2009–10 UEFA Champions League

The 2009–10 UEFA Champions League was the 55th season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 18th under the current UEFA Champions League format. The final was played on 22 May 2010 at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in Madrid, Spain, the first time the final was played on a Saturday.[1][2] The final was won by Italian club Inter Milan, who beat German side Bayern Munich 2–0.

2009–10 UEFA Champions League
The Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in Madrid hosted the final
Tournament details
DatesQualifying:
30 June – 26 August 2009
Competition proper:
15 September 2009 – 22 May 2010
TeamsCompetition proper: 32
Total: 76 (from 52 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsItaly Inter Milan (3rd title)
Runners-upGermany Bayern Munich
Tournament statistics
Matches played125
Goals scored318 (2.54 per match)
Attendance5,193,947 (41,552 per match)
Top scorer(s)Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
8 goals

Inter Milan went on to represent Europe in the 2010 FIFA Club World Cup, beating Congolese side TP Mazembe 3–0 in the final, and played in the 2010 UEFA Super Cup against Europa League winners Atlético Madrid, losing 2–0.

Barcelona were the defending champions, but they were eliminated by eventual winners Inter Milan in the semi-finals.[3][4]

Association team allocation edit

A total of 76 teams participated in the 2009–10 Champions League, from 52 UEFA associations (Liechtenstein organises no domestic league competition). Associations were allocated places according to their 2008 UEFA country coefficient, which took into account their performance in European competitions from 2003–04 to 2007–08.[5]

Below is the qualification scheme for the 2009–10 UEFA Champions League:[6]

  • Associations 1–3 each had four teams qualify
  • Associations 4–6 each had three teams qualify
  • Associations 7–15 each had two teams qualify
  • Associations 16–53 each had one team qualify (except Liechtenstein)

Association ranking edit

Rank Association Coeff. Teams
1   England 75.749 4
2   Spain 75.266
3   Italy 60.410
4   France 52.668 3
5   Germany 48.722
6   Russia 43.750
7   Romania 40.599 2
8   Portugal 39.927
9   Netherlands 38.213
10   Scotland 33.375
11   Turkey 31.725
12   Ukraine 30.100
13   Belgium 26.700
14   Greece 25.831
15   Czech Republic 25.750
16   Switzerland 24.225 1
17   Bulgaria 23.166
18   Norway 22.425
Rank Association Coeff. Teams
19   Denmark 20.450 1
20   Austria 17.700
21   Serbia 16.750
22   Israel 15.750
23   Sweden 13.691
24   Slovakia 12.332
25   Poland 12.041
26   Hungary 11.999
27   Croatia 11.624
28   Cyprus 10.082
29   Slovenia 9.915
30   Finland 9.623
31   Latvia 8.831
32   Bosnia and Herzegovina 8.498
33   Lithuania 7.999
34   Moldova 7.499
35   Republic of Ireland 7.332
36   Macedonia 6.331
Rank Association Coeff. Teams
37   Iceland 5.999 1
38   Georgia 5.831
39   Liechtenstein 5.500 0
40   Belarus 5.332 1
41   Estonia 4.332
42   Azerbaijan 3.832
43   Albania 3.666
44   Armenia 3.665
45   Kazakhstan 2.582
46   Northern Ireland 2.332
47   Wales 2.331
48   Faroe Islands 1.832
49   Luxembourg 1.498
50   Malta 0.832
51   Montenegro 0.500
52   Andorra 0.500
53   San Marino 0.250

Distribution edit

Since the winners of the 2008–09 UEFA Champions League, Barcelona, obtained a place in the group stage through their domestic league placing, the reserved title holder spot in the group stage was effectively vacated. To compensate:[7]

  • The champions of association 13 (Belgium) were promoted from the third qualifying round to the group stage.
  • The champions of association 16 (Switzerland) were promoted from the second qualifying round to the third qualifying round.
  • The champions of associations 48 and 49 (Faroe Islands and Luxembourg) were promoted from the first qualifying round to the second qualifying round.
Teams entering in this round Teams advancing from previous round
First qualifying round
(4 teams)
  • 4 champions from associations 50–53
Second qualifying round
(34 teams)
  • 32 champions from associations 17–49 (except Liechtenstein)
  • 2 winners from the first qualifying round
Third qualifying round Champions
(20 teams)
  • 3 champions from associations 14–16
  • 17 winners from the second qualifying round
Non-champions
(10 teams)
  • 9 runners-up from associations 7–15
  • 1 third-placed team from association 6
Play-off round Champions
(10 teams)
  • 10 winners from the third qualifying round for champions
Non-champions
(10 teams)
  • 2 third-placed teams from associations 4 and 5
  • 3 fourth-placed teams from associations 1–3
  • 5 winners from the third qualifying round for non-champions
Group stage
(32 teams)
  • 13 champions from associations 1–13
  • 6 runners-up from associations 1–6
  • 3 third-placed teams from associations 1–3
  • 5 winners from the play-off round for champions
  • 5 winners from the play-off round for non-champions
Knockout phase
(16 teams)
  • 8 group winners from the group stage
  • 8 group runners-up from the group stage

Teams edit

League positions of the previous season shown in parentheses.[8]

Group stage
  BarcelonaTH (1st)   Inter Milan (1st)   Bayern Munich (2nd)   AZ (1st)
  Manchester United (1st)   Juventus (2nd)   Rubin Kazan (1st)   Rangers (1st)
  Liverpool (2nd)   Milan (3rd)   CSKA Moscow (2nd)   Beşiktaş (1st)
  Chelsea (3rd)   Bordeaux (1st)   Unirea Urziceni (1st)   Dynamo Kyiv (1st)
  Real Madrid (2nd)   Marseille (2nd)   Porto (1st)   Standard Liège (1st)
  Sevilla (3rd)   VfL Wolfsburg (1st)
Play-off round
Champions Non-champions
  Arsenal (4th)   Fiorentina (4th)   VfB Stuttgart (3rd)
  Atlético Madrid (4th)   Lyon (3rd)
Third qualifying round
Champions Non-champions
  Olympiacos (1st)   Dynamo Moscow (3rd)   Celtic (2nd)   Anderlecht (2nd)
  Slavia Prague (1st)   Timișoara (2nd)   Sivasspor (2nd)   Panathinaikos (2nd)
  Zürich (1st)   Sporting CP (2nd)   Shakhtar Donetsk (2nd)   Sparta Prague (2nd)
  Twente (2nd)
Second qualifying round
  Levski Sofia (1st)   Wisła Kraków (1st)   Ekranas (1st)   Baku (1st)
  Stabæk (1st)   Debrecen (1st)   Sheriff Tiraspol (1st)   Tirana (1st)
  Copenhagen (1st)   Dinamo Zagreb (1st)   Bohemians (1st)   Pyunik (1st)
  Red Bull Salzburg (1st)   APOEL (1st)   Makedonija (1st)   Aktobe (1st)
  Partizan (1st)   Maribor (1st)   FH (1st)   Glentoran (1st)
  Maccabi Haifa (1st)   Inter Turku (1st)   WIT Georgia (1st)   Rhyl (1st)
  Kalmar FF (1st)   Ventspils (1st)   BATE Borisov (1st)   EB/Streymur (1st)
  Slovan Bratislava (1st)   Zrinjski (1st)   Levadia (1st)   F91 Dudelange (1st)
First qualifying round
  Hibernians (1st)   Mogren (1st)   Sant Julià (1st)   Tre Fiori (1st)

TH Title Holder

Round and draw dates edit

All draws held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland unless stated otherwise.[7]

Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Qualifying First qualifying round 22 June 2009 30 June – 1 July 2009 7–8 July 2009
Second qualifying round 14–15 July 2009 21–22 July 2009
Third qualifying round 17 July 2009 28–29 July 2009 4–5 August 2009
Play-off Play-off round 7 August 2009 18–19 August 2009 25–26 August 2009
Group stage Matchday 1 27 August 2009
(Monaco)
15–16 September 2009
Matchday 2 29–30 September 2009
Matchday 3 20–21 October 2009
Matchday 4 3–4 November 2009
Matchday 5 24–25 November 2009
Matchday 6 8–9 December 2009
Knockout phase Round of 16 18 December 2009 16–17 & 23–24 February 2010 9–10 & 16–17 March 2010
Quarter-finals 19 March 2010 30–31 March 2010 6–7 April 2010
Semi-finals 20–21 April 2010 27–28 April 2010
Final 22 May 2010 at Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid

Qualifying rounds edit

In a new system for the Champions League, there were two separate qualifying tournaments.[9] The Champions Path (which started from the first qualifying round) was for clubs which won their domestic league and did not automatically qualify for the group stage, while the Non-Champions Path (which started from the third qualifying round) was for clubs which did not win their domestic league and did not automatically qualify for the group stage.

In the qualifying phase and the play-off round, teams played against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis.

The draw for the first and second qualifying rounds, conducted by UEFA President Michel Platini and UEFA General Secretary David Taylor, was held on 22 June 2009, and the draw for the third qualifying round, conducted by UEFA Competitions Director Giorgio Marchetti and Head of Club Competitions Michael Heselschwerdt, was held on 17 July 2009. For the draws, clubs were separated into seeded and unseeded teams based on their club coefficient. Because the draws for the second and third qualifying rounds took place before the previous round was completed, the teams were seeded assuming the seeded side in the previous round would be victorious.

First qualifying round edit

The first legs were played on 30 June and 1 July, and the second legs were played on 7 and 8 July 2009.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Tre Fiori   2–2 (4–5 p)[A]   Sant Julià 1–1 1–1 (a.e.t.)
Hibernians   0–6   Mogren 0–2 0–4
Notes
  1. ^
    Order of legs switched after original draw.


Second qualifying round edit

The first legs were played on 14 and 15 July, and the second legs were played on 21 and 22 July 2009.

Partizan's 8–0 win over Rhyl in the second leg equalled the record for the largest margin of victory in the current Champions League format.

As of November 2009, the second leg between Stabæk and Tirana was under investigation by UEFA and German authorities for possible match-fixing.[10]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Tirana   1–5   Stabæk 1–1 0–4
WIT Georgia   1–3   Maribor 0–0 1–3
EB/Streymur   0–5   APOEL 0–2 0–3
Copenhagen   12–0   Mogren 6–0 6–0
Debrecen   3–3 (a)   Kalmar FF 2–0 1–3
Makedonija GP   0–4   BATE Borisov 0–2 0–2
FH   0–6   Aktobe 0–4 0–2
Pyunik Yerevan   0–3   Dinamo Zagreb 0–0 0–3
Ventspils   6–1   F91 Dudelange 3–0 3–1
Ekranas   4–6   Baku 2–2 2–4
Red Bull Salzburg   2–1   Bohemians 1–1 1–0
Zrinjski   1–4   Slovan Bratislava 1–0 0–4
Inter Turku   0–2   Sheriff Tiraspol 0–1 0–1
Rhyl   0–12   Partizan 0–4 0–8
Wisła Kraków   1–2   Levadia Tallinn 1–1 0–1
Levski Sofia   9–0   Sant Julià 4–0 5–0
Maccabi Haifa   10–0   Glentoran 6–0 4–0


Third qualifying round edit

The third qualifying round was split into two separate sections: one for champions and one for non-champions. The first legs were played on 28 and 29 July, and the second legs were played on 4 and 5 August 2009. The losing teams in both sections entered the play-off round of the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Champions Path
Red Bull Salzburg   3–2   Dinamo Zagreb 1–1 2–1
Slovan Bratislava   0–4   Olympiacos 0–2 0–2
Zürich   5–3   Maribor 2–3 3–0
APOEL   2–1   Partizan 2–0 0–1
Sheriff Tiraspol   1–1 (a)   Slavia Prague 0–0 1–1
Aktobe   3–4   Maccabi Haifa 0–0 3–4
Baku   0–2   Levski Sofia 0–0 0–2
Ventspils   2–2 (a)   BATE Borisov 1–0 1–2
Levadia Tallinn   0–2   Debrecen 0–1 0–1
Copenhagen   3–1   Stabæk 3–1 0–0
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Non-Champions Path
Sparta Prague   3–4   Panathinaikos 3–1 0–3
Shakhtar Donetsk   2–2 (a)   Timișoara 2–2 0–0
Sporting CP   1–1 (a)   Twente 0–0 1–1
Celtic   2–1   Dynamo Moscow 0–1 2–0
Anderlecht   6–3   Sivasspor 5–0 1–3


Play-off round edit

An extra qualifying round, the play-off round, was introduced from this season. The teams were split into two separate sections: one for champions and one for non-champions. The draw for the play-off round, conducted by UEFA General Secretary David Taylor and UEFA Competitions Director Giorgio Marchetti, was held on 7 August 2009. For the draw, clubs were separated into seeded and unseeded teams based on their club coefficient. The first legs were played on 18 and 19 August, and the second legs were played on 25 and 26 August 2009. The losing teams in both sections entered the group stage of the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Champions Path
Sheriff Tiraspol   0–3   Olympiacos 0–2 0–1
Red Bull Salzburg   1–5   Maccabi Haifa 1–2 0–3
Ventspils   1–5   Zürich 0–3 1–2
Copenhagen   2–3   APOEL 1–0 1–3
Levski Sofia   1–4   Debrecen 1–2 0–2
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Non-Champions Path
Lyon   8–2   Anderlecht 5–1 3–1
Celtic   1–5   Arsenal 0–2 1–3
Timișoara   0–2   VfB Stuttgart 0–2 0–0
Sporting CP   3–3 (a)   Fiorentina 2–2 1–1
Panathinaikos   2–5   Atlético Madrid 2–3 0–2


Group stage edit

Location of teams of the 2009–10 UEFA Champions League group stage.
  Brown: Group A;   Red: Group B;   Orange: Group C;   Yellow: Group D;
  Green: Group E;   Blue: Group F;   Purple: Group G;   Pink: Group H.

The draw for the group stage was held at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco on 27 August 2009. A total of 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four. Teams were divided into four pots, based on their club coefficient. Clubs from the same pot or the same association cannot be drawn into the same group.

In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away. The matchdays were 15–16 September, 29–30 September, 20–21 October, 3–4 November, 24–25 November, and 8–9 December 2009. The top two in each group advanced to the knockout phase, and the third-placed teams entered the round of 32 of the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League.

Based on Article 7.06 in the UEFA regulations, if two or more teams were equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria were applied to determine the rankings:[6]

  1. higher number of points obtained in the group matches played among the teams in question;
  2. superior goal difference from the group matches played among the teams in question;
  3. higher number of goals scored away from home in the group matches played among the teams in question;
  4. superior goal difference from all group matches played;
  5. higher number of goals scored;
  6. higher number of coefficient points accumulated by the club in question, as well as its association, over the previous five seasons.

AZ, VfL Wolfsburg, Standard Liège, Zürich, APOEL, Rubin Kazan, Unirea Urziceni and Debrecen all made their debuts in the group stage.[11]

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BDX BAY JUV MHA
1   Bordeaux 6 5 1 0 9 2 +7 16 Advance to knockout phase 2–1 2–0 1–0
2   Bayern Munich 6 3 1 2 9 5 +4 10 0–2 0–0 1–0
3   Juventus 6 2 2 2 4 7 −3 8 Transfer to Europa League 1–1 1–4 1–0
4   Maccabi Haifa 6 0 0 6 0 8 −8 0 0–1 0–3 0–1
Source: RSSSF

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MU CSK WOL BJK
1   Manchester United 6 4 1 1 10 6 +4 13 Advance to knockout phase 3–3 2–1 0–1
2   CSKA Moscow 6 3 1 2 10 10 0 10 0–1 2–1 2–1
3   VfL Wolfsburg 6 2 1 3 9 8 +1 7 Transfer to Europa League 1–3 3–1 0–0
4   Beşiktaş 6 1 1 4 3 8 −5 4 0–1 1–2 0–3
Source: RSSSF

Group C edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification RM MIL OM ZÜR
1   Real Madrid 6 4 1 1 15 7 +8 13 Advance to knockout phase 2–3 3–0 1–0
2   Milan 6 2 3 1 8 7 +1 9 1–1 1–1 0–1
3   Marseille 6 2 1 3 10 10 0 7 Transfer to Europa League 1–3 1–2 6–1
4   Zürich 6 1 1 4 5 14 −9 4 2–5 1–1 0–1
Source: RSSSF

Group D edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification CHE POR ATL APO
1   Chelsea 6 4 2 0 11 4 +7 14 Advance to knockout phase 1–0 4–0 2–2
2   Porto 6 4 0 2 8 3 +5 12 0–1 2–0 2–1
3   Atlético Madrid 6 0 3 3 3 12 −9 3 Transfer to Europa League 2–2 0–3 0–0
4   APOEL 6 0 3 3 4 7 −3 3 0–1 0–1 1–1
Source: RSSSF

Group E edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification FIO OL LIV DEB
1   Fiorentina 6 5 0 1 14 7 +7 15 Advance to knockout phase 1–0 2–0 5–2
2   Lyon 6 4 1 1 12 3 +9 13 1–0 1–1 4–0
3   Liverpool 6 2 1 3 5 7 −2 7 Transfer to Europa League 1–2 1–2 1–0
4   Debrecen 6 0 0 6 5 19 −14 0 3–4 0–4 0–1
Source: RSSSF

Group F edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BAR INT RUB DK
1   Barcelona 6 3 2 1 7 3 +4 11 Advance to knockout phase 2–0 1–2 2–0
2   Inter Milan 6 2 3 1 7 6 +1 9 0–0 2–0 2–2
3   Rubin Kazan 6 1 3 2 4 7 −3 6 Transfer to Europa League 0–0 1–1 0–0
4   Dynamo Kyiv 6 1 2 3 7 9 −2 5 1–2 1–2 3–1
Source: RSSSF

Group G edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification SEV STU URZ RAN
1   Sevilla 6 4 1 1 11 4 +7 13 Advance to knockout phase 1–1 2–0 1–0
2   VfB Stuttgart 6 2 3 1 9 7 +2 9 1–3 3–1 1–1
3   Unirea Urziceni 6 2 2 2 8 8 0 8 Transfer to Europa League 1–0 1–1 1–1
4   Rangers 6 0 2 4 4 13 −9 2 1–4 0–2 1–4
Source: RSSSF

Group H edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ARS OLY STD AZ
1   Arsenal 6 4 1 1 12 5 +7 13 Advance to knockout phase 2–0 2–0 4–1
2   Olympiacos 6 3 1 2 4 5 −1 10 1–0 2–1 1–0
3   Standard Liège 6 1 2 3 7 9 −2 5 Transfer to Europa League 2–3 2–0 1–1
4   AZ 6 0 4 2 4 8 −4 4 1–1 0–0 1–1
Source: RSSSF

Knockout phase edit

In the knockout phase, teams played against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis, except for the one-match final.

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 18 December 2009, conducted by UEFA General Secretary Gianni Infantino and Giorgio Marchetti, the UEFA Director of Competitions.[12] The eight group winners, which played the second leg at home, were drawn against the eight group runners-up, with the restriction that teams from the same group or the same association could not be drawn with each other.

The draws for the quarter-finals, semi-finals, and final (to determine the "home" team) were held on 19 March 2010, conducted by Gianni Infantino and Emilio Butragueño, the ambassador for the final in Madrid.[13] From the quarter-finals onwards, there were no seedings, and teams from the same group or the same association could be drawn with each other.

Bracket edit

Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
              
  Bayern Munich (a) 2 2 4
  Fiorentina 1 3 4
  Bayern Munich (a) 2 2 4
  Manchester United 1 3 4
  Milan 2 0 2
  Manchester United 3 4 7
  Bayern Munich 1 3 4
  Lyon 0 0 0
  Lyon 1 1 2
  Real Madrid 0 1 1
  Lyon 3 0 3
  Bordeaux 1 1 2
  Olympiacos 0 1 1
  Bordeaux 1 2 3
  Bayern Munich 0
  Inter Milan 2
  Inter Milan 2 1 3
  Chelsea 1 0 1
  Inter Milan 1 1 2
  CSKA Moscow 0 0 0
  CSKA Moscow 1 2 3
  Sevilla 1 1 2
  Inter Milan 3 0 3
  Barcelona 1 1 2
  Porto 2 0 2
  Arsenal 1 5 6
  Arsenal 2 1 3
  Barcelona 2 4 6
  VfB Stuttgart 1 0 1
  Barcelona 1 4 5

Round of 16 edit

Starting from this season, the matches in the round of 16 were held over four weeks, instead of the previous two weeks.[2] The first legs were played on 16, 17, 23 and 24 February, and the second legs were played on 9, 10, 16 and 17 March 2010.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
VfB Stuttgart   1–5   Barcelona 1–1 0–4
Olympiacos   1–3   Bordeaux 0–1 1–2
Inter Milan   3–1   Chelsea 2–1 1–0
Bayern Munich   4–4 (a)   Fiorentina 2–1 2–3
CSKA Moscow   3–2   Sevilla 1–1 2–1
Lyon   2–1   Real Madrid 1–0 1–1
Porto   2–6   Arsenal 2–1 0–5
Milan   2–7   Manchester United 2–3 0–4

Quarter-finals edit

The first legs were played on 30 and 31 March, and the second legs were played on 6 and 7 April 2010.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Lyon   3–2   Bordeaux 3–1 0–1
Bayern Munich   4–4 (a)   Manchester United 2–1 2–3
Arsenal   3–6   Barcelona 2–2 1–4
Inter Milan   2–0   CSKA Moscow 1–0 1–0

Semi-finals edit

The first legs were played on 20 and 21 April, and the second legs were played on 27 and 28 April 2010.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Bayern Munich   4–0   Lyon 1–0 3–0
Inter Milan   3–2   Barcelona 3–1 0–1

Final edit

The final of the 2009–10 UEFA Champions League was played at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in Madrid on 22 May 2010, between Germany's Bayern Munich and Italy's Inter Milan.[14] The stadium, home of Real Madrid, had hosted three previous European Cup finals, in 1957, 1969 and 1980.[15] It was the first time that a UEFA Champions League final was played on a Saturday night.[16][17][18][19] England's Howard Webb was appointed to referee the final.[20] The two clubs competing in the Final had each won their domestic league and cup competitions, meaning that the winner would become only the sixth club in Europe to have achieved a continental treble, and the first such club from their respective countries. It was also the second consecutive treble, following that of Barcelona in the previous season.

Bayern Munich  0–2  Inter Milan
Report
  • Milito   35', 70'

Statistics edit

Statistics exclude qualifying rounds and play-off round.

Top goalscorers edit

Rank Player Team Goals Minutes played
1   Lionel Messi   Barcelona 8 1033
2   Cristiano Ronaldo   Real Madrid 7 477
  Ivica Olić   Bayern Munich 721
4   Diego Milito   Inter Milan 6 966
5   Nicklas Bendtner   Arsenal 5 461
  Wayne Rooney   Manchester United 508
  Marouane Chamakh   Bordeaux 852
8   Michael Owen   Manchester United 4 293
  Stevan Jovetić   Fiorentina 302
  Edin Džeko   VfL Wolfsburg 560
  Cesc Fàbregas   Arsenal 633
  Radamel Falcao   Porto 660
  Pedro   Barcelona 677
  Arjen Robben   Bayern Munich 717
  Miralem Pjanić   Lyon 780
  Zlatan Ibrahimović   Barcelona 790
  Miloš Krasić   CSKA Moscow 812

See also edit

References edit

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  13. ^ Quarter-final, semi-final draws scheduled
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