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2009–10 UEFA Champions League

{{Short description|55th season of the UEFA club football tournament}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}

{{Infobox international football competition

| tourney_name = UEFA Champions League

| year = 2009–10

| image = Panoramic santiago bernabeu.jpg

| size = 275px

| caption = The Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in Madrid hosted the final

| dates = Qualifying:
30 June – 26 August 2009
Competition proper:
15 September 2009 – 22 May 2010

| num_teams = Competition proper: 32
Total: 76

| associations = 52

| champion_other = {{fbaicon|ITA}} Inter Milan

| count = 3

| second_other = {{fbaicon|GER}} Bayern Munich

| matches = 125

| goals = 318

| attendance = 5193947

| top_scorer = Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
8 goals

| player =

| prevseason = 2008–09

| nextseason = 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.{{Cite web |last=UEFA.com |date=28 March 2008 |title=Madrid and Hamburg awarded 2010 finals |url=https://www.uefa.com/news-media/news/01cb-0f84d3be8863-01dcdabe82b3-1000--madrid-and-hamburg-awarded-2010-finals/ |access-date=14 March 2024 |website=UEFA |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=UEFA Executive Committee approves changes to UEFA club competitions |url=https://www.uefa.com/newsfiles/630630.pdf |access-date=24 February 2024 |website=UEFA.com}} 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.{{cite news |first=Sam |last=Lyon |title=Barcelona 1-0 Inter Milan (agg 2-3) |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/8645184.stm |work=BBC Sport |publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation |date=28 April 2010 |access-date=24 May 2010 }}{{cite news |first=Sam |last=Lyon |title=Bayern Munich 0–2 Inter Milan |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/8697017.stm |work=BBC Sport |publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation |date=22 May 2010 |access-date=24 May 2010 }}

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/uefarankings/country/season=2008/index.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140825083317/http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/uefarankings/country/season=2008/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 August 2014|title=Country coefficients 2007/08|publisher=UEFA}}

Below is the qualification scheme for the 2009–10 UEFA Champions League:{{cite web |title=Regulations of the UEFA Champions League 2009/10 |url=http://www.uefa.com/multimediafiles/download/regulations/uefa/others/82/68/51/826851_download.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090711082049/http://www.uefa.com/multimediafiles/download/regulations/uefa/others/82/68/51/826851_download.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 July 2009 |work=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations|access-date=7 August 2009 }}

  • 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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|

{| class="wikitable"

Rank

!Association

!Coeff.

!Teams

1

| {{fba|ENG}}

| 75.749

|style="text-align: center;" rowspan="3"| 4

2

| {{fba|ESP}}

| 75.266

3

| {{fba|ITA}}

| 60.410

4

| {{fba|FRA|1974}}

| 52.668

|style="text-align: center;" rowspan="3"| 3

5

| {{fba|GER}}

| 48.722

6

| {{fba|RUS}}

| 43.750

7

| {{fba|ROU}}

| 40.599

|style="text-align: center;" rowspan="9"| 2

8

| {{fba|POR}}

| 39.927

9

| {{fba|NED}}

| 38.213

10

| {{fba|SCO}}

| 33.375

11

| {{fba|TUR}}

| 31.725

12

| {{fba|UKR}}

| 30.100

13

| {{fba|BEL}}

| 26.700

14

| {{fba|GRE}}

| 25.831

15

| {{fba|CZE}}

| 25.750

16

| {{fba|SUI}}

| 24.225

|style="text-align: center;" rowspan="3"| 1

17

| {{fba|BUL}}

| 23.166

18

| {{fba|NOR}}

| 22.425

|

class="wikitable"
Rank

!Association

!Coeff.

!Teams

19

| {{fba|DEN}}

| 20.450

|style="text-align: center;" rowspan="18"| 1

20

| {{fba|AUT}}

| 17.700

21

| {{fba|SRB|2004}}

| 16.750

22

| {{fba|ISR}}

| 15.750

23

| {{fba|SWE}}

| 13.691

24

| {{fba|SVK}}

| 12.332

25

| {{fba|POL}}

| 12.041

26

| {{fba|HUN}}

| 11.999

27

| {{fba|CRO}}

| 11.624

28

| {{fba|CYP}}

| 10.082

29

| {{fba|SVN}}

| 9.915

30

| {{fba|FIN}}

| 9.623

31

| {{fba|LVA}}

| 8.831

32

| {{fba|BIH}}

| 8.498

33

| {{fba|LTU}}

| 7.999

34

| {{fba|MDA}}

| 7.499

35

| {{fba|IRL}}

| 7.332

36

| {{fba|MKD|name=Macedonia}}

| 6.331

|

class="wikitable"
Rank

!Association

!Coeff.

!Teams

37

| {{fba|ISL}}

| 5.999

|style="text-align: center;" rowspan="2"| 1

38

| {{fba|GEO}}

| 5.831

39

| {{fba|LIE}}

| 5.500

|style="text-align: center;" rowspan="1"| 0

40

| {{fba|BLR|1995}}

| 5.332

|style="text-align: center;" rowspan="14"| 1

41

| {{fba|EST}}

| 4.332

42

| {{fba|AZE}}

| 3.832

43

| {{fba|ALB}}

| 3.666

44

| {{fba|ARM}}

| 3.665

45

| {{fba|KAZ}}

| 2.582

46

| {{fba|NIR}}

| 2.332

47

| {{fba|WAL}}

| 2.331

48

| {{fba|FRO}}

| 1.832

49

| {{fba|LUX}}

| 1.498

50

| {{fba|MLT}}

| 0.832

51

| {{fba|MNE}}

| 0.500

52

| {{fba|AND}}

| 0.500

53

| {{fba|SMR|1862}}

| 0.250

|}

=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:{{cite web |title=2009/10 Champions League access list and calendar |url=http://www.uefa.com/news/newsid=788260.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150909142013/http://www.uefa.com/news/newsid=788260.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=9 September 2015 |website=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |date=17 July 2009}}

  • 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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colspan=2|

!Teams entering in this round

!Teams advancing from previous round

colspan=2|First qualifying round
(4 teams)

|

  • 4 champions from associations 50–53

|

colspan=2|Second qualifying round
(34 teams)

|

  • 32 champions from associations 17–49 (except Liechtenstein)

|

  • 2 winners from the first qualifying round
rowspan=2|Third qualifying round

!Champions
(20 teams)

|

  • 3 champions from associations 14–16

|

  • 17 winners from the second qualifying round
Non-champions
(10 teams)

|

  • 9 runners-up from associations 7–15
  • 1 third-placed team from association 6

|

rowspan=2|Play-off round

!Champions
(10 teams)

|

|

  • 10 winners from the third qualifying round for champions
Non-champions
(10 teams)

|

  • 2 third-placed teams from associations 4 and 5
  • 3 fourth-placed teams from associations 1–3

|

  • 5 winners from the third qualifying round for non-champions
colspan=2|Group stage
(32 teams)

|

  • 13 champions from associations 1–13
  • 6 runners-up from associations 1–6
  • 3 third-placed teams from associations 1–3

|

  • 5 winners from the play-off round for champions
  • 5 winners from the play-off round for non-champions
colspan=2|Knockout phase
(16 teams)

|

|

  • 8 group winners from the group stage
  • 8 group runners-up from the group stage

=Teams=

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:{{cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/news/newsid=837576.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151118194417/http://www.uefa.com/news/newsid=837576.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 November 2015|title=2009/10 UEFA Champions League list of participants |publisher=UEFA|date=7 September 2009}}

  • TH: Champions League title holders
  • 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th: League positions of the previous season

class="wikitable"
colspan="4"|Group stage
{{fbaicon|ESP}} Barcelona (1st)TH

|{{fbaicon|ITA}} Inter Milan (1st)

|{{fbaicon|GER}} Bayern Munich (2nd)

|{{fbaicon|NED}} AZ (1st)

{{fbaicon|ENG}} Manchester United (1st)

|{{fbaicon|ITA}} Juventus (2nd)

|{{fbaicon|RUS}} Rubin Kazan (1st)

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} Rangers (1st)

{{fbaicon|ENG}} Liverpool (2nd)

|{{fbaicon|ITA}} Milan (3rd)

|{{fbaicon|RUS}} CSKA Moscow (2nd)

|{{fbaicon|TUR}} Beşiktaş (1st)

{{fbaicon|ENG}} Chelsea (3rd)

|{{fbaicon|FRA|1974}} Bordeaux (1st)

|{{fbaicon|ROU}} Unirea Urziceni (1st)

|{{fbaicon|UKR}} Dynamo Kyiv (1st)

{{fbaicon|ESP}} Real Madrid (2nd)

|{{fbaicon|FRA|1974}} Marseille (2nd)

|{{fbaicon|POR}} Porto (1st)

|{{fbaicon|BEL}} Standard Liège (1st)

{{fbaicon|ESP}} Sevilla (3rd)

|{{fbaicon|GER}} VfL Wolfsburg (1st)

|colspan="2"|

colspan="4"|Play-off round
Champions

!colspan="3"|Non-champions

rowspan="2"|

|{{fbaicon|ENG}} Arsenal (4th)

|{{fbaicon|ITA}} Fiorentina (4th)

|{{fbaicon|GER}} VfB Stuttgart (3rd)

{{fbaicon|ESP}} Atlético Madrid (4th)

|{{fbaicon|FRA|1974}} Lyon (3rd)

|

colspan="4"|Third qualifying round
Champions

!colspan="3"|Non-champions

{{fbaicon|GRE}} Olympiacos (1st)

|{{fbaicon|RUS}} Dynamo Moscow (3rd)

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} Celtic (2nd)

|{{fbaicon|BEL}} Anderlecht (2nd)

{{fbaicon|CZE}} Slavia Prague (1st)

|{{fbaicon|ROU}} Timișoara (2nd)

|{{fbaicon|TUR}} Sivasspor (2nd)

|{{fbaicon|GRE}} Panathinaikos (2nd)

{{fbaicon|SUI}} Zürich (1st)

|{{fbaicon|POR}} Sporting CP (2nd)

|{{fbaicon|UKR}} Shakhtar Donetsk (2nd)

|{{fbaicon|CZE}} Sparta Prague (2nd)

|{{fbaicon|NED}} Twente (2nd)

|colspan="2"|

colspan="4"|Second qualifying round
{{fbaicon|BUL}} Levski Sofia (1st)

|{{fbaicon|POL}} Wisła Kraków (1st)

|{{fbaicon|LTU}} Ekranas (1st)

|{{fbaicon|AZE}} Baku (1st)

{{fbaicon|NOR}} Stabæk (1st)

|{{fbaicon|HUN}} Debrecen (1st)

|{{fbaicon|MDA}} Sheriff Tiraspol (1st)

|{{fbaicon|ALB}} Tirana (1st)

{{fbaicon|DEN}} Copenhagen (1st)

|{{fbaicon|CRO}} Dinamo Zagreb (1st)

|{{fbaicon|IRL}} Bohemians (1st)

|{{fbaicon|ARM}} Pyunik (1st)

{{fbaicon|AUT}} Red Bull Salzburg (1st)

|{{fbaicon|CYP}} APOEL (1st)

|{{fbaicon|MKD}} Makedonija G.P. (1st)

|{{fbaicon|KAZ}} Aktobe (1st)

{{fbaicon|SRB|2004}} Partizan (1st)

|{{fbaicon|SVN}} Maribor (1st)

|{{fbaicon|ISL}} FH (1st)

|{{fbaicon|NIR}} Glentoran (1st)

{{fbaicon|ISR}} Maccabi Haifa (1st)

|{{fbaicon|FIN}} Inter Turku (1st)

|{{fbaicon|GEO}} WIT Georgia (1st)

|{{fbaicon|WAL}} Rhyl (1st)

{{fbaicon|SWE}} Kalmar FF (1st)

|{{fbaicon|LVA}} Ventspils (1st)

|{{fbaicon|BLR|1995}} BATE Borisov (1st)

|{{fbaicon|FRO}} EB/Streymur (1st)

{{fbaicon|SVK}} Slovan Bratislava (1st)

|{{fbaicon|BIH}} Zrinjski Mostar (1st)

|{{fbaicon|EST}} Levadia Tallinn (1st)

|{{fbaicon|LUX}} F91 Dudelange (1st)

colspan="4"|First qualifying round
{{fbaicon|MLT}} Hibernians (1st)

|{{fbaicon|MNE}} Mogren (1st)

|{{fbaicon|AND}} Sant Julià (1st)

|{{fbaicon|SMR|1862}} Tre Fiori (1st)

Round and draw dates

All draws held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland unless stated otherwise.

class="wikitable"
Phase

! Round

! Draw date

! First leg

! Second leg

rowspan=3| Qualifying

| First qualifying round

|rowspan=2| 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

rowspan=6| Group stage

| Matchday 1

|rowspan=6| 27 August 2009
(Monaco)

|colspan=2| 15–16 September 2009

Matchday 2

|colspan=2| 29–30 September 2009

Matchday 3

|colspan=2| 20–21 October 2009

Matchday 4

|colspan=2| 3–4 November 2009

Matchday 5

|colspan=2| 24–25 November 2009

Matchday 6

|colspan=2| 8–9 December 2009

rowspan=4| Knockout phase

| Round of 16

| 18 December 2009

| 16–17 & 23–24 February 2010

| 9–10 & 16–17 March 2010

Quarter-finals

|rowspan=3| 19 March 2010

| 30–31 March 2010

| 6–7 April 2010

Semi-finals

| 20–21 April 2010

| 27–28 April 2010

Final

|colspan="2"| 22 May 2010 at Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid

Qualifying rounds

{{main|2009–10 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round|l1=2009–10 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds}}

In a new system for the Champions League, there were two separate qualifying tournaments.{{cite news|url=http://www.uefa.com/competitions/ucl/format/newsid=788373.html |title=2009/10 Competition format |publisher=UEFA |date=18 December 2008 |access-date=18 December 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081221132024/http://www.uefa.com/competitions/ucl/format/newsid%3D788373.html |archive-date=21 December 2008 |url-status=dead}} 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|2009|November}}, the second leg between Stabæk and Tirana was under investigation by UEFA and German authorities for possible match-fixing.{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/news-media/news/0252-0cddd368aff3-44de4ef8ae1c-1000--uefa-fas-discuss-match-fixing-inquiry/|title=UEFA, FAs discuss match-fixing inquiry|publisher=UEFA|date=25 November 2009|access-date=12 June 2011 }}

{{#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

{{main|2009–10 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round#Play-off round|l1=2009–10 UEFA Champions League 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

{{main|2009–10 UEFA Champions League group stage}}

{{Location map+ |Europe |width=600 |float=right |caption=Location of teams of the 2009–10 UEFA Champions League group stage.
8px Brown: Group A; 8px Red: Group B; 8px Orange: Group C; 8px Yellow: Group D;
8px Green: Group E; 8px Blue: Group F; 8px Purple: Group G; 8px Pink: Group H.

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Liège
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{{Location map~|Europe|lat=35.114542|long=33.362864|label=

APOEL
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{{Location map~|Europe|lat=51.50722|long=-0.1275|label=

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|mark=Black pog.svg|position=left}}

{{Location map~|Europe|lat=53.430819|long=-2.960828|label=

Liverpool
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{{Location map~|Europe|lat=53.463056|long=-2.291389|label=

Man. United
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Sevilla
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Barcelona
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Marseille
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Bordeaux
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Bayern
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Stuttgart
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Wolfsburg
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{{Location map~|Europe|lat=37.946447|long=23.664317|label=

Olympiacos
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{{Location map~|Europe|lat=47.549573|long=21.638882|label=

Debrecen
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M. Haifa
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Fiorentina
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Juventus
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AZ
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Porto
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Unirea
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CSKA
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Rubin
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Rangers
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Zürich
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Beşiktaş
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Dynamo
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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:

  1. higher number of points obtained in the group matches played among the teams in question;
  2. superior goal difference from the group matches played among the teams in question;
  3. higher number of goals scored away from home in the group matches played among the teams in question;
  4. superior goal difference from all group matches played;
  5. higher number of goals scored;
  6. 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/01dc-0e72b1b619f8-8d0363b15101-1000--group-stage-rivals-ready-for-draw/|title=Group-stage rivals ready for draw |publisher=UEFA|date=27 August 2009}}

{{Clear}}

=Group A=

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=Group B=

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=Group C=

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=Group D=

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=Group E=

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=Group F=

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=Group G=

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=Group H=

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Knockout phase

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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=

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=Round of 16=

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=Quarter-finals=

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=Semi-finals=

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=Final=

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Statistics

Statistics exclude qualifying rounds and play-off round.

=Top goalscorers=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
Rank{{cite web |url=http://www.uefa.com/newsfiles/ucl/2010/md13_1_6.pdf |title=Top Scorers – Final – Saturday 22 May 2010 (after match) |publisher=UEFA |date=22 May 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025030108/http://www.uefa.com/newsfiles/ucl/2010/md13_1_6.pdf |archive-date=25 October 2012}}

!Player

!Team

!Goals

!Minutes played

1

|align=left|{{flagicon|ARG}} Lionel Messi

|align=left|{{fbaicon|ESP}} Barcelona

|8

|1033

rowspan=2|2

|align=left|{{flagicon|POR}} Cristiano Ronaldo

|align=left|{{fbaicon|ESP}} Real Madrid

|rowspan=2|7

|477

align=left|{{flagicon|CRO}} Ivica Olić

|align=left|{{fbaicon|GER}} Bayern Munich

|721

4

|align=left|{{flagicon|ARG}} Diego Milito

|align=left|{{fbaicon|ITA}} Inter Milan

|6

|966

rowspan=3|5

|align=left|{{flagicon|DEN}} Nicklas Bendtner

|align=left|{{fbaicon|ENG}} Arsenal

|rowspan=3|5

|461

align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} Wayne Rooney

|align=left|{{fbaicon|ENG}} Manchester United

|508

align=left|{{flagicon|MAR}} Marouane Chamakh

|align=left|{{fbaicon|FRA|1974}} Bordeaux

|852

rowspan=10|8

|align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} Michael Owen

|align=left|{{fbaicon|ENG}} Manchester United

|rowspan=10|4

|293

align=left|{{flagicon|MNE}} Stevan Jovetić

|align=left|{{fbaicon|ITA}} Fiorentina

|302

align=left|{{flagicon|BIH}} Edin Džeko

|align=left|{{fbaicon|GER}} VfL Wolfsburg

|560

align=left|{{flagicon|ESP}} Cesc Fàbregas

|align=left|{{fbaicon|ENG}} Arsenal

|633

align=left|{{flagicon|COL}} Radamel Falcao

|align=left|{{fbaicon|POR}} Porto

|660

align=left|{{flagicon|ESP}} Pedro

|align=left|{{fbaicon|ESP}} Barcelona

|677

align=left|{{flagicon|NED}} Arjen Robben

|align=left|{{fbaicon|GER}} Bayern Munich

|717

align=left|{{flagicon|BIH}} Miralem Pjanić

|align=left|{{fbaicon|FRA|1974}} Lyon

|780

align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} Zlatan Ibrahimović

|align=left|{{fbaicon|ESP}} Barcelona

|790

align=left|{{flagicon|SRB|2004}} Miloš Krasić

|align=left|{{fbaicon|RUS}} CSKA Moscow

|812

See also

References

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External links

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  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20111007091937/http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2010/matches/all/index.html 2009–10 All matches – season at UEFA website]
  • [https://archive.today/20120919183027/http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2010/index.html 2009–10 UEFA Champions League], UEFA.com
  • [https://www.uefa.com/newsfiles/630630.pdf UEFA Executive Committee approves changes to UEFA club competitions] (includes access list for this competition)
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20071012205634/http://www.xs4all.nl/~kassiesa/bert/uefa/access2009.html Access list 2009/2010] (UEFA European Cup Football by Bert Kassies)
  • All scorers 2009–10 UEFA Champions League (excluding qualifying round) according to [https://archive.today/20130630124054/http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2010/statistics/round=2000028/players/type=topscorers/index.html protocols UEFA] + all scorers [https://archive.today/20130630130412/http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2010/statistics/round=2000024/players/type=topscorers/index.html qualifying round]
  • [http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/ucl/history/season=2010/intro.html 2009/10 UEFA Champions League]{{dead link|date=March 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} - results and line-ups (archive)

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