2011–12 UEFA Women's Champions League
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 11 August 2011 to 17 May 2012 |
| Teams | 54 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |
 Olympique Lyon (2nd title)
|
| Runners-up |
 1. FFC Frankfurt
|
| Tournament statistics | |
| Top scorer(s) |
Eugénie Le Sommer Camille Abily (9 goals) |
The 2011−12 UEFA Women's Champions League was the eleventh edition of the European women's championship for football clubs. The final was held in the Olympiastadion in Munich, Germany on 17 May 2012.
As in the past two Champions League seasons, the eight highest ranked nations got two entries to the tournament. The point of entry was changed this season however. In the previous years the national runners-up had to enter the qualification round. With those teams always easing through their groups, with the exception of Umeå in 2010–11, UEFA decided to give those a direct entry to the round of 32. As a result, eight nations which under previous rules would have had direct entry to that round now had to go through the qualifying stage.
A total of 54 teams from 46 UEFA associations were confirmed to be entering this year's competition by UEFA on 15 June 2011. This is a new record for the Women's Champions league, as Albania and Latvia are represented for the first time, and the winners of the Luxembourg league entered for the first time since 2001–02. In total 11 teams got their European debut. Countries are allocated places according to their 2010 UEFA league coefficient for women, taking into account performances in women's club competitions between 2005–06 and 2009–10.
Associations ranked 1–8 entered two clubs, the remaining associations entered one team. Unlike the men's Champions League, not every association have entered teams in the past, so the exact number of clubs in each round was only known shortly before the draw.
8 groups of 4 clubs, hosted by one club, seeded into four pots by UEFA club coefficient
Two-legged knockout, seeded by UEFA club coefficient
The draw was held on 23 June 2011. 32 teams entered in the qualifying round, and were divided into eight groups of four teams, with one team from each seeding pot:
Pot 1
Pot 2
Pot 3
Pot 4
The eight hosts were confirmed by UEFA before the draw, and two hosts could not be placed in the same group. Krka, Osijek and Apollon Limassol also hosted tournaments in 2009 and 2010.
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