| Tourney Name: | UEFA Women's Champions League |
| Year: | 2009–10 |
| Size: | 300px |
| Dates: | 30 July 2009 – 20 May 2010[1] |
| Num Teams: | 53 |
| Confederations: | 44 |
| Champion Other: | Turbine Potsdam |
| Count: | 2 |
| Second Other: |  Lyon |
| Matches: | 103 |
| Goals: | 428 |
| Top Scorer: | Vanessa Bürki (11)[2] |
| Updated: | 17 March 2010 |
| Prevseason: | 2008–09 |
| Nextseason: | 2010–11 |
The UEFA Women's Champions League 2009–10 was the first edition of the newly branded tournament, and the ninth edition of a UEFA tournament for women's champion football clubs.
For the first time the top 8 leagues of the UEFA were awarded two entry places in this year's season. Germany even got 3 entries, as FCR 2001 Duisburg finished outside the top 2 in Germany's league but gained entry as the title holder.
| Round of 32 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Duisburg (TH) | Turbine Potsdam[3] (CH) |  Umeå[4] (CH) | Arsenal[5] (CH) |
| Lyon[6] (CH) | Fortuna Hjørring[7] (CH) |  Zvezda 2005 Perm[8] (CH) |  Røa[9] (CH) |
 Bardolino[10] (CH) |  Valur[11] (CH) |  Universitet Vitebsk[12] (CH) | AZ[13] (CH) |
 Rayo Vallecano[14] (CH) |  Sparta Praha[15] (CH) |  Neulengbach[16] (CH) |  Standard Liège[17] (CH) |
 Alma[18] (CH) |  Unia Racibórz[19] (CH) |  Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv[20] (CH) | Zürich[21] (CH) |
 Mašinac Niš (CH) | PAOK (CH) |  Viktória[22] (CH) |  Honka (CH) |
 ZNK-SFK 2000 (CH) | |||
| Qualifying round | |||
| Bayern Munich (RU) | Linköping (RU) | Everton (RU) | Montpellier[23] (RU) |
| Brøndby (RU) | Rossiyanka (RU) | Team Strømmen (RU) | Torres (RU) |
 Roma Calfa (CH) |  Maccabi Holon(CH) |  CFF Clujana[24] (CH) | Glasgow City (CH) |
| 1° Dezembro (CH) | NSA Sofia (CH) |  ŽNK Krka (CH) |  Slovan Duslo Sala (CH) |
| Cardiff City (CW) | Osijek (CH) |  Gintra Universitetas (CH) |  Tikvesanka (CH) |
 KÍ Klaksvík (CH) |  St Francis (CW) | Glentoran (CH) |  Apollon Limassol (CH) |
 Levadia Tallinn (CH) |  Norchi Dinamoeli (CH) |  Birkirkara (CH) |  Trabzonspor (CH) |
The draw was made on 24 June 2009.[25] Teams marked (H) hosted a mini-league. The winners of each group qualified for the next round.
Matches were played at City Stadium, Šiauliai and at the Aukštaitija Stadium, Panevėžys.
Matches were played at Mladost Stadium, Strumica and Kukuš Stadium, Turnovo.
Matches were played at Brøndby IF's bane 2 and Brøndby Stadium.
Matches were played at Matija Gubec Stadium, Krško and Ivančna Gorica Stadium, Ivančna Gorica.
Matches were played at Folkungavallen, Linköping.
Matches were played at Tsirion Stadium, Limassol and Pafiako Stadium, Paphos.
Matches were played at Gradski vrt, Osijek and Stadion Cibalia, Vinkovci.
The 16 seeded teams were drawn one opponent each from the pool of 16 unseeded teams. Teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other. The seeded team played the second leg at home.[26] Matches were played on 30 September and 7 October.
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Montpellier won 3–1 on aggregate.----Neulengbach won 3–2 on aggregate.----Torres won 6–2 on aggregate.----Umeå won 11–0 on aggregate.----Brøndby won 3–2 on aggregate.----Sparta Praha won 2–1 on aggregate.----Lyon won 8–0 on aggregate.----Rossiyanka won 5–2 on aggregate.----Rossiyanka won 5–2 on aggregate.----Bayern Munich won 9–2 on aggregate.----Zvezda 2005 Perm won 8–0 on aggregate.----Turbine Potsdam won 16–1 on aggregate.----Arsenal won 18–0 on aggregate.----Røa won 3–2 on aggregate.----Linköping won 5–0 on aggregate.----Fortuna Hjørring won 5–2 on aggregate.
From this round onwards, there was no seeding, and clubs from the same association could be drawn against each other. The drawing for this round was held immediately after the drawing for the round of 32. Therefore, instead of drawing specific teams matches were drawn with the winners playing each other in this round.[26] Matches were played on 4–5 November and 11–12 November.
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Duisburg won 3–1 on aggregate.----Umeå won 2–1 on aggregate.----Montpellier won 1–0 on aggregate.----Turbine Potsdam won 5–0 on aggregate.----Torres won 8–2 on aggregate.----Arsenal won 6–0 on aggregate.----1–1 on aggregate. Røa won on away goals. ----Lyon won 6–0 on aggregate.
Matches were played on 10 March and 14–17 March.
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Duisburg won 4–1 on aggregate.----2–2 on aggregate. Umeå won on away goals. ----Lyon won 3–1 on aggregate.----Turbine Potsdam won 10–0 on aggregate.
Matches were played on 10–11 April and 17–18 April 2010.
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Lyon won 3–2 on aggregate.----1–1 on aggregate. Turbine Potsdam won 3–1 on penalties.
See main article: 2010 UEFA Women's Champions League Final.
The top goal scorers including qualifying rounds were:
| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 | ||
| 2 | Linköping | 10 | |
| 3 | Inka Grings | Duisburg | 9 |
| Kim Little | Arsenal | ||
| Anja Mittag | Turbine Potsdam |
| Phase | Round | First leg | Second leg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Qualifying round | Group stage | 30 July 2009 – 4 August 2009 | |
| Knockout stage | Round of 32 | 30 September 2009 | 7 October 2009 |
| Round of 16 | 4 November 2009 | 11 November 2009 | |
| Quarter-final | 10 March 2010 | 17 March 2010 | |
| Semi-final | 10 April or 11 April 2010 | 17 April or 18 April 2010 | |
| Final | 20 May 2010 | ||