2011–12 UEFA Champions League

The 2011–12 UEFA Champions League was the 57th UEFA Champions League. The champions were Chelsea. No third place match was played, as usual, but the teams defeated in the semi-finals were Real Madrid and FC Barcelona. FC Barcelona was the defending champions, but they were eliminated in the semi finals.

2011–12 UEFA Champions League

Tournament details
Dates	13 September 2011 – 19 May 2012
Teams	32 (group stage) 76 (total)
Final positions
Champions	Chelsea (1st title)
Runners-up	Bayern Munich
Tournament statistics
Matches played	125
Goals scored	345 (2.76 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Lionel Messi (14 goals)
Best player(s)	Andrés Iniesta

FC Bayern Munich defeated Real Madrid 3-3 (penalties) in aggregate. FC Barcelona were defeated by Chelsea 3-2 in aggregate.

Chelsea defeated FC Bayern Munich 1-1 (4-3 with penalties).

Knockout stage

	Round of 16						Quarter-finals						Semi-finals						Final
	Marseille (a)	1	1	2
	Internazionale	0	2	2
							Marseille	0	0	0
							Bayern Munich	2	2	4
	Basel	1	0	1
	Bayern Munich	0	7	7
													Bayern Munich (p)	2	1	3(3)
												Real Madrid	1	2	3(1)
	Lyon	1	0	1(3)
	APOEL (p)	0	1	1(4)
							APOEL	0	2	2
							Real Madrid	3	5	8
	CSKA Moscow	1	1	2
	Real Madrid	1	4	5
																		Bayern Munich	1(3)
																			Chelsea (p)	1(4)
	Zenit Saint Petersburg	3	0	3
	Benfica	2	2	4
							Benfica	0	1	1
							Chelsea	1	2	3
	Napoli	3	1	4
	Chelsea (aet)	1	4	5
													Chelsea	1	2	3
												Barcelona	0	2	2
	Milan	4	0	4
	Arsenal	0	3	3
							Milan	0	1	1
							Barcelona	0	3	3
	Bayer Leverkusen	1	1	2
	Barcelona	3	7	10

Round of 16

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	Lyon	1–1 (3–4 p)	APOEL	1–0	0–1 aet
Napoli	4–5	Chelsea	3–1	1–4 aet
Milan	4–3	Arsenal	4–0	0–3
Basel	1–7	Bayern Munich	1–0	0–7
Bayer Leverkusen	2–10	Barcelona	1–3	1–7
CSKA Moscow	2–5	Real Madrid	1–1	1–4
Zenit St. Petersburg	3–4	Benfica	3–2	0–2
Marseille	2–2 (a)	Internazionale	1–0	1–2

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	APOEL	2–8	Real Madrid	0–3	2–5
Marseille	0–4	Bayern Munich	0–2	0–2
Benfica	1–3	Chelsea	0–1	1–2
Milan	1–3	Barcelona	0–0	1–3

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	Bayern Munich	3–3 (3–1 p)	Real Madrid	2–1	1–2 aet
Chelsea	3–2	Barcelona	1–0	2–2

Final

19 May 2012

20:45 CEST

Bayern Munich	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Chelsea
Müller  83'	Report	Drogba  88'
Penalties
Lahm Gómez Neuer Olić Schweinsteiger	3–4	Mata Luiz Lampard Cole Drogba

Allianz Arena, Munich

Attendance: 62,500

Referee: Pedro Proença (Portugal)

Statistics

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Mario Gómez	Bayern Munich	Napoli	3-2 (H)	2 November 2011
Roberto Soldado	Valencia	Genk	7-0 (H)	23 November 2011
Lionel Messi	Barcelona	Viktoria Plzeň	4-0 (A)	23 November 2011
Bafétimbi Gomis4	Lyon	Dinamo Zagreb	7-1 (A)	7 December 2011
Lionel Messi5	Barcelona	Bayer Leverkusen	7-1 (H)	7 March 2012
Mario Gómez4	Bayern Munich	Basel	7-0 (H)	13 March 2012

⁴Player scored four goals. ⁵Player scored five goals.