2016–17 UEFA Champions League

2016–17 UEFA Champions League

The Millennium Stadium in Cardiff will host the final.
Tournament details
Dates	28 June – 24 August 2016 (qualifying) 13 September 2016 – 3 June 2017 (competition proper)
Teams	32 (group stage) 78 (total) (from 53 associations)

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

The 2017 UEFA Champions League Final was played at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales. Real Madrid are the defending champions.

Qualifying

First round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	Flora	2–3	Lincoln Red Imps	2–1	0–2
The New Saints	5–1	Tre Penne	2–1	0–2
Valletta	2–2(a)	B36 Tórshavn	1–0	1–2
Santa Coloma	0–3	Alashkert	0–0	0–3

Second round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	Qarabağ	3–1	F91 Dudelange	2–0	1–1
Hapoel Be'er Sheva	3–2	Sheriff Tiraspol	3–2	0–0
Olimpija Ljubljana	6–6(a)	Trenčín	3–4	3–2
Red Bull Salzburg	3–0	Liepāja	1–0	2–0
Vardar	3–5	Dinamo Zagreb	1–2	2–3
The New Saints	0–3	APOEL	0–0	0–3
Zrinjski Mostar	1–3	Legia Warsaw	1–1	0–2
Ludogorets Razgrad	5–0	Mladost Podgorica	2–0	3–0
Dinamo Tbilisi	3–1	Alashkert	2–0	1–1
Žalgiris	1–2	Astana	0–0	1–2
Partizani Tirana	2–2(3–1p)	Ferencvárosi	1–1	1–1(aet)
BATE Borisov	4–2	SJK Seinäjoki	2–0	2–2
Valletta	2–4	Red Star Belgrade	1–2	1–2
Rosenborg	5–4	IFK Norrköping	3–1	2–3
Dundalk	3–3(a)	FH	1–1	2–2
Lincoln Red Imps	1–3	Celtic	1–0	0–3
Crusaders	0–9	Copenhagen	0–3	0–6

Third round

The losing teams in both the champions and league route go on to the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League play-off round.

Champions route:

The champions route is only for teams that won their country's league.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	Rosenborg	2–4	APOEL	2–1	0–3
Dinamo Zagreb	3–0	Dinamo Tbilisi	2–0	1–0
Olympiacos	0–1	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	0–0	0–1
Astana	2–3	Celtic	1–1	1–2
Trenčín	0–1	Legia Warsaw	0–1	0–0
Viktoria Plzeň	1–1(a)	Qarabağ	0–0	1–1
Astra Giurgiu	1–4	Copenhagen	1–1	0–3
BATE Borisov	1–3	Dundalk	1–0	0–3
Ludogorets Razgrad	6–4	Red Star Belgrade	2–2	4–2(aet)
Partizani Tirana	0–3	Red Bull Salzburg	0–1	0–2

League route:

The league route is only for teams who did not win their country's league.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	Ajax	3–2	PAOK	1–1	2–1
Sparta Prague	1–3	Steaua Bucuresti	1–1	0–2
Shakhtar Donetsk	2–2 (2–4p)	Young Boys	2–0	0–2(aet)
Rostov	4–2	Anderlecht	2–2	2–0
Fenerbahçe	3–4	Monaco	2–1	1–3

Play-off round

The draw for the play-off round was held on 5 August 2016.^[1] The first legs will be played on 16 and 17 August, and the second legs will be played on 23 and 24 August 2016.

Champions route

The champions route is only for teams that won their country's league.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	Ludogorets Razgrad	4–2	Viktoria Plzeň	2–0	2–2
Celtic	5–4	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	5–2	0–2
Copenhagen	2–1	APOEL	1–0	1–1
Dundalk	1–3	Legia Warsaw	0–2	1–1
Dinamo Zagreb	3–2	Red Bull Salzburg	1–1	2–1(aet)

League route

The league route is only for teams who did not win their country's league.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	Steaua Bucuresti	0–6	Manchester City	0–5	0–1
Porto	4–1	Roma	1–1	3–0
Ajax	v.	Rostov	1–1	1–4
Young Boys	2–9	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1–3	1–6
Villarreal	1–3	Monaco	1–2	0–1

Group stage

The draw for the group stage will be held on 25 August 2016, at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco.^[2]

These teams already qualified for the group stage (the clubs are listed by their UEFA ranking):

Real Madrid Barcelona Leicester City Bayern Munich Juventus Benfica Paris Saint-Germain CSKA Moscow Atlético Madrid Borussia Dortmund Arsenal

Sevilla Napoli Bayer Leverkusen Basel Tottenham Hotspur Dynamo Kyiv Lyon PSV Eindhoven Sporting CP Club Brugge Beşiktaş

These teams qualified from the play-off round:

• Borussia Mönchengladbach
• Celtic
• Copenhagen
• Dinamo Zagreb
• Legia Warsaw
• Ludogorets Razgrad
• Manchester City
• Monaco
• Porto
• Rostov

Knockout stage

The best two teams from each of the groups in the group stage will move on to the knockout stages. The draw for the round of 16 will be held on 12 December 2016.^[3]

Bracket

	Round of 16						Quarter-finals						Semi-finals						Final
	Benfica	1	0	1
	Borussia Dortmund	0	4	4
							Borussia Dortmund	2	1	3
							Monaco	3	3	6
	Manchester City	5	1	6
	Monaco (a)	3	3	6
													Monaco	0	1	1
													Juventus	2	2	4
	Porto	0	0	0
	Juventus	2	1	3
							Juventus	3	0	3
							Barcelona	0	0	0
	Paris Saint-Germain	4	1	5
	Barcelona	0	6	6
																			Juventus	1
																			Real Madrid	4
	Bayern Munich	5	5	10
	Arsenal	1	1	2
							Bayern Munich	1	2	3
							Real Madrid (aet)	2	4	6
	Real Madrid	3	3	6
	Napoli	1	1	2
													Real Madrid	3	1	4
													Atlético Madrid	0	2	2
	Bayer Leverkusen	2	0	2
	Atlético Madrid	4	0	4
							Atlético Madrid	1	1	2
							Leicester City	0	1	1
	Sevilla	2	0	2
	Leicester City	1	2	3

Final

See the main article: 2017 UEFA Champions League Final

The final was played on 3 June 2017 at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales.^[4][5][6]

3 June 2017 (2017-06-03)

20:45 CEST

Juventus	1–4	Real Madrid
Mandžukić  27'	Report	Ronaldo  20', 64' Casemiro  61' Asensio  90'

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff

Attendance: 65,842^[7]

Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

Statistics

Goalscorers

6 goals

• Lionel Messi (Barcelona)

4 goals

• Edinson Cavani (Paris Saint-Germain)
• Mesut Özil (Arsenal)

3 goals

• Sergio Agüero (Manchester City)
• Arkadiusz Milik (Napoli)
• Dries Mertens (Napoli)
• Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Borussia Dortmund)
• Riyad Mahrez (Leicester City)
• Theo Walcott (Arsenal)
• Joshua Kimmich (Bayern Münich)

2 goals

• Thomas Müller (Bayern Münich)
• Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Münich)
• Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)
• Álvaro Morata (Real Madrid)
• Alexis Sánchez (Arsenal)
• Moussa Dembélé (Celtic)
• Dmitry Poloz (Rostov)
• Bernardo Silva (Monaco)
• Bruno César (Sporting CP)
• Vincent Aboubakar (Beşiktaş)
• Eduardo Salvio (Benfica)
• Franco Cervi (Benfica)
• Neymar (Barcelona)
• Yannick Carrasco (Atlético Madrid)
• Jonathan Cafu (Ludogorets Razgrad)
• Blaise Matuidi (Paris Saint-Germain)

1 goal

• Ángel Di María (Paris Saint-Germain)
• Lucas Moura (Paris Saint-Germain)
• Thomas Meunier (Paris Saint-Germain)
• Natanael (Ludogorets Razgrad)
• Claudiu Keşerü (Ludogorets Razgrad)
• Renato Steffen (Basel)
• Luca Zuffi (Basel)
• Denys Harmash (Dynamo Kyiv)
• Viktor Tsyhankov (Dynamo Kyiv)
• Gonçalo Guedes (Benfica)
• Anderson Talisca (Beşiktaş)
• Ricardo Quaresma (Beşiktaş)
• Adriano (Beşiktaş)
• Andrés Iniesta (Barcelona)
• Arda Turan (Barcelona)
• Gerard Piqué (Barcelona)
• Juan Bernat (Bayern Münich)
• Arjen Robben (Bayern Münich)
• Saúl Ñíguez (Atlético Madrid)
• Kelechi Iheanacho (Manchester City)
• Fernandinho (Manchester City)
• Raheem Sterling (Manchester City)
• Nolito (Manchester City)
• Admir Mehmedi (Bayer Leverkusen)
• Hakan Çalhanoğlu (Bayer Leverkusen)
• Javier Hernández (Bayer Leverkusen)
• Alan Dzagoev (CSKA Moscow)
• Roman Eremenko (CSKA Moscow)
• Lacina Traoré (CSKA Moscow)
• Thomas Lemar (Monaco)
• Kamil Glik (Monaco)
• Toby Alderweireld (Tottenham)
• Son Heung-min (Tottenham)
• Bryan Ruiz (Sporting CP)
• Bas Dost (Sporting CP)
• Raphaël Varane (Real Madrid)
• Gareth Bale (Real Madrid)
• Marco Asensio (Real Madrid)
• Lucas Vázquez (Real Madrid)
• Mario Götze (Borussia Dortmund)
• Sokratis Papastathopoulos (Borussia Dortmund)
• Marc Bartra (Borussia Dortmund)
• Raphaël Guerreiro (Borussia Dortmund)
• Gonzalo Castro Randon (Borussia Dortmund)
• André Schürrle (Borussia Dortmund)
• Julian Weigl (Borussia Dortmund)
• Marc Albrighton (Leicester City)
• Islam Slimani (Leicester City)
• Otávio (Porto)
• Miguel Layún (Porto)
• André Silva (Porto)
• Andreas Cornelius (Copenhagen)
• Thomas Delaney (Copenhagen)
• Federico Santander (Copenhagen)
• Mathias Jørgensen (Copenhagen)
• Corentin Tolisso (Lyon)
• Jordan Ferri (Lyon)
• Maxwel Cornet (Lyon)
• Wissam Ben Yedder (Sevilla)
• Samir Nasri (Sevilla)
• Miralem Pjanić (Juventus)
• Gonzalo Higuaín (Juventus)
• Paulo Dybala (Juventus)
• Daniel Alves (Juventus)
• Juan Cuadrado (Juventus)
• Marek Hamšík (Napoli)
• Manolo Gabbiadini (Napoli)
• Thorgan Hazard (Borussia Mönchengladbach)
• Lars Stindl (Borussia Mönchengladbach)
• André Hahn (Borussia Mönchengladbach)
• Davy Pröpper (PSV Eindhoven)
• Luuk de Jong (PSV Eindhoven)
• Luciano Narsingh (PSV Eindhoven)
• Miroslav Radović (Legia Warsaw)
• Jelle Vossen (Club Brugge)
• Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Arsenal)
• Granit Xhaka (Arsenal)
• Olivier Giroud (Arsenal)

Own goals

• Stefano Denswil (Club Brugge) - against Copenhagen
• Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) - against Celtic
• Tomasz Jodłowiec (Legia Warsaw) - against Real Madrid

References

1. "UEFA Champions League play-off draw". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
2. "UEFA Champions League group stage draw". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
3. "UEFA Champions League round of 16 draw". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
4. "Champions League: Cardiff's Millennium Stadium to host 2017 final". BBC Sport. 30 June 2015. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
5. "Cardiff to host 2017 Champions League final". UEFA. 30 June 2015. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
6. "2017 UEFA Champions League final: Cardiff". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations.
7. "Full Time Report Final – Juventus v Real Madrid" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 3 June 2017. Retrieved 3 June 2017.

Other websites

• UEFA Champions League (official website)