2016–17 UEFA Champions League

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2016–17 UEFA Champions League
Inside the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff.jpg
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)Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo (12 goals)
Best player(s)
  • Goalkeeper:
    Italy Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus)[1]
  • Defender:
    Spain Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid)[2]
  • Midfielder:
    Croatia Luka Modrić (Real Madrid)[3]
  • Forward:
    Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)[4]

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.

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

Association team allocation[]

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

  • Associations 1–3 each had four teams qualify.
  • Associations 4–6 each had three teams qualify.
  • Associations 7–15 each had two teams qualify.
  • Associations 16–54 (except Liechtenstein) each had one team qualify.
  • The winners of the 2015–16 UEFA Champions League and 2015–16 UEFA Europa League were each given an additional entry if they did not qualify for the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League through their domestic league. Because a maximum of five teams from one association can enter the Champions League, if both the Champions League title holders and the Europa League title holders were from the same top three ranked association and finish outside the top four of their domestic league, the fourth-placed team of their association would be moved to the Europa League.[8] For this season:
    • The winners of the 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[]

For the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League, the associations were allocated places according to their 2015 UEFA country coefficients, which took into account their performance in European competitions from 2010–11 to 2014–15.[9][10]

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

  • (EL) – Additional berth for Europa League title holders
Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes
1 Spain Spain 99.999 4 +1(EL)
2 England England 80.391
3 Germany Germany 79.415
4 Italy Italy 70.510 3
5 Portugal Portugal 61.382
6 France France 52.416
7 Russia Russia 50.498 2
8 Ukraine Ukraine 45.166
9 Netherlands Netherlands 40.979
10 Belgium Belgium 37.200
11 Switzerland Switzerland 34.375
12 Turkey Turkey 32.600
13 Greece Greece 31.900
14 Czech Republic Czech Republic 29.125
15 Romania Romania 26.299
16 Austria Austria 25.675 1
17 Croatia Croatia 23.500
18 Cyprus Cyprus 22.300
19 Poland Poland 21.500
Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes
20 Israel Israel 21.000 1
21 Belarus Belarus 20.750
22 Denmark Denmark 19.800
23 Scotland Scotland 17.900
24 Sweden Sweden 17.725
25 Bulgaria Bulgaria 16.750
26 Norway Norway 14.375
27 Serbia Serbia 13.875
28 Slovenia Slovenia 13.625
29 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan 12.500
30 Slovakia Slovakia 11.250
31 Hungary Hungary 11.000
32 Kazakhstan Kazakhstan 10.375
33 Moldova Moldova 10.000
34 Georgia (country) Georgia 9.375
35 Finland Finland 8.200
36 Iceland Iceland 8.000
37 Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina 7.500
Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes
38 Liechtenstein Liechtenstein 6.000 0
39 North Macedonia Macedonia 5.875 1
40 Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland 5.750
41 Montenegro Montenegro 5.625
42 Albania Albania 5.375
43 Luxembourg Luxembourg 5.125
44 Northern Ireland Northern Ireland 4.875
45 Lithuania Lithuania 4.500
46 Latvia Latvia 4.250
47 Malta Malta 4.208
48 Estonia Estonia 3.500
49 Faroe Islands Faroe Islands 3.500
50 Wales Wales 2.875
51 Armenia Armenia 2.750
52 Andorra Andorra 0.833
53 San Marino San Marino 0.499
54 Gibraltar Gibraltar 0.250
55 Kosovo Kosovo[Note KOS] 0.000 0
Notes
  1. ^
    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]

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]

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)
  • 12 champions from associations 1–12
  • 6 runners-up from associations 1–6
  • 3 third-placed teams from associations 1–3
  • Europa League title holders
  • 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 shown in parentheses, except Sevilla which qualified as Europa League title holders (TH: Champions League title holders; EL: Europa League title holders).[19][20][21]

Group stage
Spain Real MadridTH (2nd) Germany Bayern Munich (1st) Portugal Sporting CP (2nd) Belgium Club Brugge (1st)
Spain Barcelona (1st) Germany Borussia Dortmund (2nd) France Paris Saint-Germain (1st) Switzerland Basel (1st)
Spain Atlético Madrid (3rd) Germany Bayer Leverkusen (3rd) France Lyon (2nd) Turkey Beşiktaş (1st)
England Leicester City (1st) Italy Juventus (1st) Russia CSKA Moscow (1st) Spain Sevilla (EL)
England Arsenal (2nd) Italy Napoli (2nd) Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv (1st)
England Tottenham Hotspur (3rd) Portugal Benfica (1st) Netherlands PSV Eindhoven (1st)
Play-off round
Champions Route League Route
Spain Villarreal (4th) Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach (4th) Portugal Porto (3rd)
England Manchester City (4th) Italy Roma (3rd)
Third qualifying round
Champions Route League Route
Greece Olympiacos (1st) France Monaco (3rd)[Note FRA] Belgium Anderlecht (2nd) Czech Republic Sparta Prague (2nd)
Czech Republic Viktoria Plzeň (1st) Russia Rostov (2nd) Switzerland Young Boys (2nd) Romania Steaua București (2nd)
Romania Astra Giurgiu (1st) Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk (2nd) Turkey Fenerbahçe (2nd)
Netherlands Ajax (2nd) Greece PAOK (2nd)
Second qualifying round
Austria Red Bull Salzburg (1st) Sweden IFK Norrköping (1st) Kazakhstan Astana (1st) Montenegro Mladost Podgorica (1st)
Croatia Dinamo Zagreb (1st) Bulgaria Ludogorets Razgrad (1st) Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol (1st) Albania Partizani (2nd)[Note ALB]
Cyprus APOEL (1st) Norway Rosenborg (1st) Georgia (country) Dinamo Tbilisi (1st) Luxembourg F91 Dudelange (1st)
Poland Legia Warsaw (1st) Serbia Red Star Belgrade (1st) Finland SJK (1st) Northern Ireland Crusaders (1st)
Israel Hapoel Be'er Sheva (1st) Slovenia Olimpija Ljubljana (1st) Iceland FH (1st) Lithuania Žalgiris Vilnius (1st)
Belarus BATE Borisov (1st) Azerbaijan Qarabağ (1st) Bosnia and Herzegovina Zrinjski Mostar (1st) Latvia Liepāja (1st)
Denmark Copenhagen (1st) Slovakia Trenčín (1st) North Macedonia Vardar (1st)
Scotland Celtic (1st) Hungary Ferencváros (1st) Republic of Ireland Dundalk (1st)
First qualifying round
Malta Valletta (1st) Faroe Islands B36 Tórshavn (1st) Armenia Alashkert (1st) San Marino Tre Penne (1st)
Estonia Flora Tallinn (1st) Wales The New Saints (1st) Andorra FC Santa Coloma (1st) Gibraltar Lincoln Red Imps (1st)
Notes
  1. ^
    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]
  2. ^
    France (FRA): Monaco are a club based in Monaco (which is not a UEFA member), but participate in the Champions League through one of the berths for France as they finished third in the 2015–16 Ligue 1 (any coefficient points they earn count toward France).

Round and draw dates[]

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

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

Qualifying rounds[]

Main 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[]

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

Second qualifying round[]

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

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

Third qualifying round[]

The third qualifying round was split into two separate sections: Champions Route (for league champions) and League Route (for league non-champions). The losing teams in both sections entered the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League play-off round.

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

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

Play-off round[]

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

Group stage[]

Main article: 2016–17 UEFA Champions League group stage
2016–17 UEFA Champions League is located in Europe
Club Brugge
Club Brugge
Ludogorets
Ludogorets
Din. Zagreb
Din. Zagreb
Copenhagen
Copenhagen
Leicester
Leicester
London
London
Man. City
Man. City
PSG
PSG
Lyon
Lyon
Monaco
Monaco
Bayern
Bayern
Dortmund
Dortmund
Leverkusen
Leverkusen
M'gladbach
Juventus
Juventus
Napoli
Napoli
PSV
PSV
Legia
Legia
Lisbon
Lisbon
Porto
Porto
CSKA
Rostov
Celtic
Celtic
Barcelona
Barcelona
Madrid
Madrid
Sevilla
Sevilla
Basel
Basel
Beşiktaş
Dyn. Kyiv
Dyn. Kyiv
Madrid teams Atlético Madrid Real Madrid London teams Arsenal Tottenham Hotspur Lisbon teams Benfica Sporting CP
Madrid teams
Yellow pog.svg Atlético Madrid
Blue pog.svg Real Madrid

London teams
Brown pog.svg Arsenal
Green pog.svg Tottenham Hotspur

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

Group A[]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ARS PAR LUD BSL
1 England Arsenal 6 4 2 0 18 6 +12 14 Advance to knockout phase — 2–2 6–0 2–0
2 France Paris Saint-Germain 6 3 3 0 13 7 +6 12 1–1 — 2–2 3–0
3 Bulgaria Ludogorets Razgrad 6 0 3 3 6 15 −9 3 Transfer to Europa League 2–3 1–3 — 0–0
4 Switzerland Basel 6 0 2 4 3 12 −9 2 1–4 1–2 1–1 —
Source: UEFA

Group B[]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification NAP BEN BES DKV
1 Italy Napoli 6 3 2 1 11 8 +3 11 Advance to knockout phase — 4–2 2–3 0–0
2 Portugal Benfica 6 2 2 2 10 10 0 8 1–2 — 1–1 1–0
3 Turkey Beşiktaş 6 1 4 1 9 14 −5 7 Transfer to Europa League 1–1 3–3 — 1–1
4 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 6 1 2 3 8 6 +2 5 1–2 0–2 6–0 —
Source: UEFA

Group C[]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BAR MC MGB CEL
1 Spain Barcelona 6 5 0 1 20 4 +16 15 Advance to knockout phase — 4–0 4–0 7–0
2 England Manchester City 6 2 3 1 12 10 +2 9 3–1 — 4–0 1–1
3 Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach 6 1 2 3 5 12 −7 5 Transfer to Europa League 1–2 1–1 — 1–1
4 Scotland Celtic 6 0 3 3 5 16 −11 3 0–2 3–3 0–2 —
Source: UEFA

Group D[]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ATL BAY RST PSV
1 Spain Atlético Madrid 6 5 0 1 7 2 +5 15 Advance to knockout phase — 1–0 2–1 2–0
2 Germany Bayern Munich 6 4 0 2 14 6 +8 12 1–0 — 5–0 4–1
3 Russia Rostov 6 1 2 3 6 12 −6 5 Transfer to Europa League 0–1 3–2 — 2–2
4 Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 6 0 2 4 4 11 −7 2 0–1 1–2 0–0 —
Source: UEFA

Group E[]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MON LEV TOT CSKA
1 France Monaco 6 3 2 1 9 7 +2 11 Advance to knockout phase — 1–1 2–1 3–0
2 Germany Bayer Leverkusen 6 2 4 0 8 4 +4 10 3–0 — 0–0 2–2
3 England Tottenham Hotspur 6 2 1 3 6 6 0 7 Transfer to Europa League 1–2 0–1 — 3–1
4 Russia CSKA Moscow 6 0 3 3 5 11 −6 3 1–1 1–1 0–1 —
Source: UEFA

Group F[]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification DOR RM LEG SPO
1 Germany Borussia Dortmund 6 4 2 0 21 9 +12 14 Advance to knockout phase — 2–2 8–4 1–0
2 Spain Real Madrid 6 3 3 0 16 10 +6 12 2–2 — 5–1 2–1
3 Poland Legia Warsaw 6 1 1 4 9 24 −15 4 Transfer to Europa League 0–6 3–3 — 1–0
4 Portugal Sporting CP 6 1 0 5 5 8 −3 3 1–2 1–2 2–0 —
Source: UEFA

Group G[]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification LEI POR KOB BRU
1 England Leicester City 6 4 1 1 7 6 +1 13 Advance to knockout phase — 1–0 1–0 2–1
2 Portugal Porto 6 3 2 1 9 3 +6 11 5–0 — 1–1 1–0
3 Denmark Copenhagen 6 2 3 1 7 2 +5 9 Transfer to Europa League 0–0 0–0 — 4–0
4 Belgium Club Brugge 6 0 0 6 2 14 −12 0 0–3 1–2 0–2 —
Source: UEFA

Group H[]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification JUV SEV LYO DZG
1 Italy Juventus 6 4 2 0 11 2 +9 14 Advance to knockout phase — 0–0 1–1 2–0
2 Spain Sevilla 6 3 2 1 7 3 +4 11 1–3 — 1–0 4–0
3 France Lyon 6 2 2 2 5 3 +2 8 Transfer to Europa League 0–1 0–0 — 3–0
4 Croatia Dinamo Zagreb 6 0 0 6 0 15 −15 0 0–4 0–1 0–1 —
Source: UEFA

Knockout phase[]

Main 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[]

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

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 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Manchester City England 6–6 (a) France Monaco 5–3 1–3
Real Madrid Spain 6–2 Italy Napoli 3–1 3–1
Benfica Portugal 1–4 Germany Borussia Dortmund 1–0 0–4
Bayern Munich Germany 10–2 England Arsenal 5–1 5–1
Porto Portugal 0–3 Italy Juventus 0–2 0–1
Bayer Leverkusen Germany 2–4 Spain Atlético Madrid 2–4 0–0
Paris Saint-Germain France 5–6 Spain Barcelona 4–0 1–6
Sevilla Spain 2–3 England Leicester City 2–1 0–2

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 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Atlético Madrid Spain 2–1 England Leicester City 1–0 1–1
Borussia Dortmund Germany 3–6 France Monaco 2–3 1–3
Bayern Munich Germany 3–6 Spain Real Madrid 1–2 2–4 (a.e.t.)
Juventus Italy 3–0 Spain Barcelona 3–0 0–0

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 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Real Madrid Spain 4–2 Spain Atlético Madrid 3–0 1–2
Monaco France 1–4 Italy Juventus 0–2 1–2

Final[]

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.

Juventus Italy1–4Spain Real Madrid
Mandžukić 27' Report
Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 65,842[47]
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

Statistics[]

Statistics exclude qualifying rounds and play-off round.

Top goalscorers[]

Rank[48] Player Team Goals Minutes played
1 Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo Spain Real Madrid 12 1200
2 Argentina Lionel Messi Spain Barcelona 11 810
3 Uruguay Edinson Cavani France Paris Saint-Germain 8 720
Poland Robert Lewandowski Germany Bayern Munich 794
5 Gabon Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang Germany Borussia Dortmund 7 708
6 France Kylian Mbappé France Monaco 6 536
France Antoine Griezmann Spain Atlético Madrid 1068
8 Argentina Sergio Agüero England Manchester City 5 541
Belgium Dries Mertens Italy Napoli 571
Colombia Radamel Falcao France Monaco 666
France Karim Benzema Spain Real Madrid 954
Argentina Gonzalo Higuaín Italy Juventus 1039

Top assists[]

Rank[49] Player Team Assists Minutes played
1 Brazil Neymar Spain Barcelona 8 797
2 Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo Spain Real Madrid 6 1200
3 France Ousmane Dembélé Germany Borussia Dortmund 5 769
Spain Dani Carvajal Spain Real Madrid 975
5 France Benjamin Mendy France Monaco 4 525
England Raheem Sterling England Manchester City 577
Argentina Eduardo Salvio Portugal Benfica 628
France Thomas Lemar France Monaco 895

Squad of the season[]

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

Pos. Player Team
GK Italy Gianluigi Buffon Italy Juventus
Slovenia Jan Oblak Spain Atlético Madrid
DF Uruguay Diego Godín Spain Atlético Madrid
Italy Leonardo Bonucci Italy Juventus
Spain Dani Carvajal Spain Real Madrid
Spain Sergio Ramos Spain Real Madrid
Brazil Marcelo Spain Real Madrid
MF Brazil Casemiro Spain Real Madrid
Germany Toni Kroos Spain Real Madrid
Croatia Luka Modrić Spain Real Madrid
Spain Isco Spain Real Madrid
Bosnia and Herzegovina Miralem Pjanić Italy Juventus
France Tiémoué Bakayoko France Monaco
FW France Antoine Griezmann Spain Atlético Madrid
Argentina Lionel Messi Spain Barcelona
Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo Spain Real Madrid
Poland Robert Lewandowski Germany Bayern Munich
France Kylian Mbappé France Monaco

Players of the season[]

Main articles: UEFA Club Football Awards and UEFA Men's Player of the Year Award

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[]

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