2011–12 UEFA Champions League#Group stage

A total of 76 teams participated in the 2011–12 Champions League from 52 UEFA associations (Liechtenstein organises no domestic league competition). Associations are allocated places according to their 2010 UEFA country coefficients, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 2005–06 to 2009–10.{{cite web|url=https://kassiesa.net/uefa/data/method4/crank2010.html|title=UEFA Country Ranking 2010|publisher=Bert Kassies}}

Below is the qualification scheme for the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League:{{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/Regulations/competitions/Regulations/01/63/02/44/1630244_DOWNLOAD.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110616163203/http://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/Regulations/competitions/Regulations/01/63/02/44/1630244_DOWNLOAD.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=16 June 2011 |title=Regulations of the UEFA Champions League 2011/12 |publisher=UEFA |location=Nyon |access-date=1 June 2011 |date=March 2011 }}

• Associations 1–3 each have four teams qualify
• Associations 4–6 each have three teams qualify
• Associations 7–15 each have two teams qualify
• Associations 16–53 each have one team qualify (excluding Liechtenstein)

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Since the winners of the 2010–11 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 |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/01f1-0e7845105196-595a1c108040-1000--2011-12-uefa-champions-league-access-list/ |title=2011/12 UEFA Champions League access list and calendar |website=UEFA |date=24 August 2011 }}

• The champions of association 13 (Switzerland) were promoted from the third qualifying round to the group stage.
• The champions of association 16 (Scotland) were promoted from the second qualifying round to the third qualifying round.
• The champions of associations 48 and 49 (Faroe Islands and Northern Ireland) were promoted from the first qualifying round to the second qualifying round.

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/01f2-0e123b0dd589-2364a609291f-1000--2011-12-list-of-participants/|title=2011/12 UEFA Champions League list of participants |publisher=UEFA|date=26 August 2011}}{{cite web|url=https://kassiesa.net/uefa/qual2011.html|title=Qualification for European Cup Football 2011/2012|publisher=Bert Kassies|access-date=15 May 2011|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120529202747/http://www.xs4all.nl/~kassiesa/bert/uefa/qual2011.html|archive-date=29 May 2012|url-status=dead}}

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

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{{Cnote2|Note ROU|Romania (ROU): Because Politehnica Timișoara, the 2010–11 Liga I runners-up, were denied a domestic licence for the 2011–12 season, Vaslui, the third-placed team of the league, claimed the Champions League spot in the third qualifying round League Route.{{cite web|title=Timișoara si Bistrita nu au primit licenta si sunt retrogradate|url=http://www.onlinesport.ro/stiri/fotbal/fotbal-intern/liga-1/poli-timisoara/75710/timisoara-si-bistrita-nu-au-primit-licenta-si-sunt-retrogradate.htm|publisher=Onlinesport.ro|access-date=31 May 2011|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120529190506/http://www.onlinesport.ro/stiri/fotbal/fotbal-intern/liga-1/poli-timisoara/75710/timisoara-si-bistrita-nu-au-primit-licenta-si-sunt-retrogradate.htm|archive-date=29 May 2012|url-status=dead}}}}

{{Cnote2|Note TUR|Turkey (TUR): Fenerbahçe, the 2010–11 Süper Lig champions, was banned by the Turkish Football Federation on 24 August 2011 from participating in the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League due to the ongoing investigation into match-fixing.{{cite news|title=Fenerbahce withdrawn from Europe because of match-fix probe|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/14656932.stm|publisher=BBC|access-date=24 August 2011|date=25 August 2011}}{{cite web|url=http://www.tff.org/default.aspx?pageID=471&ftxtID=13258|title=Fenerbahçe is out from UEFA Champions League for this season|publisher=Turkish Football Federation|date=24 August 2011}} UEFA decided to replace them in the group stage with Trabzonspor, the league runners-up, who had lost in the Champions League third qualifying round and were participating in the Europa League play-off round at that time.{{cite news |url=http://www.uefa.org/news/newsid=1666823.html |title=Fenerbahçe replaced in UEFA Champions League |website=UEFA |date=24 August 2011 }}}}

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

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In the qualifying rounds and the play-off round, teams were divided into seeded and unseeded teams based on their 2011 UEFA club coefficients,{{cite web|url=https://kassiesa.net/uefa/data/method4/trank2011.html|title=UEFA Team Ranking 2011|publisher=Bert Kassies}}{{cite web|url=https://kassiesa.net/uefa/seedcl2011.html|title=Seeding in the Champions League 2011/2012|publisher=Bert Kassies|access-date=19 May 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110626131151/http://www.xs4all.nl/~kassiesa/bert/uefa/seedcl2011.html|archive-date=26 June 2011|url-status=dead}} and then drawn into two-legged home-and-away ties. Teams from the same association cannot be drawn against each other.

The draw for the first and second qualifying rounds was held on 20 June 2011.{{cite news|title=Newcomers Skendija meet Partizan in second round|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/01f2-0e78b96d8a5c-ebe93e5d35c8-1000--newcomers-skendija-meet-partizan-in-second-round/|access-date=24 August 2011|newspaper=UEFA|date=20 June 2011}} The first legs were played on 28 June, and the second legs were played on 5 and 6 July 2011.

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The first legs were played on 12 and 13 July, and the second legs were played on 19 and 20 July 2011.

HJK's 10–0 win over Bangor City in the second leg broke the record for the largest margin of victory in the current Champions League format.

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The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 15 July 2011.{{cite news|title=Draw throws up Dynamo-Rubin rematch|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/025a-0ea66958a16c-f05f4d5e6754-1000--draw-throws-up-dynamo-rubin-rematch/|access-date=24 August 2011|newspaper=UEFA|date=15 July 2011}} The first legs were played on 26 and 27 July, and the second legs were played on 2 and 3 August 2011.

The third qualifying round was split into two separate sections: one for champions (called the Champions Route) and one for non-champions (called the League Route). The losing teams in both sections entered the play-off round of the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League.

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The draw for the play-off round was held on 5 August 2011.{{cite news|title=Bayern face Zürich, Arsenal draw Udinese|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/01f4-0e791bff653d-606b9f5cff5c-1000--bayern-face-zurich-arsenal-draw-udinese/|access-date=24 August 2011|newspaper=UEFA|date=5 August 2011}} The first legs were played on 16 and 17 August, and the second legs were played on 23 and 24 August 2011.

The play-off round was split into two separate sections: one for champions (called the Champions Route) and one for non-champions (called the League Route). The losing teams in both sections entered the group stage of the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League.

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The group stage features 32 teams, which were allocated into pots based on their 2011 UEFA club coefficients (except the title holders, Barcelona, who were placed in Pot 1 automatically), and then drawn into eight groups of four. Teams from the same association cannot be drawn against each other. The draw was held on 25 August 2011 in Monaco.{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/0250-0c50f52cbff0-284660c12131-1000--barcelona-get-milan-in-group-stage-draw/|title=Barcelona get Milan in group stage draw|publisher=UEFA|date=25 August 2011}}

In each group, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The matchdays are 13–14 September, 27–28 September, 18–19 October, 1–2 November, 22–23 November, and 6–7 December 2011. The group winners and runners-up advanced to the round of 16, while the third-placed teams entered the round of 32 of the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League.

If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings (in descending order):

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 in the group matches played among the teams in question;
4. higher number of goals scored away from home in the group matches played among the teams in question;
5. If, after applying criteria 1) to 4) to several teams, two teams still have an equal ranking, the criteria 1) to 4) will be reapplied to determine the ranking of these teams;
6. superior goal difference from all group matches played;
7. higher number of goals scored from all group matches played;
8. higher number of coefficient points accumulated by the club in question, as well as its association, over the previous five seasons.

The 32 teams comprise 11 former winners of the European Cup/Champions League (40 titles combined), and five teams (Manchester City, Napoli, Trabzonspor, Viktoria Plzeň and Oțelul Galați) making their debut appearance in the group stage.{{cite news |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/01f4-0ea29d17cbb4-bc035e628c88-1000--eleven-former-winners-grace-group-stage-draw/ |title=Eleven former winners grace group stage draw |website=UEFA |date=24 August 2011 }} Eighteen UEFA member associations are represented in this group stage: England and Spain by four clubs, Italy, Germany and France by three, Russia and Portugal by two, while eleven associations are represented by one club, which are all domestic champions except Trabzonspor, which replaced Fenerbahçe due to match-fixing allegations.

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In the knockout phase, teams play against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis, except for the one-match final.

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 team 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 onwards, there are no seedings, and teams from the same group or the same association may be drawn with each other.

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Statistics exclude qualifying rounds and play-off round.

Source:{{cite web |url=http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2012/statistics/round=2000263/players/type=topscorers/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110924071814/http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2012/statistics/round=2000263/players/type=topscorers/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=24 September 2011 |title=Statistics — Tournament phase — Goals scored |work=UEFA |access-date=28 September 2011 }}

• 2011–12 UEFA Europa League
• 2012 FIFA Club World Cup
• 2012 UEFA Super Cup
• 2011–12 UEFA Women's Champions League

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• [https://web.archive.org/web/20110618041734/http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2012/matches/all/index.html 2011–12 All matches – season at UEFA website]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20110618015743/http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2012/index.html 2011–12 UEFA Champions League], UEFA.com
• All scorers 2011–12 UEFA Champions League (excluding qualifying round) according to [https://web.archive.org/web/20110924071814/http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2012/statistics/round=2000263/players/type=topscorers/index.html protocols UEFA] + all scorers [https://web.archive.org/web/20110726144320/http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2012/statistics/round=2000259/players/type=topscorers/index.html qualifying round]
• [http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/ucl/history/season=2012/intro.html 2011/12 UEFA Champions League]{{dead link|date=March 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} – results and line-ups (archive)

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