2015–16 UEFA Champions League facts for kids

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2015–16 UEFA Champions League

The San Siro in Milan hosted the final.
Tournament details
Dates	30 June – 26 August 2015 (qualifying) 15 September 2015 – 28 May 2016 (competition proper)
Teams	32 (group stage) 78 (total) (from 53 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Real Madrid (11th title)
Runners-up	Atlético Madrid
Tournament statistics
Matches played	125
Goals scored	347 (2.78 per match)
Attendance	5,114,427 (40,915 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Cristiano Ronaldo (16 goals)
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The 2015-16 UEFA Champions League was a super exciting football tournament! It was the 61st time this big European club competition was held by UEFA. This season was also the 24th time it was called the UEFA Champions League, after changing its name from the European Champion Clubs' Cup.

The final match was played at the famous San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy. Barcelona were the champions from the year before. But this time, Real Madrid won the tournament! They beat Atlético Madrid in a thrilling penalty shootout.

Group Stage: The Start of the Journey

The Champions League starts with a "group stage." Teams are put into groups, and they play against each other. The best teams from each group move on to the next part of the tournament, called the "knockout stage."

Here's what the colors in the tables mean:

Group A Teams

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Real Madrid	6	5	1	0	19	3	+16	16
2	Paris Saint-Germain	6	4	1	1	12	1	+11	13
3	Shakhtar Donetsk	6	1	0	5	7	14	–7	3
4	Malmö FF	6	1	0	5	1	21	–20	3

Group B Teams

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Wolfsburg	6	4	0	2	9	6	+3	12
2	PSV Eindhoven	6	3	1	2	8	7	+1	10
3	Manchester United	6	2	2	2	7	7	0	8
4	CSKA Moscow	6	1	1	4	5	9	–4	4

Group C Teams

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Atlético Madrid	6	4	1	1	11	3	+8	13
2	Benfica	6	3	1	2	10	8	+2	10
3	Galatasaray	6	1	2	3	6	10	–4	5
4	Astana	6	0	4	2	5	11	–6	4

Group D Teams

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Manchester City	6	4	0	2	12	8	+4	12
2	Juventus	6	3	2	1	6	3	+3	11
3	Sevilla	6	2	0	4	8	11	–3	6
4	Borussia Mönchengladbach	6	1	2	3	8	12	–4	5

Group E Teams

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Barcelona	6	4	2	0	15	4	+11	14
2	Roma	6	1	3	2	11	16	–5	6
3	Bayer Leverkusen	6	1	3	2	13	12	+1	6
4	BATE Borisov	6	1	2	3	5	12	–7	5

Group F Teams

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Bayern Munich	6	5	0	1	19	3	+16	15
2	Arsenal	6	3	0	3	12	10	+2	9
3	Olympiacos	6	3	0	3	6	13	–7	9
4	Dinamo Zagreb	6	1	0	5	3	14	–11	3

Group G Teams

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Chelsea	6	4	1	1	13	3	+10	13
2	Dynamo Kyiv	6	3	2	1	8	4	+4	11
3	Porto	6	3	1	2	9	8	+1	10
4	Maccabi Tel Aviv	6	0	0	6	1	16	–15	0

Group H Teams

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Zenit St. Petersburg	6	5	0	1	13	6	+7	15
2	Gent	6	3	1	2	8	7	+1	10
3	Valencia	6	2	0	4	5	9	–4	6
4	Lyon	6	1	1	4	5	9	–4	4

Knockout Stage: Who Will Win?

After the group stage, the top teams move to the knockout stage. This means if a team loses a match, they are out of the tournament! It gets very exciting.

Tournament Bracket

This bracket shows how the teams played against each other in the knockout rounds.

	Round of 16						Quarter-finals						Semi-finals						Final
	Paris Saint-Germain	2	2	4
	Chelsea	1	1	2
							Paris Saint-Germain	2	0	2
							Manchester City	2	1	3
	Dynamo Kyiv	1	0	1
	Manchester City	3	0	3
													Manchester City	0	0	0
												Real Madrid	0	1	1
	Gent	2	0	2
	Wolfsburg	3	1	4
							VfL Wolfsburg	2	0	2
							Real Madrid	0	3	3
	Roma	0	0	0
	Real Madrid	2	2	4
																		Real Madrid	1 (5)
																			Atlético de Madrid	1 (3)
	Arsenal	0	1	1
	Barcelona	2	3	5
							Barcelona	2	0	2
							Atlético de Madrid	1	2	3
	PSV Eindhoven	0	0	0 (7)
	Atlético de Madrid (p)	0	0	0 (8)
													Atlético de Madrid (a)	1	1	2
												Bayern Munich	0	2	2
	Juventus	2	2	4
	Bayern Munich (aet)	2	4	6
							Bayern Munich	1	2	3
							Benfica	0	2	2
	Benfica	1	2	3
	Zenit	0	1	1

Round of 16 Matches

This was the first knockout round, where 16 teams battled it out!

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Paris Saint-Germain	4–2	Chelsea	2–1	2–1
Benfica	3–1	Zenit	1–0	2–1
Roma	0–4	Real Madrid	0–2	0–2
Gent	2–4	VfL Wolfsburg	2–3	0–1
Arsenal	1–5	Barcelona	0–2	1–3
Juventus	4–6	Bayern Munich	2–2	2–4 (aet)
PSV Eindhoven	0–0 (7–8 p)	Atlético de Madrid	0–0	0–0 (aet)
Dynamo Kyiv	1–3	Manchester City	1–3	0–0

Quarter-finals: The Last Eight

Only eight teams remained in the competition!

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Bayern Munich	3–2	Benfica	1–0	2–2
Barcelona	2–3	Atlético de Madrid	2–1	0–2
VfL Wolfsburg	2–3	Real Madrid	2–0	0–3
Paris Saint-Germain	2–3	Manchester City	2–2	0–1

Semi-finals: Almost There!

Only four teams were left, fighting for a spot in the final!

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Manchester City	0–1	Real Madrid	0–0	0–1
Atlético de Madrid (a)	2–2	Bayern Munich	1–0	1–2

The Grand Final

The biggest match of the tournament!

28 May 2016 (2016-05-28) 20:45 CEST	Real Madrid	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Atlético Madrid	San Siro, Milan Attendance: 71,942 Referee: Mark Clattenburg (England)
	Ramos  15'	Report	Carrasco  79'
		Penalties
	Vázquez Marcelo Bale Ramos Ronaldo	5–3	Griezmann Gabi Saúl Juanfran

Tournament Statistics

Top Goalscorers

These players scored the most goals in the tournament!

• 16 goals: Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)
• 9 goals: Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Münich)
• 8 goals: Thomas Müller (Bayern Münich), Luis Suárez (Barcelona)
• 7 goals: Antoine Griezmann (Atlético Madrid)
• 6 goals: Artem Dzyuba (Zenit), Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
• 5 goals: Javier Hernández (Bayer Leverkusen), Olivier Giroud (Arsenal), Willian (Chelsea), Zlatan Ibrahimović (Paris Saint-Germain)

Players Scoring Hat-tricks

A hat-trick is when one player scores three goals in a single match!

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Cristiano Ronaldo	Real Madrid	Shakhtar Donetsk	4-0 (H)	15 September 2015
Robert Lewandowski	Bayern Munich	Dinamo Zagreb	5-0 (H)	29 September 2015
Cristiano Ronaldo4	Real Madrid	Malmö FF	8-0 (H)	8 December 2015
Karim Benzema	Real Madrid	Malmö FF	8-0 (H)	8 December 2015
Olivier Giroud	Arsenal	Olympiakos	3-0 (A)	9 December 2015
Cristiano Ronaldo	Real Madrid	VfL Wolfsburg	3-0 (H)	12 April 2016

⁴ This player scored four goals in that match!

Final Tournament Rankings

This table shows how all the teams ranked at the end of the tournament.

Sergio Ramos celebrating La Undecima (The Eleventh) with the trophy.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Real Madrid	13	9	3	1	28	6	+22	30
2	Atlético Madrid	13	6	4	3	17	8	+9	22
Eliminated in Semi-finals
3	Bayern Munich	12	8	2	2	30	11	+19	26
4	Manchester City	12	6	3	3	18	12	+6	21
Eliminated in Quarter-finals
5	Barcelona	10	7	2	1	22	8	+14	23
6	Wolfsburg	10	7	0	3	15	11	+4	21
7	Paris Saint-Germain	10	6	2	2	18	6	+12	20
8	Benfica	10	5	2	3	15	12	+3	17
Eliminated in Round of 16
9	Zenit St. Petersburg	8	5	0	3	14	9	+5	15
10	Chelsea	8	4	1	3	15	7	+8	13
11	Dynamo Kyiv	8	3	3	2	9	7	+2	12
12	Juventus	8	3	3	2	10	9	+1	12
13	PSV Eindhoven	8	3	3	2	8	7	+1	12
14	Gent	8	3	1	4	10	11	–1	10
15	Arsenal	8	3	0	5	13	15	–2	9
1=16	Roma	8	1	3	4	11	20	–9	6
Eliminated in the Group Stage
17	Porto	6	3	1	2	9	8	+1	10
18	Olympiacos	6	3	0	3	6	13	–7	9
19	Manchester United	6	2	2	2	7	7	0	8
20	Bayer Leverkusen	6	1	3	2	13	12	+1	6
21	Sevilla	6	2	0	4	8	11	–3	6
22	Valencia	6	2	0	4	5	9	–4	6
23	Galatasaray	6	1	2	3	6	10	–4	5
24	Shakhtar Donetsk	6	1	0	5	7	14	–7	3
25	Borussia Mönchengladbach	6	1	2	3	8	12	–4	5
26	BATE Borisov	6	1	2	3	5	12	–7	5
27	Lyon	6	1	1	4	5	9	–4	4
	CSKA Moscow	6	1	1	4	5	9	–4	4
29	Astana	6	0	4	2	5	11	–6	4
30	Dinamo Zagreb	6	1	0	5	3	14	–11	3
31	Malmö FF	6	1	0	5	1	21	–20	3
32	Maccabi Tel Aviv	6	0	0	6	1	16	–15	0

See also

In Spanish: Liga de Campeones de la UEFA 2015-16 para niños