2011–12 UEFA Champions League group stage
The group stage featured 32 teams: the 22 automatic qualifiers and the 10 winners of the play-off round (five through the Champions Route, five through the League Route).[1]
The teams were drawn into eight groups of four, and played each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The matchdays were 13–14 September, 27–28 September, 18–19 October, 1–2 November, 22–23 November, and 6–7 December 2011.[2]
The top two teams in each group advanced to the first knockout round, while the third-placed teams dropped down to the Europa League round of 32.[3]
Seeding
[edit]The draw for the group stage was held at Grimaldi Forum, Monaco on 25 August 2011 at 17:45 CEST (UTC+02:00).[4]
Teams were seeded into four pots[5] based on their 2011 UEFA club coefficients.[6] The title holders, Barcelona, were automatically seeded into Pot 1. Pot 1 held teams ranked 1–9, Pot 2 held teams ranked 10–24, Pot 3 held teams ranked 31–83, while Pot 4 held teams ranked 86–200 and unranked teams.
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Qualified for the Champions League round of 16. |
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th Title Holder. The title holder automatically gets the top position of seeding list.
CR Qualified through Play-off round (Champions Route)
LR Qualified through Play-off round (League Route)
For the group stage draw, teams from the same national association cannot be drawn against each other. Moreover, the draw was controlled for teams from the same association in order to split the teams evenly into the two sets of groups (A–D, E–H) for maximum television coverage.
The fixtures were decided after the draw. On each matchday, four groups played their matches on Tuesday, while the other four groups played their matches on Wednesday, with the two sets of groups (A–D, E–H) alternating between each matchday. There are other restrictions, e.g., teams from the same city (e.g. Milan and Internazionale, which also share a stadium) do not play at home on the same matchday (UEFA tries to avoid teams from the same city playing at home on the same day or on consecutive days), and Russian teams do not play at home on the last matchday due to cold weather.
Tie-breaking criteria
[edit]If two or more teams were equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria would be applied to determine the rankings:[3]
- higher number of points obtained in the group matches played among the teams in question;
- superior goal difference from the group matches played among the teams in question;
- higher number of goals scored in the group matches played among the teams in question;
- higher number of goals scored away from home in the group matches played among the teams in question;
- If, after applying criteria 1) to 4) to several teams, two teams still have an equal ranking, the criteria 1) to 4) will be reapplied to determine the ranking of these teams;
- superior goal difference from all group matches played;
- higher number of goals scored from all group matches played;
- higher number of coefficient points accumulated by the club in question, as well as its association, over the previous five seasons.
Groups
[edit]Times are CET/CEST,[note 1] as listed by UEFA (local times are in parentheses).
Group A
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() |
6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 13 | Advance to knockout phase |
2 | ![]() |
6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 11 | |
3 | ![]() |
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 10 | Transfer to Europa League |
4 | ![]() |
6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 14 | −12 | 0 |
Manchester City ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Kolarov ![]() |
Report | Cavani ![]() |
Villarreal ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() |
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Report | Kroos ![]() Rafinha ![]() |
Bayern Munich ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Gómez ![]() |
Report |
Manchester City ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Marchena ![]() Agüero ![]() |
Report | Cani ![]() |
Bayern Munich ![]() | 3–2 | ![]() |
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Gómez ![]() |
Report | Fernández ![]() |
Villarreal ![]() | 0–3 | ![]() |
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Report | Y. Touré ![]() Balotelli ![]() |
Napoli ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Cavani ![]() |
Report | Balotelli ![]() |
Bayern Munich ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() |
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Ribéry ![]() Gómez ![]() |
Report | De Guzmán ![]() |
Manchester City ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Silva ![]() Y. Touré ![]() |
Report |
Villarreal ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() |
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Report | Inler ![]() Hamšík ![]() |
Group B
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() |
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 10 | Advance to knockout phase |
2 | ![]() |
6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 8 | |
3 | ![]() |
6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 7 | Transfer to Europa League |
4 | ![]() |
6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
Lille ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() |
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Sow ![]() Pedretti ![]() |
Report | Doumbia ![]() |
Internazionale ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Report | Čelůstka ![]() |
CSKA Moscow ![]() | 2–3 | ![]() |
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Dzagoev ![]() Vágner Love ![]() |
Report | Lúcio ![]() Pazzini ![]() Zárate ![]() |
CSKA Moscow ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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Doumbia ![]() Cauņa ![]() |
Report |
Lille ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Report | Pazzini ![]() |
CSKA Moscow ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() |
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Report | V. Berezutski ![]() Sow ![]() |
Trabzonspor ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Altıntop ![]() |
Report | Álvarez ![]() |
Lille ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() |
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Report |
Internazionale ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
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Cambiasso ![]() |
Report | Doumbia ![]() V. Berezutski ![]() |
Group C
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() |
6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 12 | Advance to knockout phase |
2 | ![]() |
6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 10 | +1 | 11 | |
3 | ![]() |
6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 9 | Transfer to Europa League |
4 | ![]() |
6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 11 | −8 | 0 |
Benfica ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Cardozo ![]() |
Report | Giggs ![]() |
Oțelul Galați ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Report | Bruno César ![]() |
Oțelul Galați ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() |
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Report | Rooney ![]() |
Basel ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() |
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Report | Bruno César ![]() Cardozo ![]() |
Manchester United ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Valencia ![]() Sârghi ![]() |
Report |
Benfica ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Cardozo ![]() |
Report |
- Notes
- Note 1: Oțelul Galați played their home matches at Arena Națională, Bucharest as their own Stadionul Oţelul did not meet UEFA criteria.
Group D
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() |
6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 2 | +17 | 18 | Advance to knockout phase |
2 | ![]() |
6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 8 | |
3 | ![]() |
6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 8 | Transfer to Europa League |
4 | ![]() |
6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 22 | −19 | 0 |
- Lyon and Ajax were tied on their head-to-head records as shown below, so Lyon are ranked ahead of Ajax because of their higher overall goal difference in the group.
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
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2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Dinamo Zagreb ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Report | Di María ![]() |
Lyon ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Gomis ![]() B. Koné ![]() |
Report |
Dinamo Zagreb ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() |
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Report | Boerrigter ![]() Eriksen ![]() |
Lyon ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() |
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Report | Ronaldo ![]() |
Ajax ![]() | 4–0 | ![]() |
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Van der Wiel ![]() Sulejmani ![]() De Jong ![]() Lodeiro ![]() |
Report |
Real Madrid ![]() | 6–2 | ![]() |
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Benzema ![]() Callejón ![]() Higuaín ![]() Özil ![]() |
Report | Bećiraj ![]() Tomečak ![]() |
Dinamo Zagreb ![]() | 1–7 | ![]() |
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Kovačić ![]() |
Report | Gomis ![]() Gonalons ![]() Lisandro ![]() Briand ![]() |
Ajax ![]() | 0–3 | ![]() |
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Report | Callejón ![]() Higuaín ![]() |
Group E
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() |
6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 4 | +9 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase |
2 | ![]() |
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 10 | |
3 | ![]() |
6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 8 | Transfer to Europa League |
4 | ![]() |
6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 16 | −14 | 3 |
Chelsea ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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David Luiz ![]() Mata ![]() |
Report |
Bayer Leverkusen ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Bender ![]() Ballack ![]() |
Report |
Genk ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Vossen ![]() |
Report | Derdiyok ![]() |
Group F
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() |
6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase |
2 | ![]() |
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 10 | |
3 | ![]() |
6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 9 | Transfer to Europa League |
4 | ![]() |
6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | −6 | 4 |
Olympiacos ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Report | González ![]() |
Borussia Dortmund ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Perišić ![]() |
Report | Van Persie ![]() |
Arsenal ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Oxlade-Chamberlain ![]() Santos ![]() |
Report | Fuster ![]() |
Olympiacos ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() |
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Holebas ![]() Djebbour ![]() Modesto ![]() |
Report | Lewandowski ![]() |
Marseille ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Report | Fetfatzidis ![]() |
Arsenal ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Van Persie ![]() |
Report | Kagawa ![]() |
Borussia Dortmund ![]() | 2–3 | ![]() |
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Błaszczykowski ![]() Hummels ![]() |
Report | Rémy ![]() A. Ayew ![]() Valbuena ![]() |
Group G
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() |
6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 9 | Advance to knockout phase |
2 | ![]() |
6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 9 | |
3 | ![]() |
6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 8 | Transfer to Europa League |
4 | ![]() |
6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 5 |
- APOEL and Zenit St. Petersburg are ranked by their head-to-head records, as shown below.
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 4 |
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2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 1 |
Porto ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Hulk ![]() Kléber ![]() |
Report | Luiz Adriano ![]() |
Zenit Saint Petersburg ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() |
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Shirokov ![]() Danny ![]() |
Report | J. Rodríguez ![]() |
Shakhtar Donetsk ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Jádson ![]() |
Report | Tričkovski ![]() |
Shakhtar Donetsk ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() |
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Willian ![]() Luiz Adriano ![]() |
Report | Shirokov ![]() Fayzulin ![]() |
APOEL ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() |
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Report | Luiz Adriano ![]() Seleznyov ![]() |
Group H
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() |
6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 4 | +16 | 16 | Advance to knockout phase |
2 | ![]() |
6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 9 | |
3 | ![]() |
6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | −7 | 5 | Transfer to Europa League |
4 | ![]() |
6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 14 | −12 | 2 |
Viktoria Plzeň ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Bakoš ![]() |
Report | Bressan ![]() |
Milan ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Ibrahimović ![]() Cassano ![]() |
Report |
Milan ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Ibrahimović ![]() Boateng ![]() |
Report |
Barcelona ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Iniesta ![]() Villa ![]() |
Report |
BATE Borisov ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Bressan ![]() |
Report | Ibrahimović ![]() |
BATE Borisov ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Report | Bakoš ![]() |
Milan ![]() | 2–3 | ![]() |
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Ibrahimović ![]() Boateng ![]() |
Report | Van Bommel ![]() Messi ![]() Xavi ![]() |
- Notes
- Note 2: Viktoria Plzeň played their home matches at Synot Tip Arena, Prague as their own Stadion města Plzně did not meet UEFA criteria.
- Note 3: BATE Borisov played their home matches at Dinamo Stadium, Minsk as their own City Stadium did not meet UEFA criteria.
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "2011/12 list of participants". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations.
- ^ "2011/12 draw and match calendar". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Archived from the original on 2012-03-12.
- ^ a b "Regulations of the UEFA Champions League 2011/12" (PDF). Nyon: Union of European Football Associations. March 2011. Retrieved 1 June 2011.
- ^ "European Club Season Kick-Off Monaco 2011/12". UEFA.com. 3 August 2011.
- ^ "Eleven former winners grace group stage draw". UEFA.com. 24 August 2011.
- ^ "Club coefficients 2010/11". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 31 May 2011. Retrieved 1 June 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Full Time Summary – Matchday 1 – Wednesday 14 September 2011" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 14 September 2011. Retrieved 7 November 2014.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Full Time Summary – Matchday 2 – Tuesday 27 September 2011" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 27 September 2011. Retrieved 7 November 2014.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Full Time Summary – Matchday 3 – Tuesday 18 October 2011" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 18 October 2011. Retrieved 7 November 2014.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Full Time Summary – Matchday 4 – Wednesday 2 November 2011" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 2 November 2011. Retrieved 7 November 2014.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Full Time Summary – Matchday 5 – Tuesday 22 November 2011" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 22 November 2011. Retrieved 7 November 2014.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Full Time Summary – Matchday 6 – Wednesday 7 December 2011" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 7 December 2011. Retrieved 7 November 2014.
- ^ a b c "Last season – 2011/12" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. pp. 188, 190. Retrieved 7 November 2014.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Full Time Summary Matchday 1 – Tuesday 13 September 2011" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 13 September 2011. Retrieved 7 November 2014.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Full Time Summary – Matchday 2 – Wednesday 28 September 2011" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 28 September 2011. Retrieved 7 November 2014.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Full Time Summary – Matchday 3 – Wednesday 19 October 2011" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 19 October 2011. Retrieved 7 November 2014.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Full Time Summary – Matchday 4 – Tuesday 1 November 2011" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 1 November 2011. Retrieved 7 November 2014.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Full Time Summary – Matchday 5 – Wednesday 23 November 2011" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 23 November 2011. Retrieved 7 November 2014.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Full Time Summary – Matchday 6 – Tuesday 6 December 2011" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 6 December 2011. Retrieved 7 November 2014.
External links
[edit]- 2011–12 UEFA Champions League, UEFA.com