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2015–16 UEFA Champions League
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.
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| Dates | Qualifying: 30 June – 26 August 2015 Competition proper: 15 September 2015 – 28 May 2016 |
| Teams | Competition proper: 32 Total: 78 (from 53 associations) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Real Madrid (11th title) |
| Runners-up | Atlético Madrid |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 125 |
| Goals scored | 347 (2.78 per match) |
| Attendance | 5,114,427 (40,915 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) 16 goals |
← 2014–15 2016–17 → | |
The final was played between Real Madrid and Atlético Madrid at the San Siro in Milan, Italy,[1] 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),[2] and also earned the right to play against the winners of the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League, Sevilla, in the 2016 UEFA Super Cup.[3] Madrid won both competitions.
Format changes edit
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):[4]
- 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.[5]
Association team allocation edit
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:[6]
- 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.[7] 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 edit
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.[8][9]
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
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Distribution edit
In the default access list, the Champions League title holders enter the group stage.[10][11] 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, Sevilla.[12][13] 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.
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| Play-off round | Champions Route (10 teams) |
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Teams edit
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).[14][15]
Round and draw dates edit
The schedule of the competition is as follows (all draws are held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, unless stated otherwise).[10][16][17]
| Phase | Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
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| Qualifying | First qualifying round | 22 June 2015 | 30 June–1 July 2015 | 7–8 July 2015 |
| Second qualifying round | 14–15 July 2015 | 21–22 July 2015 | ||
| Third qualifying round | 17 July 2015 | 28–29 July 2015 | 4–5 August 2015 | |
| Play-off | Play-off round | 7 August 2015 | 18–19 August 2015 | 25–26 August 2015 |
| Group stage | Matchday 1 | 27 August 2015 (Monaco) | 15–16 September 2015 | |
| Matchday 2 | 29–30 September 2015 | |||
| Matchday 3 | 20–21 October 2015 | |||
| Matchday 4 | 3–4 November 2015 | |||
| Matchday 5 | 24–25 November 2015 | |||
| Matchday 6 | 8–9 December 2015 | |||
| Knockout phase | Round of 16 | 14 December 2015 | 16–17 & 23–24 February 2016 | 8–9 & 15–16 March 2016 |
| Quarter-finals | 18 March 2016 | 5–6 April 2016 | 12–13 April 2016 | |
| Semi-finals | 15 April 2016 | 26–27 April 2016 | 3–4 May 2016 | |
| Final | 28 May 2016 at San Siro, Milan | |||
Qualifying rounds edit
In the qualifying rounds and the play-off round, teams were divided into seeded and unseeded teams based on their 2015 UEFA club coefficients,[18][19][20] 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 edit
The draw for the first and second qualifying rounds was held on 22 June 2015.[21][22] The first legs were played on 30 June and 1 July, and the second legs were played on 7 July 2015.
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Lincoln Red Imps | 2–1 | FC Santa Coloma | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Crusaders | 1–1 (a) | Levadia Tallinn | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Pyunik | 4–2 | Folgore | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| B36 Tórshavn | 2–6 | The New Saints | 1–2 | 1–4 |
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.[23]
Second qualifying round edit
The first legs were played on 14 and 15 July, and the second legs were played on 21 and 22 July 2015.
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Hibernians | 3–6 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 2–1 | 1–5 |
| APOEL | 1–1 (a) | Vardar | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Qarabağ | 1–0 | Rudar Pljevlja | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Sarajevo | 0–3 | Lech Poznań | 0–2 | 0–1 |
| Maribor | 2–3 | Astana | 1–0 | 1–3 |
| BATE Borisov | 2–1 | Dundalk | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Ventspils | 1–4[A] | HJK | 1–3 | 0–1 |
| Midtjylland | 3–0 | Lincoln Red Imps | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Molde | 5–1 | Pyunik | 5–0 | 0–1 |
| Malmö FF | 1–0 | Žalgiris Vilnius | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Celtic | 6–1 | Stjarnan | 2–0 | 4–1 |
| Trenčín | 3–4 | Steaua București | 0–2 | 3–2 |
| Partizan | 3–0 | Dila Gori | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Ludogorets Razgrad | 1–3 | Milsami Orhei | 0–1 | 1–2 |
| Dinamo Zagreb | 4–1[A] | Fola Esch | 1–1 | 3–0 |
| Skënderbeu | 6–4 | Crusaders | 4–1 | 2–3 |
| The New Saints | 1–2 | Videoton | 0–1 | 1–1 (a.e.t.) |
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Third qualifying round edit
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.[24][25] The first legs were played on 28 and 29 July, and the second legs were played on 4 and 5 August 2015.
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Lech Poznań | 1–4 | Basel | 1–3 | 0–1 |
| Milsami Orhei | 0–4 | Skënderbeu | 0–2 | 0–2 |
| HJK | 3–4 | Astana | 0–0 | 3–4 |
| Celtic | 1–0 | Qarabağ | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Steaua București | 3–5 | Partizan | 1–1 | 2–4 |
| Midtjylland | 2–2 (a) | APOEL | 1–2 | 1–0 |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | 3–2 | Viktoria Plzeň | 1–2 | 2–0 |
| Dinamo Zagreb | 4–4 (a) | Molde | 1–1 | 3–3 |
| Videoton | 1–2 | BATE Borisov | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Red Bull Salzburg | 2–3 | Malmö FF | 2–0 | 0–3 |
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Panathinaikos | 2–4 | Club Brugge | 2–1 | 0–3 |
| Young Boys | 1–7 | Monaco | 1–3 | 0–4 |
| CSKA Moscow | 5–4 | Sparta Prague | 2–2 | 3–2 |
| Rapid Wien | 5–4 | Ajax | 2–2 | 3–2 |
| Fenerbahçe | 0–3 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 0–0 | 0–3 |
Play-off round edit
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.[26][27] The first legs were played on 18 and 19 August, and the second legs were played on 25 and 26 August 2015.
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Astana | 2–1 | APOEL | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Skënderbeu | 2–6 | Dinamo Zagreb | 1–2 | 1–4 |
| Celtic | 3–4 | Malmö FF | 3–2 | 0–2 |
| Basel | 3–3 (a) | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 2–2 | 1–1 |
| BATE Borisov | 2–2 (a) | Partizan | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Lazio | 1–3 | Bayer Leverkusen | 1–0 | 0–3 |
| Manchester United | 7–1 | Club Brugge | 3–1 | 4–0 |
| Sporting CP | 3–4 | CSKA Moscow | 2–1 | 1–3 |
| Rapid Wien | 2–3 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 0–1 | 2–2 |
| Valencia | 4–3 | Monaco | 3–1 | 1–2 |
Group stage edit
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Location of teams of the 2015–16 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.
The draw for the group stage was held in Monaco on 27 August 2015.[28][29] 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):[30][31]
- Pot 1 contained the title holders and the champions of the top seven associations based on their 2014 UEFA country coefficients.[8][9] 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).[6]
- Pot 2, 3 and 4 contained the remaining teams, seeded based on their 2015 UEFA club coefficients.[18][19][20]
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 KAA Gent made their debut appearances in the group stage. Astana were the first team from Kazakhstan to play in the Champions League group stage.[32] 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.[33] 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.
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The 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):[6]
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Group A edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | RM | PSG | SHK | MAL | |
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| 1 | Real Madrid | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 3 | +16 | 16 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 1–0 | 4–0 | 8–0 | |
| 2 | Paris Saint-Germain | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 1 | +11 | 13 | 0–0 | — | 2–0 | 2–0 | ||
| 3 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 14 | −7 | 3 | Transfer to Europa League | 3–4 | 0–3 | — | 4–0 | |
| 4 | Malmö FF | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 21 | −20 | 3 | 0–2 | 0–5 | 1–0 | — |
Source: UEFA
Group B edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | WOL | PSV | MU | CSKA | |
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| 1 | VfL Wolfsburg | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 12 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | |
| 2 | PSV Eindhoven | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 10 | 2–0 | — | 2–1 | 2–1 | ||
| 3 | Manchester United | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 8 | Transfer to Europa League | 2–1 | 0–0 | — | 1–0 | |
| 4 | CSKA Moscow | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 4 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | — |
Source: UEFA
Group C edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ATL | BEN | GAL | AST | |
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| 1 | Atlético Madrid | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 13 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 1–2 | 2–0 | 4–0 | |
| 2 | Benfica | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 10 | 1–2 | — | 2–1 | 2–0 | ||
| 3 | Galatasaray | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 5 | Transfer to Europa League | 0–2 | 2–1 | — | 1–1 | |
| 4 | Astana | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 4 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | — |
Source: UEFA
Group D edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MC | JUV | SEV | MGB | |
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| 1 | Manchester City | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 12 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 1–2 | 2–1 | 4–2 | |
| 2 | Juventus | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 11 | 1–0 | — | 2–0 | 0–0 | ||
| 3 | Sevilla | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 11 | −3 | 6 | Transfer to Europa League | 1–3 | 1–0 | — | 3–0 | |
| 4 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | −4 | 5 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 4–2 | — |
Source: UEFA
Group E edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | BAR | ROM | LEV | BATE | |
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| 1 | Barcelona | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 4 | +11 | 14 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 6–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | |
| 2 | Roma | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 16 | −5 | 6 | 1–1 | — | 3–2 | 0–0 | ||
| 3 | Bayer Leverkusen | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 12 | +1 | 6 | Transfer to Europa League | 1–1 | 4–4 | — | 4–1 | |
| 4 | BATE Borisov | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | −7 | 5 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | — |
Source: UEFA
Group F edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | BAY | ARS | OLY | DZG | |
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| 1 | Bayern Munich | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 3 | +16 | 15 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 5–1 | 4–0 | 5–0 | |
| 2 | Arsenal | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 10 | +2 | 9 | 2–0 | — | 2–3 | 3–0 | ||
| 3 | Olympiacos | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 13 | −7 | 9 | Transfer to Europa League | 0–3 | 0–3 | — | 2–1 | |
| 4 | Dinamo Zagreb | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 14 | −11 | 3 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | — |
Source: UEFA
Group G edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | CHL | DKV | POR | MTA | |
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| 1 | Chelsea | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 3 | +10 | 13 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | |
| 2 | Dynamo Kyiv | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 11 | 0–0 | — | 2–2 | 1–0 | ||
| 3 | Porto | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 10 | Transfer to Europa League | 2–1 | 0–2 | — | 2–0 | |
| 4 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 16 | −15 | 0 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 1–3 | — |
Source: UEFA
Group H edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ZEN | GNT | VAL | LYO | |
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| 1 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 6 | +7 | 15 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | |
| 2 | Gent | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 10 | 2–1 | — | 1–0 | 1–1 | ||
| 3 | Valencia | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 6 | Transfer to Europa League | 2–3 | 2–1 | — | 0–2 | |
| 4 | Lyon | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 4 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | — |
Source: UEFA
Knockout phase edit
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 edit
| Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||
| Paris Saint-Germain | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Chelsea | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Paris Saint-Germain | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Manchester City | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dynamo Kyiv | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Manchester City | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Manchester City | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Real Madrid | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Gent | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| VfL Wolfsburg | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| VfL Wolfsburg | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Real Madrid | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Roma | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Real Madrid | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Real Madrid (p) | 1 (5) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Atlético Madrid | 1 (3) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Arsenal | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Barcelona | 2 | 3 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Barcelona | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Atlético Madrid | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| PSV Eindhoven | 0 | 0 | 0 (7) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Atlético Madrid (p) | 0 | 0 | 0 (8) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Atlético Madrid (a) | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bayern Munich | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Juventus | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bayern Munich (a.e.t.) | 2 | 4 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bayern Munich | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Benfica | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Benfica | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Zenit Saint Petersburg | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
Round of 16 edit
The draw for the round of 16 was held on 14 December 2015.[34][35] 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.
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Gent | 2–4 | VfL Wolfsburg | 2–3 | 0–1 |
| Roma | 0–4 | Real Madrid | 0–2 | 0–2 |
| Paris Saint-Germain | 4–2 | Chelsea | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Arsenal | 1–5 | Barcelona | 0–2 | 1–3 |
| Juventus | 4–6 | Bayern Munich | 2–2 | 2–4 (a.e.t.) |
| PSV Eindhoven | 0–0 (7–8 p) | Atlético Madrid | 0–0 | 0–0 (a.e.t.) |
| Benfica | 3–1 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Dynamo Kyiv | 1–3 | Manchester City | 1–3 | 0–0 |
Quarter-finals edit
The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 18 March 2016.[36][37] The first legs were played on 5 and 6 April, and the second legs were played on 12 and 13 April 2016.
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| VfL Wolfsburg | 2–3 | Real Madrid | 2–0 | 0–3 |
| Bayern Munich | 3–2 | Benfica | 1–0 | 2–2 |
| Barcelona | 2–3 | Atlético Madrid | 2–1 | 0–2 |
| Paris Saint-Germain | 2–3 | Manchester City | 2–2 | 0–1 |
Semi-finals edit
The draw for the semi-finals was held on 15 April 2016.[38][39] The first legs were played on 26 and 27 April, and the second legs were played on 3 and 4 May 2016.
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Manchester City | 0–1 | Real Madrid | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Atlético Madrid | 2–2 (a) | Bayern Munich | 1–0 | 1–2 |
Final edit
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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 Atletico Madrid in the quarter finals 2015 16 UEFA Champions LeagueThe San Siro in Milan hosted the finalTournament detailsDatesQualifying 30 June 26 August 2015Competition proper 15 September 2015 28 May 2016TeamsCompetition proper 32Total 78 from 53 associations Final positionsChampionsReal Madrid 11th title Runners upAtletico MadridTournament statisticsMatches played125Goals scored347 2 78 per match Attendance5 114 427 40 915 per match Top scorer s Cristiano Ronaldo Real Madrid 16 goals 2014 152016 17 The final was played between Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid at the San Siro in Milan Italy 1 with Real defeating Atletico 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 2 and also earned the right to play against the winners of the 2015 16 UEFA Europa League Sevilla in the 2016 UEFA Super Cup 3 Madrid won both competitions Contents 1 Format changes 2 Association team allocation 2 1 Association ranking 2 2 Distribution 2 3 Teams 3 Round and draw dates 4 Qualifying rounds 4 1 First qualifying round 4 2 Second qualifying round 4 3 Third qualifying round 5 Play off round 6 Group stage 6 1 Group A 6 2 Group B 6 3 Group C 6 4 Group D 6 5 Group E 6 6 Group F 6 7 Group G 6 8 Group H 7 Knockout phase 7 1 Bracket 7 2 Round of 16 7 3 Quarter finals 7 4 Semi finals 7 5 Final 8 Statistics 8 1 Top goalscorers 8 2 Squad of the Season 9 See also 10 References 11 External linksFormat changes editThe 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 4 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 5 Association team allocation editA 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 6 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 7 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 edit 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 8 9 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 Rank Association Coeff Teams Notes 1 nbsp Spain 97 713 4 1 EL 2 nbsp England 84 748 3 nbsp Germany 81 641 4 nbsp Italy 66 938 3 5 nbsp Portugal 62 299 6 nbsp France 56 500 7 nbsp Russia 46 998 2 8 nbsp Netherlands 44 312 9 nbsp Ukraine 40 966 10 nbsp Belgium 36 300 11 nbsp Turkey 34 200 12 nbsp Greece 33 600 13 nbsp Switzerland 33 225 14 nbsp Austria 30 925 15 nbsp Czech Republic 29 350 16 nbsp Romania 27 257 1 17 nbsp Israel 26 875 18 nbsp Cyprus 23 250 Rank Association Coeff Teams Notes 19 nbsp Denmark 21 300 1 20 nbsp Croatia 19 625 21 nbsp Poland 18 875 22 nbsp Belarus 18 625 23 nbsp Scotland 16 566 24 nbsp Sweden 16 325 25 nbsp Bulgaria 15 625 26 nbsp Norway 14 275 27 nbsp Serbia 14 125 28 nbsp Hungary 11 625 29 nbsp Slovenia 11 000 30 nbsp Slovakia 11 000 31 nbsp Moldova 10 375 32 nbsp Azerbaijan 10 375 33 nbsp Georgia 9 875 34 nbsp Kazakhstan 8 250 35 nbsp Bosnia and Herzegovina 7 500 36 nbsp Finland 7 175 Rank Association Coeff Teams Notes 37 nbsp Iceland 6 750 1 38 nbsp Latvia 6 250 39 nbsp Montenegro 6 000 40 nbsp Albania 5 500 41 nbsp Lithuania 5 250 42 nbsp Macedonia 5 250 43 nbsp Republic of Ireland 5 125 44 nbsp Luxembourg 4 875 45 nbsp Malta 4 833 46 nbsp Liechtenstein 4 500 0 47 nbsp Northern Ireland 3 625 1 48 nbsp Wales 3 000 49 nbsp Armenia 2 875 50 nbsp Estonia 2 875 51 nbsp Faroe Islands 2 125 52 nbsp San Marino 0 999 53 nbsp Andorra 0 833 54 nbsp Gibraltar 0 000 Distribution edit In the default access list the Champions League title holders enter the group stage 10 11 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 Sevilla 12 13 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 edit 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 14 15 Group stage nbsp BarcelonaTH 1st nbsp Arsenal 3rd nbsp Benfica 1st nbsp Dynamo Kyiv 1st nbsp Sevilla EL nbsp Bayern Munich 1st nbsp Porto 2nd nbsp Gent 1st nbsp Real Madrid 2nd nbsp VfL Wolfsburg 2nd nbsp Paris Saint Germain 1st nbsp Galatasaray 1st nbsp Atletico Madrid 3rd nbsp Borussia Monchengladbach 3rd nbsp Lyon 2nd nbsp Olympiacos 1st nbsp Chelsea 1st nbsp Juventus 1st nbsp Zenit Saint Petersburg 1st nbsp Manchester City 2nd nbsp Roma 2nd nbsp PSV Eindhoven 1st Play off round Champions Route League Route nbsp Valencia 4th nbsp Bayer Leverkusen 4th nbsp Sporting CP 3rd nbsp Manchester United 4th nbsp Lazio 3rd Third qualifying round Champions Route League Route nbsp Basel 1st nbsp Monaco 3rd nbsp Club Brugge 2nd nbsp Rapid Wien 2nd nbsp Red Bull Salzburg 1st nbsp CSKA Moscow 2nd nbsp Fenerbahce 2nd nbsp Sparta Prague 2nd nbsp Viktoria Plzen 1st nbsp Ajax 2nd nbsp Panathinaikos 2nd nbsp Shakhtar Donetsk 2nd nbsp Young Boys 2nd Second qualifying round nbsp Steaua București 1st nbsp Malmo FF 1st nbsp Qarabag 1st nbsp Skenderbeu 1st nbsp Maccabi Tel Aviv 1st nbsp Ludogorets Razgrad 1st nbsp Dila Gori 1st nbsp Zalgiris Vilnius 1st nbsp APOEL 1st nbsp Molde 1st nbsp Astana 1st nbsp Vardar 1st nbsp Midtjylland 1st nbsp Partizan 1st nbsp Sarajevo 1st nbsp Dundalk 1st nbsp Dinamo Zagreb 1st nbsp Videoton 1st nbsp HJK 1st nbsp Fola Esch 1st nbsp Lech Poznan 1st nbsp Maribor 1st nbsp Stjarnan 1st nbsp Hibernians 1st nbsp BATE Borisov 1st nbsp Trencin 1st nbsp Ventspils 1st nbsp Celtic 1st nbsp Milsami Orhei 1st nbsp Rudar Pljevlja 1st First qualifying round nbsp Crusaders 1st nbsp Pyunik 1st nbsp B36 Torshavn 1st nbsp FC Santa Coloma 1st nbsp The New Saints 1st nbsp Levadia Tallinn 1st nbsp Folgore 1st nbsp Lincoln Red Imps 1st Round and draw dates editThe schedule of the competition is as follows all draws are held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon Switzerland unless stated otherwise 10 16 17 Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg Qualifying First qualifying round 22 June 2015 30 June 1 July 2015 7 8 July 2015 Second qualifying round 14 15 July 2015 21 22 July 2015 Third qualifying round 17 July 2015 28 29 July 2015 4 5 August 2015 Play off Play off round 7 August 2015 18 19 August 2015 25 26 August 2015 Group stage Matchday 1 27 August 2015 Monaco 15 16 September 2015 Matchday 2 29 30 September 2015 Matchday 3 20 21 October 2015 Matchday 4 3 4 November 2015 Matchday 5 24 25 November 2015 Matchday 6 8 9 December 2015 Knockout phase Round of 16 14 December 2015 16 17 amp 23 24 February 2016 8 9 amp 15 16 March 2016 Quarter finals 18 March 2016 5 6 April 2016 12 13 April 2016 Semi finals 15 April 2016 26 27 April 2016 3 4 May 2016 Final 28 May 2016 at San Siro MilanQualifying rounds editMain article 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 18 19 20 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 edit The draw for the first and second qualifying rounds was held on 22 June 2015 21 22 The first legs were played on 30 June and 1 July and the second legs were played on 7 July 2015 Team 1 Agg Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg Lincoln Red Imps nbsp 2 1 nbsp FC Santa Coloma 0 0 2 1 Crusaders nbsp 1 1 a nbsp Levadia Tallinn 0 0 1 1 Pyunik nbsp 4 2 nbsp Folgore 2 1 2 1 B36 Torshavn nbsp 2 6 nbsp The New Saints 1 2 1 4 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 23 Second qualifying round edit The first legs were played on 14 and 15 July and the second legs were played on 21 and 22 July 2015 Team 1 Agg Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg Hibernians nbsp 3 6 nbsp Maccabi Tel Aviv 2 1 1 5 APOEL nbsp 1 1 a nbsp Vardar 0 0 1 1 Qarabag nbsp 1 0 nbsp Rudar Pljevlja 0 0 1 0 Sarajevo nbsp 0 3 nbsp Lech Poznan 0 2 0 1 Maribor nbsp 2 3 nbsp Astana 1 0 1 3 BATE Borisov nbsp 2 1 nbsp Dundalk 2 1 0 0 Ventspils nbsp 1 4 A nbsp HJK 1 3 0 1 Midtjylland nbsp 3 0 nbsp Lincoln Red Imps 1 0 2 0 Molde nbsp 5 1 nbsp Pyunik 5 0 0 1 Malmo FF nbsp 1 0 nbsp Zalgiris Vilnius 0 0 1 0 Celtic nbsp 6 1 nbsp Stjarnan 2 0 4 1 Trencin nbsp 3 4 nbsp Steaua București 0 2 3 2 Partizan nbsp 3 0 nbsp Dila Gori 1 0 2 0 Ludogorets Razgrad nbsp 1 3 nbsp Milsami Orhei 0 1 1 2 Dinamo Zagreb nbsp 4 1 A nbsp Fola Esch 1 1 3 0 Skenderbeu nbsp 6 4 nbsp Crusaders 4 1 2 3 The New Saints nbsp 1 2 nbsp Videoton 0 1 1 1 a e t Notes a b Order of legs reversed after original draw Third qualifying round edit 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 24 25 The first legs were played on 28 and 29 July and the second legs were played on 4 and 5 August 2015 Team 1 Agg Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd legChampions Route Lech Poznan nbsp 1 4 nbsp Basel 1 3 0 1 Milsami Orhei nbsp 0 4 nbsp Skenderbeu 0 2 0 2 HJK nbsp 3 4 nbsp Astana 0 0 3 4 Celtic nbsp 1 0 nbsp Qarabag 1 0 0 0 Steaua București nbsp 3 5 nbsp Partizan 1 1 2 4 Midtjylland nbsp 2 2 a nbsp APOEL 1 2 1 0 Maccabi Tel Aviv nbsp 3 2 nbsp Viktoria Plzen 1 2 2 0 Dinamo Zagreb nbsp 4 4 a nbsp Molde 1 1 3 3 Videoton nbsp 1 2 nbsp BATE Borisov 1 1 0 1 Red Bull Salzburg nbsp 2 3 nbsp Malmo FF 2 0 0 3 Team 1 Agg Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd legLeague Route Panathinaikos nbsp 2 4 nbsp Club Brugge 2 1 0 3 Young Boys nbsp 1 7 nbsp Monaco 1 3 0 4 CSKA Moscow nbsp 5 4 nbsp Sparta Prague 2 2 3 2 Rapid Wien nbsp 5 4 nbsp Ajax 2 2 3 2 Fenerbahce nbsp 0 3 nbsp Shakhtar Donetsk 0 0 0 3Play off round editMain article 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 26 27 The first legs were played on 18 and 19 August and the second legs were played on 25 and 26 August 2015 Team 1 Agg Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd legChampions Route Astana nbsp 2 1 nbsp APOEL 1 0 1 1 Skenderbeu nbsp 2 6 nbsp Dinamo Zagreb 1 2 1 4 Celtic nbsp 3 4 nbsp Malmo FF 3 2 0 2 Basel nbsp 3 3 a nbsp Maccabi Tel Aviv 2 2 1 1 BATE Borisov nbsp 2 2 a nbsp Partizan 1 0 1 2 Team 1 Agg Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd legLeague Route Lazio nbsp 1 3 nbsp Bayer Leverkusen 1 0 0 3 Manchester United nbsp 7 1 nbsp Club Brugge 3 1 4 0 Sporting CP nbsp 3 4 nbsp CSKA Moscow 2 1 1 3 Rapid Wien nbsp 2 3 nbsp Shakhtar Donetsk 0 1 2 2 Valencia nbsp 4 3 nbsp Monaco 3 1 1 2Group stage editMain article 2015 16 UEFA Champions League group stage nbsp nbsp Barcelona nbsp Madrid nbsp nbsp Valencia nbsp Sevilla nbsp London nbsp Manchester nbsp nbsp nbsp Bayern nbsp Wolfsburg nbsp M gladbach nbsp Leverkusen nbsp Juventus nbsp Roma nbsp Benfica nbsp Porto nbsp PSG nbsp Lyon nbsp Zenit nbsp CSKA nbsp PSV nbsp Dyn Kyiv nbsp Shakhtar nbsp Gent nbsp Galatasaray nbsp Olympiacos nbsp M Tel Aviv nbsp Din Zagreb nbsp BATE nbsp Malmo nbsp Astana not on map nbsp nbsp Madrid teams nbsp Atletico Madrid nbsp Real Madrid London teams nbsp Arsenal nbsp Chelsea Manchester teams nbsp Manchester City nbsp Manchester Unitedclass notpageimage Location of teams of the 2015 16 UEFA Champions League group stage nbsp Brown Group A nbsp Red Group B nbsp Orange Group C nbsp Yellow Group D nbsp Green Group E nbsp Blue Group F nbsp Purple Group G nbsp Pink Group H The draw for the group stage was held in Monaco on 27 August 2015 28 29 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 30 31 Pot 1 contained the title holders and the champions of the top seven associations based on their 2014 UEFA country coefficients 8 9 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 6 Pot 2 3 and 4 contained the remaining teams seeded based on their 2015 UEFA club coefficients 18 19 20 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 Monchengladbach and KAA Gent made their debut appearances in the group stage Astana were the first team from Kazakhstan to play in the Champions League group stage 32 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 33 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 Tiebreakers The 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 6 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 edit Pos Teamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification RM PSG SHK MAL 1 nbsp Real Madrid 6 5 1 0 19 3 16 16 Advance to knockout phase 1 0 4 0 8 0 2 nbsp Paris Saint Germain 6 4 1 1 12 1 11 13 0 0 2 0 2 0 3 nbsp Shakhtar Donetsk 6 1 0 5 7 14 7 3 Transfer to Europa League 3 4 0 3 4 0 4 nbsp Malmo FF 6 1 0 5 1 21 20 3 0 2 0 5 1 0 Source UEFA Group B edit Pos Teamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification WOL PSV MU CSKA 1 nbsp VfL Wolfsburg 6 4 0 2 9 6 3 12 Advance to knockout phase 2 0 3 2 1 0 2 nbsp PSV Eindhoven 6 3 1 2 8 7 1 10 2 0 2 1 2 1 3 nbsp Manchester United 6 2 2 2 7 7 0 8 Transfer to Europa League 2 1 0 0 1 0 4 nbsp CSKA Moscow 6 1 1 4 5 9 4 4 0 2 3 2 1 1 Source UEFA Group C edit Pos Teamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ATL BEN GAL AST 1 nbsp Atletico Madrid 6 4 1 1 11 3 8 13 Advance to knockout phase 1 2 2 0 4 0 2 nbsp Benfica 6 3 1 2 10 8 2 10 1 2 2 1 2 0 3 nbsp Galatasaray 6 1 2 3 6 10 4 5 Transfer to Europa League 0 2 2 1 1 1 4 nbsp Astana 6 0 4 2 5 11 6 4 0 0 2 2 2 2 Source UEFA Group D edit Pos Teamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MC JUV SEV MGB 1 nbsp Manchester City 6 4 0 2 12 8 4 12 Advance to knockout phase 1 2 2 1 4 2 2 nbsp Juventus 6 3 2 1 6 3 3 11 1 0 2 0 0 0 3 nbsp Sevilla 6 2 0 4 8 11 3 6 Transfer to Europa League 1 3 1 0 3 0 4 nbsp Borussia Monchengladbach 6 1 2 3 8 12 4 5 1 2 1 1 4 2 Source UEFA Group E edit Pos Teamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BAR ROM LEV BATE 1 nbsp Barcelona 6 4 2 0 15 4 11 14 Advance to knockout phase 6 1 2 1 3 0 2 nbsp Roma 6 1 3 2 11 16 5 6 1 1 3 2 0 0 3 nbsp Bayer Leverkusen 6 1 3 2 13 12 1 6 Transfer to Europa League 1 1 4 4 4 1 4 nbsp BATE Borisov 6 1 2 3 5 12 7 5 0 2 3 2 1 1 Source UEFA Group F edit Pos Teamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BAY ARS OLY DZG 1 nbsp Bayern Munich 6 5 0 1 19 3 16 15 Advance to knockout phase 5 1 4 0 5 0 2 nbsp Arsenal 6 3 0 3 12 10 2 9 2 0 2 3 3 0 3 nbsp Olympiacos 6 3 0 3 6 13 7 9 Transfer to Europa League 0 3 0 3 2 1 4 nbsp Dinamo Zagreb 6 1 0 5 3 14 11 3 0 2 2 1 0 1 Source UEFA Group G edit Pos Teamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification CHL DKV POR MTA 1 nbsp Chelsea 6 4 1 1 13 3 10 13 Advance to knockout phase 2 1 2 0 4 0 2 nbsp Dynamo Kyiv 6 3 2 1 8 4 4 11 0 0 2 2 1 0 3 nbsp Porto 6 3 1 2 9 8 1 10 Transfer to Europa League 2 1 0 2 2 0 4 nbsp Maccabi Tel Aviv 6 0 0 6 1 16 15 0 0 4 0 2 1 3 Source UEFA Group H edit Pos Teamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ZEN GNT VAL LYO 1 nbsp Zenit Saint Petersburg 6 5 0 1 13 6 7 15 Advance to knockout phase 2 1 2 0 3 1 2 nbsp Gent 6 3 1 2 8 7 1 10 2 1 1 0 1 1 3 nbsp Valencia 6 2 0 4 5 9 4 6 Transfer to Europa League 2 3 2 1 0 2 4 nbsp Lyon 6 1 1 4 5 9 4 4 0 2 1 2 0 1 Source UEFAKnockout phase editMain article 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 edit Round of 16Quarter finalsSemi finalsFinal nbsp Paris Saint Germain224 nbsp Chelsea112 nbsp Paris Saint Germain202 nbsp Manchester City213 nbsp Dynamo Kyiv101 nbsp Manchester City303 nbsp Manchester City000 nbsp Real Madrid011 nbsp Gent202 nbsp VfL Wolfsburg314 nbsp VfL Wolfsburg202 nbsp Real Madrid033 nbsp Roma000 nbsp Real Madrid224 nbsp Real Madrid p 1 5 nbsp Atletico Madrid1 3 nbsp Arsenal011 nbsp Barcelona235 nbsp Barcelona202 nbsp Atletico Madrid123 nbsp PSV Eindhoven000 7 nbsp Atletico Madrid p 000 8 nbsp Atletico Madrid a 112 nbsp Bayern Munich022 nbsp Juventus224 nbsp Bayern Munich a e t 246 nbsp Bayern Munich123 nbsp Benfica022 nbsp Benfica123 nbsp Zenit Saint Petersburg011 Round of 16 edit The draw for the round of 16 was held on 14 December 2015 34 35 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 Team 1 Agg Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg Gent nbsp 2 4 nbsp VfL Wolfsburg 2 3 0 1 Roma nbsp 0 4 nbsp Real Madrid 0 2 0 2 Paris Saint Germain nbsp 4 2 nbsp Chelsea 2 1 2 1 Arsenal nbsp 1 5 nbsp Barcelona 0 2 1 3 Juventus nbsp 4 6 nbsp Bayern Munich 2 2 2 4 a e t PSV Eindhoven nbsp 0 0 7 8 p nbsp Atletico Madrid 0 0 0 0 a e t Benfica nbsp 3 1 nbsp Zenit Saint Petersburg 1 0 2 1 Dynamo Kyiv nbsp 1 3 nbsp Manchester City 1 3 0 0 Quarter finals edit The draw for the quarter finals was held on 18 March 2016 36 37 The first legs were played on 5 and 6 April and the second legs were played on 12 and 13 April 2016 Team 1 Agg Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg VfL Wolfsburg nbsp 2 3 nbsp Real Madrid 2 0 0 3 Bayern Munich nbsp 3 2 nbsp Benfica 1 0 2 2 Barcelona nbsp 2 3 nbsp Atletico Madrid 2 1 0 2 Paris Saint Germain nbsp 2 3 nbsp Manchester City 2 2 0 1 Semi finals edit The draw for the semi finals was held on 15 April 2016 38 39 The first legs were played on 26 and 27 April and the second legs were played on 3 and 4 May 2016 Team 1 Agg Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg Manchester City nbsp 0 1 nbsp Real Madrid 0 0 0 1 Atletico Madrid nbsp 2 2 a nbsp Bayern Munich 1 0 1 2 Final edit Main article 2016 UEFA Champions League Final span, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,