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2016–17 UEFA Champions League
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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 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 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 North 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. 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.

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.

Statistics

Goalscorers

6 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Own goals

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

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Liga de Campeones de la UEFA 2016-17 para niños

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