Introduction There could be a record number of faces in the celebration photo but they are all happy ones, as FC Internazionale Milano end a 45-year wait by taking the trophy after their 2-0 win against FC Bayern München in the competition’s first Saturday final. PHOTO: PEDRO ARMESTRE / AFP / GETTY IMAGES Season 2010/2011 Contents Results: 2010/11 First & Second Qualifying Rounds 4 Results: 2010/11 Third Qualifying Round 7 Results: 2010/11 Play-off Matches 10 Match Schedule – Group Stage 12 Records in Europe – Club by Club 16 Regulations – Season 2010/11 24 Club Media Accreditation Managers 26 Footnote: for brevity, the UEFA Champions League is referred to in its abbreviated form of UCL; the UEFA Europa League is, where space is at a premium, referred to as UEL; the World Cup as WC; the Premier League as PL; the Bundesliga as BL etc. If fewer than 25 player profiles appear in the club sections, it is usually because the club in question has been unable to fulfil quotas of club- trained and association-trained players to register a full squad; and all statistics relating to player appearances and goals are as of 15 July 2010 unless otherwise stated. 2 Foreword UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2010/11 The eighteenth edition of the UEFA Champions League illustrates how the re-design of the qualifying and play-off rounds successfully offers opportunities to a broad spectrum of clubs. Even after so many years, the starting grid featured six debutants, including newcomers from top European leagues such as England, the Netherlands or Portugal. Only a dozen of the 2010/11 participants had taken part in the previous campaign. Slovak side MSK Zilina and Serbia’s FK Partizan played their way through from the second qualifying round, meaning that they disputed as many games on their way to the group stage as they were going to during it. The Belgrade club was one of several who were returning to the competition after lengthy absences, having previously taken the stage during the 2003/04 campaign. FC København, by eliminating one of the UEFA Champions League ‘classics’, Norway’s Rosenborg BK, in the play-offs, returned to the group stage for the first time since the 2006/07 season. In the meantime, AFC Ajax were back for the first time in five years and AJ Auxerre were competing for the first time since 2002/03. The fact that the Dutch and the French emerged from draw in the same group evoked memories of the 1996/97 season when the two clubs crossed paths with Louis van Gaal and Guy Roux on the benches with, as it happens, Walter Smith of Rangers FC and Christian Gross of Grasshopper-Club as their other two group rivals. For the second time, the play-offs at the end of August formed part of the centrally- marketed package – and, in terms of offering sheer drama and excitement to a global public, the move could be regarded as a complete success. Looking back on the other major innovation of the 2009/10 campaign, the decision to switch the final from midweek to a Saturday evening was also hailed as an unqualified success which, as a bonus, opened the door to a complete week of activities – ranging from grassroots levels to the big finals in, for the first time, both the women’s and the men’s UEFA Champions Leagues. The objective is to build on these successes in the 2010/11 season which will reach its climax in London and, more particularly, the new Wembley Stadium where two of the 32 contestants will take the field for club football’s grand finale on Saturday 28 May 2011. This edition of the UEFA Champions League’s annual Statistics Handbook introduces the players who will be on teamsheets as the 32 clubs dispute the 124 matches played on the road to Wembley. 3 First & Second Qualifying Rounds Season 2010/11 FIRST QUALIFYING ROUND FIRST LEG 29/30 JUNE 2010 SECOND LEG 6/7 JULY 2010 FC Santa Coloma 0 - 3* Birkirkara FC Birkirkara FC 4 - 3 FC Santa Coloma * Forfait - Galea 10, 31 Att: 878 Urbani 21, 85 Match abandoned Cilia 35, 45+2 Ref: Robert Jiménez 45 due to unfit pitch Maddon (SCO) Birkirkara FC win 7-3 on penalties SP Tre Fiori 0 - 3 FK Rudar Pljevlja FK Rudar Pljevlja 4 - 1 SP Tre Fiori Att: 681 Usevi 31 Randjelovic 7, 67 Att: 400 Vannoni 29 Ref: Alan Vlahovic 40 Vlahovic 83 Ref: Ghennadi Mario Sant Jovanovic 90+5 Jovanovic 85 Sidenco (MLT) (MDA) FK Rudar Pljevlja win 7-1 on aggregate SECOND QUALIFYING ROUND FIRST LEG 13/14 JULY 2010 SECOND LEG 20/21 JULY 2010 Birkirkara FC 1 - 0 MŠK Žilina MŠK Žilina 3 - 0 Birkirkara FC Vukanac 1 Att: 600 Piacek 21 Att: 5,511 Ref: Simon Lietava 77 Ref: Zsolt Lee Evans Oravec 90+2 Szaba (WAL) (HUN) MŠK Žilina win 3-1 on aggregate FC Salzburg 5 - 0 HB Tórshavn HB Tórshavn 1 - 0 FC Salzburg Zarate 21 Att: 9,100 Samuelsen 73 Att: 250 Jantscher 43 Ref: Igor Ref: Tony Ulmer 46 Satchi Asumaa Wallner 64 (MDA) (FIN) Hierländer 82 FC Salzburg win 5-1 on aggregate SK Liepäjas Metalurgs 0 - 3 AC Sparta Praha AC Sparta Praha 2 - 0 SK Liepäjas Metalurgs Att: 3,300 Kadlec 37 Matejovsky 12 Att: 8,025 Ref: René Wilfried 51, 58 Zeman 43 Ref: Marijo Eisner Strahonja (AUT) (CRO) AC Sparta Praha win 5-0 on aggregate FC Levadia Tallinn 1 - 1 Debreceni VSC Debreceni VSC 3 - 2 FC Levadia Tallinn Neemelo 59 Att: 1,800 Rezes 90 Coulibaly 24 Att: 7,500 Nahk 3 Ref: Alexey Marengono 32 Ref: Tom Leitan 53 Kulbakov Szakály 55 Harald Hagen (RUS) (NOR) Debreceni VSC win 4-3 on aggregate 4 Second Qualifying Round Season 2010/11 SECOND QUALIFYING ROUND FIRST LEG 13/14 JULY 2010 SECOND LEG 20/21 JULY 2010 AIK 1 - 0 AS Jeunesse Esch AS Jeunesse Esch 0 - 0 AIK Engblom 54 Att: 11,515 Att: 1,568 Ref: Hubert Ref: Huw Siejewicz Jones (POL) (WAL) AIK win 1-0 on aggregate Bohemian FC 1 - 0 The New Saints FC The New Saints FC 4 - 0 Bohemian FC Brennan 66 Att: 2,500 Jones 6 Att: 1,056 Ref: Bas Williams 14, 73 Ref: Istvan Hendrikus Sharp 20 Vad (NED) (HUN) The New Saints FC win 4-1 on aggregate FC Inter Bakı 0 - 1 KKS Lech Poznań KKS Lech Poznań 0 - 1 FC Inter Bakı Att: 7,000 Wichniarek 47 Att: 13,700 Karlsons 84 Ref: Sascha Ref: Milorad Kever Mažić (SUI) (SRB) Aggregate: 1-1 after extra-time / KKS Lech Poznań win 9-8 on penalties PFC Lovech 1 - 0 FK Rudar Pljevlja FK Rudar Pljevlja 0 - 4 PFC Lovech Popov 8 Att: 6,970 Att: 2,137 Niflore 28 Ref: Pavel Ref: Stanislav Jelenković 39 Osiak Sukhina Bratu 74, 90 (SVK) (RUS) PFC Lovech win 5-0 on aggregate AC Omonia 3 - 0 FK Renova FK Renova 0 - 2 AC Omonia Konstantinou 7 (p), 62 Att: 13,400 Att: 600 Aloneftis 15 Davidson 29 Ref: Libor Ref: Duarte Nuno Marcolini 24 Kovarik Pereira Gomes (CZE) (POR) AC Omonia win 5-0 on aggregate NK Dinamo Zagreb 5 - 1 FC Koper FC Koper 3 - 0 NK Dinamo Zagreb Mandžukić 31, 63 Att: 10,000 Bubanja 11 Handanagic 11 Att: 720 Slepička 38 Ref: Thorsten Guberac 54 Ref: Luca Sammir 77 Kinhöfer Brulc 57 (p) Banti Etto 81 (GER) (ITA) NK Dinamo Zagreb win 5-4 on aggregate Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC 5 - 0 FK Željezničar FK Željezničar 0 - 1 Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC Lala 10, 31, 38 Att: 12,000 Att: 4,500 Da Silva 76 Shivhon 12 Ref: Mark Ref: Carlos Own Goal - Beslija 28 Clattenburg Clos Gomez (ENG) (ESP) Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC win 6-0 on aggregate 5 Second Qualifying Round Season 2010/11 SECOND QUALIFYING ROUND FIRST LEG 13/14 JULY 2010 SECOND LEG 20/21 JULY 2010 FC BATE Borisov 5 - 1 FH Hafnarfjördur FH Hafnarfjördur 0 - 1 FC BATE Borisov Niakhalchyk 48, 85, 88 Att: 5,200 Björnsson 89 Att: 522 Radzionau 15 Bressan 58 Ref: Anastassios Ref: Hannes Radzionau 90 Kakos Kaasik (GRE) (EST) FC BATE Borisov win 6-1 on aggregate FK Ekranas 1 - 0 HJK Helsinki HJK Helsinki 2 - 0 FK Ekranas Radavicius 3 Att: 2,500 Ojala 77 Att: 6,030 Ref: Nicolai Own goal - Ref: Douglas Vollquartz Sidlauskas 119 McDonald (DEN) (SCO) HJK Helsinki win 2-1 on aggregate after extra-time Linfield FC 0 - 0 Rosenborg BK Rosenborg BK 2 - 0 Linfield FC Att: 1,800 Prica 32 Att: 6,645 Ref: Said Henriksen 87 Ref: Robert Ennjimi Schörgenhofer (FRA) (AUT) Rosenborg BK win 2-0 on aggregate FC Sheriff 3 - 1 KS Dinamo Tirana KS Dinamo Tirana 1 - 0 FC Sheriff Volkov 9 Att: 6,951 Malacarne 12 Puntinčanin 18 Att: 3,000 Nikolic 62 Ref: Daniel Ref: Leontios Ferreira 68 Stalhammer Trattou (SWE) (CYP) FC Sheriff win 3-2 on aggregate FK Partizan 3 - 1 FC Pyunik FC Pyunik 0 - 1 FK Partizan Tomić 29 Att: 11,134 Yedigaryan 30 Att: 4,500 Cleo 45+4 Moreira 45+1 Ref: Tommy Ref: Marcin Cleo 59 Skjerven Borski (NOR) (POL) FK Partizan win 4-1 on aggregate FK Aktobe 2 - 0 FC Olimpi Rustavi FC Olimpi Rustavi 1 - 1 FK Aktobe Smakov 40 (p), 53 Att: 11,500 Rekhvishvili 30 Att: 4,200 Tieshev 90 Ref: Bülent Ref: Alexandru Yilderim Deacontu (TUR) (ROU) FK Aktobe win 3-1 on aggregate 6 Third Qualifying Round Season 2010/11 THIRD QUALIFYING ROUND FIRST LEG 27/28 JULY 2010 SECOND LEG 3/4 AUGUST 2010 CHAMPIONS ROUTE AC Omonia 1 - 1 FC Salzburg FC Salzburg 4 - 1 AC Omonia Lualua 90+1 (p) Att: 16,777 Zarate 8 Svento 21 Att: 14,400 Rengifo 90 Ref: Istvan Schiemer 37, 40 Ref: Stefan Vad Boghossian 90 Johannesson (HUN) (SWE) FC Salzburg win 5-2 on aggregate The New Saints FC 1 - 3 RSC Anderlecht RSC Anderlecht 3 - 0 The New Saints FC Jones 52 Att: 2,486 Kljestan 7 De Sutter 17 Att: 19,338 Ref: Darko Legear 18 Lukaku 69, 74 Ref: Pavel Čeferin Suárez 73 Cristian Balai (SVN) (ROU) RSC Anderlecht win 6-1 on aggregate PFC Litex Lovech 1 - 1 MŠK Žilina MŠK Žilina 3 - 1 PFC Litex Lovech Wellington 78 Att: 5,920 Majtan 65 Rilke 52 Att: 8,123 Sandrinho 50 Ref: Kristinn Oravec 70 Ref: Thomas Jakobsson Ceesay 84 Einwaller (ISL) (AUT) MŠK Žilina win 4-2 on aggregate AC Sparta Praha 1 - 0 KKS Lech Poznań KKS Lech Poznań 0 - 1 AC Sparta Praha Brabec 75 Att: 14,588 Att: 13,200 Kladrubsky 50 (p) Ref: