2015–16 UEFA Champions League

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.

2015–16 UEFA Champions League
File:Scudo2009.jpg
The San Siro in Milan hosted the final.
Tournament details
Dates30 June – 26 August 2015 (qualifying)
15 September 2015 – 28 May 2016 (competition proper)
Teams32 (group stage)
78 (total)
Final positions
ChampionsFile:Flag of Spain.svg Real Madrid (11th title)
Runner-upFile:Flag of Spain.svg Atlético Madrid
Tournament statistics
Matches played125
Goals scored347 (2.78 per match)
Attendance5,114,427 (40,915 per match)
Top scorer(s)File:Flag of Portugal.svg Cristiano Ronaldo (16 goals)

The 2016 UEFA Champions League Final [en] 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

Key to colours in group tables
Team advanced to the Round of 16.
Went to the UEFA Europa League knockout stage.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 File:Flag of Spain.svg Real Madrid 6 5 1 0 19 3 +16 16
2 France Paris Saint-Germain 6 4 1 1 12 1 +11 13
3 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk 6 1 0 5 7 14 –7 3
4 Sweden Malmö FF 6 1 0 5 1 21 –20 3

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Germany Wolfsburg 6 4 0 2 9 6 +3 12
2 Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 6 3 1 2 8 7 +1 10
3 File:Flag of England.svg Manchester United 6 2 2 2 7 7 0 8
4 Russia CSKA Moscow 6 1 1 4 5 9 –4 4

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 File:Flag of Spain.svg Atlético Madrid 6 4 1 1 11 3 +8 13
2 File:Flag of Portugal.svg Benfica 6 3 1 2 10 8 +2 10
3 File:Flag of Turkey.svg Galatasaray 6 1 2 3 6 10 –4 5
4 Kazakhstan Astana 6 0 4 2 5 11 –6 4

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 File:Flag of England.svg Manchester City 6 4 0 2 12 8 +4 12
2 Italy Juventus 6 3 2 1 6 3 +3 11
3 File:Flag of Spain.svg Sevilla 6 2 0 4 8 11 –3 6
4 Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach 6 1 2 3 8 12 –4 5

Group E

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 File:Flag of Spain.svg Barcelona 6 4 2 0 15 4 +11 14
2 Italy Roma 6 1 3 2 11 16 –5 6
3 Germany Bayer Leverkusen 6 1 3 2 13 12 +1 6
4 Belarus BATE Borisov 6 1 2 3 5 12 –7 5

Group F

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Germany Bayern Munich 6 5 0 1 19 3 +16 15
2 File:Flag of England.svg Arsenal 6 3 0 3 12 10 +2 9
3 Greece Olympiacos 6 3 0 3 6 13 –7 9
4 Croatia Dinamo Zagreb 6 1 0 5 3 14 –11 3

Group G

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 File:Flag of England.svg Chelsea 6 4 1 1 13 3 +10 13
2 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 6 3 2 1 8 4 +4 11
3 File:Flag of Portugal.svg Porto 6 3 1 2 9 8 +1 10
4 Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv 6 0 0 6 1 16 –15 0

Group H

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Russia Zenit St. Petersburg 6 5 0 1 13 6 +7 15
2 23x15px Gent 6 3 1 2 8 7 +1 10
3 File:Flag of Spain.svg Valencia 6 2 0 4 5 9 –4 6
4 France Lyon 6 1 1 4 5 9 –4 4

Knockout stage

Bracket

  Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                                         
 France Paris Saint-Germain 2 2 4  
 File:Flag of England.svg Chelsea 1 1 2  
   France Paris Saint-Germain 2 0 2  
   File:Flag of England.svg Manchester City 2 1 3  
 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 1 0 1
 File:Flag of England.svg Manchester City 3 0 3  
   File:Flag of England.svg Manchester City 0 0 0  
   File:Flag of Spain.svg Real Madrid 0 1 1  
 23x15px Gent 2 0 2  
 Germany Wolfsburg 3 1 4  
   Germany VfL Wolfsburg 2 0 2
   File:Flag of Spain.svg Real Madrid 0 3 3  
 Italy Roma 0 0 0
 File:Flag of Spain.svg Real Madrid 2 2 4  
   File:Flag of Spain.svg Real Madrid 1 (5)
   File:Flag of Spain.svg Atlético de Madrid 1 (3)
 File:Flag of England.svg Arsenal 0 1 1  
 File:Flag of Spain.svg Barcelona 2 3 5  
   File:Flag of Spain.svg Barcelona 2 0 2
   File:Flag of Spain.svg Atlético de Madrid 1 2 3  
 Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 0 0 0 (7)
 File:Flag of Spain.svg Atlético de Madrid (p) 0 0 0 (8)  
   File:Flag of Spain.svg Atlético de Madrid (a) 1 1 2
   Germany Bayern Munich 0 2 2  
 Italy Juventus 2 2 4  
 Germany Bayern Munich (aet) 2 4 6  
   Germany Bayern Munich 1 2 3
   File:Flag of Portugal.svg Benfica 0 2 2  
 File:Flag of Portugal.svg Benfica 1 2 3
 Russia Zenit 0 1 1  

Round of 16

Team #1   Agg.   Team #2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Paris Saint-Germain France 4–2 File:Flag of England.svg Chelsea 2–1 2–1
Benfica File:Flag of Portugal.svg 3–1 Russia Zenit 1–0 2–1
Roma Italy 0–4 File:Flag of Spain.svg Real Madrid 0–2 0–2
Gent 23x15px 2–4 Germany VfL Wolfsburg 2–3 0–1
Arsenal File:Flag of England.svg 1–5 File:Flag of Spain.svg Barcelona 0–2 1–3
Juventus Italy 4–6 Germany Bayern Munich 2–2 2–4 (aet)
PSV Eindhoven Netherlands 0–0 (7–8 p) File:Flag of Spain.svg Atlético de Madrid 0–0 0–0 (aet)
Dynamo Kyiv Ukraine 1–3 File:Flag of England.svg Manchester City 1–3 0–0

Quarter-finals

Team #1   Agg.   Team #2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Bayern Munich Germany 3–2 File:Flag of Portugal.svg Benfica 1–0 2–2
Barcelona File:Flag of Spain.svg 2–3 File:Flag of Spain.svg Atlético de Madrid 2–1 0–2
VfL Wolfsburg Germany 2–3 File:Flag of Spain.svg Real Madrid 2–0 0–3
Paris Saint-Germain France 2–3 File:Flag of England.svg Manchester City 2–2 0–1

Semi-finals

Team #1   Agg.   Team #2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Manchester City File:Flag of England.svg 0–1 File:Flag of Spain.svg Real Madrid 0–0 0–1
Atlético de Madrid (a) File:Flag of Spain.svg 2–2 Germany Bayern Munich 1–0 1–2

Final

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

Statistics

Goalscorers

16 goals

9 goals

8 goals

7 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Own goals

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date
File:Flag of Portugal.svg Cristiano Ronaldo File:Flag of Spain.svg Real Madrid Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk 4-0 (H) 15 September 2015
Poland Robert Lewandowski Germany Bayern Munich Croatia Dinamo Zagreb 5-0 (H) 29 September 2015
File:Flag of Portugal.svg Cristiano Ronaldo4 File:Flag of Spain.svg Real Madrid Sweden Malmö FF 8-0 (H) 8 December 2015
France Karim Benzema File:Flag of Spain.svg Real Madrid Sweden Malmö FF 8-0 (H) 8 December 2015
France Olivier Giroud File:Flag of England.svg Arsenal Greece Olympiakos 3-0 (A) 9 December 2015
File:Flag of Portugal.svg Cristiano Ronaldo File:Flag of Spain.svg Real Madrid Germany 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 File:Flag of Spain.svg Real Madrid 13 9 3 1 28 6 +22 30
2 File:Flag of Spain.svg Atlético Madrid 13 6 4 3 17 8 +9 22
Eliminated in Semi-finals
3 Germany Bayern Munich 12 8 2 2 30 11 +19 26
4 File:Flag of England.svg Manchester City 12 6 3 3 18 12 +6 21
Eliminated in Quarter-finals
5 File:Flag of Spain.svg Barcelona 10 7 2 1 22 8 +14 23
6 Germany Wolfsburg 10 7 0 3 15 11 +4 21
7 France Paris Saint-Germain 10 6 2 2 18 6 +12 20
8 File:Flag of Portugal.svg Benfica 10 5 2 3 15 12 +3 17
Eliminated in Round of 16
9 Russia Zenit St. Petersburg 8 5 0 3 14 9 +5 15
10 File:Flag of England.svg Chelsea 8 4 1 3 15 7 +8 13
11 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 8 3 3 2 9 7 +2 12
12 Italy Juventus 8 3 3 2 10 9 +1 12
13 Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 8 3 3 2 8 7 +1 12
14 23x15px Gent 8 3 1 4 10 11 –1 10
15 File:Flag of England.svg Arsenal 8 3 0 5 13 15 –2 9
16 Italy Roma 8 1 3 4 11 20 –9 6
Eliminated in the Group Stage
17 File:Flag of Portugal.svg Porto 6 3 1 2 9 8 +1 10
18 Greece Olympiacos 6 3 0 3 6 13 –7 9
19 File:Flag of England.svg Manchester United 6 2 2 2 7 7 0 8
20 Germany Bayer Leverkusen 6 1 3 2 13 12 +1 6
21 File:Flag of Spain.svg Sevilla 6 2 0 4 8 11 –3 6
22 File:Flag of Spain.svg Valencia 6 2 0 4 5 9 –4 6
23 File:Flag of Turkey.svg Galatasaray 6 1 2 3 6 10 –4 5
24 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk 6 1 0 5 7 14 –7 3
25 Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach 6 1 2 3 8 12 –4 5
26 Belarus BATE Borisov 6 1 2 3 5 12 –7 5
27 France Lyon 6 1 1 4 5 9 –4 4
Russia CSKA Moscow 6 1 1 4 5 9 –4 4
29 Kazakhstan Astana 6 0 4 2 5 11 –6 4
30 Croatia Dinamo Zagreb 6 1 0 5 3 14 –11 3
31 Sweden Malmö FF 6 1 0 5 1 21 –20 3
32 Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv 6 0 0 6 1 16 –15 0

References

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