retrieved 18 December 2008.
- ↑ "UEFA, FAs discuss match-fixing inquiry". UEFA.com. 25 November 2009. Retrieved 12 June 2011.
- ↑ "Group-stage rivals ready for draw". UEFA.com. 27 August 2009.
External links
- 2009–10 All matches – season at UEFA website
- 2009–10 UEFA Champions League, UEFA.com
- UEFA Executive Committee approves changes to UEFA club competitions (includes access list for this competition)
- Access list 2009/2010 (UEFA European Cup Football by Bert Kassies)
- All scorers 2009–10 UEFA Champions League (excluding qualifying round) according to protocols UEFA + all scorers qualifying round
- 2009/10 UEFA Champions League[permanent dead link] - results and line-ups (archive)
