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 the 61st season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA. It is the 24th season since it was renamed from the European Champion Clubs' Cup to the UEFA Champions League.

The was played at the San Siro in Milan, Italy. Barcelona were the defending champions but Real Madrid won the tournament in penalties over Atlético Madrid.

Group stage

Group A

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Bracket

	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

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

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

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

Final

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

Statistics

Goalscorers

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)

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Own goals

Hat-tricks

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 Player scored four goals.

Tournament rankings

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
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