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.
The final was played between Juventus and Real Madrid at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales.[5][6] It was the second time that the two teams faced each other in the competition's decisive match, having previously met in the 1998 final. Real Madrid, the defending champions, beat Juventus 4–1 to win a record-extending 12th title. With this victory, Real Madrid became the first team to successfully defend their title in the Champions League era, and the first to successfully defend a European Cup since Milan in 1990.
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 2015–16 UEFA Champions League, 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 rankingedit
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
Kosovo (KOS):Kosovo became a UEFA member on 3 May 2016.[11] UEFA decided that their domestic champions could participate in the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League only if they could meet licensing criteria under article 15 of the UEFA Club Licensing & Financial Fair Play regulations, which would be confirmed following the assessment made by the UEFA administration within the deadline of 31 May 2016.[12] However, Kosovo's entry, 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]
Distributionedit
In the default access list, the Champions League title holders enter the group stage.[7][15] However, since 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
Teamsedit
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]
Albania (ALB):Skënderbeu would have qualified for the Champions League second qualifying round as the champions of the 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 datesedit
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]
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 roundedit
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.
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.
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.
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.
The draw for the group stage was held on 25 August 2016, at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco.[39] 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 2015–16 season):[40][41]
In each group, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners and runners-up advance to the round of 16, while the third-placed teams enter the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League round of 32. The matchdays are 13–14 September, 27–28 September, 18–19 October, 1–2 November, 22–23 November, and 6–7 December 2016.
The youth teams of the clubs that qualify for the group stage also play in the 2016–17 UEFA Youth League on the same matchdays, where they compete in the UEFA Champions League Path (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 are represented in the group stage. Leicester City and Rostov made their debut appearances in the group stage.[42] For the first time since the 2002–03 edition, England's Chelsea did not qualify for the group stage.
Tiebreakers
The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied in the order given to determine the rankings (regulations Article 17.01):[7]
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;
if, after having applied criteria 1 to 4, teams still have an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 4 are reapplied exclusively to the matches between the teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria 6 to 12 apply;
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);
In the knockout phase, teams play 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 is as follows:
In the draw for the round of 16, the eight group winners are seeded, and the eight group runners-up are unseeded. The seeded teams are drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. Teams from the same group or the same association cannot be drawn against each other.
In the draws for the quarter-finals onwards, there are no seedings, and teams from the same group or the same association can be drawn against each other.
The draw for the round of 16 was held on 12 December 2016.[43] The first legs were played on 14, 15, 21 and 22 February, and the second legs were played on 7, 8, 14 and 15 March 2017.
The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 17 March 2017.[44] The first legs were played on 11 and 12 April, and the second legs were played on 18 and 19 April 2017.
The draw for the semi-finals was held on 21 April 2017.[45] The first legs were played on 2 and 3 May, and the second legs were played on 9 and 10 May 2017.
The final was played on 3 June 2017 at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales.[5][6][46] The "home" team (for administrative purposes) was determined by an additional draw held after the semi-final draw.
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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 2016 17 UEFA Champions LeagueThe Millennium Stadium in Cardiff hosted the finalTournament detailsDatesQualifying 28 June 24 August 2016Competition proper 13 September 2016 3 June 2017TeamsCompetition proper 32Total 78 from 53 associations Final positionsChampionsReal Madrid 12th title Runners upJuventusTournament statisticsMatches played125Goals scored380 3 04 per match Attendance5 399 802 43 198 per match Top scorer s Cristiano Ronaldo Real Madrid 12 goalsBest player s Goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon Juventus 1 Defender Sergio Ramos Real Madrid 2 Midfielder Luka Modric Real Madrid 3 Forward Cristiano Ronaldo Real Madrid 4 2015 162017 18 The final was played between Juventus and Real Madrid at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff Wales 5 6 It was the second time that the two teams faced each other in the competition s decisive match having previously met in the 1998 final Real Madrid the defending champions beat Juventus 4 1 to win a record extending 12th title With this victory Real Madrid became the first team to successfully defend their title in the Champions League era and the first to successfully defend a European Cup since Milan in 1990 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 Contents 1 Association team allocation 1 1 Association ranking 1 2 Distribution 1 3 Teams 2 Round and draw dates 3 Qualifying rounds 3 1 First qualifying round 3 2 Second qualifying round 3 3 Third qualifying round 4 Play off round 5 Group stage 5 1 Group A 5 2 Group B 5 3 Group C 5 4 Group D 5 5 Group E 5 6 Group F 5 7 Group G 5 8 Group H 6 Knockout phase 6 1 Bracket 6 2 Round of 16 6 3 Quarter finals 6 4 Semi finals 6 5 Final 7 Statistics 7 1 Top goalscorers 7 2 Top assists 7 3 Squad of the season 7 4 Players of the season 7 4 1 Goalkeeper of the season 7 4 2 Defender of the season 7 4 3 Midfielder of the season 7 4 4 Forward of the season 8 See also 9 References 10 External linksAssociation team allocation editA 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 2015 16 UEFA Champions League 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 edit 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 holdersRank Association Coeff Teams Notes1 nbsp Spain 99 999 4 1 EL 2 nbsp England 80 3913 nbsp Germany 79 4154 nbsp Italy 70 510 35 nbsp Portugal 61 3826 nbsp France 52 4167 nbsp Russia 50 498 28 nbsp Ukraine 45 1669 nbsp Netherlands 40 97910 nbsp Belgium 37 20011 nbsp Switzerland 34 37512 nbsp Turkey 32 60013 nbsp Greece 31 90014 nbsp Czech Republic 29 12515 nbsp Romania 26 29916 nbsp Austria 25 675 117 nbsp Croatia 23 50018 nbsp Cyprus 22 30019 nbsp Poland 21 500 Rank Association Coeff Teams Notes20 nbsp Israel 21 000 121 nbsp Belarus 20 75022 nbsp Denmark 19 80023 nbsp Scotland 17 90024 nbsp Sweden 17 72525 nbsp Bulgaria 16 75026 nbsp Norway 14 37527 nbsp Serbia 13 87528 nbsp Slovenia 13 62529 nbsp Azerbaijan 12 50030 nbsp Slovakia 11 25031 nbsp Hungary 11 00032 nbsp Kazakhstan 10 37533 nbsp Moldova 10 00034 nbsp Georgia 9 37535 nbsp Finland 8 20036 nbsp Iceland 8 00037 nbsp Bosnia and Herzegovina 7 500 Rank Association Coeff Teams Notes38 nbsp Liechtenstein 6 000 039 nbsp Macedonia 5 875 140 nbsp Republic of Ireland 5 75041 nbsp Montenegro 5 62542 nbsp Albania 5 37543 nbsp Luxembourg 5 12544 nbsp Northern Ireland 4 87545 nbsp Lithuania 4 50046 nbsp Latvia 4 25047 nbsp Malta 4 20848 nbsp Estonia 3 50049 nbsp Faroe Islands 3 50050 nbsp Wales 2 87551 nbsp Armenia 2 75052 nbsp Andorra 0 83353 nbsp San Marino 0 49954 nbsp Gibraltar 0 25055 nbsp Kosovo Note KOS 0 000 0Notes Kosovo KOS Kosovo became a UEFA member on 3 May 2016 11 UEFA decided that their domestic champions could participate in the 2016 17 UEFA Champions League only if they could meet licensing criteria under article 15 of the UEFA Club Licensing amp Financial Fair Play regulations which would be confirmed following the assessment made by the UEFA administration within the deadline of 31 May 2016 12 However Kosovo s entry 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 edit In the default access list the Champions League title holders enter the group stage 7 15 However since 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 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 round Champions Route 20 teams 3 champions from associations 13 15 17 winners from the second qualifying roundLeague Route 10 teams 9 runners up from associations 7 15 1 third placed team from association 6Play 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 stageTeams 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 19 20 21 Group stage nbsp Real MadridTH 2nd nbsp Tottenham Hotspur 3rd nbsp Benfica 1st nbsp PSV Eindhoven 1st nbsp Sevilla EL nbsp Bayern Munich 1st nbsp Sporting CP 2nd nbsp Club Brugge 1st nbsp Barcelona 1st nbsp Borussia Dortmund 2nd nbsp Paris Saint Germain 1st nbsp Basel 1st nbsp Atletico Madrid 3rd nbsp Bayer Leverkusen 3rd nbsp Lyon 2nd nbsp Besiktas 1st nbsp Leicester City 1st nbsp Juventus 1st nbsp CSKA Moscow 1st nbsp Arsenal 2nd nbsp Napoli 2nd nbsp Dynamo Kyiv 1st Play off roundChampions Route League Route nbsp Villarreal 4th nbsp Borussia Monchengladbach 4th nbsp Porto 3rd nbsp Manchester City 4th nbsp Roma 3rd Third qualifying roundChampions Route League Route nbsp Olympiacos 1st nbsp Monaco 3rd Note FRA nbsp Anderlecht 2nd nbsp Sparta Prague 2nd nbsp Viktoria Plzen 1st nbsp Rostov 2nd nbsp Young Boys 2nd nbsp Steaua București 2nd nbsp Astra Giurgiu 1st nbsp Shakhtar Donetsk 2nd nbsp Fenerbahce 2nd nbsp Ajax 2nd nbsp PAOK 2nd Second qualifying round nbsp Red Bull Salzburg 1st nbsp IFK Norrkoping 1st nbsp Astana 1st nbsp Mladost Podgorica 1st nbsp Dinamo Zagreb 1st nbsp Ludogorets Razgrad 1st nbsp Sheriff Tiraspol 1st nbsp Partizani 2nd Note ALB nbsp APOEL 1st nbsp Rosenborg 1st nbsp Dinamo Tbilisi 1st nbsp F91 Dudelange 1st nbsp Legia Warsaw 1st nbsp Red Star Belgrade 1st nbsp SJK 1st nbsp Crusaders 1st nbsp Hapoel Be er Sheva 1st nbsp Olimpija Ljubljana 1st nbsp FH 1st nbsp Zalgiris Vilnius 1st nbsp BATE Borisov 1st nbsp Qarabag 1st nbsp Zrinjski Mostar 1st nbsp Liepaja 1st nbsp Copenhagen 1st nbsp Trencin 1st nbsp Vardar 1st nbsp Celtic 1st nbsp Ferencvaros 1st nbsp Dundalk 1st First qualifying round nbsp Valletta 1st nbsp B36 Torshavn 1st nbsp Alashkert 1st nbsp Tre Penne 1st nbsp Flora Tallinn 1st nbsp The New Saints 1st nbsp FC Santa Coloma 1st nbsp Lincoln Red Imps 1st Notes Albania ALB Skenderbeu would have qualified for the Champions League second qualifying round as the champions of the 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 Skenderbeu were included in the second qualifying round draw 24 The final decision to exclude Skenderbeu 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 editThe 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 legQualifying First qualifying round 20 June 2016 28 29 June 2016 5 6 July 2016Second qualifying round 12 13 July 2016 19 20 July 2016Third qualifying round 15 July 2016 26 27 July 2016 2 3 August 2016Play off Play off round 5 August 2016 16 17 August 2016 23 24 August 2016Group stage Matchday 1 25 August 2016 Monaco 13 14 September 2016Matchday 2 27 28 September 2016Matchday 3 18 19 October 2016Matchday 4 1 2 November 2016Matchday 5 22 23 November 2016Matchday 6 6 7 December 2016Knockout phase Round of 16 12 December 2016 14 15 amp 21 22 February 2017 7 8 amp 14 15 March 2017Quarter finals 17 March 2017 11 12 April 2017 18 19 April 2017Semi finals 21 April 2017 2 3 May 2017 9 10 May 2017Final 3 June 2017 at Millennium Stadium CardiffQualifying rounds editMain article 2016 17 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 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 edit 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 legFlora Tallinn nbsp 2 3 nbsp Lincoln Red Imps 2 1 0 2The New Saints nbsp 5 1 nbsp Tre Penne 2 1 3 0Valletta nbsp 2 2 a nbsp B36 Torshavn 1 0 1 2FC Santa Coloma nbsp 0 3 nbsp Alashkert 0 0 0 3Second qualifying round edit 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 legQarabag nbsp 3 1 nbsp F91 Dudelange 2 0 1 1Hapoel Be er Sheva nbsp 3 2 nbsp Sheriff Tiraspol 3 2 0 0Olimpija Ljubljana nbsp 6 6 a nbsp Trencin 3 4 3 2Red Bull Salzburg nbsp 3 0 nbsp Liepaja 1 0 2 0Vardar nbsp 3 5 nbsp Dinamo Zagreb 1 2 2 3The New Saints nbsp 0 3 nbsp APOEL 0 0 0 3Zrinjski Mostar nbsp 1 3 nbsp Legia Warsaw 1 1 0 2Ludogorets Razgrad nbsp 5 0 nbsp Mladost Podgorica 2 0 3 0Dinamo Tbilisi nbsp 3 1 nbsp Alashkert 2 0 1 1Zalgiris Vilnius nbsp 1 2 nbsp Astana 0 0 1 2Partizani nbsp 2 2 3 1 p nbsp Ferencvaros 1 1 1 1 a e t BATE Borisov nbsp 4 2 nbsp SJK 2 0 2 2Valletta nbsp 2 4 nbsp Red Star Belgrade 1 2 1 2Rosenborg nbsp 5 4 nbsp IFK Norrkoping 3 1 2 3Dundalk nbsp 3 3 a nbsp FH 1 1 2 2Lincoln Red Imps nbsp 1 3 nbsp Celtic 1 0 0 3Crusaders nbsp 0 9 nbsp Copenhagen 0 3 0 6Third 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 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 legChampions Route Rosenborg nbsp 2 4 nbsp APOEL 2 1 0 3Dinamo Zagreb nbsp 3 0 nbsp Dinamo Tbilisi 2 0 1 0Olympiacos nbsp 0 1 nbsp Hapoel Be er Sheva 0 0 0 1Astana nbsp 2 3 nbsp Celtic 1 1 1 2Trencin nbsp 0 1 nbsp Legia Warsaw 0 1 0 0Viktoria Plzen nbsp 1 1 a nbsp Qarabag 0 0 1 1Astra Giurgiu nbsp 1 4 nbsp Copenhagen 1 1 0 3BATE Borisov nbsp 1 3 nbsp Dundalk 1 0 0 3Ludogorets Razgrad nbsp 6 4 nbsp Red Star Belgrade 2 2 4 2 a e t Partizani nbsp 0 3 nbsp Red Bull Salzburg 0 1 0 2Team 1 Agg Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd legLeague Route Ajax nbsp 3 2 nbsp PAOK 1 1 2 1Sparta Prague nbsp 1 3 nbsp Steaua București 1 1 0 2Shakhtar Donetsk nbsp 2 2 2 4 p nbsp Young Boys 2 0 0 2 a e t Rostov nbsp 4 2 nbsp Anderlecht 2 2 2 0Fenerbahce nbsp 3 4 nbsp Monaco 2 1 1 3Play off round editMain article 2016 17 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 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 legChampions Route Ludogorets Razgrad nbsp 4 2 nbsp Viktoria Plzen 2 0 2 2Celtic nbsp 5 4 nbsp Hapoel Be er Sheva 5 2 0 2Copenhagen nbsp 2 1 nbsp APOEL 1 0 1 1Dundalk nbsp 1 3 nbsp Legia Warsaw 0 2 1 1Dinamo Zagreb nbsp 3 2 nbsp Red Bull Salzburg 1 1 2 1 a e t Team 1 Agg Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd legLeague Route Steaua București nbsp 0 6 nbsp Manchester City 0 5 0 1Porto nbsp 4 1 nbsp Roma 1 1 3 0Ajax nbsp 2 5 nbsp Rostov 1 1 1 4Young Boys nbsp 2 9 nbsp Borussia Monchengladbach 1 3 1 6Villarreal nbsp 1 3 nbsp Monaco 1 2 0 1Group stage editMain article 2016 17 UEFA Champions League group stage nbsp nbsp Club Brugge nbsp Ludogorets nbsp Din Zagreb nbsp Copenhagen nbsp Leicester nbsp London nbsp Man City nbsp PSG nbsp Lyon nbsp Monaco nbsp Bayern nbsp Dortmund nbsp Leverkusen nbsp M gladbach nbsp Juventus nbsp Napoli nbsp PSV nbsp Legia nbsp Lisbon nbsp Porto nbsp CSKA nbsp Rostov nbsp Celtic nbsp Barcelona nbsp Madrid nbsp Sevilla nbsp Basel nbsp Besiktas nbsp Dyn Kyiv nbsp Madrid teams nbsp Atletico Madrid nbsp Real Madrid London teams nbsp Arsenal nbsp Tottenham Hotspur Lisbon teams nbsp Benfica nbsp Sporting CPclass notpageimage Location of teams of the 2016 17 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 on 25 August 2016 at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco 39 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 2015 16 season 40 41 Pot 1 contained the title holders and the champions of the top seven associations based on their 2015 UEFA country coefficients 9 10 7 Pot 2 3 and 4 contained the remaining teams seeded based on their 2016 UEFA club coefficients 30 31 32 In each group teams play against each other home and away in a round robin format The group winners and runners up advance to the round of 16 while the third placed teams enter the 2016 17 UEFA Europa League round of 32 The matchdays are 13 14 September 27 28 September 18 19 October 1 2 November 22 23 November and 6 7 December 2016 The youth teams of the clubs that qualify for the group stage also play in the 2016 17 UEFA Youth League on the same matchdays where they compete in the UEFA Champions League Path 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 are represented in the group stage Leicester City and Rostov made their debut appearances in the group stage 42 For the first time since the 2002 03 edition England s Chelsea did not qualify for the group stage TiebreakersThe teams are ranked according to points 3 points for a win 1 point for a draw 0 points for a loss If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches the following criteria are applied in the order given to determine the rankings regulations Article 17 01 7 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 have an equal ranking criteria 1 to 4 are reapplied exclusively to the matches between the teams in question to determine their final rankings If this procedure does not lead to a decision criteria 6 to 12 apply 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 ARS PAR LUD BSL1 nbsp Arsenal 6 4 2 0 18 6 12 14 Advance to knockout phase 2 2 6 0 2 02 nbsp Paris Saint Germain 6 3 3 0 13 7 6 12 1 1 2 2 3 03 nbsp Ludogorets Razgrad 6 0 3 3 6 15 9 3 Transfer to Europa League 2 3 1 3 0 04 nbsp Basel 6 0 2 4 3 12 9 2 1 4 1 2 1 1 Source UEFA Group B edit Pos Teamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification NAP BEN BES DKV1 nbsp Napoli 6 3 2 1 11 8 3 11 Advance to knockout phase 4 2 2 3 0 02 nbsp Benfica 6 2 2 2 10 10 0 8 1 2 1 1 1 03 nbsp Besiktas 6 1 4 1 9 14 5 7 Transfer to Europa League 1 1 3 3 1 14 nbsp Dynamo Kyiv 6 1 2 3 8 6 2 5 1 2 0 2 6 0 Source UEFA Group C edit Pos Teamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BAR MC MGB CEL1 nbsp Barcelona 6 5 0 1 20 4 16 15 Advance to knockout phase 4 0 4 0 7 02 nbsp Manchester City 6 2 3 1 12 10 2 9 3 1 4 0 1 13 nbsp Borussia Monchengladbach 6 1 2 3 5 12 7 5 Transfer to Europa League 1 2 1 1 1 14 nbsp Celtic 6 0 3 3 5 16 11 3 0 2 3 3 0 2 Source UEFA Group D edit Pos Teamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ATL BAY RST PSV1 nbsp Atletico Madrid 6 5 0 1 7 2 5 15 Advance to knockout phase 1 0 2 1 2 02 nbsp Bayern Munich 6 4 0 2 14 6 8 12 1 0 5 0 4 13 nbsp Rostov 6 1 2 3 6 12 6 5 Transfer to Europa League 0 1 3 2 2 24 nbsp PSV Eindhoven 6 0 2 4 4 11 7 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 Source UEFA Group E edit Pos Teamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MON LEV TOT CSKA1 nbsp Monaco 6 3 2 1 9 7 2 11 Advance to knockout phase 1 1 2 1 3 02 nbsp Bayer Leverkusen 6 2 4 0 8 4 4 10 3 0 0 0 2 23 nbsp Tottenham Hotspur 6 2 1 3 6 6 0 7 Transfer to Europa League 1 2 0 1 3 14 nbsp CSKA Moscow 6 0 3 3 5 11 6 3 1 1 1 1 0 1 Source UEFA Group F edit Pos Teamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification DOR RM LEG SPO1 nbsp Borussia Dortmund 6 4 2 0 21 9 12 14 Advance to knockout phase 2 2 8 4 1 02 nbsp Real Madrid 6 3 3 0 16 10 6 12 2 2 5 1 2 13 nbsp Legia Warsaw 6 1 1 4 9 24 15 4 Transfer to Europa League 0 6 3 3 1 04 nbsp Sporting CP 6 1 0 5 5 8 3 3 1 2 1 2 2 0 Source UEFA Group G edit Pos Teamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification LEI POR KOB BRU1 nbsp Leicester City 6 4 1 1 7 6 1 13 Advance to knockout phase 1 0 1 0 2 12 nbsp Porto 6 3 2 1 9 3 6 11 5 0 1 1 1 03 nbsp Copenhagen 6 2 3 1 7 2 5 9 Transfer to Europa League 0 0 0 0 4 04 nbsp Club Brugge 6 0 0 6 2 14 12 0 0 3 1 2 0 2 Source UEFA Group H edit Pos Teamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification JUV SEV LYO DZG1 nbsp Juventus 6 4 2 0 11 2 9 14 Advance to knockout phase 0 0 1 1 2 02 nbsp Sevilla 6 3 2 1 7 3 4 11 1 3 1 0 4 03 nbsp Lyon 6 2 2 2 5 3 2 8 Transfer to Europa League 0 1 0 0 3 04 nbsp Dinamo Zagreb 6 0 0 6 0 15 15 0 0 4 0 1 0 1 Source UEFAKnockout phase editMain article 2016 17 UEFA Champions League knockout phase In the knockout phase teams play 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 is as follows In the draw for the round of 16 the eight group winners are seeded and the eight group runners up are unseeded The seeded teams are drawn against the unseeded teams with the seeded teams hosting the second leg Teams from the same group or the same association cannot be drawn against each other In the draws for the quarter finals onwards there are no seedings and teams from the same group or the same association can be drawn against each other Bracket edit Round of 16Quarter finalsSemi finalsFinal nbsp Benfica101 nbsp Borussia Dortmund044 nbsp Borussia Dortmund213 nbsp Monaco336 nbsp Manchester City516 nbsp Monaco a 336 nbsp Monaco011 nbsp Juventus224 nbsp Porto000 nbsp Juventus213 nbsp Juventus303 nbsp Barcelona000 nbsp Paris Saint Germain415 nbsp Barcelona066 nbsp Juventus1 nbsp Real Madrid4 nbsp Bayern Munich5510 nbsp Arsenal112 nbsp Bayern Munich123 nbsp Real Madrid a e t 246 nbsp Real Madrid336 nbsp Napoli112 nbsp Real Madrid314 nbsp Atletico Madrid022 nbsp Bayer Leverkusen202 nbsp Atletico Madrid404 nbsp Atletico Madrid112 nbsp Leicester City011 nbsp Sevilla202 nbsp Leicester City123Round of 16 edit The draw for the round of 16 was held on 12 December 2016 43 The first legs were played on 14 15 21 and 22 February and the second legs were played on 7 8 14 and 15 March 2017 Team 1 Agg Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd legManchester City nbsp 6 6 a nbsp Monaco 5 3 1 3Real Madrid nbsp 6 2 nbsp Napoli 3 1 3 1Benfica nbsp 1 4 nbsp Borussia Dortmund 1 0 0 4Bayern Munich nbsp 10 2 nbsp Arsenal 5 1 5 1Porto nbsp 0 3 nbsp Juventus 0 2 0 1Bayer Leverkusen nbsp 2 4 nbsp Atletico Madrid 2 4 0 0Paris Saint Germain nbsp 5 6 nbsp Barcelona 4 0 1 6Sevilla nbsp 2 3 nbsp Leicester City 2 1 0 2Quarter finals edit The draw for the quarter finals was held on 17 March 2017 44 The first legs were played on 11 and 12 April and the second legs were played on 18 and 19 April 2017 Team 1 Agg Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd legAtletico Madrid nbsp 2 1 nbsp Leicester City 1 0 1 1Borussia Dortmund nbsp 3 6 nbsp Monaco 2 3 1 3Bayern Munich nbsp 3 6 nbsp Real Madrid 1 2 2 4 a e t Juventus nbsp 3 0 nbsp Barcelona 3 0 0 0Semi finals edit The draw for the semi finals was held on 21 April 2017 45 The first legs were played on 2 and 3 May and the second legs were played on 9 and 10 May 2017 Team 1 Agg Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd legReal Madrid nbsp 4 2 nbsp Atletico Madrid 3 0 1 2Monaco nbsp 1 4 nbsp Juventus 0 2 1 2Final edit Main article 2017 UEFA Champions League Final The final was played on 3 June 2017 at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff Wales 5 6 46 The home team for administrative purposes was determined by an additional draw held after the semi final draw 3 June 2017 2017 06 03 19 45 BSTJuventus nbsp 1 4 nbsp Real MadridMandzukic nbsp 27 Report Ronaldo nbsp 20 64 Casemiro nbsp 61 Asensio nbsp 90 Millennium Stadium CardiffAttendance 65 842 47 Referee Felix Brych Germany Statistics edit section, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
