2016–17 UEFA Champions League
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The Millennium Stadium in Cardiff will host the final. | |
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28 June – 24 August 2016 (qualifying) 13 September 2016 – 3 June 2017 (competition proper) |
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32 (group stage) 77 or 78 (total) (from 53 associations) |
The 2016–17 UEFA Champions League will be the 62nd season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 25th season since it was renamed from the European Champion Clubs' Cup to the UEFA Champions League.
On 30 June 2015, it was announced that the 2017 UEFA Champions League Final will be played at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales.[1][2]
Association team allocation
A total of 77 or 78 teams from 53 of the 55 UEFA member associations are expected to participate in the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League (the exception being Liechtenstein, which does not organise a domestic league; the participation of teams from Kosovo, who became a UEFA member on 3 May 2016, are to be confirmed).[3] The association ranking based on the UEFA country coefficients is used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:[4]
- 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 2015–16 UEFA Champions League and 2015–16 UEFA Europa League are each given an additional entry if they do 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 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.[5] For this season:
- The winners of the 2015–16 UEFA Champions League, Atlético Madrid or Real Madrid, qualified through their domestic league, meaning the additional entry for the Champions League title holders will not be necessary.
- The winners of the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League, Liverpool or Sevilla, may qualify through their domestic league, meaning the additional entry for the Europa League title holders may not be necessary.
Association ranking
For the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League, the associations are allocated places according to their 2015 UEFA country coefficients, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 2010–11 to 2014–15.[6][7]
Apart from the allocation based on the country coefficients, associations may have additional teams participating in the Champions League, as noted below:
- (EL) – Additional berth for Europa League title holders
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Distribution
The table below shows the default access list.[4][8][9][10]
| Teams entering in this round | Teams advancing from previous round | ||
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| First qualifying round (8 teams) |
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| Second qualifying round (34 teams) |
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| Third qualifying round | Champions Route (20 teams) |
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| League Route (10 teams) |
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| Play-off round | Champions Route (10 teams) |
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| League Route (10 teams) |
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| Group stage (32 teams) |
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| Knockout phase (16 teams) |
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The access list above is provisional, as changes will be made depending on whether the Champions League and Europa League title holders qualify for the tournament via their domestic leagues. The Champions League title holders always enter directly into the group stage. The Europa League title holders also enter directly into the group stage if either they or the Champions League title holders qualify for the group stage via their domestic leagues (if both teams qualify for the group stage via their domestic leagues, the champions of association 13 enter directly into the group stage). Otherwise, the Europa League title holders enter directly the play-off round, with the route they enter depending on the Champions League title holders:
- League Route: If the Champions League title holders have qualified for any round of the League Route, or have not qualified for the tournament via their domestic league and are from the associations 1–12 in the access list.
- Champions Route: If the Champions League title holders have qualified for any round of the Champions Route, or have not qualified for the tournament via their domestic league and are from the associations 13–54 in the access list.
The final access list will then be adjusted accordingly, with teams entering either earlier or later into the competition in order to ensure that the group stage consists of 32 teams and the play-off round consists of 20 teams. UEFA has published a detailed document outlining several possible qualification scenarios,[11] which are also covered in the regulations (Article 3.07).[4]
Teams
League positions of the previous season shown in parentheses (TH: Champions League title holders; EL: Europa League title holders).[12]
- Notes
- ^ England (ENG): Tottenham Hotspur have qualified for the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League as they will finish in the top four of the 2015–16 Premier League.
- ^ Italy (ITA): Napoli and Roma have qualified for the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League as they will finish in the top three of the 2015–16 Serie A.
- ^ Netherlands (NED): Ajax and PSV Eindhoven have qualified for the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League as they will finish in the top two of the 2015–16 Eredivisie.
- ^ Turkey (TUR): Beşiktaş and Fenerbahçe have qualified for the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League as they will finish in the top two of the 2015–16 Süper Lig.
Round and draw dates
The schedule of the competition is as follows (all draws are held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, unless stated otherwise).[4][13]
| Phase | Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
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| 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
In the qualifying rounds and the play-off round, teams are divided into seeded and unseeded teams based on their 2016 UEFA club coefficients,[14][15][16] and then drawn into two-legged home-and-away ties. Teams from the same association cannot be drawn against each other.
UEFA club coefficient of each team shown after "Coeff.". For teams whose final coefficient are TBD, current coefficient as of 5 May 2016.[14][15]
First qualifying round
A total of eight teams are expected to play in the first qualifying round.
The New Saints Coeff. 5.200
Valletta Coeff. 4.466
Flora Tallinn Coeff. 3.350
FC Santa Coloma Coeff. 2.699
B36 Tórshavn Coeff. 1.975
Lincoln Red Imps Coeff. 1.700
Champions of 2015–16 Armenian Premier League
Champions of 2015–16 Campionato Sammarinese di Calcio
Second qualifying round
A total of 34 teams are expected to play in the second qualifying round: 30 teams which enter in this round, and the four winners of the first qualifying round.
APOEL Coeff. 35.935
BATE Borisov Coeff. 34.000
Dinamo Zagreb Coeff. 25.775
Qarabağ Coeff. 13.475
Rosenborg Coeff. 12.850
Astana Coeff. 12.575
Red Star Belgrade Coeff. 7.175
Dinamo Tbilisi Coeff. 5.875
FH Coeff. 5.750
Žalgiris Vilnius Coeff. 4.925
IFK Norrköping Coeff. 3.975
Ferencváros Coeff. 3.475
Crusaders Coeff. 3.400
Dundalk Coeff. 2.590
SJK Coeff. 1.730
Liepāja Coeff. 1.075
Champions of 2015–16 Austrian Football Bundesliga
Champions of 2015–16 Ekstraklasa
Champions of 2015–16 Israeli Premier League
Champions of 2015–16 Danish Superliga
Champions of 2015–16 Scottish Premiership
Champions of 2015–16 A Group
Champions of 2015–16 Slovenian PrvaLiga
Champions of 2015–16 Slovak First Football League
Champions of 2015–16 Moldovan National Division
Champions of 2015–16 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Champions of 2015–16 Macedonian First Football League
Champions of 2015–16 Montenegrin First League
Champions of 2015–16 Albanian Superliga
Champions of 2015–16 Luxembourg National Division
Third qualifying round
The third qualifying round is split into two separate sections: Champions Route (for league champions) and League Route (for league non-champions). The losing teams in both sections enter the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League play-off round.
A total of 30 teams are expected to play in the third qualifying round:
Champions Route
Three teams which enter in this round, and the 17 winners of the second qualifying round.
Olympiacos Coeff. 70.940
Viktoria Plzeň Coeff. 44.585
Astra Giurgiu Coeff. 11.076
League Route
Ten teams which enter in this round.
Shakhtar Donetsk Coeff. 81.976- Steaua București Coeff. 36.576
Third-placed team of 2015–16 Ligue 1
Runners-up of 2015–16 Russian Premier League
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Runners-up of 2015–16 Belgian Pro League
Runners-up of 2015–16 Swiss Super League
Runners-up of 2015–16 Süper Lig- Runners-up of 2015–16 Superleague Greece
- Runners-up of 2015–16 Czech First League
Play-off round
The play-off round is split into two separate sections: Champions Route (for league champions) and League Route (for league non-champions). The losing teams in both sections enter the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League group stage.
A total of 20 teams play in the play-off round.
UEFA club coefficient of each team shown after "Coeff.". For teams whose final coefficient are TBD, current coefficient as of 5 May 2016.[14][15]
Champions Route
The ten Champions Route winners of the third qualifying round.
League Route
Five teams which enter in this round, and the five League Route winners of the third qualifying round.
Porto Coeff. 92.616
Villarreal Coeff. TBD (60.028)
Fourth-placed team of 2015–16 Premier League
Fourth-placed team of 2015–16 Bundesliga
Third-placed team of 2015–16 Serie A
Group stage
The 32 teams are drawn into eight groups of four, with the restriction that teams from the same association cannot be drawn against each other. For the draw, the teams are seeded into four pots based on the following principles (introduced starting 2015–16 season):[17][18]
- Pot 1 contains the title holders and the champions of the top seven associations based on their 2015 UEFA country coefficients.[6][7] If the title holders are one of the champions of the top seven associations, the champions of the association ranked eighth are also seeded into Pot 1 (regulations Article 13.05).[4]
- Pot 2, 3 and 4 contain the remaining teams, seeded based on their 2016 UEFA club coefficients.[14][15][16]
In each group, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners and runners-up advance to the round of 16, while the third-placed teams enter the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League round of 32.
The youth teams of the clubs that qualify for the group stage also play in the 2016–17 UEFA Youth League on the same matchdays, where they compete in the UEFA Champions League Path (the youth domestic champions of the top 32 associations compete in a separate Domestic Champions Path until the knockout phase).
A total of 32 teams play in the group stage: 22 teams which enter in this stage, and the 10 winners of the play-off round (5 from Champions Route, 5 from League Route).
UEFA club coefficient of each team shown after "Coeff.". For teams whose final coefficient are TBD, current coefficient as of 5 May 2016.[14][15]
- Real Madrid Coeff. TBD (175.028) (Pot 1 if title holders or champions)
- Bayern Munich Coeff. 163.035 (Pot 1 if champions)
- Barcelona Coeff. TBD (159.028) (Pot 1 if champions)
- Atlético Madrid Coeff. TBD (143.028) (Pot 1 if title holders or champions)
- Benfica Coeff. 116.616 (Pot 1 if champions)
- Paris Saint-Germain Coeff. 112.549 (Pot 1)
- Borussia Dortmund Coeff. 110.035 (Pot 1 if champions)
- Juventus Coeff. 107.087 (Pot 1)
- Bayer Leverkusen Coeff. 89.035
- Basel Coeff. 87.755
- Dynamo Kyiv Coeff. 65.976 (Pot 1 if title holders also win league)
- Sporting CP Coeff. 51.616 (Pot 1 if champions)
- Leicester City Coeff. TBD (15.256) (Pot 1)
- Runners-up of 2015–16 Premier League
- Third-placed team of 2015–16 Premier League
- Runners-up of 2015–16 Serie A
- Runners-up of 2015–16 Ligue 1
- Champions of 2015–16 Russian Premier League (Pot 1)
- Champions of 2015–16 Eredivisie
- Champions of 2015–16 Belgian Pro League
- Champions of 2015–16 Süper Lig
- Winners of 2015–16 UEFA Europa League
Knockout phase
In the knockout phase, teams play 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 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.
See also
- 2016–17 UEFA Europa League
- 2017 UEFA Super Cup
- 2017 FIFA Club World Cup
- 2016–17 UEFA Women's Champions League
References
- ↑ "Champions League: Cardiff's Millennium Stadium to host 2017 final". BBC Sport. 30 June 2015. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
- ↑ "Cardiff to host 2017 Champions League final". UEFA. 30 June 2015. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
- ↑ "Football Federation of Kosovo joins UEFA". UEFA. 3 May 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Regulations of the UEFA Champions League 2016/17 Season" (PDF). UEFA.com. 4 March 2016.
- ↑ "How the Europa League winners will enter the Champions League". UEFA.com. 27 February 2015.
- 1 2 "Country coefficients 2014/15". UEFA.com.
- 1 2 "UEFA Country Ranking 2015". Bert Kassies.
- ↑ "UEFA Champions League Access list 2016/2017". UEFA.com.
- ↑ "Preliminary Access List 2015-18" (PDF). Bert Kassies.
- ↑ "Access list 2016/2017". Bert Kassies.
- ↑ "UEFA Access List 2015/18 with explanations" (PDF). Bert Kassies.
- ↑ "Qualification for European Cup Football 2016/2017". Bert Kassies.
- ↑ "UEFA European Football Calendar 2016/2017". Bert Kassies.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Club coefficients". UEFA.com.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "UEFA Team Ranking 2016". Bert Kassies.
- 1 2 "Seeding in the Champions League 2016/2017". Bert Kassies.
- ↑ "Champions League: Domestic title winners to receive top-seed status". BBC Sport. 9 October 2014.
- ↑ "Champions' bonus for group stage draw". UEFA.com. 24 April 2015.
External links
- UEFA Champions League (official website)
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