2015–16 UEFA Champions League#Knockout phase

The UEFA Executive Committee held in May 2013 approved the following changes to the UEFA Champions League starting from the 2015–16 season (for the three-year cycle until the 2017–18 season):{{cite web|url=http://www.uefa.org/about-uefa/executive-committee/news/newsid=1956131.html|title=Added bonus for UEFA Europa League winners|website=UEFA.org|publisher=Union of European Football Associations|date=24 May 2013}}

• The winners of the previous season's UEFA Europa League will qualify for the UEFA Champions League. They will enter at least the play-off round, and will enter the group stage if the berth reserved for the Champions League title holders is not used.
• The previous limit of a maximum of four teams per association will be increased to five, meaning that if the Champions League title holders or the Europa League title holders are from the top three ranked associations (but not both from the same one) and finish outside the top four of their domestic league, the fourth-placed team of their association will not be prevented from participating in the tournament. However, if both the Champions League title holders and the Europa League title holders are from the same top three ranked association and finish outside the top four of their domestic league, the fourth-placed team of their association will be moved to the Europa League.{{cite web|url=http://kassiesa.net/uefafiles/2015-18-uefa-access-list-explanations.pdf|title=UEFA Access List 2015/18 with explanations|publisher=Bert Kassies}}

A total of 78 teams from 53 of the 54 UEFA member associations participated in the 2015–16 UEFA Champions League (the exception being Liechtenstein, which does not organise a domestic league). The association ranking based on the UEFA country coefficients was used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:{{cite web|url=http://www.uefa.org/MultimediaFiles/Download/Regulations/uefaorg/Regulations/02/23/57/51/2235751_DOWNLOAD.pdf|title=Regulations of the UEFA Champions League 2015/16 Season|website=UEFA|publisher=Union of European Football Associations|date=1 May 2015}}

• Associations 1–3 each have four teams qualify.
• Associations 4–6 each have three teams qualify.
• Associations 7–15 each have two teams qualify.
• Associations 16–54 (except Liechtenstein) each have one team qualify.
• The winners of the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League and 2014–15 UEFA Europa League were each given an additional entry if they would not qualify for the 2015–16 UEFA Champions League through their domestic league. Because a maximum of five teams from one association can enter the UEFA Champions League, if both the Champions League title holders and the Europa League title holders were from the same top three ranked association and finished outside the top four of their domestic league, the fourth-placed team of their association would be moved to the Europa League.{{cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/newsid=2215121.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150309085551/http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/newsid=2215121.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 9, 2015|title=How the Europa League winners will enter the Champions League|website=UEFA|publisher=Union of European Football Associations|date=27 February 2015}} For this season:
• The winners of the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League, Barcelona, qualified through their domestic league, meaning the additional entry for the Champions League title holders was not necessary.
• The winners of the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League, Sevilla, did not qualify through their domestic league, meaning the additional entry for the Europa League title holders was necessary.

For the 2015–16 UEFA Champions League, the associations are allocated places according to their 2014 UEFA country coefficients, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 2009–10 to 2013–14.{{cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/uefarankings/country/season=2014/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130612002949/http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/uefarankings/country/season=2014/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 12, 2013|title=Country coefficients 2013/14|website=UEFA|publisher=Union of European Football Associations}}{{cite web|url=https://kassiesa.net/uefa/data/method4/crank2014.html|title=UEFA Country Ranking 2014|publisher=Bert Kassies}}

Apart from the allocation based on the country coefficients, associations may have additional teams participating in the Champions League, as noted below:

• {{small|(EL)}} – Additional berth for Europa League title holders

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In the default access list, the Champions League title holders enter the group stage.{{cite web|url=http://kassiesa.net/uefafiles/2015-16-uefa-access-list.pdf|title=Preliminary Access List 2015/16|publisher=Bert Kassies}}{{cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2016/accesslist/index.html |title=UEFA Champions League Access List 2015/16 |website=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160404162117/http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season%3D2016/accesslist/index.html |archive-date=4 April 2016 }} However, since Barcelona already qualified for the group stage (as the champions of the 2014–15 La Liga), the Champions League title holders berth in the group stage is given to the Europa League title holders, Sevilla.{{cite web|url=https://kassiesa.net/uefa/access2015.html |title=Access list 2015/2016 |publisher=Bert Kassies |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150810160506/http://kassiesa.home.xs4all.nl/bert/uefa/access2015.html |archive-date=10 August 2015 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/news/newsid=2249541.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150525001940/http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/news/newsid=2249541.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 25, 2015|title=Who is in Champions League and Europa League?|website=UEFA|publisher=Union of European Football Associations|date=7 June 2015}} and the following changes to the default allocation system are made:

• The third-placed teams of associations 4 (Italy) and 5 (Portugal) are promoted from the third qualifying round to the play-off round.

League positions of the previous season qualified via league position shown in parentheses. Sevilla qualified as Europa League title holders. (TH: Champions League title holders; EL: Europa League title holders).{{cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2016/accesslist/listofparticipants/index.html |title=2015/16 UEFA Champions League participants |website=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |date=18 June 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160128070848/http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season%3D2016/accesslist/listofparticipants/index.html |archive-date=28 January 2016 }}{{cite web|url=https://kassiesa.net/uefa/qual2015.html |title=Qualification for European Cup Football 2015/2016 |publisher=Bert Kassies |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150427003339/http://kassiesa.home.xs4all.nl/bert/uefa/qual2015.html |archive-date=27 April 2015 }}

The schedule of the competition is as follows (all draws are held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, unless stated otherwise).{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/0250-0c510c3363c5-1dfe992e7056-1000--2015-16-champions-league-teams-draws-matches/|title=2015/16 Champions League: teams, draws, matches|website=UEFA|publisher=Union of European Football Associations}}{{cite web|url=https://kassiesa.net/uefa/calendar2015.html |title=UEFA European Football Calendar 2015/2016 |publisher=Bert Kassies |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141221150453/http://kassiesa.home.xs4all.nl/bert/uefa/calendar2015.html |archive-date=21 December 2014 }}

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In the qualifying rounds and the play-off round, teams were divided into seeded and unseeded teams based on their 2015 UEFA club coefficients,{{cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/uefarankings/club/season=2015/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140716052833/http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/uefarankings/club/season=2015/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 16, 2014|title=Club coefficients 2014/15|website=UEFA|publisher=Union of European Football Associations}}{{cite web|url=https://kassiesa.net/uefa/data/method4/trank2015.html|title=UEFA Team Ranking 2015|publisher=Bert Kassies}}{{cite web|url=https://kassiesa.net/uefa/seedcl2015.html|title=Seeding in the Champions League 2015/2016|publisher=Bert Kassies|access-date=16 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150707055925/http://kassiesa.home.xs4all.nl/bert/uefa/seedcl2015.html|archive-date=7 July 2015|url-status=dead}} and then drawn into two-legged home-and-away ties. Teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other.

The draw for the first and second qualifying rounds was held on 22 June 2015.{{cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2016/draws/round=2000630/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150729151629/http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2016/draws/round=2000630/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 29, 2015|title=Draws — First and second qualifying rounds|website=UEFA|publisher=Union of European Football Associations|access-date=22 June 2015}}{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/0222-0e9121564c64-aea74aad6f1b-1000--qualifying-round-draws-start-road-to-milan/ |title=Qualifying round draws start road to Milan |website=UEFA|publisher=Union of European Football Associations|date=22 June 2015 |access-date=22 June 2015}} The first legs were played on 30 June and 1 July, and the second legs were played on 7 July 2015.

Lincoln Red Imps became the first Gibraltar team to win a tie in a UEFA competition, two years after Gibraltar's teams were first admitted entry.{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/0223-0e912e8ef97e-62dab6bbdc7e-1000--crusaders-lincoln-tns-and-pyunik-go-through/|title=Crusaders, Lincoln, TNS and Pyunik go through|date=7 July 2015|website=UEFA|publisher=Union of European Football Associations}}

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The first legs were played on 14 and 15 July, and the second legs were played on 21 and 22 July 2015.

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The third qualifying 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 2015–16 UEFA Europa League play-off round.

The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 17 July 2015.{{cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2016/draws/round=2000632/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150706073824/http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2016/draws/round=2000632/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 6, 2015|title=Draws — Third qualifying round|website=UEFA|publisher=Union of European Football Associations|access-date=17 July 2015}}{{cite web |title=Champions League third qualifying round draw |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/0223-0e913ed4a1da-208e02a30899-1000--champions-league-third-qualifying-round-draw/ |website=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |date=17 July 2015 |access-date=17 July 2015 }} The first legs were played on 28 and 29 July, and the second legs were played on 4 and 5 August 2015.

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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 2015–16 UEFA Europa League group stage.

The draw for the play-off round was held on 7 August 2015.{{cite web |title=Draws — Play-off round |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/draws/2016/2000633/ |website=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |access-date=7 August 2015 }}{{cite web |title=UEFA Champions League play-off draw made |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/0224-0e915cf1757f-d60cd22ab4c4-1000--uefa-champions-league-play-off-draw-made/ |website=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |date=7 August 2015 |access-date=7 August 2015 }} The first legs were played on 18 and 19 August, and the second legs were played on 25 and 26 August 2015.

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{{main|2015–16 UEFA Champions League group stage}}

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The draw for the group stage was held in Monaco on 27 August 2015.{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/draws/2016/2000634/|title=Draws — Group stage|website=UEFA|publisher=Union of European Football Associations|access-date=27 August 2015}}{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/0250-0c510c3b5f4b-2a5100c40ded-1000--uefa-champions-league-group-stage-draw/|title=UEFA Champions League group stage draw|website=UEFA|publisher=Union of European Football Associations|date=27 August 2015}} 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 other. For the draw, the teams were seeded into four pots based on the following principles (introduced starting this season):{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/29562047|title=Champions League: Domestic title winners to receive top-seed status|website=BBC Sport|date=9 October 2014}}{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/0220-0e15f38d3608-4437365f0e2f-1000--champions-bonus-for-group-stage-draw/|title=Champions' bonus for group stage draw|website=UEFA|publisher=Union of European Football Associations|date=24 April 2015}}

• Pot 1 contained the title holders and the champions of the top seven associations based on their 2014 UEFA country coefficients. As the title holders (Barcelona) were one of the champions of the top seven associations, the champions of the association ranked eighth (Netherlands' PSV Eindhoven) were also seeded into Pot 1 (regulations Article 13.05).
• Pot 2, 3 and 4 contained the remaining teams, seeded based on their 2015 UEFA club coefficients.

In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners and runners-up advanced to the round of 16, while the third-placed teams entered the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League round of 32. The matchdays were 15–16 September, 29–30 September, 20–21 October, 3–4 November, 24–25 November, and 8–9 December 2015.

The youth teams of the clubs that qualified for the group stage also played in the 2015–16 UEFA Youth League on the same matchdays, where they competed in the UEFA Champions League Path (with the UEFA Youth League expanded to 64 teams, the youth domestic champions of the top 32 associations compete in a separate Domestic Champions Path until the play-offs).

A total of 17 national associations were represented in the group stage. Astana, Borussia Mönchengladbach and Gent made their debut appearances in the group stage. Astana were the first team from Kazakhstan to play in the Champions League group stage.{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/0253-0d043f9fba8a-14a649a59d0d-1000--champions-league-group-stage-number-crunching/|title=Champions League group stage number crunching|website=UEFA|publisher=Union of European Football Associations|date=26 August 2015}} With the maximum teams from the same association in the group stage increased from four to five, Spain became the first association to have five teams in the Champions League group stage.{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/0253-0d043f9f6b1f-792afe4eeb6a-1000--group-stage-draw-which-teams-are-in-which-pots/|title=Group stage draw: which teams are in which pots?|website=UEFA|publisher=Union of European Football Associations|date=26 August 2015}} Since all three qualifying teams from the highest ranked leagues won their ties in the league route playoff round, the three countries of Spain, England and Germany had 13 of the 32 clubs in the group stage.

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{{main|2015–16 UEFA Champions League knockout phase}}

In the knockout phase, teams played against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis, except for the one-match final. The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follows:

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

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The draw for the round of 16 was held on 14 December 2015.{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/draws/2016/2000635/ |title=Draws — Round of 16 |website=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |access-date=14 December 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151216172430/http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season%3D2016/draws/round%3D2000635/index.html |archive-date=16 December 2015 }}{{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/0253-0d0451cd01d9-a249efb8e43f-1000--round-of-16-draw-arsenal-v-barca-juve-v-bayern/ |title=Round of 16 draw: Arsenal v Barça, Juve v Bayern |website=UEFA |access-date=14 December 2015}} The first legs were played on 16, 17, 23 and 24 February, and the second legs were played on 8, 9, 15 and 16 March 2016.

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The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 18 March 2016.{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2016/draws/round=2000636/index.html |title=Draws — Quarter-finals |website=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |access-date=18 March 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160318234142/http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season%3D2016/draws/round%3D2000636/index.html |archive-date=18 March 2016 }}{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/022b-0e93c06311a3-0e2c9ebe3c93-1000--quarter-final-draw-barcelona-atletico-paris-city/|title=Quarter-final draw: Barcelona-Atlético, Paris-City|website=UEFA|publisher=Union of European Football Associations|date=18 March 2016}} The first legs were played on 5 and 6 April, and the second legs were played on 12 and 13 April 2016.

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The draw for the semi-finals was held on 15 April 2016.{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/draws/2016/2000637/ |title=Draws — Semi-finals |website=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |access-date=15 April 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160510145703/http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season%3D2016/draws/round%3D2000637/index.html |archive-date=10 May 2016 }}{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/022c-0e940e6b9564-8e8261ba1961-1000--champions-league-semi-finals-city-madrid-bayern-atletico/|title=Champions League semi-finals: City-Madrid, Bayern-Atlético|website=UEFA|publisher=Union of European Football Associations|date=15 April 2016}} The first legs were played on 26 and 27 April, and the second legs were played on 3 and 4 May 2016.

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Statistics exclude qualifying rounds and play-off round.

{{small|Source:{{cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2016/statistics/round=2000634/players/type=topscorers/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160819035318/http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2016/statistics/round=2000634/players/type=topscorers/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 19, 2016|title=Statistics — Tournament phase — Player statistics — Goals|website=UEFA|publisher=Union of European Football Associations|access-date=29 May 2016}}}}

The UEFA Technical Study Group selected the following 18 players as the squad of the tournament.{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/022d-0e948891dc6b-533ac6fffce1-1000--uefa-champions-league-squad-of-the-season/|title=UEFA Champions League Squad of the Season|website=UEFA|date=30 May 2016}}

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• 2015–16 UEFA Europa League
• 2015–16 UEFA Youth League
• 2016 UEFA Super Cup
• 2016 FIFA Club World Cup
• 2015–16 UEFA Women's Champions League

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• [https://web.archive.org/web/20140517165857/http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2016/index.html 2015–16 UEFA Champions League]

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