2015–16 UEFA Champions League

European football tournament UEFA Champions League 2015–16 Stadio_Meazza.jpg 275px The Stadio San Siro in Milan hosted the final Qualifying:30 June – 26 August 2015Competition proper:15 September 2015 – 28 May 2016 Competition proper: 32Total: 78 53 ESP Real Madrid 11 ESP Atlético Madrid 125 347 Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)16 goals 2014–15 2016–17 The 2015–16 UEFA Champions League was the 61st season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 24th season since it was renamed from the European Champion Clubs' Cup to the UEFA Champions League. Barcelona were the title holders, but were eliminated by Atlético Madrid in the quarter-finals. The final was played between Real Madrid and Atlético Madrid at the Stadio San Siro in Milan, Italy,http://www.uefa.org/about-uefa/executive-committee/news/newsid=2149868.html Milan to host 2016 UEFA Champions League final UEFA.com Union of European Football Associations 18 September 2014 with Real defeating Atlético 5–3 on penalties (1–1 after extra time) to win a record-extending eleventh European Cup/Champions League title. It was the second time in the tournament's history that both finalists were from the same city, after the same clubs faced each other in the 2014 final. As the winners of the 2015–16 UEFA Champions League, Real Madrid qualified as the UEFA representative for the 2016 FIFA Club World Cup in Japan (their third Club World Cup appearance),https://www.fifa.com/live-scores/uefachampionsleague/news/newsid/279/294/4/index.html https://web.archive.org/web/20160530205935/http://www.fifa.com/live-scores/uefachampionsleague/news/newsid/279/294/4/index.html dead May 30, 2016 Real Madrid crowned kings of Europe FIFA.com 28 May 2016 and also earned the right to play against the winners of the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League, Sevilla, in the 2016 UEFA Super Cup.https://www.uefa.com/uefasupercup/news/0250-0c5112185f92-bb13acef9423-1000--real-madrid-play-sevilla-in-uefa-super-cup/ Real Madrid play Sevilla in UEFA Super Cup UEFA.com 29 May 2016 Madrid won both competitions. Format changes The UEFA Executive Committee held in May 2013 approved the following changes to the UEFA Champions League starting from the 2015–16 season (for the three-year cycle until the 2017–18 season):http://www.uefa.org/about-uefa/executive-committee/news/newsid=1956131.html Added bonus for UEFA Europa League winners UEFA.org Union of European Football Associations 24 May 2013 The winners of the previous season's UEFA Europa League will qualify for the UEFA Champions League. They will enter at least the play-off round, and will enter the group stage if the berth reserved for the Champions League title holders is not used. The previous limit of a maximum of four teams per association will be increased to five, meaning that if the Champions League title holders or the Europa League title holders are from the top three ranked associations (but not both from the same one) and finish outside the top four of their domestic league, the fourth-placed team of their association will not be prevented from participating in the tournament. However, if both the Champions League title holders and the Europa League title holders are from the same top three ranked association and finish outside the top four of their domestic league, the fourth-placed team of their association will be moved to the Europa League.http://kassiesa.net/uefafiles/2015-18-uefa-access-list-explanations.pdf UEFA Access List 2015/18 with explanations Bert Kassies 2014-10-24 2019-04-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20190404101248/https://kassiesa.net/uefafiles/2015-18-uefa-access-list-explanations.pdf dead Association team allocation A total of 78 teams from 53 of the 54 UEFA member associations participated in the 2015–16 UEFA Champions League (the exception being Liechtenstein, which does not organise a domestic league). The association ranking based on the UEFA country coefficients was used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:http://www.uefa.org/MultimediaFiles/Download/Regulations/uefaorg/Regulations/02/23/57/51/2235751_DOWNLOAD.pdf Regulations of the UEFA Champions League 2015/16 Season UEFA.com Union of European Football Associations 1 May 2015 Associations 1–3 each have four teams qualify. Associations 4–6 each have three teams qualify. Associations 7–15 each have two teams qualify. Associations 16–54 (except Liechtenstein) each have one team qualify. The winners of the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League and 2014–15 UEFA Europa League were each given an additional entry if they would not qualify for the 2015–16 UEFA Champions League through their domestic league. Because a maximum of five teams from one association can enter the UEFA Champions League, if both the Champions League title holders and the Europa League title holders were from the same top three ranked association and finished outside the top four of their domestic league, the fourth-placed team of their association would be moved to the Europa League.http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/newsid=2215121.html https://archive.today/20150309085551/http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/newsid=2215121.html dead March 9, 2015 How the Europa League winners will enter the Champions League UEFA.com Union of European Football Associations 27 February 2015 For this season: The winners of the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League, Barcelona, qualified through their domestic league, meaning the additional entry for the Champions League title holders was not necessary. The winners of the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League, Sevilla, did not qualify through their domestic league, meaning the additional entry for the Europa League title holders was necessary. Association ranking For the 2015–16 UEFA Champions League, the associations are allocated places according to their 2014 UEFA country coefficients, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 2009–10 to 2013–14.http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/uefarankings/country/season=2014/index.html https://web.archive.org/web/20130612002949/http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/uefarankings/country/season=2014/index.html dead June 12, 2013 Country coefficients 2013/14 UEFA.com Union of European Football Associationshttps://kassiesa.net/uefa/data/method4/crank2014.html UEFA Country Ranking 2014 Bert Kassies Apart from the allocation based on the country coefficients, associations may have additional teams participating in the Champions League, as noted below: (EL) – Additional berth for Europa League title holders RankAssociationCoeff.TeamsNotes1ESP97.7134+1 (EL)2ENG84.7483GER81.6414ITA66.93835POR62.2996FRA 197456.5007RUS46.99828NED44.3129UKR40.96610BEL36.30011TUR34.20012GRE33.60013SUI33.22514AUT30.92515CZE29.35016ROU27.257117ISR26.87518CYP23.250RankAssociationCoeff.TeamsNotes19DEN21.300120CRO19.62521POL18.87522BLR18.62523SCO16.56624SWE16.32525BUL15.62526NOR14.27527SRB14.12528HUN11.62529SVN11.00030SVK11.00031MDA10.37532AZE10.37533GEO9.87534KAZ8.25035BIH7.50036FIN7.175RankAssociationCoeff.TeamsNotes37ISL6.750138LVA6.25039MNE6.00040ALB5.50041LTU5.25042MKD Macedonia5.25043IRL5.12544LUX4.87545MLT4.83346LIE4.500047NIR3.625148WAL3.00049ARM2.87550EST2.87551FRO2.12552SMR0.99953AND0.83354GIB0.000 Distribution In the default access list, the Champions League title holders enter the group stage.http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2016/accesslist/index.html UEFA Champions League Access List 2015/16 UEFA.com Union of European Football Associations dead https://web.archive.org/web/20160404162117/http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season%3D2016/accesslist/index.html 4 April 2016 However, since Barcelona already qualified for the group stage (as the champions of the 2014–15 La Liga), the Champions League title holders berth in the group stage is given to the Europa League title holders, Sevillahttps://kassiesa.net/uefa/access2015.html Access list 2015/2016 Bert Kassies dead https://web.archive.org/web/20150810160506/http://kassiesa.home.xs4all.nl/bert/uefa/access2015.html 10 August 2015 http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/news/newsid=2249541.html https://web.archive.org/web/20150525001940/http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/news/newsid=2249541.html dead May 25, 2015 Who is in Champions League and Europa League? UEFA.com Union of European Football Associations 7 June 2015 and the following changes to the default allocation system are made: The third-placed teams of associations 4 (Italy) and 5 (Portugal) are promoted from the third qualifying round to the play-off round. Teams entering in this roundTeams advancing from previous roundFirst qualifying round(8 teams)8 champions from associations 47–54Second qualifying round(34 teams)30 champions from associations 16–46 (except Liechtenstein)4 winners from the first qualifying roundThird qualifying roundChampions Route(20 teams)3 champions from associations 13–1517 winners from the second qualifying roundLeague Route(10 teams)9 runners-up from associations 7–15 1 third-placed team from association 6Play-off roundChampions Route(10 teams)10 winners from the third qualifying round (Champions Route)League Route(10 teams)2 third-placed teams from associations 4–5 3 fourth-placed teams from associations 1–35 winners from the third qualifying round (League Route)Group stage(32 teams)Europa League title holders 12 champions from associations 1–12 6 runners-up from associations 1–6 3 third-placed teams from associations 1–35 winners from the play-off round (Champions Route) 5 winners from the play-off round (League Route)Knockout phase(16 teams)8 group winners from the group stage 8 group runners-up from the group stage Teams League positions of the previous season qualified via league position shown in parentheses. Sevilla qualified as Europa League title holders. (TH: Champions League title holders; EL: Europa League title holders).http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2016/accesslist/listofparticipants/index.html 2015/16 UEFA Champions League participants UEFA.com Union of European Football Associations 18 June 2015 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20160128070848/http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season%3D2016/accesslist/listofparticipants/index.html 28 January 2016 https://kassiesa.net/uefa/qual2015.html Qualification for European Cup Football 2015/2016 Bert Kassies dead https://web.archive.org/web/20150427003339/http://kassiesa.home.xs4all.nl/bert/uefa/qual2015.html 27 April 2015 Group stageESP Barcelona (1st)THENG Arsenal (3rd)POR Benfica (1st)UKR Dynamo Kyiv (1st)ESP Real Madrid (2nd)GER Bayern Munich (1st)POR Porto (2nd)BEL Gent (1st)ESP Atlético Madrid (3rd)GER VfL Wolfsburg (2nd)FRA 1974 Paris Saint-Germain (1st)TUR Galatasaray (1st)ESP Sevilla (EL)GER Borussia Mönchengladbach (3rd)FRA 1974 Lyon (2nd)GRE Olympiacos (1st)ENG Chelsea (1st)ITA Juventus (1st)RUS Zenit Saint Petersburg (1st)ENG Manchester City (2nd)ITA Roma (2nd)NED PSV Eindhoven (1st)Play-off roundChampions RouteLeague RouteESP Valencia (4th)GER Bayer Leverkusen (4th)POR Sporting CP (3rd)ENG Manchester United (4th)ITA Lazio (3rd)Third qualifying roundChampions RouteLeague RouteSUI Basel (1st)FRA 1974 Monaco (3rd)BEL Club Brugge (2nd)AUT Rapid Wien (2nd)AUT Red Bull Salzburg (1st)RUS CSKA Moscow (2nd)TUR Fenerbahçe (2nd)CZE Sparta Prague (2nd)CZE Viktoria Plzeň (1st)NED Ajax (2nd)GRE Panathinaikos (2nd)UKR Shakhtar Donetsk (2nd)SUI Young Boys (2nd)Second qualifying roundROU Steaua București (1st)SWE Malmö FF (1st)AZE Qarabağ (1st)ALB Skënderbeu (1st)ISR Maccabi Tel Aviv (1st)BUL Ludogorets Razgrad (1st)GEO Dila Gori (1st)LTU Žalgiris (1st)CYP APOEL (1st)NOR Molde (1st)KAZ Astana (1st)MKD Vardar (1st)DEN Midtjylland (1st)SRB Partizan (1st)BIH Sarajevo (1st)IRL Dundalk (1st)CRO Dinamo Zagreb (1st)HUN Videoton (1st)FIN HJK (1st)LUX Fola Esch (1st)POL Lech Poznań (1st)SVN Maribor (1st)ISL Stjarnan (1st)MLT Hibernians (1st)BLR BATE Borisov (1st)SVK Trenčín (1st)LVA Ventspils (1st)SCO Celtic (1st)MDA Milsami Orhei (1st)MNE Rudar Pljevlja (1st)First qualifying roundNIR Crusaders (1st)ARM Pyunik (1st)FRO B36 (1st)AND FC Santa Coloma (1st)WAL The New Saints (1st)EST Levadia Tallinn (1st)SMR Folgore (1st)GIB Lincoln Red Imps (1st) Round and draw dates The schedule of the competition was as follows (all draws were held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, unless stated otherwise).https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/0250-0c510c3363c5-1dfe992e7056-1000--2015-16-champions-league-teams-draws-matches/ 2015/16 Champions League: teams, draws, matches UEFA.com Union of European Football Associationshttps://kassiesa.net/uefa/calendar2015.html UEFA European Football Calendar 2015/2016 Bert Kassies dead https://web.archive.org/web/20141221150453/http://kassiesa.home.xs4all.nl/bert/uefa/calendar2015.html 21 December 2014 PhaseRoundDraw dateFirst legSecond legQualifyingFirst qualifying round22 June 201530 June–1 July 20157–8 July 2015Second qualifying round14–15 July 201521–22 July 2015Third qualifying round17 July 201528–29 July 20154–5 August 2015Play-offPlay-off round7 August 201518–19 August 201525–26 August 2015Group stageMatchday 127 August 2015(Monaco)15–16 September 2015Matchday 229–30 September 2015Matchday 320–21 October 2015Matchday 43–4 November 2015Matchday 524–25 November 2015Matchday 68–9 December 2015Knockout phaseRound of 1614 December 201516–17 & 23–24 February 20168–9 & 15–16 March 2016Quarter-finals18 March 20165–6 April 201612–13 April 2016Semi-finals15 April 201626–27 April 20163–4 May 2016Final28 May 2016 at Stadio San Siro, Milan Qualifying rounds 2015–16 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round 2015–16 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase In the qualifying rounds and the play-off round, teams were divided into seeded and unseeded teams based on their 2015 UEFA club coefficients,http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/uefarankings/club/season=2015/index.html https://web.archive.org/web/20140716052833/http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/uefarankings/club/season=2015/index.html dead July 16, 2014 Club coefficients 2014/15 UEFA.com Union of European Football Associationshttps://kassiesa.net/uefa/data/method4/trank2015.html UEFA Team Ranking 2015 Bert Kassieshttps://kassiesa.net/uefa/seedcl2015.html Seeding in the Champions League 2015/2016 Bert Kassies 16 May 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150707055925/http://kassiesa.home.xs4all.nl/bert/uefa/seedcl2015.html 7 July 2015 dead and then drawn into two-legged home-and-away ties. Teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other. First qualifying round The draw for the first and second qualifying rounds was held on 22 June 2015.http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2016/draws/round=2000630/index.html https://web.archive.org/web/20150729151629/http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2016/draws/round=2000630/index.html dead July 29, 2015 Draws — First and second qualifying rounds UEFA.com Union of European Football Associations 22 June 2015https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/0222-0e9121564c64-aea74aad6f1b-1000--qualifying-round-draws-start-road-to-milan/ Qualifying round draws start road to Milan UEFA.com Union of European Football Associations 22 June 2015 22 June 2015 The first legs were played on 30 June and 1 July, and the second legs were played on 7 July 2015. Lincoln Red Imps became the first Gibraltar team to win a tie in a UEFA competition, two years after Gibraltar's teams were first admitted entry.https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/0223-0e912e8ef97e-62dab6bbdc7e-1000--crusaders-lincoln-tns-and-pyunik-go-through/ Crusaders, Lincoln, TNS and Pyunik go through 7 July 2015 UEFA.com Union of European Football Associations firstroundmatch Second qualifying round The first legs were played on 14 and 15 July, and the second legs were played on 21 and 22 July 2015. secondroundmatch Third qualifying round The third qualifying round was split into two separate sections: Champions Route (for league champions) and League Route (for league non-champions). The losing teams in both sections entered the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League play-off round. The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 17 July 2015.http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2016/draws/round=2000632/index.html https://web.archive.org/web/20150706073824/http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2016/draws/round=2000632/index.html dead July 6, 2015 Draws — Third qualifying round UEFA.com Union of European Football Associations 17 July 2015Champions League third qualifying round draw https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/0223-0e913ed4a1da-208e02a30899-1000--champions-league-third-qualifying-round-draw/ UEFA.com Union of European Football Associations 17 July 2015 17 July 2015 The first legs were played on 28 and 29 July, and the second legs were played on 4 and 5 August 2015. thirdroundmatch Play-off round 2015–16 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round#Play-off round 2015–16 UEFA Champions League play-off round The play-off round was split into two separate sections: Champions Route (for league champions) and League Route (for league non-champions). The losing teams in both sections entered the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League group stage. The draw for the play-off round was held on 7 August 2015.Draws — Play-off round https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/draws/2016/2000633/ UEFA.com Union of European Football Associations 7 August 2015 UEFA Champions League play-off draw made https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/0224-0e915cf1757f-d60cd22ab4c4-1000--uefa-champions-league-play-off-draw-made/ UEFA.com Union of European Football Associations 7 August 2015 7 August 2015 The first legs were played on 18 and 19 August, and the second legs were played on 25 and 26 August 2015. playoffmatch Group stage 2015–16 UEFA Champions League group stage Europe 600 right Location of teams of the 2015–16 UEFA Champions League group stage.8px Brown: Group A; 8px Red: Group B; 8px Orange: Group C; 8px Yellow: Group D;8px Green: Group E; 8px Blue: Group F; 8px Purple: Group G; 8px Pink: Group H. Europe 41.38087 2.122802 Barcelona Green pog.svg right Europe 40.45306 -3.68835 Madrid Black pog.svg top Europe 40.401719 -3.720606 Black pog.svg top Europe 39.474616 -0.358219 Valencia Pink pog.svg right Europe 37.384046 -5.970587 Sevilla Yellow pog.svg right Europe 51.481667 -0.191111 London Black pog.svg top Europe 53.483056 -2.200278 Manchester Black pog.svg top Europe 51.481667 -0.191111 Black pog.svg top Europe 53.483056 -2.200278 Black pog.svg top Europe 48.218775 11.624753 Bayern Blue pog.svg right Europe 52.432643 10.80389 Wolfsburg Red pog.svg right Europe 51.17453 6.385407 M'gladbach Yellow pog.svg bottom Europe 51.038256 7.002206 Leverkusen Green pog.svg right Europe 45.109444 7.641111 Juventus Yellow pog.svg right Europe 41.933886 12.454786 Roma Green pog.svg right Europe 38.752678 -9.184681 Benfica Orange pog.svg right Europe 41.161758 -8.583933 Porto Purple pog.svg right Europe 48.841389 2.253056 PSG Brown pog.svg right Europe 45.723889 4.832222 Lyon Pink pog.svg left Europe 59.972953 30.220533 Zenit Pink pog.svg bottom Europe 55.791389 37.516111 CSKA Red pog.svg right Europe 51.441781 5.467442 PSV Red pog.svg top Europe 50.433439 30.522114 Dyn. Kyiv Purple pog.svg left Europe 48.020833 37.809722 Shakhtar Brown pog.svg left Europe 51.016111 3.734167 Gent Pink pog.svg left Europe 41.102869 28.990419 Galatasaray Orange pog.svg right Europe 37.946447 23.664317 Olympiacos Blue pog.svg right Europe 32.051728 34.761439 M. Tel Aviv Purple pog.svg right Europe 45.815011 15.981919 Din. Zagreb Blue pog.svg right Europe 54.1135 28.2831 BATE Green pog.svg right Europe 55.583611 12.987778 Malmö Brown pog.svg right Europe 47.884030 52.410000 Astana(not on map) Orange pog.svg above Europe 47.460000 53.260000 Right arrow.svg right Europe TransparentPlaceholder.png 1 65 55 80 Madrid teams8px Atlético Madrid8px Real Madrid London teams8px Arsenal8px Chelsea Manchester teams8px Manchester City8px Manchester United right The draw for the group stage was held in Monaco on 27 August 2015.https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/draws/2016/2000634/ Draws — Group stage UEFA.com Union of European Football Associations 27 August 2015https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/0250-0c510c3b5f4b-2a5100c40ded-1000--uefa-champions-league-group-stage-draw/ UEFA Champions League group stage draw UEFA.com Union of European Football Associations 27 August 2015 The 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four, with the restriction that teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other. For the draw, the teams were seeded into four pots based on the following principles (introduced starting this season):https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/29562047 Champions League: Domestic title winners to receive top-seed status BBC Sport 9 October 2014https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/0220-0e15f38d3608-4437365f0e2f-1000--champions-bonus-for-group-stage-draw/ Champions' bonus for group stage draw UEFA.com Union of European Football Associations 24 April 2015 Pot 1 contained the title holders and the champions of the top seven associations based on their 2014 UEFA country coefficients. As the title holders (Barcelona) were one of the champions of the top seven associations, the champions of the association ranked eighth (Netherlands' PSV Eindhoven) were also seeded into Pot 1 (regulations Article 13.05). Pot 2, 3 and 4 contained the remaining teams, seeded based on their 2015 UEFA club coefficients. In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners and runners-up advanced to the round of 16, while the third-placed teams entered the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League round of 32. The matchdays were 15–16 September, 29–30 September, 20–21 October, 3–4 November, 24–25 November, and 8–9 December 2015. The youth teams of the clubs that qualified for the group stage also played in the 2015–16 UEFA Youth League on the same matchdays, where they competed in the UEFA Champions League Path (with the UEFA Youth League expanded to 64 teams, the youth domestic champions of the top 32 associations compete in a separate Domestic Champions Path until the play-offs). A total of 17 national associations were represented in the group stage. Astana, Borussia Mönchengladbach and Gent made their debut appearances in the group stage. Astana were the first team from Kazakhstan to play in the Champions League group stage.https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/0253-0d043f9fba8a-14a649a59d0d-1000--champions-league-group-stage-number-crunching/ Champions League group stage number crunching UEFA.com Union of European Football Associations 26 August 2015 With the maximum teams from the same association in the group stage increased from four to five, Spain became the first association to have five teams in the Champions League group stage.https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/0253-0d043f9f6b1f-792afe4eeb6a-1000--group-stage-draw-which-teams-are-in-which-pots/ Group stage draw: which teams are in which pots? UEFA.com Union of European Football Associations 26 August 2015 Since all three qualifying teams from the highest ranked leagues won their ties in the league route playoff round, the three countries of Spain, England and Germany had 13 of the 32 clubs in the group stage. TiebreakersThe teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams were equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria were applied in the order given to determine the rankings (regulations Article 17.01): 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 having applied criteria 1 to 4, teams still had an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 4 were reapplied exclusively to the matches between the teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure did not lead to a decision, criteria 6 to 12 applied; superior goal difference in all group matches; higher number of goals scored in all group matches; higher number of away goals scored in all group matches; higher number of wins in all group matches; higher number of away wins in all group matches; lower disciplinary points total based only on yellow and red cards received in all group matches (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points); higher club coefficient. Group A Group A yes no_hide_class_rules Group B Group B yes no_hide_class_rules Group C Group C yes no_hide_class_rules Group D Group D yes no_hide_class_rules Group E Group E yes no_hide_class_rules Group F Group F yes no_hide_class_rules Group G Group G yes no_hide_class_rules Group H Group H yes no_hide_class_rules Knockout phase 2015–16 UEFA Champions League knockout phase In the knockout phase, teams played against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis, except for the one-match final. The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follows: In the draw for the round of 16, the eight group winners were seeded, and the eight group runners-up were unseeded. The seeded teams were drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. Teams from the same group or the same association could not be drawn against each other. In the draws for the quarter-finals onwards, there were no seedings, and teams from the same group or the same association could be drawn against each other. Bracket bracket Round of 16 The draw for the round of 16 was held on 14 December 2015.https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/draws/2016/2000635/ Draws — Round of 16 UEFA.com Union of European Football Associations 14 December 2015 live https://web.archive.org/web/20151216172430/http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season%3D2016/draws/round%3D2000635/index.html 16 December 2015 https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/0253-0d0451cd01d9-a249efb8e43f-1000--round-of-16-draw-arsenal-v-barca-juve-v-bayern/ Round of 16 draw: Arsenal v Barça, Juve v Bayern UEFA.com 14 December 2015 The first legs were played on 16, 17, 23 and 24 February, and the second legs were played on 8, 9, 15 and 16 March 2016. Rof16 Quarter-finals The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 18 March 2016.https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2016/draws/round=2000636/index.html Draws — Quarter-finals UEFA.com Union of European Football Associations 18 March 2016 live https://web.archive.org/web/20160318234142/http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season%3D2016/draws/round%3D2000636/index.html 18 March 2016 https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/022b-0e93c06311a3-0e2c9ebe3c93-1000--quarter-final-draw-barcelona-atletico-paris-city/ Quarter-final draw: Barcelona-Atlético, Paris-City UEFA.com Union of European Football Associations 18 March 2016 The first legs were played on 5 and 6 April, and the second legs were played on 12 and 13 April 2016. QF Semi-finals The draw for the semi-finals was held on 15 April 2016.https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/draws/2016/2000637/ Draws — Semi-finals UEFA.com Union of European Football Associations 15 April 2016 live https://web.archive.org/web/20160510145703/http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season%3D2016/draws/round%3D2000637/index.html 10 May 2016 https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/022c-0e940e6b9564-8e8261ba1961-1000--champions-league-semi-finals-city-madrid-bayern-atletico/ Champions League semi-finals: City-Madrid, Bayern-Atlético UEFA.com Union of European Football Associations 15 April 2016 The first legs were played on 26 and 27 April, and the second legs were played on 3 and 4 May 2016. SF Final F Statistics Statistics exclude qualifying rounds and play-off round. Top goalscorers RankPlayerTeamGoalsMinutes played1POR Cristiano RonaldoESP Real Madrid1611092POL Robert LewandowskiGER Bayern Munich99423URU Luis SuárezESP Barcelona8810GER Thomas MüllerGER Bayern Munich9265FRA 1974 Antoine GriezmannESP Atlético Madrid711356ARG Lionel MessiESP Barcelona6630RUS Artem DzyubaRUS Zenit Saint Petersburg6338FRA 1974 Olivier GiroudENG Arsenal5384MEX Javier HernándezGER Bayer Leverkusen487BRA WillianENG Chelsea642SWE Zlatan IbrahimovićFRA 1974 Paris Saint-Germain880 Source:http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2016/statistics/round=2000634/players/type=topscorers/index.html https://web.archive.org/web/20160819035318/http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2016/statistics/round=2000634/players/type=topscorers/index.html dead August 19, 2016 Statistics — Tournament phase — Player statistics — Goals UEFA.com Union of European Football Associations 29 May 2016 Squad of the Season The UEFA Technical Study Group selected the following 18 players as the squad of the tournament.https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/022d-0e948891dc6b-533ac6fffce1-1000--uefa-champions-league-squad-of-the-season/ UEFA Champions League Squad of the Season UEFA.com 30 May 2016 Pos. PositionNameTeamGK GoalkeeperSVN Jan OblakESP Atlético MadridGER Manuel NeuerGER Bayern MunichDF DefenderURU Diego GodínESP Atlético MadridESP JuanfranESP Atlético MadridBRA Thiago SilvaFRA 1974 Paris Saint-GermainESP Sergio RamosESP Real MadridBRA MarceloESP Real MadridMF MidfielderESP GabiESP Atlético MadridESP KokeESP Atlético MadridESP Andrés IniestaESP BarcelonaGER Toni KroosESP Real MadridCRO Luka ModrićESP Real MadridFW ForwardFRA 1974 Antoine GriezmannESP Atlético MadridURU Luis SuárezESP BarcelonaARG Lionel MessiESP BarcelonaPOL Robert LewandowskiGER Bayern MunichPOR Cristiano RonaldoESP Real MadridWAL Gareth BaleESP Real Madrid See also Association football 2015–16 UEFA Europa League 2015–16 UEFA Youth League 2016 UEFA Super Cup 2016 FIFA Club World Cup 2015–16 UEFA Women's Champions League References External links 2015–16 UEFA Champions League Category:UEFA Champions League seasons 1