# 2011–12 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round

This article details the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round.
All times are CEST (UTC+02:00).

## Round and draw dates

All draws held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.
| Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
| First qualifying round | 20 June 2011 | 28–29 June 2011 | 5–6 July 2011 |
| Second qualifying round | 20 June 2011 | 12–13 July 2011 | 19–20 July 2011 |
| Third qualifying round | 15 July 2011 | 26–27 July 2011 | 2–3 August 2011 |
| Play-off round | 5 August 2011 | 16–17 August 2011 | 23–24 August 2011 |

## Format

There are two routes which the teams are separated into during qualifying:
* Champions Route, which includes all domestic champions which did not automatically qualify for the group stage.
* League Route (also called the Non-champions Path or the Best-placed Path), which includes all non-domestic champions which did not automatically qualify for the group stage.
Each tie is played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that has the higher aggregate score over the two legs progresses to the next round. In the event that aggregate scores finish level, the away goals rule is applied, i.e. the team that scored more goals away from home over the two legs progresses. If away goals are also equal, then 30 minutes of extra time are played, divided into two 15-minute halves. The away goals rule is again applied after extra time, i.e. if there are goals scored during extra time and the aggregate score is still level, the visiting team qualifies by virtue of more away goals scored. If no goals are scored during extra time, the tie is decided by penalty shoot-out.
In the draw for each round, teams are seeded based on their 2011 UEFA club coefficients, with the teams divided into seeded and unseeded pots. A seeded team is drawn against an unseeded team, with the order of legs in each tie decided randomly. Due to the limited time between matches, the draws for the second and third qualifying rounds take place before the results of the previous round are known. The seeding in each draw is carried out under the assumption that all of the highest-ranked clubs of the previous round are victorious. If a lower-ranked club is victorious, it simply takes the place of its defeated opponent in the next round. Prior to the draw, UEFA may form "groups" in accordance with the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee, but they are purely for convenience of the draw and do not resemble any real groupings in the sense of the competition, while ensuring that teams from the same association are not drawn against each other.

## Teams

Below are the 54 teams (39 in Champions Route, 15 in League Route) involved in the qualifying phase and play-off round, grouped by their starting rounds. The 10 winners of the play-off round (5 in Champions Route, 5 in League Route) qualify for the group stage to join the 22 automatic qualifiers. The losing teams from the third qualifying round and the play-off round enter the Europa League play-off round and group stage respectively.
* Key to colours
* Qualified for the group stage
* Eliminated in the play-off round; Advanced to the Europa League group stage
* Eliminated in the third qualifying round; Advanced to the Europa League play-off round

### Champions Route

Third qualifying round :
| Team | Coeff |
| Rangers | 56.028 |
| Copenhagen | 51.110 |
| Genk | 8.400 |
Second qualifying round :
| Team | Coeff |
| BATE Borisov | 23.216 |
| Maccabi Haifa | 21.400 |
| Dinamo Zagreb | 20.224 |
| Rosenborg | 19.375 |
| Partizan | 15.850 |
| APOEL | 13.124 |
| Wisła Kraków | 10.183 |
| Sturm Graz | 8.640 |
| Litex Lovech | 8.575 |
| Slovan Bratislava | 5.899 |
| Viktoria Plzeň | 5.170 |
| Maribor | 4.224 |
| HJK | 3.793 |
| Ekranas | 3.541 |
| Zestaponi | 2.891 |
| Malmö FF | 2.825 |
| Shamrock Rovers | 2.741 |
| Dacia Chișinău | 2.549 |
| Pyunik | 2.516 |
| Borac Banja Luka | 2.324 |
| Mogren | 2.275 |
| Skonto | 2.233 |
| Videoton | 2.200 |
| Bangor City | 2.058 |
| HB | 1.783 |
| Linfield | 1.699 |
| Tobol | 1.624 |
| Flora | 1.508 |
| Breiðablik | 1.491 |
| Neftçi | 1.233 |
| Shkëndija | 1.041 |
| Skënderbeu | 0.774 |
First qualifying round :
| Team | Coeff |
| F91 Dudelange | 1.524 |
| Valletta | 1.483 |
| FC Santa Coloma | 1.200 |
| Tre Fiori | 1.183 |

### League Route

Play-off round :
| Team | Coeff |
| Bayern Munich | 118.887 |
| Arsenal | 108.157 |
| Lyon | 92.735 |
| Villarreal | 75.465 |
| Udinese | 27.110 |
Third qualifying round :
| Team | Coeff |
| Benfica | 81.319 |
| Dynamo Kyiv | 60.776 |
| Panathinaikos | 57.833 |
| Twente | 41.025 |
| Standard Liège | 32.400 |
| Rubin Kazan | 31.941 |
| Zürich | 18.980 |
| Odense | 18.610 |
| Trabzonspor | 12.010 |
| Vaslui | 10.164 |

#### Notes

* ^ Trabzonspor also qualified for the group stage after they replaced Fenerbahçe, which was suspended 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.

## First qualifying round
### Seeding

| Seeded | Unseeded |
| F91 Dudelange Valletta | FC Santa Coloma Tre Fiori |

### Summary

| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Tre Fiori | 1–5 | Valletta | 0–3 | 1–2 |
| FC Santa Coloma | 0–4 | F91 Dudelange | 0–2 | 0–2 |

### Matches

Valletta won 5–1 on aggregate.
F91 Dudelange won 4–0 on aggregate.

## Second qualifying round
### Seeding

| Group 1 | Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 2 | Group 3 | Group 3 |
| Seeded | Unseeded | Seeded | Unseeded | Seeded | Unseeded |
| Maccabi Haifa APOEL Litex Lovech Slovan Bratislava Maribor | Borac Banja Luka Mogren Tobol F91 Dudelange Skënderbeu | Dinamo Zagreb Partizan Sturm Graz Viktoria Plzeň Ekranas Zestaponi | Dacia Chișinău Pyunik Videoton Valletta Neftçi Shkëndija | BATE Borisov Rosenborg Wisła Kraków HJK Malmö FF Shamrock Rovers | Skonto Bangor City HB Linfield Flora Breiðablik |

#### Notes

* $^†$ Winners of the previous qualifying round whose identity was not known at the time of the draw.

### Summary

| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Maccabi Haifa | 7–4 | Borac Banja Luka | 5–1 | 2–3 |
| Mogren | 1–5 | Litex Lovech | 1–2 | 0–3 |
| Maribor | 5–1 | F91 Dudelange | 2–0 | 3–1 |
| Skënderbeu | 0–6 | APOEL | 0–2 | 0–4 |
| Slovan Bratislava | 3–1 | Tobol | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Sturm Graz | 4–3 | Videoton | 2–0 | 2–3 |
| Zestaponi | 3–2 | Dacia Chișinău | 3–0 | 0–2 |
| Dinamo Zagreb | 3–0 | Neftçi | 3–0 | 0–0 |
| Pyunik | 1–9 | Viktoria Plzeň | 0–4 | 1–5 |
| Partizan | 5–0 | Shkëndija | 4–0 | 1–0 |
| Valletta | 2–4 | Ekranas | 2–3 | 0–1 |
| Malmö FF | 3–1 | HB | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Shamrock Rovers | 1–0 | Flora | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Rosenborg | 5–2 | Breiðablik | 5–0 | 0–2 |
| Bangor City | 0–13 | HJK | 0–3 | 0–10 |
| Skonto | 0–3 | Wisła Kraków | 0–1 | 0–2 |
| Linfield | 1–3 | BATE Borisov | 1–1 | 0–2 |
* ↑ Order of legs reversed after original draw.

### Matches

Maccabi Haifa won 7–4 on aggregate.
Litex Lovech won 5–1 on aggregate.
Maribor won 5–1 on aggregate.
APOEL won 6–0 on aggregate.
Slovan Bratislava won 3–1 on aggregate.
Sturm Graz won 4–3 on aggregate.
Zestaponi won 3–2 on aggregate.
Dinamo Zagreb won 3–0 on aggregate.
Viktoria Plzeň won 9–1 on aggregate.
Partizan won 5–0 on aggregate.
Ekranas won 4–2 on aggregate.
Malmö FF won 3–1 on aggregate.
Shamrock Rovers won 1–0 on aggregate.
Rosenborg won 5–2 on aggregate.
HJK won 13–0 on aggregate.
Wisła Kraków won 3–0 on aggregate.
BATE Borisov won 3–1 on aggregate.

## Third qualifying round
### Seeding

| Champions Route | Champions Route | Champions Route | Champions Route | League Route | League Route |
| Group 1 | Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 2 | | League Route | League Route |
| Seeded | Unseeded | Seeded | Unseeded | Seeded | Unseeded |
| Copenhagen Maccabi Haifa Dinamo Zagreb APOEL Wisła Kraków | Litex Lovech Slovan Bratislava Maribor HJK Shamrock Rovers | Rangers BATE Borisov Rosenborg Partizan Sturm Graz | Genk Viktoria Plzeň Ekranas Zestaponi Malmö FF | Benfica Dynamo Kyiv Panathinaikos Twente Standard Liège | Rubin Kazan Zürich Odense Trabzonspor Vaslui |

#### Notes

* $^†$ Winners of the previous qualifying round whose identity was not known at the time of the draw.

### Summary

| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Champions Route |||||
| Litex Lovech | 2–5 | Wisła Kraków | 1–2 | 1–3 |
| Maccabi Haifa | 3–2 | Maribor | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| HJK | 1–3 | Dinamo Zagreb | 1–2 | 0–1 |
| APOEL | 2–0 | Slovan Bratislava | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| Copenhagen | 3–0 | Shamrock Rovers | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Genk | 3–2 | Partizan | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Rosenborg | 2–4 | Viktoria Plzeň | 0–1 | 2–3 |
| Zestaponi | 1–2 | Sturm Graz | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Ekranas | 1–3 | BATE Borisov | 0–0 | 1–3 |
| Rangers | 1–2 | Malmö FF | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| League Route |||||
| Standard Liège | 1–2 | Zürich | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Twente | 2–0 | Vaslui | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| Benfica | 3–1 | Trabzonspor | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Dynamo Kyiv | 1–4 | Rubin Kazan | 0–2 | 1–2 |
| Odense | 5–4 | Panathinaikos | 1–1 | 4–3 |

### Matches

Wisła Kraków won 5–2 on aggregate.
Maccabi Haifa won 3–2 on aggregate.
Dinamo Zagreb won 3–1 on aggregate.
APOEL won 2–0 on aggregate.
Copenhagen won 3–0 on aggregate.
Genk won 3–2 on aggregate.
Viktoria Plzeň won 4–2 on aggregate.
Sturm Graz won 2–1 on aggregate.
BATE Borisov won 3–1 on aggregate.
Malmö FF won 2–1 on aggregate.
Zürich won 2–1 on aggregate.
Twente won 2–0 on aggregate.
Benfica won 3–1 on aggregate.
Rubin Kazan won 4–1 on aggregate.
Odense won 5–4 on aggregate.

## Play-off round
### Seeding

| Champions Route | Champions Route | League Route | League Route |
| Seeded | Unseeded | Seeded | Unseeded |
| Copenhagen BATE Borisov Maccabi Haifa Dinamo Zagreb APOEL | Wisła Kraków Sturm Graz Genk Viktoria Plzeň Malmö FF | Bayern Munich Arsenal Lyon Benfica Villarreal | Twente Rubin Kazan Udinese Zürich Odense |

### Summary

| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Champions Route |||||
| Wisła Kraków | 2–3 | APOEL | 1–0 | 1–3 |
| Maccabi Haifa | 3–3 (1–4 p) | Genk | 2–1 | 1–2 (a.e.t.) |
| Dinamo Zagreb | 4–3 | Malmö FF | 4–1 | 0–2 |
| Copenhagen | 2–5 | Viktoria Plzeň | 1–3 | 1–2 |
| BATE Borisov | 3–1 | Sturm Graz | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| League Route |||||
| Odense | 1–3 | Villarreal | 1–0 | 0–3 |
| Twente | 3–5 | Benfica | 2–2 | 1–3 |
| Arsenal | 3–1 | Udinese | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Bayern Munich | 3–0 | Zürich | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Lyon | 4–2 | Rubin Kazan | 3–1 | 1–1 |

### Matches

APOEL won 3–2 on aggregate.
3–3 on aggregate; Genk won 4–1 on penalties.
Dinamo Zagreb won 4–3 on aggregate.
Viktoria Plzeň won 5–2 on aggregate.
BATE Borisov won 3–1 on aggregate.
Villarreal won 3–1 on aggregate.
Benfica won 5–3 on aggregate.
Arsenal won 3–1 on aggregate.
Bayern Munich won 3–0 on aggregate.
Lyon won 4–2 on aggregate.