62nd season of Europe ‘s premier club football tournament organised by UEFA
International football competition
The 2016–17 UEFA Champions League was the 62nd season of Europe ‘s prime minister club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 25th temper since it was renamed from the european Champion Clubs ‘ Cup to the UEFA Champions League. The final was played between Juventus and Real Madrid at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] It was the second prison term that the two teams faced each other in the competition ‘s decisive couple, having previously met in the 1998 final. real Madrid, the fight champions, beat Juventus 4–1 to win a record-extending 12th style. With this victory, Real Madrid became the first team to successfully defend their claim in the Champions League era, and the beginning to successfully defend a european Cup since Milan in 1990.

As winners, Real Madrid qualified as the UEFA spokesperson for the 2017 FIFA Club World Cup in the United Arab Emirates, and besides earned the right to play against the winners of the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League, Manchester United, in the 2017 UEFA Super Cup, ultimately triumphing in both competitions .

Association team allotment [edit ]

A sum of 78 teams from 53 of the 55 UEFA extremity associations were expected to participate in the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League ( the exceptions being Liechtenstein, which did not organise a domestic league, and Kosovo, whose engagement was not accepted in their first attack as UEFA members ). The association ranking based on the UEFA area coefficients was used to determine the number of participating teams for each association : [ 7 ]

  • Associations 1–3 each had four teams qualify.
  • Associations 4–6 each had three teams qualify.
  • Associations 7–15 each had two teams qualify.
  • Associations 16–54 (except Liechtenstein) each had one team qualify.
  • The winners of the 2015–16 UEFA Champions League and 2015–16 UEFA Europa League were each given an additional entry if they did not qualify for the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League through their domestic league. Because a maximum of five teams from one association can enter the Champions League, if both the Champions League title holders and the Europa League title holders were from the same top three ranked association and finish outside the top four of their domestic league, the fourth-placed team of their association would be moved to the Europa League.[8] For this season:
    • The winners of the 2015–16 UEFA Champions League, Real Madrid, qualified through their domestic league, meaning the additional entry for the Champions League title holders was not necessary.
    • The winners of the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League, Sevilla, did not qualify through their domestic league, meaning the additional entry for the Europa League title holders was necessary.

Association ranking [edit ]

For the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League, the associations were allocated places according to their 2015 UEFA country coefficients, which took into account their performance in european competitions from 2010–11 to 2014–15. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] apart from the allotment based on the country coefficients, associations could have extra teams participating in the Champions League, as noted below :

  • ( EL ) – Additional berth for Europa League title holders
Notes
  1. ^Kosovo (KOS): [11] UEFA decided that their domestic champions could participate in the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League only if they could meet licensing criteria under article 15 of the UEFA Club Licensing & Financial Fair Play regulations, which would be confirmed following the assessment made by the UEFA administration within the deadline of 31 May 2016.[12] However, Kosovo’s entry, [13][14]Kosovo became a UEFA member on 3 May 2016.UEFA decided that their domestic champions could participate in the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League only if they could meet licensing criteria under article 15 of the UEFA Club Licensing & Financial Fair Play regulations, which would be confirmed following the assessment made by the UEFA administration within the deadline of 31 May 2016.However, Kosovo’s entry, Feronikeli (as the champions of the 2015–16 Football Superleague of Kosovo ), was denied by UEFA in June due to the club failing licensing requirements, and also because the club could not provide a suitable stadium and UEFA did not allow them to play their home matches in a foreign country.

distribution [edit ]

In the default option access number, the Champions League title holders enter the group stage. [ 7 ] [ 15 ] however, since very Madrid already qualified for the group stage ( as the runner-up of the 2015–16 La Liga ), the Champions League entitle holders berth in the group stage is given to the Europa League claim holders, Sevilla. [ 16 ] [ 17 ] [ 18 ]

Teams entering in this round

Teams advancing from previous round

First qualifying round
(8 teams)

  • 8 champions from associations 47–54

Second qualifying round
(34 teams)

  • 30 champions from associations 16–46 (except Liechtenstein)
  • 4 winners from the first qualifying round

Third qualifying round

Champions Route
(20 teams)

  • 3 champions from associations 13–15
  • 17 winners from the second qualifying round

League Route
(10 teams)

  • 9 runners-up from associations 7–15
  • 1 third-placed team from association 6

Play-off round

Champions Route
(10 teams)

  • 10 winners from the third qualifying round (Champions Route)

League Route
(10 teams)

  • 2 third-placed teams from associations 4–5
  • 3 fourth-placed teams from associations 1–3
  • 5 winners from the third qualifying round (League Route)

Group stage
(32 teams)

  • 12 champions from associations 1–12
  • 6 runners-up from associations 1–6
  • 3 third-placed teams from associations 1–3
  • Europa League title holders
  • 5 winners from the play-off round (Champions Route)
  • 5 winners from the play-off round (League Route)

Knockout phase
(16 teams)

  • 8 group winners from the group stage
  • 8 group runners-up from the group stage

Teams [edit ]

League positions of the previous season shown in parentheses, except Sevilla which qualified as Europa League entitle holders ( thursday : Champions League title holders ; EL : Europa League deed holders ). [ 19 ] [ 20 ] [ 21 ]

Notes

The schedule of the contest was as follows ( all draws were held at the UEFA headquarter in Nyon, Switzerland, unless stated differently ). [ 7 ] [ 28 ] [ 29 ]

Phase

Round

Draw date

First leg

Second leg

Qualifying

First qualifying round

20 June 2016

28–29 June 2016

5–6 July 2016

Second qualifying round

12–13 July 2016

19–20 July 2016

Third qualifying round

15 July 2016

26–27 July 2016

2–3 August 2016

Play-off

Play-off round

5 August 2016

16–17 August 2016

23–24 August 2016

Group stage

Matchday 1

25 August 2016
(Monaco)

13–14 September 2016

Matchday 2

27–28 September 2016

Matchday 3

18–19 October 2016

Matchday 4

1–2 November 2016

Matchday 5

22–23 November 2016

Matchday 6

6–7 December 2016

Knockout phase

Round of 16

12 December 2016

14–15 & 21–22 February 2017

7–8 & 14–15 March 2017

Quarter-finals

17 March 2017

11–12 April 2017

18–19 April 2017

Semi-finals

21 April 2017

2–3 May 2017

9–10 May 2017

Final

3 June 2017 at Millennium Stadium, Cardiff

Qualifying rounds [edit ]

In the qualify rounds and the play-off beat, teams were divided into seeded and unseeded teams based on their 2016 UEFA club coefficients, [ 30 ] [ 31 ] [ 32 ] and then drawn into two-legged home-and-away ties. Teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other .

first qualifying round [edit ]

The draw for the beginning and second qualifying rounds were held on 20 June 2016. [ 33 ] [ 34 ] The first legs were played on 28 June, and the moment legs were played on 5 and 6 July 2016 .

second modify round [edit ]

The beginning legs were played on 12 and 13 July, and the second legs were played on 19 and 20 July 2016 .

third qualifying round [edit ]

The third qualify attack was split into two separate sections : Champions Route ( for league champions ) and League Route ( for league non-champions ). The losing teams in both sections entered the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League play-off attack. The draw for the third base stipulate beat was held on 15 July 2016. [ 35 ] [ 36 ] The first legs were played on 26 and 27 July, and the second legs were played on 2 and 3 August 2016 .

Play-off turn [edit ]

The play-off round was split into two separate sections : Champions Route ( for league champions ) and League Route ( for league non-champions ). The losing teams in both sections entered the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League group degree. The draw for the play-off round was held on 5 August 2016. [ 37 ] [ 38 ] The first legs were played on 16 and 17 August, and the second legs were played on 23 and 24 August 2016 .

Group stage [edit ]

The draw for the group stage was held on 25 August 2016, at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco. [ 39 ] The 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four, with the restriction that teams from the same association could not be drawn against each early. For the reap, the teams were seeded into four pots based on the follow principles ( introduced starting 2015–16 season ) : [ 40 ] [ 41 ]

In each group, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners and runner-up progress to the round of golf of 16, while the third-placed teams enter the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League rung of 32. The matchdays are 13–14 September, 27–28 September, 18–19 October, 1–2 November, 22–23 November, and 6–7 December 2016. The youth teams of the clubs that qualify for the group stage besides play in the 2016–17 UEFA Youth League on the like matchdays, where they compete in the UEFA Champions League Path ( the youth domestic champions of the top 32 associations compete in a disjoined domestic Champions Path until the play-offs ). A total of 17 national associations are represented in the group phase. Leicester City and Rostov made their debut appearances in the group stage. [ 42 ] For the first time since the 2002–03 edition, England ‘s Chelsea did not qualify for the group stage .

Tiebreakers

The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied in the order given to determine the rankings (regulations Article 17.01):[7]

  1. higher number of points obtained in the group matches played among the teams in question;
  2. superior goal difference from the group matches played among the teams in question;
  3. higher number of goals scored in the group matches played among the teams in question;
  4. higher number of goals scored away from home in the group matches played among the teams in question;
  5. if, after having applied criteria 1 to 4, teams still have an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 4 are reapplied exclusively to the matches between the teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria 6 to 12 apply;
  6. superior goal difference in all group matches;
  7. higher number of goals scored in all group matches;
  8. higher number of away goals scored in all group matches;
  9. higher number of wins in all group matches;
  10. higher number of away wins in all group matches;
  11. lower disciplinary points total based only on yellow and red cards received in all group matches (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
  12. higher club coefficient.

Group A [edit ]

Group B [edit ]

Group C [edit ]

Group D [edit ]

Group E [edit ]

Group F [edit ]

Group G [edit ]

Group H [edit ]

Knockout phase [edit ]

In the hard phase, teams play against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis, except for the one-match concluding. The mechanism of the draw for each round is as follows :

  • In the draw for the round of 16, the eight group winners are seeded, and the eight group runners-up are unseeded. The seeded teams are drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. Teams from the same group or the same association cannot be drawn against each other.
  • In the draws for the quarter-finals onwards, there are no seedings, and teams from the same group or the same association can be drawn against each other.

bracket [edit ]

Round of 16 [edit ]

The draw for the attack of 16 was held on 12 December 2016. [ 43 ] The first legs were played on 14, 15, 21 and 22 February, and the second legs were played on 7, 8, 14 and 15 March 2017 .
The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 17 March 2017. [ 44 ] The first base legs were played on 11 and 12 April, and the second legs were played on 18 and 19 April 2017 .
The draw for the semi-finals was held on 21 April 2017. [ 45 ] The first legs were played on 2 and 3 May, and the second legs were played on 9 and 10 May 2017 .

final [edit ]

The final was played on 3 June 2017 at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 46 ] The “ home ” team ( for administrative purposes ) was determined by an extra draw held after the semi-final attract .

Statistics [edit ]

Statistics exclude qualifying rounds and play-off round .

top goalscorers [edit ]

top assists [edit ]

Squad of the season [edit ]

The UEFA technical foul study group selected the follow 18 players as the team of the tournament. [ 50 ]

Players of the season [edit ]

New UEFA Champions League Goalkeeper of the Season, Defender of the Season, Midfielder of the Season, and Forward of the Season positional awards were introduced for the 2016–17 season. [ 51 ] Votes were cast by coaches of the 32 teams in the group stage, together with 55 journalists selected by the european Sports Media ( ESM ) group, representing each of UEFA ‘s penis associations. The coaches were not allowed to vote for players from their own teams. Jury members selected their top three players, with the first gear receive five points, the second three and the third base one. The short list of the top three players were announced on 4 August 2017. [ 52 ] The award winners were announced and presented during the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League group phase draw in Monaco on 24 August 2017. [ 53 ] [ 54 ]

See besides [edit ]

References [edit ]