UEFA Champions League 2009-10
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The UEFA Champions League 2009-10 will be the 55th edition of the European Club Championship football tournament and the first edition under a new format. The final will be played on May 22, 2010, at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, home ground of Real Madrid, in Madrid, Spain.[1] This year's tournament will be the first to feature a Saturday night final.
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[edit] Stadium for the final
The final itself will be the seventh time the UEFA Champions League Final has been held in Spain and the fourth time it is to be held at the Bernabéu. The previous three finals held there were:
- 1957 - Real Madrid 2–0 Fiorentina
- 1969 - Milan 4–1 Ajax
- 1980 - Nottingham Forest 1–0 Hamburg
[edit] Association team allocation
A total of 76 teams will participate in the 2009-2010 Champions League, from 52 UEFA associations (Liechtenstein organizes no domestic league competition). Countries are allocated places according to their UEFA league co-efficient.
The Champions League title holder 2008-09 will be guaranteed a place in the group stage, even if they do not obtain a qualifying place through their domestic league. They will do this at the expense of their association's lowest placed qualifier, whom will join the UEFA cup as a result.
The allocation system may change slightly depending on the title holder's domestic placing.
Preliminary list of UEFA Country Ranking for 2009-2010 season can be found at Bert Kassies' website. The UEFA ranking determines the number of teams competing in the season after the next, not in the first season after the publication of the ranking. Thus, the 2008 ranking determines the proportion in 2009–10, not 2008–09.
Below is the qualification scheme for the 2009-2010 Champions League:
- Associations 1-3 each have 4 teams qualify
- Associations 4-6 each have 3 teams qualify
- Associations 7-15 each have 2 teams qualify
- Associations 16-53 each have 1 team qualify (excluding Liechtenstein)
Preliminary qualifying round
- 6 champions from associations 48-53
First qualifying round
- 3 winners from the preliminary qualifying round
- 31 champions from associations 16-47 (excluding Liechtenstein)
Second qualifying round for champions
- 17 winners from the first qualifying round
- 3 champions from associations 13-15
Third qualifying round for champions
- 10 winners from the second qualifying round for champions
Second qualifying round for non-champions
- Runners-up from associations 7-15
- 3rd placed team from association 6
Third qualifying round for non-champions
- 5 winners from the second qualifying round for non-champions
- 3rd placed teams from associations 4 and 5
- 4th placed teams from associations 1-3
Group stage: (32 teams)
- 5 winners from the third qualifying round for champions
- 5 winners from the third qualifying round for non-champions
- 1st, 2nd and 3rd placed teams from associations 1-3
- 1st and 2nd placed teams from associations 4-6
- 1st placed teams from associations 7-12
- defending champion
[edit] Qualifying rounds
In a new system for the Champions League, there will be two separate qualifying tournaments. One will be for the Champion clubs who did not automatically qualify for the group stage. The other is for teams who did not win their domestic league and did not automatically qualify for the group stage.
[edit] Champions Qualifying
[edit] Preliminary qualifying round
The following teams are expected to compete in the preliminary qualifying round:
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[edit] First qualifying round
The following teams are expected to enter in the First Qualifying Round, joined by the 3 winners of the preliminary round:
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[edit] Second qualifying round for Champions
The following teams are expected to enter in the Second Qualifying Round, joined by the 17 winners of the First Qualifying Round:
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Champions of Jupiler League 2008-09
Champions of Super League Greece 2008-09
Champions of Gambrinus liga 2008-09
[edit] Third qualifying round for Champions
The 10 winners of the Second Qualifying Round will compete in the Third Qualifying Round for Champions.
[edit] Non-Champions Qualifying
[edit] Second qualifying round for Non-Champions
The following teams are expected to compete in the Second Qualifying Round for Non-Champions:
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[edit] Third qualifying round for Non-Champions
The following teams are expected to enter in the Third Qualifying Round, joined by the 5 winners of the Second Qualifying Round for Non-Champions:
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[edit] Group stage
The following teams are expected to compete, along with all 10 winners of the Third qualifying round (5 champions + 5 non-champions), in the group stage of the Champions League:
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