2016–17 UEFA Champions League

2016–17 UEFA Champions League
The Millennium Stadium in Cardiff will host the final.
Tournament details
Dates28 June – 24 August 2016 (qualifying)
13 September 2016 – 3 June 2017 (competition proper)
Teams32 (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 Estonia 2–3 Gibraltar Lincoln Red Imps 2–1 0–2
The New Saints Wales 5–1 San Marino Tre Penne 2–1 0–2
Valletta Malta 2–2(a) Faroe Islands B36 Tórshavn 1–0 1–2
Santa Coloma Andorra 0–3 Armenia Alashkert 0–0 0–3

Second round

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 Republic of 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 Republic of Macedonia Mladost Podgorica 2–0 3–0
Dinamo Tbilisi Georgia (country) 3–1 Armenia Alashkert 2–0 1–1
Žalgiris Lithuania 1–2 Kazakhstan Astana 0–0 1–2
Partizani Tirana Albania 2–2(3–1p) Hungary Ferencvárosi 1–1 1–1(aet)
BATE Borisov Belarus 4–2 Finland SJK Seinäjoki 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 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 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(aet)
Partizani Tirana Albania 0–3 Austria 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 Netherlands 3–2 Greece PAOK 1–1 2–1
Sparta Prague Czech Republic 1–3 Romania Steaua Bucuresti 1–1 0–2
Shakhtar Donetsk Ukraine 2–2 (2–4p) Switzerland Young Boys 2–0 0–2(aet)
Rostov Russia 4–2 Belgium Anderlecht 2–2 2–0
Fenerbahçe Turkey 3–4 France 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 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(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 Romania 0–6 England Manchester City 0–5 0–1
Porto Portugal 4–1 Italy Roma 1–1 3–0
Ajax Netherlands v. 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

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):

These teams qualified from the play-off round:

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
              
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 (aet) 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

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]

Juventus Italy1–4Spain Real Madrid
Mandžukić Goal 27' Report
Attendance: 65,842[7]
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

Statistics

Goalscorers

6 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Own goals

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. ↑ Cite error: The named reference host was used but no text was provided for refs named (see the help page).
  5. ↑ Cite error: The named reference host2 was used but no text was provided for refs named (see the help page).
  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.

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