2009–10 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round
This article details the 2009–10 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round.
There were two paths:
Champions Path, which included all domestic champions which did not automatically qualify for the group stage.
Non-Champions Path (also called the Best-placed Path), which included all non-domestic champions which did not automatically qualify for the group stage.
This table shows the path of all 54 teams (39 in Champions Path, 15 in Non-Champions path) involved in the qualifying phase and play-off round. 10 teams (5 in Champions Path, 5 in Non-Champions Path) qualified for the group stage to join the 22 automatic qualifiers.
In the Champions Path, teams with a coefficient of at least 7.733 were seeded. Levadia Tallinn were also seeded because the draw was held before the second qualifying round, in which they beat a team who would have been seeded. In the Non-Champions Path, teams with a coefficient of at least 32.065 were seeded.[1]
† 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.
In the Champions Path, teams with a coefficient of at least 14.050 were seeded. In the Non-Champions Path, teams with a coefficient of at least 45.339 were seeded.[1]
Note: In 1991–92, the competition was still known as the European Cup, but is included as it was the first to use a group stage format. In that season and 1992–93, there was no knockout phase between the group stage and final.
