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The 2010–11 UEFA Champions League will be the 56th edition of the European Club Championship football tournament and the second edition under the latest qualifying format. The final venue will be Wembley Stadium in London, England.

Association team allocation
A total of 76 teams will participate in the 2010–11 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 from the 2009–10 season will be guaranteed a place in the group stage, even if they do not obtain a qualifying place through their domestic league.

The allocation system may change slightly depending on the title holder's domestic placing.

The UEFA ranking 2009 determines the allocation of places for the 2010–11 Champions League. Below is the qualification scheme:


 * 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)

Distribution
First qualifying round
 * Six champions from associations 48–53

Second qualifying round
 * Three winners from the first qualifying round
 * 31 champions from associations 16–47 (excluding Liechtenstein)

Third qualifying round for champions
 * 17 winners from the second qualifying round
 * Three champions from associations 13–15

Play-off round for champions
 * 10 winners from the third qualifying round for champions

Third qualifying round for non-champions
 * Runners-up from associations 7–15
 * Third-placed team from association 6

Play-off round for non-champions
 * Five winners from the third qualifying round for non-champions
 * Third-placed teams from associations 4 and 5
 * Fourth-placed teams from associations 1–3

Group stage (32 teams)
 * Five winners from the play-off round for champions
 * Five winners from the play-off round for non-champions
 * 1st, 2nd and 3rd placed teams from associations 1–3
 * First- and second-placed teams from associations 4–6
 * First-placed teams from associations 7–12
 * Title holder

Teams
League positions of the previous season shown in parentheses.

TH Title Holder

The Title-Holder
The winner of the 2009-10 Champions League is guaranteed an entry into the group stage of the 2010-11 competition. The default team allocation system is constructed under the assumption that the Title Holder has not already qualified for the Champions League by other means and does not come from an association which has the maximum 4 Champions League places. However, this is frequently not the case. The allocation of teams across the qualification rounds may have to be adjusted accordingly.

The 2009-10 Champions League is currently at the semi-final stage. Given the remaining teams' nationalities and current positions in their domestic leagues, there are three possibilities concerning the use of the Title Holder spot in the 2010-11 season:


 * The Title Holder does not qualify for the Champions League domestically and comes from an association with 3 or fewer Champions League entries
 * The Title Holder is entered into the group stage, and no changes to the allocation of teams is necessary.


 * The Title Holder also qualifies for the Best-placed team Play-off round
 * The Title Holder club is entered directly into the group stage,


 * To compensate:
 * 🇷🇺 Zenit St. Petersburg and 🇺🇦 Runners-up of 2009–10 Ukrainian Premier League are entered into the Best-placed team Play-off round


 * The Title Holder already qualifies for the group stage through their domestic league placing
 * The Title Holder club remains in the group stage.
 * To compensate:
 * Champions of 2009–10 Scottish Premier League are entered into the group stage,


 * Champions of 2009–10 Danish Superliga are entered into the third qualifying round for champions,


 * 🇫🇴 HB Tórshavn and 🇱🇺 Champions of 2009–10 Luxembourg National Division are entered into the second qualifying round

Round and draw dates
All draws held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland unless stated otherwise.

Qualifying rounds
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 will be for teams who did not win their domestic league and did not automatically qualify for the group stage. <!--

First qualifying round
The following 6 teams are expected to compete in the first qualifying round:


 * 🇫🇴 HB Tórshavn
 * 🇱🇺 Champions of the 2009–10 Luxembourg National Division
 * 🇲🇪 Champions of the 2009–10 Montenegrin First League


 * 🇦🇩 FC Santa Coloma
 * 🇲🇹 Champions of the 2009–10 Maltese Premier League
 * 🇸🇲 Champions of the 2009–10 Campionato Sammarinese di Calcio

Second qualifying round
The following 31 teams are expected to enter in the second qualifying round, joined by the three winners from the first qualifying round:


 * Champions of the 2009–10 Danish Super League
 * 🇧🇬 Champions of the 2009–10 A PFG
 * 🇨🇿 Champions of the 2009–10 Czech First Division
 * 🇳🇴 Rosenborg
 * 🇦🇹 Champions of the 2009–10 Austrian Bundesliga
 * 🇷🇸 Champions of the 2009–10 Serbian Super League
 * 🇮🇱 Champions of the 2009–10 Israeli Premier League
 * 🇨🇾 Champions of the 2009–10 Cypriot First Division
 * 🇸🇪 AIK
 * 🇸🇰 Champions of the 2009–10 Slovak Super League
 * 🇵🇱 Champions of the 2009–10 Polish Premier League
 * Champions of the 2009-10 Croatian Premier League
 * 🇫🇮 HJK Helsinki
 * 🇱🇹 Ekranas
 * 🇮🇪 Bohemians
 * 🇱🇻 Liepājas Metalurgs


 * 🇸🇮 Champions of the 2009–10 Slovenian Premier League
 * 🇧🇾 BATE
 * 🇧🇦 Champions of the 2009–10 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina
 * 🇭🇺 Champions of the 2009–10 Hungarian National Championship I
 * 🇮🇸 FH
 * 🇲🇩 Champions of the 2009–10 Moldovan National Division
 * Champions of the 2009–10 Umaglesi Liga
 * 🇲🇰 Champions of the 2009–10 Macedonian Premier League
 * 🇦🇿 Champions of the 2009–10 Azerbaijan Premier League
 * 🇪🇪 Levadia
 * 🇦🇱 Champions of the 2009–10 Albanian Super League
 * 🇰🇿 Aktobe
 * 🇦🇲 Pyunik
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Champions of the 2009–10 Welsh Premier League
 * Champions of the 2009–10 IFA Premiership

Third qualifying round
The following teams are expected to compete in the third qualifying round:

For champions

 * Champions of the 2009–10 Scottish Premier LeagueNote 1
 * 🇧🇪 Champions of the 2009–10 Belgian First Division
 * Champions of the 2009–10 Swiss Super League

For best-placed team

 * 🇷🇺 Zenit St. Petersburg
 * 🇺🇦 Runners-up of the 2009–10 Ukrainian Premier LeagueNote 2
 * Runners-up of the 2009–10 Dutch Premier LeagueNote 3
 * Runners-up of the 2009–10 Liga I
 * Runners-up of the 2009–10 Portuguese Liga


 * 🇹🇷 Runners-up of the 2009–10 Turkish Super league
 * Playoff Group winners of the 2009–10 Super League Greece
 * Runners-up of the 2009–10 Scottish Premier LeagueNote 1
 * 🇧🇪 Runners-up of the 2009–10 Belgian First Division
 * Runners-up of the 2009–10 Swiss Super League

Champions Play-off
The 10 winners of the third qualifying round will compete in the play-off round for Champions.

Best-placed team Play-off
The following teams will enter in the play-off round, joined by the 5 winners of the Best-placed team qualifying round:


 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Fourth placed team of 2009–10 Premier LeagueNote 4
 * 🇪🇸 Fourth placed team of 2009–10 La Liga
 * 🇮🇹 Fourth placed team of 2009–10 Serie ANote 5


 * 🇩🇪 Third placed team of 2009–10 Fußball-Bundesliga
 * 🇫🇷 Third placed team of 2009–10 Ligue 1

Group stage
The following teams are expected to compete, along with all 10 winners of the Play-off round (5 champions + 5 non-champions), in the group stage of the Champions League:


 * [[Image:Championsleague.svg|12px|Title holder]] Defending champions
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Chelsea
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 First or Second placed team of the 2009–10 Premier LeagueNote 4
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Second or Third placed team of the 2009–10 Premier LeagueNote 4
 * 🇪🇸 Barcelona
 * 🇪🇸 Real Madrid
 * 🇪🇸 Third placed team of the 2009–10 La Liga
 * 🇮🇹 Internazionale
 * 🇮🇹 First or Second placed team of the 2009–10 Serie ANote 5
 * 🇮🇹 Second or Third placed team of the 2009–10 Serie ANote 5
 * 🇩🇪 Champions of the 2009–10 Fußball-Bundesliga
 * 🇩🇪 Runners-up of the 2009–10 Fußball-Bundesliga
 * 🇫🇷 Champions of the 2009–10 Ligue 1
 * 🇫🇷 Runners-up of the 2009–10 Ligue 1
 * 🇷🇺 Rubin Kazan
 * 🇷🇺 Spartak Moscow
 * 🇺🇦 Champions of the 2009–10 Ukrainian Premier LeagueNote 2
 * Champions of the 2009–10 Dutch Premier LeagueNote 3
 * 🇷🇴 Champions of the 2009–10 Liga I
 * Champions of the 2009–10 Portuguese Liga
 * 🇹🇷 Champions of the 2009–10 Turkish Super League
 * Panathinaikos

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