2016–17 UEFA Champions League

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 League
The Millennium Stadium in Cardiff hosted the final
Tournament details
DatesQualifying:
28 June – 24 August 2016
Competition proper:
13 September 2016 – 3 June 2017
TeamsCompetition proper: 32
Total: 78 (from 53 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsSpain Real Madrid (12th title)
Runners-upItaly 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 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.

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:

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
RankAssociationCoeff.TeamsNotes
1 Spain99.9994+1(EL)
2 England80.391
3 Germany79.415
4 Italy70.5103
5 Portugal61.382
6 France52.416
7 Russia50.4982
8 Ukraine45.166
9 Netherlands40.979
10 Belgium37.200
11 Switzerland34.375
12 Turkey32.600
13 Greece31.900
14 Czech Republic29.125
15 Romania26.299
16 Austria25.6751
17 Croatia23.500
18 Cyprus22.300
19 Poland21.500
RankAssociationCoeff.TeamsNotes
20 Israel21.0001
21 Belarus20.750
22 Denmark19.800
23 Scotland17.900
24 Sweden17.725
25 Bulgaria16.750
26 Norway14.375
27 Serbia13.875
28 Slovenia13.625
29 Azerbaijan12.500
30 Slovakia11.250
31 Hungary11.000
32 Kazakhstan10.375
33 Moldova10.000
34 Georgia9.375
35 Finland8.200
36 Iceland8.000
37 Bosnia and Herzegovina7.500
RankAssociationCoeff.TeamsNotes
38 Liechtenstein6.0000
39 Macedonia5.8751
40 Republic of Ireland5.750
41 Montenegro5.625
42 Albania5.375
43 Luxembourg5.125
44 Northern Ireland4.875
45 Lithuania4.500
46 Latvia4.250
47 Malta4.208
48 Estonia3.500
49 Faroe Islands3.500
50 Wales2.875
51 Armenia2.750
52 Andorra0.833
53 San Marino0.499
54 Gibraltar0.250
55 Kosovo[Note KOS]0.0000
Notes

Distribution

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 roundTeams 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 roundChampions 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 roundChampions Route
(10 teams)
  • 10 winners from the third qualifying round (Champions Route)
League Route
(10 teams)
  • 2 third-placed teams from associations 4–5
  • 3 fourth-placed teams from associations 1–3
  • 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) Tottenham Hotspur (3rd) Benfica (1st) PSV Eindhoven (1st)
Sevilla (EL) Bayern Munich (1st) Sporting CP (2nd) Club Brugge (1st)
Barcelona (1st) Borussia Dortmund (2nd) Paris Saint-Germain (1st) Basel (1st)
Atlético Madrid (3rd) Bayer Leverkusen (3rd) Lyon (2nd) Beşiktaş (1st)
Leicester City (1st) Juventus (1st) CSKA Moscow (1st)
Arsenal (2nd) Napoli (2nd) Dynamo Kyiv (1st)
Play-off round
Champions RouteLeague Route
Villarreal (4th) Borussia Mönchengladbach (4th) Porto (3rd)
Manchester City (4th) Roma (3rd)
Third qualifying round
Champions RouteLeague Route
Olympiacos (1st) Monaco (3rd)[Note FRA] Anderlecht (2nd) Sparta Prague (2nd)
Viktoria Plzeň (1st) Rostov (2nd) Young Boys (2nd) Steaua București (2nd)
Astra Giurgiu (1st) Shakhtar Donetsk (2nd) Fenerbahçe (2nd)
Ajax (2nd) PAOK (2nd)
Second qualifying round
Red Bull Salzburg (1st) IFK Norrköping (1st) Astana (1st) Mladost Podgorica (1st)
Dinamo Zagreb (1st) Ludogorets Razgrad (1st) Sheriff Tiraspol (1st) Partizani (2nd)[Note ALB]
APOEL (1st) Rosenborg (1st) Dinamo Tbilisi (1st) F91 Dudelange (1st)
Legia Warsaw (1st) Red Star Belgrade (1st) SJK (1st) Crusaders (1st)
Hapoel Be'er Sheva (1st) Olimpija Ljubljana (1st) FH (1st) Žalgiris Vilnius (1st)
BATE Borisov (1st) Qarabağ (1st) Zrinjski Mostar (1st) Liepāja (1st)
Copenhagen (1st) Trenčín (1st) Vardar (1st)
Celtic (1st) Ferencváros (1st) Dundalk (1st)
First qualifying round
Valletta (1st) B36 Tórshavn (1st) Alashkert (1st) Tre Penne (1st)
Flora Tallinn (1st) The New Saints (1st) FC Santa Coloma (1st) Lincoln Red Imps (1st)
Notes

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]

PhaseRoundDraw dateFirst legSecond leg
QualifyingFirst qualifying round20 June 201628–29 June 20165–6 July 2016
Second qualifying round12–13 July 201619–20 July 2016
Third qualifying round15 July 201626–27 July 20162–3 August 2016
Play-offPlay-off round5 August 201616–17 August 201623–24 August 2016
Group stageMatchday 125 August 2016
(Monaco)
13–14 September 2016
Matchday 227–28 September 2016
Matchday 318–19 October 2016
Matchday 41–2 November 2016
Matchday 522–23 November 2016
Matchday 66–7 December 2016
Knockout phaseRound of 1612 December 201614–15 & 21–22 February 20177–8 & 14–15 March 2017
Quarter-finals17 March 201711–12 April 201718–19 April 2017
Semi-finals21 April 20172–3 May 20179–10 May 2017
Final3 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 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Flora Tallinn 2–3 Lincoln Red Imps2–10–2
The New Saints 5–1 Tre Penne2–13–0
Valletta 2–2 (a) B36 Tórshavn1–01–2
FC Santa Coloma 0–3 Alashkert0–00–3

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 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Qarabağ 3–1 F91 Dudelange2–01–1
Hapoel Be'er Sheva 3–2 Sheriff Tiraspol3–20–0
Olimpija Ljubljana 6–6 (a) Trenčín3–43–2
Red Bull Salzburg 3–0 Liepāja1–02–0
Vardar 3–5 Dinamo Zagreb1–22–3
The New Saints 0–3 APOEL0–00–3
Zrinjski Mostar 1–3 Legia Warsaw1–10–2
Ludogorets Razgrad 5–0 Mladost Podgorica2–03–0
Dinamo Tbilisi 3–1 Alashkert2–01–1
Žalgiris Vilnius 1–2 Astana0–01–2
Partizani 2–2 (3–1 p) Ferencváros1–11–1 (a.e.t.)
BATE Borisov 4–2 SJK2–02–2
Valletta 2–4 Red Star Belgrade1–21–2
Rosenborg 5–4 IFK Norrköping3–12–3
Dundalk 3–3 (a) FH1–12–2
Lincoln Red Imps 1–3 Celtic1–00–3
Crusaders 0–9 Copenhagen0–30–6

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 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Champions Route
Rosenborg 2–4 APOEL2–10–3
Dinamo Zagreb 3–0 Dinamo Tbilisi2–01–0
Olympiacos 0–1 Hapoel Be'er Sheva0–00–1
Astana 2–3 Celtic1–11–2
Trenčín 0–1 Legia Warsaw0–10–0
Viktoria Plzeň 1–1 (a) Qarabağ0–01–1
Astra Giurgiu 1–4 Copenhagen1–10–3
BATE Borisov 1–3 Dundalk1–00–3
Ludogorets Razgrad 6–4 Red Star Belgrade2–24–2 (a.e.t.)
Partizani 0–3 Red Bull Salzburg0–10–2
Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
League Route
Ajax 3–2 PAOK1–12–1
Sparta Prague 1–3 Steaua București1–10–2
Shakhtar Donetsk 2–2 (2–4 p) Young Boys2–00–2 (a.e.t.)
Rostov 4–2 Anderlecht2–22–0
Fenerbahçe 3–4 Monaco2–11–3

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 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Champions Route
Ludogorets Razgrad 4–2 Viktoria Plzeň2–02–2
Celtic 5–4 Hapoel Be'er Sheva5–20–2
Copenhagen 2–1 APOEL1–01–1
Dundalk 1–3 Legia Warsaw0–21–1
Dinamo Zagreb 3–2 Red Bull Salzburg1–12–1 (a.e.t.)
Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
League Route
Steaua București 0–6 Manchester City0–50–1
Porto 4–1 Roma1–13–0
Ajax 2–5 Rostov1–11–4
Young Boys 2–9 Borussia Mönchengladbach1–31–6
Villarreal 1–3 Monaco1–20–1

Group stage

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.

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification ARS PAR LUD BSL
1 Arsenal6420186+1214Advance to knockout phase2–26–02–0
2 Paris Saint-Germain6330137+6121–12–23–0
3 Ludogorets Razgrad6033615−93Transfer to Europa League2–31–30–0
4 Basel6024312−921–41–21–1
Source: UEFA

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification NAP BEN BES DKV
1 Napoli6321118+311Advance to knockout phase4–22–30–0
2 Benfica62221010081–21–11–0
3 Beşiktaş6141914−57Transfer to Europa League1–13–31–1
4 Dynamo Kyiv612386+251–20–26–0
Source: UEFA

Group C

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification BAR MC MGB CEL
1 Barcelona6501204+1615Advance to knockout phase4–04–07–0
2 Manchester City62311210+293–14–01–1
3 Borussia Mönchengladbach6123512−75Transfer to Europa League1–21–11–1
4 Celtic6033516−1130–23–30–2
Source: UEFA

Group D

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification ATL BAY RST PSV
1 Atlético Madrid650172+515Advance to knockout phase1–02–12–0
2 Bayern Munich6402146+8121–05–04–1
3 Rostov6123612−65Transfer to Europa League0–13–22–2
4 PSV Eindhoven6024411−720–11–20–0
Source: UEFA

Group E

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification MON LEV TOT CSKA
1 Monaco632197+211Advance to knockout phase1–12–13–0
2 Bayer Leverkusen624084+4103–00–02–2
3 Tottenham Hotspur62136607Transfer to Europa League1–20–13–1
4 CSKA Moscow6033511−631–11–10–1
Source: UEFA

Group F

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification DOR RM LEG SPO
1 Borussia Dortmund6420219+1214Advance to knockout phase2–28–41–0
2 Real Madrid63301610+6122–25–12–1
3 Legia Warsaw6114924−154Transfer to Europa League0–63–31–0
4 Sporting CP610558−331–21–22–0
Source: UEFA

Group G

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification LEI POR KOB BRU
1 Leicester City641176+113Advance to knockout phase1–01–02–1
2 Porto632193+6115–01–11–0
3 Copenhagen623172+59Transfer to Europa League0–00–04–0
4 Club Brugge6006214−1200–31–20–2
Source: UEFA

Group H

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification JUV SEV LYO DZG
1 Juventus6420112+914Advance to knockout phase0–01–12–0
2 Sevilla632173+4111–31–04–0
3 Lyon622253+28Transfer to Europa League0–10–03–0
4 Dinamo Zagreb6006015−1500–40–10–1
Source: UEFA

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

Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
              
Benfica101
Borussia Dortmund044
Borussia Dortmund213
Monaco336
Manchester City516
Monaco (a)336
Monaco011
Juventus224
Porto000
Juventus213
Juventus303
Barcelona000
Paris Saint-Germain415
Barcelona066
Juventus1
Real Madrid4
Bayern Munich5510
Arsenal112
Bayern Munich123
Real Madrid (a.e.t.)246
Real Madrid336
Napoli112
Real Madrid314
Atlético Madrid022
Bayer Leverkusen202
Atlético Madrid404
Atlético Madrid112
Leicester City011
Sevilla202
Leicester City123

Round of 16

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 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Manchester City 6–6 (a) Monaco5–31–3
Real Madrid 6–2 Napoli3–13–1
Benfica 1–4 Borussia Dortmund1–00–4
Bayern Munich 10–2 Arsenal5–15–1
Porto 0–3 Juventus0–20–1
Bayer Leverkusen 2–4 Atlético Madrid2–40–0
Paris Saint-Germain 5–6 Barcelona4–01–6
Sevilla 2–3 Leicester City2–10–2

Quarter-finals

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 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Atlético Madrid 2–1 Leicester City1–01–1
Borussia Dortmund 3–6 Monaco2–31–3
Bayern Munich 3–6 Real Madrid1–22–4 (a.e.t.)
Juventus 3–0 Barcelona3–00–0

Semi-finals

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 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Real Madrid 4–2 Atlético Madrid3–01–2
Monaco 1–4 Juventus0–21–2

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.

Juventus 1–4 Real Madrid
Mandžukić 27'Report
Attendance: 65,842[47]
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

Statistics

Statistics exclude qualifying rounds and play-off round.

Top goalscorers

Rank[48]PlayerTeamGoalsMinutes played
1 Cristiano Ronaldo Real Madrid121200
2 Lionel Messi Barcelona11810
3 Edinson Cavani Paris Saint-Germain8720
Robert Lewandowski Bayern Munich794
5 Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang Borussia Dortmund7708
6 Kylian Mbappé Monaco6536
Antoine Griezmann Atlético Madrid1068
8 Sergio Agüero Manchester City5541
Dries Mertens Napoli571
Radamel Falcao Monaco666
Karim Benzema Real Madrid954
Gonzalo Higuaín Juventus1039

Top assists

Rank[49]PlayerTeamAssistsMinutes played
1 Neymar Barcelona8797
2 Cristiano Ronaldo Real Madrid61200
3 Ousmane Dembélé Borussia Dortmund5769
Dani Carvajal Real Madrid975
5 Benjamin Mendy Monaco4525
Raheem Sterling Manchester City577
Eduardo Salvio Benfica628
Thomas Lemar Monaco895

Squad of the season

The UEFA technical study group selected the following 18 players as the squad of the tournament.[50]

Pos.PlayerTeam
GK Gianluigi Buffon Juventus
Jan Oblak Atlético Madrid
DF Diego Godín Atlético Madrid
Leonardo Bonucci Juventus
Dani Carvajal Real Madrid
Sergio Ramos Real Madrid
Marcelo Real Madrid
MF Casemiro Real Madrid
Toni Kroos Real Madrid
Luka Modrić Real Madrid
Isco Real Madrid
Miralem Pjanić Juventus
Tiémoué Bakayoko Monaco
FW Antoine Griezmann Atlético Madrid
Lionel Messi Barcelona
Cristiano Ronaldo Real Madrid
Robert Lewandowski Bayern Munich
Kylian Mbappé Monaco

Players of the season

New UEFA Champions League Goalkeeper of the Season, Defender of the Season, Midfielder of the Season, and Forward of the Season positional awards were introduced for the 2016–17 season.[51] Votes were cast by coaches of the 32 teams in the group stage, together with 55 journalists selected by the European Sports Media (ESM) group, representing each of UEFA's member associations. The coaches were not allowed to vote for players from their own teams. Jury members selected their top three players, with the first receiving five points, the second three and the third one. The shortlist of the top three players were announced on 4 August 2017.[52] The award winners were announced and presented during the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League group stage draw in Monaco on 24 August 2017.[53][54]

See also

References

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