2016–17 UEFA Champions League

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2016–17 UEFA Champions League
Juventus
Tournament statistics
Matches played125
Goals scored380 (3.04 per match)
Attendance5,399,802 (43,198 per match)
Top scorer(s)Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)
12 goals
Best player(s)

The 2016–17 UEFA Champions League was the 62nd season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 25th season since it was renamed from the European Champion Clubs' Cup to the UEFA Champions League.

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As winners, Real Madrid qualified as the UEFA representative for the 2017 FIFA Club World Cup in the United Arab Emirates, and also earned the right to play against the winners of the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League, Manchester United, in the 2017 UEFA Super Cup, ultimately triumphing in both competitions.

Association team allocation

A total of 78 teams from 53 of the 55 UEFA member associations were expected to participate in the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League (the exceptions being Liechtenstein, which did not organise a domestic league, and Kosovo, whose participation was not accepted in their first attempt as UEFA members). The association ranking based on the UEFA country coefficients was used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:[7]

  • Associations 1–3 each had four teams qualify.
  • Associations 4–6 each had three teams qualify.
  • Associations 7–15 each had two teams qualify.
  • Associations 16–54 (except Liechtenstein) each had one team qualify.
  • The winners of the 2015–16 UEFA Champions League and 2015–16 UEFA Europa League were each given an additional entry if they did not qualify for the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League through their domestic league. Because a maximum of five teams from one association can enter the Champions League, if both the Champions League title holders and the Europa League title holders were from the same top three ranked association and finish outside the top four of their domestic league, the fourth-placed team of their association would be moved to the Europa League.[8] For this season:
    • The winners of the
      Real Madrid
      , qualified through their domestic league, meaning the additional entry for the Champions League title holders was not necessary.
    • The winners of the 2015–16 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 2016–17 UEFA Champions League, the associations were allocated places according to their 2015 UEFA country coefficients, which took into account their performance in European competitions from 2010–11 to 2014–15.[9][10]

Apart from the allocation based on the country coefficients, associations could have additional teams participating in the Champions League, as noted below:

  • (EL) – Additional berth for Europa League title holders
Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes
1 Spain Spain 99.999 4 +1(EL)
2 England England 80.391
3 Germany Germany 79.415
4 Italy Italy 70.510 3
5 Portugal Portugal 61.382
6 France France 52.416
7 Russia Russia 50.498 2
8
Ukraine
45.166
9 Netherlands Netherlands 40.979
10 Belgium Belgium 37.200
11 Switzerland Switzerland 34.375
12 Turkey Turkey 32.600
13 Greece Greece 31.900
14 Czech Republic Czech Republic 29.125
15 Romania Romania 26.299
16 Austria Austria 25.675 1
17 Croatia Croatia 23.500
18 Cyprus Cyprus 22.300
19 Poland Poland 21.500
Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes
20 Israel Israel 21.000 1
21 Belarus Belarus 20.750
22 Denmark Denmark 19.800
23 Scotland Scotland 17.900
24 Sweden Sweden 17.725
25 Bulgaria Bulgaria 16.750
26
Norway
14.375
27 Serbia Serbia 13.875
28 Slovenia Slovenia 13.625
29 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan 12.500
30 Slovakia Slovakia 11.250
31 Hungary Hungary 11.000
32
Kazakhstan
10.375
33 Moldova Moldova 10.000
34 Georgia (country) Georgia 9.375
35 Finland Finland 8.200
36 Iceland Iceland 8.000
37 Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina 7.500
Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes
38 Liechtenstein Liechtenstein 6.000 0
39 North Macedonia Macedonia 5.875 1
40 Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland 5.750
41 Montenegro Montenegro 5.625
42 Albania Albania 5.375
43 Luxembourg Luxembourg 5.125
44 Northern Ireland Northern Ireland 4.875
45 Lithuania Lithuania 4.500
46 Latvia Latvia 4.250
47 Malta Malta 4.208
48 Estonia Estonia 3.500
49 Faroe Islands Faroe Islands 3.500
50 Wales Wales 2.875
51 Armenia Armenia 2.750
52 Andorra Andorra 0.833
53 San Marino San Marino 0.499
54 Gibraltar Gibraltar 0.250
55 Kosovo Kosovo[Note KOS] 0.000 0
Notes
  1. Feronikeli (as the champions of the 2015–16 Football Superleague of Kosovo), was denied by UEFA in June due to the club failing licensing requirements, and also because the club could not provide a suitable stadium and UEFA did not allow them to play their home matches in a foreign country.[13][14]

Distribution

In the default access list, the Champions League title holders enter the group stage.

Real Madrid already qualified for the group stage (as the runners-up of the 2015–16 La Liga), the Champions League title holders berth in the group stage is given to the Europa League title holders, Sevilla.[16][17][18]
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 round Teams advancing from previous round
First qualifying round
(8 teams)
  • 8 champions from associations 47–54
Second qualifying round
(34 teams)
  • 30 champions from associations 16–46 (except Liechtenstein)
  • 4 winners from the first qualifying round
Third qualifying round Champions Route
(20 teams)
  • 3 champions from associations 13–15
  • 17 winners from the second qualifying round
League Route
(10 teams)
  • 9 runners-up from associations 7–15
  • 1 third-placed team from association 6
Play-off round Champions 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 1–3
  • 5 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 1–3
  • 5 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).[19][20][21]

Group stage
Real MadridTH (2nd
)
England Tottenham Hotspur (3rd) Portugal Benfica (1st) Netherlands PSV Eindhoven (1st)
Spain Sevilla (EL) Germany Bayern Munich (1st)
Sporting CP (2nd
)
Belgium Club Brugge (1st)
Spain Barcelona (1st) Germany Borussia Dortmund (2nd) France Paris Saint-Germain (1st) Switzerland Basel (1st)
Spain Atlético Madrid (3rd) Germany Bayer Leverkusen (3rd) France Lyon (2nd) Turkey Beşiktaş (1st)
England Leicester City (1st)
Juventus (1st
)
Russia CSKA Moscow (1st)
England Arsenal (2nd)
Napoli (2nd
)
Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv (1st)
Play-off round
Champions Route League Route
Spain Villarreal (4th) Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach (4th) Portugal Porto (3rd)
England Manchester City (4th)
Roma (3rd
)
Third qualifying round
Champions Route League Route
1st
)
France Monaco (3rd)[Note FRA] Belgium Anderlecht (2nd) Czech Republic Sparta Prague (2nd)
Czech Republic Viktoria Plzeň (1st) Russia Rostov (2nd) Switzerland Young Boys (2nd)
Steaua București (2nd
)
Romania Astra Giurgiu (1st) Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk (2nd) Turkey Fenerbahçe (2nd)
Netherlands Ajax (2nd)
2nd
)
Second qualifying round
Austria Red Bull Salzburg (1st) Sweden IFK Norrköping (1st) Kazakhstan Astana (1st)
Mladost Podgorica (1st
)
Croatia Dinamo Zagreb (1st) Bulgaria Ludogorets Razgrad (1st) Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol (1st)
Cyprus APOEL (1st) Norway Rosenborg (1st) Georgia (country) Dinamo Tbilisi (1st) Luxembourg F91 Dudelange (1st)
Poland Legia Warsaw (1st) Serbia Red Star Belgrade (1st) Finland SJK (1st) Northern Ireland Crusaders (1st)
Israel Hapoel Be'er Sheva (1st)
Olimpija Ljubljana (1st
)
Iceland FH (1st) Lithuania Žalgiris Vilnius (1st)
Belarus BATE Borisov (1st) Azerbaijan Qarabağ (1st) Bosnia and Herzegovina Zrinjski Mostar (1st) Latvia Liepāja (1st)
Denmark Copenhagen (1st) Slovakia Trenčín (1st) North Macedonia Vardar (1st)
Scotland Celtic (1st)
Ferencváros (1st
)
1st
)
First qualifying round
Malta Valletta (1st) Faroe Islands B36 Tórshavn (1st)
Alashkert (1st
)
Tre Penne (1st
)
Estonia Flora Tallinn (1st) Wales The New Saints (1st) Andorra FC Santa Coloma (1st) Gibraltar Lincoln Red Imps (1st)
Notes
  1. 2015–16 Albanian Superliga, but were excluded from participating in the 2016–17 European competitions by UEFA for match-fixing.[22][23] They appealed the decision to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, and UEFA agreed to suspend the exclusion and Skënderbeu were included in the second qualifying round draw.[24] The final decision to exclude Skënderbeu was made by the Court of Arbitration for Sport on 6 July 2016, before the second qualifying round was played.[25][26] As a result, the berth was given to the runners-up Partizani.[27]
  • ^
    France (FRA): Monaco are a club based in Monaco (which is not a UEFA member), but participate in the Champions League through one of the berths for France as they finished third in the 2015–16 Ligue 1 (any coefficient points they earn count toward France).
  • Round and draw dates

    The schedule of the competition was as follows (all draws were held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, unless stated otherwise).[7][28][29]

    Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg
    Qualifying First qualifying round 20 June 2016 28–29 June 2016 5–6 July 2016
    Second qualifying round 12–13 July 2016 19–20 July 2016
    Third qualifying round 15 July 2016 26–27 July 2016 2–3 August 2016
    Play-off Play-off round 5 August 2016 16–17 August 2016 23–24 August 2016
    Group stage Matchday 1 25 August 2016
    (Monaco)
    13–14 September 2016
    Matchday 2 27–28 September 2016
    Matchday 3 18–19 October 2016
    Matchday 4 1–2 November 2016
    Matchday 5 22–23 November 2016
    Matchday 6 6–7 December 2016
    Knockout phase Round of 16 12 December 2016 14–15 & 21–22 February 2017 7–8 & 14–15 March 2017
    Quarter-finals 17 March 2017 11–12 April 2017 18–19 April 2017
    Semi-finals 21 April 2017 2–3 May 2017 9–10 May 2017
    Final 3 June 2017 at Millennium Stadium, Cardiff

    Qualifying rounds

    In the qualifying rounds and the play-off round, teams were divided into seeded and unseeded teams based on their 2016 UEFA club coefficients,[30][31][32] 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 draws for the first and second qualifying rounds were held on 20 June 2016.[33][34] The first legs were played on 28 June, and the second legs were played on 5 and 6 July 2016.

    Team 1
    Agg.
    Tooltip Aggregate score
    Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
    Flora Tallinn Estonia 2–3 Gibraltar Lincoln Red Imps 2–1 0–2
    The New Saints Wales 5–1
    Tre Penne
    2–1 3–0
    Valletta Malta 2–2 (a) Faroe Islands B36 Tórshavn 1–0 1–2
    FC Santa Coloma Andorra 0–3
    Alashkert
    0–0 0–3

    Second qualifying round

    The first legs were played on 12 and 13 July, and the second legs were played on 19 and 20 July 2016.

    Team 1
    Agg.
    Tooltip Aggregate score
    Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
    Qarabağ Azerbaijan 3–1 Luxembourg F91 Dudelange 2–0 1–1
    Hapoel Be'er Sheva Israel 3–2 Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol 3–2 0–0
    Olimpija Ljubljana Slovenia 6–6 (a) Slovakia Trenčín 3–4 3–2
    Red Bull Salzburg Austria 3–0 Latvia Liepāja 1–0 2–0
    Vardar North Macedonia 3–5 Croatia Dinamo Zagreb 1–2 2–3
    The New Saints Wales 0–3 Cyprus APOEL 0–0 0–3
    Zrinjski Mostar Bosnia and Herzegovina 1–3 Poland Legia Warsaw 1–1 0–2
    Ludogorets Razgrad Bulgaria 5–0
    Mladost Podgorica
    2–0 3–0
    Dinamo Tbilisi Georgia (country) 3–1
    Alashkert
    2–0 1–1
    Žalgiris Vilnius Lithuania 1–2 Kazakhstan Astana 0–0 1–2
    Partizani Albania 2–2 (3–1 p) Hungary Ferencváros 1–1
    a.e.t.
    )
    BATE Borisov Belarus 4–2 Finland SJK 2–0 2–2
    Valletta Malta 2–4 Serbia Red Star Belgrade 1–2 1–2
    Rosenborg Norway 5–4 Sweden IFK Norrköping 3–1 2–3
    Dundalk Republic of Ireland 3–3 (a) Iceland FH 1–1 2–2
    Lincoln Red Imps Gibraltar 1–3 Scotland Celtic 1–0 0–3
    Crusaders Northern Ireland 0–9 Denmark Copenhagen 0–3 0–6

    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 2016–17 UEFA Europa League play-off round.

    The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 15 July 2016.[35][36] The first legs were played on 26 and 27 July, and the second legs were played on 2 and 3 August 2016.

    Team 1
    Agg.
    Tooltip Aggregate score
    Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
    Champions Route
    Rosenborg Norway 2–4 Cyprus APOEL 2–1 0–3
    Dinamo Zagreb Croatia 3–0 Georgia (country) Dinamo Tbilisi 2–0 1–0
    Olympiacos Greece 0–1 Israel Hapoel Be'er Sheva 0–0 0–1
    Astana Kazakhstan 2–3 Scotland Celtic 1–1 1–2
    Trenčín Slovakia 0–1 Poland Legia Warsaw 0–1 0–0
    Viktoria Plzeň Czech Republic 1–1 (a) Azerbaijan Qarabağ 0–0 1–1
    Astra Giurgiu Romania 1–4 Denmark Copenhagen 1–1 0–3
    BATE Borisov Belarus 1–3 Republic of Ireland Dundalk 1–0 0–3
    Ludogorets Razgrad Bulgaria 6–4 Serbia Red Star Belgrade 2–2
    a.e.t.
    )
    Partizani Albania 0–3 Austria Red Bull Salzburg 0–1 0–2
    Team 1
    Agg.
    Tooltip Aggregate score
    Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
    League Route
    Ajax Netherlands 3–2 Greece PAOK 1–1 2–1
    Sparta Prague Czech Republic 1–3
    Steaua București
    1–1 0–2
    Shakhtar Donetsk Ukraine 2–2 (2–4 p) Switzerland Young Boys 2–0
    a.e.t.
    )
    Rostov Russia 4–2 Belgium Anderlecht 2–2 2–0
    Fenerbahçe Turkey 3–4 France Monaco 2–1 1–3

    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 2016–17 UEFA Europa League group stage.

    The draw for the play-off round was held on 5 August 2016.[37][38] The first legs were played on 16 and 17 August, and the second legs were played on 23 and 24 August 2016.

    Team 1
    Agg.
    Tooltip Aggregate score
    Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
    Champions Route
    Ludogorets Razgrad Bulgaria 4–2 Czech Republic Viktoria Plzeň 2–0 2–2
    Celtic Scotland 5–4 Israel Hapoel Be'er Sheva 5–2 0–2
    Copenhagen Denmark 2–1 Cyprus APOEL 1–0 1–1
    Dundalk Republic of Ireland 1–3 Poland Legia Warsaw 0–2 1–1
    Dinamo Zagreb Croatia 3–2 Austria Red Bull Salzburg 1–1
    a.e.t.
    )
    Team 1
    Agg.
    Tooltip Aggregate score
    Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
    League Route
    Steaua București Romania
    0–6 England Manchester City 0–5 0–1
    Porto Portugal 4–1
    Roma
    1–1 3–0
    Ajax Netherlands 2–5 Russia Rostov 1–1 1–4
    Young Boys Switzerland 2–9 Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach 1–3 1–6
    Villarreal Spain 1–3 France Monaco 1–2 0–1

    Group stage

    Real Madrid

    London teams
    Arsenal
    Tottenham Hotspur


    Lisbon teams
    Benfica
    Sporting CP
    Location of teams of the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League group stage.
    Brown: Group A; Red: Group B; Orange: Group C; Yellow: Group D;
    Green: Group E; Blue: Group F; Purple: Group G;
    Pink: Group H.