# 2010–11 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round

This article details the 2010–11 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round.
There were two paths:
* Champions Path, which included all domestic champions which did not automatically qualified for the group stage.
* Non-Champions Path (also called the Best-placed Path), which included all non-domestic champions which did not automatically qualified for the group stage.
Each tie was played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that had the higher aggregate score over the two legs progressed to the next round. In the event that aggregate scores finished level, the away goals rule was applied, i.e., the team that scored more goals away from home over the two legs progressed. If away goals were also equal, then 30 minutes of extra time were played, divided into two 15-minute halves. The away goals rule is again applied after extra time, i.e., if there were goals scored during extra time and the aggregate score was still level, the visiting team qualified by virtue of more away goals scored. If no goals were scored during extra time, the tie was decided via a penalty shoot-out.
All times are CEST (UTC+2), as listed by UEFA.

## Round and draw dates

All draws held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.
| Phase | Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
| Qualifying | First qualifying round | 21 June 2010 | 29–30 June 2010 | 6–7 July 2010 |
| Qualifying | Second qualifying round | 21 June 2010 | 13–14 July 2010 | 20–21 July 2010 |
| Qualifying | Third qualifying round | 16 July 2010 | 27–28 July 2010 | 3–4 August 2010 |
| Play-off | Play-off round | 6 August 2010 | 17–18 August 2010 | 24–25 August 2010 |

## Teams

Below are the 54 teams (39 in Champions Path, 15 in Non-Champions path) that were involved in the qualifying phase and play-off round, grouped by their starting rounds. The ten winners of the play-off round (five in Champions Path, five in Non-Champions Path) qualified for the group stage to join the 22 automatic qualifiers. The losing teams from the third qualifying round and the play-off round entered the Europa League play-off round and the group stage, respectively.
In each round, teams were seeded based on their 2010 UEFA club coefficients. Prior to the draw, UEFA could form "groups" in accordance with the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee, but they were purely for convenience of the draw and did not resemble any real groupings in the sense of the competition, while ensuring that teams from the same association were not drawn against each other.
* 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 Path

Third qualifying round :
| Team | Coeff. |
| Basel | 48.675 |
| Anderlecht | 42.580 |
| Copenhagen | 34.470 |
Second qualifying round :
| Team | Coeff. |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | 27.775 |
| Sparta Prague | 27.395 |
| Rosenborg | 23.980 |
| Red Bull Salzburg | 19.915 |
| Litex Lovech | 15.900 |
| Dinamo Zagreb | 14.466 |
| Partizan | 13.800 |
| BATE Borisov | 13.308 |
| Lech Poznań | 11.008 |
| Žilina | 10.666 |
| Sheriff Tiraspol | 5.458 |
| Debrecen | 5.350 |
| Omonia | 4.599 |
| AIK | 3.838 |
| Bohemians | 2.908 |
| Ekranas | 2.683 |
| Aktobe | 2.399 |
| HJK | 2.399 |
| Levadia Tallinn | 2.374 |
| Liepājas Metalurgs | 2.149 |
| FH | 2.083 |
| Željezničar | 1.749 |
| Olimpi Rustavi | 1.649 |
| Pyunik | 1.599 |
| Koper | 1.391 |
| Inter Baku | 1.349 |
| Renova | 1.316 |
| Dinamo Tirana | 1.049 |
| HB | 0.866 |
| The New Saints | 0.766 |
| Linfield | 0.574 |
| Jeunesse Esch | 0.249 |
First qualifying round :
| Team | Coeff. |
| FC Santa Coloma | 0.700 |
| Tre Fiori | 0.650 |
| Birkirkara | 0.433 |
| Rudar Pljevlja | 0.425 |

### Non-Champions Path

Play-off round :
| Team | Coeff. |
| Sevilla | 108.951 |
| Werder Bremen | 94.841 |
| Tottenham Hotspur | 56.371 |
| Sampdoria | 30.857 |
| Auxerre | 19.748 |
Third qualifying round :
| Team | Coeff. |
| Zenit Saint Petersburg | 61.258 |
| Ajax | 55.309 |
| Fenerbahçe | 54.890 |
| Dynamo Kyiv | 42.910 |
| Braga | 39.659 |
| Celtic | 38.158 |
| Unirea Urziceni | 18.898 |
| PAOK | 11.479 |
| Young Boys | 7.675 |
| Gent | 6.580 |

## First qualifying round
### Seeding

| Seeded | Unseeded |
| FC Santa Coloma Tre Fiori | Birkirkara Rudar Pljevlja |

### Summary

| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Tre Fiori | 1–7 | Rudar Pljevlja | 0–3 | 1–4 |
| FC Santa Coloma | 3–7 | Birkirkara | 0–3 | 3–4 |
* ↑ Match originally postponed due to bad pitch conditions caused by heavy rain. FC Santa Coloma suggested an alternative on 30 June, but UEFA awarded Birkirkara a 3–0 away win on 1 July.

### Matches

Rudar Pljevlja won 7–1 on aggregate.
Birkirkara won 7–3 on aggregate.

## Second qualifying round
### Seeding

| Group 1 | Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 2 | Group 3 | Group 3 |
| Seeded | Unseeded | Seeded | Unseeded | Seeded | Unseeded |
| Sparta Prague Partizan Lech Poznań Debrecen Aktobe | Levadia Tallinn Liepājas Metalurgs Olimpi Rustavi Pyunik Inter Baku | Hapoel Tel Aviv Litex Lovech Dinamo Zagreb Žilina Sheriff Tiraspol Omonia | Željezničar Koper Renova Dinamo Tirana Birkirkara Rudar Pljevlja | Rosenborg Red Bull Salzburg BATE Borisov AIK Bohemians Ekranas | HJK FH HB The New Saints Linfield Jeunesse Esch |

#### Notes

* $^†$ Winners of the previous qualifying round whose identity was not known at the time of the draw. Teams in italics defeated a team with a higher coefficient in the previous qualifying round, thus effectively taking the coefficient of their defeated opponent in the draw for this round.

### Summary

| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Liepājas Metalurgs | 0–5 | Sparta Prague | 0–3 | 0–2 |
| Aktobe | 3–1 | Olimpi Rustavi | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Levadia Tallinn | 3–4 | Debrecen | 1–1 | 2–3 |
| Partizan | 4–1 | Pyunik | 3–1 | 1–0 |
| Inter Baku | 1–1 (8–9 p) | Lech Poznań | 0–1 | 1–0 (a.e.t.) |
| Dinamo Zagreb | 5–4 | Koper | 5–1 | 0–3 |
| Litex Lovech | 5–0 | Rudar Pljevlja | 1–0 | 4–0 |
| Birkirkara | 1–3 | Žilina | 1–0 | 0–3 |
| Sheriff Tiraspol | 3–2 | Dinamo Tirana | 3–1 | 0–1 |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | 6–0 | Željezničar | 5–0 | 1–0 |
| Omonia | 5–0 | Renova | 3–0 | 2–0 |
| Red Bull Salzburg | 5–1 | HB | 5–0 | 0–1 |
| Bohemians | 1–4 | The New Saints | 1–0 | 0–4 |
| BATE Borisov | 6–1 | FH | 5–1 | 1–0 |
| AIK | 1–0 | Jeunesse Esch | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Linfield | 0–2 | Rosenborg | 0–0 | 0–2 |
| Ekranas | 1–2 | HJK | 1–0 | 0–2 (a.e.t.) |

### Matches

Sparta Prague won 5–0 on aggregate.
Aktobe won 3–1 on aggregate.
Debrecen won 4–3 on aggregate.
Partizan won 4–1 on aggregate.
1–1 on aggregate; Lech Poznań won 9–8 on penalties.
Dinamo Zagreb won 5–4 on aggregate.
Litex Lovech won 5–0 on aggregate.
Žilina won 3–1 on aggregate.
Sheriff Tiraspol won 3–2 on aggregate.
Hapoel Tel Aviv won 6–0 on aggregate.
Omonia won 5–0 on aggregate.
Red Bull Salzburg won 5–1 on aggregate.
The New Saints won 4–1 on aggregate.
BATE Borisov won 6–1 on aggregate.
AIK won 1–0 on aggregate.
Rosenborg won 2–0 on aggregate.
HJK won 2–1 on aggregate.

## Third qualifying round
### Seeding

| Champions Path | Champions Path | Champions Path | Champions Path | Non-Champions Path | Non-Champions Path |
| Group 1 | Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 2 | | Non-Champions Path | Non-Champions Path |
| Seeded | Unseeded | Seeded | Unseeded | Seeded | Unseeded |
| Basel Hapoel Tel Aviv Sparta Prague Litex Lovech Dinamo Zagreb | Lech Poznań Žilina Sheriff Tiraspol Debrecen Aktobe | Anderlecht Copenhagen Rosenborg Red Bull Salzburg Partizan | BATE Borisov Omonia AIK The New Saints HJK | Zenit Saint Petersburg Ajax Fenerbahçe Dynamo Kyiv Braga | Celtic Unirea Urziceni PAOK Young Boys Gent |

#### Notes

* $^†$ Winners of the previous qualifying round whose identity was not known at the time of the draw. Teams in italics defeated a team with a higher coefficient in the previous qualifying round, thus effectively taking the coefficient of their defeated opponent in the draw for this round.

### Summary

| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Champions Path |||||
| Sparta Prague | 2–0 | Lech Poznań | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Aktobe | 2–3 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 1–0 | 1–3 |
| Sheriff Tiraspol | 2–2 (6–5 p) | Dinamo Zagreb | 1–1 | 1–1 (a.e.t.) |
| Litex Lovech | 2–4 | Žilina | 1–1 | 1–3 |
| Debrecen | 1–5 | Basel | 0–2 | 1–3 |
| AIK | 0–4 | Rosenborg | 0–1 | 0–3 |
| Partizan | 5–1 | HJK | 3–0 | 2–1 |
| BATE Borisov | 2–3 | Copenhagen | 0–0 | 2–3 |
| The New Saints | 1–6 | Anderlecht | 1–3 | 0–3 |
| Omonia | 2–5 | Red Bull Salzburg | 1–1 | 1–4 |
| Non-Champions Path |||||
| Ajax | 4–4 (a) | PAOK | 1–1 | 3–3 |
| Dynamo Kyiv | 6–1 | Gent | 3–0 | 3–1 |
| Young Boys | 3–2 | Fenerbahçe | 2–2 | 1–0 |
| Braga | 4–2 | Celtic | 3–0 | 1–2 |
| Unirea Urziceni | 0–1 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 0–0 | 0–1 |

### Matches

Sparta Prague won 2–0 on aggregate.
Hapoel Tel Aviv won 3–2 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate; Sheriff Tiraspol won 6–5 on penalties.
Žilina won 4–2 on aggregate.
Basel won 5–1 on aggregate.
Rosenborg won 4–0 on aggregate.
Partizan won 5–1 on aggregate.
Anderlecht won 6–1 on aggregate.
Copenhagen won 3–2 on aggregate.
Red Bull Salzburg won 5–2 on aggregate.
4–4 on aggregate; Ajax won on away goals.
Dynamo Kyiv won 6–1 on aggregate.
Young Boys won 3–2 on aggregate.
Braga won 4–2 on aggregate.
Zenit Saint Petersburg won 1–0 on aggregate.

## Play-off round
### Seeding

| Champions Path | Champions Path | Non-Champions Path | Non-Champions Path |
| Seeded | Unseeded | Seeded | Unseeded |
| Basel Anderlecht Copenhagen Hapoel Tel Aviv Sparta Prague | Rosenborg Red Bull Salzburg Partizan Žilina Sheriff Tiraspol | Sevilla Werder Bremen Zenit Saint Petersburg Tottenham Hotspur Ajax | Dynamo Kyiv Braga Sampdoria Auxerre Young Boys |

### Summary

| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Champions Path |||||
| Red Bull Salzburg | 3–4 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 2–3 | 1–1 |
| Rosenborg | 2–2 (a) | Copenhagen | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| Basel | 4–0 | Sheriff Tiraspol | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| Sparta Prague | 0–3 | Žilina | 0–2 | 0–1 |
| Partizan | 4–4 (3–2 p) | Anderlecht | 2–2 | 2–2 (a.e.t.) |
| Non-Champions Path |||||
| Young Boys | 3–6 | Tottenham Hotspur | 3–2 | 0–4 |
| Braga | 5–3 | Sevilla | 1–0 | 4–3 |
| Werder Bremen | 5–4 | Sampdoria | 3–1 | 2–3 (a.e.t.) |
| Zenit Saint Petersburg | 1–2 | Auxerre | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| Dynamo Kyiv | 2–3 | Ajax | 1–1 | 1–2 |

### Matches

Hapoel Tel Aviv won 4–3 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate; Copenhagen won on away goals.
Basel won 4–0 on aggregate.
Žilina won 3–0 on aggregate.
4–4 on aggregate; Partizan won 3–2 on penalties.
Tottenham Hotspur won 6–3 on aggregate.
Braga won 5–3 on aggregate.
Werder Bremen won 5–4 on aggregate.
Auxerre won 2–1 on aggregate.
Ajax won 3–2 on aggregate.