2015–16 UEFA Champions League

2015–16 UEFA Champions League
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) (from 53 associations)
Final positions
Champions Real Madrid (11th title)
Runners-up Atlético Madrid
Tournament statistics
Matches played125
Goals scored347 (2.78 per match)
Attendance5,114,427 (40,915 per match)
Top scorer(s) Cristiano Ronaldo (16 goals)

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 2016 UEFA Champions League Final 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 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

Real Madrid 1–1 (a.e.t.) Atlético Madrid
Ramos  15' Report Carrasco  79'
Penalties
Vázquez
Marcelo
Bale
Ramos
Ronaldo
5–3 Griezmann
Gabi
Saúl
Juanfran
Attendance: 71,942[1]
Referee: Mark Clattenburg (England)

Statistics

Goalscorers

16 goals

9 goals

8 goals

7 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

  • Admir Mehmedi (Bayer Leverkusen)
  • Karim Benzema (Real Madrid)
  • Hulk (Zenit)
  • Nicolás Gaitán (Benfica)

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

  • Serge Aurier (Paris Saint-Germain)
  • David Luiz (Paris Saint-Germain)
  • Nacho Fernández (Real Madrid)
  • Luka Modrić (Real Madrid)
  • Daniel Carvajal (Real Madrid)
  • Mateo Kovačić (Real Madrid)
  • Jesé Rodríguez (Real Madrid)
  • James Rodríguez (Real Madrid)
  • Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid)
  • Daniel Caligiuri (Wolfsburg)
  • Bas Dost (Wolfsburg)
  • Vieirinha (Wolfsburg)
  • Ricardo Rodríguez (Wolfsburg)
  • Maximilian Arnold (Wolfsburg)
  • Memphis Depay (Manchester United)
  • Juan Mata (Manchester United)
  • Chris Smalling (Manchester United)
  • Wayne Rooney (Manchester United)
  • Héctor Moreno (PSV Eindhoven)
  • Luciano Narsingh (PSV Eindhoven)
  • Jürgen Locadia (PSV Eindhoven)
  • Davy Pröpper (PSV Eindhoven)
  • Gonçalo Guedes (Benfica)
  • Luisão (Benfica)
  • Mario Mandžukić (Juventus)
  • Simone Zaza (Juventus)
  • Stephan Lichtsteiner (Juventus)
  • Paulo Dybala (Juventus)
  • Stefano Sturaro (Juventus)
  • Paul Pogba (Juventus)
  • Juan Cuadrado (Juventus)
  • Kevin Gameiro (Sevilla)
  • Benoît Trémoulinas (Sevilla)
  • Vítolo (Sevilla)
  • Fernando Llorente (Sevilla)
  • Kyriakos Papadopoulos (Bayer Leverkusen)
  • Kevin Kampl (Bayer Leverkusen)
  • Nemanja Milunović (BATE Borisov)
  • Ihar Stasevich (BATE Borisov)
  • Mikhail Gordeichuk (BATE Borisov)
  • Sergi Roberto (Barcelona)
  • Gerard Piqué (Barcelona)
  • Adriano (Barcelona)
  • Alessandro Florenzi (Roma)
  • Gervinho (Roma)
  • Vasilis Torosidis (Roma)
  • Iago Falque (Roma)
  • Mohamed Salah (Roma)
  • Josip Pivarić (Dinamo Zagreb)
  • Junior Fernandes (Dinamo Zagreb)
  • Armin Hodžić (Dinamo Zagreb)
  • David Alaba (Bayern Münich)
  • Thiago Alcántara (Bayern Münich)
  • Xabi Alonso (Bayern Münich)
  • Oleh Husyev (Dynamo Kyiv)
  • Júnior Moraes (Dynamo Kyiv)
  • Aleksandar Dragović (Dynamo Kyiv)
  • Derlis González (Dynamo Kyiv)
  • Denys Harmash (Dynamo Kyiv)
  • Cesc Fàbregas (Chelsea)
  • Gary Cahill (Chelsea)
  • Kurt Zouma (Chelsea)
  • John Obi Mikel (Chelsea)
  • João Cancelo (Valencia)
  • André Gomes (Valencia)
  • Sofiane Feghouli (Valencia)
  • Axel Witsel (Zenit)
  • Danny (Zenit)
  • Christophe Jallet (Lyon)
  • Jordan Ferri (Lyon)
  • Maxwel Cornet (Lyon)
  • Thomas Matton (Gent)
  • Thomas Foket (Gent)
  • Laurent Depoitre (Gent)
  • Alfreð Finnbogason (Olympiakos)
  • Ideye Brown (Olympiakos)
  • Maicon (Porto)
  • Yacine Brahimi (Porto)
  • Cristian Tello (Porto)
  • Miguel Layún (Porto)
  • Ahmed Musa (CSKA Moscou)
  • Sergey Ignashevich (CSKA Moscou)
  • Bilal Kısa (Galatasaray)
  • Ángel Correa (Atlético Madrid)
  • Jackson Martínez (Atlético Madrid)
  • Óliver Torres (Atlético Madrid)
  • Luciano Vietto (Atlético Madrid)
  • Fernando Torres (Atlético Madrid)
  • Yannick Carrasco (Atlético Madrid)
  • Yaya Touré (Manchester City)
  • Markus Rosenberg (Malmö FF)
  • Oleksandr Hladkyi (Shakhtar Donetsk)
  • Darijo Srna (Shakhtar Donetsk)
  • Eduardo da Silva (Shakhtar Donetsk)
  • Dentinho (Shakhtar Donetsk)
  • Eran Zahavi (Maccabi Tel Aviv)
  • Marin Aničić (Astana)
  • Julian Korb (Borussia Mönchengladbach)
  • Mohamed Elneny (Arsenal)

Own goals

  • Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus) - against Manchester City
  • David Ospina (Arsenal) - against Olympiakos
  • Darijo Srna (Shakhtar Donetsk) - against Paris Saint-Germain
  • Hakan Balta (Galatasaray) - against Astana
  • Lionel Carole (Galatasaray) - against Astana
  • Nenad Erić (Astana) - against Galatasaray
  • Andreas Christensen (Borussia Mönchengladbach) - against Manchester City
  • Lasse Nielsen (Gent) - against Valencia
  • Stefan Mitrović (Gent) - against Valencia
  • Denys Dedechko (Astana) - against Atlético Madrid
  • Adil Rami (Sevilla) - against Manchester City
  • Aleksandar Dragović (Dynamo Kyiv) - against Chelsea
  • Igor Akinfeev (CSKA Moscou) - against Wolfsburg
  • Josuha Guilavogui (Wolfsburg) - against Manchester United
  • Iván Marcano (Porto) - against Chelsea
  • Fernando (Manchester City) - against Real Madrid

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

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

References

  1. "Full Time Report Final – Real Madrid v Atlético Madrid" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 28 May 2016. Retrieved 28 May 2016.