2009–10 UEFA Women's Champions League explained

Tourney Name:UEFA Women's Champions League
Year:2009–10
Size:300px
Dates:30 July 2009 – 20 May 2010[1]
Num Teams:53
Confederations:44
Champion Other: Turbine Potsdam
Count:2
Second Other: Lyon
Matches:103
Goals:428
Top Scorer: Vanessa Bürki (11)[2]
Updated:17 March 2010
Prevseason:2008–09
Nextseason:2010–11

The UEFA Women's Champions League 2009–10 was the first edition of the newly branded tournament, and the ninth edition of a UEFA tournament for women's champion football clubs.

For the first time the top 8 leagues of the UEFA were awarded two entry places in this year's season. Germany even got 3 entries, as FCR 2001 Duisburg finished outside the top 2 in Germany's league but gained entry as the title holder.

Teams

Round of 32
Duisburg Turbine Potsdam[3] Umeå[4] Arsenal[5]
Lyon[6] Fortuna Hjørring[7] Zvezda 2005 Perm[8] Røa[9]
Bardolino[10] Valur[11] Universitet Vitebsk[12] AZ[13]
Rayo Vallecano[14] Sparta Praha[15] Neulengbach[16] Standard Liège[17]
Alma[18] Unia Racibórz[19] Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv[20] Zürich[21]
Viktória[22] Honka
Qualifying round
Bayern Munich Linköping Everton Montpellier[23]
Brøndby Rossiyanka Team Strømmen Torres
Roma Calfa Maccabi Holon CFF Clujana[24] Glasgow City
1° Dezembro NSA Sofia ŽNK Krka Slovan Duslo Sala
Cardiff City Osijek Gintra Universitetas Tikvesanka
KÍ Klaksvík St Francis Glentoran Apollon Limassol
Levadia Tallinn Norchi Dinamoeli Birkirkara Trabzonspor

Qualifying round

The draw was made on 24 June 2009.[25] Teams marked (H) hosted a mini-league. The winners of each group qualified for the next round.

Group A

Matches were played at City Stadium, Šiauliai and at the Aukštaitija Stadium, Panevėžys.

30 July 2009
Bayern Munich5–2Glasgow City
J. Ross
Littlejohn

Gintra Universitetas7–1Norchi
Kvaliashvili



1 August 2009
Bayern Munich19–0Norchi
Glasgow City2–0Gintra Universitetas
4 August 2009
Gintra Universitetas0–8Bayern Munich
Norchi0–9Glasgow City

Group B

Matches were played at Mladost Stadium, Strumica and Kukuš Stadium, Turnovo.

30 July 2009
Montpellier2–0
NSA5–0Tikvesanka
1 August 2009
Montpellier7–1Tikvesanka
1–2NSA
4 August 2009
NSA0–3Montpellier
4–2Tikvesanka

Group C

Matches were played at Brøndby IF's bane 2 and Brøndby Stadium.

30 July 2009
1° Dezembro10–0Birkirkara
Brøndby5–0Cardiff
1 August 2009
Cardiff0–31° Dezembro
Brøndby6–0Birkirkara
4 August 2009
1° Dezembro0–1Brøndby
Birkirkara1–10Cardiff

Group D

Matches were played at Matija Gubec Stadium, Krško and Ivančna Gorica Stadium, Ivančna Gorica.

30 July 2009
Torres1–0Slovan
Krka0–2Trabzonspor
1 August 2009
Torres9–0Trabzonspor
Slovan2–2Krka
4 August 2009
Krka0–3Torres
Slovan2–1Trabzonspor

Group E

Matches were played at Folkungavallen, Linköping.

30 July 2009
Clujana1–0Glentoran
Linköping11–0Roma Calfa
1 August 2009
Roma Calfa0–9Clujana
Linköping3–0Glentoran
4 August 2009
Clujana0–6Linköping
Glentoran2–0Roma Calfa

Group F

Matches were played at Tsirion Stadium, Limassol and Pafiako Stadium, Paphos.

30 July 2009
Rossiyanka11–0St Francis
Maccabi Holon0–4Apollon
1 August 2009
Rossiyanka1–0Apollon
St Francis0–2Maccabi Holon
4 August 2009
Maccabi Holon0–7Rossiyanka
St Francis0–2Apollon

Group G

Matches were played at Gradski vrt, Osijek and Stadion Cibalia, Vinkovci.

30 July 2009
Everton3–1Osijek
Team Strømmen5–0Levadia
1 August 2009
Everton7–0Levadia
Osijek0–9Team Strømmen
4 August 2009
Team Strømmen0–1Everton
Osijek1–4Levadia

Main round

Round of 32

The 16 seeded teams were drawn one opponent each from the pool of 16 unseeded teams. Teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other. The seeded team played the second leg at home.[26] Matches were played on 30 September and 7 October.

Round of 16

From this round onwards, there was no seeding, and clubs from the same association could be drawn against each other. The drawing for this round was held immediately after the drawing for the round of 32. Therefore, instead of drawing specific teams matches were drawn with the winners playing each other in this round.[26] Matches were played on 4–5 November and 11–12 November.

Quarter-finals

Matches were played on 10 March and 14–17 March.

First leg

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Second leg

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Semi-finals

Matches were played on 10–11 April and 17–18 April 2010.

First leg

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Second leg

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Final

See main article: 2010 UEFA Women's Champions League Final.

Top goalscorers

The top goal scorers including qualifying rounds were:

Rank Player Team Goals
1 11
2 Linköping 10
3 Inka GringsDuisburg9
Kim LittleArsenal
Anja MittagTurbine Potsdam

Round dates

PhaseRoundFirst legSecond leg
Qualifying roundGroup stage30 July 2009 – 4 August 2009
Knockout stageRound of 32 30 September 20097 October 2009
Round of 16 4 November 200911 November 2009
Quarter-final10 March 201017 March 2010
Semi-final 10 April or 11 April 201017 April or 18 April 2010
Final20 May 2010

Notes and References

  1. News: Women's Champions League details confirmed . 2008-12-11 . 2009-05-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090403013830/http://www.uefa.com/competitions/womencup/news/kind%3D1/newsid%3D814003.html . 3 April 2009 . live .
  2. Web site: Bayern's Bürki takes top scorer prize. 20 May 2010.
  3. https://www.faz.net/s/RubFB1F9CD53135470AA600A7D04B278528/Doc~EE6E7E3E8195F484DAA87C357D92B5A8C~ATpl~Ecommon~Scontent.html Frauenfußball: Turbine Potsdam ist deutscher Meister 2009
  4. http://www.livescore.scoreradar.com/statistics/svd/main.php?page=guth_statistics_tablecontents&tableid=1975&id=1975&language=se Damallsvenskan 2008
  5. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/women/8040909.stm Arsenal Ladies seal league title
  6. http://www.football365.fr/france/equipe-de-france/feminines/article_316870_D1-Feminine-Lyon-champion.shtml D1 Féminine : Lyon champion - Féminines - Football 365, toute l'actualité du foot:
  7. http://www.dr.dk/Sporten/Fodbold/2009/06/13/152349.htm Fortuna stødte Brøndby fra tronen
  8. http://www.womenfootball.ru/champ/2008/champ_2008.html Чемпионат России 2008 по футболу среди женских команд ::: Women Football ::::
  9. http://nrksport.no/fotball/toppserien/?sesong=2008 Toppserien 2008
  10. http://www.tuttosport.com/calcio/legapro_serie_d/2009/05/09-27017/Donne,+Bardolino-Torres+1-0:+%C3%A8+il+quarto+scudetto Donne, Bardolino-Torres 1-0: è il quarto scudetto
  11. http://www.mbl.is/mm/sport/landsbankadeild/2008/09/13/valur_islandsmeistari_2008/ Valur Íslandsmeistari 2008
  12. http://www.bff.by/sorev/chempzhen/ ЧЕМПИОНАТ РЕСПУБЛИКИ БЕЛАРУСЬ
  13. http://www.knvb.nl/archief/clubs/knvb.nl_clubs__competities/vrouwen_azprolongeren_landstitel Vrouwen AZ prolongeren landstitel
  14. http://www.marca.com/2009/04/30/futbol/mas_futbol/1241104881.html El Rayo Vallecano viaja a Málaga a cantar el alirón
  15. http://nv.fotbal.cz/zensky-fotbal/souteze/souteze.asp?soutez=005J1A FOTBAL.CZ - Soutěže žen:
  16. https://archive.today/20120529003814/http://www.fussballoesterreich.at/fv/datenservice/selectDatenservice.pu;jsessionid=8CD4C5D63E5F5A19391BD8A817161F41.ppc1c1?entry_id=101205 |529104126666656872&awVerband=O_&selectionInfo=100253|128560468990303229,100066|467327102983838145,101205|491063106869743416,-2,1,O#now ÖFB Frauenliga, Oberes Play-Off
  17. http://www.demorgen.be/dm/nl/3325/Eerste-Klasse/article/detail/856664/2009/05/17/Standard-Femina-landskampioen.dhtml Standard Femina landskampioen
  18. http://www.kff.kz/2131 Чемпионат Казахстана среди женских команд 2008 год — Женский футбол — Федерация Футбола Казахстана:
  19. http://miasta.gazeta.pl/katowice/1,35024,6617529,Pilkarki_Unii_Raciborz_mistrzyniami_Polski.html Piłkarki Unii Racibórz mistrzyniami Polski
  20. http://wfc-naftokhimik.at.ua/index/0-14 Жіночий футбольний клуб "Нафтохімік", неофіційний сайт - Головна сторінка:
  21. https://archive.today/20120527070644/http://www.sportalplus.com/sportch/generated/article/tnt_fussball/2009/05/16/8311200000.html FCZ Frauen sind Schweizer Meister
  22. http://www.oddsen.nu/index.php?page=stat&p=leagues&country=Hungary&lid=2312 Oddsen.nu - Statistikk - Hungary - Nöi NB I
  23. http://www.oddsen.nu/index.php?page=stat&p=leagues&country=France&lid=2331 Oddsen.nu Statistikk - France - Feminine Division 1 Stats:
  24. http://www.smartfotbal.ro/clasamente.php?category=feminin Smart Fotbal. Campionatul Nationalul de Fotbal Feminin
  25. http://www.uefa.com/competitions/womencup/news/kind=1/newsid=840849.html Brøndby and Bayern learn qualifying fate
  26. Web site: Draw ceremony, 2009/10 UEFA Women's Champions League . . 2009 . 2009-10-08 .
  27. http://en.uefa.com/womenschampionsleague/news/newsid=1454617.html#lyon+appeal Lyon restored to Women's Champions League